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Blue Angels to perform at Fort Worth air show Event uses parking to raise money

BY JOSH PHERIGO Assigning Editor

T h e U. S . Na v y ’s B l u e Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron will perform as part of the more than 100 aerobatic, static display and booth exhibits featured at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show this weekend.

The air show will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Fort Worth’s Alliance Airport. Admission to the nonprofit event is free, but parking costs $20, with proceeds goi ng to benef icia r ies in Ta r ra nt Count y, ac c ord i ng to t he e vent ’s website.

Both the private and military aviation sectors will be represented by aer ia l a nd ground exhibitions ranging f rom a n A ir Force demonstration of the F-22A Raptor

fighter jet to a rocket-powered Port-o-John.

The same aerial show will be per for med bot h day s, beg i n n i ng at 10 a.m. a nd conclud i ng w it h t he Blue A ngels’ per for ma nce at 4 p.m.

The Blue Angels have been tou r ing t he world demonstrating U.S. Naval aviation since 1946, according to the unit’s website. Blue Angels’ e v e nt s c o or d i n a t or A m y Tomlinson said t he A ngels serve as ambassadors to the public.

“Most people don’t get to meet the people serving in the foxholes or on the boats, so we represent the Navy and Marines on behalf of them,” Tomlinson said.

UNT w ill sponsor one of the 29 exhibit booths at the show.

For an inside look at what happened during the show, pick up Tuesday ’s ed it ion of the Daily or go online at NTDaily.com.

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The Blue Angels Squadron flies its delta formation over Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, marking its arrival for this weekend’s air show. The Blue Angels’ mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and represent the naval service to the United States, its elected leadership and foreign nations.

Institute gives UNT BBY A DAM BLAYLOCK Senior Staff Writer

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Junior defensive end Brandon Akpunku runs out onto the field with the “Go Hard” baseball bat during UNT’s Homecoming game against FIU. Mike Canales took over as interim head coach after the loss.

Canales, UNT face tough test

BY BEN BABY

Senior Staff Writer When the UNT football team wrapped up its practice on Tuesday, celebration ran amok on the practice field before the team surrounded interim head coach Mike Canales. The Mean Green did not look like a team that has lost six of its first seven games, a slew of players to injuries and is facing a surprisingly tough game on Saturday against Western Kentucky. It looked as if the team was having fun despite all the problems it has faced so far this year.

“That’s what it’s all about,” sophomore running back Lance Dunbar said. “You got to have fun.

We’ve been through hard times.

That’s the only way to get over them, is to laugh about some of the stuff.”

The game is not just another battle for position in the Sun Belt Conference, as Canales will make his head-coaching debut on Saturday against WKU (1-6, 1-2).

Before joining the Mean Green coaching staff over the summer, Canales was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of South Florida.

Canales will take over a squad that has struggled so far this season.

“I’m excited for the opportunity,” Canales said. “It’s something I’ve dreamed for and prepared for over the last 25 years of my coaching career.”

UNT (1-6, 1-3) will receive some

assistance this weekend, as it will get three significant players back from the Green Plague. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Riley Dodge will be the starter against the Hilltoppers after suffering a broken wrist against LouisianaLafayette. Receivers Tyler Stradford and Benny Jones also return.

Riley Dodge will not be playing under his father, Todd Dodge, for the first time in his collegiate career. Todd Dodge, who also coached his son at Southlake Carroll High School, was relieved of head coaching duties on Oct. 20, leaving control of the team in Canales’ hands for the rest of the season.

“We need to make sure we put our arm around him and tell him, ‘Look, we’re with you. You’re in our family,’” Canales said regarding Riley Dodge.

The game will feature a battle between the top tailbacks in the conference, WKU’s Bobby Rainey , who is 11th in the nation with 119.7 yards per game, and Dunbar.

Canales said that in order to win, the Mean Green will need to stop Rainey and force the Hilltoppers to become a onedimensional offense. Dunbar said he wants to end the year as the top running back in the conference, as anything less than first would be a regression from his phenomenal sophomore year. “[Last year] I performed better,” Dunbar said. “We performed as

a team better. I just have to keep fighting, keep being patient. It’s going to come to me sooner or later.”

The Mean Green will try to shut down WKU’s offense, which posted 54 points against Louisiana-Lafayette last week.

WKU quarterback Kawaun Jakes was named the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for his performance against the Ragin’ Cajuns.

UNT has had a tough time starting games well on the defensive side of the ball, as all seven opponents have scored a touchdown on its opening drive.

The Mean Green is allowing an average of 19.5 points in the first half alone. Whoever the head coach is, junior defensive end Brandon Akpunku believes UNT has the desire to come away with the victory.

“You can get President Obama here, or George Bush or Bill Clinton out here, and we still come out here and ball hard because you have guys out here with a passion for the sport,” Akpunku said.

Senior linebacker Craig Robertson is five tackles shy of becoming one of the top five tacklers in school history. Dunbar needs just 89 yards to reach the top five all-time rushers in Mean Green history.

Kick-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. and can be heard on KNTU-FM, 88.1, and KWRDFM, 100.7.

The “going green” efforts at UNT have not gone unnoticed, as a national organization’s newly released report shows.

The Sustainable Endowments Institute, a nonprof it orga n i zat ion, released its fifth annual College Sustainability Report Card on Wednesday, which evaluated and graded 322 participating institutions of higher education to determine how green they are.

“We made a $700 donation to their nonprofit organization and then they sent us the specific surveys to fill out this past summer,” said Erin Davis, assistant to the director in the Office of Sustainability.

UNT’s overall grade of a Bwas averaged from nine individually graded areas: administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling, green building, student involvement, transportation, endowment transparency, investment priorities, and shareholder engagement.

The highest rating of any Texas university was a B+. The lowest ratings went to Texas Tech and Abilene Christian universities, scoring a C- and D+, respectively.

Nationally, 181 schools scored higher than UNT. Eight schools received grades above an A-.

Rating efforts The Office of Sustainability works to incorporate every aspect of campus life to improve economic sustainability, said Lauren Helixon, a graduate research assistant

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Mechanical and energy engineering senior Matt Recsnik stands next to NTAEMS, a device that measures wind currents, which may lead to wind turbines being built at the new football stadium. in the office.

“Our goal is to link all these factors together,” said Helixon, a philosophy and religion studies graduate student.

The Office of Sustainability will release a Climate Action Plan soon, she said. The plan will outline stringent goals and projects to help UNT achieve its ultimate goal of carbon neutrality by the year 2040.

“Once we reach that milestone, things will just continue onward to make the campus better,” she said.

With the release of the grades, people can see where the university stacks up in comparison with other schools.

But the grading system isn’t perfect, Davis said, because there is no way to gauge a university’s efforts if it doesn’t sign up.

Outreach and research One of the areas that the Office of Sustainability works to promote is environmental research, Helixon said.

Duane Huggett of the biological sciences faculty said the goal is to coordinate and foster

research, something the Office of Sustainability is intended to do.

Coordination with entities outside of UNT helps that effort as well, he said.

Huggett studies the effects that synthetic waste products have on life in aquatic systems, like rivers and lakes. He and some colleagues at UNT helped co-organize the Denton Drug Disposal Day to help prevent prescription drugs from getting into the water, he said.

“The hardest thing to change is people’s habits and behaviors,” Davis said.

Matt Recsnik, a mechanical energy engineering senior, has been working on a project that could bring wind turbines to the university’s new football stadium.

Projects that show the practical application of renewable resources at UNT could contribute to similar projects in other places, Recsnik said.

“If anything, our research raises awareness of the need to be implementing these renewable energy resources on a broad scale,” he said.

Threat at TAMU nonexistent

BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer

Of f icia ls at Texas A&M Universit y say t he school is safe and no danger was present after a report of a gunman on campus turned out to be student w it h a replica weapon, according to a CNN article.

A c a m pu s -w ide lo c kdown began at 4 p.m. after a campus bus driver reported he noticed an individual with what looked like an AK-47.

Students and faculty were told to remain indoors, according to the article.

Brittany Powell, a Texas A&M accounting sophomore,

saw the student pass by with what looked like an AK-47 on his shoulder.

“He was just so casua l w it h it,” Powel l sa id. “I didn’t feel like something was too terrible wrong. He was walking in Rudder Tower in a direction away from campus.”

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Businesses around Denton prepare for Halloween

By Taylor Jackson & loryn Thompson Staff Writer & Intern

Spider webs and fake blood grace storefronts along Fry Street, a sign that Halloween is here.

Certain hot spots for UNT students, like Fry Street bars and the Square, are having events to bring in revenue and enjoy the weekend, but a few Denton shops, like Rose Costumes and Voodoo Halloween, build almost their whole year around October.

Voodoo Halloween is a costume and party store on Interstate Highway-35 near campus and is open from Sept.

1 to Nov. 7.

Owner Ashley Trowell, a UNT

alumna, expects to make most of her yearly income from the shop.

“Halloween is such a huge ordeal that most years I just sleep after we close instead of going out,” said Trowell, who has been doing it for years and expects to keep doing it.

Rose Costumes has been in Denton for 34 years.

Owner Judy Smith originally opened Secondhand Rose, which sold vintage clothes and furniPhoto by GreG Mcclendon/Staff PhotoGraPher ture on Fry Street. Rose Costumes has been on the edge of Denton in Fake bloody handprints greet Public House patrons as a reminder of Halloween.

Stonehill Center for seven years.

She keeps the store open for most starting Nov. 1 and from January play competitions. She said that through May sells costumes to one-third of her yearly income of the year.

Smith sells Christmas outfits the local high schools for one-act comes from the sale of Halloween

costumes.

“We sell costumes year-round except the summer,” Smith said.

“In the summer, we starve.

Literally the only thing different than normal are the hanging bodies.”

Dustin Skinner, an undecided freshman, plans to buy a costume soon.

“I have no idea [what I’m going to be],” Skinner said. “I just want to go out and get one. I’m thinking of going to Rose on Friday.”

Public House is planning Halloween-themed events for the weekend.

“It’s the biggest week of the year,” said Mitchell Wilson, Public House’s manager. “But

it’s really just an excuse for us to dress up, drink and have a good time.”

Riprocks, Cool Beans and Lucky Lou’s are participating in a costume contest at midnight on Halloween, with each bar giving out $500 to the winners.

Seth Duban, a kinesiology sophomore, said the prize sounded appealing.

“I’m looking for a clever costume to go out to the bars in and win the costume contest because $500 sounds really nice,” he said. “That’s like a month’s rent for me.”

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Debate team squares off against international competition By sean Gorman Senior Staff Writer

Welcoming a competitor from across the sea, the UNT debate team faced off against the British National Team on Thursday night at the Gateway Center in an hourlong debate.

The teams argued the topic “This House would tie all aid to the development of women’s rights,” discussing the effects of foreign aid and the issue of women’s rights throughout the world.

UNT continued a historical tradition with the event, as it has debated against international competition for 88 years, said Brian Lain, the debate coach and communications professor who moderated the event.

“I think this is a great event not only for our debate team but for the student body,” Lain said.

“We’re trying to promote discussion about important issues… and we hope to have a couple

more of these events this year.”

Graduate students Brett Farmer and Lauren Sabino were challenged by Lewis Iwu and Mary Nugent, the pair from the U.K. “It’s been really fun competing here,” Nugent said. “We’ve had great hospitality here.”

Lain opened the event by thanking several departments and explaining the parameters of the debate.

Both teams were allowed two sets of seven-minute speeches on the topic, with a three-minute cross-exa minat ion period between each speech.

A 20-minute questioning period was given for the audience to inquire about what had been argued in the round, which was ended with a fiveminute summary speech for each team.

“I thought it was a productive and interesting debate,” Iwu said. “It’s not about competition.

The important thing is spreading information about the issues.”

As the affirmative side, UNT stressed that sending money and guns to nations that were violating women’s rights was a bad choice for the U.S. The team argued for conditional supply of other goods and materials to countries that worked to promote human rights.

The British team contended otherwise, claiming that money must be sent to garner improvements and that sending aid to countries that violate women’s rights could help the problem.

Joanna Lugo, a communication studies senior, favored the British team after the round because of its ability to rebut UNT’s arguments.

“Both sides made valid arguments, but the negative side did a better job presenting clear and concise arguments,” she said.

“They did a great job in crossexamination as well.”

Photo by GreG Mcclendon/Staff PhotoGraPher

Brett Farmer (left), a communications graduate student and UNT debate team member, debates against Lewis Iwu, a member of the British National Debate Team, on foreign aid and women’s rights.

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Huge mountain awaits Mean Green in Denver Athlete of the Week: Maturity fuels McDowell

BY BEN BABY

Senior Staff Writer Growing up in Plano, sophomore midfielder Carly McDowell and her older sister Caitlin would fire soccer balls into the back of the goal in their backyard. The two would play whatever sport they could when they were younger, including foursquare, soccer and any other games their imaginations could come up with.

“We were just running around all the time, making up our own games, making up our own fun,” said Caitlin McDowell, a defender at the University of Maryland.

“You’d be amazed at the things two little girls can come up with to play.”

What Carly McDowell did in her backyard she now does on a much larger scale, helping the Mean Green achieve an overall record of 12-5-2. Her latest goal was one of the most significant of the season when she broke a 0-0 tie in the 81st minute against Arkansas State University last weekend, putting UNT ahead for good.

Carly McDowell has racked up four goals and two assists in her sophomore season, appearing in all 19 games.

“Whenever the game is tied, she always pulls through,” sophomore midfielder Ellen Scarfone said. “She gets up and back down the field. She’s never tired. She keeps going and going, and always gives us that pull through that we need.”

Scarfone, who also had a goal in the victory against ASU last weekend, played against Carly McDowell in recreational soccer when the duo was younger. The two played together on the Dallas Sting. They now live next door to each other, and when they aren’t in class together or hanging out, they appease their appetites at Jason’s Deli and Panera Bread.

Carly and Caitlin The 19-year-old picked up her hunger for winning at a young age when the McDowell sisters helped Plano West High School win a state championship in 2007.

Despite an age difference of two years and two days, the sisters not only share October birthdays but also were able to share that emotional championship run.

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Sophomore midfielder Carly McDowell has proved to be a force to reckon with in the center of the pitch. She has tallied four goals and two assists in 2010.

Now, Carly McDowell looks to match the efforts of her older sister, the co-captain of the Terrapins, who has revitalized a program that had more wins last season than it did in the previous two combined.

Caitlin McDowell said Carly pushes herself to be the best every second.

“She’s always been an important player on every team she has been a part of,” she said. “She has a work rate that cannot be matched. She’s extremely fast, and that’s always a threat.”

The two were coached by their father Rick during their early soccer careers, when the family moved from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to the North Texas area in 1997.

Both were part of the Stingers recreational soccer team, where their chemistry developed.

“They definitely had a knack for it,” Rick McDowell said. “I think in some senses, they are similar, but there’s differences.

Carly is faster and has a stronger leg, and Caitlin’s more of a technical player.”

Her plans for the future The 5-foot-4-inch business major’s talents and abilities extend beyond the pitch, carrying her work ethic into the classroom. At Plano West, she graduated with a grade-point average of 3.99 and was a member of the

National Honor Society. At UNT, the younger McDowell sister was on the 2009 North Texas Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and the 2009-10 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List.

“It’s definitely a struggle,” Carly McDowell said of performing well in both areas. “It’s all about time management. I’ve always put school first and soccer second.”

Ca rly ’s mot her, Susa n McDowell, can see her becoming a lawyer, while her father can envision his daughter picking up a degree in business administration. However, Carly McDowell plans on staying with the business path, with aspirations of doing something in sports marketing.

“It’s something that just interests me,” Carly McDowell said.

“I’m a big sports person, and I like advertising stuff and marketing things, so I think it would be really cool to work for Nike or Under Armour, or a big company like that.”

For now, Carly McDowell will continue to lead the Mean Green as she continues to mature under head coach John Hedlund.

“She’s taken it to another level her sophomore year compared to her first year, and it shows with her play throughout the year,” Hedlund said. “We look for her to hold down that position on the outside [midfielder].”

Volleyball team faces an intense weekend against No. 1, 2 teams Opinion

the crowd needs to give our opponents a rough time on our court.

UNT is riding a six-game winning streak and guaranteed a winning season last weekend for the seventh time in the program’s histor y.

Even though we currently

BY SARAH WILLEY lead the Sun Belt in attenUNT Volleyball Player da nce w it h a crowd average of 423, most The Mean Green of our supporters are vol leyba l l tea m our dedicated family has chalked up an members who really impressive 9-2 Sun don’t make that much Belt Con ference noise. With the help record so fa r a nd of t he c ra z y, ded ineeds t he help of cated UNT athletics UNT fans to finish fa ns, we ca n ma ke t he s e a s on on a t he Mea n Green strong note.

SARAH Volleyball Center one Most people think WILLEY of the worst places to that body painting and haggling the opponents play as an opponent.

We play t he No. 1 and 2 is just for football or basketteams in the Sun Belt this ball, but it’s not.

The Mea n Green vol ley- weekend, Middle Tennessee ball team wants those types a n d We s t e r n K e n t u c k y. of fa ns at it s ga mes. T he Friday’s game begins at 7 p.m. squad and I would be happy and Sunday’s game begins to seat fans on the endlines at 1 p.m. We would love to of the court or even behind pack our gym and make it as the visitor benches. We can loud as possible, so come out get roster s a nd a ny t h i ng and support the Mean Green

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Mean Green challenges top 2 East teams volleyball team!

BY L AURA ZAMORA Sports Editor

The Sun Belt Conference’s top two squads, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky, will invade the Mean Green Volleyball Center this weekend, hoping to shake up UNT’s win column.

The Mean Green (17-9, 9-2) has led the Sun Belt West division all month. Now, it faces East-division opponents MTU (20-5, 11-1) and WKU (21-6, 10-1) today and Sunday.

The pair thrive on offense, forcing head coach Ken Murczek to prepare his squad to contain it.

“Middle Tennessee runs one of the fastest offenses in the country,” he said. “We’re going to take a lot of risks behind the service line so they can’t do that.

We want to take them out of this quick tempo that they run.”

The defending Sun Belt Champion Blue Raiders have reached the NCAA Tournament each year for the last four seasons.

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Pioneers present UNT’s biggest challenge to date

BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer

Since 2006, t he Denver soccer team has won four straight Sun Belt Conference Tournaments, compiled a 68-17-8 record and defeated t he No. 1-ranked team in the nation.

With the Pioneers (16-2-0, 10-0-0) again clinching the top seed in the Sun Belt this season, the UNT soccer team w i l l undergo its toug hest test when it v isits Denver on Friday. “ T h i s g a me c er t a i n l y means something and every year we know what to expect from them,” head coach John Hedlund said. “The times we were successful against Denver, we attacked them

and didn’t settle for a defensive-minded approach.”

The Mean Green (12-5-2, 7-2-1) enters its final regularseason game as the No. 3 seed. UNT needs a win and a Middle Tennessee victory over Western Kentuck y to secure the No. 2 seed.

“These games become a lot more important for all of us because our position in the conference becomes a f a c t o r ,” s o p h o m o r e midfielder Carly McDowell sa id. “A w in over Denver wou ld g ive u s plent y of momentum going into the conference tournament.”

Undefeated i n con ference play, Denver has won 11 straight games en route to becoming the No. 22-ranked team in the nation, while UNT is riding an eight-game unbeaten streak.

Each club has received recog nit ion for its recent success, as UNT and Denver

are ranked in the South Region of the NSCA A/HendrickCars. com Poll.

The Mean Green is ranked n i nt h wh i le Denver is currently second.

UNT w il l have its ha nds full defending Pioneer Kaitlin Bast, who leads the team with 31 points of f 14 goa ls a nd three assists.

“The defense doesn’t change for a specific player,” junior defender Sha n non G or r ie said. “We have a system in mind and we’re focused on sticking to that. The key for our of fense a nd defense is possession of the ball.”

Hedlund’s offense has run through sophomore midfielder Ellen Scarfone all season, as she leads the team with nine assists a nd is t hird on t he team with seven goals.

“The midfield is where I’m most comfortable. I feel like I can help the team the most when I’m at that position,” Scarfone said. “There’s a lot of chemistry on this offense a nd t hat ma kes scoring so much easier.”

Both teams have talent on each side of the ball, as UNT and Denver rank in the top three of every offensive category in the Sun Belt and are the top two teams in goals allowed and shutouts.

“As a team, we are confident that we can win a title this year,” Scarfone said. “We have the chemistry, talent and coaching to go very far.”

Histor y is not on UNT’s side, a s t he Me a n Gre en hasn’t defeated Denver since 2005 and the Pioneers own an 11-4-1 edge in the series’ history.

“It’s never easy to play them, especially on the road where the altitude comes into play,” Hedlund said. “The defense is certainly there, so it’s up to our offense to have one of its better games if we want to win.”

Play begins at 7 p.m. Friday at CIBER Field in Denver.

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UNT student artist displays work at Dallas showcase

By Shannon Moffatt Staff Writer

Black lines weave like stitching and unite to create designs in artist Richard Benavidez’s untitled drawings.

A n art ex hibition featuring new emerging college artists in Texas is currently on display at Dallas’ oldest artist-run cooperative art space, 500X, and features Benavidez, a drawing and painting and sculpture junior.

The 500X Expo: College opened Oct. 16 and continues from noon to 5 p.m. until Sunday. The gallery is open Saturdays and Sundays and is located in Dallas at 500 Exposition Ave. The 500X Expo: College show was juried by Andrea Karnes, curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

“Richard Benavidez’s abstract drawings are suggestive of organic form, stains, a spine — a multi-

tude of things come to mind. In any case, the marks made on his papers are captivating and beautiful,” Karnes said.

Benav idez descr ibes h is drawings as subjective because ever yone sees somet h i ng different.

“It’s all up to your own imagination and what you’re thinking,” he said.

While Benavidez does painting, sculpting, bronze casting, wood carving, metal etching and even embroider y work, his current focus is drawing.

“Right now, I’m rea lly into drawing because of its immediacy,” he said. “You know exactly what it’s going to look like right after you make that mark.”

In painting and sculpting, it’s a process that doesn’t allow the artist to see the result right away, Benavidez said.

“I work in pen and ink, and it’s

permanent,” he said. “I like pen because you have to be confident with your mark making.”

Benav idez said he’s a lways worked w ith lines and enjoys experimenting with them but is now trying to transform lines into shape and texture.

“The textures I would create in my background started becoming more interesting than the actual subjects within the piece, so I decided to just start working with that texture,” he said.

About a year ago, Benavidez was in another 500X exhibition called Landscapes, a non-juried open art show.

Susan Cheal, Benavidez’s intermediate painting teacher at UNT, said his line drawings create interesting patterns.

“T he y ’re ver y beaut i f u l l y rendered, soph ist icated a nd clean,” she said.

Most pieces at the exhibit are

“It’s nothing like Halloween,” Boswell said. “It’s a sacred holiday that reminds Latinos where they come from, who they came from and have a chance to celebrate their ancestors.”

The art exhibit will begin at 7 p.m. and features paintings from Dallas-Fort Worth artists expressing what Día de los Muertos means to them.

The entertainment portion of the festival will open with Ballet Folklorico Azteca performing at 7:30 p.m.

Mariachi band Sol de Tejas will begin its performance at the festival at 8:30 p.m.

Boswell’s 3-D piece of Mexican artist Frida Khalo is a body cast with cats signifying her relationship with them.

“She had a lot of cats that gave her some serious scratches, so it’s

very different,” Boswell said about her piece.

Marc Alcala, the producing director of the event said attendees will learn about the holiday through art.

“People will get to see what Día de los Muertos is through all the diverse paintings, pottery, and the altars that will be filled with religious imagery, candles and artifacts from loved ones,” Alcala said.

This year, the audience will vote for its favorite altar in the Día de los Muertos altar competition, he said.

Altars are built to honor the deceased where family and friends gather around to share stories and memories of their ancestors.

They’ll also have a chance to decorate the altars with traditional sugar skulls, a main symbol for the

Photo by taryn Walker/Intern

Using a pen and ink, drawing and painting and sculpture junior Richard Benavidez creates a subjective form of art. Benavidez has a piece showing in the 500X Expo: College exhibition in Dallas. for sale. Benavidez priced his drawing at $350.

Benavidez said the best part of the show is seeing what other artists are doing and gaining

inspiration from their work.

“I think people should recognize that UNT has a really good art program right now,” he said. “It’s one of the best in our country.”

holiday, and marigolds along with pan muerto, “bread of the dead,” a dish that is said to be a favorite of the deceased.

“This year we have a variety of art,” Alcala said. “Some people made calaveras or ‘skulls,’ and others made portraits of loved ones,” he said.

Manuel Beltran, an engineering sophomore, said people will benefit from the event because he believes

the meaning for the holiday has been forgotten and the tradition has been lost.

“It’s a specia l hol iday to remember the people that were once part of your life,” Beltran said.

“The bad thing is that no one does that anymore. They just care about parties and candies.”

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Marigold f lowers will fill the room. People will listen to the sounds of mariachi music playing in the background and be intoxicated by the aroma of homemade pastries.

Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is celebrated on Nov. 2 and gives family and friends a chance to celebrate the memory of loved ones who’ve died.

The Rose Marine Theater or Galeria de la Rosa in Fort Worth will host a free Día de los Muertos Art Show and Celebration from 7-10 p.m. Oct. 30 to show people what the holiday is really about.

Mary Boswell, an event organizer and featured artist, said many people think Día de los Muertos is similar to Halloween when they have very little in common.

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Halloween houses to leave goosebumps Opinion

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The sun has set, the clouds are rolling in and thunder rumbles in the distance. A glint of moonlight surrenders to the howl of a werewolf,

The Parker House Lewisville 12.5 miles, 18 minutes Length: Approximately 30 minutes $18 Open 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.

A wobbling, crea k ing wood bridge leads attendees across a muggy swamp to the door of the Parker’s Funeral Home.

The story behind the Parker House starts in the 1940s. It is said the Parker family opened the first mortuary in their town.

Business boomed until city residents stopped dying, so Mary, t he daug hter, sta r ted lu r i ng hitchhikers and the homeless into the house, where they would be horrif ica lly murdered a nd t heir limbs sold on t he black market.

T he hou s e i s m y t h ic a l l y preserved just as it was nearly a century ago.

Wa l k i ng t h roug h d i m ly l it bed room s a nd l iv i ng a rea s, v iewers stumble upon torture chambers and blood-spattered walls that hide the source of deep moans and piercing screams.

tracking the copper aroma of pools of blood. The whirl of chainsaws intermingles with chilling screams as you find yourself trembling with terror.

Halloween, the night the dead walk the earth, is the best time to make a trip to a haunted house, but students should make sure to get their money’s worth.

G r ou p s f i n d t h e m s e l v e s wandering through the forest of the Parkers’ backyard only to be stalked by growling zombies.

I f g uest s f i nd t hem selves cowering at 14-year-olds who smile and say “boo,” or clowns who get so close you can smell t heir dinner, be wa rned. The a n i mat ron ics crea k w it h t he sound of moving robotic limbs, greatly diminishing their fear factor.

“It may not be t he sca riest in the world,” owner Marc East said. “It may not be the longest or the biggest. But we always hear customers say ‘we had a good time,’ and that’s what we like.”

Scare Factor: “Wimpy”

Photo by Mike Mezuel ii/Senior Staff PhotograPher

A demented dentist awaits guests of the Parker House. The dentist is in one of the last rooms that await unsuspecting victims.

Moxley Manor

Photo by Mike Mezuel ii/Senior Staff PhotograPher

After winding around a maze of different horrifying rooms at Parker House, groups must then face an evil hallway full of surprises. Don’t be surprised either if the hallway lights have some “issues.”

Bedford 39.3 miles, 43 minutes Length: Approximately 20 minutes $15, a $2 coupon available at www.moxleymanor.com 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. through Sunday, holidays and Fridays the 13th At f irst glance, t he wooden pa let te out side a storef ront pa inted to represent a house appears a bit tack y and gives customers a sense of certainty that the house will be tame.

Viewers quickly learn not to judge a book by its cover.

On an ordinary night at Moxley Manor, the rooms of the house are dimly lit and customers see the graphic scenes of a murdered family.

It has what they call “glow stick night” where the house is cast in darkness, and the only light is a

single glow stick given to each group, each of which is stolen by an actor.

The darkness gives performers an advantage. While attendees are walking into walls, they don’t expect a zombie to jump out at them. At certain angles, however, the actors are visible, and the panic dies away.

Moxley Manor is scariest for those who jump easily. Actors laugh and whisper in viewers’ ears as they run to escape cannibals and chainsaws.

Though it is a bit out of the way, Moxley Manor is worth the $13 and driving time.

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Scare factor: “Pee your pants scary”

HalloweenSCENE Cutting Edge Fort Worth 36.5 miles, 37 minutes Length: Approximately 45 to 60 minutes $30, $15 parking fee 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Sunday, 8-10 p.m. Nov. 5 to 6, Valentine’s Day and Fridays the 13th

PHOTO BY MIKE MEZUEL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Upon entering the premises of Parker House, an old hearse welcomes guests. Inside the hearse, a baby casket can be seen while a surprise awaits.

PHOTO BY MIKE MEZUEL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

When first entering Parker House, guests are seated in a chapel and listen to the Parker House story.

Cutting Edge Haunted House is the Guinness World Records holder for t he “longest wa l kthrough haunted house in the world.”

The house tour is broken up into t hree dif ferent intermissions, in which time attendees have the opportunity to catch their breath and slow their heart rate to prepa re for t he nex t

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Rock music blares throughout t he house as crowds venture through hospital and graveyard scenes complete with optical illusions and strobe lights.

Groups detour t hrough live “mummies” hanging from ceilings before barely avoiding the wrath of an attacking canine.

It c a n be d i f f ic u lt to tel l the difference between actors and mannequins because the cosmetics and effects are that realistic.

The length of the house alone makes Cutting Edge worth the time and money. Participants be warned— you may get wet during the experience, and I don’t just mean from the lack of bladder control.

Cutting Edge is recommended for teenagers and older.

Scare factor: “Gives you nightmares”

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Miguelito’s 420 E. McKinney St. Denton, TX 76209

By A mBer Jones Intern

Customers will be pleased with their experience at Miguelito’s.

The place looks more like a warehouse than a restaurant, but the inside is much more enticing.

A large bar greets customers when they enter. Neon beer logos and banners fill the small area to persuade customers to have a drink. If customers aren’t in the mood for alcohol, a friendly hostess

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will guide them to a larger room in the back.

Cleanliness The wait staff is quick Service to ask for orders and offer appetizer and menu Affordability suggestions. It may be a Atmosphere good idea to ask for their Food Quality personal recommendations because the menu can be a little overwhelming. only add to the soup’s fantastic Chimichangas, shrimp quesa- flavor.

The chicken and beef quesadillas, fajita nachos, beef tacos, enchiladas and more can be found dillas are great. The portions are large, and two will be more than on the menu.

The complementary chips and enough to feed a customer’s appedips are mediocre. The salsa is a tite.

These aren’t your traditional little bland and not spicy at all. It is very watery. The chips need a lot quesadillas. Unlike a typical quesaof salt. They are a little stale and dilla where two tortillas cover the meat and cheese, they look exactly very bland.

Thankfully, the chips aren’t a like a taco where the meat and good representation of the main cheese sits inside one tortilla.

But the appearance doesn’t entrees, because Miguelito’s has take away from the taste. The some tasty dishes.

The charro soup comes in a big chicken is powerful. All of the bowl and has little green herbs great seasoning makes the meat added for a hint of color. The terrific and flavorful unlike chips cilantro, onions and hickory bacon and salsa.

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Photo by berenice Quirino/Staff PhotograPher

Beef and chicken quesadillas from Miguelito’s Mexican Restaurant are a spin on traditional quesadillas.

The chicken is tender and mixes terrifically with the thick beef. The beef can be a little chewy, but it’s definitely a great complement to the dish.

The food is good, but the prices are a little high. They range from $5-$17. Although the portions are

generally big, customers may want to come during the lunch hours if they want a cheaper meal.

Miguelito’s staff is also very friendly and may be another reason guests keep coming back for their fine Mexican-style food.

Trick-or-treat cheesecake

By Katie Grivna / Arts and Life Editor

Many college students think they’re too old to trick-or-treat, but this recipe will give you an incentive to go door-to-door or at least stock up on Halloween treats. This recipe for trick-ortreat cheesecake, courtesy of the Betty Crocker Recipe Magazine, uses Halloween candy to make a new delightful creation. This cheeseca ke needs at least si x hours in the fridge, so give your-

self plenty of time to prepare.

Get unwa nted ca ndies out of the house by making a treat-ortreat cheesecake for a friend or yourself.

-2 teaspoons vanilla -2 0 f u n- s i z e d c a n d i e s , unwrapped and cut into quarters -Oreo cookie piecrust

Ingredients: -16 ounces of cream cheese, softened -3 eggs -14 o u n c e s s w e e t e n e d condensed milk

1) Preheat t he oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

2)Usi ng a n elect r ic m i xer, combine the cream cheese and s w e e t ene d c onden s e d m i l k until the mixture has a creamy, smooth texture.

3) Add eggs one at a t ime, using the mixer to thoroughly blend t he i ng red ients before plopping it evenly on top of the piecrust.

4) Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until the ca ke is firm around the edges but the center wiggles when the dish is shifted.

5) Leave the cheesecake in the oven but turn it off, leaving the

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6) Remove the cake from the

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7) Ref rigerate for si x hours before serving and enjoy.

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Local Etsy Denton artists host first barn sale

By Stephanie RoSS Intern

Attendees will walk through aisles lined with booths piled with handmade purses, jewelry, clothes and refurbished furniture at the Etsy Denton Barn Sale on Saturday.

The sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday at 4573 Coyote Point in Denton.

Etsy.com is a website made up of different artists and craftspeople from all over the world who sell handmade and vintage clothing, paintings, accessories and furniture.

Etsy Denton is a group made up of local artists who sell their items on the website.

“The barn sale is Etsy Denton’s way of bringing Denton together and celebrating our city as a creative place,” fiber art senior Laura Jinks said. “There will be all sorts of artists with booths at the sale that together appeal to a wide variety of ages.”

Jinks began selling hand-painted T-shirts on Etsy this year and plans to set up her shop called Gynx Designs

at the sale.

“There are tons of T-shirt shops out there, but all of my T-shirts are handpainted instead of screen-printed,” Jinks said. “It allows me to get some interesting effects that you can’t get with screen printing. All of my shirts are one of a kind, so you’ll never see anyone else wearing the same exact shirt.”

Fiber art senior Rachel Gaddie plans on setting up her design line called Rachel Elise.

“I had been making bags for myself and my friends since I was in middle school,” Gaddie said. “But when I came to UNT, people kept telling me I should sell my work.”

After selling her bags at Art Six Coffee House, a friend told Gaddie about Etsy.

She also has some of her work for sale in Dallas, San Diego and Quebec.

“The barn sale is a great way to get involved in the local art and music community, which I think is really strong and an important part of

Photo by berenice Quirino/Staff PhotograPher

The shirts displayed are made by Laura Jinks, a fiber art senior. They will be sold this week for the Etsy Barn Sale.

Denton’s culture,” Gaddie said. “Plus, a lot of vendors are UNT students, so you’d be helping out your fellow classmates as well as the art community at large.”

Gaddie is the organizer behind Etsy Denton and the Etsy Denton Barn Sale.

“My friend Shelley and I had talked about how cool it would be to have an Etsy group in Denton,” Gaddie said.

“We both thought it would be great to have a network of other Etsy people that could all support each other, keeping us from feeling like we were out there all on our own.”

Alongside the different booths and shops attendees will see, the sale will have live music, a children’s costume contest and live T-shirt printing by the Pan Ector T-shirt company.

“I really want to go for the one of a kind items they will be having there,” said social work freshman Tessa Kisielewski. “It’s easier on my wallet than the mall or regular online shopping, and Etsy is one of my favorite websites to browse.”

Ghostland Observatory deserts old stomping grounds ChRiStina MlynSki Senior Staff Writer

band made makeshift soundproof walls in grandma’s basement.

The record closes out with tracks like “Mama.” The song is slow and repetitive to the point that it almost becomes annoying.

It sounds like Def Leppard inspired this song—hair-metal bands died off in the ‘80s. If listeners can brave through the song and afford to waste three and a half minutes of their lives, then more power to them.

Aaron Behrens, vocalist and guitarist, is known for his soulful lyrics and passionate voice, but on this album he’s completely detached.

“Codename: Rondo” fails because Behrens has no drive behind the music he and his partner have crafted.

All the ingredients are there to produce a mind-blowing 10-track record: synthesizers, beats and

promiscuous lyrics, but Ghostland Observatory chose to play it safe.

In a time when dub step, synthesized house music, is taking over the music scene, Ghostland Observatory

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Ghostland Obser vator y has done what most bands couldn’t muster the strength to do: make four albums, headline music festivals, and record and produce on its own label while maintaining the band’s distinctive flare.

“Codename: Rondo,” the duo’s latest album, should have been a walk in the park compared to the obstacles previously faced.

However, Ghostland Observatory’s section of the record stores won’t be crowded with fans anytime soon.

The album’s opener, “Glitter,” is the only song sparkling on this record. It’s not as good as some of Ghostland Observatory’s older songs, but it carries that electronic beat

listeners have come to know as the band’s trademark.

The drop beats in the background and vocal distortions start as well as finish the album on a groovy path.

The band attempts to go in a different, more mature direction, trying to showcase diversity, but why fix something that isn’t broken?

What should have been the record’s smash-hit single, “Give Me the Beat” sounds like there’s no blood running through the band’s veins. The track features spastic vocals and off-tempo background noises, which sound like a 5-year-old banging the keys on a Fisher Price piano.

If Southern blues and ‘90s techno created a new genre, this song would be their love child.

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Part 5 of 5 “The Colour Out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft Everyone in Arkham refuses to talk about “the strange days.” The only person willing to discuss them is Ammi Pierce, who lived at the edge of what happened.

A surveyor from Boston, sent to prepare the area for the installation of a new reservoir, sits down with Ammi to hear the tale.

It all started with a meteor that landed in front of the Gardner family’s home and farmland. The meteor that contains colors that could not be correctly identified in relation to Earth’s spectrum never cooled, It had no volatile reaction when it came in contact with any kind of substance.

Its disappearance after a thunderstorm became the catalyst for strange events.

The crops grew abnormally, sporting a similar sheen to the meteor then becoming grey and brittle. The trees began to glow. The animals became increasingly uncomfortable with cows and horses suffering what was soon called the “grey brittle death.”

Mrs. Gardner went first.

One by one, their three sons followed, and the people of Arkham grew to avoid the Gardner property at all costs. Only Ammi had a hands-on account of what actually happened.

Spoiler alert: The death of Mr. Gardner doesn’t put an end to the strange things that occurred on that property. It only gets worse.