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Volume 96 | Issue 48
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White leads in statement victory UNT stuns Texas Tech in overtime BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer
PHOTO BY GREG MCCLENDON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Union Board of Directors and the SGA have decided to demolish the kiosk outside the University Union, which is covered with flyers.
Union, SGA vote to bulldoze kiosk BY M ATTHEW CARDENAS Intern
Outside the University Union stands a 10-foot tall kiosk covered in fliers. It serves as a billboard for students to post information on any event from greek events to roommate requests. However, the lifetime of the kiosk is limited, as the Union Board of Directors in conjunction with the Student Government Association have decided to bulldoze it. “They’ve been talking about it for a year or so,” Union director Zane Reif said. “It has become an eyesore.” Thickly layered fliers cover the kiosk, some of which date back to late August. Under the blanket of forgotten papers lies the bulletin board wall, scarred with staples and holes. Beyond that, Reif said, the kiosk contributes to littering problems when wind or rain blow the papers to the bushes. It is also considered a fire hazard. The Union Board of Directors wanted to make the decision, so it addressed the SGA. “We wanted support from the SGA to make sure bases were covered on both ends,” Reif said. The vote to support the Union Board of Directors was almost unanimous. One person opposed it. “We want to put something
in its place,” said Tori Kuhn, a business sophomore and SGA senator. Kuhn suggested students take the metal from the kiosk and mold it into a sculpture. The board is deciding what it wants to replace the kiosk. Reif said it is up to the facilities department to approve what goes in the space, but the most popular idea is to put in a digital kiosk, like the ones featured in the Union. The cost of bulldozing the kiosk is being taken from the Union Master Plan. Budget details for the digital kiosk were unavailable because the plans were not finalized. Kellie Hill, SGA director of campus involvement and advertising junior, supports putting in a digital kiosk. “It’s a great decision,” she said. “[The kiosk] doesn’t bring out, in my opinion, the professionalism of our campus.” As it stands, the kiosk doesn’t seem to catch much attention. Waves of students pass by it in their daily routine. “I don’t ever look at it,” said Meagan Dodge, pre-psychology junior. “Anything posted there is posted somewhere else.” Bulletin boards are featured around campus. For more information about kiosks, visit the Union information desk on the third floor.
Hundreds of eager UNT students f looded the court, gasps of relief were heard throughout the Super Pit and senior guard Josh White became the most popular man on campus overnight. Play ing i n f ront of more than 7,100 ballistic M e a n Green fans, the largest c r o w d JOSH WHITE i n s c ho ol history, White led the way for the UNT men’s basketball team that used tough defense and clutch, shooting to shock Big 12 foe Texas Tech (1-1) in a 92-83 overtime win. “This team is playing like t hey’re used to w inning and they expect to win and that’s when you know you’ve graduated to the next level,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “The crowd made a huge impact and gave our team a lot of energy. It was g reat ex perience for our guys.” The Mea n Green (2-0) improved to 3-0 a ll time against Big 12 teams in the Super Pit and is days away from playing another Big 12 opponent in nationally ranked Kansas on Friday in Lawrence, Kan. White struck first with a f loater to force overtime as time expired and made two 3-pointers in the first two minutes of overtime to lead UNT to victory. “I can’t give enough credit to my teammates,” W hite said. “It’s easy to get up for these games. Every time we play a Big 12 team we’re always ready to play.”
PHOTO BY MIKE MEZEUL II/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Redshirt junior forward Kedrick Hogans battles to get a shot off against a Texas Tech player during UNT’s second home game of the season at the Super Pit Tuesday night. The Mean Green won in overtime 92-83. Both teams came out firing and traded baskets during t he f i rst ha l f. Texas Tech outscored UNT 29-18 in the paint before ha lf time, but a jumper by W hite made it 40-39 Texas Tech going into the break.
“We got enough players, we’re deep enough, but we just got to play better,” Red Raiders head coach Pat Knight said. “It’s not like we’re play ing the sisters of the poor. We’re playing the Sun Belt champs, so you have to be ready to
play.” The Mean Green led for less t han a minute during t he second ha lf, but came back from a handful of 7 and 8-point deficits.
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Ambassadors draw attention to UNT Bush is coming No backpacks, cameras allowed
BY A DAM BLAYLOCK Senior Staff Writer
“And here on the left.” Students might hear that as a tour guide wearing a green shirt walks backward through campus with a troop of prospective students in tow. The person in green is probably one of UNT’s Eagle Ambassadors, a program that has earned UNT a spot on the list of 2010 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Star Awards. “To be a part of something that’s actually getting recognized by the state, that’s a cool thing,” said Christopher Jordan, an Eagle Ambassador and kinesiology junior. UNT won Star Awards for three years consecutively before 2010, according to the coordinating board’s website. Although the university did not receive a Star Award for 2010, it was named a finalist for the Eagle Ambassador program’s contribution to retention and application rates, according to the 2010 coordinating board website. This is Jordan’s first semester as an ambassador, he said, and he would like to continue as one until graduation. “There’s nothing like being able to influence people to come to a school you love,” he said.
BY JOSH PHERIGO Assigning Editor
PHOTO BY SAMANTHA GUZMAN/INTERN
Christopher Jordan, an Eagle Ambassador and kinesiology major, walks pass the Business Leadership Complex while giving a tour to prospective UNT students. The Eagle Ambassador program was named a finalist for the Star Award. The ambassadors work 10 to 20 hours a week, said Jennifer McClendon, the visitor experience manager. They start out at $8.25 per hour and get a $2,500 scholarship with a one-year commitment. Future ambassadors can apply in early February, she said. The program started in 1998 with 13 ambassadors and gave tours to 6,000 people that year, McClendon said. This semester, the program has 20 ambassadors, and for the 2009-2010 fiscal
school year, ambassadors took more than 20,000 people on tours. Each tour consists of an average of 15 people. More than 94 percent of prospective students who took tours in the spring of 2010 and were eligible to apply did so, she said. The program’s office does not have the numbers of students who applied and were accepted, McClendon said. “Our goal is to get people to apply,” she said.
Griffin Rice, a philosophy freshman, said UNT was the only affordable choice he had, and he was more comfortable after his tour. “It made me more excited about coming here,” Rice said. For many students it does make a difference, McClendon said. “Resea rch show s t hat prospective students want to talk to current students rather than people that look like their parents,” she said.
After two years of relative seclusion from the public sector, former President George W. Bush stepped back into the spotlight Tuesday, breaking ground on his presidential library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Tonight he kicks off his national book tour and becomes the first former president to visit UNT. Speaking before a sold-out crowd of more than 7,000 in the Coliseum, Bush is expected to discuss details from his autobiography “Decision Points.” About 4,000 students are expected to attend the event, which will receive regional and possibly national media attention, said UNT’s news promotion manager Buddy Price. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the university,” Price said. “UNT has a great tradition of valuing different perspectives.” Bush was selected last year as one of 12 possible finalists to speak by UNT’s Distinguished Lecture Series, Price said. Bush was invited after he received
the third-most student votes, but declined. This year, he approached UNT, asking to speak at a fee of $100,000, which would be paid for by student service fees designated for the series, Price said. Kevin Sanders is the president of the Student Government A ssociat ion a nd ser ves as chairman of the series committee. He said students’ response to Bush’s visit and the cost has been mixed, but he said he believes the event will benefit UNT. “It’s an instrument to put ourselves on the national stage,” Sanders said. Price said local law enforcement and the Secret Service will tighten security for the event. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to go through the required security checkpoints. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the speech will begin at 8 p.m. Purses will be searched at the door, and no backpacks, cameras, posters or signs will be permitted. No disruptions will be allowed, and anyone interrupting the program will be escorted from the building. “The campus is a free speech area, so protesters can be wherever they want to be [outside the Coliseum],” Price said.