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Sustainability projects save energy, money ISAAC WRIGHT

Assigning Editor UNT has pledged to become a more environmentally sustainable institution and, though construction for some green projects is causing students to seek alternate routes, the overall plan is on schedule.

In fall 2010, UNT partnered with Schneider Electric to launch an energy savings project to make the university a greener, more efficient institution.

The three-year contract includes renovations to the university’s chilled water loop infrastructure, which allows the air conditioning to keep buildings at a comfortable temperature. Workers also installed motion sensors in many buildings to turn off lights automatically to save electricity.

“It’s an upgrade to the current in f rast r uct u re system on campus,” said Lauren Helixon, assistant director of operations for the Office of Sustainability.

“It’s focused on energy savings and cost savings.”

T hese renov at ion s a re

expected to save UNT $3.2 million a year in energy costs, and Schneider Electric has guaranteed the university will save more than $42 million over the next 20 years.

UNT took out a loan to pay for the renovations, but the savings provided by the work is expected to cover the project’s cost.

The three-year contract with Schneider Electric goes by the name SMART, an acronym that stands for Save, Measure, Achieve, Reduce and Track, according to the website smartenergy.unt.edu.

The site provides the UNT community with a list of the initiatives being completed under the project.

Currently, the underground chilled water loop is being replaced around the GAB, Science Research, Auditorium, Language and Chemistry buildings along with Curry, Hickory and Marquis halls. The entire energy saving initiative will be completed by May 2013.

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Construction workers lay pipe outside the General Academic Building Tuesday afternoon. Construction on campus has forced students to seek other routes to See DORM on Page 2 classes.

City welcomes UNT alum, outlines new mobility plan City Council approves budget, redistricting map A LEX M ACON

Senior Staff Writer

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Denton City Council met Tuesday to discuss the city budget and zoning. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month.

UNT alumnus appointed as police chief A MY SCAGGS Intern

As Denton Police Department’s newly appointed chief of police, UNT alumnus Warren Lee Howell said he plans to improve performance in the department and continue the old habit of good relationships with UNT police.

After the retirement of former chief Roy Minter in February,

the Denton City Council chose Howell from a group of five different candidates picked during a nationwide search, according to the Denton Police Department website.

D e nt on M a y or M a r k Burroughs pointed to Howell’s commitment to the Denton community and his leadership skills as the qualifications that led the Council to its decision to appoint him.

“I would hope and expect that he will bring a bold leadership style and his own ideas and creativity to the department to hopefully bring it even a step

above,” Burroughs said.

Howell served as a captain for Denton Police Department until 2004, when he left to begin a job as Denton’s deputy sheriff.

He holds a bachelor’s degree of applied arts and sciences from UNT as well as several certifications and awards, including a Police Commendation Award in 1985 and 1994, Meritorious Conduct Award in 2002 and Supervisor of the Year in 2002, all awarded while he worked at Denton Police Department.

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The Denton City Council unanimously approved the city’s $587 million budget for the fiscal year 2011-2012 on Tuesday night.

“It’s always anticlimactic, these votes,” quipped Mayor Mark Burroughs after the 7-0 vote, referring to the months of work sessions and public hearings that took place before the budget’s passage.

The budget will go into effect Oct. 1 and includes no tax increases. It also created a street development fund, with $5.7 million going toward the street department’s budget. The base rate for electricity in the city will remain the same, although the water rate will increase by about 9.5 percent a month.

“It’s been a very encouraging year,” said Mayor Pro Tem Pete Kamp. “We haven’t had to lay anybody off and have had very conservative management.”

Informally decided last week, the budget is sending $100,000 toward the city’s bike plan, which will add about 10 miles of new bike lanes in the next year.

Two Denton County commissioners pledged to commit an additional $100,000 to the plan, Kamp said.

Kamp said the bike plan funding was due in large part to

UNT Foundation manages donations SARAH BETTIS Intern

and continues to expand today.

“The UNT Foundation doesn’t bring in the money,” executive director Jerry Holbert said. “The University is the one who does.

We don’t act as a fundraiser for the school. We’re here to simply manage the money in the way the donors specify.”

Total income during the 2011 fiscal year amounted to $36 million. However, the average for the last three years is less than half of that at $14 million.

Si nce 1972, t he U N T Foundation has been charged with managing donations, endowments and other gifts made to the university as well as making decisions on investments.

This year, the university’s net assets amounted to $92,148,675, which includes cash, investments and property. The nonprofit organization was chartered under provisions of the Texas Non-profit Corporation Act on June 27, 1972, See FOUNDATION on Page 2

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At the UNT Foundation in the Gateway Center Susan Sanders, the director of development of the College of Visual Arts and Design and Stan Walker, assistant vice president for Fund Development, discuss donor strategies for a specific individual during an impromptu meeting Tuesday.

the efforts of local bike enthusiasts, who voiced their support at a City Council public hearing earlier this month.

“There have been some years we haven’t heard any citizen input,” Kamp said. “There is really more community engagement than I’ve seen, particularly among the bike community.”

The additional $233,676 of the city’s “discretionary funds” will help fund Council initiatives, said Mark Cunningham, director of planning and development for the city of Denton.

Council initiatives that will be discussed in the coming months include street maintenance and a DCTA shuttle.

The Council also finalized the redistricting map to be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice for approval.

The new map – actually a return to an older version of the map, after protests from residents in District 1 – keeps the Court house-on-t he-Squa re in District 1 and significantly shrinks the size of District 4 in the southeast, an area that has seen growth in recent years.

The federal government must review the map to ensure minority groups are fairly represented and the population distribution is fair before the redistricting will go into effect.

A new ordinance making it illegal for sex offenders of children to reside within 1,500 feet of locations where children gather, such as schools and parks, was also adopted during Tuesday’s meeting.

The rise of privately owned student housing in Denton will also continue. The Council voted 6-1 to rezone property located across from UNT on Eagle Drive, which will allow C r o s s w i nd D e v e lopme nt Pa r t ner s to c on st r uc t a 65-foot-tall, 209-unit apartment complex, with the stipulations that the building not exceed 65 feet in height and apartments be limited to four residents.

Earlier in the day, the City Council met in a work session to discuss the possibility of changing city laws to allow mobile food carts. The same mobile food carts seen on campus at UNT are currently illegal on city property.

Kamp said mobile food carts, especially on the Square, would help improve Denton culturally and economically.

“They’ve been very successful in Austin and Portland,” Kamp said. “Denton can join the great food truck race.”

City Council members met with the city’s attorneys in a closed session early Tuesday afternoon to discuss legal issues that could result from the collapse of a “juliet balcony” at the Grove on Sept. 3, which left three young men injured.

City officials said an investigation into the city’s ordinances on building inspection is ongoing.

“We are certainly pursuing with all vigor if there’s anything we need to do,” Council member Jim Engelbrecht said.

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Chief

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Howell has worked with UNT Chief Richard Deter and Assistant Chief Ed Reynolds, a s wel l a s ma ny ot her members of the command staff at UNT and said he sees this practice continuing.

“We’ve got a long-standing tradition of working well, at least the police department, of working well with UNT police,” Howell said.

Reynolds said his department would continue to foster the good relationship it has built with the Denton Police Department during their time working together.

“From t he sa fet y a nd secur it y sta ndpoint, t he communicat ion bet ween UNT and the Denton Police D e p a r t m e nt i s a l w a y s e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t ,” Reynolds said.

Integrity, professionalism

and customer service will be the focus during Howell’s time as chief, he said.

Sher r y Coch ra n, ch ief ad m i n ist rator to Sher i f f Benny Parkey, worked with Howell during his time as deput y sher i f f a nd sa id she was confident Howell would do well in his new position.

Cochran described Howell as organized, good at managing and very involved with whatever department he was working with.

He was unafraid to admit he did not know everything, but was always willing to find the answer, she said.

“We were lucky to have him, but we’ll still work with him because all the different departments work together,” Cochran said.

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News Continued from Page 1 Some students complained that some of the construct ion a rou nd ca mpus wa s interfering with utilities in the residence halls, but both Helixon and Tom Rufer, associate vice president for auxiliary services, said they have received no reports of problems caused by the construction.

The biggest problem the construction has caused is for students trying to navigate campus.

Devin Axtman, director of student affairs for the Student G ov er n ment A s s o c i at ion a nd a p ol it ic a l s c ie n c e senior, uses a wheelchair to travel around campus. Last semester, Axtman was one of two students who requested that more be done to inform st udents w it h d isabi l it ies where construction is and how long it will remain.

This semester, UNT has

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A construction worker cuts a pipe outside of the General Academic Building late Tuesday afternoon.

Foundation “The money varies per year,” Holbert said. “Most money is received in endowments and endowments are forever. It’s our job to create the paper trail so that 50 years from now people will understand where the money has gone and where it goes.”

Endowments can be as little as $25,000. That money is then invested in diversified equities to build interest. Statements are sent out to investment holders quarterly.

According to the foundation’s investment portfolio, 52 percent of assets is made up of equities, 26 percent is bonds and 22

“Our job is to find out what these people are passionate about.”

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percent is alternatives including hedge funds and real assets.

Gifts to the tax-exempt foundation may include cash, pledges or property.

“Let’s say a donor wants to give a gift of real estate, for example,” Holbert said. “If the real estate is given to the university, it’s state property and they’re not able to break that up. If it’s given to the foundation, however, we’re able to sell it and use the money as intended.”

In order to receive gifts from donors, the foundation’s directors of development must act as middlemen to facilitate communication between donors and the

-Randy Simmans Development director organization.

“Our job is to find out what these people are passionate about,” director Randy Simmans said. “That’s the most important thing we do; match passions with the needs of the university.”

(MCT) WASHINGTON — When Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Mills woke up Tuesday, he posted a pointed message on his Facebook page about the secret he has kept since he joined the military seven years ago.

“I. Am. Gay. That is all ... as you were,” he wrote. Thus did Mills, 27, mark an historic milestone the day America’s ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military ended.

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Supporters planned celebrations in all 50 states.

“It’s a huge burden lifted off from my shoulders and the

morning I felt extremely relieved and very free,” said Mills, who is stationed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. “Free to be able to live openly without worrying what I say or do will affect my career.”

After years of bitter debate, and generations of military tradition, repeal of the 18-yearold “don’t ask, don’t tell” law went into effect at 12:01 a.m.

For the first time, soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines were free to declare their sexual

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As alumni, Horace and Euline Brock donate to the foundation as a way to repay the university.

Euline Brock earned her doctorate in history at North Texas, while Horace Brock worked as a professor and adviser in the College of Business for more 30 years.

“My husband is a retired faculty member,” Eulene Brock said. “We’ve both been heavily involved in the university for a number of years. In 1990, we decided we would establish our first scholarship and have given a number of times since then. Our passion is music, so naturally we’re more inclined to give money to the College of Music.”

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65,000 other gay and lesbian bisexual troops out there serving in the military right now,” Air Force Lt. Josh Seefried told a news conference at the U.S. Capitol with senators who sponsored repeal of the law.

“Today and every day I can go back into work ... and not have to worry anymore.”

It was the first time that Seefried, who has used the pseudonumn J.D. Smith to secretly run a support group for gays in the military, had identified himself as gay in public.

He was joined by a Marine captain and an Air Force staff sergeant who also came out for the first time.

President Barack Obama pushed the repeal through Congress last December, but the end of the ban was delayed so the Pentagon could train more than 2 million service members in standards of conduct.

The delay also allowed the Pentagon to certify that the new policy would not harm military readiness, unit cohesion or recruiting and retention of service members.

“A s of today, pat r iot ic Americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House.

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Punk band’s contentious new album succeeds Review

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PABLO A RAUZ Staff Writer

A ndrew Jackson Jihad, a folk punk band from Phoenix, Ariz., released its fourth fulllength album on Asian Man Records yesterday. Under the controversial name, bassist and singer Ben Gallaty and g u it a r i s t S e a n B on ne t t e pr i ma r i ly compose t he music.

Of ten per for m i ng w it h a f u l l ensemble, t he t wo ma i n members use abrasive approaches on a steady mi x of punk rock and folk Americana. Their lyrics often touch, i ron ic a l ly, on t he dysfunctional abnormalities of American culture through the eyes of traveling folk and punk rock musicians.

T he new a lbu m, t it led “K n i fe Ma n,” i s a mor e polished effort by a band that is known for its rough-edged musical style in past releases.

It’s a well-done collect ion of fresh new songs for any fan of well-played yet gritty punk rock.

T he a l bu m s t a r t s out with a catchy acoustic folk

ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD/KNIFE MAN number titled the “Michael Jorda n of Dr unk Driv ing.”

The 30-second song plays like an ode to a person who

seems to have the ability to operate a motor vehicle under

the inf luence quite skillfully until he plays “his final game tonight,” as Gallaty sings in the last few seconds.

The band then accelerates to a quicker beat in the “Gift of the Magi 2: Return of the Magi” with a fuller sound. It sounds like a fast-paced countr yesque tune with biting sharp guitars and piercing violin.

The ly r ics, seet hing w it h biblical references, have more to do with sickly thoughts and a personal distaste for people that Gallaty expresses. “… I’ve got all my life to live and I’ve got all my love to give to all you that I hate people are just [expletive] mean,” he sings in one verse.

In “A mer ica n Tu ne,” a comedic jingle featuring an American white man telling an extremely common story, the lyrics go on about the touchy subject of race, gender a nd sex ua l orientat ion in America.

“I’m a straight white male in

America, I’ve got all the luck I need,” Gallaty sings sarcastically. “I’ve got a pile of broken mirrors and I’m walking under ladders and I’m spilling tons of salt because to me that doesn’t matter, and my skin and my gender and my orientation are the things I highly recommend in this nation,” he continues.

The song plays like a midtempo parody of an all-American song, with an ensemble of kazoos essentially mocking the song’s painfully average main character.

In “Sorr y Bro,” a not her mischievous fast one, the band goes into party mode as the upbeat drums play along to an electric rhythm with yet even more snarky lyrical prose.

“I would hate to be like you but I’m still rooting for you; you’ve got nothing I hate but you’ve got something I loathe, and you’re still letting other people pick out your clothes,” rhymes one line.

Overa ll, t he a lbum is a decent effort by a band of variety. It’s got both fast and slow rhy thms, cheek y and dramatic orchestral leads and lyrics that have the audacity to anger even best friends.

Target shoppers flood stores for Missoni line DOREEN CHRISTENSEN Sun Sentinel (MCT)

Shoppers were in a fashionista frenzy trying to snap up the uber-hot new Missoni collection introduced Sept.

13, at Target stores and online at Target.com.

Dema nd for t he new 400-piece Ita lian-designed collection with the colorful zig zag pattern was high as shoppers continue to f lock to stores the following day, look i ng for a ny t h i ng t hey could grab.

“I love t he colors,” sa id Pamela Kalnitzky, 49, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as she tried on a too-large Missoni jacket for $69.99.

T he l i me -g r e e n ja c k e t was one of t he few pieces of women’s clothing left on racks. “We are going to Italy in a few weeks and from what I understand, you can’t tell the difference between the original the Target brand.”

Kalnitzky and her husband Phi l were nex t head ing to Target stores in Miami-Dade County in the hopes getting apparel to wear on their trip abroad. Demand was extraordinar y high online, as well.

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Thank you and our apologies for the inconvenience.” “The Missoni for Target collection has been an unprecedented success.

We are thrilled at the overwhelmingly positive response to yesterday’s launch,” Target spokesperson Jessica Deede said.

“Ta r get .c om d id e x p e r ienc e a n ov er w hel m i ng amount of traffic to the site as a result of the Missoni for Target launch, which made ou r website i n ac c e s sible throughout portions of the (launch) day. The site is back up and running,” she said.

T h e M i s s on i m a d n e s s bega n before stores even o p e n e d o n l a u n c h d a y.

Employees at t he For t Lauderdale store said there were at least 30 people lined up before the store opened and nearly ever y thing was

gone in 30 minutes. “It was like Black Friday. It was just crazy,” said an employee in the women’s department the following morning.

“I went to the Plantation (Fla.) and Fort Lauderda le Ta r get store s Tue sday to get a Missoni sweater. I got there at 11:30 a.m. and everything was gone,” said Carolyn Burns.

“The entire line was gone, including all the clothes, the shoes, t he lug gage. T here were just empty racks with a Missoni sign.”

A f ig ht even broke out.

“I came at 9:30 a.m.,” said Tou re Evely n, 28. “People w er e e v er y w her e i n t he aisles, w ith Missoni bikes, luggage, clothes, carts were packed to the brim with the stuff.

People were going crazy.

Two ladies got into a fight over an abandoned cart filled with Missoni stuff.”

People lined up in Pa lm Be ach C ou nt y, F l a ., too.

An employee reported that about 50 people waited at 6

“Two ladies got into a fight over an abandoned cart.”

This Missoni throw blanket sold at Target for $39.99. It’s now going on eBay for as much as $249.95.

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a.m. and a ll the merchandise was gone in 10 minutes, many shoppers purchasing in bulk.

Burns said clerks told her that customers were fighting over the stock and some were buying in bulk to put on eBay. com. There are nearly 30,000 l i st i ng s on eBay.c om for Missoni for Target merchandise.

The limited-edition collection, Target’s largest to date, i ncludes s weater s, shoes, clothes, accessories, statione r y, hou s e w a r e s , p a t io furniture and more. Pieces were pr iced f rom $2.99 to $599.99.

The real stuff can run in t he t housands for a single item . “T h i s w a s M i s son i m a y h e m ,” s a i d J o s h u a Thomas, a Target spokesman told t he A ssociated Press.

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Post-9/11 G.I. Bill changes affect UNT student vets A LEXANDRA GARCIA Staff Writer

This fall marks the start of how military service veterans will qualify for their Post9/11 G.I. Bill housing stipend.

Specifically, classes not required by a student’s degree plan no longer count toward the prorated housing stipend.

Though the changes are intended to expand the coverage of veterans’ education, some students have noticed the difference already.

“The change had a huge effect on me; I had to add a minor to my degree plan,” said Matthew Mercer Smith, a jazz studies senior and Army veteran.

Smith said he added a minor in marketing to meet the stipend’s housing requirements.

Ot her t han t he tuition coverage of the bill, changes in housing stipend qualification have gone into effect this fall with the final changes starting Oct. 1.

The housing allowance will be based on the area in which a student is living and within the area of the school in addition to the students’ enrollment.

“As long as you were over halftime, you would get 100 percent of your housing covered,” said Kris Khastehdel, Army veteran, student peer adviser at the UNT

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Matthew Mercer Smith, a jazz studies senior, plays the bass in class. Smith left the Army as an E4 specialist after serving from 2005 to 2010. A recipient of the G.I. Bill, Smith took on a marketing minor to continue receiving his benefits while completing his jazz studies degree.

Veterans Center and president of the UNT Student Veterans Association.

According the Veteran Affairs website, a veteran must have

completed 181 days of active service to be elig ible for complete tuition coverage.

However, the housing allowance, which will no longer

cover periods between semesters, such as December, August and January, will also no longer recognize degree hours that do not apply toward that student’s

major.

“I was going to do a double major so that I could receive all the benefits that I can be legally funded for; what’s inter-

esting is that there is always a way to be supported and the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill has let me come to a university instead of a community college,” said Durant Leung, an applied arts and sciences senior and Marine veteran.

There is also a book stipend on how ma ny credits a re received. For exa mple, a student enrolled in 12 hours of college courses would receive $1,000 for books for those who are on active duty. Specifically, the money for housing is based on the hours taken.

“Ha lf of December has classes, so we’l l on ly get paid for half of the month,” Khastehdel said.

K hastehdel sa id he has multiple jobs to help cover the cost of housing, books and tuition.

“They are tr ying to save money at the expense of the veterans because the country’s broke,” Smith said.

Even though Smith changed his plans, he has few regrets.

“I’m just going to use it all because you have to adapt to these changes. The amazing thing is that the government is taking care of its veterans and having marketing under my belt doesn’t hurt,” Smith said.

Retreat targets minority enrollment retention A DRIENNE TATE

Contributing Writer In an ef fort to increase enrollment retention among U N T’s A f r ic a n-A mer ic a n students, 29 freshmen and t ra nsfer st udents pa r t icipated last weekend during a two-day retreat at Bridgeport C on f e r e n c e C e nt e r a n d Camp.

The trip, called the Black Student Experience, is geared towa rd A f r ica n-A mer ica n students to raise retention levels.

According to UNT’s Division of Institutional Equity and Diversit y, in the spring of 2 011 A f r i c a n-A m e r i c a n s represented 13.3 percent of the university’s total enrollment.

I n fa l l of 20 0 8, t here were 445 African-American students who were first-time undergraduate students at the university. In the fall of 2009, 336 students returned, while 79 did not.

T he t heme for t he retreat, which was the first Black Student Experience, was “Bu i ld i ng a Legac y.”

UNT’s NA ACP chapter, the Coalition of Black Students’ Organizations, the Progressive Black Students’ Organization and t he UNT Department

of Institutional Equity and Diversity, hosted and organized the retreat.

Pol it ica l science sen ior Mercedes Fulbright, president of the UNT chapter of NA ACP and former Student Government Association vice president, created the Black Student Experience to inform black students about organizations and programs offered at UNT. “The Black St udent Experience allows them to get connected to the university as soon as they get here,” Fulbright said. “They get to connect and interact w ith people who look just like them in leadership positions.”

Among retreat leaders was senior Marcus Gilmore, vice president of membership for Alpha Kappa Psi and vice president of Forming Achievement for M i nor it y E duc at ion .

Gilmore believes the program will help freshmen and transfer students rea lize there are other ways to be involved on campus besides being part of greek organizations or playing sports.

With the sponsorship of the Department of Institutional Equit y a nd Diversit y, t he President’s Office, the Provost Office and Elizabeth With, vice

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Students participate in an activity during last weekend’s Black Student Experience. It was a two-day getaway in Bridgeport, Texas, aimed toward improving enrollment retention of UNT’s African-American students. president of student affairs, 29 students and 11 retreat leaders attended the retreat.

Before leav i ng for t he retreat, With and Gilda Garcia, vice president of institutional equity and diversity, spoke to students, encouraging them to be successful and to be safe.

“We want [our students] to graduate, go out there and change the world,” With said.

One leadership breakout

session focused on a program called Strengths Quest and was presented by Tonya Riley, College of Public Affairs & Community Service adviser and NAACP adviser.

St reng t hs Quest a l lows students to focus on their strengths because most of the time they are ignored, Riley said.

Merhawit Ghebermicael, a sophomore transfer student,

learned how to embrace her strengths during the Strength Quest activity.

“It helped me figure out my strengths. I always knew my weaknesses, but never really understood what I was good at,” she said.

Hali Crutchfield, a freshman w ho at tende d t he Black Student Experience, gained a sense of belonging during the Black Student Experience,

she said.

“I am biracial and it’s just nice to be around a group of positive black people who accept me for that,” she said.

“I learned a lot about the black organizations on campus, and I am definitely interested in joining a few.”

The sponsors and leaders of the Black Student Experience hope to make it an annual event.

“We hope next year it is bigger and better,” said Cara Walker, student service coordinator for the Multicultural Center, a f ter t he closi ng activity.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

Difference Makers Looking ahead to Saturday’s key players: S G/S E

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Derek Thompson/quarterback

Edward Wright-Baker/quarterback

As a redshirt sophomore who has only started four games, quarterback Derek Thompson is still gaining experience, but he has enough talent and knowledge to lead the Mean Green offense. One thing Thompson has going for him is his limiting of mistakes – he has only one interception in his first three games against quality competition: Florida International, Houston and Alabama. Thompson’s strong ability to read defenses, without question, won him his starting job. That being said, he will likely have to throw for more than his average of 139.7 yards per game to lead UNT to victory.

This dual-threat sophomore quarterback has enough versatility to test the UNT defense. Wright-Baker has thrown four touchdowns and just one interception while averaging almost 240 yards per game in 2011. The field general can also hurt opposing defenses in the running game, entering Saturday’s contest as Indiana’s third leading rusher. WrightBaker has proven to be a quarterback who can adjust to the college game with ease: his total of 272 yards against Ball State in Week 1 was the most by any IU quarterback playing in their first game in six years.

Lance Dunbar/running back

Matt Perez/running back

One of the Mean Green’s best all-around players, senior running back Lance Dunbar has experienced some early season struggles with 40.3 rushing yards per game and one touchdown so far. Reading too much into these numbers would be a grave mistake: UNT has been hurt on the offensive line and Dunbar’s resume is far too impressive for him to be questioned at this point in his career. After all, Dunbar ranks second in Mean Green history with 38 rushing touchdowns, 16 100-yard rushing games and 4,021 all-purpose yards.

Dunbar is UNT’s key offensive player, and a 100-yard rushing effort against an Indiana defense that ranks ninth in the Big 10 in yards allowed is a likely outcome.

While his numbers don’t totally jump off the stat sheet, Perez’s four touchdowns in IU’s first three games make it clear that he could be someone to score on Saturday. The redshirt freshman was out all of last year with a knee injury, but has already found a niche in the Indiana offense. His longest rush is only 11 yards, but if IU is near the end zone, Perez can use his 5-foot-11-inch 230-pound frame to cross the goal line for six. It will be up to sophomore linebacker Zack Orr and the rest of the Mean Green defense to keep Perez from scoring if UNT wants to have success defensively in the red zone.

Brelan Chancellor/wide receiver

Damarlo Belcher/wide receiver

Any time a player leads the nation in all-purpose yards three games into the season, they’re doing something right.

Sophomore wide receiver Brelan Chancellor currently owns that title with an average of 226.6 yards per game. The soft-spoken kick returner is a weapon who can produce a score every time he touches the ball. If UNT is struggling, Chancellor is the guy who can make a game-changing play. Chancellor has already made a mark in the record books, setting a single-season school record with 923 return yards as a freshman. Making number one on ESPN’s top plays for his sideline reception against FIU three weeks ago certainly doesn’t hurt either.

Indiana’s most experienced wide receiver may be its most talented: senior Damarlo Belcher leads the team in receiving yards and is capable of a big play at any moment. Belcher was selected to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List with some of the nation’s top wideouts and is fresh off a junior year where he caught 78 passes for 832 yards. Belcher already ranks among some of the best all-time Hoosier receivers, as he now sits third on Indiana’s career list with 164 catches and sixth with 1,939 yards. The Mean Green secondary must keep an eye on Belcher to avoid the big play: the senior already has a team high 65-yard reception this season.

Paulitics: Expectations rise for second home game Opinion

Mean Green Football Notes:

PAUL BOTTONI

Senior Staff Writer The UNT football team’s 0-3 start should come as no surprise.

T he Mea n Green’s f i rst t h re e opponent s F lor ida International, Houston and Alabama are all expected to challenge for their conferenc e s’ c h a mpion s h ip s – t he Su n Belt Con ference, Con ference USA a nd t he South Eastern Conference, respectively. FIU, Houston and Alabama are a combined 9-0.

Also consider this: all three tea ms feat u re a Heisma n Trophy hopeful – wide receiver a nd retur n specia list T.Y. Hilton for FIU, quarterback Case Keenum for Houston a nd r u n n i ng back Trent Richardson for Alabama.

H i lton posted 283 a l lpurpose yards and a touchdown on UNT in the season opener, Keenum threw for 458 yards and five touchdowns in the debut of Apogee Stadium and Richardson finished with 167 yards rushing and three touchdow ns last Saturday night.

But fear not; there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

T he Mea n Green has a chance to notch head coach Dan McCarney’s first win this weekend when Big 10 confer-

Paul Bottoni ence member Indiana comes to Apogee Stadium.

Mark Cuban’s alma mater is 1-2 in its first three games, w it h losses to Ba l l State and Virginia. Indiana’s lone win occurred last weekend against South Carolina State of the Football Championship Subdivision – formerly known as Division II. Now, it won’t be ea sy ; Indiana has lost by a combined 10 points in its two losses.

Indiana ranks No. 4 in total offense in the Big 10 – averaging 417 yards per game – above conference foes Iowa, Michiga n, Ohio State a nd Penn State.

However, t he Hoosier s defense ranks No. 9 in the Big 10 out of 12 teams, allowing opponents’ of fenses 373.3 yards per game. The team also allowed South Carolina State to post 21 points on the Hoosiers’ home turf.

UNT’s offense must be in synch for the Mean Green to top the Hoosiers – particularly

-Sophomore wide receiver and return specialist Brelan Chancellor continues to lead the nation in all-purpose yards with an average of 226.6 yards per game.

-Senior offensive lineman J.J. Johnson has been cleared to return to practice after suffering a wrist injury in the season opener against FIU. McCarney said Johnson won’t start, but could be in the rotation against Indiana.

-Despite a slow start to this season, senior running back Lance Dunbar is 821 yards away from becoming UNT’s all-time leading rusher with 4051.

running back Lance Dunbar.

The senior running back has 157 yards rushing and one touchdow n in UNT’s f irst three games. The Mean Green will need Dunbar to get back on track against Indiana.

The worst of the storm is over; the remaining teams on UNT’s schedule have a combined record of 6-18. The Mean Green has a chance to recover with a few wins, and it all starts Saturday against the Hoosiers.

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Big-12 teams may realign A SSOCIATED PRESS

Over the past dozen years, Oklahoma and Texas have teamed up to turn the Big 12 into one of the nation’s foremost college conferences, winning two national championships and playing for the title half a dozen times.

And now, the league’s fate rests squarely in their hands.

Each school’s board of regents took action Monday to empower the university presidents – David Boren at Oklahoma and Bill Powers at Texas – to choose a new conference home. Yet neither is saying goodbye to the Big 12, or the other, just yet.

Boren said his focus is solely on either stabilizing the Big 12 through an equal revenue-sharing plan or taking Oklahoma to the Pac-12. Powers wouldn’t divulge Texas’ options, saying only that the process is “ongoing.”

“We’re almost like a family.

Sometimes we don’t see things exactly the same way,” Boren said.

“But while we like being rivals, we also like to work together when it’s appropriate, and we’re continuing to have conversations with our friends at the University of Texas.”

Boren said he has been in daily contact with Burns Hargis, his counterpart at Oklahoma State, and the in-state Bedlam rivals won’t be separated. Oklahoma State’s regents have called a special meeting on realignment Wednesday.

“Whatever we do, we’re going to do it together, and I think that’s very good news for the state of Oklahoma,” Boren said.

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Construction grinds my gears

Nods and shakes Editorial

Nod: Supreme Court halts execution of Duane Buck The Supreme Court’s stay of execution came two hours into the six-hour window when Texas inmate Duane Buck could have been taken to receive his lethal injection.

The Supreme Court now has to determine whether or not Buck was denied his constitutional rights to a fair trial because of an answer given during cross-testimony.

During Buck’s trial, psychologist Dr. Walter Quijano testified that Buck would not be a future danger to society. However, during cross-examination, Quijano was asked whether he believed the fact that Buck was black increased his potential threat to society. Quijano said yes.

Under Texas law, a jury must find an inmate will pose a threat of future danger before it can sentence someone to the death penalty. Quijano’s testimony was enough for the jury to sentence Buck to die.

The Editorial Board commends the Supreme Court for putting stop to an execution when someone’s civil rights were under attack.

Shake: Prescription drug deaths outnumber deaths caused by traffic accidents Numbers released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) underscore a shocking reality: In 2009, 37,485 people nationwide died as a result of an overdose or brain damage caused by long-term drug abuse. That’s 1,201 more deaths than what resulted from traffic accidents.

It’s not because people have started to drive less. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, people are driving more.

However, in recent years, car companies have put a greater emphasis on safety and local governments have cracked down on tighter seatbelt laws.

Our nation’s problem with prescription drugs has long existed. The Editorial Board believes it shouldn’t take alarming statistics for the government to begin putting restrictions on physicians’ tendency to be liberal with drug prescriptions.

Nod: City Council divvies surplus Tuesday night, Denton allocated $100,000 to the city’s mobility plan for bicycle lanes and connecting routes to make it easy for people to travel.

The money allocated to the mobility plan should bring relief to motorists and cyclists who now share the road lanes.

Local cyclists have expressed the need for bike lanes and road improvements to make Denton a more bike-friendly city.

Over time, motorists have begun to complain about cyclists not obeying traffic laws and traveling without helmets or lights as well.

With money allocated to the mobility plan, the city’s Traffic and Safety Commission can start making plans to improve existing bike lanes, create new bike lanes and develop multiuse paths for cyclists and pedestrians.

The Editorial Board applauds the City Council for listening to its residents and serving them accurately – a concept that is too often lost in the bureaucracy of running a city.

Campus Chat

Ah, the sweet sights and sounds of the fall season that I have been looking forward to all summer long. With Texas’ sweltering heat, fall is when I finally feel the manageable temperatures for picnicking or just enjoying a good book outside.

During that time, what better place would there be to find greenery and peace than in our academic institution? After all, the Arbor Day Foundation has named UNT as a Tree Campus three consecutive years in a row.

What’s that, though? I can’t have an enjoyable day on campus because there doesn’t seem to be a part of it that isn’t currently under construction.

I began attending UNT in the fall of 2009, and since then I cannot remember a time when there wasn’t some kind of

construction going on.

Now, I understand full well that construction on campus is necessary for growth and maintenance, but much of the construction is started and then left for weeks while other parts of campus are finished.

I have seen a hole between the industrial building and the GAB that has been dug three separate times.

This university especially prides itself on the beauty of our environment. We even have the standing policy to “go green.” In all honesty, though, I feel that the university is just being mean.

Am I supposed to make sacrifices and work hard to go green but never reap the benefits of it? That’s what it sounds like to me.

For at least three weeks, there has been a large pipe just sitting

on the green next to the GAB. So far, the construction has killed most of the grass in the area of which the construction is being performed or has diverted pedestrians through the grass, making a multitude of brown trails.

At the very least, I would appreciate some kind of announcement on when it will end.

No one from the administration whom I have talked to seemed to know. I was holding out hope that it would end in the summer. However, as the summer came to a close and the school year started up, the fear of a perpetual stage of construction became a reality.

Don’t get me wrong here; I understand the campus will be beautiful one day. In fact, the construction will probably help the university look more beautiful and be more sustainable.

It’s for that reason I’m not calling for an end to construction on campus.

I’m just wondering why we can’t fix one piece of campus at a time. That way, the other parts can be enjoyed.

John Joy is a radio, television and film senior. He can be reached at johnjoy@my.unt.edu.

Pipeline could pump the economy It’s a boom time in the C a n ad i a n prov i nc e of A lber ta, where tech nological advances and skyh ig h com mod it y pr ices have turned the region’s oil sands into a sticky, tarry gold mine.

Here’s a safe prediction: the United States will share in this bounty, one way or another. Canada will ship oil to its largest trading partner via rail, barge or truck, if need be.

Common interest leads to an obvious conclusion.

T he U.S., t h i rst y for energy, will soak up every d rop f rom it s rel iable neighbor to the north.

T he Oba ma ad m i n istration should gra nt its approval without further delay for a proposed pipeline stretching 1,711 miles across t he Pla i ns f rom Canada’s deposits to the U.S. refineries and termina ls a long t he Gu l f of Mexico.

A pipeline is the safest and most efficient method

for moving crude oil by the millions of barrels. It could make Canada the world’s second-largest producer of oil after Saudi Arabia.

A mer ica ns shou ld be celebrating a development that will reduce the dependence on oil from less-congenial foreign sources.

It w i l l pu mp up job c reat ion w it h pr iv atesec tor i nvest ment a nd help keep prices in check when the economy starts growing in earnest again.

Ye t , t h e p r o p o s e d Keystone XL pipeline has run into heated opposition.

Opponents object for two main reasons: First, they want to discourage the mining of oil sands.

As w it h a ny fossil f uel, burning it pumps carbon and other pollutants into the atmosphere, and emissions from processing this particular form of fuel pose a problem as well.

On t he plus side, t he technology used to exploit

oil sands is improving from the old strip-mining techniques, curbing the environmental costs.

The other big worr y is more of a scare tactic than a valid concern. Pipelines can leak. But to hear the a nt i-Ke y stone c rowd tell it, you would t hink t his one is about to be connected to kitchen sinks and lawn sprinklers from coast to coast. The fear mongering about aquifers being polluted and wildlife habitat destroyed has no basis in reality.

Si nc e it c ros se s t he border, the Keystone plan has run into extra layers of red tape and controversy.

Canada, justifiably frustrated by years of delay, has t hreatened to build a pipeline to the Pacific and divert the bulk of its oil to China instead. The State Department recently c o n f i r m e d K e y s t o n e’s minima l env ironmenta l impact, debunking claims about its supposed risks.

Since taking office, the president has slowed the issuance of drilling leases and permits, raised t he cost of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas production and sunk a fortune into clean-energy gambits such as solar panels and ethanol fuel.

Belatedly, he has recogn i zed t hat gover n ment interference puts a drag on growth.

His decision earlier this month to suspend tougher clean-air rules until unemploy ment abates was a welcome dose of realism f rom a W hite House in denial about U.S. reliance on gasoline, t he economy’s much-maligned lifeblood.

Maybe someday we’ll all be driving solar-powered cars. Meantime, get that pipeline built. We’re going to need it.

T h e a b ov e e dit or i a l appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Sept. 15.

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“To be honest, I would say it wouldn’t really matter because the policy wouldn’t change anything.”

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Sports

Page 8 Sean Gorman, Sports Editor

Players discuss life off the field Athletes:

Kelsey Perlman

What’s your favorite sports memory?

“Probably the OU game my freshman year, when I scored off of a header to tie it up and then we ended up winning in double overtime. We had a huge crowd and it was amazing.”

What is your biggest strength?

What’s your favorite show on TV?

What is your biggest weakness?

Courtney Windham Sophomore volleyball middle blocker

Austin Yaeger

Freshman men’s cross-country runner

“My favorite memory from cross-country is winning district my junior and senior year of high school at Bishop Dunne. That’s when it clicked that I actually had the ability to run in college.”

Texas Continued from Page 5 It’s not so simple with Texas, which has been playing Oklahoma regularly for over a century – long before the two became conference partners in the mid-1990s.

“We have different perspectives,” Boren said. “I would put it this way: We’re listening with

seangorman@my.unt.edu

Mean Green Trivia In 2005, the UNT football team had two NCAA rushing champions from previous years in the same backfield. What are their names?

Hint: One is still the Sun Belt Conference’s alltime leading rusher while the other is the fastest freshman to run for 1,000 yards in NCAA history.

“My biggest strength, I’d say, is the ability to keep calm under pressure.”

“My biggest weakness is I would say is being too competitive.”

“I like this British show called ‘Misfits’ and it’s absolutely hilarious. It’s pretty vulgar, but all the characters are incredibly hilarious.”

“My biggest strength would be blocking and hitting.”

“My biggest weakness is getting off the net for picking off tips. I’m inconsistent ‘cause I have so many different things going through my head sometimes and I just forget that I also have to do this.”

“I’m obsessed with ‘Modern Family’. I guess because I like to surround myself with witty people.

I really like the way the show is just laid out and how ridiculous some of the scenes are. They come up with the weirdest plots.”

“My drive really helps me excel in cross-country. When I start something, I want to finish it no matter how hard it is.”

“I always hang on to the things I do wrong and think I could’ve done better instead of just being satisfied with my performance.”

“I’ve always loved SpongeBob because that’s what I grew up with. Dumb humor always makes me laugh.”

Senior soccer forward

“It’s when I played on the USA women’s A2 team and we trained in Fort Lauderdale and playing teams like Italy, China, Japan and Canada as well.

Just being picked out of I don’t know how many girls around the country and to be picked for a travel team like that.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

respect to each other at this point in time, but it’s too early to tell whether we’ll make a common decision or not.”

Texas A&M announced last month that it would seek membership in the Southeastern Conference and was accepted into the league with the condition that it must resolve legal issues first – namely, the threat of lawsuits from Baylor and other Big 12 schools.

All Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe could say in response was that the conference is “assuring our members that maintaining the Big 12 is in the best interest for their institutions,” and that his case for the league is as strong as it was last year, when two schools bolted.

School and conference officials from the Big East and Big 12 have been discussing ways to merge what’s left of the two leagues if

Texas and Oklahoma leave the Big 12, a person involved in the discussions told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about the situation.

“We all ought to value each other – every single member of that conference – and none of us should seek to play a stronger leadership role than anyone else.”

Tweet your guesses at the NTDaily Sports Twitter, @NTDailySports, to find out if you guessed correctly or look for the answer in tomorrow’s Sports Section!