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Power line plans could displace residents A LEX M ACON
lines, stretching about 4 miles from just west of Loop 288 to just south of McKinney Street. DME plans to purchase the homes; however, if the residents refuse to sell, eminent domain may be used. Lisa Lemons, community relations manager for DME, said reconstruction of the trans-
Senior Staff Writer Denton Municipal Electric has designed plans for possible routes of a reconstructed power transmission line that could uproot residents from three different northeast Denton homes. The project plans to reconstruct two existing transmission
mission lines was necessary to meet electric safety standards and account for Denton’s population growth. “As Denton grows, there will be a need to amp up the voltage,” Lemons said. When the existing lines were built in 1962, Lemons said northeast Denton consisted mostly of
farmland and supplied about 69,000 volts of electricity for the area. Northeast Denton is now home to several neighborhoods, and reconstruction of the lines would provide 138,000 volts. According to the Texas Almanac, Denton’s population in 1962 was 30,300, a number that has since more than tripled to 113,383,
according to the 2010 Census. Original plans for the rerouting of the power line met resistance from residents of the East Oaks subdivision, who, at several public hearings in June and July, protested the original route that would affect six houses in the neighborhood. Lemons said the DME’s newest
recommended route for the transmission line was a result of that input. She said the newer “purple route,” proposed by concerned residents in northeast Denton, would affect only three homes and was the cheapest plan yet, at $20.2 million.
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Underemployment affects North Texas NICOLE BALDERAS Senior Staff Writer
Often overshadowed by the nation’s high unemployment rate, underemployment among the American workforce is currently at 8.8 million, a number that has risen from 8.4 million in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This group includes those with a part-time job who are seeking a full-time one, and in many cases, workers are overqualified and underpaid at their part-time job. The majority of jobs being created aren’t necessarily parttime jobs, said Todd Jewell of the economics faculty. However, they are ones that someone with a college education might not want to take, he said. “You can have a full-time job and still be underemployed,” Jewell said. “But just because somebody is taking a job paying less than they deserve, doesn’t necessarily mean they’re underemployed.” In just one month, the number of those who are working part time “for economic reasons” rose by 430,000 in August 2011 to 8,826,000, according to an August news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Emily Stallings, a part-time employee for Auntie Anne’s pretzel shop at Denton’s Golden Triangle Mall, works and takes classes at NCTC. Stallings, who is just shy of sophomore status, is working toward a degree in psychology and wants to work as an activities coordinator for a nursing home. “I’m planning to get a full-time job and be a full-time student,”
“You can have a full-time job and still be underemployed.”
-Todd Jewell UNT economics faculty member
Stallings said. “I did it before and it wasn’t that hard.” Just across the hall, Kristen Stevens works as a full-time employee at Barnes and Noble after working her way up following a year and a half of part-time status, but still feels slightly underemployed at the hourlywage job. Stevens spent three years at UNT getting her degree in secondary education, but is on hiatus after running out of money. “I plan to get the money and go part time back to school,” Steven ssaid, though she wasn’t sure how soon that would be possible. At Labor Ready Inc., an unemployment agency in Denton, opportunities for a temporary job consist of anything from hospitality to retail support to waste and recycling, but will most likely consist of manual labor. “Most of the jobs we have are general contractor jobs and warehouse jobs,” said Tina Williams, a community service representative at Labor Ready Inc. “We see about 30 people a day on average and generally employ around 20 to 22.”
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Senior defensive back John Shorter attempts to block an extra point during a game earlier in the season. The football team takes on Tulsa at 6 p.m. Saturday.
UNT heads to Oklahoma PAUL BOTTONI
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Emily Stallings, a general studies major at NCTC, stands at her post at Auntie Anne’s pretzel bakery on Wednesday morning. Stallings works there part time in the Golden Triangle Mall and hopes to get a full-time job one day to help pay for school.
Senior Staff Writer It has been 4,426 days since the UNT football team last defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. UNT travels to Oklahoma in an effort to defeat Tulsa for the first time
since 1969 at 6 p.m. Saturday. After losing to the Mean Green almost 42 years ago, Tulsa has beaten UNT in nine straight meetings. “You’d love to see a rivalry. It’s Texas a nd Ok la homa ; [Tu lsa] is nearby. You have to get some victo-
Local businesses cater to UNT students SARAH BETTIS Intern
Although the U.S. unemployment rate was calculated at 9.1 percent in August, the city of Denton sits at a much lower rate of 6.6 percent, giving Denton residents and UNT students a little more hope of finding a job. This is especially true considering some local businesses owners try to employ UNT students specifically in support
of the school and students. John Cartwright has lived in Denton since 1994 and opened the doors to his restaurant, Cartwright’s Ranch House, on Sept. 20. “Since most of the kids come and hang out in the Square, it only took a couple days for word to spread that we were hiring,” he said. “A lot of our servers ended up being UNT students.” In an effort to work with the students’ busy schedules,
Cartwright said he provides flexible work schedules, allowing students to work as few as two nights a week. “Back when I went to school, we had none of those online classes,” Cartwright said. “Now, most kids either have lecture or online classes during the day and can work night, or class at night and can work the lunch shift. It all ends up evening out in the end.” For more than 14 years, Jaime
Ham and Joe Vulpitta, owners of J & J’s Pizza, have provided gourmet pizza to Denton residents, as well as supported UNT and employing its students. “I hire out my kids mainly from UNT,” Vulpitta said. “We support the school by making donations all the time and cutting down prices for students on occasion. We also give anywhere from six to eight gift cards a week to the school for raffles and things like that.”
ries to call it a rivalry,” UNT football head coach Dan McCarney said. “Tulsa has dominated North Texas. When one team dominates another, there’s no rivalry.”
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What’s Inside SCENE :
Patchwork publications showcase creativity
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SPORTS:
UNT to face two underdogs in the Bayou
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NEWS:
Contaminated fruit leads to deaths in multiple states
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