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Volume 94 | Issue 49
Cloudy 70° / 53° The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
Explosive overtime battle BY SEAN GORMAN Senior Staff Writer
T he U N T men’s ba sketball team (2-0) overcame its 22 t u r novers to defeat t he University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks 101-99 in a doubleovertime thriller Wednesday in Arlington. After losing to the Mavericks for three-straight years, the Mean Green looks like a team that can live up to the hype of being picked to finish first in the Sun Belt Conference Western Division. “This win feels awesome,” guard Josh White, an applied a r t s a nd sc ienc e s ju n ior, said. When starting forward Eric Tramiel, a sociolog y senior, fou le d out , U N T ne e de d someone to pick up the slack. And for the second-consecutive game, the Mean Green looked to W hite, who scored a career-high 35 points. “When Eric Tramiel fouled out, I took it upon myself to step up a nd do whatever I can to help this team win,” W hite said. A f ter t he te a m s t r ade d baskets to open t he ga me, the Mavericks broke out and extended its lead to 10, but the Mean Green fought back to cut the halftime deficit to 40-34. “I thought the guys were able to f i n i sh st rong a nd showed a lot of character all ga me,” head coach Johnny Jones said. Down by seven points with five minutes remaining, UNT needed another come back. W h i l e W h i t e’s o f f e n s e kept UNT in the game, business freshman guard A lzee Williams’ defense played just as big of a role. “A l zee took it as a cha llenge to defend their guards,” Jones sa id. “We needed to rotate around to help him a little but I thought he did an outstanding job.” Forward Jacob Holmen, a k inesiolog y freshma n, a lso helped the Mean Green forget about Tramiel’s absence. The freshman took Tramiel’s place on the court to score 14 poi nt s of f t he bench. Wit h 15 seconds in
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Profs pursue art projects as fellows BY CALI THOMPSON Contributing Writer
UNT professors Dornith Doherty and Cindy McTee will spend spring 2010 pursuing their separate artistic endeavors without other faculty duties after being named inaugural faculty fellows. Doherty and McTee were the first faculty fellows of UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (IAA). The institute will select two to four faculty fellows each year to pursue their artistic projects. Both professors begin their fellowship in January 2010. “The creation of CINDY the IAA is in perfect MCTEE keeping with the idea that making art and engaging in scholarship are equally important to UNT,” McTee said.
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University of Texas- Arlington Sophomore guard LaMarcus Reed draws a foul on a jump shot during the Mavericks’ 101 to 99 double overtime loss to UNT on Wednesday at Texas Hall. Reed made both the jump shot and free throw as part of his 15 points for the night. regulation, Holmen tied the game with a free throw, but could not put the Mavericks away when he missed t he second. “I wa nted to ma ke sure I took advantage of all the opportunities I got to knock down shots,” Holmen said. “W hen I shot t hose f ree throws I just wanted to clear my mind and rela x.” Fol low i ng a back-a ndforth first overtime, strong defen s e a nd a Sh a n non Shorter free throw with 3.3
seconds left were the difference in the second overtime and the Mean Green hung on for a two-point win. T he w i n d id n’t c om e w i t h ou t l o s s , a s g u a r d Dominique Johnson, a development and family studies senior, reinjured his ailing shoulder and had to leave the game. His status for UNT’s next ga me a ga i n st Ok la hom a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y i s n ot known yet. T he Maver ick ’s st rong
per imeter play kept t hem i n t he ga me a l l n ig ht, as guards Brandon Long and Marquez Haynes combined for 57 points. “A l z ee d id a g reat job defending those guys, they’re so tough to play against,” W hite said. T he Mea n Green look s to bu i ld f rom it s second consecut ive w i n at 12 : 30 p.m. on Saturday when it travels to Stillwater, Okla., to play the Oklahoma State University Cowboys.
opportunity to spend more time working without interruption.”
Doherty
Doherty of the College of Visual Arts and Design faculty has worked on an art project entitled “Archiving Eden” involving X-ray photographs of plant seeds since 2008. Being named a faculty fellow will provide Doherty with the necessary resources to continue her work with biologists. Doher t y bega n teaching at UNT in 1996 and is the program coordinator for photography. Although her main focus will be “Archiving Eden,” Doherty said she plans to complete 50 other works of art during her fellowship. “The IAA fellowship is important because it provides increased financial support to McTee make a few exceptionHer fellowship time DORNITH ally large artworks and will allow McTee of DOHERTY focused time to work,” the College of Music faculty to compose a piece titled she said. “[It] will allow me to “Tempus Fugit,” translated from devote the majority of my time to completing this project.” Latin as “time flies.” For her work on “Archiving “Tempus Fugit” will begin with the sounds of pendulum Eden,” Doherty will travel to seed clocks ticking at different speeds, banks of the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation McTee said. This musical piece is for the in Colorado and the Millennium Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Seed Bank in England to work will also be performed by UNT’s with scientists and use X-ray equipment to photograph wind symphony. McTee, who joined UNT in seeds. After returning to Texas, 1984, also plans to give public lectures as a way of staying in Doherty will use these photos to create digital collages. touch with students, she said. “I am looking forward to trav“We need new music, new books and new art to reflect who eling to England and Colorado we are as a society,” McTee said. while working on-site at some “To provide a lens through which of the largest and most comprethe following generations can hensive seed banks in the world,” know and understand who we Doherty said. Doherty said she would were in this time and place.” For her fellowship, McTee said miss discussing projects with she looks forward to having time students. “I first gained confidence to without other faculty duties. Balance must be found between critique in her class,” said Richard teaching and composing, she Ludlow, a photography junior and former student of Doherty’s. “She said. “Composing requires a great was very supportive and made deal of seclusion,” she said. “So I me feel significant. Without her, look forward to producing more I may not have continued in the music of substance given the photography program.”
‘Spicy’ dance moves offer gym workout alternative BY K ATIE GRIVNA Senior Staff Writer
Valerie Nwigwe shakes her hips and claps her hands to the bouncy beats of meringue, salsa and reggaeton music as beads of sweat begin to form on her forehead. Once the song is over, she high-fives her friends before the next song starts. Nwigwe, a Texas Woman’s University master’s student, is in a Zumba class, an hour-long dance and cardio workout at the Denton MLK Jr. Recreation Center. Everyone who takes a Zumba class benefits, especially people who have been trying to lose weight for a long time, she said. “If you don’t really want to change your diet, something like Zumba would really help you because you’re really moving your body, shaking from head to toe for an hour, so it’s a really good workout,” Nwigwe said. Zumba is becoming a growing trend because it is a new, fresh way to get your workout, she said.
“You feel like you’re in a club, you’re at a party, you’re having a great time,” Nwigwe said. “I know for myself, I’m getting to that that age where I feel like I’m getting a little bit too old to go to the 18-year-old clubs, so this is kind of my way to live
“It’s a fun, effective way to do your workout,” she said. “I work my very hardest to make it seem like it’s not even an exercise, it’s just a big party.” After taking a Zumba class last summer for fun, she decided to become an instructor.
“You want to do something different and fun. I thought this would be a nice little spice to Denton.”
—Laura Bonilla Business junior and Zumba instructor
that life without having to be in that environment that is so crowded and so clammy and so nasty.” In order to make her workout more “spicy,” she is interested in becoming a Zumba instructor so she can incorporate her own moves. L au ra Bon i l la, a business ju n ior a nd Zu mba instructor, teaches Nwigwe’s Zumba class on Mondays and Wednesdays.
“I thought that it would be fun for people my age, girls like me who want to work out but aren’t about going to the gym,” Bonilla said. “You want to do something different, something fun. I thought this would be a nice little spice to Denton.” Most of the class is female, but the class is open to men as well. “If a couple of guys started doing it, I think more guys would follow,” Bonilla said.
The hardest part of Zumba is doing it for the full hour, she said, but since the choreography is consistent, people get the hang of it. Zumba classes are offered at 6 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at the Denton MLK Jr. Recreation Center for $5 per class or $30 for 10 classes, and the first class if free. Zumba was created by Beto Perez, a celebrity trainer in Colombia, eventually coming to the U.S. in 1999, according to the Zumba Web site. Kieshawhana Robinson, a sociology junior at the UNT Dallas campus, said she works out in a Zumba class every Tuesday in Dallas. “I have a hard time committing to something, but Zumba makes it so much fun,” she said, adding that she gets bored with usual gym activities. While she has only been doing Zumba for about a month, she said she and others are starting to notice her body change. For more information, contact laura.bonilla@my.unt.edu or visit www.zumba.com.
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Laura Bonilla, an entrepreneurship junior, teaches Zumba at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the MLK Recreation Center. Classes are $5 each, or a $30 card with ten passes is available for purchase through the class instructor.