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emerges. “I f a d a ngerou s t h re at were to come in, we would The UNT Police Department i s w or k i n g w it h f e d e r a l not hesitate to call in other authorities and the Sheriff’s departments – local, state and Department of Greene County, federal, as well as emergency Va., to uncover the identity of vehicles,” Reynolds said. Eag le A ler t, wh ich a lso a caller who made a terroristic threat on the afternoon w a r n s of h a r sh we at her, fires and other catastrophes, of April 2. UNT Police traced the call relea sed a test voicema i l back to Greene County, Va., Thursday afternoon. but because it is out of their jurisdiction the department cou ld not relea se f u r t her informat ion rega rding t he case, including whether or not the caller was a current or former UNT student. “It’s sa fe to assume t he G r e e ne C ou nt y She r i f f ’s Department jurisdiction is where the threat originated from,” Deputy Chief of Police Ed Reynolds said. —Ed Reynolds The caller allegedly made UNT Police Department ot her t h reaten i ng c a l ls to ot her pa r ts of t he U.S., including a call to California. It remains unclear whether or not the string of calls was Emergenc y Ma nagement intended as a prank. C o o r d i n a t o r L u i s Ta p i a UNT’s Risk Ma nagement encou r aged st udent s a nd S e r v i c e s u s e s a n e m e r- faculty that did not receive gency mass-communication the voicemail to update their system called Eagle Alert to contact information on their wa rn students of potentia l my.unt.edu. risks on campus. The system “The system is only as good delivers voicemail, email and as the contact information we text messages when a threat have,” Tapia said. Intern
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Theater arts sophomore Jarret Berman (left) and behavioral analysis junior John Carter make an attack and freeze in the final round of Ninja, sponsored by the Kerr Residence Hall Association outside the Library Mall on Thursday. “It revives the whole idea of fighting, but it’s more fluid,” said Berman, who won the final bout among the winners in nine groups. The game was assembled in hopes of topping the world record of 112 players, set at the 2011 VidCon conference in Los Angeles, Calif., but only about 70 students were present.
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A chalked campaign slogan is seen on the southern wall of the Business Leadership Building. The UNT Police Department is analyzing the extent of the damage. If it is determined the markings did damage, potential charges could follow.
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Juniors Hilbert Jackson (left) and Brelan Chancellor (right) perform drills during the Mean Green football practice Wednesday. UNT will compete in its Green/White Spring Game on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Apogee Stadium.
Chalked message leads Roster spots up for to police investigation grabs in Spring Game BEN PEYTON Staff Writer
Campaign signs dotted the campus during the UNT Student Government Association’s elections earlier this month, and one marking in particular could lead to graffiti or criminal mischief charges from the UNT Police Department. A UNT police officer discovered a “Vote Justin + Rudy” chalk marking on the southern wall of the Business Leadership Building on April 7. The message was in support of SGA presidential and vice presidential candidates Rudy Reynoso and Justin Wood. UNT police referred the incident to UNT Facilities for an $80 cleanup effort, which found no indications of permanent damage, Structural Services Manager Luke Taylor said. If further analyses by the UNT Police Department reveal any damage caused to the building, potential charges such for criminal mischief or graffiti could be
filed, said Corporal John Delong of the UNT Police Department. Reynoso said he and Wood did not notice the message at the Business Building but cleaned up various campaign stickers, posters and chalked areas following the election, which ended the Friday before the incident. “We would have been willing to clean it up, but they [UNT Facilities] went ahead and cleaned it anyway,” Reynoso said. The chalking incident was brought to Reynoso and Wood’s attention by a representative from the Business Leadership Building, and they still do not know who wrote the message. Wood said various people wanted to support his and Reynoso’s campaign. “What we did was give some of those people chalk just to write across campus ‘Vote for Rudy and Justin,’” Wood said. “The reason we did is because chalk is very easily washable, so we did not ever anticipate it being a big deal
because it is very, very, very easy to wash off.” Deciding whether or not the chalk message should be considered vandalism has been discussed by the department and university. Nothing may be posted on campus except in designated areas, according to UNT policies 8.3 and 6.8.1.7. “You’re running a slippery slope of ‘what is vandalism?’” said Maureen McGuinness, dean of students and assistant vice president for academic affairs. Wood said the SGA election board was also confused about the policy concerning chalking. “It [campus policy] has not been made well available to students,” Reynoso said. While Sergeant Chris Denton of the UNT Police Department said no further investigations into the chalking incidents are expected, campus policy concerning chalking is staged for future review, McGuinness said.
Football BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer
Mea n Green footba l l players will try to move one step closer in securing a roster spot when the team plays the annual Green/White Spring Game on Saturday at Apogee Stadium. “This game matters. We want to come out here and put on a great performance, and put all the things we learned throughout the whole spring and put it all together,” junior linebacker Zach Orr said. The game, which marks the end of spring practice, is an inter-squad scrimmage that will divide the Mean Green into two teams: the Green Team, which consists of the first and third string players, and the White Team, which is the second and fourth stringers.
“I would like to see the Green Team put up a lot of points. That’s my team,” redshirt junior quarterback Derek Thompson said. “Overall I just want to see everyone come out of the game healthy.” The game will consist of four 12-minute quarters and a 15-minute half. The White Team will also start the game with a 20-point lead. “In a game like this, you can’t waste any possessions,” head coach Dan McCarney said. “Put the players in a hole, come out there focused and go execute. It sounds like it’s going to be a beautiful day, so hopefully we get a nice turnout.” Kickoffs, punt returns and tackling the quarterback will be off-limits. Other minor adjustments to the game will also be added to protect the health of players. Going into the game, no one’s spot on the team is locked up,
McCarney said. One of the biggest positions to watch in the game is the battle for the starting running back position. For the first time since 2008, the Mean Green will be without its running back Lance Dunbar, who is preparing to enter the NFL Draft. Dunbar finished his UNT career last season as the school’s all-time leading rusher, with 4,224 yards. McCarney said the job is anyone’s for the taking right now. “There really is no inside track right now,” he said. “If we play LSU Saturday, it would be running back by committee, which really isn’t a bad thing at all.” After the game, Austin-based country music band Reckless Kelly will give a free, 90-minute concert. The stage will be in the West stands of Apogee Stadium. The game will start at 2 p.m.
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Neighbors of Stacy Cates, including Lauren Hamilton (left), 6, watch a Denton Independent School District school bus being towed from the backyard of Cates’ home on the corner of Lake Country and Longhorn drives in southeast Denton on Thursday afternoon. “I’m just glad it didn’t go in the pool,” said Cates, adding nobody was home during the crash. No children were on the bus, and the driver escaped injury, according to authorities on-site.
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Member s of t he T het a Chi fraternity living at the organization’s house on the corner of South Welch Street and Maple Street were moved to live at Traditions Hall on Wednesday after the building’s fire alarm system failed to pass a routine, universitywide fire inspection. McGuinness said ef forts to fix the system are already
being made, and she did not k now w hen t he members could move back in. “Until there’s no longer a risk we’re looking at, which is a fire system not working, they cannot sleep there,” said Maureen McGuinness, dean of students and assistant vice president for student affairs. “They have to be able to be working on their academics, so making accommodations and getting them taken care of was important.” The 14 members will stay in the dorm until repairs are made on the system, which
will be fixed by the Theta Ch i house cor porat ion. T he u n iversit y w i l l pay for accommodations for students who were moved to Traditions Hall. Theta Chi members are allowed to spend time in t he house while repa irs a r e m ade, but c a n not sle ep over n ig ht at t he building. “Is t he house closed down? No,” McGuinness said. “They can have meetings there, watch television there, they just can’t sleep there.”
Nestled in a shady grove of trees between the General Academic Building and North Power Plant stands a more than 80-year-old bronze statue of 17th-century Spanish artist Diego Velazquez astride a trotting horse. The statue was created by artist Constance W hitney Warren in 1924 and eventually came into the possession of the Harlan Crow family, who donated it to UNT in 1994. But the reasons why remain a mystery. Warren primarily created bronze statues of cowboys with lassos on bucking horses, so her choice of an equestrian portrait of a Spanish painter was unusual, UNT Art Galleries Director Tracee Robertson said. “It’s odd that she chose an artist for this, considering her past work,” Robertson said. “We don’t know what the connection is to Velazquez. It’s mysterious.” Velazquez was the chief court artist for King Philip IV of Spain in the 1600s, during a period known as “Spain’s Golden Age.” Velazquez painted royal portraits of the king and was named the palace chamberlain, ma k ing him curator of the king’s vast art collection, according to the book “Gardner’s Art through the Ages.” “The statue of Velazquez commemorates leadership. It has a civic symbolism,” Robertson said. “The equestrian style of statues goes back to Greek and Roman generals on horseback.” Warren, who was born in 1888 and died in 1948, created many of her bronze sculp-
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The equestrian statue of Diego Velazquez was donated to UNT in 1994 by the Harlan Crow family and has resided by the General Academic Building since then. The Velasquez statue is part of the art walk of UNT. tures in France and also has cowboy statues on display at the state capitols of Texas and Oklahoma, Robertson said. Most of her work is from the 1920s. “It was really unusual for a woman at that time to be making large bronze sculpture of cowboys in that time period,” said Jennifer Way, an art education and history professor. There are no records as to specifically why the Crow fa m i ly donated to U N T, Rober t son s a id . Be side s the statue of Velazquez, the family collected other bronze statues. Ha rl a n C row ’s f at her,
Tra mmel l Crow, commissioned former UNT College of Visual Arts faculty member David Iles to create bronze statues called “Texas Wildlife” for the Environmental Science Bu i ld i ng a nd t he Da l la s Arboretum. The statue of Velazquez is part of the more than 80-piece public art walk at UNT. UNT Faci l it ies decided to place the statue near the General Academic Building to beautify campus and create places to admire art, Robertson said. “It’s a very serene, shady place,” Robertson said. “It’s a place to enjoy the artwork.”
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Wit h only nine ga mes remaining in the season, the Mean Green softball team (19-22-1, 9-8-1) will host its final three-game series of the season this weekend when it plays the South Alabama Jaguars (27-13, 11-5). The Jaguars took two of three games against the Mean Green last season. USA comes into the series sitting in second place in the Sun Belt Conference. “Both teams athletically match up pretty well,� head coach T.J. Hubbard said. “We‘ve got to be focused and play all seven innings, not just five of the seven.� With an 11-3-1 record at Lovelace this season, playing at home has been a distinct advantage for the Mean Green. When the teams last met at Lovelace Stadium during the 2008 season, UNT won the series 2-1. “We just need to take it one game at a time at this point,� sophomore catcher Ashley McCarroll said. “We need to focus on getting more of the middle of the ball. We’re just getting underneath a little bit, so more of our balls are hit in the air and catchable.� The Mean Green will have a hard time hitting off South Alabama, which has the best earned run average in the conference with a 2.17 average. Sophomore pitcher Hannah Campbell leads the Jaguars and the conference with a 2.18 ERA. Senior infielder Maddelyn Fraley, however, has been giving pitchers fits lately. Fraley was named Sun Belt Softball Player of the Week after batting .647, with
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Sophomore utility player Jackie Miller makes contact with the ball during batting practice Tuesday to prepare for the Mean Green’s three games against South Alabama this weekend at Lovelace Stadium. nine runs batted in last week. She leads the Mean Green with a .639 slugging percentage and 10 home runs this season. “You don’t want to peak too early, ever, in any sport, and we don’t want to peak now,� junior pitcher Brittany Simmons said.
“We want these next couple weeks to continue to get better, to play more solidly, more cleanly, and fix the little things. Hopefully by the time we hit conference [tournament], that’s whenever we hit our peak.� UNT is 4-5 in its last nine
Fresh off its best finish of t he season, t he UNT men’s golf team w ill tee off Monday at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Muscle Shoals, Ala. The No. 29 Mean Green is seeking its first conference championship since 2003. Junior Curtis Donahoe turned in his best career per for ma nce at t he Woodlands All-American, as he led UNT to a secondplace finish and its lowest tea m score si nce 1998 with a 22-under par 842. Donahoe finished 22-under par himself, the best UNT individual score in over a decade. With top-five finishes in eight of its nine tournaments this season, the team has built confidence going into the conference tournament. “My guys believe in themselves and have beaten some of the best in the country,� head coach Brad Stracke said. “I believe that we are receiving a lot more respect in the college golf world.� Stracke attributes t he
t e a m ’ s s uc c e s s to h a rd w or k and its chemistry on the course. “ T h i s t e a m g e t s BRAD a long wel l, STRACKE and the guys traveling are willing to put in the work to improve their games,� Stracke said. “It’s been a while since we won the SBC Championship, and my guys are looking forward to competing.� T he Me a n G r e e n h a s finished in the top three in each of its last two tournaments. The SBC Cha mpionship w ill be held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail and will be played on the 8,000yard par-72 yard Fighting Joe Course. “T he Fig ht i ng Joe G ol f Course is a good test of golf,� Stracke said. “We have played some very difficult courses throughout the year, so the team is ready for the challenge.� T he f i na l rou nd of t he tour na ment w i l l w rap up We d ne s d ay. Tou r n a ment scores will be updated live on golfstat.com throughout the event.
games. The series will begin with a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Saturday and will conclude with a noon game Sunday. Senior staff writer Brett Medeiros contributed to this article.
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Sophomore Marcus Wooten practices hurdles during track practice at Fouts Field on Tuesday.
UNT heads to Waco for Michael Johnson Classic Track Z ACH C LAUSSEN Staff Writer
The UNT track and field tea m w i l l t r y to keep its hot st rea k goi ng , a s t he tea m ma kes t he t wo-hour d r ive dow n Hig hway I-35 to compete in the Michael Johnson Dr. Pepper Classic in Waco on Saturday. T he meet w i l l pit UN T against Baylor’s nationa lly ranked men’s and women’s teams, as well as UT-Arlington, Texas Christian and Texas State. The 24-team field will compete at the Hart-Patterson Track and Field Complex. UNT has been impressive in each of its last two meets – the North Texas Spring Classic in Denton and the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla. – combining for more than 25
top-three finishes. Wit h t he Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships three weeks aw ay, U N T w i l l look to improve a nd perform at a higher level. “The big goal for this week is training smarter so that we can compete at the highest level as we can,� head coach Carl Sheffield said. “We want to make sure that everyone gets high-quality runs, and we need to get the best that we can out of practice and our meets.� Junior hurdler Steven White is coming off his third consecutive SBC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week honor. In last week’s Inv itationa l, W hite ran the 400-meter dash in 20.90 seconds for his fourth straight win. His time leads the conference. White is already No. 6 in
the nation and No. 4 in the conference in the 400-meter hurdles, with a time of 50.07 seconds at Spring Classic. W hite, as well as sophomore sprinter Clinton Collins and senior sprinter C.J. Fowler w ill face stif f competition against the Baylor men’s track team, which ranks No. 20 in the nation. The Baylor women are No. 15 in the nation and have 20 members of their track team ranked in the top 25 of the NCA A in their events. “I looked at the participants that are going to be there, and the heats look really good,� Sheff ield said. “We have a couple of people in t hose races, so hopefully they can perform at that big-time level too.� The Classic will start with t he javel i n t h row at 9 : 30 a.m.
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Blooming Buds Keep Denton Beautiful blossoms with its 19th annual celebration of Arbor Day – the Redbud Festival
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DIY: Create your own window garden
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Redbud Festival celebrates Arbor Day
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Christina Mlynski, Scene Editor
Recycled Books pays tribute to Record Store Day
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REVIEW:
“Titanic 3D” crashes box office records second time around
Sweet Basil Thai Bistro serves up modern Asian cuisine
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1.Make your own small garden to brighten any windowsill in your home. Materials needed include a bag of potting soil, a small planter or little pots, and your choice of plants or flowers. 2.Fill your pots or planter halfway full with soil and then loosen the roots on your plant or flower pod and place it in the container. 3.Place soil around the plant to hold it in place. You can also lightly water the plants at this point so that the soil does not dry out the roots of the plant. 4.After your plants have been transferred to a container and watered, you can place them in a windowsill or a sunny place in the home. Follow the watering instructions specific to your chosen plants.
A day in the life.... [ A SHLEY GRANT
Senior Staff Writer Surrounded by a surplus of trees and colorful flowers, Stephen Farmer throws a 25-pound bag of potting soil over his shoulder as he hauls it across the pebble-laden walkways of Meador Nursery – Denton’s oldest full service plant nursery, founded in 1940. Farmer has been the nursery’s in-house gardener and plant expert since 2005. His responsibilities range from making plant orders to unloading trucks filled with plants, to providing individualized care to the foliage on the premises. “When I started working here, I was in the car business. I initially took over this job to help out the owners during the spring and only planned on staying three or four months,” he said. “I liked it so much that I stayed.” Robert Brim, sales associate at Meador, said having Farmer’s exper-
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level horticulture courses, but the majority of his knowledge was obtained through hands-on experience. “I mostly just lea r ned f rom working here at the nursery,” he said. J a n e t Laminack, horticulturalist and Denton County PHOTO BY JORDAN FOSTER/INTERN agent for AgriLife Stephen Farmer stands in the Meador Nursery, which was found- Extension, said ed in 1940. Farmer has been working for the nursery for seven t he ha nds-on approach Farmer years. takes is how most gardeners gain the necessary undertise around is essential. “They do the majority of the work,” standing of plant maintenance and Brim said. “It takes a while to get the care. “People usually learn on their knowledge plant experts have.” Farmer said he took a few college- own. Some go and get college degrees
in botany or horticulture, the intensive cultivation of plants, though,” she said. One of the most common fallacies about gardening is that it’s considered a leisure activity. “A lot of people think it’s all about fun and we get to play with plants,” Farmer said. “It’s not like that at all. There’s so much work that goes into it.” Inconsistencies with business and weather can also be a challenge for gardeners, Farmer said.
He said the most difficult part of being a gardener is managing time effectively, since 60 to 70 percent of business is from March through May. Although his days – beginning at 8:30 a.m. and lasting until well after 6:30 p.m. – are hectic and exhausting, Farmer said he enjoys what he does and educating customers. “I love what I do, the people are great and everyone’s in a good mood when they’re dealing with plants,” he said.
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Denton leaps into spring and honors Arbor Day with the 19th annual Redbud Festival It takes a lot to put it on.”
Brittni Barnett Senior Staff Writer
From the ground up
Redbud trees, characterized by their small, heart-shaped leaves a nd br ig ht magenta f lowers, are beginning to bloom across Denton, signaling that spring is in full swing. To celebrate spring and the upc om i ng A rbor Day, Ke ep Denton Beautiful will host its 19t h a n nua l Denton Redbud Festival this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Denton Civic Center. The festival is free to attend and will feature a home and garden show that mimics those found in larger cities across the country, Keep Denton Beautiful Program Manager Aimee Bissett said. “One aspect of our mission is community beautification,” Bissett said. “We try to do as much as we can to empower people to take care of their own community. There are lots of things they can learn from these educational workshops.” In 1991, The National Arbor Day Fou ndat ion recog n i z ed Denton as a “Tree Cit y USA.” Denton has received this recognition every year since. One of the four criteria to retain the “Tree City USA” status is to hold an annual Arbor Day event. “I think that people love festiva ls, and I think this time of year when the weather is so nice, people just want to get outside,” said Lauren Barker, volunteer coordinator for Keep Denton Beautiful. “So many people come out just to enjoy the day and enjoy the festival, but we also want to make sure that they understand why we are there and that this does have to do with Arbor Day.”
The histor y of t he fest iva l bega n in t he 1930s w it h Dr. L.H. Hubbard, president of the Texas State College for Women – now known as Texas Women’s Universit y – a long w it h Fred We s t c ou r t , d i r e c tor of t he Department of Rural Arts. The two helped implement a long-term campus beautification program, which called for the college to transplant more than 2,000 Redbuds to the campus. There was also a Redbud path from the TWU campus all the way to UNT, according to the Denton Record Chronicle. In 1939, the college instituted t he Redbud Festiva l, a weeklong event that ended with the crowning of a Redbud queen. The college held the Redbud Festival annually until 1981, according to Keep Denton Beautiful. In March 1993, Keep Denton Beaut i f u l a nd for mer Mayor Bob Castleberry sent a letter to the 73rd Texas State Legislature requesting that Denton be named the “Redbud Capital of Texas,” which it is now known as. A s a resu lt, Keep Denton Beautiful resurrected the Denton Redbud Festival in 1994. Redbud trees will be available for purchase at this year’s festival on a first come, first serve basis, and residents are encouraged to plant them as part of the Arbor Day celebration. “Denton is a ver y tight-knit community, and everybody likes to come out a nd spend t ime together in a way that you don’t really see in bigger cities,” Bissett said. “And being able to provide the information, products and ser v ices for people to be able to take care of their own neighborhoods and yards and make it more beautiful can have an economic impact, an environmental impact and an impact on the quality of life.”
In full bloom This year’s festival, which is expected to bring out between 5,000 to 7,000 people, will include more than 60 booths from local
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The 19th annual Redbud Festival will be held from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Denton Civic Center. Keep Denton Beautiful will have more than 60 booths inside and outside for people to visit. vendors showcasing home renovation, gardening and landscaping products, Bissett said. Organizations like Denton Community Market, Earthwise Ga rden s a nd C a rdo’s Fa r m Project will also be showcased at the event. “Some groups that are starting
to take off around town have a sustainable or gardening kind of focus to their work,” Barker said. Ca rdo’s Fa r m Project is a community farm and education center located in Ponder. In addition to hosting a booth at the festival, Dan Moon, the
project’s farm manager, will host one of 11 scheduled, free educational workshops for visitors. “I intend to demyst if y t he s c i e n c e b e h i n d c o m p o s t ,” she said. “I w ill teach people how to properly care for, build and manage a compost of any scale.”
Other workshop topics include “Roses for the Lazy Gardener,” presented by the Denton County Master Gardeners Association, “Urban Gardening,” presented by E a r t hw i s e Ga rden s a nd “Dentonography: The Geography of Denton Explained,” presented by Sustainable Denton.
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The Redbud Festival will host more than 60 booths featuring garden, landscape and home improvement products. The festival is the official Arbor Day celebration for Denton. “We try to bring that in more of a local way to Denton,” Bissett said. “We bring in local vendors, and we try to provide a service to the community that they aren’t going to get unless they drive to one of those larger cities.” The event w ill a lso feature a spect s t y pica l of fest iva ls,
including live bands, food and a Kid’s Zone with bounce houses and environmental activities for children. “We have an opportunity to spea k w it h people about t he importance of Arbor Day and trees in our community, increasing the urban canopy, that sort of thing,”
Barker said. “So it’s an educational opportunity, but also it’s a festival so it’s an opportunity to get people together to exchange information with each other and build a better sense of community.” Since the festival is free to visitors, Keep Denton Beautiful – a
nonprofit organization – relies on sponsors and donors to help keep the festival going. “Logistically, there is just a lot of moving pieces,” she said. “We start planning more than six months in advance, coordinating volunteers, coordinating logistics, coordinating vendors.
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Record Store Day celebrates Art and words local and well known music fuse for poetry Staff Writer
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and artist managers, but really it’s bands themselves,” Record Store Day manager and co-founder Carrie Colliton said. “No matter how big they are, most of them have a love for record stores themselves. Either they shop in them, grew up shopping in them or worked in one.” In its third year of participation, Recycled Books volunteered to host a few bands and advertise its local music section, Garver said. The lineup will showcase some of the established singers and songwriters of Denton, including Ryan Becker, Jesse Miller and Doug Burr. Record Store Day brings in extra business, as Recycled Books is expecting about 180 guests and will have a big sale to attract buyers. “We pay the artists outright for their stuff,” Garver said. “It’s more special, community-wise. There’s nothing special about a James Patterson book or something and someone who doesn’t know anything about our community.” Artists do not get paid, but are able to fully promote their albums on sale in Recycled Books. “It’s special to play at Recycled,” said Becker, a North Texas native. “I’ve been buying books there since I was little, and the direct relationship with them helps me. They not only stock my music, but they’re more eclectic, and you’ll find things there you would never find anywhere else.”
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“Ekphrasis” – which means art inspired by other art – is not just a fancy SAT word, but also the theme for the fifth annual “Merging Visions” exhibit. The ex hibition features a collection of paired artwork and poetry, each piece inspired by the one hanging next to it. In honor of National Poetr y Mont h, 19 Denton Poet s’ Assembly members teamed up with 34 Visual Arts Society of Texas members to create 50 pairings now on display at three branches of the Denton Public Library. From participating in organizations to poetry readings to artwork collaboration, National Poetry Month allows poets and artists alike to keep the spirit of literary expression alive. “Poetry is one of the oldest art forms we have, and I think it’s important to acknowledge its place in our human tradition,” said Annie Neugebauer, poet and Denton Poets’ assembly vice president. “It’s [National Poetr y Month] a time when I can share my year-round passion with others who might be less familiar with or less involved in the poetry scene.” Months before any ink met paper, members of both organizations sifted through qualifying pieces to find a match between artist and poet. Their joint efforts went on display April 1 a nd w ill be show n through May 18. “The artwork adds a new ambience to the library, but poetry adds another dimension,” said Terri Gibbs, Emily Fowler Cent ra l L ibra r y manager. “People ask about it, and it keeps people interested and engaged and aware.”
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South Branch Library 3228 Teasley Ln. The process of creating work in response to a poem is a challenge for artists. “It focuses on t he connections rather than the differences between us as creative people,” said photographer Lynne Cagle Cox, a UNT learning technologies professor. Cox said that opening herself up to other interpretations of her work has helped her grow as an artist. “In one of our early exhibitions, a poet friend wrote a poem interpreting my artwork in a way that seemed counter to my understanding of the work,” she said. “My work was about life, and the poem was about the end of the world.” National Poetry Month began in 1996 as a way to keep the public engaged in poetry and a way to celebrate art. Historically, poetry was used to entertain audiences who could not read or write, and was shorter than a play or book, Neugebauer said. “There’s a huge, t h r iv ing community of online poets who’ve gotten involved in blogging and social networking over the past 10 years,” she said. “I can’t imagine that community doing anything other than continuing to grow.”
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Train crafts sixth “Titanic” joins the 3-D world album, same sound A LISON M ATLOCK Staff Writer
A SHLEY GRANT
Senior Staff Writer Rooted in San Francisco, Calif., the three-man band Train is aiming to make its mark yet again in the pop-rock world. Train released “California 37,” its sixth studio album, on Tuesday, featuring 11 tracks mimicking the signature catchy style that earned the group three Grammy Awards in 2002 and two Billboard Music Awards in 2009. The opening song, “This’ll Be My Year,” starts off with an acapella style and suddenly brings in instruments while maintaining an upbeat tempo. The song describes notable events from 1985 to 2012, such as the introductions of Nintendo and Facebook. The track ends with an awkward and abrupt stop that leaves listeners wondering what happened to the rest of it. The band formed in 1994 and made waves with its self-produced debut album “Train,” with production costs totaling $25,000. After seeing Train’s success, Columbia Records signed the band members under Aware Records. Its second release, “Drops of Jupiter,” sent the group soaring to the top of the charts. Nestled in the middle of the record is “You Can Finally Meet My Mom,” which follows the album’s apparent theme of upbeat and peppy. It opens with bubbly whistling in the background as singer Patrick Monahan expresses regret about not spending adequate amounts of time with a girlfriend. The song’s message to listeners: don’t neglect your significant
TRAIN/CALIFORNIA 37 other. Bringing the album to a close is “When The Fog Rolls In,” a track about a couple growing up and ultimately growing apart. The song is undoubtedly the most somber on the album, with an infusion of sappy piano cords and Monahan straining his voice to show his agony. This song will definitely be the go-to track for listeners suffering from the pain of heartbreak. On Wednesday, Train officially announced dates on its website for its “California 37” tour, kicking off July 10 in Montreal, Canada, and ending Sept. 30 in Phoenix, Ariz. The album flows smoothly and may entice listeners to sing along, but isn’t anything more than ordinary. Overall, “California 37” doesn’t disappoint and is quite typical of what one would expect from to hear from Train – the old saying, “don’t fix it if it isn’t broke” applies to this album.
The 1997 blockbuster film “Titanic” came back to life this month just in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the unsinkable. The film blew audiences away by giving them the vivid experience of “Titanic” all over again – just sharper and in 3-D. Directed by James Cameron, “Titanic” is not just a tragic tale of a sinking ship, but a romance, terror and adventure all in one. The re-release had a 12-day worldwide accumulative audience of $201.6 million, making the mov ie’s lifetime gross income exceed the $1.8 billion it made worldwide in 1997. The 3-D conversion cost $18 million and was well worth the money. Although there aren’t many out-of-the-screen 3-D moments, “Titanic 3D” is impressive in itself. In the beginning, while they’re in the ocean near the decaying remains of the ship, the three-dimensional change isn’t very obvious. Once the f lashback of the passengers setting off to America begins, the depth and quality of the film can be seen and is outstanding, to say the least. Some scenes make the 3-D more evident, such as when Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) swings the ax to set Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) free from his handcuffs or when the iceberg pierces the side of the ship, beginning its demise.
It’s not the best 3-D experience, but the trip to the theater is well worth the money to see the conversion of the ’90s film on the big screen. The romance of Rose and Jack is still as moving as it was the first time around and is a perfect addition to the story. Unhappily engaged Rose, of the upper class, no longer wishes to live until Jack comes along and saves her from her sorrow. The plot comes full circle in the end when Jack gives up his life for hers. This story is a symbol of many unknown stories that now reside w ith the remains of the RMS Titanic. The romantic and tragic story portrayed in the film continues to humanize the lives of those who died 100 years ago – 1,571 out of 2,223 passengers to be exact. The people that died on the ship on April 15, 1912, all had stories that were untold. Fifteen years ago, James Cameron fed audiences the fictitious behindthe-scenes love story that brought
TITANIC 3D the passengers back to life and continues to do so today. “Titanic 3D” will make audiences laugh, cry, relive the ’90s experience and for some, experience it for the first time. This new 3-D edition proves that “Titanic” is truly the unsinkable ship.
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FOOD SNOBS Sweet Basil Thai Bistro 1800 South Loop 288 Denton, TX 76205 Open Monday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. (940) 484-6080
Did You Know? Sweet Basil Thai Bistro is one of just four Thai restaurants in Denton, according to the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Brittni Barnett Senior Staff Writer
Located in one of the many shopping centers off Loop 288, Sweet Basil Thai Bistro adds a splash of Asian influence to the American clothing stores that surround it, such as Old Nav y
and TJ Maxx. Although some of the restaurant’s selections may be priced a bit high for a typical college student’s budget, t he restaurant provides quality food that is sometimes lacking at other Asian restaurants and buffets. The bistro is small and intimate. Asian-inspired art adorns the straw-colored walls, and bamboo placemats decorated with flowers are set on wooden tables. Sweet Basil offers a variety of appetizers, including spring rolls, crab wantons, shrimp cakes and lotus cups – pastry cups topped with sauteed ground chicken and mixed vegetables. The shrimp in a blanket appetizer for $6 comes with six shrimp and ground pork wrapped in a shell similar to those found on spring rolls. The shrimp were piping hot and succulent despite their small size, and the shell that encased them added a delightful crunch to the dish. Served with a delicious sweet and tangy sauce, this appetizer is a must-have. The restaurant presents various
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