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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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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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