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UNT seeks architect for Union expansion ISAAC WRIGHT

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NEWS: Wildfires rage through Possum Kingdom again Page 2

Since the Board of Regents meeting earlier this month, University Union administrators have carefully been reviewing bids from architects who may design the next UNT Union.

On Aug. 18, the Board of Regents approved $1 million to search for an architect to begin laying out plans for the next generation of UNT’s University Union.

The estimated cost of the Union renovations range from $94 million to $140 million, said Rich Escalante, UNT System vice chancellor.

In fall 2010, UNT undergraduate enrollment exceeded 36,000 students, and according to unofficial estimates of Fall 2011 enrollment, UNT took in a record-setting number of students, sa id Stefanie Ritz, assistant director of the Union.

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See MASTER on Page 2 Students and faculty walk through the Union Tuesday afternoon. Built in 1976, the Union was approved for major renovations earlier this month.

SPORTS:

Four new faces add depth to tennis team Page 4

VIEWS: Courthouse lawn curfew a disappointment Page 6

UNT football to open season in Sunshine State PAUL BOTTONI

Senior Staff Writer Hope and anticipation are at a high as the UNT football team prepares to open the 2011 season and the Dan McCarney era against Sun Belt Conference foe Florida International.

The new-look Mean Green will face the Panthers in Miami, Fla., on Thursday. FIU has beaten UNT in each of the past four meetings.

“It’s unusual in my experience, to be honest. Most of the time you start with a non-conference game,” McCarney said. “[Against FIU], our opportunity is to go against one of the great stories in college football.”

McCarney said FIU exemplifies how to correctly rebuild a program. The Panthers went from a 3-9 record in the 2009-2010 season to a 7-6 finish last season.

FIU finished last year as the Sun Belt Conference champion and won the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

The Panthers were picked in the preseason coaches’ poll to repeat as champions.

In the teams’ last matchup, FIU defeated UNT 34-10 at Fouts Field, finishing with 479 yards on offense.

FIU wide receiver and return specialist T.Y. Hilton – the 2010 Sun Belt Player of the Year – finished with 101 all-purpose yards and one touchdown. Junior linebacker

Jeremy Phillips said slowing down Hilton will be vital for UNT’s chances of victory Thursday.

See FOOTBALL on Page 4

UNT vs.

Florida International 7 p.m. tonight at the Super Pit

Player to watch: Lance Dunbar

The Doak Walker candidate has torn up defense throughout his career, but finished with an unimpressive 30 yards against the Panthers last season. With less than 1,000 yards left for Dunbar to become UNT’s all-time leading rusher, he can get a head start on making Mean Green history Thursday.

X-Factor: The Mean Green Defense Allowing 29 points per game, the Mean Green defense was a clear weakness in 2010. There have been a handful of changes on D, including the promotion of Brandon McCoy to starting defensive end. If the group can execute head coach Dan McCarney’s defensive gameplan, it helps UNT’s chances.

Last Meeting: FIU 34, UNT 10 Mean Green fanatics still have a bitter taste from UNT’s Homecoming game, as the Panthers outplayed Todd Dodge’s club in every aspect of the game. FIU got off to a hot start, scoring on each of its three opening drives, while a Zach Olen field goal was UNT’s lone score before halftime.

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Junior wide receiver Willie Taylor runs after receiving a pass during last spring’s training. The football team’s first game is at 6 p.m. tonight against FIU.

Renovations to Science Research Building beginning this year A LEX M ACON

Senior Staff Writer UNT will spend a total of $12 million on renovations to the Science Research Building, expanding and modernizing the lab to better accommodate an increased number of faculty members and attracting top researchers to the university.

The renovations are part of the university’s efforts to make UNT a nationally renowned research institute, said Vish Prasad, UNT’s vice president for research and economic development. Renovations to the Science Research Building are part of a five-year plan developed by UNT’s Capital Projects Council that is overseeing space planning and facility construction for researchers and academics at UNT, including planned renovations to the University Union.

“As we hire more faculty, we need more labs,” said Prasad, who is a member of the Capital

PHOTO BY AMBER PLUMLEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Stephanie Haley, a biology and pre-dental senior, investigates the neuron reactions of cells from the spines of mice embryos in Room 172 of the Science Research Building. The SRB’s first-floor labs are scheduled for renovation at the end of this year.

Projects Council along with Provost Warren Burggren and others.

Prasad said the university has hired 70 new faculty members over the past year and is looking

to fill a total of 114 openings.

Renovations for the Science Research Building — one of the oldest buildings on campus — and its first-floor lab were initially budgeted at $10 million to fix up

the facility’s air conditioning, water supply and electrical wiring. An additional $2 million was approved by the Board of Regents last month for further renovations to the facility’s lab.

Prasad said the blocks, or lab divisions, would be extended to better accommodate the projects of researchers and students.

“It will give you more flexibility to expand or shrink the workspace as the programs in that lab expand or shrink,” Prasad said.

These renovations and other improvements to the research program are already winning awards and attracting top researchers, Prasad said.

“We’re already getting a return on our investment,” he said.

Calvin Wu, a biology graduate student in the Science Research Building, said the facility was badly in need of improvements.

“That ice machine [has] been broken for like three years,” Wu said.

He said since the construction of the new Life Sciences Complex last year, the Science Research Building had been largely neglected.

“This one [the Science Research Building] is really not the focus,” Wu said. “They might do renovations, but we’re not being helped.”

Wu said he welcomed the renovations but thought most new researchers would prefer working at the newer building.

Prasad said the plans for the renovations were finalized and construction will begin in December or sooner. He said the improved lab will be ready by next summer, which is also when the 114 new junior and senior members of UNT’s research faculty will begin working.

UNT’s University Relations, Communications and Marketing (URCM) branch will announce new faculty, researchers and construction plans in the coming weeks and months.

Calvin Wu had one request.

“Personally, for me, I’d just like to see the ice machine being fixed,” he said.

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News

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Texas wildfire destroys more than three dozen homes A NGELA K. BROWN Associated Press

POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE, Texas (AP) — Kathy Lanpher was showing a property to a client when she heard the improbable, gut-wrenching news: A wildfire like the one that destroyed her home four months ago was threatening the nearby subdivision where she had relocated.

The real estate agent raced back to her condo, grabbed a few belongings and — hearing that flames had cut off the road to safety — headed to the marina, where she and dozens of frightened neighbors eventually made it to safety by boat.

The wildfire that started Tuesday in the Possum Kingdom Lake area — one of several in drought-stricken Texas and Oklahoma — had destroyed more than three dozen homes and scorched some 6,200 acres as of Wednesday. It had a long way to go before reaching the destructive heights of the spring blaze that lasted two weeks and

destroyed 160 homes here, but the late-summer blaze suggests Texas is dealing with its third yearlong wildfire season since 2005 — and its most severe.

“It’s become entrenched. It’s gotten to the point where normal rain events will have little positive impact on the drought and consequently the fire danger. It’s going to take ... a weather pattern change,” Texas Forest Service specialist Tom Spencer said.

Texas is enduring its most severe drought since the 1950s, with bone-dry conditions made worse by weeks of triple-digit temperatures in many cities.

Blazes have destroyed more than 5,470 square miles since midNovember, the typical start of the wildfire season.

Firefighters haven’t had much of a break this summer, even after various crews battled what turned out to be seven of the 10 largest wildfires in state history this spring.

Usually the wildfire season wanes in the spring because of

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A wildfire tears through the Possum Kingdom area destroying dozens of homes. Firefighters have fought seven of the 10 worst fires in the state’s history this year. rain, greener vegetation and higher humidity, weather experts said. But the state’s normally wettest months — April through June — were anything but this year because of the lingering La Nina weather condition that causes below-normal rainfall.

Spencer said the three yearlong wildfire seasons are the only ones the Forest Service

has recorded, but there are no records from the droughts of 1918 and the 1950s.

The subdivision burned by Tuesday’s blaze was the only one in the Possum Kingdom Lake area left unscathed by the spring fire, and the exact number of homes destroyed was still unknown late Wednesday, officials said. Some streets were

left virtually untouched, with homes fronted by lawns that could double as putting greens, but others were reduced to rows of scorched stone fireplaces and twisted metal frames.

“It’s devastating, of course, and it’s going to take a while to get over, but we’re going to carry on,” Palo Pinto County Sheriff Ira Mercer said.

Lanpher said after she lost her home to the April fire, she moved into a nearby condo to be close to her real estate job. She had already received her insurance money and was reviewing house building plans while buying new clothes and furniture. The fire missed her condo Tuesday, but the danger had not passed as the blaze spread Wednesday over some cliffs and by a dam.

The rough terrain along with strong winds and intense heat were making the fire more challenging for firefighters.

Lanpher still hasn’t gotten over the first blaze, she said, her eyes welling with tears.

“Honestly, I was thinking, ‘I don’t think I can go through this again,’” she said Wednesday. “I have my moments and then I move forward, but I just can’t dwell on it yet.”

Mercer said that unlike April, when residents had to be told three or four times before they’d leave the area, those whose homes were threatened Tuesday left as soon as they were warned.

Flames blocked the road leading out of the subdivision and hemmed in a group of several dozen residents and law enforcement officers, so they turned back and escaped by boat on Possum Kingdom Lake, Mercer said. It took about six or seven trips, but everyone escaped safely, even if some of them left with frayed nerves, he said.

“A little old lady was just shaking. These people were leaving with just the clothes on their backs, and they don’t know what’s going to happen to their homes and their stuff,” Mercer said.

Master Plan calls for Union renovations Continued from Page 1

The university’s population is quickly outgrowing the current union, calling for its renovation in the new UNT Master Plan.

“Recent legislation makes it a project where we can’t tear the building down,” Ritz said. “It would have to be a renovation or expansion or both.”

Earlier this month, UNT hired a consulting firm, Facility Programming and Constructing, to get students’ opinions about the changes they would like to see in a new, improved Union.

A public meeting is scheduled for Sept. 16 in the Union to update the UNT community about the progress that has been made. Ritz said she expects the first designs for the Union to be revealed around October.

Any renovations or expenditures on the Union project will have to be approved by the Student Government Association in a student referendum.

Ritz said the architects hired with the $1 million have indicated they might present multiple designs for students to choose from on the referendum ballot, but the SGA has final say over how the vote is conducted.

“Whatever the decision, we have to have significant student input,” Ritz said.

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES/ VISUALS EDITOR

SGA director of student affairs Devin Axtman (right) and SGA president Blake Windham take questions during the organizations’ meeting last night in the Art Building.

SGA passes budget, revises Eagle’s Nest A NN SMAJSTRLA Staff Writer

PHOTO BY JUN MA/INTERN

The bottom floor of the University Union currently houses the One O’ Clock Lounge and the Campus Chat. A multi-million dollar renovation is planned for the structure.

Blake Windham, SGA president, said he expects the Union referendum to go before students sometime during the upcoming spring semester. At the first SGA meeting of fall 2011, however,

Windham expressed concern than the SGA currently only has 17 members. Windham said at least 30 senators are necessary in the student senate to pass a student referendum.

“There’s a problem when there’s 45 senate seats and we struggle to have 17 senators here,” Windham said. “We need 30 people to even talk about a referendum.”

At Wednesday’s senate me e t i n g , t he St ude nt Government Association passed a bill to raise its budget by $ 5,0 0 0 a nd revise the number of board members in t he Eagle’s Nest organization.

In passing the bill, the SGA’s annual budget was increased from $158,009 to $163,216. The $ 5,207 i n c r e a s e w i l l n ot b e included in the association’s operating budget, but will be used in grants for students travelling to

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academic seminars or conferences, SGA President Blake Windham said.

In the past, the Eagle’s Nest board has consisted of three members: one director and two members. The director and members are appointed by the president and approved by members of the senate.

The rev ision cha nged t he number of members from two to four, therefore increasing the total number of members, including the director, from three to five.

“I wa nted more people to be involved and have a say,” Windham said of his reasoning behind increasing the number of Eagle’s Nest members.

Eagle’s Nest is an internal program by the SGA through which university-registered student organizations can submit applications to get money for specia l events.

Eagle’s Nest has $60,000 it can distribute, $5,000 of which

comes from t he SGA each semester.

Windham said he believes the appointment process of the Eagle’s Nest board does not give the executive branch too much power because two branches of government are involved: the president and the senate. Although Windham appoints the members, they must be approved by t he senate. The president does not attend the Eagle’s Nest hearings, Windham added.

T he a ssociat ion a lso considered a bill concerning spending changes, which it tabled to be discussed at a later meeting.

In the SGA bylaws, Article V II, sect ion II reads, “A l l discretionar y expenditures over $400, not included in the approved budget must be approved by the Senate in legislative form.” In the tabled bill, the $400 figure was increased to $800.

Thursday, September 1, 2011 Jesse Sidlauskas, Arts & Life Editor

Arts & Life

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Three artists’ work on display at UNT Gallery ALEXANDRA GARCIA Staff Writer

PHOTO BY BRIAN MASCHINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Luis Manzanarez, a math freshman, plays a game in the Media Library. For students looking to kill the time playing games, the library offers games and videogame consoles for check-out.

Media Library offers fun, games DAISY SILOS Staff Writer

If you walk into the Media Library in Chilton Hall this semester to a roomful of students playing video games, you’re not lost; it’s just game night.

In addition to “Game On!” the open-gaming night, the Media Library hosts film nights throughout the semester with various topics, such as feminism and linguistics.

Kim Stanton, head of the Media Library, said they wanted to provide students with activities that student groups were interested in.

“We like working with other academic groups or departments in a way that’s engaging,” she said. “It’s an activity that we can help support.”

Amanda Beamon, a social work junior, said this is the first year she’d heard about “Game On!,” but would love to attend the event to see what it’s all about.

“I grew up playing videogames

with my brother and I’m a very competitive person so I would definitely like to give it a try,” she said.

The first event, “Doc Spot,” begins on Sept. 6. It’s a weekly screening of documentary films that cover things like politics and current events that’s been going on for the past five or six years, Stanton said.

“We do screenings of documentaries that we think are relevant to subjects students would be interested in,” she said.

Christina Perez, a library science graduate student, said she enjoyed attending the documentary night when she had time.

“The stuff they show is really interesting,” she said. “It gives students a chance to experience different subjects and introduces them to new ideas.”

In addition to their gaming night, Stanton said the library will participate in the national Gaming Day this November at an open event at Willis Library.

“The media library began collecting videogames three years ago to support the faculty that are either teaching with or about videogames,” Stanton said.

“We also recognize there’s a recreational aspect to it, so we decided to host an event where students can come play with a group of friends.”

Three of the other events are films that university departments have chosen to screen in the library.

“Fem Flicks” are documentaries that are about women’s issues and are followed by a speaker who is an expert in a film’s topic.

The film series will also feature a “Muslim Cultures” series and a “Linguistics in Motion” series.

Screening dates for these events are to be determined later in the semester.

The Media Library is located in Chilton Hall 111. For more information or a full schedule of events visit http://www.library. unt.edu/media.

PHOTO BY BRIAN MASCHINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Cody Alarcon, a music freshman, dances during the fall auditions for the UNT Glee Club. Auditions were held Tuesday and Wednesday in the Silver Eagle Suite of the University Union.

Student auditions full of glee CORRISA JACKSON Staff Writer

Dozens of eager hopefuls auditioned for the chance to become members of the UNT Glee Club Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in the Silver Eagle Suite.

The club, a musical performing group based on the popular Fox TV series “GLEE,” was formed last fall and held shows in December and May. UNT Glee Club president Kendall Butler said the organization offers an outlet for people who want to be on stage but may not be involved in other music programs.

Butler said UNT alumnus Jose Coira was inspired to start the club after becoming a fan of the TV show, in which high school students perform adaptations and dance to popular songs. Coira wanted to replicate the experience for music-loving students on campus, Butler said.

He said the Glee Club is primarily a performance opportunity for non-music majors.

“My personality, I think it fits well with Glee Club,” Butler said.

“I like to bring out the best in people.”

Lindsay Harris, a psychology sophomore, said she joined Glee Club last fall. She met Coira at her freshman orientation and was

inspired by his passion for the group, she said.

Harris said she was nervous before her audition, and afterward she was unsure if she would get in. Two days later, she received a phone call and learned she was accepted.

“I was dancing in my room and ended up tripping because I was so excited,” Harris said.

The UNT Glee Club performs mostly Top 40 hits, she said.

“We’ve sung everything from Gaga to the Beatles,” Harris said.

“We do a good mix of everything.”

The audition Chris Portley, a performing arts sophomore, learned of the auditions from a poster in the University Union.

At first, he wasn’t sure about auditioning, he said, but he made up his mind to try it out.

“Something was telling me to go for it, see what it’s all about,” he said. “And my mom is a big fan of ‘Glee.’”

Portley said he has been singing since childhood.

“If I wasn’t singing, I don’t know what I’d be doing,” he said.

Pre-audition jitters weren’t lost on Portley, as he said he felt nervous and anxious to get it over with.

“If I get in, I’ll be grateful,” he said. “I’ll ride out the experience.”

Brittany Hayden, a communication design freshman, auditioned to be a dancer.

Hayden said she heard about Glee Club from her sister, and her love for dance inspired her to try out.

“It’s the one thing I can do that no one is judging me on,” she said.

Advice for next semester Harris said she thinks most people are drawn to auditioning for the Glee Club because of the TV show.

Butler said those wanting to try out should give everything they have in their audition.

“Put your best foot forward. It’s really competitive getting it,” he said. “Show your personality.”

Harris echoed Butler’s statement and gave her own advice.

“Don’t worry so much if you can sing or dance,” she said.

“Worry about your commitment. That’s what we push you through.”

The results will be announced

by Friday, Butler said. The group will hold performances throughout the semester, but dates have not yet been determined.

The UNT Art Gallery in the Art Building will have a reception at 5 p.m. today for the “Beneath Cognition” exhibit. The exhibit, which is a part of the “Fine Arts Series,” will feature works from three artists in various mediums.

The pieces on display span a variety of mediums such as digital photography, painting, animated drawings, clay, sewing and video animation.

The exhibit began Tuesday and ends Oct. 1. Two of the artists, Lee Renninger and Carey Roberson, will speak at the reception, which will be from 5-7 p.m.

Seven pieces by Roberson are on display. He said he’d worked on some of the gallery paintings for as long as three years and draws inspiration comes from the world around him.

“A lot of inspiration comes from family, life in general and my perspectives on religion and everyday life.”

T houg h c u r rent ly a professor of art at the Universit y of Arkansas, Roberson received a B.F.A. at Henderson State University and a master’s in photography at Louisiana Tech University. He uses skills from both degrees in the exhibit, combining paint and photography in the works.

Lee Renninger lived in Gulfport, Miss., in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home and much of her artwork. The losses lead her to create a series of works based

PHOTO BY ANDREW JIMENEZ/INTERN

Graduate sculpture student Michael Furrh looks at a piece on display at Beneath Cognition in the UNT Art Gallery Wednesday afternoon. Beneath Cognition’s opening reception is from 5-7 p.m. tonight. on leaving material possessions behind.

The dresses she makes are created with clay, porcelain and textile materials. They cascade to the ground, which Renninger says is symbolic.

“To unwind and represent that act of leaving behind the idea of excess,” she said.

Jennifer Levonian has four animations on display at the exhibition. As a new mother, she said her process on films is changing.

“I used to be able to spend the

entire weekend in my studio. I definitely have to be more efficient when I get the chance.”

She said her animations are actually a lot of paintings that are strung together in film with audio added – a process known as cut-paper animation. “[The films] are always an element of social critique, some humor, a little bit of longing or missing and are autobiographical in subject,” Levonian said, referring both to the themes as well as her appearance her in many of the films.

Page 4 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

Sports

Thursday, September 1, 2011 seangorman@my.unt.edu

UNT receives boost with four new members I an J acoby Intern

As America’s premier tennis event, the U.S. Open, continues in New York, the UNT tennis team has started practicing and head coach Sujay Lama’s excitement for the new season is almost palpable.

“This team offers something we didn’t have last year, and that’s depth,” Lama said. “We have eight strong players we’re comfortable with.”

A big part of the Mean Green’s newfound depth will come from the addition of four new players, who Lama said could bump UNT to a nationally competitive level.

“With this team I’d like to go beyond the Sunbelt, to the NCAA Sweet 16.” Lama said.

A mong t he team’s additions are freshmen Kseniya Ba rdabush a nd Fra n ziska Sprinkmeyer and two transfers, Valentina Starkova from the University of Arkansas and Ilona Serchenko of McNeese State University.

Freshmen talent T he f resh ma n duo ha s forced experts to take notice, as it was ranked No. 9 out of all mid-major schools by the Tennis Recruiting Network.

Wit h t hese new players comes a n i n f lu x of f resh s k i l l s e t s . Spr i n k me y e r, w ho w a s c ompet it ive i n Germany’s third tier league, Reg iona l iga, br i ngs w hat Lama calls a “calmness” to the court.

Coupled w it h her ment a l c ont rol is her heig ht of 5 feet 10 inches that creates tremendous power and physical shotcontrol, Lama said.

U N T’s ot her f re sh ma n player, Ba rdabush, wa s a Top 30 women’s player in the Ukraine and peaked at fifth nationally for her age group.

La ma sa id competing a nd practicing at the collegiate level wou ld on ly i mprove Barbadush’s game.

Ba rbadush sa id helping UNT win a Sun Belt Title is her goal for her freshman year.

Upperclassmen bring experience The Mean Green will also gain two players who have witnessed their fair share of sets and serves when its transfers begin play.

Serchenko comes to Denton as a junior from McNeese State, where she ended the 2011 season as the sixth ranked player out of the No. 1 singles slot in the Southland Conference.

The transfer was also named the 2011 Cowboy’s team MVP. Serchenko said she already notices differences between UNT and McNeese.

“The coaching is much more involved here,” she said. “I feel much more focused on performance and success.”

Rounding out the class is junior Starkova, who Lama said brings a multitude of talents with SEC experience and a flawless work ethic.

After achieving a No.106 international ranking as a junior player in her native Kazakhstan, Starkova assembled a record

Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer

(Left to Right) Franziska Sprinkmeyer, Valentina Starkova, Ilona Serchenko, Kseniya Bardabush. The four are the new recruits for the Mean Green tennis team. of 22-15 in her first two years of college, even beating Mean Green players Amy Joubert and Paula Dinuta last year.

“I’m ex t remely pu mped to cont r ibute to t he s u c c e s s o f t h e t e a m ,” Starkova said. “Every confer-

ence is competitive, but my SEC experience will hopefully give me an edge against the Sunbelt.”

Football, soccer teams adapt to hot weather Temperatures change their approach B obby L ewis

Senior Staff Writer As part of an unusually hot summer in North Texas, the average high temperature during August in Denton has been 103 degrees, nine degrees higher than the city’s average high for the month.

Scorching, record-breaking weather left Denton parched all summer and the UNT football team and women’s soccer team are still dealing with it almost every day.

The women’s soccer team has felt the heat beat down on it in two Sunday afternoon home games, with average highs of 103.

“I think practicing in the heat these last few weeks has really helped us,” women’s socc er head coach Joh n

Hedlund said. “You could tell Grambling was just dying in the second half and we looked strong and ready to go.”

In its first home game of the season on Aug. 21 against Oral Roberts, UNT took a 2-1 lead late in the game, but allowed ORU to tie the game and force two scoreless overtime periods. After the tie, the heat was a big topic of discussion.

“I think the enemy [against ORU] was where we had a

tough time battling the heat,” Hedlund said. “[ORU] handled better than what we did.”

With a road game against Texas Southern and home game against Grambling State under its belt since the opener, Hedlund said the team is doing its best to adapt to the heat.

“I think we’ve adjusted to it well because we’ve practiced all week in it, and I think we did a lot better [against Grambling] than we did in the first game, so we’re getting bet ter at it,” sophomore defender Kelsey Hodges said.

The Centers for Disease C ont r ol a nd P r e v ent ion recently published a report saying that most high school athletes are sidelined because of heat-related illnesses. Most of the athletes are football players who practice for the upcom i ng sea son i n t he August heat.

The UNT football team has yet to play a home game, but the team has been practicing in it a little longer than its soccer counterparts.

Mean Green head football coach Dan McCarney said the team hasn’t changed its work output, but coaches are stressing for players to stay hydrated.

“It’s education about being hydrated, it’s a great training staff, great strength staff.

We’ve all done a great job staying on them,” McCarney said. “We got the chug rug set up by the Powerade – you step on it, you’re going to chug.”

McCarney said the team has not experienced cramping or any other heat-related injuries.

Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer

Sophomore Tiana Bateau of Grambling State University is assisted by a trainer during the 100-degree heat at the Mean Green Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon.

UNT athletes are taking extra precautions to stay healthy in the summer heat.

Along with its new stadium, the football team has gotten new equipment to combat the heat, which the soccer team has benefitted from.

“Football got new misting fans, so I got their old fans, so we’re lucky there,” team trainer Megan Burki said. “We have to focus a lot to make it an even bigger priority to keep the girls hydrated.”

After having two of its first

three games at home at the Mean Green Soccer Complex, the women’s soccer team can escape the heat, playing just two of its next six games at home. Both games will start at 7 p.m.

The football team will get in on the act Sept. 10, when it officially christens Apogee Stadium with its first game against Houston. Kickoff will be at 6 p.m.

Football season begins Continued from page 1 “We’ll have to play with relentless effort,” Phillips said. “T.Y. Hilton is a big part of their offense.

We’ll be better off if we keep the ball out of his hands.”

Each team will debut new tactics on the field. McCarney will display UNT’s overhauled playbook while FIU will debut its new defensive coordinator Todd Orlando, who joined the Panthers coaching staff after 12 seasons with UCONN. UNT senior running back Lance Dunbar will need to improve on last year’s performance for the Mean Green to leave with a victory.

Dunbar was held to a season-low 30 yards rushing when the teams met in 2010.

“Our game pla n sta r ts with running t h e b a l l ,” redshirt sophomore quarterback Derek T h o m p s o n T.Y. s a i d . “ We HILTON have a great running back and a great offensive line. We have to set the tone early and hit them in the mouth so that the passing game will be set up for us to move the ball efficiently.”

The Mean Green’s all-time season debut record is 37-55-3.

UNT has won only two season openers in the past 14 years, most recently in 2009 against Ball State.

Key Matchup T.Y. Hilton (FIU) vs. UNT Secondary FIU’s star senior wide receiver and return specialist is the reigning Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year. UNT’s defense, especially its secondary, must find a way to contain FIU’s No. 1 threat in order to slow down the Panthers offense.

Thursday’s game starts at 6 p.m. and will be broadcasted on ESPN3.

A free watch party will be held at Apogee Stadium.

Sports Arts & Life UNT assistants introduce different skill sets

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Thursday, September 1, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

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Katie Grivna Arts & Life Editor

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Months of hard work all come down night.

A LEXtoYone OUNG Senior dance students will Staff Writer display their original works on After traveling almost Friday the first at the 5,000formiles to time compete New Choreographers across the Atlantic,Concert.

UNT The concert will start atcoach 8 p.m. volleyball assistant inSathe Theatretoin ra hUniversity Rumely hopes the Radio, Film and bring a Television, new perspective Performing Arts to Building. on the sport a team in General admission is $5 and Denton. tickets can be purchased the The 23-year-old gotather box office, over the phone, at in the volleyball career started door in advance. theand United States, becoming Students enrolled in dance one of the nation’s best professor Shelley Cushman’s setters while playing at the senior projectsof class are required University Kentucky. to choreograph or perform the The SEC Player of in the concert. also cancurrently complete a Year inThey 2009, she research study in fieldwork. owns the Wildcats’ all-time “Their work a culmination records foriscareer assiststo demonstrate knowledge they with 5,703the and 165 aces, have acquired course along with through rankingthe among ofttheir study,” said.y he Top 10 Cushman in Kentuck director hCushman, istor y i nthedartistic igs, at tack ofpercentage, the concert, is known for blocks and sets her background dance.her She played.

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earned the 2010 University Dance nine dancers accompanied by Educator of the Year from the focused lighting to make it seem as if they are each in their National Dance Association.

“They have to create a product, own motel room. Each dancer which the public is invited to see, is isolated from the others and and in this process they have to dances with minimalistic movesolve all of the problems they are ment for a strong impact. The given in order to create this work themes include love, loss, isolation are of art,” she said.

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Rumely’s alma mater is Ken“It’s a good program. We have content, form and theme, tucky University. some amazing faculty that have Cushman said. really pushedtechniques us far,” Wertand said.

From the 10 choreographed demonstrate All 56 dancers were chosen works at the concert, two dance strategies. department pieces were chosen to represent from Less the thandance two years older by some advanced UNT at the American College than of thechoreography players, one Some choreographers Dance Festival, including Amelia ofstudents.

Rumley’s strengths is her also decided to dance.

Cushman Wert’s “The Television is Watching ability to relate to members students to perform if Me Again” and Cassie Farzan ofallowed the team. were up look for thefor challenge.

Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.” they “I always diverCaldwell choreo“I set out with this image of a sity,”Rachel head coach Ken Murczek graphed Uncertainty” motel. I was interested in doing said.“ -Sarah Rumely You“Certain don’t want to have and is also performing in “Guess something different,” Wert said. too many people w ith the assistant volleyball coach Who’squa Notlities, Coming to Dinner,” “I thought about the idea of why same and Sara h choreog raphed byto have A n na people would want to stay at a was fortunate enough Womack. motel and wondered what they a successful college career “The style of the game is In Caldwell’s choreography, felt.” different internation- as well as playing internamuch dancers itexplore experiWert’s modern includes adds a the different ally,” Rumely said.piece “When you tionally;

“The style of the game is much different internationally.”

Castaneda hopes to add off-thecourt edge

BRETT MEDEIROS Staff Writer

In any sport, there are supporting casts for a team’s head coach who make everything happen behind the PHOTO BY AMBER PLUMLEY/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER scenes. Serving this role to head coach Ken Murczek Diego Castaneda, one of the two new assistant coaches of the Mean Green is UNT volleyball assistant volleyball team, writes up recaps from Tuesday’s game at the Mean Green coach Diego Castaneda.

Village volleyball complex. Castaneda’s alma mater is Baylor University.

Born in Bogota, Columbia, too good to pass up.”

May 31, 1985, Castaneda Recently, Castaneda worked started playing volleyball in as an assistant coach and techhigh school and took a couple nical coordinator for the U.S. of years off in college until PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN women’s national team known he started competing with Dance students perform “The Itch,” choreographed by dance senior Anna Olvera, at a rehearsal forTeam, the Newwhich Choreograas the A2 Blue club volleyball teams at Baylor phers Concert. consisted of collegiate players University. from across the country.

Eventually, a new investfeeling touch and harmonies. ence of being wearing “It wasofadance very with high-level ment in theblind sportbyled to a sound rather than sight,” Caldwell said her piece is about team,” blindfolds.

28Baylor rehearsals, the Castaneda said.with “It was job with In the volleyCaldwell said. four adapted to their blindness as an experience, not a real joy and experience to be balldancers team as an assistant Thethose concert willof also be held at hearing and touching senses to a handicap. around kinds players manager. p.m.long.”

Saturday and at 2:30 p.m.

“I was in my modern class last for8that help During them through the modern his time with Sunday in thejob University Theatre. semester and we Castaneda would lie on Castaneda’s piece. also worked with -Diego as assistant the Caldwell Bears, BU reached the For more information, visit www. ground and shut our eyes. music student Ryan Pivovar head coach consists of working Sweet 16 in the 2009 NCAAto the assistant volleyball coach danceandtheatre.unt.edu. compose a song of looped cello I wondered if I could capture a with the team’s middle blockers Nationals.

“When I looked at the team’s profile, I realized this was an amazing opportunity.”

Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton

degree in exercise science from Kentucky in 2010.

A f ter college, Rumely took her ta lents to t he inter nat iona l level a nd played with Nantes Volley

BY M ARLENE GONZALEZ Féminin in France for 10 Intern months, acquiring a new On Friday, off the skill set fromthe theshops European Denton game. Square will stay open later than usual.

Denton will have its monthly First Friday on the Square and Industrial Street area.

Live music, sculptures, stained glass, appetizers and art will be until 9 p.m. instead of Pavailable AUL BOTTONI Senior Staff Writer the regular 6 p.m.

For First Friday, art galleries The 2011-2012 schedule for andUNT businesses staybasketball open longer the women’s to give shoppers opportunity team was releasedanWednesday to admire and buy art. evening.

Several and The Meancommunities Green will open have11their ownroad First itscountries season Nov. on the FridayUT-Arlington. or First Thursday against It willeach be

perspective to the game.”

Senior libero Sarah Willey said she is excited to see what Rumely brings to the team.

“She [Ru mely] br ings a whole new level. I know our setters are receiving the best training possible, and I am excited to see how she helps the team grow,” Willey said.

“UCLA had never lost at home that season and [beating UCLA] that was definitely something I would never forget,” Castaneda said.

While at Baylor, Castaneda wife, Kregel, multiple thought met Leslie with Murczek it times would when be great to increase Murczek was awareness the communipart of theof Kansas volleyball ty’s artistic The talent culture, program. twoand knew each Kregel said.

Drawe contacted sources and created the website firstfridaydenton.com to establish the event.

“First Friday has no boss, no president.

I’m just in charge of be played the first time in four years the Alabama, the first Southeastern to the website–and building it into Houston Conference team to visit the in crosstown rivals have met.

PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN something because I started it,” and UNT’s first home game will be Super Pit since LSU in the 2002- Arizona Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday Texas.

Drawe said.

Nov. 14, when the Mean Green 2003 season.

Denton.

The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. onMean Friday.Green will play 15 Cimarrona, “IKregel’s t h i nbusiness, k The hosts non-conference opponent and warm h e hats, n o n scarves road games and a December t sells New Mexico. from old pher and UNT month, which idea tournament on ferencrecycled e in alumnus, Houston.said Thehe cclothing UNT will hostis13where gamesthe at the clothes. will KAREN helped start Denton’s FirstnonFriday schedule camePit, from. road games include Super including non-confer- slated “What is [to gain] a in in February 2010. HeState and his photograre we us hope foe Oregon – prepa enceShannon matchesDrawe, againstaSMU and conference ASTON mesh them together, [volleyball in the United States and internationa l volleyball] it really helps me be a better coach.”

Along with bringing extensive volleyball knowledge to UNT, Rumely trains the setters on t he tea m a nd act ively participates in practice to

other for about four and a half and analyzing statistical and years before they joined forces video content of opponents.

“His knowledge of being at UNT. “I was eager to start my around volleyball in the Big-12 coaching career and when I goes back so many years and he looked at the team’s profile, I was fortunate enough to have a STUDIO, one of little more visibility have the lotCreative of successArt there,” Murczek realized this was anand amazing the“He businesses has been public more aware of art said. culture said. can takethat an oppoopportunity,” Castaneda a part First Friday since in Denton that filmof and break it down to it “Once he asked me isn’t to helpalways out nent’s started.

Kregel said.was give us a huge advantage.”

I recognized,” couldn’t resist.

The offer Huttash said her main goal Merchants join with artists to help promote art and busi- is providing music for the event nesses. For example, an artist each month.

On Friday, Alex Riegelman, looking for a place to display his or her work could contact a local guitarist and blues a coffee shop owner willing to singer, will play in A Creative Art STUDIO. host the artist, said.

The schedule contains 13 for the rigors ofKregel the Sun Belt, Keriagainst Zimlich, a journalism Heath Robinson, a pharmacy teams that made which continues to get stronger games junior,or said she thinks the event junior, thinks the event will WNIT NCAA Tournament and stronger,” head coach Karen is a great opportunity bring said attention the creativity last season.to have Aston in a to press release. appearances fun. the community to offer.

The Mean Green will wrap “Even though it ishas a very tough “It’sregular not justseason one shop, “I think it’s a good way to up the whenbut it schedule, I believe our players all thetoshops getting together increase the exposure of theand arts travels Hot Springs, Ark., from and fans love the challenge to rekindle love of Belt art,” in Denton,” Robinson said.

March 2 to 5, that for the Sun will enjoy seeing highly competiZimlich said.

Huttash ow ns A Conference Tournament. tiveRobin basketball.”

Mean Green to start season against Mavericks

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UNT spending on Courthouse curfew is a disappointment the right track Editorial Later this year, UNT will begin renovating the much-ignored Science Research Building. The project is a $12 million investment into helping the university reaches its goal of being recognized as a Tier 1 research institute.

The planned changes to the Science Research Building are a part of a five-year plan, which also includes scheduled renovations to the University Union.

Although the bottom-line figure sounds like a hefty investment, The Editorial Board believes it is a commitment to excellence when it is needed more than ever.

This year’s freshmen class has higher SAT scores than the students that preceded them by a five percent margin and UNT’s admission office now accepts every one in three applicants. Enrollment is expected to reach an all-time high this fall. By 2016, the university hopes to cap enrollment at 45,000 students. Any money spent in expansion will provide better opportunities for future students.

Within the past year, students have also seen how bright the future can look when money is spent in planning and development.

In October, the 87,000 square-foot Life Sciences Complex opened in order to accommodate its rapidly growing research in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics and plant science. Construction on a 1,200 square-foot Zero Energy Research Laboratory in Discovery Park began in June. The Zero Energy lab will allow students to conduct research with sustainable technologies and will be a valuable asset to the engineering school.

Just recently, UNT approved plans for to create the first pharmacy school in the North Texas area. The pharmacy school is meant to be a collaborative effort between each UNT campus together to entice pre-pharmacy to study in Denton and finish their pharmacy at the Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

An estimated $9 million will need to be generated` over the next five years in order to complete the project. If UNT continues to spend where it matters, alumni and potential-donors alike will also see why it is worth contributing to UNT.

Here’s what our Facebook fans had to say about recent stories in the NT Daily A new state law will require students new to a college under the age of 30 to be vaccinated for meningitis beginning in Jan. 2012.

Lily Taylor We did this back in 2000 at an other school.

It was a good thing, b/c a few people got meningitis that year, but it didn’t spread beyond that.

Welcome freshmen, transfers and all-around newcomers to Denton. Let me show you to the cultural focal point of our fair town, the Courthouse and lawn of the historic Square. Oh, but make sure you don’t stay past midnight; it closes now.

As if Denton County decided to be our overbearing parents, it has enacted a curfew from midnight to 6 a.m. on the ha llowed g rounds of t he Courthouse and its surrounding lawn. The lights in the trees flipped off, the monument that inspired famed Denton architect O’Neill Ford shuttered, and the grounds emptied, all because some bozos broke a window and sprayed some paint. Yes, a few punk kids actually took to marking up those beautiful

trees and marbled stone.

Now do not get me wrong, we need to protect our city, but closing the tranquil meeting grounds of thousands of Denton residents for the night does not do so. Consider this: how often do you see police patrolling the Square at night? Not so much.

Now think about how often one is to see our police officers and their campus counterparts spending their evenings around Fry Street issuing public intoxication and driving-while-intoxicated citations. There is a bit stronger presence there, and rightly so.

The nightlife of Denton beyond Fry is firmly rooted around the Square, Courthouse and its lawn, if not for a few rad house parties here and there.

The clubs, bars and venues are packed night-to-night with merry patrons of the arts, drink and camaraderie.

Thus, for this relatively peaceful area, would it not be more beneficial to the state of the courthouse and the lawn for there to be more people around it? After all, if you were to see someone defacing the pride and joy of your town, wouldn’t you say something to the miscreant and put a stop to it? We as a city and county should be encouraging our populace to experience, share and take care of our Square, not turn people away for the lateness of the hour.

If nothing else, as evidence of the defamations in the local paper has proven, they are minor, and easily cleaned.

Why doesn’t the county hire someone to clean these little tags up? I’m sure someone could use the job, right?

Chris Walker is a music composition senior. He can be reached at fussbudget@ me.com.

Gates money could be used elsewhere For the 10th anniversary of September 11, the University of North Texas has decided to bring former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to come speak for the Distinguished Lecture Series. Gates will give us his opinion on what has changed since the tragic events that took place on that day. He will be paid $108,000, which includes $33,500 for travel expenses.

Yet while we are paying for Gates’ private jet, our professors are being forced into early retirement, the number of Internet courses has risen to replace those missing professors, tuition has increased by more than 200 percent in the last eight years and our class sizes are growing.

According to the Dallas Morning News, 60,000 Texas

students will lose their financial aid by 2013 because of the budget cuts incurred during the last legislative session. More than 70 percent of UNT students are able to attend this university through financial aid.

Now, let’s ask ourselves: is this the best way we can spend $108,000? That’s about enough tuition for 40 students this semester.

We are paying to have a man who barely evaded prosecutions in the Iran-Contra scandal come speak at our university. In the late 1980s, Gates was deputy director of the CIA while agents of the US sold weapons to Iran (our supposed enemy), using the cash from those sales to fund Contra death squads in Nicaragua, who in turn sent

cocaine to the United States on CIA airplanes. According to the Independent Counsel investigating Iran-Contra, Gates “was close to many figures who played significant roles in the IranContra affair and was in a position to have known of their activities.” After all of that, he was made director of the CIA. Gates left the CIA when Bill Clinton came to office in 1993.

For 13 years he became a wellconnected renaissance man who worked in academia, corporate boards of defense and CIA contractors, investment banks, mining companies and an electronic voting machine company.

Then in 2006, he was appointed secretary of defense, helping to design and implement the escalation of the Iraq War, also

known as the “surge.”

In a move meant to show bipa r t isa nsh ip, President Obama kept Gates on after his election and put him in a position to lead the escalation of the Afghan War. I ask that the Distinguished Lecture Series stop paying outrageous speaking fees to farright politicians and bureaucrats like George W. Bush and Robert Gates to come speak at our university. If they decide to continue, hopefully they will at least get Noam Chomsky or Naomi Klein to come speak to keep the balance.

Will Wooten is a public affairs graduate student. He can be reached at ww8410@yahoo. com.

Steve Jobs’ resignation a loss for all The resignation of Silicon Valley’s rock star CEO, Steve Jobs, comes as a loss for Silicon Valley. But it’s also a loss for the nation, which is in desperate need of entrepreneurial leadership to get us out of this economic slump.

The Valley has had some true titans, and Jobs, with his unparalleled talent for marrying tech-

nology, design and entertainment, stands alongside them.

The iPhone isn’t Dick Tracy stuff. It’s way beyond what anyone dreamed of even five years before it was invented. An attractive, sleek phone, music player, book reader, television, video library and so much more — in the palm of our hands. This is the very definition of genius.

Jobs knew failure as well as he did success. He was unceremoniously removed as chairman of Apple in 1985. But he learned from that failure and, in true Silicon Valley fashion, returned with a flourish, dreaming up product after cool product that screamed to the world, “Can you top this?” Apple has become its own industry.

Jobs closed his letter of resignation to the Apple board by saying, “I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it.” The Valley and the nation can only hope that is true.

A version of this editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury Sun on Aug. 25.

Elizabeth Garza Idk what the big hoopla is over this. Way back then, you were required to get vaccinations for elementary, middle, and high school before you could attend. Being in a larger school with more people, there’s a greater chance for infection. Meningitis is a nasty infection and I don’t think anyone wants to try and vouch different by contracting it. I’m quite glad UNT is doing all it can to ensure its students remain safe.

Former U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, paid $108,000 to speak at UNT.

Illiana Vs Great! I heard him speak as A&M’s president, but would love to hear his take on events since he left academia.

And UNT is doing a good thing by inviting anyone to speak here, no matter what side of whatever coin you choose--it’s how we keep our minds and dialogues open.

Rebecca GetEqual Barber Disgusting. No one should be paid that much simply to give a speech. I don’t care what the event is, UNT needs to start thinking about what students want. The best option would be to stop getting political speakers. Gates was one of the people who advised Bush to invade Iraq and Iran, and for that, no matter who else he worked under, I refuse to support him. It’s a shame UNT appears to support this needless war.

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