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SPEED LIMIT

BY STACY POWERS & A NN SMAJTRLA

Senior Staffer & Intern Everything’s bigger in Texas and, soon, the speed limit could be too.

A bill has been f loating around in the Texas House of Representatives that could raise the maximum state speed limit to 85 mph, making it the highest in the nation.

The law would give the Texas Department of Transportation the option to raise the speed limit to 85 mph on certain roads, said Kelli Petras, a spokesperson for the TXDoT. But it won’t automatically raise the speed limits on any roads nor will it affect any existing roads. “‘It’s disappointing that the speed limit issue was mistakenly reported as something for current roads,” said Lois Kolkhorst, a state representative, in a press release sent out April 8. “There is nothing in the bill to change current speed limits on any existing Texas highway or interstate.”

Petras said the roads that could be affected would be new construction roads built on or after June 1. Even then, TXDoT

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A new state bill would increase the maximum Texas speed limit to 85 mph but would only affect some future highways. would have to conduct a yearlong “speed test.”

“There is a very strict frame for raising the speed limit,” she said.

TXDoT recently raised the speed limit on one West Texas road, Petras said. They monitored incidents on the road three years before the change

and t hree years after t he change, and found that accidents actually went down after the speed limit was raised.

She sa id t here were a n average of 88 fatal accidents per year before the raised speed and an average of 63 fatal accidents per year after.

“Speed is not always the

determining factor of safety,” she said. “Speed limits that are too low are just as hazardous as speed limits that are too high. This is because drivers assume that the road is “safer” and are more inclined to speed and drive dangerously.”

There are some rural areas where the law allows for an

80-mph speed l i m it, but TX DoT has kept the speed limit at 70 mph, she said. This is because some factors have to be considered, such as the physical condition of the road and number of people driving on it.

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Students plan for life after college HIV-infected organ donations considered

BY BRITTNI BARNETT Staff Writer

On May 14, thousands of UNT seniors will walk the stage, receive their diplomas and begin the next part of their life journey.

Many of these seniors have already begun planning what they will do when they drive away from the UNT campus for the last time.

“Obv iou sl y we s e e a n increase in the amount of sen iors who come to see us at this time,” said April Kuykenda l l, a n a ssociate director at the Career Center.

“We get a feel for what they are looking for and help them find jobs in industries they are interested in.”

Students who use a career center at least four times a semester are more likely to find jobs and have a higher median salary, according to the Career Center’s website.

Cassie Shanahan, a biology senior, is hoping to sta r t medical school in the fall of 2012.

“I have a job lined up as a physician’s scribe at Cook Children’s hospital in Fort Worth,” she said. “My job

is temporary, so I’m not too stressed, but it will be interesting to see how the new health care policies will affect my future in medicine.”

For sen ior s a nd ot her students looking to score a job, Kuykendall recommends using the Eagle Network.

“The first thing we do is help them with their resume.”

—April Kuykendall, Career Center

T h i s ne t w or k c a n b e accessed through a student’s MyUNT account, and lists oppor t u n it ies for st udent employ ment, i nter nsh ips, and part-time and full-time employment, according to the website.

Students have an adviser assigned to them by major, Kuykendall said.

“Walk-ins are also welcome,” she said. “They are not guaranteed to see an adviser, but

someone will be able to help them.”

The center also offers help w ith w riting cover letters, resumes and inter v iewing, she said.

“The first thing we do is help them with their resume,” she said. “We also hold mock interviews.”

Phylicia Jasper, a hospitality management senior, had an interview with a hotel Tuesday and got the job Wednesday.

“In hospitality, there are so many opportunities, so I wasn’t worried about finding a job in my industry,” Jasper said. “I will be working at the Hilton Lincoln Centre in Dallas as a full-time guest service agent.”

Jasper will join the nearly 93,000 UNT alumni working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to UNT’s Division of Un i v er s it y Rel at ion s, Communications and Marketing.

The Career Center is hosting a few events during the final weeks of the semester to help students with their last minute job searches.

See GRADUATION on Page 2

Study: Alcohol and energy, a dangerous mix for drivers

BY MEGAN R ADKE Intern

A recent study published by a UNT professor found that people who mix alcohol and energy drinks could be more likely to drive drunk.

T he st udy showed ba r patrons who consumed energy drinks mixed w ith alcohol were three times more likely to exceed the legal limit to drive a vehicle, and were four times more likely to drive once

leaving the bar.

“M i x i ng a lcohol a nd caffeine can help overcome the sedating effects alcohol can make you feel, but you’re still very impaired,” said Dennis Thombs of t he socia l a nd behavioral sciences faculty at UNT’s Health Science Center.

“You may feel like you’re OK to drive, but you aren’t. The caffeine makes a person feel more alert.”

Thombs conducted the study

with a team of researchers who interviewed customers as they exited bars, asking a series of questions and testing their blood alcohol levels.

“We don’t do the usual questionnaire to sober students.

We actually go out to where t h i s i s happen i ng ,” sa id Thombs, who has researched alcohol and drug abuse for eight years.

See RESEARCHERS on Page 2

BY LINDA NGUYEN Intern

People who are HIV-positive might soon be allowed to donate organs if the Center for Disease Cont rol OKs a proposa l mea nt to dec rea se t he mou nt ing wa it t ime for pat ient s on t r a n spla nt lists.

The change would repeal a 2 3 -y e a r- o l d a m e n dme nt t o t he Na t ion a l Organ Transplant Act that prevents people infected w it h t he hu ma n im munodef iciency v ir us f rom donating organs. Repealing t he a mend ment wou ld allow HIV-positive organs to be donated to people who are already infected with the virus, but there are many factors to consider, said Anthony Curran of the biology faculty.

“The d if f icu lt y of allow ing people that are H I V-posit ive to donate orga ns is t hat t here a re many different strains of HIV,” Curran said. “Each st ra in has to be t reated w it h a dif ferent suite of medicine and drugs.”

He said doctors would need to treat both strains of the virus and keep both from replicating, which can be difficult.

“It’s difficult enough to match the tissue compatibi l it y, but to a l so t r y and match the HIV strain would be impossible,” said Curran.

With more than 110,000 A mer ic a n s w a it i ng for organs, supporters of the change said any new donations would help.

Brandi Perez is the clin-

By the numbers -110,000 Americans are waiting for transplants -3,225 Americans between 18 and 34 received transplants in 2010 -12,188 estimated number of HIV-infected Americans between the ages 20 and 29 -3,225 Americans between 18 and 34 received transplants in 2010 -500 to 600 HIV-infected livers and kidneys would become available if the law were changed -179 HIV-positive people received livers or kidneys in 2010 -9 HIV-positive people received livers or kidneys in 2000 Information from The New York Times, Centers for Disease Control and United Network for Organ Sharing

ica l champion for organ don at ion s at Pa r k l a nd Hospital in Dallas.

“As of the end of March, we’ve had t hree donors, which has saved nine lives,” Perez said. “Last year, we had 24 donors, which saved 88 lives.”

Curran cautioned that the repeal wouldn’t fix the need for donors.

See ORGANS on Page 2

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Hickory adds ‘mad’ shop

BY CORRISA JACKSON Staff Writer

Many Denton residents on the hunt for a local shop dedicated to music are ending their search at Mad World Records.

Mad World Records, located on Hickory Street in the Denton Square, opened last month and sells both new and used music.

The brightly lit building next to Beth Marie’s Ice Cream is a 2,200-square-foot space that holds everything from rock and pop to local acts to electronica and more.

PHOTO BY ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY/STAFF WRITER

George Maxey of the geology faculty holds a stalactite he found in a cave in Arkansas about 30 years ago. It’s illegal to break off a stalactite, but he said he found it on the ground after he fell 18 feet through the cave’s ceiling.

Geology professor ‘rocks out’ George Maxey shares love of rocks with students

BY CORRISA JACKSON Staff Writer

T he s hel v e s i n G e or ge Maxey’s office are filled with rocks.

When a student walks into his office in the Environmental Science Building, in addition to the books and mementos n or m a l l y e x p e c t e d of a professor’s office, he or she is greeted with a slice of Mother Nature.

Maxey is a geology professor with a love for all things fossilized.

“The ea r t h is a g iga nt ic puzzle. There’s no end to that puzzle, and that’s why I like it,” he said. “There’s no real end to the puzzle of geology.”

Ma xey’s fascination w ith rocks started in his childhood, he said. Raised in the farming community of Blacklick, Ohio, he said he always wanted to

know how rocks formed and where they came from. When he asked adults about the local rocks and fossils, no one could give him answers, he said.

In eighth grade, a teacher of fered a f ield t rip to t he museum for the five students who wrote the best geology essay, a chance he couldn’t pass up, Maxey said.

“I don’t think I’ve worked harder on a paper in my life,” he said.

A fter work ing numerous jobs a nd t ravel i ng across the country, Maxey said his fat her-in-law suggested he study geology.

W it h t he sa me pa ssion for pebbles, he applied and was accepted to Sout hern Methodist University.

Ma xey ca me to UNT to pursue a master’s degree in env i ron menta l science i n 1988 after transferring from SMU. G e og r aphy depa r t ment c h a i r Pau l Hud a k h i re d Maxey as a full-time lecturer in 2009.

“He just genuinely loves geolog y and rocks,” Hudak

said. “Probably more t han anyone I know.”

The hard rock life of teaching W h i le w or k i ng on h i s master’s degree, a geolog y instr uctor lef t t he depa rtment. In need of a replacement, Hudak asked him to take over and teach.

Teaching didn’t come easy to Maxey.

He’s been shy since childhood and never found it easy to interact with a lot of people, much less a classroom full of students, he said. Maxey said the first time he stood in front of the class was terrifying.

“I was perspiring so bad I looked like I’d run a footrace before that class,” he said.

Ma xey sa id h is t i me teaching has gotten easier over time.

“Now I’m glad. I can talk to people now,” he said.

In addition to teaching, Hudak said Maxey looks for internships for students, helps coordinate labs and brings in money to the department for research.

Researchers surveyed bar patrons Continued from Page 1 From 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., four to six nights a week, Thombs and his research teams visited several, randomly selected bars in an effort to interview many different students.

Thombs said the effects apply to “ready to drink” bottled or canned beverages as well as mixed drinks with caffeine and alcohol.

James Quinn of the rehabilitation, social work and addictions faculty said alcohol alone can have many negative effects on a person’s body, as well as their brain.

“I think it can literally be a prescription for stupidity,” Quinn said. “A lcohol hits major brain centers that affect emotion and increases activity in those areas. It also hits the part of the brain that allows people to evaluate different situations effectively.”

He added that alcohol can have some carcinogenic effects on the body and can cause blood pressure changes, liver damage over time and can

Vaughn said that she doesn’t typically drink much of the energy drink, but has heard of the dangers of mixing the two because of caffeine’s ability to make a person feel more alert when he or she is actually very intoxicated. Because of this,

she said she is careful of how much she drinks.

Virginia Kennemer, a fashion merchandising senior and former bartender in Denton, said she lives in the Denton Square, so she is often within walking distance of her home when she goes out. Kennemer said when she is not within walking distance of home, she doesn’t do shots or drink beyond her means of getting home. However, she said she does often drink energy drinks mixed with alcohol.

“My shot of choice is flavored vodka blasters,” Kennemer said.

She said Andy’s and The Labb serve “Fancy Pants,” which is a mix of orange-flavored vodka and an orange energy drink.

“I’m not d r i n k i ng a nd driving, so that aspect doesn’t affect me as frequently as it does other drinkers though,” she said. “I have seen entirely too many of my friends get into trouble, and watching them go through with court, lawyers and jail doesn’t interest me by any means.

Night will occur from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Chestnut Hall as well, according to the website.

Shanahan said she is nervous and excited about graduation.

“I am ready,” she said. “Plus, I graduated in three years, so it feels like college just flew by.”

For more information on the Career Center, visit careercenter. unt.edu.

cause changes in a person’s insulin, or blood sugar, levels.

Denton resident Sa ra h Vaughn said that when she’s at the bar, she will occasionally take a shot of alcohol and follow it with a drink of Red Bull.

“I don’t rea lly notice a difference because I think the amount of Red Bull I drink is too small to affect anything,” Vaughn said.

“I think [alcohol] can literally be a prescription for stupidity.”

—James Quinn of the addictions faculty

Graduation nears for seniors Continued from Page 1 The Last Call Job Fair will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday at Chestnut Hall, and a Meet the Graduate Networking

“It’s been great.

Denton’s been really nice to us.”

—Marke Burke, Owner of Mad World Records

In the classroom

Love of music

The rock-obsessed professor t r ies to ma ke geolog y a s relatable and interesting as possible to his students with jokes and stories.

Sterling Ca r ter, a rad io, television and film junior said he wasn’t excited to take a geology course at the beginn i ng of t he semester, but hav ing Ma xey as a teacher has changed his opinion.

“You ca n tel l he k nows what he’s talking about,” he said.

Ca r ter sa id he feels he always learns something in Maxey’s class and likes how he ma kes geolog y relevant to real life.

“How can someone know so much about rocks?” Carter said.

Students lea rning is t he best part of teaching, Maxey said.

“W hen I see the students’ response t hat t hey rea l ly understand it, I don’t think there’s anything better,” he said. “That’s the most fascinat ing pa r t of teaching to me.”

Mark Burke, the owner of the store, said he’s been a music fan all his life. Burke, a UNT alumnus, said his possible career paths included teaching anthropology or opening up a record store. Having worked with music since high school, the latter won.

“I’d been running other ones and working in one since I was 18 years old,” he said. “So that’s what I was most comfortable doing.”

Burke opened CD Addict, a music store, in Carrolton in the early 2000s. At the time, other music stores were going out of business, so he was able to buy a lot of merchandise at a lower price, he said.

When the recession hit, he noticed people in Carrolton weren’t buying as much music, and it wasn’t possible to keep the store open, he said.

“We just decided that the only place we could go would be a music town like Denton,” he said. “So we thought we’d give it a shot.”

David Cooper worked at CD Addict for more than five years.

When Burke told him of his idea to move to Denton, he was all for it, Cooper said.

“People love music here, and you can tell that from the amount of business we’ve been doing,” he said.

Beyond the music In addition to tapes, CDs and records, customers can buy buttons, T-Shirts, posters, punk ‘zines and play games on an Atari console.

Burke said the store offers the other merchandise to appeal to everyone. With more people buying music online, he didn’t want the store to be one-dimensional, he said.

“You have to have other things for other people, he said.

Room for more Chris Garver, the assistant manager at Recycled Books and CDs, said the new business is welcome.

“Competition keeps things fresh and moving,” he said.

Garver has been to the store, and likes that customers can buy new music, he said.

Burke said he didn’t worry about competition between his store and Recycled Books.

“We’re kind of completely different,” he said. “It’s like apples and oranges.”

Local response Robert White, a student at North Central Texas College and an employee at Beth Marie’s Ice Cream, also likes shopping at Mad World.

“As soon as we found out about it, all of my friends were excited,” he said. “Since CD Warehouse on Fry Street closed down we haven’t had a record shop.”

White said having the shop next to Beth Marie’s is good for business.

“I see people come in with his stuff all the time,” he said.

The store has only been on the Square for about five weeks, but Burke said response so far has been good.

“It’s been great,” he said.

“Denton’s been really nice to us.”

Speed limit bumped up Continued from Page 1 “I think [the bill] makes sense, especially in rural areas,” said Ryan Burns, a computer science sophomore. “People are just driving through without stopping. People will probably go that fast anyway.”

There are those that think the 85-mph speed limit will cause more accidents.

“T he more t he speed

increases, obviously the more the risk there is for more accidents and serious injuries,” said UNT’s Deputy Chief of Police Ed Reynolds. He said the law would not directly affect the UNT community because the speeds on local roads a nd highways w ill remain fixes.

Jerry Johns, the president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, said it

would take a year to determine how the bill would affect insurance companies. If the number of accidents increases then rates should go up.

“The most important thing is safety,” he said. “Driving 75 to 80 mph is unsafe. It is a common practice for people to drive five to 10 miles above the speed limit. Do we really need for people to be driving 90 mph?”

Organs would go to HIV patients Continued from Page 1 “Even if we allow people that are HIV-positive to donate organs, it wouldn’t be significant enough to make a dent in the shortage,” said Curran.

“The only way this could be a good idea is if we made sure that the [HIV-infected] organs don’t end up in a healthy person’s body,” English senior Lauren Coker said she thinks HIV organ donation could be beneficial.

“As long as the HIV-positive organs are only given to HIV-positive people, I think with proper medical testing and research it could be helpful,” Coker said.

Curran agreed that there are benefits to HIV organ donations.

“If it comes down to getting a kidney transplant from an HIV-positive donor or dying of HIV and kidney failure, the kidney transplant looks pretty good,” he said.

HIV is the virus that causes

AIDs, a disease that shuts down the immune system and leads to death for the majority of those who contract it. With the new advances in medicine, HIV-positive people are able to live relatively normal lives.

An estimated 1 million people are currently living in the U.S. with HIV. April is Donate Life Month.

More information about organ donating can be found at www. organdonor.gov. More information about HIV/AIDs can be found at www.avert.org.

Friday, April 22, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

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South Alabama’s big inning downs UNT

By BoBBy lewis

Senior Staff Writer Starting its final road conference series of the season, the UNT softball team had its twogame, conference winning streak snapped at the hands of South Alabama, who bested the Mean Green 5-0.

The game was the first of a three-game series.

The teams went into the fifth inning in a scoreless tie when the Jaguars erupted for all five of its runs. USA

Photo by Megan Saint-John/intern

“Defensively, we did a pretty good job, but it really got away from us in the blink of an eye.”

Juniors Josh Jones and Ty Spinella practice on the driving range at Lantana Country Club Thursday. The men’s golf team will compete in the Sun Belt Conference Championship April 25 to April 27 in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Men’s golf takes aim at Championship

By Paul Bottoni Intern

After nine tournaments and countless hours of practice, the UNT men’s golf team is set for post-season action, starting with the Sun Belt Conference Championship April 25 to April 27 in Muscle Shoals, Ala. The Mean Green will look to capture its first Sun Belt title since 2003. If the team doesn’t win the tournament, it remains eligible for the NCAA Regionals, but there is an incentive for capturing the conference championship. “[The NCAA] takes roughly the top 70 at-large bids, and they do it by rankings for the most part,” said head coach Brad Stracke. “We rank No. 38

in the country, so if you do the math, we should [qualify for Regionals], but anytime you win a conference championship you get an automatic bid.”

Roa d to t he Su n B elt The Mean Green hopes to end its season on the s a m e n ot e i t op e n e d .

The team kicked off the season by claiming the UT-Arlington/ Waterchase Invitational by 21 strokes with a final score of 20-under-par 844.

The team strung together seven more Top-5 finishes in its final eight regular-season tournaments.

“To be honest, at the beginning of the year I don’t know if we knew how good we were,”

said junior Josh Jones. “But as the year went on, we started expecting to compete for every tournament, if not win it.”

Keys to success UNT and No. 40 Middle Tennessee State enter as tournament favorites. Last year’s champion South Alabama is ranked No. 81 in the country.

The Mean Green will need sophomore Carlos Ortiz to have yet another strong tournament performance.

Ortiz notched eight Top-20 finishes this season, including three Top-3 finishes, two of which were tournament titles.

“He is definitely one of the Top 20 players in the country,” said Stracke. “But because of

our strength of schedule, he is ranked in the 80s.”

Stracke said other than a few tricky par-3 holes, it is a “pretty straight-forward golf course.”

“The fairways are fairly wide open, but if you hit off line too much, you’re in the trees and it’s a lost ball,” he said. “The greens are large, have a lot of slope and are in great shape.”

Jones said he believes the team is ready for the challenges and pressures of post-season play.

“I think we definitely can handle the pressure,” Jones said. “I think everybody is ready.

Coach has been getting us ready for this. We’re going there to take care of business, because we’ve been preparing all year of it.”

the bottom of the fifth inning off with a hit batter, a walk and a single to load the bases for junior right fielder Haley Hopkins, who cleared the bases with a triple to right field.

That set the table for junior t h i rd ba semen C h r i st i n Crocker, who came into the game tied for the team lead in home runs, to hit a two-run home run to give the Jaguars their commanding 5-0 lead.

“We had t wo m i s se d

—T.J. Hubbard, Head softball coach freshman pitcher Hannah Campbell took care of the rest and shut the door on UNT (19-27, 5-14).

“Defensively, we did a pretty good job, but it really got away from us in the blink of an eye,” said head coach T.J. Hubbard. “We didn’t play bad, but we didn’t play good enough to win.”

The UNT offense equaled South Alabama (31-12, 10-7) with six hits, but was unable to drive any of the runners home. The Mean Green’s offensive output made it the third-consecutive game the team scored two or fewer runs.

Prior to the bottom of the fifth inning, UNT sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons had only allowed two hits.

However, the Jaguars started

pitches, and they scored all their runs on two hits and that was it,” Hubbard said.

Simmons’ night was ended after USA’s offensive onslaught in the fifth inning. She pitched 4.1 innings, allowing five hits and walking four hitters.

Redshirt freshman Ashley Kirk relieved Simmons and did not allow any runs on one hit.

She also notched two strikeouts, bringing her season total to 137 and moving her into second place on the singleseason strikeout record list.

“Brittany did well right up until those two pitches, and then Ashley came in and shut it down,” Hubbard said. “They just have to get better at commanding their pitches. Take those two pitches out, they did great the whole game.”

Simmons emerges as Mean Track and field heads to Waco Green softball’s top pitcher

By Ben BaBy

Senior Staff Writer

The UNT track and field team w i l l ta ke one step closer to t he end of t he regular season this weekend when it travels to Waco to compete i n t he Michael Johnson Open, hosted by Baylor University.

T he Mea n Green ha s t wo meets remaining on its schedule and is three weeks away from the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships, which takes place May 13 to May 15.

By BoBBy lewis

Senior Staff Writer As a freshman, sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons posted an earned run average of 2.28, the lowest ERA for a freshman in UNT history.

Now in her second season with Mean Green softball with a team-leading 34 appearances, Simmons has morphed into the team’s go-to pitcher, said head coach T.J. Hubbard.

“She’s become a lot more confident and definitely a lot more dominating on the mound,” Hubbard said. “We can count on her and her consistency has gotten so much better.”

Simmons has come a long way for someone who used to despise pitching.

Obstacles before UNT The Deer Park native started playing softball at four years old when her parents, Harvey and Juanita Simmons, signed her up.

Originally a catcher, she decided to give pitching a try.

“I actually started off at pitching, and I was terrible and I quit because I hated it for about a year, year and a half,” Simmons said.

After her hiatus, her team looked to her to fill a void at pitching, and she returned to the mound on the condition from her father that she pitch everyday for two months. By the end of that summer, Simmons went from the No. 6 pitcher on the team to being the club’s ace.

The business sophomore faced another obstacle when she had plastic surgery as a result of a line drive from a batter crushing her left eye socket.

“Well, it was serious enough that they had to push the eye socket back,” Juanita Simmons said. “And the doctor said she was lucky it didn’t push the bones further back because she would’ve never played

“Our training is setting up for us to run fast the next couple of weeks.”

—Justin Flowers, Senior sprinter

Photo by Stacy PowerS/Senior Staffer

After recording a historic 2.28 ERA as a freshman, sophomore pitcher Brittany Simmons leads the Mean Green with 10 wins this season. again. She’d have been dead.”

Brittany Simmons now has three plates around the socket and wears a mask whenever she pitches.

“A $25 mask is a lot cheaper than me getting plastic surgery,” she said.

Work leads to wins Junior catcher Caitlin Grimes has worked with Simmons for almost two seasons now. As a pitcher and catcher, the two need to have a working relationship both on and off the field.

“She’s such a dork,” Grimes

said. “She’s always got a smile on her face, even, like, in the worst of times. She always makes my day and she always works very hard.”

The hard work has paid off, as Simmons has a team-leading 10 wins this season. Her work ethic, on and off the field, comes from three people who influenced her when she was younger, she said.

“I definitely have to say an old coach of mine, Coach Joe Craft,” Simmons said. “Him and my parents were a big part of who I am off the field more than anything, and I like how I turned out.”

UNT head coach Rick Watkins said a strong allaround effort will carry the Mean Green on Saturday and in the post-season.

“If everybody steps up and does what their job is and performs their event, and then turn it over to the next guy, and he does his thing, that’s how you win a championship,” Watkins said.

A t t h e Joh n Ja c ob s Invitational in Norman, Okla. last weekend, four athletes finished in the top 10 of the men’s 400-meter dash. Senior spr inters Da r nel l Greig, Justin Flowers and Montrell Pyron are among the top five in the conference in the event, along with freshman sprinter Clinton Collins.

W h i le t he tea m is i mprov i ng ever y week,

Photo by JaMeS coreaS/Senior Staff PhotograPher

Freshman sprinter Clinton Collins races down the track during practice. The Mean Green track and field team will be back in action Saturday in Waco.

Flowers said the Mean Green has yet to reach its full potential.

“Our training is setting up for us to run fast the next couple of weeks, especially with the meets we’re running at,” Flowers said. “We should post very good times, better than what we’ve been doing the last couple of weeks.”

Flowers said the final meets of the season will help the Mean Green prepare for the conference tournament because of the strong competition it will face.

“If we can compete against the top teams at Baylor and [the Drake Relays], it will put us

into a good position at conference,” Flowers said.

Senior spr inter Br itta ni Simmons is one of the many UNT athletes that will try to keep improving before the conference meet. Simmons has one year of eligibility for the outdoor season remaining, but said she is unsure if she will compete next spring because of the injuries she has sustained during her career.

“It’s ver y important for me to finish strong, and do the best that I can no matter what, and to feel comfortable knowing that I worked as hard as I could all four years,” Simmons said.

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MUSIC: Teenage group to ‘help send off Hydrant Café with a bang’ Saturday

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‘Share the Joy’ is almost a classic Opinion

By PaBlo a rauz Intern

Photo Courtesy of Margaret Johnson

Popular Gravity performs song and dance routines from the popular television show “Glee.” The group will play at the Hydrant Café, located at 208 W. Oak St., at 8 p.m. Saturday.

‘Glee’-inspired group to play at Hydrant Café

By K aylah Baca Intern

A group of teenagers will send off the Hydrant Café’s downstairs coffee shop at 8 p.m. Saturday with a “Glee”-inspired performance.

Popular Gravity, a group of seven teenagers, will perform song and dance routines inspired from the popular show.

“We want to send off Hydrant Café with a bang, and all the shows we’ve already got lined up, like this group, will make our exit from Denton upbeat and fun,” said Glen Hass, the owner of the café.

Hass will close Hydrant Café, located at 208 W. Oak St., at the end of summer, but will play out the rest of the scheduled events.

A lt hough t he cof fee shop portion will close, the second-floor will still feature artists, bands and mixed-media groups like Popular

Gravity every weekend.

Founded just a yea r ago, Popular Gravity plays venues t h roug hout t he Da l la s-For t Worth area, including Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, benefit shows, charities, private parties and at retirement homes, said the group’s manager Margaret Johnson.

This is the group’s first show in Denton.

“I’ve seen their videos and they sounded really good,” said Kendall Butler, an education junior and president of the UNT Glee Club. “Their choreography is age-appropriate, and we have a lot of respect for their group.”

Butler said the UNT Glee Club has a lot more members than Popular Gravity, but both groups put on similar dance numbers.

Johnson said Popular Gravity

practices every week, and the members all agreed their biggest challenge is balancing the long rehearsals with classwork and homeschool assignments.

Jennifer Culp, 18, said she loves when the energy of the group is really high because it encourages everyone to have a good time.

Kayla Ma zey, 14, said her favorite performances are for the elderly or sick children, because it gives her a confidence boost to reach out to the community through the group’s entertainment.

Every member of the group is a die-hard “Glee” fan, but they each have their own personal genre of music they like best.

Sher ida n Cu lp, 16, loves Broadway musicals while Carley Carpenter, 17, loves countr y music.

The Vivian Girls are a band from Brooklyn, NY, with a well-established name in the indie garage-rock scene over the past few years. Following last year’s “Everything Went Wrong,” their third full-length album, “Share the Joy,” hit record stores last week.

The band consists of guitarist Cassie Ramone, bassist “Kickball” Katy Goodman and drummer Fiona Campbell. Their music is well known for the soothing group vocals backed by simple, upbeat rhythms and catchy guitar hooks. Each member shares vocal duties to create reverberating harmonies, which make the band stick out among the rest — especially on stage.

While “Share the Joy” still has that same tried-and-true musical formula that is the Vivian Girls’ sound, it definitely has its distinctions.

The album kicks off with “The Other Girls,” which is a bratty cry of female individuality as Goodman sings solo in the chorus, “I don’t wanna be like the other girls!” Ramone’s hazy guitar and Cambell’s mid-paced drums provide a laid-back texture to the song’s basic rhythm. The vocals drop out for about a minute and a half in the middle of the song to make room for one of Ramone’s cheeky guitar solos.

The third track, “Dance (If you Wanna),” may as well be the

album’s hit single, as its catchy chorus is an obvious message to any listener that they can most certainly dance, if they want to. Its catchy rhythm is reminiscent of the band’s previous hits, which goes to show that the girls haven’t strayed too far from their original sound to make a good song.

One of the album’s most memorable songs is “Take It as It Comes,” which is an encouraging jingle for any the band’s female fans who might be having boy troubles. It’s essentially girl talk at its finest. Much of the song is a dialogue between members of the band about a relationship dilemma, which is answered by a positive upbeat chorus as the song’s title goes to take it as it comes. “You’ve gotta think with your head, girl, not with your heart, if you ever want a love so true,” Ramone sings.

What’s noticeable about this album is that the songs are longer, with a couple of them clocking in at over a whole 6 minutes, which is unusual for Vivian Girls. It’s apparent that the girls aren’t going for the short-and-sweet style from their self-titled debut album. This isn’t surprising, though, as the band has matured musically and lyrically.

This album gets three stars — not because it’s not really good, but because it’s not as excellent as their previous releases.

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Indie video crew does it their way Denton residents play, work together

BY NICOLE BALDERAS & K AYLAH BACA Staff Writer & Intern

Fi v e U N T a lu m n i a nd a current student use their friendship a nd v ideo experience in t he i r 6 -mont h- old pr o d uct ion c ompa ny, Bomb Bomb Entertainment.

“We all met in advanced film class and came together because we all trusted each other,” said Br yan “Wa lly” Wa lior. “We’ve seen each other work and know what we’re dealing with.”

Each group member is knowledgeable in basic film work, so there is no hierarchy of power.

Instead, t hey rotate positions ever y t i me t hey sta r t a new project.

T h is bond of brot herhood is one reason t he tea m is so different, said Jonathan Heath.

“We’re all so laid back, it’s like being in high school,” he said.

“But when we’re on set, we stick

to our positions.”

Crew members Chuck Crosswhite and Lance Martin, a radio, television and film senior, have known each other since age 15 and live at the house where some of the videos are shot. One of the group’s most prized gigs was being in charge of videography for 35 Conferette.

“We filmed the entire festival, shot vendors, consumers a nd bands,” Crosswhite said.

The clientele Bomb Bomb Entertainment shot t he music v ideo for t he single “Yea I’m Cool” by rapper a nd h ip-hop a r t i st M ichael Olafemi Unuigbey, also known as Mike University. The video also features rapper Wreckamic.

He said the video recording experience was great.

“T he product ion crew was e x t remel y profe s sion a l a nd organized, which helped make it less stressful for me as an artist, because I was able to focus more on the song,” Unuigbey said.

Unuigbey said he found out about t he st ud io t h roug h a mutual friend.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JEWEL GIBSON

PHOTO BY AMBER PLUMBLEY/INTERN

Left: From top, left to right - Charles Crosswhite and Lance Martin, and Bryan Walior and Jonathon Heath, pose to demonstrate their “against Hollywood” theme of productions.

Above: Yarn left over from recording a video of Denton band Shiny Around the Edges in late March.

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Members of Bomb Bomb Entertainment shot video of Denton band Shiny Around the Edges in late March.

Although Unuigbey came with his own vision of what he wanted the music video to look like, he said t he camera crew worked with him on the visual set-ups.

“They listened to my requests and incorporated them with their own ideas,” he said.

Local indie-rock band Shiny Around the Edges also used the Bomb Bomb crew back in March to record a live single-take of the songs off their albums, said the band’s guitarist Mike Seman.

He said the end result of the music video looked like a million bucks.

“For being on a shoe-string budget, the video looks really professional,” he said. “The directors were professional too.”

Out of love, out of pocket The group members said they

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They provide everything from the video set and props down to the food for their clients.

T he y h ave le a r ne d to be creative when it comes to making their set work.

“We had to use a ‘watch out, work ahead’ sign to block out the sun on one of our sets,” Heath said.

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Denton Swing gets people on their feet B y Holly H arv ey Intern

East Coast Sw ing, t he Cha rleston, a nd t he Shag — these dances and more can be found at the Denton Swing Dance Organization’s workshops and events.

Denton Sw ing is an organization where participants meet on the first Saturday and third Friday of every month and enjoy a night of sw ing dancing and music, said Leslie Stephens, a board member for the organization and dance junior.

“It’s a rea lly friendly, open e n v i r o n m e n t ,” S t e p h e n s sa id. “Ever yone ju st socia lizes with e v e r y b o d y.”

Stephens said about 100 to 150 people pa r t ic ipate. Da ncer s range in age from high-school students to people in their 70s, said Amanda Sonnier, a board member and UNT alumna.

“The sk ill set is from those who have never da nced a nd a re ter r if ied to be t here t o p r o s ,” S o n n i e r s a i d .

Friday dances cost $ 5, and Saturday workshop and dances cost $10. Dances are held at the First Baptist Church of Denton.

Practice sessions taught by inst r uctors usua lly sta r t at 8 p.m., then when free dancing starts, the lights go down and the dancing continues for three more hours, Sonnier said.

“We play a lot of types of swing music, like swing jazz, big band era and neo swing,” she said.

Artists played include Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Cherr y Poppin’ Daddies and Michael Buble, she said.

A ba sic lesson consist s of everyone assembling into a large circle and partnering up, where people can learn how to lead, follow, or do both.

“You rotate partners so that ever ybody gets to k now one another,” said Stephens.

A f ter pract icing for a litt le while, the floor opens and people are free to do whatever type of sw ing or sw ing-related dance they would like.

They can even ask the instructors to da nce, Stephens sa id.

Bobbie Ru s s el l, a bu si ne s s freshman, said he has attended Denton Swing workshops.

“I rea l ly l i ke t he t y pes of

da nces a nd how f r iend ly e v e r y o n e w a s ,” s h e s a i d .

In addition to basic workshops and dance sessions, the organization also participates in events in the community, Sonnier said.

Some event s i nclude a muscular dystrophy benefit for an Argyle church and performing at a high-school prom.

This year, they will perform a t D e n t o n A r t s a n d Ja z z Fest iva l, sa id Stephens.

“Basically, we’re anywhere the community needs us,’ she said.

Denton Swing has also partnered w it h ot her g roups to promote different swing workshops a nd opportunities, but the focus is on keeping it local, Stephens said.

“We a l l help each ot her to promote t hose i n t he sw i ng community, but we try to keep Denton Swing in Denton,” she said.

Sonnier said the Denton Swing

Dance Organization was started about f ive years ago by 15 to 20 Denton residents who were driving to Dallas every month to swing dance.

“They said, ‘This is silly to spend so much money on gas,’ so they got equipment and they started the organization here is Denton,” she said.

Denton Swing is currently run by eight board members, most of whom attended or are attending UNT, Stephens said.

There are few hard-and-fast rules at Denton Swing, but Sonnier suggests wearing leather-sole shoes, although sneakers are OK. Denton Swing doesn’t allow any swing moves where feet come off the floor.

“Some people don’t know what they’re doing and they could get hurt,” she said. “Or people who do know what they’re doing could inspire people to accidentally get hurt.”

Exhibit embraces imperfections

By M arlene Gonzalez Intern

Things people perceive as flaws will be embraced at a photo exhibit in Dallas Saturday.

Raymond Butler, a junior from El Centro College, will showcase his unedited work at an art exhibit, showing photography taken with a 35-mm film camera at the CocoAndre Chocolatier shop in Dallas.

The showcase will take place from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Free food, drinks and entertainment will be provided.

Linda Pedraza, a digital retailing junior, said she likes how Butler kept the originality of things and found beauty in it.

“It’s a 35 mm. Nothing has been changed. You know, how a lot of pictures are retouched in Photoshop and stuff, and these aren’t,” Pedraza said. “Just the

print and that’s it. There’s nothing different, you don’t fix any problems with the pictures — it’s just original.”

Butler said there is not a specific theme for the gallery. His photography is based on ideas that have been ruined throughout the years and life situations he has come across.

“Most of the stuff is just about things that I find interesting or beautiful in their own little way,” Butler said.

Butler said he is an artist, not a photographer, which impacts how he photographs things. One particular picture was influenced by the neighborhood he lived in as a child.

The way the picture was shot gave the scene a Hollywood feel that made him remember South Dallas, although it wasn’t the greatest neighborhood, he said.

“Growing up in that area, you saw these kinds of hood guys with gold chain and with all the girls and they’d get all the money,” he said.

“You strived to be that because this was the norm — these guys were like the heroes of the neighborhood.”

Butler said graffiti and revolutionary figures such as Pancho Villa will be portrayed in his photography as well.

Cindy Pedraza, the co-owner of the shop and Linda Pedraza’s sister, said a photo Butler used in fliers, which showed a couple kissing, really caught her attention.

“It just looks really realistic. I think it’s something everyone can relate to it. It’s a moment captured that a lot of people have,” Pedraza said. “I’m glad to show somebody’s work with a 35-mm camera. His work looks really amazing from what I’ve seen.”

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Printmaking group works better together, sells work

BY M ARLENE GONZALEZ Intern

While pants are usually worn and not painted, PANTS, the Printmaking Association of North Texas Students, takes a more creative approach to the clothing they get their hands on.

The group meets the first Friday of every month at 6 p.m. in Hickory Hall 165 and is open to everyone.

Christopher Wallace, the president of PANTS and a studio art graduate student, said the group plans to interact more with the student body and show what printmaking is really about by having a steamroller event on campus.

“It’s a big morale booster, because generally people who are walking and seeing this unusual spectacle get really interested in what we’re doing, and I think it’s a great way to promote the art at UNT,” he said.

The group makes shirts for other organizations. The prices vary based but it usually costs around $3 per shirt, if the shirt is provided, Wallace said.

At art galleries, students sell and

price their art based on how much time and effort is put into it, with prices ranging from $5 to $20.

“The modernization of art work, the fact that something can be reproduced as a multiple, gives you a sense of freedom to where you don’t really worry about it as much if it was one of a kind,” Wallace said.

Payton Lower, a printmaking junior, said his favorite art medium is screenprinting because he likes illustration.

“There’s not as much taboos that go into printmaking. It’s certainly an art form, but there is much more freedom to do what you want,” Lower said.

Kristine Mallari, the secretary of the organization and a printmaking senior, said it is a very community oriented group.

“They want to help each other so they want to be social. It’s not an art medium where you’re in your room by yourself — you’re in the studio around a lot of people doing different things.”

Mallari said she began as a commu-

nication design major, but couldn’t resolve the idea of working for other people, so she changed to printmaking where she can still draw and do what she wants.

She said by having gallery exhibits and demonstrating their work as a group, students are more likely to sell their art, in contrast to selling it individually.

“It is a lot more difficult to sell your work individually, because it’s about the question of how do you get it out to people who want to buy it,” she said.

Mallari said that in the group’s last exhibit, which was in the Art Building.

10 percent of the sales went to the organization for future events and the rest was given to the artist.

The organization will host an exhibit at the Robber Gloves Bar in Sycamore Street before the semester ends. For more information, contact christopherwallace@ my.unt.edu or search “Printmaking Association of North Texas Students” on Facebook.

Productivity issues students face Opinion

BY A SHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY Staff Writer

Procrastination. It’s a word present in every college student’s vocabulary.

Some of us praise ourselves for being the queens and kings of procrastination, especially if we can still get things done in the short amount of time we’ve given ourselves. But alas, as we continue our higher education, it starts to become a little bit more difficult to keep up that procrastination aspect we’ve instilled in our productivity.

Lack of productivity is a commonplace issue for college students, and although students understand it’s something that should be fixed, they ignore it and tend to increase their

productivity issues without even knowing it. Here are some issues students face: Coming up with excuses to prolong homework I’ve encountered this many times — walking around the apartment to figure out what to clean, what to wash, checking the mail, going grocery shopping. It’s anything that you feel should be given attention when it could be done later. Just remind yourself that these errands won’t go anywhere, and it gives you something to do if you get done with your homework early.

Taking a quick nap Naps are usually not a good idea, especially if there’s work to complete that’s due soon. They take up time you could be using to complete some type

of studying, homework or project.

Sometimes you oversleep and begin to freak out about how you’re going to finish your work. You don’t want to put yourself in that position. Turn the music up, grab a study partner and get down to business.

Going out for a little bit Tackling homework as soon as you get home isn’t something you look forward to, but it needs to be done. Leaving to get a quick drink at the bar, taking a quick walk or grabbing a quick bite to eat should only be used as a break during studying or a reward. More likely than not, if you decide to go out before starting homework, you’ll never get to it in time. It’s also easy to fall behind and hard to catch up if you keep putting it off because your “quick” outing turns into a “long” visit.

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Kristine Mallari, the secretary of PANTS, etches uses a printing press. The material is run through a copper plate for the etching process in Hickory Hall.

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[College kids cooking]

Carrot cake

By Brittni Barnett / Senior Staff Writer

Just in time for Easter, this carrot cake recipe, courtesy of allrecipes. com, is perfect for the holiday crowd.

Is Easter not your thing? No problem.

This recipe makes a lot of cake and is perfect for any large group.

If you are allergic to pecans, feel free to leave them out. Don’t skip out on making the frosting. It’s really easy and tastes so much better than the stuff in the can.

I bought all the ingredients for this recipe for about $15. With its enticing cinnamon aroma and taste, crunchy pecans, and deliciously sweet icing, this cake will have you coming back for seconds.

Ingredients for the cake 4 eggs 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup chopped pecans Ingredients for the icing 1/2 cup butter, softened 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 4 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped pecans

Photo by berenice Quirino/Visuals editor

Carrot cake with homemade icing and nuts to top it off.

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and f lour a 9-by-13 inch pan, or lightly cover it with cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, combine eggs, oil, white suga r a nd 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Mix in f lour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour mixture into prepared pan.

3. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

To make the frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat until the mixture is smoot h a nd crea my. St i r in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.

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The Love Shack 115 E. Hickory St. Denton, Texas 76201 B y A shley-C rystAl F irstley & M Arlene G onzAlez Staff Writer & Intern

A barbershop-turned-restaurant has hungry Denton residents f looding to the newest addition on Hickory Street.

The Love Shack was opened by chef Tim Love, who has appeared on t he cu l i na r y compet it ion shows “Iron Chef,” “Top Chef” and “Top Chef Masters.”

Setting foot inside, you first notice the cramped space. People are constantly shifting to the side to allow others to pass in the restuarant, which has a seating capacity of 183. The small patio doesn’t do it justice.

As you wait to be seated, folk country music and beige-painted walls establish a mellow mood — maybe too mellow.

Worn-dow n, white-pa inted wooden boards patterned with steel sheets attempt a contemporary look, but mixed with the music, it’s unclear what atmosphere the restaurant is trying to establish.

Patrons are greeted by smiling and energetic waitresses, who unfortunately serve below-average food.

For the price of $4.62, patrons can order the golden, crispy four-piece organic chicken tenders basket, though it may not be a taste bud’s first choice. The tenders received a little too much seasoning love, leaving a conflicting aftertaste of rosemary, pepper and thyme — just to name a few.

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With live music and good burgers, the Love Shack, located on 115 East Hickory Street is a new place to eat.

fresh-cut fries and chile Parmesan chips. The sliced-thin crispy fries taste more like potato chips, and the chips lack Parmesan flavor because of excessive chile seasoning.

The Love burger is a tasteful delight. Slapped bet ween t wo untoasted, soft white buns, the ha l f-pr i me tenderloi n, ha l fprime brisket patty leaves your mouth watering after the first bite.

Crunchy pickles, juicy tomato and fresh lettuce complement the perfectly seasoned meat. All burgers are medium-cooked, and Photo by hannah tidwell/ PhotograPhy intern most are served with a secret Love sauce that doesn’t do much for The Love Shack is the newest addition to Hickory Street. the burger.

For the sauce-less burgers, patrons have the option to make it to waste time on the Square and ‘dirty’ with Love sauce, bacon and see Love Shack, go for it. It’s good a fried quail egg. $8.54 gets you a for its folksy, old school atmosphere with live performances and juicy single and $8.78 gets a double.

A ver y sma l l select ion of burgers.

But if it’s packed, it’s not worth desserts is available if there’s stomach room, but don’t expect waiting for. anything worthwhile.

The chocolate chip cookie is a decent size for the price of $1.62, but Cleanliness is a disappointment to Service the sweet tooth, lacking Affordability w a r mt h a nd gooeyAtmosphere ness.

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