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Packed house not enough to propel UNT

City calls for balcony inspections A NN SMAJSTRLA Staff Writer

PAUL BOTTONI

Senior Staff Writer The fans turned out in droves. The atmosphere was electric. But the energy brought by a crowd of 28,075 was not enough as the UNT football team lost to the Houston Cougars 48-23 in Saturday night’s debut of Apogee Stadium. The Apogee crowd was a sea of UNT green with islands of Houston red. The gathering of Mean Green fanatics was the third-largest attendance for a UNT on-campus home game and provided an energetic environment. “I thought we played with great emotion in t he f irst half and were feeding off the energy from that great crowd,” UNT football head coach Dan McCarney said. “Unfortunately, it is a four-quarter game and

we didn’t manage that energy in the second half.” Despite three turnovers, which led to 10 points for Houston, UNT kept pace with the Cougars in the first half. UNT f reshma n qua r terback Austin McNulty – who didn’t start, but was used in certain situations throughout the game – scored the first ever touchdow n at Apogee at the 9:07 mark in the first quarter with a 10-yard run, giving UNT the first lead of the game. McNulty’s score was the first Mean Green touchdown of the season. T he boisterous Apogee crowd caused problems for Houston, forcing the Cougars to use timeouts and commit penalties.

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Three men who were injured on Sept. 3 i n t he ba lcony collapse at The Grove apartment complex are currently in “good condition,” according to a spokeswoman for Harris Me t h o d i s t Ho s pit a l w h o declined to be named. T he Gr ov e’s m a n a g i n g c ompa ny, C a mpu s C re st , issued a statement after the incident saying the balcony was a “non-weight bearing structure” and “not designed to support the weight of three full grown adults.” C it y of f ic i a l s a r e now t a k i ng ac t ion to ident i f y other potential “non-weight bearing” structures at apartment complexes in Denton to prevent the same type of incident from happening again. “A s a p r e c a u t i o n a r y measure, cit y of f icia ls a re in the process of contacting a ny apa r t ment complexes in the community that have s i m i l a r g u a r d r a i l s a nd asking them to inspect and/ or secure any access to them,” John Cabrales, public information officer for the city of Denton, wrote in an updated statement. G r a nt D r a p e r, G a r r e t t Draper and Tony Garcia fell 30 feet when the balcony they were standing on detached from the building and fell to the parking lot below. They were subsequently airlifted to the hospital where, until now, Garrett Draper remained in serious condition and the other two men remained in fair condition. Employees at The Forum, a st udent-t a rgeted apa r tment complex i n Denton, confirmed rumors that began circulating shortly after the incident that The Forum is currently offering a “Grove Special” for residents of The Grove w ish ing to move to The For um. However, t hey declined to comment on the promotion any further.

PHOTOS BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Top: Apogee Stadium opened its gates Saturday night to a crowd of 28,075 fans. It was third-largest crowd in UNT’s history. Above: Students show the eagle claw during the Mean Green’s opening game at Apogee Stadium on Saturday.

UNT sets freshman enrollment record A LEX M ACON

Senior Staff Writer UNT’s enrollment for the fall semester has set several records, including the university’s largest-ever freshman class, a higher number of graduate students and an increase in the number of credit hours being

taken by UNT students. UNT’s preliminary headcount enrollment, taken on the 12th class day of the semester, also found a 2.5 percent increase in the number of international students.

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What’s Inside PHOTOS BY JUN MA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Professors track students’ activity on Blackboard

UNT’s new parking garage on Highland Street opened this fall. The garage offers students an alternative to purchasing a parking permit as it allows them to pay for parking hourly.

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UNT’s newest parking garage has become a welcome relief to the already cramped parking situation, with several hundred students using it daily, said Joe Richmond, director of parking

and transportation. The Highland Street garage has added 982 spaces to campus, and last Thursday alone, 506 cars exited the garage, 421 of which were hourly users and 85 access card users. The Union Circle garage saw

787 exits by hourly users, and 99 by access card holders. Richmond said the convenience and location of the parking garages are what make them so attractive. “The cost can be prohibitive perceptually,” Richmond

said. “But it is great for students and visitors for daily use, and it is bringing about a cultural change because we lost surface area parking due to the new business building.”

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Although total enrollment at UNT this fall is 35,754 students – 364 less than last year – the freshman class grew by more than 300 students from 3,763 to 4,069. “We expected [freshman enrollment] to be up,” said Troy Johnson, vice provost and associate vice president for enrollment management. “How high we were up was a pleasant surprise.” Although official numbers have not been released, Johnson said there is rarely a significant difference from the preliminary count. Johnson att ributed t he overall lower enrollment to UNT’s success in graduating students. “Whenever you graduate so successfully, you have trouble replacing them,” Johnson said. “We tell incoming students,

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‘It’s not about enrolling you, it’s about graduating you.’” UNT’s four-year graduation rate has improved from 22 percent to 24.4 percent, and UNT awarded 633 more degrees last year than the previous year. The number of graduate students enrolled at UNT increased from 1,658 to 1,744. This is good news for UNT, which in recent years has been striving to make itself known as a national research institution, according to a UNT press release. Johnson said the university saw a 15 percent spike in admission applications from high school graduates, and the growth of the freshman class occurred despite UNT turning down 10 percent more applicants than last year. According to the university’s press release on the fall

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Not only has the new garage allowed faculty, staff and students another place to park, permits are not necessary to use the garage, and recent numbers show that alternative options like taking the bus or riding a bike could contribute to lower numbers of permits sold. Parking is an auxiliary to the university, meaning that UNT does not receive state funding to improve its parking conditions, so all money the parking office receives comes by way of revenue from citations and permits, Richmond said. The price for a general parking permit increased $20 from $115 to $135, and premium parking increased $45 from $180 to $225. Richmond said the numbers for the total amount of revenue from the sale of these permits has not been calculated yet. There have been 14,783 permits sold between faculty, staff and students, compared to last year’s number of 15,510, a decrease of 727 permits. Rachel Newton, a business junior, said she likes the location of the new parking garage because she has classes in the Business Leadership Building and Wooten Hall. “I ended up buying an access card because I used the old garage

so much,” Newton said. “It is a lot of money, but it’s convenient.” Sara Flores, an education senior, said she uses the garage every day and currently uses it because she has a rental car. “I like it, but I wish there was

enrollment numbers, the new freshman class features more students from the top ranks of the 2011 high school graduates, and the average SAT test score of these incoming freshmen is 1105, four points higher than last year. Johnson said the increased enrollment among freshman and graduate students was likely to continue, emphasizing that the most important thing about this fall’s enrollment numbers was the “quality, not quantity” of new students. “In recent years, our reputat ion has steadi ly been improving,” Johnson said. A lexis Romero, a music freshman who was a straightA student in high school, said he came to UNT for its worldrenowned music program and the “awesome bands.” “I definitely want to stay here the four years and get my degree,” Romero said. He also said he was consid-

more [general] parking closer to campus that I could use,” she said. The hourly rate for the Highland Street and Union Circle garages is about $2, with a $10 maximum daily rate. Semester passes for the garages are $350, and yearly access is $850.

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The new UNT parking garage, located on Highland Street has added 982 parking spaces to campus.

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ering staying after graduating to get his master’s degree. Some freshman students came to UNT based on something less tangible than degree

“I toured the campus with my sister and just fell in love with the place,” Davis said. “It’s not boring. I love the atmosphere.”

programs or new stadiums. Jamesia Davis, a kinesiology freshman, said she had visited a few colleges in North Texas before deciding on UNT.

Blackboard monitoring software allows professors to track students NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer

As teachers are encouraged to include online portions in their classes, students and professors have even more options to monitor progress outside of the classroom. Blackboard Vista, the website used to facilitate assignments outside of class, has many components to aid teachers and students, including a feature to monitor how often students log on and for how long they are online. “I can’t guarantee that no faculty member is using that to determine a grade,” said Jane Himmel, associate director of the Center for Learning Enhancement. “But we don’t encourage it. Faculty may use that tracking tool to see if students are logging in and doing things for the course, so it’s more of a tool that helps you try to put together what is going on in the course.” Stephanie Coss, a communications senior, said she previously had a professor inform her class about how closely activity on Blackboard would be monitored.

“I can’t guarantee that no faculty member is using that to determine a grade.”

—Jane Himmel Associate director of the Center for Learning Enhancement many online sessions a student has had during the weekdays on average. “Under the ‘My Progress’ tab, students are allowed to see how they are doing in the class,” Himmel said. “If students are having trouble with a particular topic, this can be an indication of whether or not the topic needs a better explanation. It doesn’t follow the students; it just sees what they’re doing.” Mary Harris, Meadows Chair for Excellence in Education, said students should be aware that faculty can monitor their activity. “I teach online, and I don’t use the tracking unless I am very concerned about a student to see if they’re doing well online,” she said.

“She told us to check Blackboard often, and if we gave minimal effort, we would receive a low grade in the class,” Coss said. There is no current requirement t hat facu lt y ma ke students aware that they can access their Blackboard information, but Himmel said this is most likely because it is “a given” for students. “Students know that their teacher will be checking for posted assignments and in cases where there is a discussion board will be checking on those too,” Himmel said. With the tracking tool, faculty can run reports to find out an array of statistics, such as how often students are using online tools, which pages they are viewing the most, and how

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Sunday 11:52 a.m. – A UNT police officer found graffiti on the General Academic Building. The information was sent to investigations.

student at Apogee Stadium. The student was under suspicion of possession of marijuana and resisted arrest. He was arrested and taken to the Denton County Jail.

Saturday

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7 p.m. – A UNT police officer made contact with a 21-year-old

4:36 p.m. – A UNT police detective requested a case

nu mb er to i nv e s t ig ate possible online solicitation of a minor from a computer in Willis Library. An offense report was completed.

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Local trio creates homemade online music shows BRITTNI BARNETT Senior Staff Writer

Brothers Sam and Marcus Coronado, along with their roommate, Blake Eakin, invite local bands to set up shop in their living room, play a set and then share a meal at their dining room table. One more thing: they record it all for their show, “A Small, Good Thing.” The idea has garnered attention lately on local music blogs, but the founders stress the importance of focusing on local talent. “Going along with that idea of community, we’re giving back to the community, but also creating community,” Eakin, an anthropology senior, said. “The Denton music scene; we saw it as fragmented and we just kind of wanted to bring it together.” When selecting bands for the show, Eakin said they try to feature bands that reflect Denton music. “It’s less of an idea and more of a feeling,” Eakin said. “We’ll just be sitting there, and there will be a moment and we’ll be like, that’s Denton.” In addition to playing a set, the featured band is interviewed over a meal, typically selected and prepared by the hosts. “I think in a lot of ways the show is about how food is such a big part of the community,” Eakin said. “And how it’s really

important and kind of binds us all together.” The food, set design and lighting are all meant to reflect the band that is featured on each episode, Sam Coronado, a political science junior, said. “You know, we’re not trying to do this to make money,” Marcus Coronado, a photography senior, said. “This is just a really great hobby for us; this is how we spend our weekend.” The show’s pilot episode was released in June and featured the band Sacco and Vanzetti, a band composed primarily of the show’s founders. “We did ourselves first because we knew it would be the easiest to do,” Eakin said. “We knew there would probably be a lot of things that just didn’t work out, things that we just couldn’t foresee, a lot of hiccups, and we knew we would be the ones most tolerant to that.” Erin Kane, a theatre arts junior, said “A Small, Good Thing” is a great idea for a musically inclined town like Denton. “It helps in finding new bands to love and go see live,” she said. “Also, learning the back stories and concepts of the bands is immensely fascinating.” The sixth episode of “A Small, Good Thing” was released Friday and spotlights Roy Robertson and his band.

PHOTO COURTESY OF A SMALL GOOD THING

Max Brown of the band Savage and the Big Beat gets ready to perform as part of the webcast put on by “A Small, Good Thing,” a Denton group that hosts live webcasts of local musicians. Other groups the show has featured include Savage and t he Big Beat, Bloodw itch, Achtöne and Pet Hospital. “We were really excited and honored to be one of the first acts,” said Aaron Mitchell, a

Feral cats fixed, set free A SHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY Senior Staff Writer

Dallas Newell catches cats. In 35 years of volunteering for animal rescue, she’s wrangled more than 500 felines in her attempt to improve the health and reduce the number of feral cats in the area. Once ca l led, Newel l dispatches with a live-trap to capture the cats, day or night. Salmon or sardines are used as bait, and as a cat walks in the cage, it steps on a pedal that triggers a trap door to swing shut behind it. The cats Newell catches are spayed or neutered and released back where they were found. Feral cats are not stray cats, according to t he Humane Society of the United States website. Feral cats are the offspring of domestic cats. Unlike strays, ferals have never had homes and band together in colonies. The number of these colonies is increasing, said Newell, co-founder of the UNT Feral Cat Rescue Group. For 13 years, the group has assisted in humanely reducing and fostering feral cats on campus. “Little by little, rescue groups are trying to be more active in trapping and neutering them,” Newell said. The city of Denton approved a feral cat ordinance in 2008 t hat lega l i zed t he ma i ntaining of a feral cat colony as long as they are spayed and neutered. “They’re not wildlife, but they’re not tamed either,” said Nancy Kelly, director of the UNT Feral Cat Rescue Group. “They don’t survive like wild-

PHOTO BY ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY/SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Two feral cats playfully interact after crawling from a hole on the side of an old Denton fire station located on Avenue B Monday evening. The feral cat population has been increasing for many years. life like people think they do.” Twenty-one food and sleep shelters are discreetly placed on campus for the feral cats so they are well fed and undisturbed. Newell said they have had trouble in the past with vandalism of the shelters. By neutering the cats, Newell said, the number of health risks to them and their offspring is reduced significantly.

If the cats are neutered and well kept in shelters, it creates a much cleaner environment where the cats are living and poses less of a problem for residents, Newell said. A flat cut is made on the left ear of feral cats to indicate if they’re being maintained or not. For more information on how to maintain feral cats, visit alleycat.org.

UNT alumnus and member of Achtöne. “We felt we were guests in somebody’s home rather than at a gig. It really was a small, good thing.” Each of the founders shares t he re spon sibi l it y of set

design, shooting and editing, and each episode takes about two weeks to put together, Sam Coronado said. He s a id t he show ha s already surpassed his expectations and he is hoping that

it w i l l become a staple of Denton. “Denton is such a sleepy town, but there’s a lot going on here,” Marcus Coronado said. “You don’t really have to look hard to find it.”

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Football “They did a great job of keeping us in the game and raised a lot of problems when they were on the field,” redshirt sophomore quarterback Derek Thompson said. “I couldn’t stand next to my teammate and hear what he was saying.” The Mean Green held Houston quarterback Case Keenum to nine completions and one touchdown in the first half. The Heisman Trophy hopeful said he thought UNT came out swinging. “You gotta give it to [UNT] for coming out and playing hard like that and putting some points on the board,” Keenum said. “There were some times where we weren’t executing on third down, but we turned it around in the second half.” The score was 20-17 in favor of Houston at halftime, but the dam burst when the teams returned from the locker rooms. Houston pieced together four consecutive scoring drives in which Keenum tossed four

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touchdow ns, causing t he crowd to thin as the scoring gap widened. The Mean Green added another touchdown in the fourth quarter – a 5-yard rush by senior running back Lance Dunbar – but by that time the outcome was sealed. “We did do some things better, no question about it,” McCarney said. “Anytime you score 23 points it’s an improvement over zero, which is what [the offense] scored last week – but it wasn’t enough.” Sophomore wide receiver Brelan Chancellor was a bright spot, setting a new mark for the most all-purpose yards in a UNT game. Chancellor finished with 332 yards off kick returns and receptions. The Mean Green continues its five-game gauntlet – three of UNT’s first five opponents are 2010 bowl game winners – when UNT travels to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to face the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday.

PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior wide receiver Michael Outlaw gets taken down by Zachary McMillian of the University of Houston. The Mean Green lost 48-23 against the Cougars, making it 0-2 this season.

Men’s golf team captures second place in Gopher Invitational AUSTIN SCHUBERT Intern

The men’s golf team opened its season in strong fashion Sunday, placing second out of 14 teams at the Gopher Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. Over the course of the two-day, three-round tournament, UNT finished three strokes back of first-Arkansas and placed all five of its golfers in the Top-25.

Sunday Day one of the Invitational saw two rounds of action on the 7020yard, par-72 course. Junior Rodolfo Cazaubon led the way for UNT in the opening rounds. After stumbling to a 2-over-par 74 in the first, Cazaubon found his groove in the second, birdying six holes en route to a 69. This left him tied for third place overall with

two others at 1-under-par and four strokes behind tournament leader Paul McNamara of Notre Dame. Surprisingly, junior Carlos Ortiz, the defending Sun Belt Conference Individual Champion, fell to 37th place after two rounds, finishing the day at 7-over-par. At the end of day one, UNT stood alone in sixth place as a team at 14-over-par.

Monday The second day of the tournament saw four of the five Mean Green golfers ascend up the leaderboard in the final round, allowing UNT to finish second. Cazaubon improved to ninth overall with a 5-over-par 77 but still had the best finish for UNT. Ortiz finally found his form with a 1-over 73, allowing him to finish tied for 22nd with Donahoe and three others. The team will return to action at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Burlington, Iowa, Sep. 25-27. Players and coaches weren’t available for comment.

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Junior Curtis Donahoe watches his ball as he chips it over the small hill on the golf course in Trophy Club on Thursday. He was preparing for the Gopher Invitational that took place over the weekend in Minnesota.

UNT splits weekend games BOBBY LEWIS

Senior Staff Writer The UNT women’s soccer team tied a school record in a win over Sam Houston Friday, but it’s what the team didn’t do that may have cost it a shot at breaking the record two days later against Baylor. With its win over the Bearkats,

the Mean Green (5-1-1) tied its longest unbeaten streak to start a season, but the streak was snapped in Sunday’s loss to the Bears. “I think we missed some opportunities to put Sam Houston away,” head coach John Hedlund said. “We probably could’ve rested some of

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our starters in the second half, which probably would’ve helped us against Baylor. It becomes kind of a domino effect.”

Sam Houston The Mean Green (5-1-1) started the weekend on a positive note, defeating Sam Houston (3-5) 3-1 Friday at the Mean Green Soccer Complex. UN T d id n’t wa ste a ny time scoring, as sophomore defender Kelsey Hodges scored two minutes into the game off a corner kick from senior midfielder Julie Lackey. The Bearkats got a chip shot over freshman goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine to tie the game up in the 10th minute, but UNT reclaimed the lead less than a minute later off the foot of senior midfielder Hannah Crawford. The goal was Crawford’s first in her 63-game UNT career. “I didn’t play my best,” Crawford said. “After I messed up in the back, I just knew I needed to pick it up and get that goal.” Junior for ward Michelle Young added her fifth goal of the year seven minutes later to end the scoring for the night.

Baylor UNT’s unbeaten st rea k was halted seven games into the season, as Baylor (6-1-1) blanked the Mean Green 2-0 Sunday in Waco. UNT was shor t ha nded, missing injured freshmen midfielders Haley Dockray and Leah Cox and senior defender Shannon Gorrie, who have combined to make eight starts this season. Baylor was able to bring 12 players off its bench, while UNT only had four substitutes.

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Protesters soured Gates’ 9/11 speech

UNT planned for stadium, neglected safety Editorial Saturday’s Apogee opener against Houston started out with a bang when Brelan Chancellor returned the opening kickoff to Houston’s 46-yard line. You shouldn’t worry if you missed the electrifying exchange between the two teams that took place afterward because you were still walking down the partially shutdown bridge over Interstate Highway 35. Considering UNT’s inability to plan ahead, surely you weren’t the only one. The UNT athletic department chalked up the 7-to-10 minute walk from Fouts Field to Apogee Stadium as your typical college game-day experience – that is, unless you donate money to the university. Members of the “Mean Green Donor Club” were rewarded with a more exclusive game-day experience, as members of the club only had to walk from the Victory Hall parking lot to the stadium. If you’re a musician in the Green Brigade, though, have fun walking with your tuba down the grass shoulder of Bonnie Brae. On Saturday, ADA also stood for the “Americans with Donations Accommodation” instead of the Americans with Disability Act. Handicapped parking was available on a first-come, firstserved basis throughout the campus. If needed, assistance would be provided from Fouts Field to Apogee Stadium. Although, the athletic department did not specify what type of assistance it would provide. It speaks volumes about the athletic department’s priorities when donors have parking spots within a close proximity to the stadium and handicapped parking is available across the highway. It is simply not enough to just provide assistance from Fouts Field to Apogee Stadium for those with disabilities, either. Tailgating was another problem posed by the opening of Apogee Stadium. Some students paid for passes to tailgate at “The Hill” at Apogee. Other students paid for parking and tailgating at Fouts Field when the advertised 65-acre area filled up at the stadium more than three hours before kickoff. Inebriated students and football fans walking across a partially shutdown I-35 sounds like just the thing to take UNT’s game-day mess to a full-blown disaster. Luckily, the Board of Regents passed plans for a pedestrian bridge at its Aug. 18 meeting to provide a link from the main campus to Apogee Stadium. Construction for the bridge won’t begin until the winter and won’t be completed until August 2012. However, the arrival of the pedestrian bridge should help alleviate the future game-day parking problems and overall clutter from UNT’s lack of planning. But until then, Godspeed and safe travels.

Campus Chat

It happened aga i n ; ou r universit y inv ited a hig hpr of i le s p e a k e r f or ou r Distinguished Lecture Series and fellow students chose to be disrespectful and interrupt our guest speaker this past Wednesday. In the same way that did President Bush did when it happened to him, Gates was able to play off the interruption with a funny comment. Now, I’m not a h a rdcore conser vative, nor a m I an extreme liberal. I am a moderate person who believes that we should respect others and their opinions, especially when we have conf lict ing views. The Distinguished Lecture Ser ies i s mea nt to br i ng “world-class” speakers to the North Texas community in order to expose attendees of these lectures to people whom many of us would not ordinarily be able to see in person. I’m sure that there are some of us who wou ld love for protesting (and singing!) to occur during the occasional

dry class session. After all, that’s what we are paying our tuition for, right? Then aga in, you’ve a lso got people like me: I love all my classes and the subjects that I’m studying and I would be upset if someone were to interrupt one of my professors in order to prevent me from acquiring information that I hope to obtain. Yes, the lecture series is not a class but the same principle still applies: we should not use our inalienable rights to prevent others from obtaining i n f or m at ion t h r ou g h a n outlet of their own free choice which, in this case, would be Rober t Gates’ speech about h is v iew s on 9/11. The students who decided to protest the speech were practicing their rights to free speech through musical interpretation, which was clever, but singing at a volume louder t han an older gent leman’s spea k ing voice was a poor choice to make in deciding when to use one’s inalienable rights.

There was also a flier being passed around that had some deplorable i n for mat ion about Dr. Gates. W hile the f lier may have been enterta ining a nd interesting, it was also cowardly since the author chose to remain anonymous. It is also upsetting these students chose to take limited seats on the f loor to stage t hei r prote st , s e at s t h at students who wanted to be there would have enjoyed. Personally, I felt as though I were watching a modern interpretation of the musical “Evita” when the protesters were singing. However, some people went to hear our former secretary of defense, not to see some halftime performance. Ne ver t hele s s, ou r fel low students felt that they had something worthy of being heard during the duration of the speech. These students should have found what Stephen Covey refers to as the “third way.” The “third way” could be to form an organized student

g r oup on c a mpu s. T he y could host their own event at a separate location, on the same time and day, in order to compete against events in which they are in protest. That way everyone had a choice as to which event they would like to attend and it could also increase student i nvolvement on c a mpu s, something that this school needs.

Matt Florez is a philosophy and political science senior. He can be reached at matthewflorez@my.unt.edu.

ACLU launches Don’t Filter Me campaign The Trevor Project is an or g a n i z at ion de v ote d to preventing suicides among gay and lesbian teenagers. While it has been honored by the W hite House, some students have been barred from accessing the group’s website using school c omputer s, e ven t hou g h t he schools a llow t hem to view all sorts of other sites, including some with anti-gay messages. This censorship of gayt hemed, non-sex ua l ly explicit sites has resulted in an American Civil Liberties Union campaign called “Don’t Filter Me!” It’s good advice, and not just because it might spare a school district a lawsuit. The original culprits in this snafu are not the schools but commercial Internet filtering

prog ra ms t hat block gaythemed sites along with more explicit sites that may include material that would be inappropriate for students. It’s the schools, however, that make the final decision on what is filtered. Some schools may have consciously banned sites such as the Trevor Project on the erroneous assumption that students can (and should) be shielded from discussions of homosex ua l it y. Ot hers genuinely thought they were blocking only pornography. Eit her way, t he resu lt has been censorship. Fi lter i ng prog ra ms a lso have blocked t he sites of PFL AG (Pa rents, Fa m i l ies and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Net w or k , a not her W h ite

House honoree). That’s fine with some social conservatives, who see such sites as propagating a “homosexual agenda,” a fair charge only if one defines the agenda as preaching respect for gay people. Yet even if one sees such sites as polemical, the same is t r ue of a nt i-gay-r ig ht s websites such as the Family Resea rch Counci l a nd t he Nat iona l Orga ni zat ion for Ma r r iage, wh ich st udents can view. As a result of the “Don’t Filter Me!” campaign, some pr o v id e r s of f i lt e r s a r e changing their software, and several school districts have agreed to unblock non-sexual, gay-themed content. The ACLU is also suing a school district in Missouri over it s f i lter i ng pol ic y,

a r g u i n g t h at it v iol at e s st udent s’ r ig ht s u nder a 1982 Supreme Cour t decision preventing schools from removing controversial books from their libraries. That is a weight y lega l a rg ument, but the paramount reason for schools to stop blocking these sites is educational. Within sensible limits (such as a restriction on sexually explicit material), allowing students to browse the Web expands their horizons and, in the case of sites like the Trevor Project, could save their lives. It shouldn’t take a warning let ter f rom t he ACLU to convince school administrators of that proposition. The editorial above appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Sept. 8.

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