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Parking on Highland Street may be a thing of the past when construction begins to fix a water main under the road near the UNT Coliseum. Parking meters and handicap spots are used along the portion of Highland Street between North Texas Boulevard and Avenue C. UNT will soon close parking on that part of the street to accommodate for the construction. “The City of Denton will be repairing the water mains that are under Highland, which will close the street, and therefore the parking will have to be removed, “ said Ginny Griffin, associate director of UNT’s parking and transportation services. “My understanding is that the construction is going to start after the spring commencement.”
The construction is being handled solely by the City of Denton. After the construction is completed, the question will remain as to whether or not the parking areas will be re-opened by UNT. “It’s all very up in the air right now,” Griffin said. “As of now we really aren’t too sure of what parking on Highland Street will look like once all of the repairs are complete.” Griffin, who started at UNT back in July, has heard different ideas as to what the street will be used for after the construction, such as the blocking of the street for emergency vehicle purposes only. However, administration has not decided on anything official. “I think that what we really need to do is just get everybody that is involved with this construction in one room; that way, we can just sit down and figure out what to do,” Griffin said.
Student Service Fee Committee discusses fund use NICOLE B ALDER AS Senior Staff Writer
The Student Ser v ice Fee Committee met last Friday to discuss how to spend the Board of Regents-approved $1 per semester credit hour increase. The increase, which w ill begin in t he fa ll semester, will change the current fee of $12.10 to $13.10 and generate approximately $900,000 per year. The Board of Regents approved the increase at its meeting last week. “The students listened to all areas that are requesting a fee increase, and they evaluated their requests and decided how much each should receive,” said Elizabeth With, vice president for student affairs. The plans discussed will be presented to UNT President V. Lane Rawlins in the middle of April, and he will have to approve t hem before t hey go into effect, according to With.
“We decided t hat some of t hat f unding needed to go towa rds t he new Union funding model,” said Blake W i n d h a m , U N T St u d e nt Government Association president and member of the SSF Committee. “We also established new funding to the UNT Veterans Center. We see also that the Counseling Center is being used more and more; a bad economy can mean bad times for students.” St udent Ser v ice Fee money covers a broad range of services, including recreational activities, artist and lecture series, cultural entertainment series and student government, according to the UNT website. Speci f ica l ly, SSF money goes toward the Distinguished Lecture Series, Counseling and Testing Services, Veterans Ser v ices, travel gra nts and other programs.
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Hospitality management senior Dani McArthur and hospitality management freshman Carlee Niemeyer discuss the Union Master Plan. Voting for the new Union See FEE on Page 2 ends today at 5 p.m. Voting polls can be found online at SGA.unt.edu.
“The Biggest Loser” dietary coach visits UNT A SHLEY G R ANT
contestants brought to tears on “The Biggest Loser” during Dr. Robert Huizenga, former a visit to a morgue. He also Los A ngeles Raiders physi- showed the audience several cia n a nd dieta r y coach on charts and graphs displaying NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” the results of research findspoke to about 100 people in ings regarding fat, exercise the University Union’s Silver and diet. He g a v e t he a ud ie nc e Eagle Suite on Thursday night as part of the Distinguished suggestions for shedding fat and keeping it of f, such as Lecture Series. Hu i zenga p r e s e n t e d engaging in a weekly total of personal health tips, encour- nine hours of vigorous workaging the audience to focus outs. Hea lt h promotion junior more on losing fat instead of weight because excess fat Angela Houters heard about can leave people susceptible the lecture after she attended to pancreatic ma lf unction, t he Dist ing u ished Lect ure Series in February when John cancer and knee issues. “For ever y one pound of Legend was speaking. “I went on UNT’s website excess fat on your stomach, t here a re t hree pou nds of ju st to ma ke su re it w a s weig ht on your k nees,” he true,” she said. “I watch the show, and tonight was more said. Huizenga showed a clip of of a personal call to action, Senior Staff Writer
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whereas when you’re watching t he show, you rea l ly don’t think much about it.” While working as the team physician for the Los Angeles – later Oakland – Raiders from 1983 to 2000, Huizenga said his job was to keep the linemen big. It had an adverse affect because they were losing weight.
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“Doctors won’t recommend exercise because they are scared … but it’s the only thing proven to work,” said Dr. Robert Huizenga, associate professor of clinical medicine at UCLA, author and physician on The Biggest Loser for 12 seasons, at a See LOSER on Page 2 Distinguished Lecture Series presentation in the Silver Eagle Suite on Thursday.
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Senior Staff Writer Tracking env ironmental changes and studying tree growth in places like Peru by using computers and satellites is just one of the areas of research taking place in the UNT geography department. Classes in the program include global environmental change, map-air photo analysis, applied retail geography, and economics of natural resources and environment. There are also classes that allow students to do field work in the British Isles and in Ghana. “Geography is one of the few disciplines that bridges social and natural sciences,� geography professor Alexandra PonetteGonzalez said. “You can be interested in humanities or even in computer science, and you can do it all.� Geography has two main focuses: the physical side, which deals with data such as water cycles, and the human side, which studies how people move and affect the environment, among other things, according to geography professor Matthew Fry. “A lot of people think geographers make maps and name countries,� Fry said. “But we’re curious about landscapes and processes and how to face complex issues.� Areas of geography include
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urban, economic, political and even gender geography, said geography senior Allyssa Sobey, who is studying feminist geography and how women move across places. “I took an intro-level geography class, and I realized it wasn’t about memorizing capitals,� Sobey said. “I learned that geography was about the study of culture and places.� The interdisciplinary approach
“The question then was, can obese people handle intense workouts like that?� In 2004, he was asked to be the medical director for “The Biggest Loser,� which was designed to be the counterprogram to “Extreme Makeover,� a show about changing lives through plastic surgery. Health promotion junior Aunre-Anna W hite said Huizenga presented helpful information and she learned a few things, such as the body mass index being inaccurate. “I plan on incorporating a few things into my routine like eating right and focus more on losing fat, because you can be really thin and still have a high percentage of body fat,� she said.
of geography is what makes it a good choice for undecided students, according to PonetteGonzalez. The program’s wide range of options allows students to change their focus of study and remain in the geography program. “Geography is the kind of major that offers so many different pathways to a career,� PonetteGonzalez said. Jobs in the field include urban
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“ W hen t h at c a me i nto ef fect t hey reduced t he student ser v ice fee by $ 3, so overall it was only a net increase of $7.� T he at h let ic s fee wa s added a f ter st udents voted for t he con st r uction of Apogee Stadium, according to With. The fee increased by $1.10 at the beginning of spring 2012, going from $11 to $12.10, with $1 more to be implemented in the fa ll. “The committee obv i– ously wa nts to i ncrea se the ser v ices that directly impact the students,� With said. “They want students to be more engaged.�
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Thursday morning, traveling about 1 mile per hour. The ship holds more than 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and authorities are concerned it could interfere with the course of other vessels as it drifts through shipping lanes. A Coast Guard cutter was headed out to the ship Thursday with plans to use high explosive rounds to sink the vessel. If left to drift, the ship would ground somewhere, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Charley Hengen. T he Nat iona l Oc e a n ic Atmospheric Administration a nd t he E nv i r on ment a l Protection Agency studied the problem and decided it is safer to sink the ship and let the fuel evaporate in the open water. The Coast Guard is warning other ships to avoid the area. The Japan earthquake triggered the world’s worst nuclear crisis since the Chernobyl accident in 1986, but Alaska state health and environmental officials have said there’s little need to be worried that debris landing on Alaska shores will be contaminated by radiation.
REGIONAL Customs agents seize nearly one ton of marijuana EL PASO – Officers at a West Texas border crossing have confiscated nearly one ton of marijuana stuffed in more than 190 rolls of roofing paper. Customs a nd Border Protect ion aut hor it ies on Wednesday announced the seizure in El Paso at the Ysleta (is-L AY T’-u h) com mercia l cargo site. A drug-sniffing dog Tuesday drew attention to the load. Customs officers discovered that smugglers had cut rectangular spaces into the roofing paper rolls and filled the spaces with bundles of marijuana. Authorities seized more than 1,800 pounds of marijuana. Nobody has been arrested as the investigation continues.
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Staff Writer The Mean Green track and field team will host its first meet of the year as the North Texas Spring Classic begins today. This will be the first meet UNT has hosted since the team hosted the same event last March. UNT has traveled more than 2,800 miles total during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Head coach Carl Sheffield said not traveling and running in front of home fans should help the team at the Spring Classic. “We’re at home. It’s showtime for us,” Sheffield said. “The team feels comfortable at home, they know this track, and they practice on this track, so their strategies of racing are all based off this track.” UNT’s last event was the Texas Relays in Austin, one of the biggest events of the track and field season. The Mean Green finished with just three top-10 finishes in 124 events at the meet. The North Texas Spring Classic will feature TCU, SMU and Dallas Baptist, among others. The team finished its training
cycle, where the athletes perfect their technique and work on their events, early this week and are hoping to be firing on all cylinders by Friday. “I want our fans, and our parents and our administration to see what we’ve done all fall. I’m putting my best people in their best places to perform,” Sheffield said. “Now’s the time to start getting marks and place ourselves in a position for the National Championships.” For the 10 seniors on the team, the Spring Classic will be bittersweet as they run at Fouts Field for the last time. Senior sprinter C.J. Fowler said he is looking forward to the home meet despite it being his last. “It ain’t like last year when we had three [home meets], but we get to see the track every day,” Fowler said. “When you’re on your home track and you’ve been running on it every day, you’re immediately more mentally prepared to run. It’s an allaround better environment to run fast.” The North Texas Spring Classic begins today at 3:30 p.m. with the men’s and women’s hammer throw.
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Junior Haley Thompson practices high jumps at Fouts Field. UNT will host the North Texas Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
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Freshman Franziska Sprinkmeyer returns the ball to senior Paula Dinuta during practice Monday. The UNT tennis team will compete in its first matches since March 17 when it hosts Central Florida and Texas-Arlington.
UNT hosts UCF, UTA after break Tennis TylEr owEns
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Sophomore Darian Blake throws the ball to a teammate during UNT’s game against Western Kentucky at Lovelace Field on March 31.
Home stand continues for Mean Green Softball Alison EldridgE
Senior Staff Writer Coming off its second conference series win of the season, the Mean Green softball team (15-17-1, 6-5-1) will continue its eight-game home stand when it plays Florida Atlantic (11-25, 1-6) today and Saturday. The Mean Green is 8-1-1 at home this season, which will provide a sizable advantage for the team in this weekend’s games, head coach T.J. Hubbard said. “I think Middle Tennessee was the first real home stand,” he said. “I think that series let them feel a little more comfortable at home. Last weekend made them [the players] feel really confident at home, so I think you follow that up with another weekend at home, and they’ll feel like they have the upper hand for sure.” FAU’s No. 1 pitcher, junior Taylor Fawbush, is ninth in the conference with 63 strikeouts. As a hitter, Fawbush is tied for first in the conference with 10 doubles, while teammate senior second baseman Heather Barnes leads the conference with four triples. “They have a pretty good pitcher, which may inhibit us from hitting the ball out of the park like we’re used to,” Hubbard said. “And they have three or four pretty good hitters that we’re going to have to be careful of because they can definitely hit the ball out of the park at any time.” When the teams met in Florida last year, the Owls swept the
Mean Green with a shutout and a pair of one-run victories. UNT is 7-10 against FAU all-time. With 12 conference games left, the Mean Green is just one win shy of matching its conference win total from last season. “I think we’re going to carry over all that energy,” freshman pitcher Madison Thompson said.
“We’re really pumped that we’re doing really well in conference, and I think we’ll be consistent in carrying that on.” Closing out the game in seven innings will also be a major factor in this weekend’s series, sophomore pitcher Lauren Poole said. The Mean Green is 2-7 in extrainning games this season.
“I think we’ll do pretty good if we actually play one through seven and don’t just come in at the end,“ she said. “If we play up to our potential, we’ll have a good chance at taking them.” The series begins with a doubleheader at 4 p.m. today and will conclude at noon Saturday at Lovelace Stadium.
Staff Writer The Mean Green tennis team will end its three-week break Saturday, as the team will play its first matches since March 17 this weekend at the Waranch Tennis Complex. As a string of tornadoes rattled the North Texas area Tuesday, the No. 67 Mean Green (11-6) rescheduled its match with the Texas-Arlington Mavericks for Monday, April 9. The delay will not affect the team’s mentality in either of its matches this weekend. “With the way the weather was yesterday [Tuesday], it is probably safer that we had the day off,” senior Nadia Miller said. “I think everybody is focused and hungry now for the weekend. We’ll leave everything on the court.” Knocking off the Knights Saturday will kick off the busy week for the Mean Green as it prepares to take on Central Florida (7-9). UCF will be the second Conference USA opponent that the team has faced this season, as UNT fell to then-No. 30 Tulsa in early March.
The first serve will be at noon tomorrow. Regional rematch While the team does not underestimate the Knights, it is aware that the tougher match will come Monday when the Mavericks come to Denton, senior Paula Dinuta said. The Mean Green will seek revenge against UTA (9-7), which handed UNT a tough 4-3 loss last season. “This year I think we are going to beat them [UTA],” Dinuta said. “[Our expectation] is to win both matches.” Though UTA has come out victorious in a few key conference matches, it lost to ranked opponents Kansas State and Texas Christian, both of whom UNT beat this season. Like the Mean Green, the Mavericks fell to Wichita State and then-No. 21 Tulsa. “The girls are very prepared. They’ve played a lot of tennis already, so I don’t think [the extended break] is going to affect them,” associate head coach Jeff Maren said. “We are looking to take these and the next two matches in order to build momentum into conference.” UNT and UTA will start their matchup at 3 p.m. Monday.
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Discovering Deep Ellum The festival features more than 300 local artists who will honor Dallas’ entertainment district.
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VOLUME 99,
ISSUE 11
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LIFE:
DIY: Customized vinyl record bookends
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FOOD:
HELP:
FESTIVAL:
Deep Ellum Arts Festival pays tribute to Dallas’ creativity
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Christina Mlynski, Scene Editor
Charlie Brown finds ways to connect with students through teaching
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REVIEW:
“American Reunion” dishes out a good piece of pie
PourHouse Sports Grill receives highest rating for bar grub
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1. The first step is to boil a large pot of water and pour it into a large baking pan. 2. After boiling the water, place the vinyl in the pan until the plastic begins to melt slightly, then bend the record at a 90-degree angle. 3. Place the pliable record on a hard surface and press the vinyl into a straight 90-degree angle and wait a few seconds for the bookend to harden. 4. Make your own bookends out of old vinyls. After the record has dried, place in between books on a bookshelf or wherever your new bookend is needed.
DI : Custom Want to be vinyl bookends EMILY PEEK Intern
For those in need of organization or looking for a new decoration for their room, making vinyl bookends is cheap and easy. Most of the supplies can be found around the house. If not, you can find them at your local grocery store. Vinyl records are about $1 and can be found at Recycled Books in the Denton Square or other discount bookstores. The project will take about 10 minutes.
Things you’ll need: Vinyl records A pot A baking pan A piece of wood A placemat A towel First, fill up the baking pan with water. Pour the water in the pot. Place the pot on the stove and turn on the heat so the water can boil. Once the water starts boiling, turn off the heat and slowly pour
the water back into the baking pan. Make sure the pan is set on a placemat for safety. Now take the first record. Make sure you have the f lat piece of wood and a towel next to you. Figure out where you want the record to bend. It’s recommended that you bend it right below the label so that the top of the vinyl is taller than the bottom. Slowly begin lowering the vinyl into the water. Immediately it will begin to bend. Using the wood, create a crease in the vinyl. If you see ripples beginning to form, use the wood to smooth it out. Once the vinyl is bent, slowly pull it out of the water. Use the towel to dry it off. Let the record stand for a minute. Repeat the same process for the second bookend. Do not leave the bookends in your car, garage or hot locations because the records will melt. Source: http://collegecandy. com/2010/06/22/do-it-yourselftuesdays-vinyl-record-bookend.
the editor? Publications Committee seeks Summer and Fall NT Daily Editor. Applications available online at www.ntdaily.com and in GAB117. Applicants must submit a resume and two letters of recommendation (one recommendation letter shall be from a faculty member and one recommendation letter from a faculty, staff member, or professional journalist outside of the NT Daily) along with the completed application. Completed applications should be emailed no later than Monday, April 16th at 5pm to Dr. Jay Allison, jay.allison@unt.edu
Want to be the Editor? Applicants must be able to meet with the committee at 12:30pm, Wednesday, April 18th in GAB114. *Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.
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1. The first step is to boil a large pot of water and pour it into a large baking pan. 2. After boiling the water, place the vinyl in the pan until the plastic begins to melt slightly, then bend the record at a 90-degree angle. 3. Place the pliable record on a hard surface and press the vinyl into a straight 90-degree angle and wait a few seconds for the bookend to harden. 4. Make your own bookends out of old vinyls. After the record has dried, place in between books on a bookshelf or wherever your new bookend is needed.
DI : Custom Want to be vinyl bookends eMiLY PeeK Intern
For those in need of organization or looking for a new decoration for their room, making vinyl bookends is cheap and easy. Most of the supplies can be found around the house. If not, you can find them at your local grocery store. Vinyl records are about $1 and can be found at Recycled Books in the Denton Square or other discount bookstores. The project will take about 10 minutes.
Things you’ll need: Vinyl records A pot A baking pan A piece of wood A placemat A towel First, fill up the baking pan with water. Pour the water in the pot. Place the pot on the stove and turn on the heat so the water can boil. Once the water starts boiling, turn off the heat and slowly pour
the water back into the baking pan. Make sure the pan is set on a placemat for safety. Now take the first record. Make sure you have the f lat piece of wood and a towel next to you. Figure out where you want the record to bend. It’s recommended that you bend it right below the label so that the top of the vinyl is taller than the bottom. Slowly begin lowering the vinyl into the water. Immediately it will begin to bend. Using the wood, create a crease in the vinyl. If you see ripples beginning to form, use the wood to smooth it out. Once the vinyl is bent, slowly pull it out of the water. Use the towel to dry it off. Let the record stand for a minute. Repeat the same process for the second bookend. Do not leave the bookends in your car, garage or hot locations because the records will melt. Source: http://collegecandy. com/2010/06/22/do-it-yourselftuesdays-vinyl-record-bookend.
the editor? Publications Committee seeks Summer and Fall NT Daily Editor. Applications available online at www.ntdaily.com and in GAB117. Applicants must submit a resume and two letters of recommendation (one recommendation letter shall be from a faculty member and one recommendation letter from a faculty, staff member, or professional journalist outside of the NT Daily) along with the completed application. Completed applications should be emailed no later than Monday, April 16th at 5pm to Dr. Jay Allison, jay.allison@unt.edu
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Deep Ellum keeps district alive with history, arts, music, food and a diverse community Brittni Barnett Senior Staff Writer
The soft glow of streetlights shines down on a small circle of men dressed in loose-fitting shirts and pants. Using drums connected to straps slung over their shoulders, the performers pound out a steady beat. Women adorned in saris dance around the drummers playing tambourines and chanting to the music. An ever-growing crowd of onlookers soon joins in, clapping and tapping
their feet to the rhythm. It’s just another evening at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival. The 18th annual free three-day event opens today and is expected to bring in thousands of people hoping to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of one of the city’s premier arts and entertainment districts. “The festival is a great tradition for the Deep Ellum art and music scene,” sa id Sea n Fit zgera ld, president of t he Deep Ellum
Community Association. “It is great for the long-term identity of the area.” This year’s festival will feature 200 decorative and visual fine artists, and 100 bands and musicians, said Stephen Millard, president of Main Events International, the company that organizes the event every year. “It takes about three to four hours to make your way down the street and back up again if you really want to do everything,” he
Photo courtesy of MeI
More than 30 restaurants will provide food options ranging from Mexican to barbecue. Food vendors will not accept cash; instead, attendees will pay with coupons, which cost $1 each.
said. “Just when you think you’ve heard and seen it all, there is something new.”
Keeping Art Alive Musical artists at this year’s festival will perform on five separate open-air stages, Millard said. “Artists will perform all original songs,” he said. “Some of the people that will play here will go on to be superstars someday.” This year’s lineup features several well-known Denton artists such as Brave Combo, whose sound is described as a mix between polka and punk, Jessie Frye, who was deemed an artist to watch at this year’s South by Southwest Festival in Austin by the New York Times, and Seryn, a folk band that also played at SXSW this year. Paste Magazine named Seryn “Best of This Year’s SXSW” for 2011. “Deep Ellum is such a cool hangout, not just Deep Ellum in general but the festival specifically,” said Nathan Allen, guitarist and banjo player for Seryn. “It’s a meeting of art and music, and they work really hard to put it all together, and it’s really cool to be a part of that.” New to this year’s festival is the Deep Ellum Texas Stage. The stage will feature only artists from the Deep Ellum district. “It’s a smaller, more intimate stage,” Fitzgerald said. “The artists will play homegrown stuff, signature to Deep Ellum.” Some of the other stages include the Dallas Songwriter’s Stage, which features local artists performing original compositions, the Artists Underground Stage – the only 21–and-up area of the festival – and the Texas Lonestar Stage, featuring the “Texas Road House Blues Tour.” This year’s festival features visual and performing artists from around the country. Festivalgoers will have a chance to browse art in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, painting, photography, jewelry, glass, wood and metal.
Dave Piper has been with the festival since it began. He has made custom leather sandals for more than 40 years. “Outdoor art and craft festivals are a totally American concept,” Piper said. “They are unique in that at these major shows everything is custom-made.”
Good Eats More than 30 restaurants will provide a variety of food options for guests, including Mexican, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Asian, American, Italian, specialty desserts, crepes, health foods, barbecue and more. Beer and wine are also available throughout the festival grounds. Those hoping to enjoy cocktails can purchase them in the Artist Underground and Hard Bar area. In another attempt to pay homage to the district, the festival will feature Deep Ellum Texas Village, where local restaurants will be serving up some of their most popular dishes, according to the festival’s website. This area will also feature local Deep Ellum visual and performing artists, Fitzgerald said. To remain a free event, the festival itself receives a portion of all food and beverage sales, Millard said. As a result, all transactions are conducted using coupons. The coupons are sold in strips of 10 for $10. Food vendors will not accept cash, and guests are not allowed to bring in their own food and beverage to the festival.
Photo by Jordan foster/staff PhotograPher
A sign welcomes visitors to Deep Ellum, the entertainment district in south Dallas, on Thursday. The free three-day festival kicks off at 5 p.m. today and features 200 visual artists, 100 original bands on five different stages and the renowned Pet Parade.
“Deep Ellum doesn’t care who you are or where you come from, and I think that is what draws people in.” —Sean Fitzgerald President of the Deep Ellum Community Association
Distinctive District The festival began in 1995 and occupied one block, Millard said. At the request of what is now known as the Deep Ellum Foundation, Millard and his company were asked to create an event to help promote the district, said Barry Annino, president of the Deep Ellum Foundation. They have produced other festivals such as the Main St. Fort Worth Arts Festival and the Dallas Festival of Art and Jazz.
“It’s become one of those events that people look forward to every year,” Annino said. “Deep Ellum features a wide range of specialties. There is a subtle type of creativity here. The local tattoo artist and the multimillionaire live together in this neighborhood.” In addition to helping start the festival, the Deep Ellum Foundation helps raise funds for the maintenance of the district.
Some of its projects include a mural under I-75, a neon sign welcoming visitors and a dog park, Annino said. “It’s a diverse and urban neighborhood built on a culture of creativity,” Fitzgerald said. “Deep Ellum doesn’t care who you are or where you come from, and I think that is what draws people in.” For more information visit deepellumartsfestival.com.
Photo courtesy of MeI
The Deep Ellum Art Fesitval will feature 200 artists working in mediums of ceramics, painting, photography, jewelery, glass, wood and metal. Starting today, the event runs through Sunday.
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WorldFest unites Denton community A lison M Atlock Staff Writer
UNT and Denton communities will unite to raise money for clean water solutions by raising awareness of different cultures through WorldFest. The host, Texas Academy of Math and Science’s club FACES – which stands for Fellowship for the Advancement of Cultural Education for Students – has put on the event yearly since 1989, TAMS Program Advisor Brandon Buckner said. “WorldFest is a cultural fair put on in order to raise awareness of different cultures about tolerance and help everyone that goes realize that there is unity in the diversity of the world,” said FACES president Amanda Quay, a TAMS junior. “And this year we’re focusing more on younger children from the Denton area and bridging the gap between the Denton community and UNT.” The event will take over McConnell Park on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. TAMS volunteers will run booths such as an area for five hours’ worth of performances, including drum groups, an elementary school Chinese dance group and a Plano West group, Dance for a Cause. “We’re donating all of the proceeds to water.org, which helps lower-income communities worldwide have access to clean water solutions, particularly in Africa and Southern Asia,” Quay said. “The event is helping not only this community but communities else-
where as well.” The event had more than 1,000 attendees last year that helped raise $5,000. Buck ner said he thinks WorldFest can exceed last year’s earnings and attendance because the festival gets better every year. “We try to make it a familyfocused event, and I think that’s something that the university doesn’t normally do,” he said. “They cater to students because that’s where most of the university funds are allocated to.” FACES sent out fliers to every elementary school in the Denton area, which amounts to about 10,000 students, Buckner said. “Elementary kids soak in everything like sponges, and we’re able to show them that we are one tribe, that we are American, and that we are going to embrace each other’s cultures and not dislike someone because they’re different,” he said. “We should enjoy the fact that we are different.” The event encourages the younger population to not be afraid to interact with people of different cultures, marketing junior Colton Wallace said. “It will help our generation and future generations diversify, and will encourage others to get out and meet people of different cultures, religions and just different ways of life,” he said.
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Human development and family studies senior Charlie Brown, a student teacher at Denton High School, walks the toy baby to high school senior Jonathon Fu to test if he knows how to properly hold a baby. Alongside Fu is William Jimenez (left) and Matthew Perry (right). Brown started student-teaching this semester at DHS. A shley GrAnt
Senior Staff writer It’s 8 a.m., and Charlie Brown has just dropped off his daughter at elementary school. Within the next half hour, Brown arrives at Denton High School. Unlike most, entering the building with newly earned driver licenses and tickets to that night’s basketball game, Brown carries his lesson plans. In an effort to shape young minds as a student teacher at Denton High School, Brown teaches classes in child development, food nutrition and human services. “It’s nice, because I’m doing my student teaching in the same classroom that I had my child development class in,” he said. “I barely graduated, and I’m here again.” During the core courses Brown is taking at UNT for a teaching certification, he spends a lot of time at the front of the room speaking to his classmates. “The classes that I’m required to
take at UNT put me at the front of the room all the time, so public speaking wasn’t an issue for me,” he said. Aside from lecturing, some of Brown’s responsibilities include grading homework and exams, creating PowerPoint presentations and attending meetings such as Admission Review Dismissal, which is for special needs students. Interdisciplinary studies senior Tracy Bauer said student teaching is time-consuming. “You have all the duties and responsibilities of a paid teacher, only there is no paycheck,” she said. Brown’s mentor Molly Swindle is a family and consumer science teacher at Denton High School. She said Brown is a natural at what he does. “Seeing a male teacher talking about child development is a rarity,” she said. “When he gets up to talk about nutrition and child development, my students literally sit up and listen to what he’s got to say.”
When Brown first began student teaching, a challenge was connecting with students. One in particular would try to push his buttons by disrupting class. Brown discovered a way to relate to him instead of writing him off as a “problem child.” “I heard him rapping the words to Notorious B.I.G.’s song ‘Juicy’ and finished the line for him,” he said. “He was shocked that I knew about rap.” Prior to teaching, Brown spent a decade in the corporate world at Sanmina-SCI as a production planner. As a result, Brown’s family income was slashed in half due to his decision to return to school. However, Brown said he’s thankful that his family understands his passion for teaching. “I realized the money wasn’t worth chasing anymore and decided to go back to school and do what I originally wanted to do,” he said.
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Of Monsters and “American Reunion” scores Men hits the mark Review
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Managing Editor Hailing from the land of fire and ice – and Björk – Of Monsters and Men has embarked on a quest to give the U.S. a taste of Icelandic indie pop. The six-member band from Reykjavík, Iceland, released its debut full-length album “My Head Is an Animal” on Tuesday. The record features 12 catchy folk and pop songs – don’t worry, all the tracks are in English–which are nothing revolutionary, but quickly become stuck in the listener’s head. The album opens with “Dirty Paws,” which starts with an acoustic guitar before piano, drums and soaring riffs jump in. The song is about animal escapades in a forest and at times sounds eerily familiar to “Home” by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Of Monsters and Men formed in 2010 and gained popularity by playing music festivals in Iceland before signing with Icelandic label Record Records – not a joke – in February 2011. “My Head Is an Animal” peaks in the middle with the band’s first single in the U.S., “Little Talks.” The up-tempo song is about loneliness, but gives the listener the urge to sing along and also jump up to do a jig. With a resounding trumpet and backing vocals from their band mates shouting “Hey!,” co-lead singers Nanna Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar Þórhallsson alternate verses throughout the track. The band launched its debut North American tour in Austin
OF MONSTERS AND MEN/MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL during South by Southwest in March – the only Texas stop on the tour. “My Head Is a n A n i ma l” concludes in similar fashion to its beginning with tunes that start off with a slow tempo but build as they progress. This is evident in the closing track “Yellow Light,” which begins slowly with an acoustic guitar and a piano riff that is reminiscent of a lullaby. The song builds and builds, and appears headed for a grand-scale finale. However, the track ends before the buildup bursts, leaving listeners with a feeling of having an itch that can’t be scratched. Of Monsters of Men flirts with capturing a grandiose sound – à la that of Arcade Fire – but does not harness it completely. There are glimpses that this album could be monumental, but some of the songs are a bit repetitive and drag on. Listeners should be on the lookout for Of Monsters and Men to quickly shed the label as an “up-and-coming” musical act like a wolf sheds its winter coat.
Jason Bigg, Alyson Hannigan and the rest of the original cast from “American Pie” are making yet another onscreen appearance in the fourth installment of the franchise, “American Reunion,” opening in theaters today. Main character Jim (Bigg) and his high school sweetheart Michelle (Hannigan) are now a married couple trying to survive parenthood while still making time for each other. With their high school reunion
approaching, Jim and Michelle hope to rekindle the flame they once had by visiting their hometown, planning date nights and meeting up with old friends. Upon returning to his father’s house to attend the reunion with his wife and son, Jim runs into his former next-door neighbor, a barely-legal teen named Kara. Jim and his four best friends Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas), Stifler (Seann William Scott) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) find Kara embarking on the same journey they attempted to accomplish in the summer of 1999: losing her virginity. Kara’s eagerness to be deflowered causes trouble for Jim because she’s
chosen him as her first partner. However, these best friends are not partying like it’s 1999 anymore—well, most aren’t. Former lacrosse star Oz has made quite a name for himself as a successful sports broadcaster and has a supermodel girlfriend to put the cherry on top of his successful life. Kevin, the hopeless romantic, is now a stay-at-home husband who enjoys a nice glass of wine and an episode of “Real Housewives.”
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high quality bar food, PourHouse is the 2.0 version of most sports bars. Hungry and thirsty sports fans and foodies alike will leave the restaurant satisfied. Patrons have the option of being seated in one of the restaurant’s numerous booths, bar chairs or seats outside on the grill’s patio. There’s even a room featuring stadium-style booth seating set up to face a giant f lat-screen TV surrounded by four smaller f latscreens. The menu features t y pica l appetizers such as fried mozzarella, chips and dip, nachos and Buffalo wings. The fried pickles for $4 were cooked to salty perfection. The pickles were sliced thin enough so that the crispy batter did not overpower the pickle’s natural flavor. The basket was enough for two or more and is a great start to any meal. Entrees are separated into categories such as grill options, ba sket s, sa lads, sa ndw iches and wraps, thin-crust pizza and
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Located in the heart of Unicorn Lake, dim lights and paintings of famous sports heroes adorn the brick walls of PourHouse Sports Grill. With the restaurant’s numerous flat-screen televisions, large selection of draft beers and classic,
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