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UNT fraternity members arrested on hazing charges BY T.S. MCBRIDE
inal penalties, they could face suspension or expulsion from Police arrested two members the university. The fraternity also faces of UNT’s Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity early morning Wednesday possible disciplinary action. The UNT Center for Student on suspicion of hazing. Terry Lewis, a graduate student, Rights and Responsibilities is and Emmanuel Bradford, an engi- carrying out its own investiganeering junior, were arrested at tion of the matter. Maureen McGuinness, assisLewis’ apartment on Bell Street for hazing without serious bodily tant vice president for student development, said the injury. center’s investigation “Bot h su spe c t s could take anywhere and persons believed from two weeks to two to be victims of the months. hazing are being interThe center uses a viewed,” said Lt. West principle called “greater Gilbreath of the UNT weight of the evidence” Police Department. He that is less stringent. would not say whether “With the criminal more arrests would be Emmanuel justice system, things made. Bradford can be thrown out on a The crime is a class B misdemeanor with a punishment technicality, whereas with our of a fine of up to $2,000, up to 180 system, we look at the behavior,” McGuinness said. days in jail or both. As a result, the students and Police obtained the warrant the fraternity are more after a student reported likely to face disciplinary the hazing on Nov. 10. action from the univerOfficers took an affisity than the state. davit from the alleged T he Center for victim and raided the Student Rights and suspect’s apartment Responsibilities’ code at about 12:30 a.m. of conduct defines Wednesday. hazing as “any intenPolice also arrested tional knowing, or recktwo other men at the Terry Lewis less act, occurring on apartment, one for an unrelated warrant and another or off the campus … directed against a student for the purpose for attempting to flee. Lewis and Bradford were of pledging, being initiated into or released late Wednesday after maintaining membership in any organization.” each posted $2,500 in bail. The university placed Kappa The alleged victim said that Lewis and Bradford had paddled Alpha Psi on interim suspenhim, according to the affidavit. sion during the investigation. He showed the police bruises, The fraternity members cannot scratches and “whelps” he said hold meetings or activities as a were the result of paddling and fraternity during the suspension period. slapping by the suspects. “If there’s any merit to the alleA wooden red and white paddle emblazoned with the Greek letters gations, we take action immezeta and epsilon was found at the diately and halt all activities of apartment and taken for evidence. the organization,” McGuinness Zeta Epsilon is the designation said. Six organizations at UNT have for the UNT chapter of Kappa been disciplined for hazing during Alpha Psi. Police would not release the the past three years. A representative from Kappa name of the alleged victim. If the students are found guilty Alpha Psi could not be reached of hazing, in addition to the crim- for comment. Senior Staff Writer
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Cara Walker, student services coordinator, Lisa Bourg, nutrition sophomore, and Peggy Durrett, a volunteer, prepare fruit salad for the Our Daily Bread soup kitchen. The UNT Buddy System is volunteering at the kitchen this week for a service project.
Students put bread on the table BY MELISSA BOUGHTON Senior Staff Writer
Volunteers in blue aprons swarm the kitchen at Our Daily Bread in Denton, cutting pork loin and peeling oranges as the soup kitchen prepares lunch for more than 150 hungr y community members. The UNT Buddy System is spending this week giving back to the community by volunteering at the local soup kitchen. “Though we have a small group of students participating, I would have been happy with just one student pa r t icipat ing,” sa id Ca ra Walker, student services coordinator. “Because even just one person can make a significant difference.” The Buddy System is a peermentoring program in the multicultural center that pairs new students with upper-class students of the same gender, ethnicity and major to get the new students acclimated to campus life and to engage them in activities outside the classroom.
The service project allows students in the program to volunteer t hroughout t he week at Our Daily Bread. Walker said she organized the service project to create an opportunity for students to get volunteer hours and express the importance of civic duty by giving back to the community. Student volunteers ca n work either in the kitchen preparing food or directly with the clients by providing st i mu lat i ng conversat ion during meals. “It’s really good to give back to the community and help others out,” said Lisa Bourg, a nutrition sophomore and volunteer. Bourg originally wanted to get volunteer hours for a class requirement, but she said she is glad to be helping at the same time. Ou r Da i ly Bread soup kitchen provides meals, jobmentoring, bus passes, and clothing to the homeless and other community members in need.
Jenny Hawkins, executive director to Our Daily Bread, said that many of the kitchen’s clients come back every day and end up staying for a long period of time because their
“Because even just one person can make a difference.”
—Cara Walker Student services coordinator
job situations are so bad. “A lot of people here aren’t your normal, what you would think would come here,” she said. “Some of these guys, they’re just down on their luck.” Hawkins said the volunteers at the kitchen are what keep t he place r u n n i ng. She said there are two paid employees, including her, and the rest work as volunteers.
“It is vital to us to have these volunteers,” Hawkins said. “We couldn’t do this without our volunteers.” Finding volunteers, however, is not an issue at the kitchen. Hawkins said she has to constantly find spots for more people because so ma ny volu nteers wa nt to help, especially during the holidays. When there are too many volu nteers, Hawk i ns sa id the kitchen gets creative and pairs with other places like the Salvation Army for food and clothing drives that the volunteers take charge of. Walker will have between one and two students a day go out to the kitchen to help this week. Walker said she made the arrangements for the service project week in the summer, but anyone is welcome to volunteer for the project. For more i n for m at ion about how to volunteer with t he project, contact Ca ra Walker at cara.walker@unt. edu.
Residents donate plasma to make ends meet BY GRACIELA R AZO Senior Staff Writer
Faced w it h a d i f f icu lt economy and time-consuming classes, some students are turning to plasma donation to fill their gas tanks and buy textbooks. UNT students make their way to BioLife Plasma Services, across the street from campus on Avenue C, to put extra money in their pockets by donating plasma up to twice a week. “It just really helped with buying the necessities, like gas and groceries,” said Natalie Taylor, a music education junior. The process pays $20 for the first hour-long session and $30 for the second donation in a week’s time, with at least one day between donations. Taylor sa id she bega n donating plasma in fall 2008 as her main source of income. Her friends had donated before, but Taylor said she was worried about donating for the first time. Taylor’s blood was drawn out
similar to blood donations, then the plasma was separated from red blood cells. The blood cells were later returned into her body along with a sterile saline solution to help replenish her plasma supply in a process called plasmapheresis. “I was nervous I was going to have to get poked more than once or that I’d bleed everywhere,” Taylor said. However, after the physical examination was completed, she said the process was quick and nearly painless. She donated twice a week for four months and walked away with $800 in all. Most negative side effects such as feeling light-headed or nauseated, fainting and vomiting can be prevented through eating a healthy meal and staying hydrated the day of donation, according to the BioLife Web site. “Not h i ng ser ious ever happened to me,” Taylor said. “The only thing was that I would sometimes felt light-headed.” Taylor’s plasma then went to
creating life-saving therapies to help treat primary immunodeficiency, hemophilia and respiratory distress syndrome. BioLife spokeswoman Laura Jacobs said they accept a wide age range, but the money attracts younger donors. “I think a lot of people donate because they know what the donations go for,” Jacobs said. The paid aspect of plasma donation was not intended to be an incentive to donors, even though often times it seems to be their main motivation, Jacobs said. Chelsea Money, an elementary education junior, donated twice a week for one month her freshman year to get pocket money. “I was a little bit nervous, but since I gave blood before I wasn’t terrified because I’m not scared of needles,” Money said. “It doesn’t hurt. It’s really easy.” But, Money said she has had only one negative experience. Technicians needed to draw plasma out of her left arm instead of her right arm where she usually donated.
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Chelsea Money, an elementary education junior, began donating plasma two years ago. Although she doesn’t donate twice a week anymore, she still donates sometimes to earn spending money. “My arm was really hurting because they didn’t get the needle in there good,” Money said. “Other than that, I only had small bruises the day after I would donate.” The money she was paid after
donations was her “fun money” to be used to go out to eat with friends or go to the movies. Taylor has yet to donate plasma this semester but said she will soon because she feels it is a
win-win situation. “You’re helping sick people who could really use your plasma,” Taylor said. “Second of all, it’s easy because you just go and sit there to get money.”
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News
Shaina Zucker & Courtney Roberts
News Editors ntdailynews@gmail.com
Campus events raise homeless awareness BY JOSH PHERIGO Staff Writer
Students donned cardboard signs and wore tattered clothing Monday as part of a living exhibit about homelessness. The exhibit, sponsored by the University Programs Council, was the first of four events the organization is hosting as part of UNT’s participation in National Homeless and Hunger Awareness Week. “Homelessness is an important issue that students should be aware of,” said Carlos Rodriguez, president of the University Programs Council and marketing senior. “We wanted to create meaningful events to spread awareness that would be both fun and impactful.” Najua Azzami, vice president of the council, said Monday’s event was designed to break stereotypes often associated with homelessness. She said students wore cardboard signs that depicted messages of untraditional yet common reasons why people become homeless. “People are often under false impressions about why many become homeless,” said Azzami, a criminal justice sophomore. “Some of the signs said ‘I have a job but can’t keep up with my rent’ or ‘I became homeless because I dropped out of college.’” Azzami said few people are aware that 60 percent of
homeless people are working members of society. She said many onlookers believed the demonstration’s volunteers were actually homeless and began offering money. Aaron Bradley, a criminal justice junior, said he was surprised by the reaction of some students who walked passed him. “I heard one girl ask her friend ‘Hey, is he homeless?’” said Bradley, who wore a torn shirt and a cardboard sign that read “I am homeless because I don’t have
money to pay my rent.” Bradley said some people asked about the details of his situation and offered to help, while others ignored him entirely. “We never intended to collect money,” Azzami said. “But a lot of people were giving us change.” Azzami said the collected proceeds will be given to the Denton County Friends of the Family, a nonprofit organization.
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Suzanne Sears, head of the Government Documents Department, was elected chairwoman of the Federal Depository Library Program for the 2010-2011 term. There are about 1.5 million government documents in the depository.
Librarian elected chair of UNT depository program BY K ELSEY K RUZICH CONTRIBUTING WRITER
dented access to shape national policy.” Sears said the council holds There are about 1.5 million government documents stored two meetings per year and is at UNT as part of the Federal responsible for making sure Depository Library Program, everyone follows through in get t i ng t he matewhich makes governrials finished. It also ment docu ment s distributes the governavailable for anyone ment publications to to use. libraries across the The program has a country. 15-member council She described some that gives feedback typical duties of a to each of its commumember as making nities on where to calls to government spend the program’s Suzanne Sears staff and giving assismoney, item changes and printing documents. The tance and government advice members are all presidential to the printing office. The national program was appointees. Suzanne Sears, head of the established more than 200 years government documents depart- ago. She said the documents in ment, was recently elected the depository are publications, chairwoman of the program. “We’re an advisory council,” which could be anything from Sears said. “Being chair of the a bookmark to a statistical or council gives UNT an unprece- legal book. They do not keep
internal records like the national archives. Even though the collection at UNT is big, Sears said she thinks many students do not know about the program. “We are a well-kept secret that doesn’t want to be a secret,” Sears said. She also said students who have found the program are excited about the resources available. In addition to working with the government documents, Sears makes the albino squirrel buttons found in the Cyber Café, puts on informational sessions about the depository and hands out pocket Constitutions on Constitution Day. James Van Patten, a history and radio, television and film senior, said the program rings a bell, but he is unfamiliar with it. He said he feels it is important that people know the documents are available. “Without the information, people can’t be informed,” Van Patten said. “Whether or not they choose to become informed is their decision.” Dan Pennell, a jazz studies junior, said he had not heard of the program, but it might be interesting to look at if he needed it. The document program at UNT has existed since December 1947. This is the second person from UNT to be elected chair of the program. “It is rare that a single university has had so much impact on the program,” Sears said. Sears said there are 1,200 libraries in the nation that are depositories. The depositories are open to anyone who wants to access them, not just students at UNT. “It is the cornerstone of our republic to know what is going on,” Sears said. “For someone who is civically active, it is great to have.” The collection of the government documents can be found on the third floor of Willis Library.
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Arts & Life
Kip Mooney
Arts & Life Editor ntd.artslife@gmail.com
Program teaches music from around the world BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer
Students walking through the Music Building near room 258 might hear people drumming on desks. But they are not drumming out of boredom. It’s all part of the learning process in Steven Friedson’s ethnomusicology class. Ethnomusicology is the study of music as a culture, said Steven Friedson. “Open yourself up to music and you can understand a deep part of human expression,” he said. “All cultures have music, which seems to say to me that it is deep within us.” For ethnomusicologists, ethnomusicology is a marriage between anthropology and music in order to understand music within its cultural context. During one part of his ethnomusicology class “Music Cultures of the World,” students learned drumming traditions by drumming on their desks and dancing and singing, Friedson said. Students learn the culture of different types of music through the history, religious philosophy and social context of the culture. Friedson also taught the class
Tuvan throat singing, in which two pitches are produced at once. Students can get hands-on experience about ethnomusicology through one of the ensembles such as the African ensemble, South Indian Cross-Cultural ensemble, Afro-Cuban ensemble, Steel bands, or Gamelan ensemble, an Indonensian music ensemble which recently won “Best World Music Ensemble” in the U.S. by the Percussive Arts Society, Friedson said. “It’s important to know about the way other people are in the world other than ourselves,” he said. Study abroad programs take students to China, India, the Czech Republic and Africa, which help students understand their music within a larger context, Friedson said. The ethnomusicology program does not offer an undergraduate degree, only a Master of Musicology with a concentration in ethnomusicology. Many major schools have ethnomusicology programs, but few offer an undergraduate degree. Carl Vermilyea is a student in the program.. He returned to school after
retiring from his 20 years in the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps. “It’s really an interesting field because it takes something that everybody knows and understands, music and a lot of different cultures through their music, for a chance to better understand their cultures and doing it in a way that I think people can relate to,” Vermilyea said. After graduating in the spring, Vermilyea plans to get his doctoral degree and eventually become a professor. “I think that the thought is people usually get their musical background, be able to analyze music, read it, and some anthropology in their undergraduate years,” Friedson said. “Then that prepares them for really specializing in ethnomusicology.” About five students are currently in the Master’s ethnomusicology program, Friedson said. It is important to study ethnomusicology because many music programs only focus on Western European art music, said John Murphy, professor and chair of the division of jazz studies. But this program makes other cultures more accessible. “You realize that all human societies have some kind of
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John Murphy, professor and chair of the Division of Jazz Studies, specializes in jazz and Brazilian music. Ethnomusicology blends the studies of musicology and anthropology. music. It is a very powerful way to identify with people in other cultures and realize common humanity,” he said. “The ability to understand cultural difference rather than fear it is an important learning skill for anyone in college today.” Eileen Hayes, chair of the music history, theory, and ethnomusicology division, said it is
necessary for students to become familiar with people of different cultures if they want to develop fully as intellectuals and as citizens. “I can’t see someone planning to spend the majority of their adulthood through the 21st century not want to learn as much about the world and how it works as possible,” she said.
Emily Evans, a history sophomore, said ethnomusicology classes expand students’ minds and musical tastes. “I find that pretty cool that you’re not just studying the classics like Bach and Mozart,” she said. “You’re going to sort of the other side of the world.” For more information, www. music.unt.edu/mhte.
Bingo, booze return to beloved Baghdad nightclub BAGHDAD (AP) — It’s Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo. The streets outside may still not be as safe as they once were, and the occasional deadly bombing still rips through Baghdad, but al-Kimackchy is here with her family and entirely fixated on her game, wondering if tonight will finally be her night. “Since I was a young girl I’ve played bingo and even till today, I’ve never won!” she says.
After years of bombings and killings, Baghdad’s 85-yearold elite social club is making a comeback — and there’s no better evidence than the open bar, the deafening Arabic pop music and the Saturday night bingo games that draw hundreds of fun-seekers, from teenagers to grandparents. While it is only a small snapshot of Iraq, bingo mania reflects the growing sense of security in Baghdad and the resurgence of a community that wants no part of the religious divisions that
almost destroyed the city. They are Sunnis, Shiites, Christians — and nobody seems to care. Founded when Iraq was ruled by Britain, the Alwiyah’s lawns, tennis courts, swimming pool and bar were long the gathering place of the cultural, political and intellectual elite — those who met the membership criteria of a college degree and knowledge of a foreign language. It continued to thrive under Saddam Hussein until the early 1990s, when the dictator cut the country’s booze supply to appease
Future A&M president to decide on bonfire’s return COLLEGE STATION (AP) — As in a rural pasture 15 miles from the 10th anniversary of the deadly campus. Texas A&M reached a $2.1 bonfire collapse approaches this week, the former president of million settlement with several Texas A&M University says only plaintiffs in October 2008. The her successor can decide whether families of some of the students the tradition returns to campus, a killed and injured sued university administrators and construction newspaper reported Sunday. The Bryan-College Station Eagle contractors hired to help build the reports that former president Elsa 59-foot-tall tower of logs. After the settlement, Murano Murano, 50, had met with the families of 10 of the 12 people who died in the Nov. 18, 1999 bonfire collapse that left 27 people hurt. In 1999, the wedding cakelike bonfire structure collapsed while students were building it. The accident ended the bonfire as an annual tradition before the Texas A&M-Texas football game, although students and alumni still hold the event without university support. Each year, hundreds of A&M students labor through the fall months to keep the bonfire alive
met with some of the families to her decide if the tradition should return to campus. She resigned in June after receiving a poor performance review. “No matter what, there will be pressure on either side ... and it won’t please everyone,” she said. “At the end of the day, the decision should rest in the head, heart and soul of the university president.”
Muslim conservatives and tribal leaders. Also, many women stopped coming to the Alwiyah for fear of the sexual predators among
Saddam’s family and cronies. On bingo night, a large outdoor screen is lit up and a man calls out the numbers and letters.
Individuals pay about $4 for a wooden table on which they can play. Small cash prizes are awarded.
UNT-International is proud to announce International Education Week, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs that help prepare students to be global leaders.
International Week Events 9
Essay Contest Submission Due “Sustainability: The Key to Global Citizenship”
International Welcome Center & Programs, ISB 286
5 p.m.
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Diwali Festival 2009
Main Auditorium, Auditorium Building
5:45 p.m. - 8 p.m.
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Ang Lee Film Festival “Pushing Hands” (1992)
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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“Hot Shots From Hot Spots” - Photo Exhibit and Essay Award Ceremony
Union Courtyard
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
View inspiring photos captured by students while studying abroad and visit with a GLE representative to discuss how you can study abroad. 18
TaLK Korea - Teach and Learn in Korea Representatives on campus
Wooten Hall, room 117
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
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Japanese Fall Festival, sponsored by the Japanese Culture Organization
Library Mall
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Ang Lee Film Festival “The Wedding Banquet” (1993)
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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“Big Coal” Debate with the UNT debate team and faculty
GAB, room 104
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Cooking & Tasting Around the World registration required Co-sponsored by World Echoes and the School of Hospitality Management
Cooking Lab, Chilton Hall
3 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Ang Lee Film Festival and Panel Discussion “Eat Drink Man Woman”
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
For more information: http://international.unt.edu 940.369.8652
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Views
Josh Pherigo
Views Editor ntdailyviews@gmail.com
Homecoming vote needs your voice Editorial After two months of arguments, protests, threats, a Student Supreme Court ruling, and an untold number of hurt feelings, students now have the opportunity to vote on the Homecoming Eligibility Referendum. Students will decide if same-sex couples can run on the Homecoming court ballot, amending the current policy, which allows only male-female couples on the court. The editorial board believes every student should participate in this election, an event that will reflect the beliefs of all UNT students, possibly under a national spotlight. While the proposal is centered on the election of the Homecoming court, an arguably trivial event in the minds of many, the outcome of this election will likely be viewed as a symbolic representation of UNT’s social climate. A vote for the proposal is a symbolic gesture that students of UNT respect the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, and support the advancement of equal rights for all. The actions of the SGA have created a situation in which the defeat of the referendum will unnecessarily and unfairly characterize the campus in a negative way. The defeat of the proposal will inevitably send a message of adherence to social norms and traditions. The legislation’s unwillingness to address alternative solutions, such as reforms that would allow students to vote for individual candidates, polarized the university in a bitter conflict with neither side willing to compromise. The inability of the SGA to appropriately address this issue forced students to choose between sending one of two symbolic messages, neither of which accurately reflects the complexity of the subject. Voting is available to students at www.untsga.com or in the SGA office in the University Union 320S. Polls close at 5 p.m. Friday.
Campus Chat How do you like the cold weather we have gotten?
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“I like it a lot. I like being warm and putting a lot of blankets on when I go to sleep.”
Farhaud Mirzadeh,
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“It feels really nice. I’m glad it’s finally getting cold.”
Ezra Hernandez
Creative writing senior
Electronic books lack durability I was thinking about the new e-book readers coming out such as the Kindle and the Nook. T he topic ha s come up a few times in some of my classes, and apparently, some l ibra r ies have even been going so fa r as to a lready begin replacing their hardcopy book collections with electronic books. They’re not just some fad passing through. E-books are here to stay. However, replacing books with the readers is a bad idea for a number of reasons. One reason I like printed text so much is because you can treat it badly and it will still work. You can get books wet and dry them out again. You can let dust cover t hem ma ny times over. You can let a little bit of mold get in some of the more expensive ones. You can drop paperback novels down a few flights of stairs and they
will usually still function. You can stand and sit on them and let your cat sleep on them. You can expose them to intense moisture, like in a room where people ta ke showers. You can even throw books to ot her people sta nd i ng across a room (or on a stage). You c a n ex pose t hem to people (teenagers) with really oily skin sometimes even. You don’t even need to recharge books either, and who ca res if you get sa nd stuck in your book? What if you get sand stuck in your cell phone, down in the little buttons? Good luck with that. Books are durable, and they cannot ever be fully replaced with electronic versions, so I a m hesita nt to accept a predominance of electronic book readers. Sure, book printing isn’t ecolog ica l, but elect ron ic r e a de r s t h a t a r e h i g h l y
disposable (or even fragile) would be even less ecologically sound. We a re a lready seeing a problem w it h rec ycl i ng computers and electronics a s it i s. T h i s mea n s t he electronic readers must be durable and be able to last for yea rs, or even decades through a variety of digital formats. I have read physical books that were more than thirty years old. Can you imagine anyone in the future ever using or wanting to use an electronic reader t hat is t hir t y yea rs old? Will we still be using first generation Kindles and Nooks in a few decades? Being ecologically friendly i sn’t si mpl y a b out re c ycling. It’s also about using what we have de c ide d to bu y until it literally falls apart so that the effort, money and
polluting bi-products of recycling processes are not done more often than necessary. You see, I’m not in love with the feel or smell of the pages. I’m in love with the durability and ultimate, longter m, ecolog ic a l su st a i nability of physical books. Can we grow nickel and copper and gold and plastic in trees? No. The materials to make electronic equipment are harder to come by. We have to get down and dirty and strip-mine for it or pay another country to do it so we don’t have to. Paper grows on trees, and harvests like any other crop. Ink is a bit more polluting, but it’s not like mining copper. If you’re adopting e-books for ecological reasons, maybe you should re-think that decision.
In a progressive societ y, there are certain data sets that serve as seismographs of change. Political practices, material on television, re-definitions of economic aff luence: All of these items produce data sets that can be examined to read societal movements. For instance, if you were a sked a decade ago what Ca l i for n ia’s big ge st c a sh crop was, you might’ve said grapes or oranges. The more adjusted a nswer wou ld be marijuana. California reaps nearly $1.3 billion yearly in profits from marijuana growth, according to CNN. W it h t he i nt r o duc t ion of medica l marijua na t hat prof it ma rg i n is ex pected to rise, perhaps becoming a much-needed ladder out of California’s budget hole. This, of course, has helped marijuana in the Californian public’s eye. Marijuana has been slowly finding its way i nto A mer ic a’s e c onom ic str ucture, a nd more Americans are viewing marijuana with an open mind. Now more t han ever it’s i mpor ta nt to d isc uss t he benefits of legalizing marijuana. The most corrosive argu-
ment aga i nst lega l i zat ion is one based in et hos. It’s the assumption that if you support legalization of marijua na you’re some sor t of pot-smok ing libera l hippie who contributes nothing to society. This assumption has two problems. First, pot smokers are probably the best consultants for such an issue. You wou ld n’t a sk a n a lc ohol abstainer about the effects of alcohol on the mind. Second, the legalization of marijuana is a pretty conservative idea. It’s the conser vative belief that the government should have no say in what a person puts into his or her body. T h e s u p p or t i n g a r g uments mainly have to do with economics. The economic benefits to t he countr y as a whole (if we assume a sin tax like we see on tobacco and alcohol) are huge. Think California’s proportional profits multiplied by 50. Dislike a bloated budget? P ick up a “L ega l i ze Pot ” banner and join the march. The legalization of marijuana would greatly reduce drug crime. For years the U.S. has fought the drug war from a supply side, incarcerating suppl iers a nd users a l i ke
(which genera lly amplifies addiction given the rampant drug abuse present in the U.S. prison system). The problem is people don’t want drugs because they’re a round. Dr ugs a re a round because people want them. One way of fighting demand for illegal drugs is to make the less dangerous ones legal. To move marijuana from black markets into the private sector is to rob drug dealers of not just profits but profitability. Decrease the illegal demand for marijuana by capitalizing on the demand for marijuana legally. Eliminate drug dealer money, decrease crime perpetrated by drug dealers. Finally, while many opponents cite t he da ngers of ma r ijua na a s rea son s to prohibit it, lega lizat ion of ma r ijua na wou ld produce the safest possible use of the substance. Wit h lega lization comes reg u lat ion by a lega l entity, and with regulation comes sa fer use of t hese substances. Example: legalized prostitution in Nevada. Si nc e prost it ut ion w a s lega l i z ed i n Nev ada, t he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there has never been a reported
incident of AIDS or a sexually transmitted disease from a legal brothel. Opponent s of lega l i zed ma rijua na need to rea lize that pot will be smoked, be it legally or otherwise. If the government is involved, usage can be expected to be safer. Socially, economically and medica lly t he lega lizat ion of marijuana is beneficial to the U.S. In order to weed out criminals, our officials need to hash out a legalization law to nip this problem in the bud. It’s high time that we try to profit from the trade of marijuana in our country. If we don’t, it’ll be our economy that goes up in smoke.
Brennan Grass is a library science g ra du ate st udent . He can be reached at BrennanGrass@my.unt.edu.
Legal pot would boost economy
Mor g a n B o ok s h i s a n e c on omi c s a n d p olit i c a l science freshman. He can be reached at MorganBooksh@ my.unt.edu.
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UNT plows through Aggies By Sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer
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Receiver Forrest Rucker, an undeclared freshman, prevents a pass from being intercepted by the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks on Nov. 7 at Fouts Field.
Football team’s mistakes extinguish lead, game By Eric Johnson Senior Staff Writer
The UNT football team (2-8, 1-6) came out on fire in the first half on Saturday, but it all went up in smoke after three secondhalf turnovers led to a devastating defeat. The Mean Green outgained the Florida International University Golden Panthers (3-7, 3-4) by 255 yards and controlled the ball for nearly 40 of the game’s 60 minutes. But a 21-point run in the second half by FIU put UNT to rest, 35-28. “It seems like a broken record sometimes in these locker rooms, but these kids are devastated because this team did a lot of what we asked them to do,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “Sometimes in the end it is just not enough.”
The Mean Green defense smothered Golden Panthers’ quarterback Paul McCall, allowing a season-low 85 passing yards. While McCall struggled, UNT quarterback Riley Dodge, a history redshirt freshman, abused the FIU defense for most of the contest, gaining career highs in passing yards, 314, and rushing yards, 84. After being extinguished last week, running back Lance Dunbar, a sociology sophomore, ignited the UNT offense with his sixth 100-yard rushing performance of the season. The “Green Blur” added two more touchdowns, including a 42-yard burst, and now ranks fourth in the nation with 17 total touchdowns. Three critical errors in the
second half doused the inferno that was the Mean Green offense. Riley Dodge threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, punter Will Atterberr y, a kinesiolog y freshman, had a punt blocked and returned to the UNT 16-yard line, and receiver Mike Outlaw fumbled near midfield to give the ball to FIU for the game-winning touchdown. The ceremonial groundbreaking for UNT’s new stadium will be at 11 a.m. on Nov. 21. The Mean Green will celebrate senior day during its final home game of the season against the Army Black Knights and its tripleoption attack. “The effort and competitive spirit and care are there in this locker room,” Todd Dodge said.
Playing its first official game of the year, the UNT men’s basketball won its 1,000th game in school history with an 80-62 victory over the Cameron University Aggies on Saturday at the Super Pit. Forward George Odufuwa, a finance junior, made his mark on the historic night by recording a career high 24 rebounds, the fourth-highest game total in school history. “To win 1,000 games is a big deal, and I think we’re all just glad to be a part of it,” head coach Johnny Jones said. The win marked the fourthstraight time the teams have played in a season opener resulting in Mean Green wins. After a slow start, UNT took control with a 21-9 stretch, gaining momentum after Odufuwa blocked an Aggie shot and returned it for a dunk, bringing the Super Pit to its feet. “George does a tremendous job at rebounding the basketball and with the power he has on the post he will continue to get better,” Jones said. With a 15-point-halftime lead the Mean Green turned to its reserves as guard Richard Thomas, an applied arts and science junior, led all bench players with 12 points. After making four threepointers in three minutes, the Aggies cut the lead to 11, but a three from guard Josh White, an applied arts and science junior, helped the Mean Green hang on for the season’s first win. “Basketball is a game of runs,” White said. “They’re a run-andgun team with plenty of guys who
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Forward Eric Tramiel, a sociology senior, goes up for two against the Newman University Jets on Wednesday at the Super Pit. can score from the outside, but we had a good lead at that point.” White came up with big plays all night, finishing with 19 points, while shooting 5-6 shooting from three-point land. “The guys did a great job at getting me open,” he said. After making more than 73 percent of its free throw attempts last year, UNT went to the line early and often, making 24 of 33 free throws. “Those are easy points for us to get,” White said.
Missing from action was guard Dominique Johnson, a development and family studies junior, who sat out his second-straight game with a shoulder injury. Johnson was unable to play in UNT’s exhibition contest against Newman University but could be ready as early as next week. “If we needed him, he would have been available,” Jones said. The Mean Green returns to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday, when it travels to play the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks.
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