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Thompson, Outlaw lead Green to win Football team ends spring with scrimmage

BY BEN BABY

ARTS & LIFE: Competition helps students with art Page 3

SPORTS: Softball team defeats Warhawks Page 4

Senior Staff Writer Putting an end to UNT’s spring schedule, the Green team defeated the White team 27-17 in the Mean Green footba ll tea m’s a nnua l Green/ White Spring game Saturday at C.H. Collins Stadium.

The Green team kept the W h ite tea m scoreless, a s White was given a 17-0 lead before the game started.

The first and fourth team of fense a nd defense made up the Green team, while the White team consisted of the second and third team offense and defense.

Saturday’s contest showcased strong performances by two players coming off injury — redshirt sophomore quarterback Derek Thompson and redshirt senior receiver Mike Outlaw.

T hompson, who m issed nine games last season with a broken leg, shined for the Green team Saturday. He went 15 of 20 for 181 yards and two touchdowns.

“I missed being out on the field,” Thompson said. “It was a long recovery. But I’m back, I’m healthy and I’m ready to move forward.”

After sitting out the 2010 season because of an injury, Outlaw hauled in six catches for 56 yards for Green.

A l l-con ference r u n n i ng back, senior Lance Dunbar,

was sidelined because of a turf toe injury. Dunbar is one of 14 players who missed Saturday’s scrimmage because of injuries.

Head coach Dan McCarney said he expects the injured athletes to be back for the team’s season-opener against Florida International Aug. 4.

“If you do that, we have a chance to be successful and rea lly improve,” McCarney said. “If you don’t, then we’ll continue to be a punching bag for the other teams on the schedule.”

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“I’m back, I’m healthy and I’m ready to move forward.”

—Derek Thompson, Quarterback

terback Brent Osborn strugg led for t he W h ite tea m, completing five of 19 passes for 19 yards and one interception.

Sophomore running back Brandin Byrd, the third-string r unning back last season, played w it h t he f irst team Saturday. Byrd had 16 carries for 75 yards.

“That w ill ta ke pressure off [Derek] because all the different backs have something different to the table,” Byrd.

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Running back Brandin Byrd carries the ball down the field during the annual Green/White football game Saturday at C.H. Collins Stadium.

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Graduate students receive fellowship

The Mean Green marching band show their UNT spirit at University Day Friday afternoon at the Library Mall. The celebration included live band performances and a speech by Mayor Mark Burroughs. Several organizations also participated with various fundraising activities such as for cancer research.

Thyroid cancer on the rise

BY NICOLE BALDERAS Staff Writer

Thyroid cancer, which is three times more common in women than men, is now the fastest growing cancer in America — though not because more people are getting it, experts say.

Advancements in technology have allowed doctors to better diagnose the cancer than ever before, and while thyroid cancer has a 95 percent survival rating, doctors said regular testing is a life-saving preventative

measure everyone can take.

“There has been an increase in doctors checking, and more people are choosing to get tested,” said Dr. Carolyn Garner, a general surgeon at Denton Regional.

In 2007, more than 434,000 Americans had thyroid cancer — about 338,000 were women.

“I’ve learned that we have to be so much more proactive in our health,” said Stephanie Durate, a thyroid cancer survivor. “I used to rely on everything my doctor said.”

Part of being able to detect thyroid cancer is paying attention to simple things like a prolonged sore throat that isn’t accompanied by a fullblown cold, or in Durate’s case, pain ever y time she swallowed.

“It got to the point where I knew something was wrong,” Durate said. “At first [doctors] didn’t think it was cancer, but after some testing, they found out that it was.”

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Two UNT students were recently named recipients of a prestigious fellowship that will pay for them to conduct research while they earn graduate degrees.

Jody Huddleston, an environmental science graduate student, and Rebecca Weber, a chemistry graduate student, received Nation Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, awarded annually to students seeking research-focused graduate degrees in the science, social science, technology, engineering or mathematics fields. Huddleston and Weber will each get a $30,000 stipend every year for up to three years.

“The stipend lets me focus on research as much as possible,” said Weber, a computational chemist who said she’s working on a specific composite method to model large molecules with more accurate results than other methods.

Weber said this could be applied to pharmaceuticals. If a company wants to know the side effects of a new product, Weber said she could run virtual tests to identify side effects without the use of human testing.

“That will be way in the future, though,” Weber said. “We have to start in baby steps. We are walking, but we aren’t running yet.”

Weber said she works on a small scale.

“I deal with two or three atoms of a molecule,” she said. “It’s more accurate the smaller you go.”

Weber applied for the stipend in November, and she didn’t have much hope.

“My professor told me it was a long shot,” said Weber, who received the acceptance letter last week. “I was just shocked and surprised. I read it several times to make sure it was right.”

Weber plans to graduate in four or five years, and said it will be great not having to worry about a paycheck.

“All I have to do is research my little heart out,” she said.

Huddleston said she researches medical geography, a field she said she didn’t plan on studying when she first came to UNT in 1987.

“It was kind of one of those long-and-winding-roads situations,” said Huddleston, who was a jazz studies student before deciding it wasn’t for her and entering the work force. She came back to UNT in 2006, this time to research diseases.

Medical geography is study of how the location and way people live affect their interactions with diseases.

T he Nat iona l Sc ienc e Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program gives out 2,000 fellowships annually.

“We usually have about 12,000 applicants,” said Rashida Johnson from the National Science Foundation. “The program is to encourage graduates in math and science fields to continue their research.”

Johnson said since the stimulus program in 2009, they have been able to give out twice as many fellowships.

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Events Cancer risks increase with radiation exposure this week Continued from Page 1

Because t hy roid ca ncer risks are elevated by radiation exposure, causes have been linked to such things as not having the thyroid area covered during routine dental x-rays by a lead apron and not having a thyroid guard during a mammogram.

“Yea rs ago, t he dose of radiation [from x-rays] was higher,” said Leslie Koberna of the dental hygiene faculty at Texas Woman’s University.

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said she believes in keeping her patients at ease.

“If you’re using a proper cone [for x-rays], then it won’t cause damage,” Koberna said.

“But it makes the patient feel better to use the apron.”

T he r isk becomes more ser ious, t houg h, for t hose w it h f requent ex posu re to radiation.

“Re a l l y, t h e r i s k i s i f you’re radiated all the time,” Koberna said. “We do keep track of people’s radiation

“A cure was found 100 years ago.

People just need to understand what it is and take simple health steps.”

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—Dr. Carolyn Garner, General surgeon at Denton Regional

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“The technolog y has really changed.”

W it h c h a nge s i n te c hnolog y, there is less risk of overex posu re to rad iat ion t ha n t rad it iona l ly, t houg h it is still suggested to take proper precautions.

“The talk is you don’t really need the lead apron,” Koberna said. “But I will keep using it. We teach our students to use a lead apron, which has a thyroid collar attached to it.”

Though Koberna doesn’t believe technology’s current x-ray radiation amounts will lead to thyroid damage, she

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histor y for this reason.”

Because 75 to 85 percent of all thyroid problems affect women, it is i mpor ta nt to give simple self exams, and even make sure doctors check du r i ng sea sona l ma m mograms or regular physicals.

“It is the only cancer not even ma naged by oncologists,” said Garner. “A cure wa s fou nd 10 0 yea rs ago.

People just need to understa nd what it is a nd ta ke simple hea lt h steps. W hen they go to the dentist for an x-ray, they should ask them about it.”

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Woman finds calling in jewelry Voertman’s art competition

provides real experience

BY DANA WALKER Intern

For Lyndsey Rieple, what started out as making crafts out of bott le caps a nd old photographs as a child has turned into a future in jewelry making.

Rieple, a jewelry and metal sm it h i ng sen ior, sa id she found her ca lling after she started creating jewelry out of leather scraps, buttons and lace when she worked at a costume shop in upstate New York.

“I’ve always had a niche for making things,” she said.

After t wo years, she said she was bored with studying fine arts in New York, so she contacted Harlan Butt of the UNT visual arts and design faculty, one of the top enamellists in the world, for advice about pursuing a career in jewelry making.

“I wanted to come [to UNT] for the program. The professors are amazing,” Rieple said.

A history of creativity Rieple gets most of her materials for free because she uses her father’s scrap leather, wood materials and deer antlers to ma ke ea r r ings, neck laces, bracelets, belts, rings, hairpieces a nd brooches, she said.

Her father also bought her all of the tools she would need to make jewelry, she said.

“I think my dad was really proud because he’s a craftsman and works w it h his ha nds constantly,” Rieple said. “He sees wood kind of [like] how I see materials.”

Her father, Dan, uses old firewood to make and design furniture, while her mother i s a n a r t i st a nd teaches computer art to middle school students.

“My mom is a fine artist and my dad is a furniture maker, so inevitably, I’m an artist,” Rieple said.

Lyndsey’s stepmother, Susie, said there are many similari-

BY A SHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY Staff Writer

For 51 years, Voertman’s Student Art Competition has given College of Art and Design students an opportunity to showcase artwork.

This year, the UNT Art Gallery is highlighting 33 distinctly detailed art designs — Zachary White, a fashion design senior, for his apparel design titled “Undies, Undies, Undies;” Teresa Munisteri, a photography graduate student, for her photographs titled “Rope Swing” and “The Clearing;” and Cecila Shikle, a photography graduate student, for her photographs titled “Nancy” and “Sarah.”

Students can view the art pieces until April 30.

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Lyndsey Rieple, a jewelry and metalsmithing senior, showcases some of the art pieces she has made through the jewelry and metalsmithing program. ties between the way the father and daughter designers go about their art.

“There is curiosity that’s similar [between them],” Susie Rieple said. “I don’t think they see it.”

He said one of the things he is most proud of is how she found herself in Denton.

“Just i n t h is la st yea r, [Lyndsey has] really landed in a groove,” he said. “[She’s] really found [her] peace here.”

Local venues support passion Ly nd se y R ieple ha s displayed and sold some of her work at Art Six, the Denton Community Market, and has

an Etsy site, she said.

Her jewel r y w a s showc a s e d i n S eptember a nd November, said Thomas Rose, the co-owner of Art Six. Rose said the coffee shop and art gallery’s main focus is to help out other artists.

“My on ly t r ue requ i rement is that you are serious about your work,” Rose said.

“If you’re serious about your work , t hen we’l l let you show.”

Rose said that people like the jewelry because it wasn’t made with typical materials and it was also priced well, ranging from around $15 to $30.

‘Industry-standard’ recording studio assists music students

BY PABLO A RAUZ Intern

Wit hout pay ing a dime, College of Music students can use the university’s state-ofthe-art recording studio to help them record high-quality work.

The studio is located in the general access computer lab of the main Music Building, said Scott Krejci, the studio’s manager. The studio’s engineers record audition mater ia ls, cha mber g roups, sa mple-ba sed project s or educationa l recordings for the university.

“Our facilities are rather sma ll, but we ma ke ever y effort to assist music students with their particular projects, and to provide experience to our music students interested in engineering by recording the events using industr ystandard equipment,” said Krejci.

Essentially, the studio acts as a facility for music students to hone their skills, said Brian Hernandez, a studio engineer and a composition graduate student.

“It’s a great facility to have, because you’re not going to have very many places like t h is,” he sa id. “We have top-end equipment and engineers who can assist students with recording their songs and compositions.”

The studio opened in 2008, said Hernandez. It was once open to all students regardless of majors however, it is strictly open to music majors now because of policy changes

and budget, he said.

“The rules are constantly cha ng ing in rega rds to f unding,” Hernandez said. “ We u s e d to be f u nde d directly by the university and music school, and now we are just funded by the music school.”

W h i le t he s t ud io h a s recorded a variety of musi-

pink painted ceramic sculpture that sits in the front of the gallery ,titled “Big Pink,” to a silver gelatin black-and-white print titled “Conversations with Chairs.”

“Classes are great ... but when it comes down to outside the university, ... it gives you a snapshot of what it’s like [in the real world.]”

—Michelle Dellis, UNT alumna and Voertman’s general manager

“The annual Voertman e x h i bit ion pr ov ide s a professional opportunit y for students to enter a juried competition, which they can and will do outside of CVAD as practicing artists,” said Tracee Robertson, the Art Gallery director, in an email.

“It’s a real world experience for CVAD students.”

The art exhibition ranges from a towering, striped

Shikle, one of two $1,000 prizewinners, said the idea behind her two photographs is an investigation of how each person keeps their private space different. This is her first year entering.

She said her cash prize is going toward a $5,000 Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera. The price includes the flash, 2 lenses and a camera bag.

—Brian Hernandez, Studio engineer and composition graduate student Flentge said he understood the amount of work an engineer needs to take during a recording session, but that it should also not be so exclusive.

“If someone wants to record their demo and they’re well rehearsed, it should be open to non-music majors, although music majors shou ld be a priority.”

However Hernandez said it is more worthwhile for the studio to work w ith music students that are often more prepa red t ha n non-music majors who’d take advantage of the situation.

“We l i ke to hea r songs that are well crafted,” said Hernandez.

For more i n for mat ion, email music.labrecording@ unt.edu.

“I was actually hesitant on entering,” Shikle said. “But a good thing to know is to know the jurors when you enter shows like this.”

There are new jurors every year and they judge based on what they believe is most successful. This year’s juror was Peter Doroshenko, the executive director at the Dallas Contemporary.

Doroshenko sifted through 135 student entries, totaling 372 pieces of work, before whittling it down to 33.

Voertman general manager and UNT alumna Michelle Dellis said she noticed most of the selected pieces were photography-based. She said it’s beneficial for students to take advantage of the competition because they can get great exposure and learn from a different experience.

“Classes are great…but when it comes down to outside the university, I think it gives you a snapshot of what it’s like [in the real world],” said Dellis.

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Craig Flentge, a graduate st udent who is cu r rent ly working on his master’s of music performance for trombone, said the studio should be open to non-music majors despite the setbacks.

“I thought it was open to everybody, but it’s kind of a fine line between what they should do,” he said.

“We have top-end equipment and engineers who can assist students with recording their songs and compositions.” cians for various universityrelated purposes, it has also recorded plenty of local bands in the past.

“There are tons of bands that have come through the st ud io,” Her na ndez sa id.

“We’ve had so many that I haven’t been able to keep up with them.”

When the studio initially opened, it would have about 20 sessions a week, he said. A recording session could take up to several hours. He said it gave the engineers plenty of experience with a range of genres. However, the drawback was that the quality of the music was “hit or miss,” because t he studio wou ld get non-music majors who would want to use the studio by t heir ow n mea ns, sa id Hernandez.

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Men’s golf team battles weather B Y PAUL BOTTONI Intern

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Sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons winds up for a pitch against ULM on Saturday at Lovelace Stadium. The Mean Green took two of three to win the series.

UNT wins first conference series B Y DONNIE P IPES Staff Writer

The UNT sof tba l l tea m won the final two games of a three-game series against L ou i sia na-Mon roe t h i s weekend, securing its first conference-series win of the season.

Head coach T.J. Hubbard picked up his 100th career win after UNT won one of two games Saturday, and escaped with a one-run victory in the series’ rubber match Sunday.

Saturday G a me 1 of S at u rd ay ’s doubleheader went poorly for

Playing at the HawkeyeTaylorMade Inv itat iona l, the UNT men’s golf team found itself facing a challenging course, 10 opponents and Mother Nature this weekend.

The Mean Green braved snowy conditions in Iowa to secure fifth place with a final score of 23-over-par 599. UNT finished the regular season with eight Top-5 finishes in nine tournaments.

“I believe we played in some of the most extreme conditions these guys have ever seen,” said head coach Brad Stracke in an email statement. “When we started play on Saturday, [the wind] was blow ing [more t han] 30 mph a nd [it wa s] 35 degrees.”

Snow cuts weekend short The tournament originally comprised of three rounds of 18-hole golf, but was cut to two rounds after the 11-team field awoke to snow Saturday morning.

None of the 11 competing teams finished under par.

“The conditions made it challenging, but we all knew that coming in,” said redshirt sophomore Ty Spinella. “The snow was fun, no different t h a n r a i n e xc ept bei ng colder, of course.”

No. 11-ranked Iowa, the event host, claimed the tournament title with a collective score of 13-over-par 589.

Three Top-20 finishes Sophomore Carlos Ortiz earned his third Top-3 finish of the season, placing third with a final score of 1-under-par 143. Ortiz was one stroke away from tying for first place.

Stracke said he felt Ortiz played “some unbelievable golf” considering the weather conditions.

Spinella and sophomore Rodol fo C a z aubon a l so finished in the Top 20 on the leader board.

Spinella tied Kansas’ Chris Gilbert for 15th place with a final score of 6-over-par 150.

Cazaubon, who shot an 8-over-par 80 on Day 1, recovered with an even-par 72 in the final round to tie nine others for 20th place.

“The course was a good test,” said Spinella. “You needed to drive [the ball] straight and put it on the right spots on the greens, because the greens had a lot of slope and had a fast speed to them.”

Charlotte’s Andy Sajevic and Iowa’s Vince India, who is ranked by Golfweek.com as the eighth-best collegiate men’s golfer, tied for first.

Each finished with a tworound score of 2-under-par 142.

The Hawkeye was UNT’s final regular season tournament before next week’s Su n Belt Con ference Championship, which takes pl a c e Mond a y t h r ou g h Wednesday.

UNT (19-25, 5-13), as the team fell to the Blue Raiders (24-19, 10-8) 7-2.

The teams remained deadlocked early, staying tied at two before the ULM offense erupted for five runs in the 10th inning.

T he second ha l f of t he doubleheader yielded better results for UNT, which took the contest 8-1 behind strong hitting and pitching.

“We did really well w ith runners in scoring position,” said Hubbard.

Senior outfielder Mariza Martinez led the way w ith four RBIs off two hits for the

Mean Green.

Redshirt freshman pitcher A sh le y K i rk sec u red her eighth win of the year with a t wo-hit, one-r un, eightst r i keout per for ma nce.

Sunday UNT secured its first series win Sunday, pulling out a close 2-1 win over the Warhawks.

“Ashley threw well yesterday, and Brittany threw just as well today,” said Hubbard.“So we’re feeling prett y good about going into Texas State as well as South Alabama.”

The Mean Green went up 1-0 early, thanks to back-to-

back doubles by senior catcher Courtney Bradshaw and sophomore shortstop Lesley Hirsch in the second inning.

Junior outf ielder Mega n Rupp prevented t he t y ing run from scoring in the third inning by making a leaping catch that almost cleared the wall for a homerun.

A blast to left center field almost rallied ULM back, but Bradshaw tagged out the tying run at home plate to end the game.

U N T ret u r ns to act ion a g a i n s t t he Te x a s St ate Bobcats at 5 p.m. Tuesday in San Marcos.

M T SU’s ( 7-10 ) t w o -g a me winning streak and picked up its second conference win of the year with a 4-0 victory over the Blue Raiders.

With a limited amount of indoor courts available, the tea ms played t he si ng les matches before the doubles matches until UNT secured the win with four singles points.

The win is nothing new for UNT, who has defeated MTSU in six of the teams’ last eight meetings.

“Ever yone in the lineup except me was on the team last year,” junior Nadia Lee said. “They all have the hunger to repeat [as Sun Belt champions], and I want a piece of that pie too.”

The Mean Green returned to Denton before facing Troy on Sunday.

Troy Honoring its t wo seniors before the final match of the reg u la r sea son, t he Mea n Green broke the Trojans’ sixgame winning streak with a 4-1 victor y.

The team paid tribute to the careers of seniors Madura Ranganthan and Amy Joubert before play began.

“Obv iously w it h it being my last match, you want to be able to end on a good note, and I did,” Joubert said.

Joubert ended her regular season career with a 6-4, 6-1 win.

Ranganathan’s match was cut shor t, as UNT secured t he w i n before her match ended.

T he Mea n Green awa it s final seeding for the Sun Belt Tourna ment, which beg ins Thursday and will be hosted

by South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. “With all of the adversities we’ve gone t hrough, it has made us tough,” Lama said.

Senior Amy Joubert returns a serve during practice. The Mean Green defeated conference foes Middle Tennessee and Troy at home this weekend.

Mean Green completes sweep of conference teams B Y B RET T M EDEIROS Staff Writer

T he U N T t en n i s t e a m ended its regular season on a high note t his weekend, defeating conference rivals Middle Tennessee and Troy.

The Mean Green relocated its match to TCU’s Baya rd H. Friedman Tennis Center be c au se of se vere w i nd s b e for e b e at i n g t he Blue Raiders Friday, and returned home to defeat the Trojans Sunday.

“I sense a rea l posit ive feeling in t his tea m,” sa id head coach Sujay Lama. “I feel like we really have a team as well prepared as any out t here-bot h physica l ly a nd mentally.”

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Cutting from ESL will hurt Texans Editorial If the Texas legislators believe children are the future, they have a funny way of showing it.

Despite the fact that most children in Texas schools are Hispanic, the Legislature is considering taking away programs and resources children need to be successful.

It’s trying to dig out of the $25 billion deficit by cutting from education and other public services.

The Editorial Board sees the potential cuts to English as a Second Language and English Language Learner programs as devastating for the state’s long-term wellbeing.

This school year, 50.2 percent of school-aged children in Texas are Hispanic, and that percentage is projected to increase in the coming years, state demographers say.

Not every Hispanic student speaks Spanish as their primary language, but many do. About 800,000 students are in ESL programs around the state, and many of them are Hispanic.

Cutting out these programs means those children would fall further behind in their comprehension of the information they are taught. Instead of receiving help learning a language they don’t know, they will be forced into a learning environment where they don’t understand what they are being taught.

A smaller percentage of Hispanic students went on to college in 2007 than white and black students. That was before the budget cuts were an issue.

Taking away textbooks and teachers who make the information click with the children is like cutting their legs out from under them. Without a good foundation, they will never be able to stand out in business or other high-paying avenues. Then, if or when the children graduate from high school, the Legislature plans on making financial aid more difficult to get because of funding cuts for both financial aid and individual universities.

That kind of cutting will hurt Texas in a lot of ways.

The children who now make up the school system will be the future voters, educators, business owners and workers. With a thorough education, an individual is able to make more money over his or her lifetime, and he or she is more likely to contribute to society.

The best way for children to learn is through references to their culture. Eliminating those resources and taking away qualified individuals who want to help the children succeed will put them further behind.

Then, when they have children, those kids will start off with fewer resources. A lack of education doesn’t just affect the current generation — it also hurts the ones that follow.

Texas legislators need to think about more than the ballot box when they make their decisions in Austin.

They need to think about the future of all Texans, not just the ones who look like them.

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Right rejects reproduction rights If you’ve followed the news recently, you may know that a federal government shutdown was averted only by a lastminute budget deal between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress.

W hat you may not know is that the reason negotiat ions went dow n to t he wire was Republican insistence on defunding Planned Parenthood. Thankfully, this was ultimately stricken from the deal, but it is still striking that Republicans were willing to shut down the government over it.

Worse, their fervent opposition to Planned Parenthood is filled with lies and misinformation about what the organization does. Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., claimed on the Senate f loor that “90 percent” of the services Planned Parenthood provides are abortions. In truth, the number is just 3 percent (Kyl’s staff later laughably claimed his figure was “not intended to be a factual statement”). The other 97 percent of its services

are preventative care, and federal law already prevents any federal money it is given from being used for abortion.

Unfortunately, the rightwing crusade against Planned Parenthood and other family planning providers — publichealth departments, communit y hea lt h centers, independent clinics and other nonprofits — is not over.

I n Te x a s , t he bud ge t recently passed by state House Republicans drastically cuts family planning money by two-thirds. Currently, almost 300,000 women receive not just birth control and annual gynecological exams, but STD tests and screenings for cervical cancer, breast cancer and diabetes through family planning programs. But hundreds of thousands — many of whom are between the ages of 18 and 35 — will likely lose access due to these cuts. While conservative radio and (soon to be former) TV personality Glenn Beck suggested those who go to places like Planned Parenthood

are “hookers,” it is actually where many women go to get basic health care services.

Also, “pro-life” groups are pushing lawmakers to keep Planned Parenthood clinics and other independent family planning centers from participating in the Women’s Health Program, which uses Medicaid money to provide birth control, healthcare screenings and a n nua l exa ms to low-income women. Not only does the program provide needed services, but it saves money because it provides contraception to Medicaid-eligible women, preventing unplanned pregnancies and, with it, higher health costs Medicaid would have to cover.

This brings me to what makes the least sense from these crusaders: If you want to reduce abortion, you should support reducing unplanned pregnancies.

Cutting or eliminating family planning programs will lead to less prevention through the use of contraceptives and thus

more abortions. It would seem that many of these conservative law ma kers a re not just against the organization Planned Parenthood but the idea of planning parenthood itself. The idea that women might have any control over reproduction through birth control is what really offends them.

Thankfully, there has been some pushback. State senators Jane Nelson (who represents part of Denton County) a nd Rober t Deuel l, bot h Republ ica ns who oppose abortion rights, have said these cuts are too deep and they want family planning funding restored in conference committee.

Please write to your legislators and let them know that you support this effort. You can find out who represents you at www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/ Courtney Jones is an information science senior. She can be reached at courtney.jones36@ gmail.com.

Clarify, defend your beliefs in writing For t he pa st week, my students have been working on opinion writing. We started small — a letter to the editor about an on-campus issue — and from there built our skills with practice editorials about reducing theatre programs and mandating cafeteria food school lunches, until the unit culminated today in the final project: a self-chosen, indiv idua lly resea rched editoria l, based on reliable and ba la nced ev idence wh ich st rong l y suppor te d t hei r stance.

To start out, we covered a white board with suggestions of things long banned from polite conversations. They picked topics and started to write. They realized quickly t hat t h i s w hole opi n ionwriting thing is harder than it looks.

Some students wrote about lowering t he drin k ing age and others about keeping it the same, some wrote about standing up to bullies, and even more w rote leng t hy articles in favor of the legal-

ization of marijuana or the necessity of equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

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at least once, even if t hey crinkle it up right after and throw it away.

I know, easy for me to say, I

“It got me thinking that everyone should have to put their feelings into writing, at least once, event if they crinkle it up right after and throw it away.” stance, the stories were wellresearched and thoughtful.

They understood their topics and defined their beliefs in a way they had never taken the time to before. The project led to fantastically controversial, levelheaded a nd informed conversations about politics, religion and human rights that spilled out of the classroom and worked their way past the bells into hallways and lunchtimes.

It got me t h in k ing t hat everyone should have to put their feelings into w riting,

write an opinion piece every week, and I know that I fuss about talking about current events, writing your senator and using proper grammar (note the lack of an e. It’s never, ever grammer). But I really do think that it makes a difference to write down, prove and defend your opinions in writing, even if it’s just on the back of the bag your Whataburger came in.

Actually, too many stripes.

Sonic? You catch the drift.

I won’t even put a time limit on it; no preachy “this week”

statement will boom down at you from the top of this soapbox (do it soon! !), but you should try it.

P ic k s omet h i ng y ou’re p a s s ion at e a b out , t h i n k about your arguments and the superiority of your stance and write it up. Nothing firms up beliefs like defining and defending t hem, a nd w it h them on the forefront of your mind, they might start a good conversation. In fact, send them my way.

I’d love to read them.

Jessika Curry is a journalism senior. She can be reached at jc0407@unt.edu.

Caitlin Currie

Criminal justice junior

“It frustrates me that Texas is growing but they are decreasing funding for ESL. I’d rather pay taxes than have uneducated kids.”

Jonathan Berg

Kinesiology sophomore

“That just takes away privileges from students who are already at a disadvantage. That’s directly targeting a certain people. How do they expect them to learn English?”

Irvin Loza

International studies junior

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