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Sociology senior Johnathan Bohmier took this picture of an albino squirrel outside his apartment off Eagle Drive and Carroll Street on April 10. “I was drinking some coffee on my porch … look to the trees because I hear squirrels fighting, and I see a white blur jump across the branches. It was an albino squirrel chasing another squirrel around.”
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Soryrigh Um of Seeds for Needs helps history junior Axell Nieto place her plant in her self-decorated flower pot at EarthFest outside of the Library Mall on Thursday afternoon. The celebration also included sustainable food and an Arbor Day tree giveaway.
UNT closes Global Citizens First Raza Graduation nears Month with EarthFest See ALBINO on page 2
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Contributing Writer Members of t he g roup Mueve have come together to set up UNT’s first annual Raza Graduation, which will take place May 2. Raza Graduation will be a bilingual ceremony for UNT graduates to bring their parents to celebrate their graduation and Latino culture, and give special thanks to the people who are responsible for their success. Leslie Jimenez, a higher education master’s student, founded UNT’s Raza with the help of Mueve and the Multicultural Center to encourage Latino students to celebrate their success as graduates. “We want to bring cultural awareness to t he Sout h,” Jimenez said. “Less than 1 percent of Latinos have a Ph.D. in the U.S., and we want the people who come to the graduation to know that could be them one day too.” T he R a z a Gr a du at ion Celebration was created by Chicano and Latino students,
staff and faculty at UCLA in 1973. As a proactive strategy, the organizations decided to focus on students that were not only surviving at the institution, but were doing well academically and were on track to graduate. “This celebration is an attempt to reclaim our rich and potentially empowering history and contributions that our peoples have made, not just to American society, but to the world,” Jimenez said. Mueve president Juana Perez said the ceremony is not meant to discriminate against other ethnic groups on campus, and African American students will be in the ceremony as well. “We want to bring awareness to the Latino students on campus. We are recognizing [Latinos’] success, not excluding other groups,” Perez said. “We encourage everyone to attend the ceremony.” Mueve is a pro-immigration, anti-discrimination group currently awaiting approval from the Institutional Review Board to work with the Anthropology Department to document cases
of discrimination on campus. “We stand against discrimination on any level – gender, race, orientation. We promote equality for all,” Perez said. “When people think of the immigrant community, people think Hispanics, but that’s not true. Immigrants come from all over the world and shouldn’t be treated as criminals or aliens.” A nt hropolog y professor Mariela Nuñez-Janes is Mueve’s faculty sponsor and co-adviser. She said the Raza Graduation is meant to commemorate and acknowledge minorities who have achieved the odds. “It is hard to be a low-income black and Latino student. We want to celebrate their resilience,” Nuñez-Janes said. “This is a chance for students to gain the right to name themselves. Raza is a term for empowerment and of critique.” The Raza Graduation will also commemorate Shaun Chapa, a graduate student who died in early April. Chapa helped initiate the Raza Graduation and helped unite several groups across the UNT campus.
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A throng of UNT students, faculty and staff gathered in the Willis Library Mall for EarthFest, which concluded t he C e le br a t i n g G r e a t Global Citizens Month. UNT Division of Student A f f a i r s , t he O f f ic e of Susta inabi lit y a nd UNT International collaborated to host the event. The celebration included free lowwaste food, live music and booths featuring items from various cultures. Celebrating Great Global Citizens Month consisted of a series of events to promote multicultural and global awa reness a nd susta i nability. UN T Inter nat iona l, a long w ith the Intensive English Language Institute, set up booths and invited i nt e r n a t ion a l s t ude nt s to show off their culture, including interdisciplinary s t ud ie s s e n ior L e t ic i a Alducin, who offered hand-
“It’s an easy way to give back to the UNT community ...” —Sarah Amberson Higher education master’s student
crafted earrings from Mexico. Other booths displayed Indian incense, Taiwanese iPhone cases and Nepalese jewelry. Local farmer Ryan Crocker represented his Denton-based company Earthwise Gardens with a stand of organic vegetables grown within a 100-mile radius of Denton. “A lot of my volunteers are UNT students, in the market and the garden,” Crocker said. Olga Grieco, director of the UNT International Welcome C ent er, help e d or g a n i z e portions of the festival. “They’re a ll great globa l c i t i z e n s ,” G r i e c o s a i d , p oi nt i n g ou t t h e m a n y
mu lt icu lt u ra l boot hs t hat dot ted t he L ibr a r y Ma l l. “I was bummed out that I didn’t really see much of this during the year; I wish they did this more often,” advertisement student Jessica Peláez said. The Center for Leadership and Service rallied group of about 40 volunteers to landscape areas on campus and clea n up t he a rea a rou nd the Library Mall before the event. “It’s an easy way to give back to t he UNT community by beautifying the UNT c a m pu s ,” h i g he r e duc ation master’s student Sarah Amberson said.
Home-based shelter gives rabbits a second chance NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer
Every year, as those across the Dallas-Fort Worth area enjoy their Easter Sunday, Diana Leggett waits anxiously for the inevitable distressed calls from the unprepared and overwhelmed. Leggett, the president of Wild Rescue/Rabbit Rescue Inc., deals with the aftermath of impulsive animal purchasing that particularly surrounds the spring season. “The phone calls started early Easter day,” Leggett said. “I received six bunnies that are the result of a bad Easter party and got seven phone calls from people still wanting to buy an Easter bunny.” Rabbits are the third most frequently euthanized animal in the U.S. after cats and dogs,
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Bunnies sit in a surrounding cage in Diana Leggett’s front yard Monday afternoon. Leggett owns the largest bunny rescue in the south, housing more than 100 wild and domestic bunnies and some wildlife such as squirrels and birds. Her garage is currently under construction where she plans to build a small clinic. though their life expectancy is just as long. Leggett, who runs the no-kill
shelter out of her own Denton home, doesn’t do adoptions on Easter or the surrounding days
in order to diminish impulse adopting. Despite this rule, the shelter sees numerous animal
surrenders during the next few months up to a year after the holiday. “They’re not wanting to adopt, they’re wanting to buy,” Leggett said. “We’re the garbage disposal for everybody’s impulse buy.” Volunteers of all varieties – including three veterinarians – frequent the shelter, though Leggett said they could always use more help. “If it weren’t for Petco, I don’t know what we would do,” Leggett said. “Petco gives us grant money to help keep the place running.” Ever since her move to Texas 25 years ago, Leggett knew she wanted to help out. “My neighbor showed me around the neighborhood, and I found two bunnies roaming around, both filthy,” Leggett said.
“I got them cleaned up and put them in the newspaper.” Leggett, now state certified in wildlife rehabilitation, has turned her home into a sanctuary for animals in need. “The garage is going to be rebuilt to be our new intake center,” Leggett said. “Just like a wildlife center, we’ll have a separate room where you can assess the animals and a table for surgeries.” Biology master’s student Jamie Stine volunteers at the rescue and said a lot more goes into it than just petting animals. “I feed and water the domestic rabbits,” Stine said. “If any animal needs immediate care we deal with that. Other than that, sick or injured bunnies are taken care of last so we don’t get the other ones sick.”
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The legacy of UNT’s albino squirrels lives on HOLLY H ARVEY
Senior Staff Writer Scrappy the Eagle may be the official mascot of UNT, but he doesn’t have his own calendar or drink named after him. Albino squirrels have been a rou nd U N T si nce 20 0 0, and the furry rodent nearly became the secondary mascot of UNT in 2006. However, the student referendum failed to pass, according to an article in the North Texan. A recessive gene causes a pigmentation limitation of the affected squirrel and results in white fur with pink paws and eyes. UNT’s first known albino squirrel, known as Thelonius, was found in 2000, and its discovery led to the formation of the Albino Squirrel Preservation Society chapter at UNT. The group at one
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Sociology senior Johnathan Bohmier’s picture of an albino squirrel outside his apartment off Eagle Drive and Carroll Street on April 10. UNT’s first known albino squirrel, known as Thelonius, was found in 2000, and its discovery led to the formation of the Albino Squirrel Preservation Society chapter at UNT. point had more t ha n 400 members. Thelonius went missing around 2003, according to a university press release. The nex t k now n a lbino
squirrel, Baby, was first seen around 2004, said Dreanna Belden, UNT Libraries assistant dean for external relations. Baby lived near the Universit y Union and was
killed by a red-tailed hawk in August 2006. After Baby’s death, Willis Library dedicated a memorial to the squirrel. A nother a lbino squirrel,
dubbed “Baby’s Baby,” was spotted near Maple Hall in 2007. The squirrel was later spotted near the southeast corner of Welch and Eagle streets with an albino mate, information science professor Melody Kelly said. The albino squirrel had its own calendar published by the library from 2007 until 2010, and orders came in from every state in the United States and from Canada and Ireland, according to an article in the UNT Insider. The ca lendar benef itted a scholarship fund, and the l ibra r y made but ton a nd lapel pins with the squirrel’s image. Students ca n remember UNT’s unofficial mascot at the Cyber Cafe in Willis Library, which has a drink called the “Albino Squirrel,” consisting of white chocolate and coffee.
Texas releases personal data in voter ID case AUSTIN — The state attorney genera l’s of f ice accident ly provided the Social Security numbers of Texas voters to opposing lawyers as part of a voter ID case, but none of the data leaked out, a top state attorney said Wednesday. The Social Security numbers were part of a database of 13.1 million Texas voters turned over to attorneys challenging a new law requiring voters to show state-issued photo identification. The list was supposed to include only the last four digits of the voters’ Socia l Secu r it y nu mbers,
to allow groups to analyze whether the law would disproportionately keep minorities from voting. But when two groups opened encrypted discs supplied to them by the attorney general’s office, they discovered some entries included the full nine-digit number, said First Assistant Attorney General Daniel Hodge. The problem ca me about because t he information was supplied by 254 county registrars using different forms over several decades and in some cases the full number was entered,
he said. “A n y claims the Soc ia l Sec u r it y nu mber s were exposed to the public are categorically false,” Hodge said, explaining that six discs were made and delivered to the attorneys. “Once it was brought to the state’s attention ... within 24 hours those discs were reclaimed by the state.” Hodge said only two of the copies had been accessed and in both cases the attorneys involved immediately notified the state. All of the personal data collected for the trial and
shared among the attorneys is protected by a court order and the information was never placed on a public computer server, he added. A state police officer was sent to New York and Washington to retrieve the discs. That d id n’t stop cr it ics from blasting Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. “It’s shocking that a person who claims to be so concerned by identify theft could be this reckless with Texans’ most private information,” sa id Rebecca Acuna, spokeswoman for t he Texas Democrat ic
Pa r t y. “Abbott st il l shows more interest in impeding the rights of Texans to vote than in protecting their privacy.” Abbott is asking a threejudge panel in Washington to approve the voter ID law after the Justice Department determined there was evidence it would hurt minority voters. Because voter registration cards do not list ethnicity, experts in the case wanted to compare the voter roll to Social Security data to further ana lyze the impact of the law ahead of a trial later this year.
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Accomplished Lundy joins Benford’s staff Men’s Basketball BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer
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“’You fix programs,’� recalled Mike Petersen of his wife’s encouragement to leave Wake Forest and take the head coaching position at UNT at a press conference Monday at Apogee. “This program is certainly not broken,� added Petersen, who led the Demon Deacons to the postseason in three of the past four seasons.
Bart Lundy, one of the youngest coaches to reach the 200-win milestone in NCAA history, will join Benford’s staff next season. The hire comes just two days after Tony Benford was introduced as the women’s basketball head coach. Lundy served the last three seasons as the Director of Basketball of Operations at Marquette, where Benford spent his last four years coaching.
“I’m excited about the opportunity here at North Texas, and I’m just as excited to be working for a man of the character and abilities of Tony Benford,� Lundy said in a press release. “I’m grateful for the opportunity, and I want to do everything possible to make North Texas basketball and coach Benford a huge success.� Lundy holds a 211-128 record as men’s basketball head coach at High Point and Queens University at Charlotte. His career .622 winning percentage places him in the top 10 percent of all active coaches in the nation.
W h i l e Lu ndy ’s success on t he cou r t is ev ident, his student athletes’ success i n BART t h e c l a s s - LUNDY room remains one of his biggest accomplishments. In his career as head coach, 90 percent of his players earned their degrees, while 100 percent of the student athletes under Lundy were on pace to graduate entering their final season of NCAA eligibility.
Experienced Petersen ready Petersen hires Davis for Mean Green sideline to take UNT to next level Women’s Basketball ZACH CLAUSSEN Staff Writer
For mer U N T women’s basketball head coach Karen Aston resigned on April 3, after one season in the position, to accept the head coaching job at Texas. Aston’s resignation left the team in a tough spot after a 10-win turnaround in the 20112012 season. Two week s later, UN T Athletic Director Rick Villarreal hired former Wake Forest head coach Mike Petersen, who brings a wealth of experience with him. Petersen was raised in Eu reka, Ca l i f., wh ich he describes as a little town in the middle of a redwood forest with “one light in and one light out.� Eureka, which is now populated by a little more than 27,000 residents, is where the game of basketball was engraved in Petersen’s mind. Growing up, Petersen played both basketball and baseball at Eureka High School. After high school, he attended College of the Redwoods, a junior college
Women’s Basketball right down the road from his high school, and then played at Northwest Christian College – now Northwest Christian University – from 1978-1983 in Eugene, Ore. After an All-American senior campaign at NCC and earning a degree in biblical studies, Petersen decided to become a coach. His first year after graduating from NCC, he became an assistant coach at his alma mater. “I was an assistant coach coaching the guys I had played with,� Petersen said. “Those players deserve special, special commendation for putting up with a 23-year-old who had no idea what he was doing.� Thus began his journey across the United States to six different Division I schools, including Texas Christian, Oregon, Minnesota and Wake Forest. “The great thing is, I’ve been in a position to make moves when I’ve wanted to,� Petersen said. “That’s part of coaching, you can’t really change jobs and stay in the same house.� Off the court, Petersen is an
avid golfer and a family man. He has two sons: Riley, who just graduated from Wake Forest and likes to write comedy, and Jake, a communications freshman at Appalachian State in North Carolina. Despite basketball being one of the biggest and most successful ventures in his life, his wife of 33 years Patty remains his greatest love. “She’s Saint Patty,� Petersen laughs. “You know that holiday everyone thinks is about that little Irish guy? It’s not, it’s about her [Patty]. Trust me.� As for the UNT women’s basketba ll team, Petersen knows both he and the players have what it takes to improve upon last season’s success. Petersen said he has five pillars of success that he stresses as a head coach. “One is play hard. Two is share the basketball. Three is be committed to defense. Four is encourage your teammates. Five is enjoy the game,� Petersen said. “I don’t care what it says on the outside of the uniform, I only care what it says on the inside of the uniform.�
TYLER OWENS Staff Writer
Ten days after his hiring as the UNT women’s basketball head coach, Mike Petersen named his first assistant coach. Georgetow n assistant coach and former Texas Christian standout Ashley Davis will return to her Texas roots and join the Mean Green women’s basketball team’s coaching staff next season. “I am delighted to welcome Ashley Davis to the Mean Green women’s basketball family,� Petersen said in a press release. “Ashley
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UNT travels to Troy for final road series Softball A LISON ELDRIDGE Senior Staff Writer
The Mean Green softball team (20-24-1, 10-10-1) will start its final road conference series of the season today, as it travels to Alabama to play the Troy Trojans (31-17, 10-9). Troy c u r rent l y sit s i n fourth place in the Sun Belt Conference, the position UNT held until it fell to secondplace Sout h A laba ma last weekend. “We have t he abi lit y to go in and out-hit them this weekend,” head coach T.J. Hubbard said. “But it’s going to come down to us putting up seven, eight, nine runs every game.” Troy, who was on a fivegame w in strea k, suffered its worst loss of the season when No. 2 Alabama handed t he Troja n s a 12- 0 los s Wednesday. However, the Mean Green has had a tough time gaining the upper hand against Troy. The Trojans lead the allt i me ser ies aga i nst U N T 13-10. When the teams met last year at Lovelace Stadium in Denton, each team took a victory before the final game was rained out. “These games are crucial,” sophomore shortstop Brooke Foster said. “All conference games are important at this point. We have to prepare for seeing them again at the [Sun Belt Conference] tournament.” Offensive struggles and defensive errors have plagued UNT this season, from leaving r unners stra nded on base
to a l low ing opponents to advance the bases off poor fielding plays. This week’s practices have been full of the game situations the Mean Green will need to improve upon to earn the v ictories against Troy, sophomore pitcher Ashley Kirk said. “We’ve prepared so much,” she said. “We’ve put in the time to practice, we’ve watched the film, and we’re going to come out looking to score.” Defense will be key for the Mean Green as Troy senior i n f ielder Hayden Ga n n leads the conference w ith 13 doubles, and leads t he
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Trojans in batting and slugging average, ranking sixth in the conference in both. UNT’s offense, led by senior first baseman Maddelyn Fraley, will be tough for the Trojans to stop. Fraley, who was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week last week, leads the team in home runs and RBI, and sits third and fourth in the conference in each category, respectively. The series w i l l beg in a doubleheader Saturday at 1 p.m. and will conclude with an 11 a.m. game Sunday.
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Sophomore pitcher Ashley Kirk pitches to freshman Alyssa Lynn of South Alabama as freshman Kaitlyn Griffith runs toward third base during the Mean Green’s 2-0 loss April 22 at Lovelace Stadium.
Jones takes LSU corner IRVING, Texas (AP) — LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne was considered by most as the best defensive back available in the NFL draft. Dallas selected Claiborne w ith the sixth overall pick Thursday night, moving up eight spots in the first round after a trade with St. Louis. The Rams got the No. 14 pick as wel l a nd t he Cowboys’ second-round selection, 45th overall. Claiborne led t he Tigers w it h si x interceptions last se a son a nd won t he Ji m Thorpe Award as the nation’s t o p d e f e n s i v e b a c k . He was a lso LSU’s top k ickoff r e t u r n e r, a v e r a g i n g 2 5 yards per return including a 99-yard touchdown at West Virginia. T he Cowboys were a lso act ive i n f ree agenc y la st m o n t h , s i g n i n g c o r n e rback Brandon Carr to a $50 million, five-year deal that includes $26.5 million guaranteed. For Cowboys owner Jerr y Jones, it was the 59th draftday trade since he bought the team in 1989. It was the 18th time one of those trades i nv ol v e d h i s f i r s t-r ou nd pick. T he C ow boy s st i l l had six more picks in this year’s draft, including two fourthround picks. E a r l i e r T h u r s d a y, t h e Cowboys sig ned of fensive tack le Jermey Pa rnel l to a t h r e e -y e a r c ont r a c t . He appeared in six games last season.
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UNT heads to San Marcos for Bobcat Classic Track
Team ready for final regular season meet Z ACH C L AUSSEN
Staff Writer The UNT track and field te a m w i l l joi n 16 ot her schools, i nclud i ng Tex a s, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, today at the Bobcat Classic, as the team closes out the outdoor sea son i n Sa n Marcos. UN T chose to sk ip t he Drake Relays, which began T hu rsday i n Des Moi nes, Iowa, because competing in the Bobcat Classic meant the team could take more of its athletes and cut down on the mileage the team has traveled. “When you stay closer to home, you can travel with a larger amount of your squad,” assistant track and field coach Sam Burroughs said. “Being in Texas, we find a lot of good sprint races down here, so we don’t necessarily have to travel.” B o t h t h e m e n’s a n d women’s tea m have been i mpressive over t he pa st few outdoor meets, as t he Mean Green has more than 50 top-10 finishes in its last three meets. Ju n ior spr i nter Joh n ny Hickman said the team needs to remain focused to continue its success. “The way we have been working, we need to increase stead i ly over each week,” Hickman said. “A lot of people were running fast earlier [in
Junior sprinter Johnny Hickman runs a timed sprint during track practice Thursday at Fouts Field. Hickman posted nine seconds for 90 meters. the season], but we want to peak at the end of the season and have confidence in our training.” Someone who has been running fast all season has been junior hurdler Steven White. White, who was named t he Su n Belt Con ferenc e Men’s Track Athlete of the Week for the fourth consecutive week Wednesday, will
“...we want to peak at the end of the season and have confidence in our training.” —Johnny Hickman Junior sprinter
try to win his sixth straight race and add onto his quickly increasing list of accolades. I n la st we ek ’s M ichael Johnson Invitational, White won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 50.55 seconds. The junior currently sits at No. 4 in the NCAA in the event and eighth in the country. One of the team’s main goa l s of t he we ekend i s
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t o c ont i nu e t o p r e p a r e for t he Su n Belt Outdoor Championships, which will begin May 11. “We just need to be consistent from week to week, we can’t have our high weeks and our low weeks,” Burroughs said. “We have to feel comfortable with what we are doing out t here a nd cont inue to perform at a high level.”
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Accomplished Lundy joins Benford’s staff Men’s Basketball BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer
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“’You fix programs,’� recalled Mike Petersen of his wife’s encouragement to leave Wake Forest and take the head coaching position at UNT at a press conference Monday at Apogee. “This program is certainly not broken,� added Petersen, who led the Demon Deacons to the postseason in three of the past four seasons.
Bart Lundy, one of the youngest coaches to reach the 200-win milestone in NCAA history, will join Benford’s staff next season. The hire comes just two days after Tony Benford was introduced as the women’s basketball head coach. Lundy served the last three seasons as the Director of Basketball of Operations at Marquette, where Benford spent his last four years coaching.
“I’m excited about the opportunity here at North Texas, and I’m just as excited to be working for a man of the character and abilities of Tony Benford,� Lundy said in a press release. “I’m grateful for the opportunity, and I want to do everything possible to make North Texas basketball and coach Benford a huge success.� Lundy holds a 211-128 record as men’s basketball head coach at High Point and Queens University at Charlotte. His career .622 winning percentage places him in the top 10 percent of all active coaches in the nation.
W h i l e Lu ndy ’s success on t he cou r t is ev ident, his student athletes’ success i n BART t h e c l a s s - LUNDY room remains one of his biggest accomplishments. In his career as head coach, 90 percent of his players earned their degrees, while 100 percent of the student athletes under Lundy were on pace to graduate entering their final season of NCAA eligibility.
Experienced Petersen ready Petersen hires Davis for Mean Green sideline to take UNT to next level Women’s Basketball ZACH CLAUSSEN Staff Writer
For mer U N T women’s basketball head coach Karen Aston resigned on April 3, after one season in the position, to accept the head coaching job at Texas. Aston’s resignation left the team in a tough spot after a 10-win turnaround in the 20112012 season. Two week s later, UN T Athletic Director Rick Villarreal hired former Wake Forest head coach Mike Petersen, who brings a wealth of experience with him. Petersen was raised in Eu reka, Ca l i f., wh ich he describes as a little town in the middle of a redwood forest with “one light in and one light out.� Eureka, which is now populated by a little more than 27,000 residents, is where the game of basketball was engraved in Petersen’s mind. Growing up, Petersen played both basketball and baseball at Eureka High School. After high school, he attended College of the Redwoods, a junior college
Women’s Basketball right down the road from his high school, and then played at Northwest Christian College – now Northwest Christian University – from 1978-1983 in Eugene, Ore. After an All-American senior campaign at NCC and earning a degree in biblical studies, Petersen decided to become a coach. His first year after graduating from NCC, he became an assistant coach at his alma mater. “I was an assistant coach coaching the guys I had played with,� Petersen said. “Those players deserve special, special commendation for putting up with a 23-year-old who had no idea what he was doing.� Thus began his journey across the United States to six different Division I schools, including Texas Christian, Oregon, Minnesota and Wake Forest. “The great thing is, I’ve been in a position to make moves when I’ve wanted to,� Petersen said. “That’s part of coaching, you can’t really change jobs and stay in the same house.� Off the court, Petersen is an
avid golfer and a family man. He has two sons: Riley, who just graduated from Wake Forest and likes to write comedy, and Jake, a communications freshman at Appalachian State in North Carolina. Despite basketball being one of the biggest and most successful ventures in his life, his wife of 33 years Patty remains his greatest love. “She’s Saint Patty,� Petersen laughs. “You know that holiday everyone thinks is about that little Irish guy? It’s not, it’s about her [Patty]. Trust me.� As for the UNT women’s basketba ll team, Petersen knows both he and the players have what it takes to improve upon last season’s success. Petersen said he has five pillars of success that he stresses as a head coach. “One is play hard. Two is share the basketball. Three is be committed to defense. Four is encourage your teammates. Five is enjoy the game,� Petersen said. “I don’t care what it says on the outside of the uniform, I only care what it says on the inside of the uniform.�
TYLER OWENS Staff Writer
Ten days after his hiring as the UNT women’s basketball head coach, Mike Petersen named his first assistant coach. Georgetow n assistant coach and former Texas Christian standout Ashley Davis will return to her Texas roots and join the Mean Green women’s basketball team’s coaching staff next season. “I am delighted to welcome Ashley Davis to the Mean Green women’s basketball family,� Petersen said in a press release. “Ashley
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a nd a 7-4 post sea son record. Before joining the Hoya s i n 2 0 0 9, s h e ser ved one ASHLEY season as the DAVIS junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach at Western Hills High School in Fort Worth. “She is a proven recruiter with Texas roots and an excellent basketball coach who can help our student athletes develop in the classroom, the gym and life,� Petersen said. “She is clearly a rising star in our profession and someone that I am proud to have on our staff.�
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brings a wealth of experience at the highest level of collegiate women’s basketball and will immediately have a positive impact on our program.� Originally from San Antonio, Davis graduated from TCU with her bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2005 and her master’s in educational administration in 2007. Davis is the Horned Frogs’ fifth all-time leading scorer with 1,291 points and is also No. 2 in career three-pointers and freethrow percentage. While at Georgetown, Davis was the recruiting coordinator and worked primarily with guards. During her four-year tenure, she helped the Hoyas to four consecutive 20-win seasons
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Stacked signs cover the lawn outside of the Denton Women’s C ent er, b e a r i n g t he w or d s “Mu sic i a n Pa rk i ng ,” “A r t i st Check In,” “Information” and more. Workers in golf carts, with walkie talkies in hand, cruise by half-constructed tent frames and empty stages. The beginning signs of t he 32nd annual Denton Arts and Jazz Festival are in motion. The free event, which takes place in Denton’s Quakertown Park, starts today and will run through Sunday. The festival is expected to bring out more than 225,000 people. “It ’s a com mu n it y event,” sa id Kev in Lech ler, assista nt director for the Denton Festival Foundation. “It’s for the community, by the community, and I think people really feel an ownership in it.”
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Jackie “His Wings” Buffington, based in Burleson, (left) and Leigh “Leighelena” Navarro, based in Austin, display their work at the 2010 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival at Quakertown Park, 321 East McKinney.
32nd Annual Denton Arts and Jazz Festival
Not just jazz This year’s festival will feature seven stages of continuous music, ranging from garage rock to jazz, Lechler said. “It’s a multi-disciplinary music venue,” he said. “Our Friday night headliner is primarily reserved for jazz, and we feature many of the UNT jazz bands, but we feature all kinds of music.” T h ree of t he seven stages are community stages and will feature local dance and theater groups, as well as high school and middle school bands. “We’re t he la rgest tou r i st attraction in the Denton, North Texas area,” Lechler said. “It gives accessibility to fine art, arts and crafts, and music.” T he ot her fou r stages w i l l feature performers such as UNT’s Grammy-nominated One O’ Clock L ab Ba nd, Gra m my-w i n n i ng jazz musician Lee Ritenour and the rock band Los Lonely Boys, whose song “Heaven” reached the Top 40 on Billboard’s Hot 100
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Vigilantes Drum & Bugle Corps perform at the 2010 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival at Quakertown Park. Vigilantes Drum and Bugle Corps is an all-age unit that performs and competes in DCI-All Age and Drum Corps Associates circuits. COURTESY PHOTO
Monica “Fine Art” Fallini, based in Naples, Calif., shows her work at the 2010 Denton Arts & Jazz Festival at Quakertown Park. The festival begins at 5 p.m. today and runs through Sunday at the park. chart in 2004. “T he U N T ja z z ba nds a re always my favorite,” said Lori McL a i n, a D enton Fe s t i v a l Foundation board member. “But I am excited about the Los Lonely Boys, especia lly because they will bring in a whole new audience.” This year, the festival’s main stage has moved from City Hall
to the north side of the park. “T he police were ver y concerned that we had outgrown that space,” Lechler said. “It’s a way for us to grow w it hout necessarily having to move to a new location because part of the charm of our event is this park.” In addition to musicians, the event will feature vendors and
artists from Denton and around the country selling sculptures, paintings, stained glass art and handmade jewelry. Gloria Shanahan, from Kansas City, Mo., has sold her intricate pencil drawings at the festival for seven years. “The crowd is phenomena l, and the fun is crazy,” she said. “I love being here. It’s a home
away from home for me here in Denton.” Five food courts w ill be set up throughout the 20-acre park. Options include hot dogs, cotton candy, f unnel ca kes, burgers, roasted corn, shish kabobs, turkey legs, ice cream and more. There will also be activities for children in the Children’s Art Area. Children w ill paint,
draw, sculpt and do woodwork at various stations. They will also have the chance to participate in what is called the Percussion Petting Zoo, a hands-on exhibit t hat a l lows t hem to ex plore different percussion instruments from around the world. “So it’s exposing them not only to art, but to music and giving them the opportunity to be real hands-on with it, and that is part of our mission,” Lechler said. “We t hin k t hat’s ver y important. It’s always been a family
event. There’s somet hing for everyone.”
First Festival The fest iva l bega n in 1980 and was called the Spring Fling, located at the North Texas State Fairgrounds, Lechler said. In 1990, Spring Fling combined with JazzFest to form the Arts and Jazz Festival. That same year, the festival found its home at Denton’s Quakertown Park. The Denton Festiva l Foundation puts the event on
ever y year. The foundation is overseen by a Board of Trustees made up of local business and civic leaders, and has two fulltime employees. The foundation also hosts a group of about 400 “Top Hands,” or volunteers who work with setting-up and running the festival. Lechler, one of the full-time employees, beg ins prepa r ing 18 months in advance – planning, writing grants and gathering sponsors who help fund the $500,000 event every year.
When: Friday, 5 - 11 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Where: Denton’s Quakertown Park and Facilities 321 East McKinney (Corner of McKinney and Bell) Denton, Texas 7620 Cost: Free For more information visit dentonjazzfest.com GRAPHIC BY PARNIA TAHAMZADEH/STAFF DESIGNER “It’s really grassroots fundraising,” he said. “The mission of the organization has always been to ma ke music a nd a r t accessible to ever yone in t he community and not charge for it.” Lechler has been working for the foundation for nine years. He said the most difficult part is simple logistics. “Just finding room for ever ything,” Lechler said. “We don’t want to move out of this park because t h is pa rk is pa r t of
our identity, and so we tr y and limit our growth to the physical boundaries of the park.” Lechler said his favorite part is t he sat isfac t ion of seei ng t he event come toget her a nd knowing that he played a role in that process. “It’s very interesting,” he said. “I drive through in a golf cart and I see people who you know are doctors and lawyers, and they’re sitting right next to and jamming down with two parents who have ver y young children.”
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Artist shows at Denton event Jazz department LAUREN WILLIAMSON Contributing Writer
Anne Vogt is a self-described “onewoman show.” Packing her jewelry, showcases, tents and weights all into the trunk of an SUV, she will travel from her home in Colorado to Texas for the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, where she will show her handiwork, featuring rare and strange gemstones. The festival allows for artists of various mediums to celebrate art with the community. “I’m so lucky to be able to do this,” Vogt said. “There’s nothing better than enjoying what you do.” Kevin Lechler, assistant director for the Denton Festival Foundation, said once artists apply to be featured in the festival, they go through a jury process to protect the artists. The process ensures that the artist’s work is original. “We want to keep out people who don’t make their own work,” he said.
The decision to make accessories full-time came from Vogt’s job working with head injury victims. Vogt said she saw people whose lives were changed in an instant. “Whatever time I have left, I want to pursue passion,” she said. Vogt has made jewelry since she was a teenager, creating beaded work in the shop where she worked. Her craft took a turn when Vogt began dating a metalsmith who taught her the basics of soldering and constructing trinkets. Community college and university classes also helped to refine Vogt’s skills and she also made connections with stonecutters who would show her gems to use in jewelry. Vogt said she became obsessed with unusual stones, such as snakeskin jasper and Chinese writing stone, which became the feature of her work. Traveling to 20 shows a year, Vogt is able to sell her handmade work without the costs of keeping a
gallery. “That’s what keeps me motivated,” she said. “[Travel] gives me the freedom to explore the ANNE other parts of VOGT the country.” Taking a business on the road also provides obstacles. Gas and hotel expenses add up, and the show is at the mercy of the weather. Despite the challenges, Vogt said she prides herself on individually constructing every masterpiece and not mass-producing anything. The diverse selection of artists, like Vogt, draws attention from UNT students as well. “Art festivals let people break away from the idea that ‘art’ is what you see in museums,” art sophomore Madi Gilbert said. “I like how it exposes people to such a broad range of artwork.”
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Senior Staff Writer Saxophones, trumpets and trombones blend together to create a smooth, up-tempo tune that flows through Kenton Hall during UNT’s Two O’Clock Lab Band’s rehearsal every Thursday afternoon. The band will be one of UNT’s jazz ensembles performing at the 32nd annual Denton Arts and Jazz Festival on the University of North Texas Showcase Stage, said jazz studies lecturer Jay Saunders, a former One O’Clock Lab Band member. “Jazz students are going to be up there performing with some great industry professionals throughout this three-day festival,” he said. On Friday, two forums will take place, followed by Mariachi Aguilas, the Zebras – a keyboard rock fusion group – and the Latin jazz ensemble. All nine of UNT’s lab bands will perform Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m. during UNT Lab Band Madness, and Sunday will also feature UNT jazz vocalists, singing groups and guitar ensembles. Jazz studies professor Lynn Seaton said some performances will stream live from KNTU 88.1. “The community has a chance to see all the young, talented people on one stage for this world-class festival,” she said. “It’s also great training and allows students to see what performing on a professional level is like.” Saunders said the best part
about the festival for jazz students is the opportunity to check out performances by other ensembles they ordinarily wouldn’t have the time to see. History UNT’s Jazz Department has been a part of the festival since 1995, with only the top three lab bands, jazz singing group, jazz repertoire ensemble and the Zebras performing. “It started with the originator of the festival wanting our best groups to come out and do a performance on a Saturday afternoon,” Saunders said. “Later it was decided that if UNT and the festival could come up with the money, why not let the Jazz Department have its very own stage.” Two O’Clock Lab Band member Nathan Hervey said playing in the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival offers high visibility. “The festival gives the UNT Jazz Department a platform to showcase the extreme talents of the students in the program and gives all those playing a lot of publicity,” he said. Hervey, a trombone performance master’s student, said he hopes that such publicity will lead to higher attendance at future shows. “I hope it brings more awareness to UNT’s jazz program and encourages others to come check us out for some of our many performances during the year,” he said.
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Views Editor Just down Highway 380, about 10 minutes outside of Denton, the landscape changes. The scenery becomes more rural, and the smell of barbecue– along with an endless amount of deep-fried things – hangs in the air as a perfect accent to the country feel. Here in Cross Roads,
patrons will find Prairie House Restaurant. Prairie House classifies itself as “frontier cooking and catering,” which, given the menu, is appropriate. Customers should be warned, “frontier” does not in any way imply heart-healthy. It does, however, imply “crazy delicious.” The dining crowd is mostly comprised of older folks, and the restaurant is in no way hip, nor should it be – this is country cooking. The feel of the restaurant along with the friendly waiters embodies that. Prairie House has an eclectic and deep menu, but when choosing an appetizer, it’s hard to go wrong with stuffed jalapeños. And if customers think stuffed jalapeños don’t exactly scream groundbreaking originality and that it’s all made equal, then they would be terribly mistaken. Prairie House offers what they call “bandidos,” and it will quickly become a new favorite starter. The chef takes six jalapeños, splits them down the middle and stuffs them with a hefty amount of pepper jack cheese. Then each jalapeño
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Prairie House offers a wide variety of homestyle dishes, including its signature appetizer, banditos – a cheese-stuffed jalapeño wrapped in bacon and smothered in sweet barbecue sauce. is wrapped in a piece of chicken breast and a fair amount of bacon. Each jalapeño is rolled in sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. These spicy mouth poppers are served together over a bed of sliced and deep-fried
jalapeño and onion strips. Oh, and there’s ranch sauce for dipping. At $8, it’s not the cheapest appetizer on the menu, but for the amount of food and nature of ingredients, it’s a bargain. The entree – a sliced brisket plate with a side of mashed potatoes and spicy pinto beans– wasn’t as spectacular as the bandidos, but it was definitely a serviceable Texas-style barbecue plate for a sit down restaurant. The best barbecue is almost always found in hole-in-the-wall roadside shacks, so for a restaurant with clean floors to get it right it’s undeniably refreshing. At $10, customers get more beef than they
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