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City commission considers penalties for UNT gas well sites ISAAC WRIGHT
Senior Staff Writer Cit y officia ls delayed an agenda item in the Planning a nd Z on i ng C om m i s sion meeting scheduled Wednesday night that would either waive or enforce penalties – which could amount to more than $1 million – accrued by two gas wells operating on university
property without permits. Upon applying for a drilling permit after purchasing one of the wells, Denton-based d r i l l i n g f i r m E a g ler id ge Operat i ng, L LC i nd icated t hat t he t wo wells located on South Bonnie Brae, west of Apogee Stadium, are operating in violation of naturalgas drilling permit laws.
SGA postpones freshman intern bill A NN SMAJSTRLA Staff Writer
The Student Government Association indefinitely postponed a bill to eliminate the group’s freshman intern program and passed a bill to allow transfer students to run for Homecoming Court. Honors College senator Matt Florez, who authored the bill, presented it to the group during Wednesday’s meeting. The SGA motioned for the bill to be referred to the internal committee, where it was postponed indefinitely. Unless a senator motions for the bill to be released from the committee and voted on, the bill cannot be discussed until next semester, said College of Business senator David Schuler. “If the committee decides to dispose of [the bill] indefinitely, and no longer consider it … then it just goes to show that, yes, there is corruption within the Student Government Association, and they will kill anything that tries to prevent change from happening on campus,” Florez said. The SGA freshman intern program is a yearlong program aimed at training new students on SGA processes and leadership skills. Florez said the program contributes to what he described as the SGA’s reputation as being a “corrupt, elitist and exclusive
organization.” The senate also discussed the Rules on Homecoming Court GPA bill, which was discussed and sent to the internal committee Oct. 19. The original bill would have allowed freshmen and transfer students to run for Homecoming Court; however, the internal committee amended the bill to give senators an opportunity to vote on whether or not freshmen should be able to run. The senate passed the bill with an amendment that would not permit freshmen to run. Under the new bill, the 15 credit hours and 2.5 GPA required to run can come from a previous institution. “Personally, I think both freshmen and transfer students should be able to run because Homecoming is a social event,” said Justin Wood, College of Arts and Sciences senator. “If the student body votes for a freshman, then the freshman should be able to run. But I was in the minority.” The SGA also introduced a Support for the NT Daily Funding resolution to encourage the administration to increase funding for the student newspaper without increasing student fees. It was referred to the external committee and will be discussed at a later meeting.
The permit applications assert that UNT does not own the land where the wells sit, which led t he company to bring the issue to the Planning a nd Zon i ng Com m ission. However, records on file at the Denton County Appraisal District indicate that at least one of the two lots of land is owned by UNT.
“Apparently, the site was developed w ith the understanding that it was on UNT property and that special city permits were not required,” t he compa ny w rote in its applicat ion. “Upon acquisition of one of t he wells, Eagleridge Operating learned that it is not on UNT property and they set out to correct the
administrative oversight of the past.” In order to waive the penalties, the city must approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) t hat wou ld exempt UN T from the zoning regulations necessary to create a drilling well. Da r ren Grot h, ga s wel l administrator for the Denton
Planning and Development department, said Eagleridge approached the city to file SUPs for improving the well it purchased. When Eagleridge purchased the well, it inquired about the status of t he adjacent site owned by UNT, Groth said.
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Live-in scholar mentors students
PHOTO BY ANDREW WILLIAMS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
History faculty member Neilesh Bose has two cats (Bindi and Hoho) in his apartment in Honors Hall. This is Bose’s second year to live in the dorm. See HISTORY on Page 4
Social media sites gain new roles in college classrooms NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer
FILE PHOTO FROM THE CAMPUS CHAT, NOV. 14, 1939
This photo of the 1939 North Texas football squad shows Ira DeFoor (circled) at the beginning of his career at North Texas State University. After serving in the South Pacific during World War II, DeFoor returned to NTSU, where he became an equipment manager and, later, the assistant athletic director. DeFoor was inducted into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003. He passed away Saturday.
UNT Athletic Hall of Famer dies at age 92 D YLAN ROGERS Intern
Ira Thomas DeFoor, a longtime figure in UNT athletics and 2004 UNT Hall of Fame inductee, passed away at 92 years of age on Saturday in Denton. DeFoor graduated from UNT in 1948 with a B.S. in health, physical education and recreation and went on to become an assistant professor for the athletics department, eventu-
ally taking a position as assistant athletic director, according to UNT alumni news. He worked actively at the university until 1984, retiring at the age of 65. In his time as a student, DeFoor was a three-time letterman in both football and track between 1939 and 1941. As a senior, he was a starting guard on the offensive line under coach Jack Cisco, the secondwinningest coach in the history
of UNT football. After graduating, DeFoor enlisted in the Army, where he served 49 months from 1942 to 1946, earning an Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal with two bronze stars, a Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one bronze star and a Good Conduct Medal for his service, as well as a World War II Victory Medal. Shortly after he left the military, DeFoor took a position as
athletic department equipment manager in 1948, a job he maintained until 1965. From 1953 to 1969, he served as the university’s director of physical education classes and continued directing summer health education workshops until 1984, according to the North Texan. DeFoor was married for 52 years to his wife, Vada, who died in 1999. The couple is survived by two sons and a daughter.
W hat bega n a s socia l net work ing has now expanded to social learning in college classrooms, as more professors increasingly turn to tools such as YouTube, Twitter and iTunes podcasts as a way to convey information to students. A recent study conducted b y R ic h a rd J. L ig ht of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy S c h o o l of G o v e r n m e nt emph a si z e d t he i mportance of social interaction in learning. Light found that students are more successful when they work in groups. “Media is now a dialogue; it used to be a monologue,” sa id Ba rr y Cat lett of t he radio, telev ision and film facu lt y. “More a nd more people are getting on Twitter now, and the information is getting better.” C a t le t t , w ho t e a c he s digital and converged media courses, said he requires
all of his students to have a Tw itter account and be active on social networking websites to prepare for life after graduation. He sa id he a lso uses iTunes U so students can watch lectures from other universities. “Re c ent s t ud ie s h av e show n t h at pe ople u se t hei r phones for t h i ngs like Tw itter and checking the news more than they do actual telephone calls,” Catlett said. “Twitter is even being used to break news in instances where cameras aren’t a llowed, like court rooms.” According to a 2009 study by social media monitoring website sysomos.com, about 5 percent of the 11.5 million Twitter accounts drive more than 75 percent of the site’s activity, meaning many are now using the site mainly to obtain information.
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The company was told it would need a SUP if it wanted to ex pa nd a nd add more wells. The Planning and Zoning Commission was scheduled to add ress t he contested property and drilling wells du r i ng a meet i ng at 5 : 30 p.m. Wednesday. However, commission members voted u n a n i mou s l y b e for e t he meeting to table t he issue until Dec. 7. Commissioner Jay Thomas assured those who attended the meeting that the commission did not table the issue in an effort to hide anything. “We’re not trying to shut t his dow n or do a ny t hing underhanded,” Thomas said. “We are just announcing [the Bonnie Brae wells] w ill be heard in its entirety on that date.” Editor’s note: The Daily was not able to get a response from UNT officials by deadline on Wednesday. We will follow up on the story as it progresses.
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This natural gas well is one of two operating on UNT property across from Apogee Stadium. UNT owns the mineral rights to one well though it lacks the permits to legally operate it.
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Authorities in Dallas have a rrested a ma n who t hey believe shot a passenger on a DART bus Tuesday morning. Pol ice sa id a ma n wa s exiting the bus at a stop on the corner of Bonnie View Road and Ledbetter Drive at about 10 a.m., when he pulled a gun and shot an 18-yearold male passenger in the leg
before f leeing the scene. The victim, who was shot in his right thigh, was taken to Baylor University Medical Center and is in stable condition. Police said he is not cooperating with authorities. Witnesses described the shooter as a 5-foot-7-inch, 145-pound black male wearing a white shirt, tan shorts and a black fur-lined coat. Shortly after 1 p.m., Dallas
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Media Continued from Page 1 Other professors are latching onto this trend also. Jonathan Gratch of the learning technologies faculty teaches a class based on learning through social networking. “Students who are working in groups have to learn to interact with group members, with potential clients, and they have to try to determine what their fictional client is wanting from them, using a medium such as Facebook,” Gratch said. “They can use pretty much anything they can get their hands on, on the Web.” Gratch said if students are using social media they have to collaborate with people who are not actually present, as the case may be in the real world. Although the concept of individual learning hasn’t gone away, many cannot help but follow new trends because of the widespread availability of social media. “I think it would be great for more classes to incorporate virtual learning tools,” said Jared Moore, a general studies senior. “I think people are becoming more visual in the way they learn things and it would definitely make learning easier.”
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Barry Catlett of the radio, television and film faculty requires his students to become actively involved in social media through means such as Twitter. Catlett believes interaction with Twitter helps deliver information in instances where some devices, such as cameras, may not go.
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Correction Wednesday’s Arts & Life story “New student groups offer culture to campus” incorrectly identified UNT-International as the International Studies Center. There is no International Studies Center at UNT. In a front-page photo on Tuesday’s edition of the North Texas Daily, senior forward Kelsey Perlman of the UNT soccer team was misidentified as a sophomore. We regret and apologize for the errors.
Thursday, November 3, 2011 Jesse Sidlauskas, Arts & Life Editor
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UNT student determined to improve campus Holly H arvey Staff Writer
W hether it’s a classroom debate or a proposal to the student government, political science senior Devin Axtman is not afraid to work for what he believes in. “I’m not the kind of person that just sits back and watches t h i ng s h appen,” A x t m a n said. A x t ma n is t he d i rector of student af fairs for UNT student government, an advocate of new student forums and an advocate for disability accommodations. Part of his role in SGA is to promote the pit crew, or st udent sect ion at school athletic events, and he said his goal is to see the section filled for each home game. A x t ma n, who has cerebra l pa lsy a nd f requent ly u s e s a w he e lc h a i r, a l s o assists university officials in improving disability accomodation on campus. He has a “great attitude” and is a hard worker, said Ca ndace Keen, director of s t udent i nv ol v ement f or SGA. “He brings a lot of passion for sports, and having passion is a lot dif ferent t ha n just being a fan,” she said. A x t ma n got h is sta r t in SGA as part of the freshman intern program and began to poi nt out a rea s where st udents w it h d isabi l it ies might have problems navigating the campus. “Student government is a good way to make change,” Axtman said. “And it’s a good way to get involved in t he community,” One of his major concerns
is sidewa lks. A xtma n persuaded ad m i n ist rators to navigate around Wooten Hall in wheelchairs to illustrate how the rough, uneven sidewalks can shred wheelchair tires. He a lso poi nted out to t he O f f ic e of D i s a bi l it y Accommodation potentially dangerous curb cuts or ramps into t he sidewa lks a round campus. A x t ma n ha s a sense of humor about his condition. One of his favorite T-shirts
“So many people have helped me out that I want to give back.” —Devin Axtman Political science, senior
sports a picture of a wheelchair and is emblazoned: “I’m only in it for the parking.” Ron Venable, Of f ice of Disabilit y Accommodation director, sa id A x t ma n has excellent people skills and is a good communicator. “He wants to work within the system. He doesn’t get upset and go running to the president’s of f ice if something isn’t working,” Venable said. A xtman is also part of an adv i sor y c om m it te e t hat checks out campus facilities and complaints over structures and roads that aren’t accommodating.
He is a member of Delta A lpha Pi, an honor society for students w it h disabilities that recognizes themfor their abilities and provides c on n e c t i on s w i t h ot h e r students. He is considering going into disability advocacy after graduation. A x t m a n’s r e a s o n f o r wanting to improve conditions for others with disabilities is because of what he’s been given. “So ma ny pe ople have helped me out that I want to give back to others,” he said, recalling those in the Office of Disability Accommodation who had worked w it h h i m on cor rect i ng potentia lly da ngerous issues on campus. The political science senior laughingly described himself as “kind of a nerd” and said one of his favorite classes is Western European politics. His mother Sharon A xtman, who lives in Plano, credits his don’t-give-up attitude for his academic success. “Devin is very driven when it comes to school because, unlike his cerebral palsy, it’s something he can control and excel at,” she said. Even though he works 20 hours a week, and sometimes three to five events a week for SGA, he still finds time to lead class discussions and keep up with numerous political debates and issues. A xtman said he fights for what he believes in, whether it is debating a topic in class or yel li ng fa nat ica l ly at a basketball game. “I really like to question tradition, and I’m a big fighter for independence,” he said.
Photo by Andrew Williams/Staff Photographer
Devin Axtman, a political science senior and director of student affairs for the Student Government Association, addresses the SGA during its meeting in Terrell Hall Wednesday night. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Axtman often uses a wheelchair to get around and his work at the SGA aims to help those with disabilities.
Saved seeds preserve agricultural diversity Pablo A rauz
Staff Writer
Seeds are a source of life and nutrition that humanity needs to sustain itself as a whole. The Southern Seed Legacy is a project run by the environmental anthropology department at UNT that is meant to preserve the agricultural heritage of the southern United States.
James Veteto of the environmental anthropology faculty heads the project, which serves a crucial role in protecting agricultural diversity, he said. “The importance is that if you lose the diversity in agriculture, you could have things like the Irish potato famine,” Veteto said. “The major argument is ‘don’t put all your eggs
Photo courtesy UNT Department of Anthropology
James Veteto brought the Southern Seed Legacy project to UNT in spring 2010.
in one basket; diversify.’” The seed bank, housed in the Life Sciences Building, holds about 800 varieties of seeds. Veteto said he brought the project over to UNT from the University of Georgia, where it started in 1996. For him, the importance of preserving seeds runs deep in the overall welfare of society. Veteto also said that despite big industr y farming, the number of small farms is actually increasing in recent years as more people have taken to farming small, private plots of land to grow their food. This also goes along with an increase in school-run farms. “People are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of local fresh foods, environmental benefits and just the deliciousness of growing something in your backyard as opposed to eating something that’s been shipped 1,500 miles from California and has just sat on a shelf for weeks on end,” he said. Steve Carlson, an environmental anthropology graduate student and coordinator for the project, said organizing and recruiting members has recently been the project’s main focus. “It just came to UNT only about a year ago, so we’re just starting out and trying to establish its roots,” he said. Carlson also runs Seed Link, the project’s newsletter that is distributed for the greater community to learn about the importance of preserving agriculture.
Photo by D’art Lykins/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT
Despite their size, soybean seeds are a staple of the world economy. They are one of many plant varieties whose genetic makeup has changed over the years. The task of the Southern Seed Legacy project is to preserve the genetic history of these seeds and connect with local collectors and seed banks.
“It just came to UNT only about a year ago, so we’re just starting out and trying to establish its roots.” —Steve Carlson Anthropology graduate student
Last semester the group participated in a regional seed swap in Hot Springs, Ark., where it shared part of the collection of seeds with other agricultural organizations.
Carlson said the project is working on organizing another seed swap, this time in Denton. He said building up an agricultural community in Denton would help the project grow by recruiting
donations and manpower for the all volunteer-run project. Anthropology junior Payton Green wrote in an email that preserving agricultural biodiversity is crucial to prevent the negative effects of big industry farming. “I think projects like this are very much needed to combat the potentially disastrous effects of our ever-increasing loss of biodiversity. Sourcing food from our own communities is extremely important, not only for supporting a sustainable local economy, but because of the impacts of largescale food transportation,” he wrote.
“They have to create a product, own motel room. Each dancer down to one night. Senior dance students will which the public is invited to see, is isolated from the others and display their original works on and in this process they have to dances with minimalistic moveFriday for the first time at the solve all of the problems they are ment for a strong impact. The New Choreographers Concert. given in order to create this work themes include love, loss, isolation and insomnia, which are The concert will start at 8 p.m. of art,” she said. In the class, students learn overlaid by the glow of a telein the University Theatre in Jesse Sidlauskas, Lifeabout Editor dynamics, unity, variety, vision. the Radio, Television,Arts Film& and “It’s a good program. We have content, form and theme, Performing Arts Building. some amazing faculty that have General admission is $5 and Cushman said. From the 10 choreographed really pushed us far,” Wert said. tickets can be purchased at the All 56 dancers were chosen box office, over the phone, at the works at the concert, two dance pieces were chosen to represent from the dance department door and in advance. Students DAISY SILOS enrolled in dance UNT at the American College by advanced choreography professor Staff Writer Shelley Cushman’s Dance Festival, including Amelia students. Some choreographers senior projects class are required Wert’s “The Television is Watching also decided to dance. Cushman T h e i n s i d e of h i s t or y to choreograph or perform in the Me Again” and Cassie Farzan allowed students to perform if pr ofe s s or Nei le s h Bos e’s concert. They also can complete a Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.” they were up for the challenge. apartment looks like most Rachel Caldwell choreo“I set out with this image of a research study in fieldwork. efficiency f lats. It’s outside “Their work is a culmination to motel. I was interested in doing graphed “Certain Uncertainty” t he apa r t ment i n Honors demonstrate the knowledge they something different,” Wert said. and is also performing in “Guess Ha l l w here Bose’s apa r tto Dinner,” have acquired through the course “I thought about the idea of why Who’s Not Coming —Neilesh Bose ment d i f fers f rom t hat of A n na people would want to stay at a choreog raphed of their study,” Cushman said. Historybyfaculty most professors. Cushman, the artistic director motel and wondered what they Womack. Bose has been l iv i ng at In Caldwell’s choreography, of the concert, is known for felt.” Honors Hall for two years as Wert’s modern piece includes dancers explore the experiher background in dance. She part of UNT’s faculty-in-resi- across the street from Honors he wou ld feel awk wa rd i f he k new his neighbor was dence program. He is one of Hall. Fa c u lt y me m b e r s w ho a professor and said t here five faculty members participating in the program this apply for t he prog ra m a re s h o u l d b e a b o u n d a r y selected to l ive i n a resi- between the professors and year. “W hat it mea ns to be a dence hall for a school year students. “School is school; I mean professor working at a univer- and can apply for additional BY M ARLENE GONZALEZ every once in a while you run years. Bose said UNT tends to sit y is about g row ing a nd Intern lea r n i ng d i f ferent t h i ngs select faculty members who into your professors around On Friday, the shops off the from people,” Bose said. “As are younger and can closely Denton, but I wouldn’t want Denton Square will stay open t hem to be my neig hbor,” a resident, I get to do that relate to the students. later than usual. “ T h e y w a n t e d s o m e - Brooks said. all the time, so it’s not like I Denton will have its monthly Tanya St. Clair, administralook at this as a job; go home body that likes to work with First Friday on the Square and and forget about it. I can live st udents a nd do d i f ferent tive professional for Honors Industrial Street area. amongst students exploring types of programs,” he said. Ha l l, d isag reed, a nd sa id Live music, sculptures, stained “It wasn’t that I sought out having a professor nearby has different ideas and topics.” glass, appetizers and art will be Faculty members receive a t h i s spe c i f ic ha l l ; I ju st helped advance her studies. available until 9 p.m. instead of Bose occasiona l ly hosts one bedroom, two-bathroom wa nted to pa r ta ke i n t he the regular 6 p.m. ra m s a nd ha s apa r t ment t hat includes a k i nds of prog ra ms where socia l prog PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN For First Friday, art galleries kitchen, a large living room st udent s get to meet a nd dinner parties in his apartand businesses stay open longer Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday a nd a n of f ice. T he apa r t- ex per ience cu lt u ra l t radi- ment for students of all majors to give shoppers an opportunity Denton. The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday. ment comes fully furnished tions and have the chance to to discuss current events in to admire and buy art. and ever ything is paid for, talk to other scholars in the an intellectual and friendly Several communities and month, which is where the idea pher and UNT alumnus, said he atmosphere. including a meal plan. Bose community.” countries have their own First came from. helped start Denton’s First Friday St . C l a i r s a id s he h a s Anthony Brooks, a mechansaid he enjoys eating at the Friday or First Thursday each Shannon Drawe, a photogra- in in February 2010. He and his Mean Greens vegan cafeteria ical engineering senior, said at tende d some of Bose’s
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Professor finds dorm life fun the second time around “I hadn’t lived in a dorm for so long, and the students here today were born when I was in high school.”
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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
harmonies. Caldwell said her piece is about blindness as an experience, not a handicap. “I was in my modern class last semester and we would lie on the ground and shut our eyes. I wondered if I could capture a
feeling of dance with touch and sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said. The concert will also be held at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre. For more information, visit www. danceandtheatre.unt.edu.
Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton wife, Leslie Kregel, thought little more visibility and have the Creative Art STUDIO, one of it would be great to increase public more aware of art culture the businesses that has been awareness of the communi- in Denton that isn’t always a part of First Friday since it started. ty’s artistic talent and culture, recognized,” Kregel said. said/Sher goal Merchants join with artists PHOTO BYHuttash Kregel said. ANDREW WILLIAMS TAFF Pmain HOTOGRAPHER is providing music for the event to help promote art and busiDrawe contacted sources History faculty member Neilesh Bose enjoys his apartment in Honors Hall. and created the website first- nesses. For example, an artist each month. On Friday, Alex Riegelman, fridaydenton.com to establish looking for a place to display meetings and programs in to live in a dorm. and out of my own home; it’s his or her work could contact a local guitarist and blues the event. “I hadn’t lived in a dorm a little strange getting used the past and said he was very “First Friday has no boss, no a coffee shop owner willing to singer, will play in A Creative for so long and the students to t hat,” he sa id. “It’s not helpful. Art STUDIO. president. I’m just in charge of host the artist, Kregel said. “Last year I went to one of here today were born when I the best situation, but in the Keri Zimlich, a journalism Heath Robinson, a pharmacy the website and building it into his programs and we had tea was in high school,” he said. grand scheme of things it’s something because I started it,” junior, thinks the event will junior, said she thinks the event and a discussion about the “It’s interesting to learn the not that bad of a compromise bring attention to the creativity is a great opportunity to have Drawe said. Middle East,” she said. “It was pressures and struggles of a when you get to interact with fun. Kregel’s business, Cimarrona, the community has to offer. a very informative discussion different generation.” students outside of being a “It’s not just one shop, but “I think it’s a good way to sells hats, scarves and warm The downside of living in professor or adviser.” that was an enhancement to clothing recycled from old increase the exposure of the arts all the shops getting together a dorm is living around more my studies in my class.” to rekindle that love for of art,” in Denton,” Robinson said. clothes. Watch Multimedia Bose said he didn’t know than 200 people, Bose said. said. at NTdaily.com. Robin Huttash ow ns A Zimlich “What we hope is [to gain] a this story “I always have to swipe in what to expect coming back
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Thursday, November 3, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor
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Bobby’s World: UNT continues special run Opinion BOBBY LEWIS
Senior Staff Writer With each passing game, it’s becoming more and more clear that this season’s UNT soccer team is primed to succeed. I don’t want to get ahead of myself since the team still needs t wo more v ictories before winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, but things have been falling in place for the Mean Green for a couple of weeks now. The f irst bit of fortune ca me courtesy of Florida International, which handed UNT its first conference loss of the season two weeks before the Mean Green’s home finale. Two days after that loss, FIU also handed Denver its first conference loss of the season. That kept the Mean Green in the running to claim the regular season conference title and the tournament’s top seed. UNT then tied with Arkansas State, but still had the chance to enter the conference tour-
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Freshman goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine jumps to block a high shot during practice at the soccer complex. Kerestine leads the Sun Belt Conference with seven shutouts this season.
Mean Green rolls past Trojans in opening round Soccer
Prepares for semis against WKU BOBBY LEWIS
Senior Staff Writer For the 11th time in the program’s 17-year history, the UNT soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Wednesday. The Mean Green (14-4-2) used a late goal to clinch a 2-0 win over Troy (9-11-1), propelling it to a match against the No. 4 seed Western Kentucky today. “We k new Troy ’s not a normal eight seed,” UNT head coach John Hedlund said. “They play good possession ball, and we knew they were going to throw ever y thing they had at us. So for us, it was important to get that first goal and then extend the lead in the second half.”
Too much for Troy Senior forward Nikki Crocco scored her eighth goal of the season in the 87th minute of the game to double the Mean Green’s lead and end Troy’s season. Junior for wa rd Michelle Young got the scoring started 26 minutes into the game with her team-leading 13th goal of the season. The goal was the 30th of Young’s career,
PHOTO BY ANDREW WILLIAMS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The UNT soccer team players pledge allegiance before their game against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
“We wanted a shutout against this team.” —John Hedlund Head soccer coach tying her with Kendall Juett for seventh all-time at UNT. Fresh ma n goa l ie Jack ie Kerestine notched her eighth shutout of the season and lowered her goa ls aga inst average to .75, both of which are the second-best in any sea son for a U N T goa lkeeper. “We w a nted a shutout against this team,” Hedlund said. “We didn’t want any type of momentum shift if they scored, and she [Kerestine]
had another outstanding ga me, a long w it h ou r defense.”
Back to the semis UNT w ill continue its trek toward a Sun Belt Title in the tournament’s semifinal round against WKU, who ha nded t he Mea n Green its first ever firstround exit last season. “T here’s no re venge fac tor,” Hed lu nd sa id. “They’ve got an outstanding senior class, and we have a lot of respect for them, and they have a lot of respect for us. We’re just excited about the opportunity.” UNT beat WKU (13-6-1) at the Mean Green Soccer Complex in each team’s conference opener on Sept. 23. The semifinal match will kick off at 7 p.m. today in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
nament as the top dog. All it had to do was beat Denver. At home. On Senior Night. To top it off, Denver had beaten UNT seven straight times, dating back five years. No big deal, apparently. The outcome was another sign that this could be UNT’s year. The only goal of the game came on a sophomore defender Kelsey Hodges free kick from beyond midfield that bounced over the goalie’s head and into the goal five minutes into the game. UNT’s defense took care of the rest, and the team entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed. In Wednesday’s tournament opener against the eighthseeded Troy Trojans, the Mean Green ground out a 2-0 victory that oozed all the characteristics of the team’s season. Junior for ward Michelle Young, who led the team in goals this season, scored 25 minutes into the game to give the team an early 1-0 lead. During the regular season, UNT was 13-1-1 when it scored
Bobby Lewis the first goal of the game. The Mean Green proceeded to protect its lead for a little more than an hour before senior forward Nikki Crocco stuck the final dagger in to earn a 2-0 win. Today, t he Mean Green will face Western Kentucky, whom UNT beat 2-1 in the first weekend of conference play. I expect more of the same from today’s game and the possible championship game on Saturday: an early UNT lead followed by great defense to preserve a close victory. The stars have aligned for this team, and there’s no reason to expect any changes now.
High expectations set for fall season finale Tennis SEAN GORMAN Sports Editor
After playing its first three games on the road, the UNT tennis team will return to Denton for the final tournament of the fall season this weekend. The Mean Green will play its last contest until January when it hosts Akron, UTEP and Northwestern State at the Game On North Texas Classic. “The team had an amazing run this fall until the last meet at regionals,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “I really do think that we’re going to see a very focused, hungry team ready to finish on a high note.” The tournament will feature a dual-meet format with the teams each competing in three separate head-to-head matches. “It’s just one school against another school. Although it’s flighted, it’s going to feel like we are playing together as a team,” Lama said. “I’m confident that the players will embrace that.” UNT has thrived in its early fall schedule, going 42-25 in singles play and 24-7 record in doubles play. A big part of the Mean Green’s success has come from its four newest additions – freshmen Kseniya Bardadush and Franziska Sprinkmeyer and junior transfers Ilona Serchenko and Valentina Starkova. The newcomers have played a part in four of the five flight championships UNT has earned this fall. Bardadush has led the way in singles play, sporting a team-best 8-2 record. “The coaches work with every player individually, which makes for a great opportunity to improve,” Starkova said. “Everybody has gotten better thanks to the training and condi-
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Junior Barbora Vykydalova returns a volley during Monday’s practice at the tennis complex. UNT hosts the Game on North Texas Classic this weekend. tioning we’ve had.” The team hit a snag at its last competition, failing to win a flight championship at the ITA Texas Regional Tournament two weeks ago. “There wasn’t much we could change or really work on; it was
just tough competition,” senior Nadia Lee said. “I think we see this as a chance to build confidence heading into the spring.” Play begins at 11 a.m. Friday at the Waranch Tennis Complex when UNT faces UTEP and Northwestern takes on Akron.
Mean Green Trivia The Mean Green football team is at a critical juncture in its season. After losing 37-14 to Arkansas State on Saturday, UNT must win each of its final three contests to become bowl-game eligible for the eighth time in school history. When was the last time the Mean Green was selected to play in a bowl game? Answer: The last time UNT appeared in a bowl game was in 2004, when it fell 31-10 to Southern Mississippi in the New Orleans Bowl. For the latest updates on Mean Green athletics and more Mean Green Trivia, follow the NTDaily Sports Twitter, @NTDailySports!
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Sports
Thursday, November 3, 2011 seangorman@my.unt.edu
Senior uses calm demeanor to lead Mean Green A LEX YOUNG Staff Writer
The Mean Green volleyball is down big with the match on the line in the final set. Players have started to lose hope, and the team can feel the game slipping away. Head coach Ken Murczek calls timeout to help UNT regroup, and No. 7 goes to work. Rallying her teammates, senior middle blocker Melanie Boykins doesn’t scream or quote a famous line from a wellknown sports movie. Instead, she embraces her role as UNT’s quiet motivator to assure the team that it’s not over. “She keeps the atmosphere relaxed,” Murczek said. “Calm, cool and collected is her nature, but when you get that ball up there, she is tough to stop.” A Fort Worth native, Boykins has played volleyball since eighth grade but excelled in multiple sports growing up. “To be honest, I only started playing volleyball so I wouldn’t have to be in off-season basketball the whole time,” she said. “After a while, though, I started to realize how much I enjoyed [volleyball], so I got better and stuck with it.” Besides basketba l l a nd volleyball, the 6-foot-1-inch senior was also a multiple regional qualifier in track and field at North Crowley High School in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays, setting a school record with her team as a sophomore and competing in the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics. A f ter h ig h school, she decided to attend the alma mater of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo – Eastern Illinois. W h i le at EIU, Boyk i ns
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Senior middle blocker Melanie Boykins has embraced her role as a leader for the Mean Green volleyball team, leading the team with a .248 blocking percentage. Boykins transfered to UNT from Eastern Illinois before her junior season. t hrived, posting 142 k ills and achieving a .221 attack percentage as a freshman. Senior outside hitter Madison Barr played with Boykins at EIU and transferred to UNT one year before she did as a junior. “We have been play ing together since we were 16,” Barr said. “We played club volleyball together too, and when she decided to transfer I defi-
nitely pushed for her to come [to North Texas].” Boykins said she liked UNT’s size and its closeness to family in Fort Worth. As for Boykins’ leadership qualities, Barr said the transfer’s poise has helped her become a strong presence on the team. “She doesn’t just spea k to hear herself talk,” Barr said. “She has reasoning and
purpose behind everything she says. People listen when she speaks, and she is really well respected.” Having known each other for almost five years, Barr and Boykins have developed a close relationship as teammates and friends. After college, the marketing major said she isn’t sure about her future if she does not continue volleyball.
“She keeps the atmosphere relaxed. Calm, cool and collected is her nature.”
—Ken Murczek Head volleyball coach
For now, Boykins said she just wants to enjoy her senior
year and go out with a memorable season on the court.
Cowboys can still win East IRVING (AP) — There will be plenty of chances for the Dallas Cowboys to recover in the NFC East. Forget about how bad that last game was and their losing record. The Cowboys (3-4) are just now reaching the midpoint of their schedule at home against Seattle. They are in a three-way scrum for second place in the NFC East with Washington and Philadelphia, the team that just beat them 34-7. Dallas still has a game left with each, and plays the division-leading New York Giants (5-2) twice in the final month of the regular season. “If we do what we have to do, everything will take care of itself,” safety Abram Elam said Wednesday. “We’re only as good as our next game. If we don’t handle our business this Sunday against Seattle, it puts us even further in the hole. All we can do is control what we have in front of us.” That begins Sunday against the Seahawks (2-5), the first of five games Dallas has before facing the Giants for the first time at home Dec. 11. In that five-game span, Dallas plays AFC East co-leader Buffalo (5-2) and four teams with a combined record of 6-22. The Cowboys play the Bills at home before going to Washington, which lost 18-16 in Dallas back in September. Their Thanksgiving Day game at home is against Miami (0-7) before a trip to Arizona (1-6). “We don’t look ahead too much, we certainly feel like we just have to control our own business,” coach Jason Garrett said. “Again, we live in the day of practicing well on Wednesday, and then hopefully coming back and practicing well on Thursday. Certainly our entire focus is doing our best to get ourselves ready to play Seattle.” Second-year linebacker Sean
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Philadelphia Eagles Moise Fokou knocks the ball away from Dallas Cowboys Martellus Bennett during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Penn., on Sunday. Lee, the Cowboys’ leading tackler with 73, didn’t practice Wednesday because of a left wrist injured Sunday night. Garrett described Lee as day to day and refused to rule the linebacker out of Sunday’s game. “We had some evaluations Monday that we feel really good about, and it got us to the point to say we do not have to do surgery Monday afternoon. We’re going to evaluate him day to day, week by week, and just see how that thing responds,” Garrett said. “Knowing Sean Lee, he’s probably a fairly quick healer ... Trust me, he’s chomping at the bit.” The Cowboys haven’t been able to get any kind of consistency going this season. Since blowing a lead in the fourth quarter to lose the season opener at the New York Jets, they have won consecutive games, lost consecutive games, then followed a 34-7 victory over St. Louis with
the 34-7 loss at Philadelphia. But the season is far from a lost cause because of the mess that is the NFC East. “Right now ever ybody’s mindset is to make it to the playoffs,” defensive end Marcus Spears said. “We’re still in position to do everything that we wanted to at the beginning of the season, and we just have to do something about it. We can’t talk about it, we have to do something about it.” The Cowboys have to wait until Christmas Eve for a rematch against Philadelphia, at Cowboys Stadium. They will finish the season on New Year’s Day at the Giants. “Honestly, I think the worst thing you can do is look ahead because you can’t do anything about that,” Coleman said. “If you don’t handle your business week by week then it don’t matter what happens in the future.”
Views
Thursday, November 3, 2011 Ian Jacoby, Views Editor
Campus Chat
How do you feel about a gas-drilling company drilling next to Apogee Stadium?
“Drilling next to the stadium? I probably wouldn’t like it that much. It would probably be loud, add traffic and I just wouldn’t agree with it. I feel it would stink. It would be harmful to the environment here at the university as well as our own health.”
Dexter Hickman History freshman
“I wouldn’t care at all. It doesn’t affect me very much. If they pay for it, then yeah, they can drill there.”
Alex Price
Mathematics junior
“Not good. I feel like there would be health-related issues with that, just considering emissions from the drilling and everything. Also, it’s just a safety hazard being so close to a public place where a lot of people go to on a weekly basis. It just seems like a dangerous situation to have that too close to our stadium.”
Paula Bendet Biology senior
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Denton protestors occupy all the wrong places The Occupy movement w i l l continue to stay true to its message of convoluted, misdirected anger this Saturday when it takes its protest of corporate greed – and other stuff – to Denton’s Square. To this point, Occupy Denton has “occupied” various patches of the UNT campus with the intent of informing the public about the wrongs of a corporatized society. Operating in solidarit y w it h the occupations taking place on Wall Street, downtown Dallas and numerous other cities, Occupy Denton is relaying the same message: “We’re here, we’re angry, but we’re
not sure why we’re here or why we’re angry.” Critics have noted that the Occupy movement, which began with a fairly unified message of opposition to the corporate powers-that-be subjugating the working class, has morphed into a pedestal on which any liberal concern about today’s world can be voiced. The event taking place this weekend is the perfect example of this group’s convoluted stance. The flier for the event invites individuals to “join us on the Square to speak out against corporate greed and the vast wealth inequality in our society.” It however seems misguided
that they would choose a landscape marked by Denton’s historic courthouse and multiple locally owned businesses to voice their concerns about Corporate America taking over. The people hearing the protest on Saturday will be employees of places like Beth Marie’s, a family-owned ice cream shop, Jupiter House, a locally owned coffee hangout for the college crowd, and several privately owned bars and restaurants. The Denton community has a long history of supporting local business and continues to foster a sense of Main Street, small-town togetherness
– exactly the opposite of corporatized America. So whom exactly are they trying to convince? Protesting should be viewed as every American’s political capital. We protest when we feel that we’ve been wronged. It’s a shocking action by necessity. One should be compelled to stop and listen out of curiosity and then be moved into action by the gravity of the protest. The backdrop of Wall Street provided that gravitas for the original Occupy protests. Denton’s courthouse Square does not, and may even undermine the very act.
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Soccer team deserves better facilities The bleachers rumble and shake as fans maneuver in their seats. Strangers sit shoulder to shoulder while a long row of people presses against the fence that surrounds the field, occasionally glancing back at the stands in hopes of snagging an empty spot as fans trickle in and out of the complex. This is the picture of almost every UNT soccer home game: the bleachers packed, some fans standing and the team winning. The UNT soccer team has never had a losing season. The team claimed the 2011 Sun Belt Conference regular season title after beating Denver on Friday. Three players, Nikki Crocco, Michelle Young, and Kelsey Hodges, have been named Sun Belt Conference Soccer Player of the Week this season. A fourth, Jackie Kerestine, was named Dallas Soccer News player of the week. The team is ranked 13th in the nation and leads the SBC for goals scored. Yet still, little kids kick around a soccer ball on the small patch of grass at the end of the bleachers and interrupt play three or four times a game. A miss-kicked shot or a bad pass rolls onto the UNT field, under the “fence” made of pieced together PVC pipes and orange plastic netting zip-tied around the top. The bathroom stalls in the trailer outside of the complex are a tighter squeeze than the confined space of a cardboard box. Every time I use the bathroom my knees cry a little. With years of success and two Sun Belt Conference championship titles under their belt, the women deserve an upgrade.
UNT has adhered to and exceeded the standards set by Title IX, the “1972 law requiring opportunities for female athletes in proportion to male athletes in federally assisted education programs.” The 2007 President’s Report said the school received an A on the Gender Equity Scorecard, a study that grades universities on their commitment to women’s sports. UNT was one of only 11 in the country and the only school in the south to receive an A on the scorecard. The school should continue to surpass standards set by Title IX by making the necessary improvements to the women’s soccer facility. Replace the PVC pipes with a real fence. Build a new bathroom facility with roomier toilet space and add seating before attendance drops. If we can accommodate up to 31,000 fans at our new football stadium, then the hundreds of faithful fans who flock to each soccer game should be able to find a seat.
Kaylin Durmick is a journalism junior. She can be reached at kdurmick24@aol.com.
Proposition 3 warrants student support For more than 40 years, the state of Texas has been committed to helping students attend college by offering low, fixed-interest student loans. The program, known today as the College Access Loan, currently boasts one of the lowest interest rates in the nation at 5.25 percent. Unlike many other types of loans available to students, the state is able to keep interest rates purposefully low because the program answers to tuition payers, not profit margins. Throughout its long history, the program has also never relied on taxpayers to repay bond obligations or administer the program. The fiscally sound management principles employed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) have ensured that the benefits of low-interest and low-cost loans are passed directly to student borrowers. It is for these reasons that Texas voters have reauthorized the program in six elections since 1965. On Nov. 8, voters will once again be asked to approve bonding authority to support this program. But this election marks a critical juncture for the future of the program and access to funding to help students pay for college. If passed, Proposition 3 will significantly extend the reach of the program to serve more students than ever before. It will also provide long-term sustainability and predictability so the THECB can effectively respond to current and future demand for lowinterest loans. At a time when financial aid programs and family budgets alike are more strained than ever, this program has the potential to offer a
low-cost alternative for students. For example, the THECB estimated last spring that a student with a $20,000 CAL loan would save $7,500 in interest payments over 20 years compared to the federal Parent Plus loan. As students, we understand the challenges of paying for college. For many of us, there are not enough affordable resources to cover the college cost gap. While the CAL program alone cannot solve this problem, it can make a real difference. The outcome of Proposition 3 affects Texas students more than any other constituency. It is for this reason it is critical that Texas college students inform themselves about the amendment and register votes on Nov. 8. This is an opportunity for students to have a direct impact on the future of one of the longest-running financial aid programs in Texas history.
Amir Barzin (left) is a doctoral student of Osteopathic Medicine at the UNT Health Science Center and the Student Representative for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. He can be reached at abarzin@live.unthsc.edu. Christian Dean (right) is the Student Regent of the UNT System. He can be reached at chdean@live.unthsc.edu
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