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Texas schools file lawsuit against state A LEX M ACON

Senior Staff Writer A coalition representing taxpayers, parents and more than 150 Texas school districts filed a lawsuit against the state last week, saying current school funding is unconstitutional and unfair to students.

The lawsuit states that Texas’ funding for public education is an “arbitrary hodgepodge of approaches,” and that a 2006 school finance overhaul, which the suit says gives propertywealthy districts greater access to state funds than schools in poorer districts, violates a clause in the Texas Constitution that requires state education funding to be efficient.

Ray Freeman, a spokesman for Austin-based Equity Center that organized the lawsuit, said the Texas Legislature’s decision earlier this year to cut $4 billion from school funding and an additional $1.3 billion from the state’s education grants to help balance a budget shortfall was the “straw that broke the camel’s back.”

“We saw that the Legislature was not doing anything to fix the inequality and decided a lawsuit was necessary,” Freeman said.

The Texas Taxpayer and Student Fairness Coalition, the primary plaintiff in the lawsuit, was composed of more than 150 school districts – including Hillsboro, Denison and Nacogdoches – when the suit was filed on Oct. 12. The Equity Center announced on Oct. 18 that the number in the coalition has grown to more than 200.

See LAWSUIT on page 2

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Alfred Sanchez offered his house to homeless workers after hearing about their living conditions. Sanchez will be forced to either ask four tenants to leave or provide them with another place to live before the city’s Nov. 1 deadline.

Man provides affordable housing for working homeless D YLAN ROGERS Staff Writer

After more than a year of providing a home for a number of Denton’s homeless men, Alfred Sanchez has until Nov. 1 to decide on the futures of several of his tenants.

City code enforcers investigated a complaint regarding the occupancy of the fivebedroom house at 921 Hill St. in Denton that Sanchez

currently rents to eight men.

According to local zoning laws, he may only rent to four unrelated tenants, and if Sanchez doesn’t find a way to remedy the situation and meet requirements, he could face a citation.

Sanchez opened the doors of the home and welcomed Denton’s working homeless, a group of people he said the city doesn’t acknowledge.

“You can’t look into the problem if you don’t look into the subpopulations,” he said. “You have some that have mental problems. You have some that aren’t willing to work. You have some that are willing to work.

You have to look at it individually and then say, ‘OK, how can we work?’”

Rather than kicking the men to the curb, Sanchez is instead considering renting another

property to meet the city’s demands.

“It’s a little bit of a headache; solving it isn’t,” Sanchez said. “I either buy another house somewhere or put four guys out. These guys just don’t have any place to go. They don’t have the money to get another place. I could put a boarding house in a multi-family area. The problem is … it’s so congested there already. Where we’re at, it’s a quiet area.”

A fine won’t be assessed if Sanchez works to observe the zoning laws, said Lancine Bentley, Denton code enforcement manager. However, if he should fail to meet the city’s expectations, it would cost $350 or more.

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Rawlins unveils plans to boost UNT pride A NN SMAJSTRLA Staff Writer

UNT President V. Lane Rawlins visited the Student Government Association meeting on Wednesday to introduce the administration’s plans to boost morale at the university and encourage students to have pride in their school.

Rawlins did not go into great depth discussing specific plans, as a concrete plan has not been completed yet. But he reiterated

the administration’s desire to make improvements, including construction of new buildings that could propel UNT to Tier One status.

Rawlins praised the construction of new buildings on campus, such as Apogee Stadium and the Business Leadership Building.

“It’s inspirational to see how a facility can really help the education process,” he said of the BLB.

See SGA on page 2

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Richard Wilkey, CEO of Fisher-Barton Inc., likes to see the parking lot of the Sun Prairie, Wis., firm Thermal Spray Technologies Inc. filled with employees’ cars.

Wilkey is concerned about unfair trade practices with China and the full parking lot reassures him that he is doing all he can to provide jobs in America.

Senate bill places tariff on China NICOLE BALDERAS

benefits we get from China are better than we realize. In China has been accused of the long run, the Chinese are putting a damper on the U.S. mainly hurting themselves.”

The House passed a similar economy with its “manipulated” rates, but some believe bill in September 2010 as a the Senate’s Emergency China Trade Act could lead to a trade war between two of the largest economies in the world.

The bill aims to place a tariff on trade with China if the country doesn’t appreciate its currency. The Senate came to a bipartisan agreement and passed the warning to China to appreciate bill 63-35 on Oct. 11, but it its currency to be closer in value has hit a brick wall when to that of the U.S. Since then, it comes to approval from China has made a slight effort the Republican-dominated to make its currency fair, though not enough to avoid the passing House.

“I think first of all, tariff of another bill.

“If you look over the last couple on China is a terrible idea,” said Michael McPherson of years, they have been changing the economics faculty. “The their currency to make it closer Senior Staff Writer

to market value,” McPherson said. “You can draw some parallels from what is going on now to the Great Depression with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. We went from an economic down-

“The benefits we get from China are better than we realize.”

PHOTO BY ANDREW WILLIAMS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UNT President V. Lane Rawlins addresses freshman interns and senators at the student senate meeting on Wednesday. Rawlins encouraged students to attend the Homecoming game and answered questions about the new union building.

-Michael McPherson Economics faculty turn to a Great Depression.”

The intention behind the Smoot-Hawley Act was to increase domestic protection against foreign imports, McPherson said. However, once implemented, the act had a negative effect on the economy.

Though the U.S. has by

no means reached a second Great Depression, McPherson compared the tariff act to the Senate’s new bill, warning that it could have the same end result.

“I think that the occasion for this is we need an excuse here in election season,” McPherson said. “You’ll notice that almost all of the Republican candidates are looking for a scapegoat; Obama is an obvious scapegoat, and it makes for a much better sound bite.”

During the GOP debate Tuesday, which focused mostly on domestic issues, former Ma ssachuset ts Gov. Mit t Romney suggested the U.S. minimize its borrowing from China and its humanitarian aid and instead push China to give more.

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Inside Thieves prowl North Texas for precious metals News| Page 2

Mean Green tries to stay in second place Sports | Page 5

Texas schools sue state over funding Views | Page 7

News

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Lawsuit Continued from Page 2

Sharon Cox, director of communications for Denton Independent School District, said the DISD’s board of trustees discussed the lawsuit and the possibility of joining at its last meeting, but had made no decision on the matter.

“I think we’re going to see quite a few more districts join in the weeks and months to come,” Freeman said.

Texas legislators are in a difficult position, Freeman said, dealing with tough economic times and a budget shortfall, but the future of Texas’ children should not suffer because of it.

“We want the school funding system to be fair to the taxpayer and fair to the children of Texas,” Freeman said. “Essentially, taxpayers should be able to have relatively the same amount of tax rate in one district as you do in another district.”

In the case of Nacogdoches ISD, homeowners in the district are taxed at the maximum rate of $1.17 per $100 of property value, and schools receive $5,487 per student. However, in the Eanes district in Austin, property owners pay $1.04 per $100, but schools get about $6,881 per student, a difference the lawsuit blames on a provision in the 2006 overhaul that freezes state aid.

The No Child Left Behind Act is also a problem, Freeman said, as it only serves to add to the inequality of school funding by forcing students at schools with

Bill Continued from Page 2 “The U.S. has to think of it this way: It is our country that is borrowing money from China and finding cheap labor because we don’t want to invest money in our own country,” said Shaby Jafari, a political consultant and UNT alumna.

“Our financial situation is a direct result of where we’re putting our money.”

The U.S. gets cheap imports from China, McPherson said, and because t he Chinese government is subsidizing American consumption, it is essentially giving the U.S. a gift.

“Economists fear that this

less funding to meet the same requirements as students in wealthier districts.

The lawsuit names the State Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education as defendants.

Suzanne Marchman, a spokesperson for the Texas Education Agency, said the TEA is still analyzing the lawsuit.

“We will work with the attorney general’s office to prepare an official response,” Marchman said in an email.

“Obviously, this is an issue that the courts and the legislature will ultimately have to resolve.”

At least two other lawsuits with similar complaints are in the works, according to the Equity Center. The center hopes to have a ruling from a district court by 2013.

John Brooks, a senior l e c t u r e r w i t h U N T ’s Department of Education, said the lawsuit was likely to raise the interest of parents in maintaining funding for schools, whose budgets are at an all-time low.

“Schools are at a point where they’re not just cutting fat; they’re going to have to cut meat and bone,” Brooks said.

Brooks maintained that adequate funding for the public school system was critical for the future.

“If we don’t take care of our own seed corn, then nobody’s going to want to make the harvest,” Brooks said.

could lead to a trade war with each side putting tariffs on each other’s products,” McPherson said. “Often these things spread from two countries to other countries.”

China was the largest supplier of imported goods to the U.S. in 2010, totaling $365 billion, a 23.1 percent increase from the 2009 amount of $68.6 billion and an 841 percent increase over the last 16 years, according to ustr.gov.

“We could decide to put a tariff on Chinese products, but it would only be a small slap on the hand,” McPherson sa id. “T he Chinese would understand that we didn’t do anything really to their economy.”

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North Texas metal thefts spike A LEX COPELAND Staff Writer

Following a string of damaging equipment thefts in the Dallas area, Time Warner Cable released a statement last week saying it would reward up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest.

Thieves are targeting the industrial metal boxes that house batteries to back up cable and phone services during power outages. The lead contained in the batteries can be re-sold to commercial recycling operations and fetch as much as $17 apiece for the 21 batteries contained in each box.

W hen the batteries are removed, customers can be left without phone, Internet and cable service during power outages, times they may need them the most, said G’Nai Blakemore, a communications representative at Time Warner Cable.

“What happens when the batteries are stolen is there’s an outage for our customers wherever that battery is powering,” she

said. “If there’s a storm and there’s no battery, there may be no access to phone service and there may be no access to Internet.”

Some thieves have even gone as far as using unmarked vans and dressing in safety vests and hard hats to avoid notice, she said.

“Of course people don’t stop them because they don’t know

high, said Ryan Grelle, the public information officer for the Denton Police Department.

“It’s a wide range. No one is immune from it,” he said. “If you’ve got an air conditioning unit outside your house, you can be a victim.”

From telephone poles to lighting fixtures, and even vehi-

“Thieves work no matter what the prices are.”

-Steve Lackie Operations manager for Stubbs Iron & Metal Recycling

what’s going on,” Blakemore said.

“If they don’t look like a Time Warner employee give us a call, because they’re probably not.”

Time Warner Cable has so far spent $1 million replacing the stolen batteries, Blakemore said.

Precious metal theft is prevalent right now because the precious metal commodities are

cles that have catalytic converters, if something has precious metals, they want it, he said.

It’s challenging trying to stop or even gauge the extent of theft in our area because many thefts go unreported, Grelle said.

“It’s hard to prevent, really. If you’ve got an AC unit, what are you going to do? Are you going to put up a barb wire fence or

enclose it somehow? You can’t, really,” he said.

The state has put a wide range of regulation on recycling operations to make it more difficult to unload stolen material, said Steve Lackie, an operations manager for Stubbs Iron & Metal Recycling in Denton.

“We require identification, vehicle information. It doesn’t matter if I buy a pound or a thousand pounds of copper, aluminum or brass, we get identification on every pound that comes through here,” Lackie said. “We follow the rules and then some.”

Lackie said they frequently report suspicious business.

“I’m a big help to the police, let me tell you. I know all these guys,” he said. “It’s a weekly, if not a daily occurrence here.”

Precious metal prices are deflating right now, he said, but that won’t do much to deter future theft.

“Thieves work no matter what the prices are,” Lackie said.

“They’ll get whatever they’ll get.

They’re proud of it.”

SGA

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However, Rawlins said university improvements would come at a price.

“It does mean that in order for you to get a world-class education, you’re going to have to pay more for it,” he said.

If any tuition increases need to occur, Rawlins said he would approach the students about the increase, explain why it is happening and tell them what the money would be spent on.

The administration will try to keep tuition increases to a minimum, Rawlins said.

“We are the most affordable,” Rawlins said. “We are not cheap, in any sense of the word.”

The administration also wrote its first credo, which Rawlins read aloud to the group. “‘UNT promises to offer students a challenging, rigorous, high-quality education and provide a supportive environment to help them successfully learn and grow. As a public university we are committed to equal access and opportunity as a central focus to fulfilling our mission.’”

“Notice it doesn’t say, ‘UNT hopes to do this,’ or, ‘we plan to do this,’” he said. “It says we will promise to do this.”

Homeless Continued from Page 2 Sanchez’s situation has led the city to begin reviewing t he code for f uture issues regarding boarding houses, Bentley said, though Sanchez

PHOTO BY ANDREW WILLIAMS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senator Theresa Blake raises her hand to end questioning and answering for Bill F2011-9 at the student senate meeting on Wednesday. The SGA plans to change the Homecoming Court bill before a vote.

Rawlins encouraged students to read online reports, letters and plans to stay informed about upcoming changes in the university.

Homecoming GPA Bill Following Rawlins’ speech, the SGA introduced a bill to change the GPA requirement for students seeking nomination to the Homecoming Court.

Under the current bylaws, students must have a UNT cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 and must be in good standing

is still subject to the zoning laws currently in place for residential areas.

Si nce November of last yea r, homeless men have r ent e d t he pr op er t y for $ 40- $ 45 a week prov ided they maintain work and stay out of trouble, Sanchez said.

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with the university to qualify for the Homecoming Court.

The bill would allow transfer students and newcomers to the university to run for the court by allowing them to use their GPA from previous institutions, including a high school if the student is a freshman.

“Regardless of the fact that they haven’t been at the university very long, they still attend the university,” said senator Justin Wood, one of the bill’s authors.

“If the UNT population wants to elect a freshman, they should

have that option.”

However, SGA freshman intern Austin Campbell said he did not think freshmen should be allowed to run for Homecoming Court.

“I feel like people who should represent this campus are people who have been here longer than a year, that have made a point to stay here, that have gotten their toes wet,” he said.

The bill was referred to the internal committee and will be discussed in the committee’s meeting next week.

to four months.

One of Sanchez’s renters, who asked t hat he remain anonymous, commended his landlord on what he is doing for him and his roommates.

“He’s helping us out,” he said. “He’s doing things that other people aren’t doing.”

The tenant said he heard about the home from a friend, and although he’s still in the process of getting used to his surroundings after only two weeks of living there, he does worry about what Nov. 1 will bring.

“I think it’s going to hurt us in a way,” he said. “It’s going to hurt the opportunit y of somebody else. But if that’s an ordinance they have to do, then we have to comply with it.”

Though a ll of Sa nchez’s tena nt s work, most ca n’t afford a more permanent residence, Sanchez said.

“ [ D ent on i s ] pr ob a bl y making an effort, but I think a much stronger position could be taken,” he said.

The Denton Cou nt y Homeless Coa lition’s most recent figures, published in a 2009 report, estimated 14.2 percent of homeless people in Denton to be unsheltered, down from an estimate of 17.9 percent in 2007.

Among 99 area homeless – 63 male and 36 female – interviewed for the report, more than half reported their “most pressing needs” to be permanent housing, ahead of health care and employment.

While the city houses some, others seek short-term solutions at area churches and the Salvation Army. “ It ’s a b i g p r o b l e m ,” Sanchez said. “There are a lot of people out there either living in the woods or living under the bridges.”

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Arts & Life

Thursday, October 20, 2011 Jesse Sidlauskas, Arts & Life Editor

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Student publishes short story in ‘Chicken Soup’ DAISY SILOS Staff Writer

While making her transition from life in Zimbabwe to America, Chido Muchemwa, an English and French junior, faced tough memories with a pencil in hand.

Last summer, Muchemwa published her short stor y “Bigger than my Body” in the book “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just for Teenagers.”

Muchemwa w rote about being bullied about her weight during her time as a gymnast in middle school.

“My weight doesn’t limit what I can do, and people make assumptions that because of my weight I can’t do gymnastics,” she said.

In the story – and real life – Muchemwa wins her middle school gymnastics competition.

Muchemwa said when she was writing the story she didn’t plan on submitting it for publication.

“I was just writing it for myself,” she said. “W hen I found out you get paid for stories, I decided to give it a shot.”

Muchemw a re c eive d a $200 check and 10 copies of the book to give to her friends and family.

PHOTO BY SYDNEY CANNON/INTERN

English and French junior Chido Muchemwa stands outside the Business Leadership Building with the “Chicken Soup” book that her story is published in.

Muchemwa also writes for World Echoes, an organization that promotes friendship among different cultures.

World Echoes president and accounting graduate student

Annette Lawrence of the art faculty stands in her studio on Monday.

Krishna Morawala said she thinks Muchemwa’s writing style is easy to read, which is important for a group with diverse people.

“It’s very entrusting and

PHOTO BY REBEKAH GOMEZ/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Denton artist recognized as one of Texas’ best PABLO A RAUZ Staff Artist

An Annette Lawrence art piece could be a 100-footlong complex weave of ropes such as her installation “Coin Flip,” which hangs at Texas Stadium.

Or she might transform a smiple to-do list into a valuable work of art.

The art faculty member has made a reputation for herself by incorporating various media to interpret thoughtful concepts of time and space.

“I look at things and pull them apart and put them back together,” she said.

Texas Mont h ly recent ly mentioned Lawrence as one of the state’s most notable artists. Her style is elegant and clean. Her repertoire of art has been show in galleries in major cities across Texas.

She’s even got some of her artwork permanently displayed at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The piece is called “Coin Toss.”

Much of her artwork is based

“Her artwork is varied. It’s hard to define in a nutshell.”

-Matthew Bourbon Art faculty on past experiences, documents that she gives significance to as a part of her life. In one of her works, “Theory,” she used acrylic ink and graphite on a paper to interpret musical notes from her childhood music class. The result is an elemental work of retrospective intellect.

Law rence has been immersed in the art world since she was a 12-year-old at school in Queens, N.Y., where the city’s fine-art museums and culture influenced her to study art.

In 1990, she moved to

Texas after graduate school in Baltimore.

Over the years, Lawrence has had her art shown in prominent galleries in Austin, Dallas and Houston. She said the art community in North Texas is active and lively, a place where an artist can share and receive energy within the community.

“I want to share experiences with other people, things that I find interesting. I want to make something out of and share with people who have their own experience,” she said.

In 1996 she was asked to work at UNT, where she has stayed ever since. At this point, she’s established herself as a well-known artist, a veteran of the Texas art community.

“Her artwork is varied. It’s hard to define in a nutshell; some of it is sculptural and large scale like what she did at the Cowboys Stadium and some of it is small scale,” said Matthew Bourbon of the art faculty.

f lows really nice,” she said.

“She’s our main source when it comes to writing or editing.”

Jasmine Allen, a kinesiology senior, has known Muchemwa for a year.

Allen said Muchemwa has overcome many obstacles and even experienced what poverty was like.

“When she first got here, she didn’t receive a lot of finan-

cial help,” she said. Allen said Muchemwa only received $50 a semester, but managed to make ends meet with several jobs.

“She’s a strong survivor and has accomplished so much,” she said. “She has a lot of heart and a lot of soul; it sounds cliché but it’s quite true.”

Once Muchemwa graduates from UNT, she plans to become an author and write fiction.

A llen said a lthough she hasn’t had the chance to read Muchemwa’s work just yet, she’s very anxious to read her upcoming works.

“I’ve heard her speak about what she’s writing, and it’s quite interesting,” she said.

“I’m especially interested to read her short story she’s doing for one of her English classes that’s based on her homeland.”

Hav ing her stor y out in the public made Muchemwa nervous, but seeing her name in print and knowing how proud her family is made the cha llenge worthwhile, Muchemwa said.

“My family is very excited,” she said. “My brother and sister always said as long as one of us makes it, we can all live off that one person, so we’re a little closer to that dream now.”

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Arts & Life

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Willis Library looks to expand after 40 years BRITTNI BARNETT Senior Staff Writer

Before it became the all-night hot spot for students, “Club Willis,” which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, was simply referred to as “the new library building” for seven years in the early ’70s.

Constructed at a cost of about $2.6 million from 1968 to 1971, Willis Library has grown into one of the nation’s leading research libraries, offering an impressive collection of rare books and artifacts, as well as one of the largest digital media collections on the continent.

Yet as the student population has increased over the past four decades, the library’s 175,731 square feet have become increasingly cramped.

Close quarters With more than 6 million catalogued items, about 1.85 million of which are physical books, library officials said they’re looking to expand.

“Compared to peer institutions, we’re half the size of most research libraries with a campus our size,” dean of libraries Martin Halbert said.

“We just undertook a library master space plan that lays out the needs of the library over the next 20 years.”

Some of the expansion ideas include doubling the current size of the space and expanding the library along Highland Street, according to preliminary architectural designs that haven’t yet been released.

Halbert said he hopes to complete the expansion within 10 years.

“This is a long-term plan,” Halbert said. “This will take years to realize and raise money for.”

Money has been hard to come by for a UNT library system facing an $800,000 budget shortfall this year, administrators said.

Despite its recent money problems, the UNT libraries system has steadily increased in prominence over the past 40 years.

“I really think we’re doing some very innovative things here at UNT that I personally am very, very proud of,” Halbert said

A prestigious past, present The building was named in 1978 after A.M. Willis, a former UNT regent and adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Willis, who passed away last January, served on the UNT Board of Regents from 1965 to 1983, including 10 years as its chairman.

The library, designed by Houston-based Caudill Rowlett Scott architects, was built over the first football field at UNT, and was supposed to include two large additional wings that were cut from the final design.

More than half a million people come through the doors of Willis Library every year and

check out more than 400,000 items, making the library the most heavily used service on campus, Halbert said.

Some of Willis’ most notable collections include Rare Book Room and historic Texas artifacts and documents. These collections include 4,000-yearold tablets, scrolls, palm-leaf books, posters, maps and games.

“We also have unusual stuff in our archives like our miniature books collection,” Halbert said.

“I mean, literally the smallest one they told me that they got it out of the box or the envelope it came in, and somebody sneezed and it took them like 15 minutes to find it on the floor.”

In addition to first-addition copies such as Handel’s “Messiah” and Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” the library has progressed prominently into the digital age.

Suzi Townsdin, a library science graduate student, has worked for the library for more than three years.

“There are so many cool things we offer,” she said. “We have QR codes that students can scan so they don’t have to write down a book’s call number.”

The UNT digital library is ranked 12th in North America according to the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.

The digital library’s content is searchable through Google dow n to page level, said Dreanna Belden, assistant dean of external relations.

“That puts us up there with people like MIT and the entire

Smithsonian/NASA digital presence,” she said. “Everybody else in Texas falls far behind. Let’s just put it that way.”

Halbert said this focus on digital content is a strategic direction for UNT libraries.

“One of our key assets is the expertise and collections that we have built up in digital libraries,” he said.

Money matters Despite its notable accomplishments, this year the library is facing a budget shortfall.

“Many parts of the campus are experiencing budget shortfalls because of the decline in enrollments that came about because of the lack of state funding for financial aid; [it] really is the proximate reason I’ve heard in the provost council,” Halbert said. “That has hit us and we are having to figure out, well where are we going to go with that.”

PHOTOS BY MELISSA S. MAYER/INTERN

Upper left: Freshman Yaritza Beccera looks at the smallest book collection in the Rare Book and Texana Collection room at Willis Library.

Lower left: The Sanborn room is located on the fourth floor of Willis Library.

Upper right: Sophomore Stephanie Moreno and freshmen Juan Sigala and Yaritza Becerra visit the Rare Book and Texana Collection room at Willis Library. Moreno, amazed by the “smallest books ever” wall, said she wondered what we may leave behind one day.

Above: Willis Library celebrates its 40th birthday this year. With four floors of books, music and research materials, the library offers many resources for the students at UNT and other local schools.

Left: The rare books are housed in the windowless Sandborn room where patrons must wash and dry their hands before handling some of the collection’s oldest works.

Ha lber t is hopef u l t he problem can be solved despite having to cut back the budget by $1.5 million this year.

“It was very significant,” he said. “It’s had a lot of impacts and if we don’t turn the budget situation around, it will continue to have worse impacts.”

Despite challenges such as a lack of space and a recent budget crisis, Halbert is confident about UNT libraries’ future.

“I really want to provide the kinds of research to the students and faculty that they need,” he said. “And continue to respond to the things they want.”

Sports

Thursday, October 20, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

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Mean Green tries to climb conference standings A LEX YOUNG

Setting the tone

Staff Writer

Still searching for its first conference road win, the UNT volleyball team will tr y to improve its fifth-place standing in the Sun Belt West Division when it visits South Alabama and Troy this weekend.

The Mean Green (12-13, 3-6) is a half-game behind A rka nsas Litt le Rock a nd Louisiana Monroe for the final spot in the eight-team Sun Belt Conference Tournament. It has only missed the tournament once since entering the Sun Belt in 2000.

“We’re going to control our own destiny,” head coach Ken Murczek said. “We’re not going to pull out all the brackets of everybody’s schedule and see who they play; we’re going to write our own ticket.”

UNT is winless in four tries on the road in conference play.

Arkansas Little-Rock and West Division leader Arkansas State swept the Mean Green on its last road trip.

UNT will need another allaround team effort, like what it showed in its 3-2 against Louisiana Monroe on Sunday, to win.

In that match, senior outside hitter Shelley Morton posted 23 kills on 60 attacks; both were career highs. It was a special per for ma nce for Mor ton

Senior setter Kayla Saey made the Mean Green record books last weekend, earning a perfect attack percentage (min 5 attacks) against ULL on Sunday by going 6-6.

Only two other UNT players have accomplished that feat since 2000.

features a balanced attack with four players averaging more than two kills per set.

Trojan might

PHOTO BY AMBER PLUMLEY/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior setter Kayla Saey jumps to tip the ball back to UNT opponent Louisiana-Monroe on Friday night. UNT defeated ULM 3-2. because her father was in attendance.

“It’s always great having him here,” Morton said. “He is my biggest support, biggest fan, and there is always something that comes out [on the court] a little more when he is here.”

Morton ranks seventh in the Sun Belt in kills per set with 3.06.

Senior setter Kayla Saey also set a career high in the win with 66 assists. Saey is fourth in the SBC with 9.74 assists per set.

Conquering the king In the weekend’s first match against South Alabama (7-12, 2-5) the Mean Green’s primary focus will be to slow down the Jags’ top attacker, junior middle blocker Faimie Kingsley.

Kinglsey leads USA’s offense

UNT hosts underdog UALR BOBBY LEWIS

Prediction:

Senior Staff Writer The UNT soccer team will play a Thursday-night home ga me for t he f irst time in f ive yea rs tonig ht aga inst con ference foe A rka nsa sLittle Rock.

U N T ( 1 1- 4 -1 , 6 -1- 0 ) enters t he ga me sitting in second place in the Sun Belt Conference behind Denver.

If both teams win out this weekend, next week’s season finale between the teams in Denton will decide the conference champion.

“It ’s a l it t le bit t r ick y because Denver and us are such big riva ls,” said UNT head coach John Hed lund a b out lo ok i n g a he a d t o Denver. “But for us, we’re going to sta rt focusing on [UALR]. It’s important that we get this win and then move on to Arkansas State.”

UNT will play its final road game of the season Sunday at Arkansas State.

I n l a s t s e a s on’s r o a d matchup with UALR (7-10-0, 3-5-0), the teams played to a 1-1 tie that ended after two overtime periods.

“It’s going to be interesting to see what our fan total is going to be on Thursday,”

The players know how important this game is, so look for a fast start from the Mean Green.

The team badly wants to win out this weekend to set up a de facto conference championship game on its home turf next Friday. UNT will win by a goal or two.

PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior forward Michelle Young dribbles the ball during Tuesday’s practice. The Mean Green plays UALR at 7 p.m. tonight at the Mean Green Soccer Complex.

Hedlund said. “We usually play on Friday nights, but I

think we should have a pretty big crowd for Thursday.”

Mean Green fans w ill get a not her look at t he Mean Green’s suffocating defense, which is tied for first in the Sun Belt in goals a l lowed w it h less t ha n a goa l per ga me. UA LR has struggled to score all season, rank ing 10t h in t he 12-tea m conference with an average of just 1.18 goals per game “We just have to make sure we go out there and ta ke care of business at home,” senior midfielder Kara Brooks said. “As long as we focus and make sure we don’t look a head [to Denver], we should be all right.”

The game will start at 7 p.m. at the Mean Green Soccer Complex.

with 3.18 kills per set (sixth in the SBC) and is hitting a staggering .358 (third in the SBC).

Kingsley ranks tops in the Sun Belt and eighth in the nation in blocks with 1.51 per set.

South Alabama is currently on a five-match losing skid but

Troy sports one of the top defensive units in the Sun Belt, lead ing t he conference with15.71 digs per set.

Sophomore libero Courtney Cohen has been a big part of the team’s success.

Averaging a league-best 4.83 digs per set, Cohen was named Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after she posted 16 digs in her last match against South Alabama. Cohen has at least 15 digs in 16 of Troy’s 21 matches this season.

The Trojans hold opponents to .171 hitting each match, good for fourth in the Sun Belt.

Ian’s Insights: Arrivals thrive Opinion I AN JACOBY Intern

The UNT tennis team has been revolutionized over the past year.

Head coach Sujay Lama brought in two transfers and two freshmen to reinvigorate UNT’s program after a disappointing finish to last season in which it fell to Florida International in the conference tournament semifinals.

After starting this season with two impressive outing in which the team took five flight championships against stout competition, its focus is getting to the NCAA Tournament.

The reason for the team’s growth can be directly attributed to the play of the new talent.

Four of the five flight championships were either from a UNT doubles team that involved a new recruit or a singles championship shared by a veteran player and a new recruit.

The freshmen Franziska Sprinkmeyer of Germany has been exceptional so far in the season. She took home a doubles titles in both her first two tournaments and had a second-place finish in singles at the UTSA Invitational in New York. Standing almost 6 feet tall, Sprinkmeyer brings a rare power to her game.

K sen iy a Ba rdabu sh of U k r a i ne, U N T’s s e c ond

Mean Green Trivia With a 12-13 record, the UNT volleyball team is still in the running to earn back-toback winning seasons for the first time in years. When was the last time the Mean Green had a winning record in consecutive years?

Answer: It has been quite some time since the Mean Green posted a winning record in back-to-back seasons. The last time UNT earned a winning record for the second straight year was in the 1976-1977 season.

For more Mean Green trivia, follow the NTDailySports Twitter, @NTDailySports.

Ian Jacoby freshman recruit, has also opened her collegiate career strong. She shared a singles championship in the C flight with senior Nadia Lee at her first tournament in Oklahoma.

The transfers Along with the freshmen, two junior transfers have already made their mark.

Ilona Serchenko, formerly of McNeese State, has already won a doubles title. Two weekends ago at the USTA Invitational, she a nd pa rtner Ba rbora Vykydalova won their finals match 8-3.

Arkansas transfer Valentina Starkova proved her clutch capabilities by winning the A flight of the consolation doubles at the Sooner Invitational with two match-point victories against Texas Tech. Starkova has gained an advantage from playing in the highly competitive SEC. With both of these players thriving right away, fans of UNT tennis should be pleased.

Newcomers’ impact The added depth of the team creates another competitive element in practice. Everyone is constantly vying for position in seeding, so out-playing one another in practice offers the added incentive of being seeded higher in match competition.

This has the effect of creating the strongest possible lineup when UNT competes against other schools. There’s no doubt that, without this new roster, the Mean Green wouldn’t be seeing the same success.

With strong outings at the ITA Texas Regional this weekend in Fort Worth and the North Texas classic in Denton, UNT will prove it is legitimate, mainly because of its new additions.

“They have to create a product, own motel room. Each dancer down to one night.

Senior dance students will which the public is invited to see, is isolated from the others and display their original works on and in this process they have to dances with minimalistic moveFriday for the first time at the solve all of the problems they are ment for a strong impact. The New Choreographers Concert. given in order to create this work themes include love, loss, isolation and insomnia, which are The concert will start at 8 p.m. of art,” she said.

In the class, students learn overlaid by the glow of a telein the University Theatre in Sean Gorman, Sports the Radio, Television, FilmEditor and about dynamics, unity, variety, vision.

“It’s a good program. We have content, form and theme, Performing Arts Building. some amazing faculty that have General admission is $5 and Cushman said.

From the 10 choreographed really pushed us far,” Wert said. tickets can be purchased at the All 56 dancers were chosen box office, over the phone, at the works at the concert, two dance pieces were chosen to represent from the dance department door and in advance.

Students enrolled in dance UNT at the American College by advanced choreography professor Shelley Cushman’s Dance Festival, including Amelia students. Some choreographers PAUL BOTTONI omore year in high school senior projects class are required Wert’s “The Television is Watching also decided to dance. Cushman Senior Staff Writer – when I got onto varsity – I to choreograph or perform in the Me Again” and Cassie Farzan allowed students to perform if No current Mean Green messed up the first two plays concert. They also can complete a Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.” they were up for the challenge. football player has seen the on offense as a receiver and Rachel Caldwell choreo“I set out with this image of a research study in fieldwork. field more than senior defen- a f ter t hat got f ired. They Position: Defensive Back “Their work is a culmination to motel. I was interested in doing graphed “Certain Uncertainty” moved me to cor nerback sive back Royce Hill.

Year: Senior demonstrate the knowledge they something different,” Wert said. and is also performing in “Guess Hill – who tops the team and I’ve been playing it ever High School: Cyprus Ridge have acquired through the course “I thought about the idea of why Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” in career starts with 38 – was since.”

HS people would want to stay at a choreog raphed by A n na of their study,” Cushman said. voted a defensive co-captain Fun Fact: Hill described Cushman, the artistic director motel and wondered what they Womack. by teammates earlier t his Playing on an island himself as an avid music In Caldwell’s choreography, of the concert, is known for felt.” fall and has emerged as a key Hill said he admires former fan, collecting music from Wert’s modern piece includes dancers explore the experiher background in dance. She leader in the recent renais- NFL cornerback Deion Sanders many genres. One band he sa nc e of U N T’s footba l l for his preparation and skill, has been listening to lately program. adding that their position on is The Gaslight Anthem. the field is not an easy one.

“It’s the hardest position Switching sides Last year’s winner of the Bill [cornerback]; a lot of times, Hill grew up a fan of the Brashier Award, given to UNT’s you’re just by yourself on an Oakland Raiders – his family

BY M ARLENE GONZALEZ isIntern from Los Angeles – and his island,” Hill said. “I enjoy the top defensive back, f lashed that capability in UNT’s 31-17 father, Ronald Hill, was a key challenge.”

On Friday, the shops off the Through seven games this win against Florida Atlantic figure in beginning his path Denton Square will stay open With season, Hill has 26 tackles, a on Oct. 8. in sports. later than usual.

“My dad had me playing team-high two interceptions the Owls on the Mean Green Denton will have its monthly 20-yard line, Hill tipped a pass spor ts when I was litt le,” and nine passes defended.

First Friday on the Square and Though he thinks Hill is from FAU quarterback Graham Hill said. “I actually started Industrial Street area. playing baseball when I was 4 having a solid season, UNT Wilbert, intercepted the ball Live music, sculptures, stained years old, then started playing head coach Dan McCarney and returned it 85 yards for a glass, appetizers and art will be Little League football when I said the cornerback is capable touchdown. available until 9 p.m. instead of of much more. was in fifth or sixth grade.” the regular 6 p.m.

“He’s doing a heck of a job,” Quiet leadership The Houston native did not PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN For First Friday, art galleries always play on defense, as McCarney said. “He’s one of Hill said he is not a vocal and businesses stay open longer Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday he began his playing career those guys who I expect more guy and prefers to lead by to give shoppers an opportunity Denton. The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday. out of him than he expects exa mple. However, fel low trying to score the ball. to admire and buy art.

“W hen I w a s you ng , I out of himself. Has he played senior defensive back Steven Several communities and month, which is where the idea pher and UNT alumnus, said he played quarterback and wide bad? No. Can he play better? Ford said Hill is known to countries have their own First came from. helped start Denton’s First Friday receiver,” Hill said. “My soph- No question.” chime in when teammates Friday or First Thursday each Shannon Drawe, a photogra- in in February 2010. He and his

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Senior leads new-look defense by example Get to know Royce Hill

PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN

Dance students perform “The Itch,” choreographed by dance senior Anna Olvera, at a rehearsal for the New Choreographers Concert. ence of being blind by wearing blindfolds. In 28 rehearsals, the four dancers adapted to their hearing and touching senses to help them through the modern piece. Caldwell also worked with music student Ryan Pivovar to compose a song of looped cello

harmonies.

Caldwell said her piece is about blindness as an experience, not a handicap.

“I was in my modern class last semester and we would lie on the ground and shut our eyes.

I wondered if I could capture a

feeling of dance with touch and sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said.

The concert will also be held at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday in the University Theatre.

For more information, visit www. danceandtheatre.unt.edu.

Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton wife, Leslie Kregel, thought little more visibility and have the Creative Art STUDIO, one of it would be great to increase public more aware of art culture the businesses that has been awareness of the communi- in Denton that isn’t always a part of First Friday since it started. ty’s artistic talent and culture, recognized,” Kregel said.

Huttash said her main goal Merchants join with artists Kregel said.

Drawe contacted sources to help promote art and busi- is providing music for the event and created the website first- nesses. For example, an artist each month.

BY AMBER PLUMLEY /STAFFRiegelman, PHOTOGRAPHER Friday, Alex fridaydenton.com to establish looking for a place to display PHOTOOn Senior cornerback Royce Hill is co-captain his of the Green defense.

Hill is majoring in sociology and hopes to coach a local guitarist and blues orMean her work could contact the event. high“First schoolFriday footballhas or play the NFL. noinboss, no a coffee shop owner willing to singer, will play in A Creative Art STUDIO. president. I’m just in charge of host the artist, Kregel said. what he has to say and make would enjoy coaching high joke around.

Keri Zimlich, a journalism Heath Robinson, a pharmacy the website and building it into school football.

“Royce is ver y quiet, but everyone laugh.” something because I started it,” junior, thinks the event will junior, said she thinks the event Hill and t he rest of t he When his playing days with he’s a sneaky guy,” Ford said. bring attention to the creativity is a great opportunity to have Drawe said.

“He’s not a prankster, but he’ll the Mean Green are over, Hill UNT footba ll team return fun.

Kregel’s business, Cimarrona, the community has to offer. crack a few jokes on you. He’ll said he hopes to play at the to action at 4 p.m. Saturday “It’s not just one shop, but “I think it’s a good way to sells hats, scarves and warm be quiet for a little while and next level professionally. If aga inst Louisia na-Monroe clothing recycled from old increase the exposure of the arts all the shops getting together allow other people to crack his chance does not pan out, at Apogee Stadium for UNT to rekindle that love of art,” in Denton,” Robinson said. clothes. jokes, a nd t hen he’l l say the sociology major said he Homecoming Weekend.

Robin Huttash ow ns A Zimlich said.

“What we hope is [to gain] a

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Thursday, October 20, 2011 Valerie Gonzalez, Views Editor

Campus Chat

Do you think cancelling the bonfire will affect the turnout for Homecoming?

“I’d say it would probably be less because it’s such a fun traditions that everyone enjoyed, and with its cancellation, not as many people would want to be involved.”

Yana Gololobova

International studies freshman

“I think it’ll probably be a lot less because the bonfire’s definitely what draws out a lot of people.”

Sharon Jassar Biology senior

“I think it’s going to be affected somewhat. I believe people look forward to it every year, and since it’s been canceled now, it’s sort of a bummer.”

Richard Muhunde Economics sophomore

“I think it’ll be about average.

Like it’s been before,‘cause they’re still going to have the festivities and stuff. It’ll just be no fire, which is safer.”

Sarah Hall

Undecided freshman

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Fed up with lack of funding, schools sue Texas When the Texas Legislature decided on a devastating $4 billion cut to public education during the summer, a Republican representative sent a short email to Houston lawyer David Thompson: “Please sue us soon.”

Four months later, that’s exactly what Thompson and a team of litigators, representing more than 200 public school districts from around the state, plan to do.

Since 1876, the Texas Constitution has required the Legislature to provide “support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.” The districts argue that the Legislature’s

school finance formula is hardly efficient, which in turn leaves the schools inadequately prepared to meet students’ needs and parents’ expectations.

If thousands of concerned Texans who showed up to the State Capitol during the spring and summer couldn’t convince the state to properly fund Texas schools, then a lawsuit might be the only thing that will.

Under the current Texas formula, schools in “low-wealth districts,” where residents are taxed at the highest rates possible, end up receiving less money than schools in wealthy districts where families are taxed at lower rates.

For instance, Nacogdoches ISD

homeowners are taxed the maximum rate of $1.17 per $100 of property value, and schools receive $5,487 per student.

However, in the wealthier district of Eanes ISD in Austin, homeowners are taxed $1.04 per $100, and schools receive $6,881 per student.

With this uneven measure leaving schools strapped for cash, school districts simply can’t afford to keep this measure intact – or worse, for the Legislature to continue to make deep cuts to education.

Unfortunately, the district court won’t produce a ruling until 2013, but the ruling would come just in time for the next legislative session. One can only

hope the outcome will force the legislators to find a solution to the broken formula funding and set a precedent for legislators to begin meeting school districts halfway in funding.

When the Texas Legislature cut $4 billion from education to meet a budget shortfall of about $27 billion, thousands of teachers all over the states lost their jobs.

The next set of budget cuts will likely produce a similar result and threaten fine arts programs, which schools might be able to barely survive without, but students absolutely cannot continue to lose out on a proper chance to succeed.

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Don’t let the name fool you In light of President Obama’s announcement last week that 100 military advisers would be deployed to assist the Ugandan military in its struggles against the Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa, a certain notable pundit went on another of his tirades.

Rush Limbaugh, the ultra-right talk show host and boisterous talking head, let loose his disdain toward the announcement, and got a few facts wrong in the process.

For the mere sake of understanding what is going on, let’s clear up some things.

Limbaugh’s main point was that Obama was supporting his “Muslim roots” by going after a Christian entity.

The Lord’s Resistance Army, headed by Joseph Kony, is not a Christian organization.

Kony believes he is the “spokesperson” of God and that he is the absolute authority in his region. We should all know, though, that not everyone who says they’re doing the work of God is actually doing so (see: Crusades or Westboro Baptist Church).

What the LRA actually represents is a terrorist organization that has plagued the nations of Uganda, the Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan for more than 26 years. The accusations and documentation of widespread human rights violations by the International Criminal Court alone include murder, abduction, mutilation and sexual enslavement of women and children and forcing children to participate in hostilities.

These are not the actions of anyone

truly representing Christian ideals.

The next big argument is that this is just the U.S. getting involved in another conflict, and to answer that, I turn to Jedidiah Jenkins, director of ideology for Invisible Children, who had this to say: “To be clear, the 100 troops deployed are being sent in an advisory role, to support and augment the Ugandan military with technology and strategy. They will not be involved in any offensive action. So any reference to an invasion or new war by the United States is absolutely ridiculous.”

Invisible Children has been combating the chaos left in the aftermath of the LRA for years and is even the adopted philanthropy of our own Student Government Association; its work and the ending of this conflict in Africa are duly needed.

To those like Limbaugh: I do hope you do your research first before spouting off emotional reactions to a troubling issue such as this.

Chris Walker is a music composition senior. He can be reached at fussbudgets@me.com.

State Fair fried foods: overrated This year the State Fair of Texas in Dallas has fried salsa, fried gum, fried bananas and lots of other foods, and attractions that no one is talking about.

Photos from the fair have been popping up on my Facebook newsfeed since it opened on Sept. 30.

Are they pictures of Farmer Mike’s pumpkin carvings, the old hot rods in the classic corral or performances from BMX bikers and African acrobats?

Not quite.

Just different shapes of golden fried foods, captions that say, “mmmm,” and numerous comment variations of “Oh I heard about that,” “I can’t believe you bought that,” “I can’t wait to try that,” and of course, “Gross!”

Every year, news sources all over the state and country report on the interesting fried endeavors at the fair.

The State Fair of Texas is the largest fair in the nation. More than 3 million visitors will have attended this year after the fair concludes this Sunday.

T he who-w i l l-f r y-what-nex t contest gives winners merits that gain them national recognition, but their concoctions are hardly commendable.

Taking first for “most creative” at the fair: fried bubblegum.

Did a 5-year-old have access to a fryer and a kitchen pantry?

I’m a little confused as to why people would spend nine coupons ($4.50) on a bubblegum-flavored marshmallow that is dipped in the fryer and then claim that it’s “creative.”

Every item on the list compiled of “Most Creative” and “Best Taste” honors awarded to foods at the fair since 2005 contains the word “fried”: fried Coke, fried beer, fried cookie dough, fried peanut butter and jelly, fried Frito pie and fried butter.

T hat t y ra nt of a 5-yea r-old w it h her easy-ba ke deep f r yer has been ripping through pantries for years.

This year’s award for best taste went to a buffalo chicken strip dipped in f lapjack batter, sprinkled with jalapeño breadcrumbs and t hen deep-fried and stuck on a skewer with a side of maple syrup.

At least the ingredients are more complex than a packaged pink marshmallow.

The fried food debacle proves year after year that sheer curiosity overpowers frugality and common sense at the state fair.

Kaylin Durmick is a journalism junior. She can be reached at kaylindurmick@my.unt.edu.

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