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Volume 96 | Issue 51
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SGA, Salvation Army fulfill children’s wishes BY ISAAC WRIGHT Senior Staff Writer
PHOTO BY STACY POWERS/DESIGN INTERN
Steve Wiest, director of the One O’Clock Lab Band, conducts the band members as they practice for their 50th Annual Fall Concert, which is at 8 tonight in Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
Band jazzes up rock tunes BY JACQUELINE FLUSCHE Staff Writer
Classic rock and jazz will come together today when the One O’Clock Lab Band plays music from the Rolling Stones. The lab band will have its 50th Annual Fall Concert at 8 tonight featuring music by the Stones with guest artists Bernard Fowler and Tim Ries. “You take the Rolling Stones music that you don’t think of as jazz music, and then to do jazz arrangements of it is kind of what jazz artists have been doing all along,” said Steve Wiest, a music professor, the lab band’s director and a Grammy-nominated arranger. “They took Broadway tunes and pop tunes and did jazz versions. That’s what Tim has done with the Stones music.” The band w ill perform pieces including those written by student composers and then feature jazz renditions of Stones music with Ries and Fowler. Those songs might include “Satisfaction,” “Under My Thumb,” “Lady Jane” and “Wild Horses.”
Ries, a UNT alumnus and close friend of Wiest, has worked with many artists within the jazz genre and has performed and recorded with the Stones, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Tony Bennett. Wiest said Ries came up with the idea to compose a jazz rendition of the music. Fowler, an American composer and vocalist, is a backup singer for the Stones and a lead singer in many groups. Wiest said Fowler has been working with Ries as the vocalist for his arrangements. “He’s a very experienced, wonderful singer,” Wiest said. “Tim has been collaborating with him for a while, so he wanted to bring him for this concert as well.” Within the last 40 years, the band’s albums have been nominated for six Grammy Awards. The band has also toured around the world. Mark Dehertogh, a jazz studies graduate student and saxophonist in the band, is happy to be a part of this concert. “I get to play a featured solo,
50th Annual Fall Concert Where: Murchison Performing Arts Center’s Winspear Performance Hall When: 8 tonight Cost: Tickets are $10 to $15 Call 940-369-7802 or visit music.unt.edu/mpac for tickets. and that’s always scary and exciting,” Dehertogh said. “Also, I’m looking forward to listening to Tim Ries, who is an incredible alumnus and tenor player.” Nick Wlodarczyk, a jazz studies senior, first-semester lab band member and trombone player, expressed his excitement as well. “I’ve always gone to see the annual fall jazz concerts with all these guest stars,” Wlodarczyk said. “It’s just really an honor for me to finally be in the band on the other side of it.”
With the holiday season fast approaching, the Student Government Association is trying to help local children enjoy a merry Christmas. The association has partnered with the Lewisville Salvation Army for the project. Three paper Christmas trees and thin paper strips hung in the SGA’s office represent the needs of children. Each paper bears an underprivileged child’s name and two items they would like for Christmas: something they need, such as clothing, and something they want, such as toys. “When I wanted to do a Christmas philanthropy, the first thing that popped into my mind was Angel Tree,” said Ciara Tristan, director of leadership and development for the SGA. This is the second year the group has created an Angel Tree. Tristan, who organized the project, said she wanted to keep the tradition going. The Angel Tree program is a national event supported by the Salvation Army, but, Tristan said, any organization can participate. Tristan said she felt strongly about making those children’s wishes come true. “These are little kids and they see Christmas, but they don’t get to experience it like everyone else,” Tristan said. “When you’re picking that angel up, what you’re getting that child might be all that they’re getting.” The SGA received 35 angels to put on the tree from the Salvation Army. Ten were gone in the first day, Tristan said.
PHOTO BY SARA JONES/INTERN
UNT’s Student Government Association displays the Salvation Army Angel Tree in its office in the University Union. The money earned by the program will go toward Christmas gifts for the children sponsored by it. Mercedes Fulbright, vice president of the SGA, said the project helps people in the association and other departments on campus come together to help children in the Denton and Lewisville area. The SGA is the student-led governmental body of UNT. Because the Salvation Army is such a large, well-known organization, Fulbright said, the SGA hopes it will help draw people in to participate in the project. Furthermore, she said, it helps display the group’s commitment to helping the community. “It shows that we are about
service and that we can help the Denton community,” she said. Anyone can take one of the angels, and the trees have drawn the support of students and UNT employees. One of them is Amy Fuller, administrative coordinator for the Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities. The Angel Tree project is something she participates in every year with her children, she said. Fuller said seeing a student group take on the project is a great development. “It’s a great cause,” Fuller said. “It helps children get things they need each Christmas.”
Warhawks vs. Mean Green ends in KO Students to stay in Denton for holiday BY BEN BABY
Senior Staff Writer
T he matchup bet ween Louisiana-Monroe and the Mean Green on Saturday resembled a game that should have been fought in a boxing ring instead of on the gridiron. Both teams traded big plays throughout the contest like thudding haymakers with knockout power. During many points of the game, UNT found itself on the ropes, but it countered. The Warhawks were able to impose their will in the final quarter, knocking the Mean Green out for good, 49-37. Had UNT pulled out a win, it would’ve had a .500 conference record for the first time since 2004, but instead finished 3-5. “They made some big plays in the second half which really catapulted them to victory,” interim head coach Mike Canales said. “We just didn’t make the plays.” UNT’s first two drives of the game each went inside the ULM 6-yard line, but the Mean Green failed to make the most of its early opportunities, settling for field goals on both possessions. “You have to be able to execute that and get touchdowns,” Canales said. “Having two field goals with this team, I was nervous about because I thought they would score points. Did I think they would score 49? No.” After trailing by a slim 1-point advantage into the second half, Monroe put the Mean Green on its heels, setting off an exquisite offensive showcase for the 8,905 fans at Malone Stadium.
BY LORYN THOMPSON Intern
PHOTO BY MIKE MEZEUL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior running back Lance Dunbar rushed for 134 yards in the loss to Louisiana-Monroe. The Mean Green takes on Kansas State at 3 p.m. Saturday in its final game at Fouts Field. ULM outscored UNT 28-10 in the second half, putting up 21 of those points in the fourth quarter. “We have to play complete football, especially on the road,” redshirt sophomore quarterback Riley Dodge said. “Monroe’s a good football team. They took advantage of some stuff.” UNT entered the contest with the second-best run defense in the Sun Belt Conference, allowing an average 161.3 rushing yards per game. Led by running back Frank Goodin, who rushed for 75 yards and one touchdown, ULM racked up 233 yards on the ground. The Mean Green is 0-5 when it is outgained on the ground. “Their offense, they can run,
they can pass,” senior defensive lineman Kelvin Jackson said. Junior running back Lance Dunbar continued his stretch of impressive performances, rushing for 134 yards on 19 carries. Dunbar picked up 83 of those yards on a touchdown run on UNT’s first play of the second quarter. It was the longest rush of Dunbar’s career. The night’s highlight came in the second quarter, when freshman wide receiver Brelan Chancellor returned a kickoff 91 yards for the touchdown. The return snapped a 143-game streak since UNT had returned a kickoff for a touchdown. The last time it occurred was in 1998, when Broderick McGrew returned a kick 100 yards against Utah State. ULM quarterback Kolton
Browning was the catalyst for the Warhawks offense, throwing five touchdowns to four different receivers. Browning had 320 yards of total offense. His main target was Luther Ambrose, who had seven catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first time the Mean Green had allowed an opponent to have at least 100 yards receiving all season. The Mean Green will turn its attention to Kansas State on Saturday. The Wildcats will come to Denton to play in the final game at Fouts Field.
To read the Editorial Board’s view about who should be the next head football coach, see Page 5.
A mass exodus from campus will happen Wednesday when students pack their cars and scatter up and down Interstate Highway-35 to visit family for Thanksgiving. However, not all of them will leave. Many students plan to spend the holiday right here in Denton. “I don’t have to be at home to feel like I’m with my family,” said Francesca Martinez, an English junior. “It doesn’t feel like I’m missing out on something.” Martinez said she has never gone home for Thanksgiving and will stay to work. She plans to celebrate by making a pumpkin pie, her seasonal favorite. To stay over the break, students who live in UNT Housing must sign up at their dorm’s front desk for safety reasons above all else, said Sharon Miller, a ResLife coordinator. A resident assistant will be on call for each building during the break, Miller said. “It’s very low-key during Thanksgiving,” Miller said. “We just try to make sure we’re meeting their needs.” Some students, like history senior Maggie Howard, are choosing to stay on campus for schoolwork. “I’m taking the GRE this
week, so I feel like it’d be in my best interest to take the week off,” she said. Howard plans to spend Thanksgiving Day with friends and is looking forward to it. Laila Kteily-O’Sullivan of the music faculty and her husband always open their home for T ha n k sg iv i ng d i n ner to students who choose to remain on campus.
“I don’t have to be at home to feel like I’m with my family.”
—Francesca Martinez English junior
“It’s a natural extension of what I’m doing here,” O’Sullivan said. “I can’t imagine being a mom and not knowing if my child has a place to go during Thanksgiving.” O’Sullivan has seven children and said it’s often a learning experience for all involved. “Usually you’re talking about students who are from far away,” O’Sullivan said. “I think it’s important my kids are exposed to different cultures.”
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