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Construction underway for Fry Street development NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer

After years of heated debate, development of the formerly empty lot on Fry Street has begun to take shape as construction on the project continues.

Construction, which began in August, is still in its preliminary stages and isn’t expected to be finished until August 2012, just in time for fall semester move-ins.

Progress was halted when development company United Equities battled with the city for allowance to build a drive-thru

CVS Pharmacy on the property in 2007.

“A lot of people said, ‘Let’s have a creative approach,’ but this guy broke every rule of community engagement and exasperated the decision,” said Kevin Roden, a Denton City Council member. “When it came down to him wanting to put in a drive-thru, he had already made every community group angry.”

After not receiving approval for the drive-thru pharmacy, United Equities sold the propert y to current developer

Dinerstein Companies.

“The current owner comes often to community meetings,” Roden said. “One of the main things that a lot of the community members were pushing was instead of just making apartments, to make retail, to kind of match what the area was: commercial.”

From this collaboration of community and developer, Sterling Fry Street, a student living facility, has been born.

The complex will include 194 living units and 614 beds.

The apartments, which will

begin preleasing this month, are expected to release pricing and floor plans this week, according to the apartment’s Facebook page.

So far it is known that the apa rtments w ill be f ully furnished and come with a 42-inch flat-screen TV in the living room.

The apartments are expected to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification with the inclusion of onsite recycling.

PHOTO BY JUN MA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Construction continues at Hickory Street and Fry Street as new student-living See LOFTS on page 2 apartments and retail spaces take shape.

Denton completes bike-friendly roads

Two SGA bills head to students A NN SMAJSTRLA

Staff Writer

PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

City of Denton employee Mark Bullard (left) throws glass reflective beads as coworker Terry Patterson heats the decal that makes a “share the road” bike symbol on Jagoe Street Wednesday morning. Now renovated, Jagoe Street was made to accommodate a 5-foot-wide sidewalk, bicycle traffic and vehicle parking after months of construction.

Two bills passed during the student senate’s Wednesday meeting will give a number of student organizations representation in the senate and a l low Student Government Association President Blake W i nd ha m more exec ut ive d e c i s i o n -m a k i n g p o w e r s concerning spending.

Senators Sean Smallwood and Matt Varnell sponsored the non-voting delegates bill to create delegate positions for the four Greek Councils a nd t he Coa lit ion of Black St udent Orga n i z at ion s on c a m p u s . T h e bi l l w ou l d a llow these groups to have a representative present at senate meetings to have full participation rights short of voting, like making motions and contributing to discussions.

“These are representative organizations of smaller organizations,” Smallwood said of the groups that the bill would create positions for. “I just felt like, if we’re looking for representative delegates, then those are the bodies that we should be looking towards.”

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Steve Jobs dies at 56

campaign and deliver rousing speeches to rally support for his proposed jobs bill.

(MCT) SAN JOSE, Calif.

— Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was remembered on Wednesday as a technology icon whose drive and creativity forever changed Silicon Valley and the way millions of people around the globe communicate with each other.

Jobs “exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity,” President Barack Obama said in a statement.

“Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last,” Obama said. “Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: He changed the way each of us sees the world.”

Apple announced Jobs’ death Wednesday evening, saying in a statement: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.

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Republican candidates (left to right) Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney attend a Labor Day forum held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, S.C., on Sept. 5.

Political climate changes A LEX M ACON

Senior Staff Writer The 2012 presidential elections are more than a year away, but political campaigns for the

nation’s highest office are in full swing.

President Obama visited North Texas on Tuesday to raise money for his re-election

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, seen in this file photo from June 9, 2008 while introducing the iPhone 3G, has died. Jobs was 56.

Inside UNT project moves map collection online Arts & Life | Page 4

Co-captain emerges as vocal leader Sports | Page 6

An open letter to students from coach McCarney Views | Page 7

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SGA Vice President Edwin Chavez focuses on the executive expenditures at Wednesday’s senate meeting.

SGA

The executive expenditures bill will change the SGA president’s spending cap from $400 to $1,000. Under the current bylaws, the president must present any expenditure greater than $400 to the senate for approval.

The $400 figure has remained the same for the past several years, despite the SGA’s budget growing from about $50,000 to

Politics Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha of the political science faculty said the speech was part of the “permanent campaign” that is so intrinsic to American politics.

“It’s hard to disentangle a policy speech from a political speech or a campaign speech,” Eshbaugh-Soha said.

Politicians, both to the left and right of the political spectrum, had to walk a fine line to push genuine policy changes and still appeal to moderate voters, he said.

In pushing for passage of the proposed American Jobs Act, Obama has taken a tougher stance regarding Congress, calling out Republicans to vote on the bill. EshbaughSoha described this as an effective way to appeal to American voters.

“Everybody hates Congress,” Eshbaugh-Soha said. “That’s a popular position right there.”

In a pol l relea sed by Rasmussen Reports on Sept.

27, Americans’ approval rating of Congress is at an all-time low, with only 9 percent of respondents reporting they thought Congress was doing a good job.

Continued from page 1 more than $150,000, SGA Vice President Edwin Chavez said.

The bill is meant to minimize the number of expenditures the senate has to approve and to make the president’s spending and the senate meetings more efficient, Chavez said.

College of Arts and Sciences senator Justin Wood said he’s concerned that students voting

on the bill could misinterpret its meaning to be that the increase of the spending cap will also mean an increase in student fees. The money the SGA spends comes directly from its budget, which will not increase.

“I do think, in principle, [the bill is] a really good idea, and I hope it gets passed,” Wood said.

Students will have the opportunity to vote on these bills between midnight on Monday, Oct. 12 and 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 at untsga.com.

The SGA also passed a third bill, which will not be up for a student body vote, regarding catering for UNT’s Pit Stop event.

The bill allocates $500 of the SGA budget to be used for catering for the second annual basketball season kick-off event at the Syndicate that will take place Nov. 7.

UNT’s Verde Catering will provide food for the event, which the SGA hopes will attract more people, according to the bill.

MITT ROMNEY

RICK PERRY

Continued from page 1 Obama’s approval ratings are also relatively low at about 42 percent, according to a recent Gallup poll.

No one clear frontrunner has emerged from the pool of Republican candidates, although the candidates and Republican voters have one defined goal.

“It’s going to come down to finding the guy who can beat Obama,” Eshbaugh-Soha said.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has never lost an election, has slipped behind Republicans Mitt Romney and Herman Cain in recent polls.

Far-right voters who compose the largest voting bloc in Republican primaries, such as the tea party, are turned off by some of Perry’s stances on immigration, Eshbaugh-Soha said. Perry approved a law that allows some children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at colleges and universities.

“The nation didn’t really know Perry before, and one thing national campaigns do is bring a lot of attention,” EshbaughSoha said. “The devil’s in the details.”

He said tea party voters

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“It’s going to come down to finding the guy who can beat Obama.”

-Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha Political science faculty

reluctant to support the more moderate Romney had turned to Perry, but their enthusiasm waned the more they learned about the governor.

However, Eshbaugh-Soha said Perry is far from being out of the race.

Perry has raised more than $17 million for his campaign in the seven weeks since announcing his candidacy, according to a press release his campaign distributed on Wednesday.

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“Perry’s still going to be a strong candidate if he can overcome some road bumps,” Eshbaugh-Soha said, referencing the massive amount of money his campaign has generated.

Accounting junior and selfdescribed conservative Steven Dunson said he was unhappy with most of the Republican candidates running in the primaries.

“Most of them are lacking in political integrity, and I don’t just want to settle for a safe vote on a candidate I don’t agree with,” Dunson said.

Dunson, a supporter of Republican candidate Ron Paul, said he was disturbed at the state of political campaigns in the U.S. “They’re all the same,” Dunson said. “Ron Paul’s the only real conservative who’s not just a politician.”

The next Republican candidate debate is scheduled for Oct. 11.

“It’s important to us that we obtain the official designation and we’re environmentally progressive,” said Brian Dinerstein, new business partner of Dinerstein Compa n ies. “We’re t he biggest green developer of student housing in the country.”

P a r t o f t h e a p a r tments’ “green” qualities is the bum-a-bike program, which developed through the U.S. Green Building Council.

“We prov ide a bunch of bikes that the students and renters can borrow and take them to class,” Dinerstein said.

Nestled in a cloud of dust currently lies Cool Beans, the only remaining business in a sea of forklifts.

“In some of the really developed cit ies l i ke Chicago a nd New York, you’ll see new property on

Jobs Continued from page 1 S t e v e ’s b r i l l i a n c e , passion and energ y were t he sou rce of cou nt less innovat ions t hat enrich a nd i mprove a l l of ou r lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His g reatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinar y gifts.”

A pple d id n’t rele a s e det a i l s of Jobs’ deat h, such as when he died or the cause and a company spokes woma n decl i ned to comment beyond the statement t he compa ny released. Jobs was 56.

In honor of its legendary founder, Apple remade its website, putting a picture of Jobs front and center on it s home pa ge. B y click ing on t he picture, users were greeted with a statement about him from the company.

“A p p l e h a s l o s t a v i siona r y a nd c reat ive genius and the world has lost an ama zing human bei ng,” t he Apple page said. “Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

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either side of an old building,” said Linda Ratliff, director of economic development for the city of Denton. “[Cool Beans] really liked their spot, so when all the other property owners sold, Cool Beans did not want to sell.”

Some students who have become used to t he more quiet Fry Street wonder if the buildings w ill create more noise.”

“It was kind of nice having Denton be sort of desolate during t he summer,” sa id Felipe Lerner, a radio, television and film senior. For some younger students who have never experienced what once occupied the area and only know it as an empty lot, the construction is nothing to grumble about.

“I just think it’s all business,” said Alyssa Sylvester, a math sophomore. “Whoever owns the land has the right to do what they want to do with it.”

The ground stor y of the c omple x , w h ic h w i l l b e devoted to restaurant and retail spaces, has yet to be leased to any businesses.

na ries echoed t he company’s praise.

“From t he ea rl iest days of Google, whenever Larr y and I sought inspiration for v ision a nd leadersh ip, we needed to look no fa r t her t ha n Cuper t i no,” G oog le co-founder Sergey Brin said in a statement, referring to Apple Inc.’s headqua r ters in Cupertino, Calif. “Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched a n Apple product (including the macbook I am writing this on right now).”

He added: “On behalf of all of us at Google and more broadly in technolog y, you will be missed ver y much.”

Goog le CEO L a r r y Page a nd Fac ebook CEO Ma rk Zuckerberg bot h t ha n ked Jobs for mentor i ng t hem.

Page said Jobs contacted him a f ter he took over Goog le earlier this year.

“He was very kind to reach out to me ... and spend time of f e r i n g h i s a d v ic e a nd knowledge even though he was not at all well,” Page said in a post on Google+. “He always seemed to be able to say in ver y few words what you act ua l ly shou ld have been t h i n k i ng before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me.”

“Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world,” Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook. “I will miss you.”

Praise of Jobs and sadness at h is pa ssi ng wa s w idespread in postings on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

Arts & Life

Thursday, October 6, 2011 Jesse Sidlauskas, Arts & Life Editor

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Glory days do band’s new album no favors Review Daisy Silos Staff Writer

New Found Glory’s seventh album, “Radiosurgery” was released Tuesday and contains 11 brand-new tracks.

The band is headed by lead singer Jordan Pundik. Chad Gilbert plays guitar and is backed up by Steve Klein on rhythm guitar. Ian Grushka plays bass, and Cyrus Bolooki plays the drums. The group has been in business for 12 years since the release of its first album, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

The band’s previous big album, “Catalyst,” was released in 2004, and although it’s released two other albums

since then, they don’t compare to “Radiosurgery.”

The name of the album is a metaphor that is used throughout the album, which devotes much of its lyrical content to singing about relationship problems.

It’s the same topic the musicians have touched for years, and it’s surprising that on the seventh album they’re still covering the same material.

Their inspiration for the album is obviously from the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” trying to forget their memories of past relationships by going under surgery … radiosurgery, that is.

The first single, “Radiosurgery,” starts the album with the sound of a hard guitar riff, which gives the fans a sense of what to expect

in the rest of the tracks.

While the album doesn’t produce much by way of originality, Pundik makes the band’s best effort. His vocals sound less high-pitched than in previous albums and at least offers the album an attempt at a fresh sound.

The song “I’m Not the One” is one fans will love. Its upbeat tempo and easy-to-remember chorus makes it hard to resist singing along.

“Drill It in My Brain” isn’t the typical New Found Glory song.

It has a sound similar to ‘90s Green Day albums, perhaps paying homage to the band’s roots in ‘90s punk-rock alternative music.

The album finishes with a couple of bonus tracks that

include a cover of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” by the iconic band Ramones, which like all classics should’ve been left alone.

Although they’ve managed to tweak up their sound a bit, it just seems they’re trying too hard to fit into the framing of what punk rock should be, and instead comes out as a whining bunch of guys with yet another broken heart.

Not to be m i st a ken, “Radiosurgery” is the best record they’ve released in years. It leaves the band’s last big album, “Catalyst,” in the dust, but next time New Found Glory should consider a different topic to sing about.

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Comics knock at Denton’s door Parents seek help Pablo A rauz Staff Writer

Jokes were told and hilarity ensued in t he da n k basement of J&J’s Pizza at the first live rendition of Crisman’s Comedy Soundcheck Monday night.

The show was set up by Sarah Crisman, a local comed i a n a nd U N T a lu m nu s whose pa ssion for laug hs runs deep.

“Comedy is underrepresented in Denton right now,” said Crisman, who also hosts a popular comedy podcast with her comedian boyfriend Nathan Guerra. “I thought of just making it available, doing a fun free show where people could come to a show and not have to break the bank.”

The podcast, called “The C r i sma n Show,” feat u re s obscure music and comedy and has close to 450 Facebook fans.

C r i s m a n , w ho b o ok e d bands at J&J’s while earning her creative writing degree, sa id she’s w a nte d to do comedy since she was 10 years old, and began doing standup about three months ago.

She said she was inspired to bring t he comedy show to Denton after being introduced to the tight-knit comic scene i n t he Da l la s-For t Worth area.

“There’s an audience for it; they’re available, you just have to station yourself, find a spot, a nd ma ke yourself

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Josh Johnson from Dallas tells jokes to the audience in the basement of J&J’s Pizza on a wide variety of topics, including family and race. He was one of seven comedians who performed for the Crisman’s Comedy Soundcheck on Monday. known,” she said.

Throughout the show, six comedians came up to the stage, taking turns with their varied comical styles in front of a crowd of about two dozen.

Some told of fensive, rac y

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and laugh at something super offensive,” said Loren Bolton, a public relations senior.

Bolton said he heard about the show through Crisman a nd Guer ra a nd ca me to support Denton’s blooming comedy scene.

Josh Johnson, an up-andcoming comedian from Fort Wor t h, sa id he ded icates his life to comedy. Hav ing given up his day job, Johnson performs six to seven nights a week at various clubs around the area.

“This is an art, just like painting, and you’re never going to be a better painter if you don’t paint your ass off, so I’m trying to go out and paint as many times as I can,” he said.

Johnson had always been a mbit ious about doi ng comedy, performing for about seven years. He said it a ll started when he was 15. Over the years, after he served in the Army and got married, he decided to start doing comedy and live the bohemian life.

He’s had his comedy sketches featured on funnyordie.com a nd ha s even met com ic superstar Will Ferrell, who’d seen his work.

“If you g ive you rself to comedy completely, you’re going to get something out of it, positive or negative,” he said.

C r i s m a n , e nt hu s i a s t i c about holding the show in the basement where she had once booked bands, said she hopes this is just the beginning.

“I would love to see it trend more, and I’m going to keep doing shows like this and it’s so much fun,” she said.

For more info and updates on upcoming comedy shows, v i sit w w w.s a r a hc r i sm a n . com

from local service M arlene Gonzalez Staff Writer

In a nondescript room on the third floor of UNT’s Life Sciences Complex, trained volunteers handle hundreds of anxious, sometimes frantic phone calls every month as soon-to-be parents wait to learn if they’ve unintentionally endangered the health of their unborn baby.

Serving residents from 19 different states, the Texas Teratogen Information Service Pregnancy Riskline handles between 200 and 300 calls a month from parents seeking advice on pregnancy health risks.

According to the agency’s website, teratogens are anything that may lead to a miscarriage, birth defects, learning problems, or the death of an unborn child.

Parents usually call during the pregnancy and breastfeeding process.

“We counsel about things as simple as coloring your hair or getting your nails done, anything that you come into contact with,” agency director Lori Wolfe said. “People call about pumping gasoline.

Although it can be bad if you’re inhaling enough, for the most part you can pump your own gas.”

Wolfe, who also serves as president of the agency’s national branch, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, said teratogens can be any type of exposure during a pregnancy, from taking over-the-counter medications to smoking marijuana or drinking alcohol.

She said 60 percent of the calls are from residents outside of Texas.

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Online databases, books, and health professionals are resources the agency uses to provide callers with the best information, Wolfe said.

She urged parents considering adoption to call and ask about the risks they are taking if the birth mother engaged in alcohol drinking or other harmful behaviors.

Angela Wynn, a UNT alumna who works at the agency, said the way the teratogen is taken, through inhalation, injection, or orally, greatly affects the baby, especially when breastfeeding.

Wynn said several expecting parents call freaking out, thinking they have already done harm to their baby based on unreliable

“People call about pumping gasoline. For the most part, you can pump your own gas.”

– Lori Wolfe Teratogen director

online information.

“A lot of it is just analyzing the research that we have and breaking up the myths that are online and putting it into perspective for their timing,” she said. “We’re putting it into perspective for a very specific risk, not a general risk for the population.”

Denton resident Mandy Anderson, said she called the agency when she wanted more information during a difficult pregnancy.

“You have these random questions and feel you drive your doctor’s office crazy,” Anderson said. “Here they never hesitate to answer questions. They’re very helpful.”

Biology senior Ivan Tomanek, one of the agency’s few male volunteers, said the research he’s done at the agency has given him valuable insight into the medical field. He said he’s provided information for in vitro clinics, nurses and other healthcare providers who call on a regular basis.

“It’s a unique experience you can’t get at another university,” Tomanek said. “It’s a great program and counseling-trained profession. I can’t get it anywhere else.”

The service has health fairs in Denton and different areas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. UNT provides office space for the organization and all other services are paid for through donations.

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pieces were chosen to represent door and in advance.

Students enrolled in dance UNT at the American College professor Shelley Cushman’s Dance Festival, including Amelia senior projects class are required Wert’s “The Television is Watching to choreograph or perform in the Me Again” and Cassie Farzan concert. They also can complete a Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.”

“I set out with this image of a research study in fieldwork.

“Their work is a culmination to motel. I was interested in doing demonstrate the knowledge they Jesse Sidlauskas, Arts & Lifesomething Editor different,” Wert said. have acquired through the course “I thought about the idea of why people would want to stay at a of their study,” Cushman said.

Cushman, the artistic director motel and wondered what they of the concert, is known for felt.”

Wert’s modern piece includes her background in dance. She

from the dance department by advanced choreography students. Some choreographers also decided to dance. Cushman allowed students to perform if they were up for the challenge.

Rachel Caldwell choreographed “Certain Uncertainty” and is also performing in “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” choreog raphed by A n na Womack.

In Caldwell’s choreography, dancers explore the experi-

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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

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feeling of dance with touch and harmonies.

Caldwell said her piece is about sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said. blindness as an experience, not NTDailyArtsLife@gmail.com The concert will also be held at a handicap.

“I was in my modern class last 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. semester and we would lie on Sunday in the University Theatre. the ground and shut our eyes. For more information, visit www.

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Library digitizes historic Texas map collection

Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton

A LEXANDRA GARCIA Staff Writer

A g roup of UNT preservat ionists is wel l into t he

BY M ARLENE GONZALEZ second year of a four-year Intern to preserve a delicate project collection of more than 5,000 On Friday, the shops off the historic Texas maps future Denton Square willfor stay open generations. later than usual.

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Thursday, October 6, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

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Mean Green plans to end conference woes A LEX YOUNG Staff Writer

Despite being projected to win the Sun Belt West Division in the preseason, the Mean Green (10-9, 1-3) has struggled in conference play, winning only one of its first four Sun Belt matches.

UNT will try to recover from its recent struggles when it travels this weekend to Arkansas for matches against conference rivals Arkansas-Little Rock (7-12, 2-3) and Arkansas State (13-6, 4-1).

“I think we have a bit of a bullseye on our back,” head coach Ken Murczek said.

“After being picked to win our side, the teams on our side of the [Sun Belt] have taken that a little personally; I know I did last year and wanted to beat the teams ahead of us.”

Scouting the opponent:

PHOTO BY MELISSA S. MAYER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior Jacey Chun tosses a golf ball in the air at Robson Ranch Country Club. Chun describes the game of golf in one word: fun.

Transfer eyes future LPGA playing career I AN JACOBY Intern

Of the 123 internationa l golfers competing in LPGA tour today, 43 grew up in South Korea.

In her second season at UNT, one Mean Green player has posit ioned hersel f to become the 44th.

Growing up in Seoul, South Korea, senior Jacey Chun made her first trip to the U.S. in 2007 with the sole intention of playing professional golf.

Chu n t raveled overseas to attend the Hank Haney Golf School in Dallas, where she met her swing coach and mentor Steve Johnson.

“When I first met Jacey, I noticed her great attitude.”

Johnson sa id. “She didn’t speak much English, but she was determined to stay.”

A f ter seeing Chun play, Johnson said he knew she was a special talent.

“She wasn’t one of the most experienced golfers,” Johnson said. “But they [instructors at the school] tested her, and said she had the balance and quickness and strength of a female Tiger Woods.”

W hile earning her bachelor’s degree at Brookhaven College, Chun worked with Johnson to hone her skills.

Johnson got his friend and former coworker at the Hank Ha ney School, UNT head coach Jeff Mitchell, to watch Chun play, leading to her arrival at UNT. “I went and saw her at a golf tournament in Euless and she ended up winning the whole tournament. She has great fundamentals,” Mitchell said.

“And a really solid and consistent golf swing.”

During her first few months in the U.S., Chun said the transition from South Korea to the Lone Star State was difficult.

“I missed my parents and my mom’s food. I became

“I have so much fun playing golf.

This is what I want to do.”

-Jacey Chun Senior women’s golfer

depressed and stopped playing golf for a little while.” Chun said. “But my parents were supportive and I eventually got back into it. I was watching Tiger and he inspired me to compete.”

With a grin, Chun quipped that Woods, her favorite golfer, only inspires her game, not her personal decisions. Despite a strong sense of humor, Chun lets her play on the course do most of the talking.

“She has a very even and ca lm demea nor,” Mitchel l sa id. “Not hing a f fects her mentally. She’s quiet, but she has a good sense of humor.”

Chun made an immediate impact during her first season with the Mean Green. In her first semester, she notched Top-10 finishes in four of her

first five tournaments, got placed on the 2011 All-Sun Belt Conference Team and ranked third on the team with a stroke average of 75.76.

This season, Chun’s success has continued, as she leads the team in stroke average.

The 5-foot-6-inch transfer’s value was evident at the Dick McGuire Inv itationa l Tou r n a m e nt t w o w e e k s ago. Playing without Chun, UNT finished 13th out of 15 teams.

Chun missed play while trying to earn LPGA membership at the league’s qualifying tour in Venice, Florida.Though she failed to qualif y, Chun played well enough to become eligible for the LPGA’s Futures Tour in 2012.

A former pro on the PGA Tour, Mitchell said Chun has the ability and work ethic to eventually qualify.

“She has the talent it takes to play on the tour,” Mitchell said. “She knows what skills she’s missing, and she works day by day to develop them.”

W hile Chun’s immediate future is with the Mean Green, her ex pec t at ion s beyond college are all professional.

“I have so much fun playing golf,” Chun said. “This is what I want to do.”

Mean Green Trivia Question: The UNT soccer team has never had a losing season in its entire history. What year did the team begin playing?

Answer: Under the leadership of head coach John Hedlund, the team has notched a winning season each year since its start in 1995.

Be sure to follow the NT Daily Sports Twitter, @NTDailySports, for updates on Mean Green athletics and more UNT sports trivia!

PHOTO BYAMBER PLUMLEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior outside hitter Shelley Morton spikes the ball against Sun Belt foe Florida Atlantic’s three-person block on Sep. 25. The Mean Green will next face conference rivals Arkansas-Little Rock and Arkansas State on the road this weekend.

Godfrey leads the team with 3.16 kills per set while Morton has averaged 3.11 kills per set in conference play.

“We have somet hing to prove now,” Godfrey said. “As long as we come out strong, we think we can win every game.”

The teams will begin play at 7 p.m. Friday.

Arkansas-Little Rock

Arkansas State

Ranking second in the Sun Belt in blocks, UALR will challenge a Mean Green team that ranks last in the conference in that category.

Freshman outside hitter Edina Beg ic leads t he Trojans, averaging 3.42 kills per set, and ranks in the Sun Belt second in digs with 2.40 per set.

Outside hitters freshmen Eboni Godfrey and senior Shelley Morton w ill be needed to keep UNT on the attack.

The Red Wolves are on a roll, going 8-1 in their last nine games and sitting atop the Sun Belt West Division.

ASU was projected to finish second in the West behind UNT in the Sun Belt preseason polls.

With senior middle blocker Cayla Fielder notching the Sun

Prediction: After a disappointing trip to Louisiana last weekend, the Mean Green will split its matches in Arkansas.

Belt top hitting percentage at .371, ASU has won 21 of its last 28 sets. Fielder set a career-high hitting percentage against Troy last week with .750.

The Mea n Green’s best chance is to counter Fielder’s top play with strong blocking in the front court.

UNT’s final game of the weekend will start a 7 p.m.

Saturday.

Sports

Page 6 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

Thursday, October 6, 2011 seangorman@my.unt.edu

Bobby’s World: ‘D’ dominating Opinion BOBBY LEWIS

Senior Staff Writer There’s an old sports adage that defense w ins championships. It’s sa id so ma ny times by sportscasters that it’s become a cliché thrown around way too much.

However, that doesn’t mean it’s not right.

Great of fense br i ngs i n the fans, but great defense brings in the rings. It’s great to have all the flash of a great offensive attack, but if you don’t have an equally great defense, you’ll be on your couch watching another team have postseason success.

Right now, the UNT soccer team is playing like it wants to be the team making the deep postseason run.

From t he out set of t he season, it was pretty obvious that UNT (9-3-1, 4-0-0) could score with any team in the count r y. The tea m sits in second place in the 12-team Su n Belt Con ference a nd ranks first in the conference in goals and goals per game.

UNT’s 2.77 goals per game also ranks ninth in the entire country.

That offense has allowed UNT to administer its share of beatdowns, with the team scoring at least four goals in three games.

Like I said, that’s great and it’s extremely entertaining to watch, but UNT is on its current four-game winning streak because its defense has turned it up a few notches.

On said streak, the Mean Green has outscored its opponents 10-1, giving it the best goal differential in the conference.

Freshman goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine hasn’t surrendered a goal in over 303 minutes en

Bobby Lewis route to three consecutive shutouts. Stop and think about that for a second.

Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

Now that you’ve let that soak in, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also acknowledge the play of the last line of defense before Kerestine.

Seniors Shannon Gorrie and Hannah Crawford and sophomores Kelsey Hodges and Allison Guderian have played excel lent ly over t h i s st retch, not e ven allowing most shots to get to Kerestine.

He r e ’s w h a t m a k e s U N T’s st i ng i ness even mor e i mpr e s si v e : T he team is doing it during the most important time of the season, which is conference play.

R e m e m b e r, c o n f e rence standings are determined by conference winloss records. Basically, you can go undefeated in nonconference play, but if you end up with a bad conference record, you might be one of four teams left out in the cold when the Sun Belt’s top eight teams go to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for the conference tournament.

With its current balanced attack of steady of fense and suffocating defense, UNT is ensuring it will be one of the eight instead of being one of the four.

PHOTO BY AMBER PLUMLEY/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Derek Thompson, a sophomore from Glen Rose, Texas, earned the starting quarterback position and was named offensive co-captain at the start of the season.

Thompson was injured during UNT’s last game against Tulsa, but is expected to play in Saturday’s game against Florida Atlantic at Apogee Stadium.

Quarterback commands offense PAUL BOTTONI

Senior Staff Writer The position of quarterback is not meant for everyone. Acting as the team’s field general, quarterbacks face the rigors of public pressure and are looked to for leadership by teammates. Not all are up for the challenge; Derek Thompson is.

After a summer-long battle with freshman Andrew McNulty and sophomore Brent Osborn, Thompson was given the starting job during fall camp.

Four games into the season, the redshirt sophomore has steadily improved his play on the field and has shown glimpses of his potential. “[I look for] talent, ability, mental and physical toughness and leadership [in my quarterbacks],” UNT head coach Dan McCarney said. “Derek has those things.”

Multi-sport athlete Thompson played a number of sports other than football while at Glen Rose High School, including basketball, baseball and track. However, Thompson felt his future was on the gridiron.

“I knew as I got further along in high school that football was one of my better sports,” Thompson said. “It was between that and baseball, but as I grew older my passion for football grew greater.”

The native of Glen Rose, Texas – a town of around 2,400 people about an hour southwest of Fort

“You have to have the ‘it’ factor and be someone who is confident on the field.”

-Derek Thompson Redshirt sophomore quarterback

Worth – passed for more than 2,600 yards, threw 26 touchdowns and ran for 13 touchdowns during his senior year in 2008, earning him the District 7-3A Offensive Player of the Year.

Thompson was recruited by schools like New Mexico State and Stephen F. Austin, but ultimately chose UNT. “I came on my official visit and just fell in love with the campus,” Thompson said. “Riley [Dodge] was my host and got to hang out with the guys. I knew the stadium was being built and there was a lot of buzz on campus. I knew I wanted to play here.”

What makes a quarterback great?

Thompson grew up watching the Dallas Cowboys and was a fan of quarterback Troy Aikman.

Nowadays, Aaron Rodgers – starting quarterback of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers – represents the ideal quarterback in Thompson’s eyes.

Get To Know Derek Thompson Position: Quarterback Year: Redshirt Sophomore High School: Glen Rose HS Fun Fact: During his off time – when he isn’t sleeping, he said – Thompson enjoys another sport.

“I’m a big fan of volleyball,” Thompson said. “I like to go up to the Rec sometimes and play.”

“You have to have the ‘it’ factor and be someone who is confident on the field and calm under pressure,” Thompson said. “[Rodgers] has that ‘it’ factor and I like the way he presents himself.”

Thompson understands the pressures of his position and has grown into a leadership role – he was named the team’s offensive co-captain by teammates before the season.

“Being a leader on the team, you’re not always the most popular guy; you have to chew some people out,” Thompson said. “That’s just part of the position and you earn a lot of respect from your teammates.”

Junior offensive lineman Aaron Fortenberry, whose job in part is to keep Thompson upright on the field, said he has noticed a change in Thompson this season.

“Derek has really stepped it up this year,” he said. “He is a great leader and has assumed the role of the quarterback.”

Leading the UNT offense Thompson played in three games last season before breaking his leg, becoming part of an injury epidemic in which more than 10 players were lost to season-ending injuries.

In the kinesiology major’s first win as a starter, he led UNT to its first victory of the 2011 season – and of the McCarney era – against the Indiana Hoosiers on Sept. 24, which happened to be his 21st birthday.

However, the win was bittersweet. During the victory, Thompson suffered a plantar fasciitis injury – painful inflammation of tissue on the bottom of the foot – and was unable to play in last weekend’s 41-24 loss to Tulsa.

McCarney said he expects Thompson to be back on the field this week. The Mean Green resumes Sun Belt Conference action this weekend, hosting Florida Atlantic at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Rangers await ALCS opponent ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers are back in the AL championship series and waiting for an opponent.

This is a team that didn’t win a postseason series in the franchise’s first 49 seasons before getting to the World Series last year. Now the Rangers have advanced in the playoffs two years in a row.

“We committed ourselves to a goal (last spring) and they made it to that goal, we are getting another opportunity to play to go to the World Series,” manager Ron Washington said Wednesday, a day after the Rangers wrapped up their AL division series with a 4-3 victory at Tampa Bay. “I don’t see where it gives us any advantage,” he said.

“The only thing it does, we certainly know what we have to do. I think our guys are more aware of getting to this point is not where we want to be. We want to be playing in the World Series.”

Game 1 of the AL championship series is Saturday. For the Rangers, it will be either an ALCS rematch starting at the New York Yankees or at home against Detroit.

The Tigers and Yankees play the deciding Game 5 of their AL division series Thursday night in New York.

Texas won its first-ever playoff game 15 years ago at old Yankee Stadium before New York won three in a row to clinch that series. The Yankees swept the 1998 and 1999 series, outscoring Texas 23-2 in those six games.

New York went to the World Series all three times.

Fit t i ng ly, t he Ra nger s clinched its first World Series berth after beating the Yankees in a six-game AL championship series last October before losing in five games to the San Francisco.

Texas backed up its first AL pennant by setting a franchise record with 96 wins this season.

They have won three AL playoff

series in a row after eliminating the Rays in four games.

“You don’t accomplish things like that unless you’ve got a lot of people with the same vision pulling hard and pulling together,” said general manager Jon Daniels, who is wrapping up his sixth season in that position.

“We set out a few years ago to try to build something that would sustain over time, and we’re not there yet. But hopefully we’ll be able to look back 10 years from now and say, ‘Hey, we did something pretty special.’”

The Rangers have improved their record each year under Washington, who is in his fifth season.

“I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished on the field and as an organization, but still a few significant steps ahead of us to reach our goal,” Daniels said.

Rangers players got a day off Wednesday, their first at home since Sept. 12 when they had a break during a homestand.

They will work out Thursday and Friday at Rangers Ballpark.

Even if they have to fly to New York later Friday, they plan to have their workout at home before leaving. There were no plans to get together as a team Thursday night to watch the Tigers-Yankees game.

“We take the rest today. ...

We need it,” Washington said.

“We played down the stretch.

Although I gave a few guys some days off, I certainly didn’t give them as many days off or as much time off as I wanted to, but we were constantly playing at a high level because even though we won the division, we still had to play at a high level to make sure we kept the homefield advantage.”

C.J. Wilson, who lost the AL division series opener against Tampa Bay, is set to start Game 1 of the AL championship series.

Washington said the rest of the rotation would be determined once the Rangers know who they are playing.

Views

Thursday, October 6, 2011 Valerie Gonzalez, Views Editor

Desperate teachers humiliate students Editorial In an effort to encourage students to perform better on standardized tests, a California high school has started to reward students who perform well on the California Standards Tests and alienate those who do not.

At Kennedy High School in La Palma, students who score well on the CST receive gold-and-black student ID cards that make them eligible for special privileges on campus like free entry to the school’s athletic events and discounts to school dances.

Students with low scores – less than “proficient” and “advanced” scores – receive white student ID cards that do not have any special benefits and can only use their card in separate, longer lunch lines than their blackand-gold cardholding peers.

Parents in the school district said the measure is insensitive and is destructive for students who struggle academically. Administrators at the school, however, said it is meant to serve as a prize for students who do well and motivation for the students who do not.

This is what America’s public education system has been reduced to – public embarrassment as an incentive to improve.

When the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) released its latest results in 2010, everyone from teachers to politicians was concerned.

The U.S. ranked 17th in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math – shocking numbers for an economy in decline.

China and Korea continued to dominate the United States in reading, math and science as educators in the U.S. struggle to find a way to reach children.

The problem isn’t limited to California, though.

Some teachers at Ebby Halliday Elementary School in Dallas have even gone so far as to punish their students by forbidding them from restroom trips and barring students from using their hands while eating lunch.

The social ostracism may motivate only a few students to raise their standardized test scores, but it will undoubtedly discourage students who battle with learning disabilities and other academically vulnerable children.

Students are the country’s future work force. It is time we start treating them much more respectfully if we want to remain a competitive country in today’s global economy.

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Students make Apogee amazing Two weeks ago, many of you witnessed something that has never been done before: a Mean Green win over a Big 10 Conference opponent right here on our own campus! It was an incredible night.

It was my first w in as a coach at UNT and it was the game to imagine what it would be like to win this game and have the student body rush the field … and that dream became a reality. I wouldn’t have it any other way than to celebrate my first win in this fabulous new stadium with the tremendous students and fans who helped make it possible.

Congratulations are also in order for you all.

The two-game attendance for Houston and Indiana was 49,256 – the largest two-game

attendance figure in school history!

I hope that all of you who came out for the first two ga mes a nd celebrated t he win with us on the field will bring a dozen new friends this week and for the rest of the season.

We are on pace to set the UN T a l l-t i me at tenda nce record on Saturday, but in order to do so, we need to average 20,000 fans for the rest of the games. We can’t do it without you!

My coaching staff and I have been working diligently to build this football program and a big part of that includes recruiting outstanding student athletes.

Ever y t i me we t a l k to recruits we brag about the u n b e l ie v a ble home -f ie ld

advantage that our students create at Apogee Stadium.

The atmosphere that you build at Apogee has a large impact on all 16 of our sports.

Football games are always part of every student athlete’s recruiting experience, and your support at the games sends a message that UNT is a great place to be a student.

As a college football coach, I only get 12 chances a year to prove my worth, so every game is very meaningful. We only get four more chances to celebrate with our students and fans in Apogee Stadium this year, so we have to take advantage of every opportunity.

This Saturday night is our next chance to build this relationship and we need you there.

The Mean Green football family appreciates the energy and passion that you have for your school.

Let’s make it another great Saturday night at Apogee!

Dan McCarne y is hea d coach of the UNT football team. He can be contacted at 940-565-3653.

Chemical negligence can be toxic There has been quite some mischief in regards to gas drilling around the DallasFort Worth area and Denton in the last week, the results of which are outright scary.

The big news came Monday when the Magnablend chemical plant in Waxahachie, just south of Dallas, caught on fire, which soon spread uncontrollably. It consumed the whole facility and even a fire department truck on site.

T he plu me of smoke resu lt i ng f rom such w a s described as “look ing like an atomic bomb went off” by a witness quoted in Tuesday’s NT Daily story that covered the incident.

A s f i r ef ig ht er s r u s he d personnel a nd bysta nders to sa fet y, a steady strea m of chemicals from the plant escaped and settled in nearby fields and embankments.

I n i t i a l l y, M a g n a b l e n d of f ic i a l s w ou ld not s a y what exactly the chemicals processed in the plant were for, stat ing genera l ly t hat their productions were applicable to agriculture, gas and oil uses.

W hen W FA A i nvest igat ive repor ters pressed t he matter, however, the owner of the plant acknowledged that much of the chemicals mixed were production fluids for the drilling of natural gas via hydraulic fracturing, often referred to as “fracking.”

The EPA has stated t hat even it was unaware of the production practices of the plant and that a risk management pla n had not been filed for such productions – baff ling.

Before the massive explosions and fires in Waxahachie, Denton city officials found

natural gas production grievances closer to home.

As reported in Wednesday’s Denton Record-Chronicle, a cit y employee last week found that a well site along A irport Road had set up a buried pit liner around the area, and that a pump was forcing wastewater contaminated with fracking chemicals into nearby Hickory Creek.

This creek runs right through the middle of town, and tests showed the level of contamination from the wastewater was well above appropriate levels.

When officials found that no cit y or state regulator y permits were issued to this well’s company, it was forced to halt production and clean its mess up.

Now, rega rd less of your or my opinions a nd questions of ethics in regards to

general natural gas drilling practices, I believe we can all agree that willful negligence displayed by these companies a nd ot hers like t hem involved in such manufacturing has no place in our society. Absolutely none.

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

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“Yes! They should disclose the chemicals because people need to know. They shouldn’t be afraid to tell people what they’re using if they have nothing to hide.”

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