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UNT initiates hiring freeze as budgetary precaution JASON YANG
Senior Staff Writer Facing an uncertain budget and declining enrollment, UNT implemented a hiring freeze Aug. 1. President V. Lane Rawlins said the freeze was a precautionary and temporary measure. “UNT has no financial trouble,” Rawlins said. “It is just a safe move where we can take a breather and evaluate what we need to do to protect our school.” Rawlins said he wasn’t sure how long the freeze would last but wanted to assure the UNT community it was the quickest way to deal with
budgetary problems plaguing universities around the state. The freeze applies to all currently vacant positions at the university, except for faculty jobs funded by grants. UNT will make exceptions for positions that raise and handle money for the university and involve public safety, infrastructure or critical classes, said Warren Burggren, UNT provost and vice president of academic affairs. Any other exceptions to the freeze will be determined at a vice presidential level. According to the online UNT Fact Book, the overall total of faculty and staff working at the university has
increased by about 1.5 percent since the fall of 2009. “Every single dollar is allocated to where UNT can pay all of its bills,” Burggren said. “We simply want to save salary dollars so we can plan a better internal and external strategic investment.” A letter from Rawlins blamed a decline in enrollment, legislative waivers and exemptions that lower how much tuition money the university receives, and a need to cut UNT’s budget ahead of an upcoming legislative appropriation request for the decision. He said additional state requirements, without corresponding
state funds, are adding strain on the university’s budget. UNT enrollment declined by more than 300 students last fall, and total enrollment is expected to decline again this semester. However, Burggren said UNT was projecting to have its biggest freshman class in the university’s history this fall, and students, on average, are taking more semester hours. “It means we have more quality students who want to take more hours,” Burggren said. “It’s good for the university and to the state because the state determines our budget through the number of
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semester hours.” Burggren said exceptions to the freeze would be examined on a caseby-case basis every week and ranked according to importance. “For example, we recently hired a new dean for the College of Arts and Sciences,” Burggren said. “But that case is ranked high because CAS is the biggest college on campus.” Marketing professor Charles Blankson heard about the freeze in July when he was living and working at the University of Ghana, which regularly collaborates on projects with UNT. He said the freeze might cause
Greeks move recruit week A NDREW FREEMAN Intern
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Hot Wet Mess attendees get a little wetter after guitarist Ian Saint Pé Brown launches his beer into the crowd. Hot Wet Mess attendees watched The Black Lips close out the festival Saturday at the North Texas State Fairgrounds. See full story on page 2
qualified professors to rethink teaching at UNT, because they don’t know how long it will last. However, he said the university was making the best of a bad situation. “I know UNT is being restricted by the state budget,” Blankson said. “But as a whole, I believe UNT is handling the matter very well.” English senior Dianne Morrison thought the university could have found other ways to save money. “If the budget is tight, why did UNT build a new stadium?” Morrison said. “There are more important things, such as renovations for older buildings.”
UNT’s Interfraternity Council has moved its recruitment period, which begins this week, to coincide with sorority recruitment this year. Council officers said the change – in past years, individual UNT sororities and fraternities have recruited at different times – will allow the university’s greek community to focus on recruitment and will create less distractions. “During Rush Week, we want the incoming men to see and focus on the gentlemen of these fraternities,” said public relations senior David Wolpert, vice president of public relations for the council. “Rush Week is meant to be dry – no alcohol or women – and because sorority girls can’t get out while they’re rushing, we only increase the focus on the aspect of brotherhood.” The IFC also hopes the change will create more equality between the fraternities, because not every fraternity has a large house that allows for more resources. “If you eliminate the external distractions, everyone is now on an even playing field for a fair rush,” said emergency administration and planning senior Nicholas LaGrassa, vice president of judicial affairs for the council. Some potential new members, including many who have seen how recruitment has been conducted in the past, said they supported the new timing of recruitment week. “Honestly, I think it’s really smart,”
said pre-journalism sophomore Lio Dejesus, a potential new fraternity member. “Fraternities are about the brothers, and sororities are about the sisters, and by putting them together, they won’t be able to distract the counterpart.” Other potential fraternity members didn’t see how the change would make a difference. “Since the fraternities and sororities are all doing separate events anyway, I don’t think it truly matters on whatever way we do rush,” international studies sophomore Zack Henry said. Vice President of Recruitment Colby Garza said the IFC was all about brotherhood, the main focus of fraternities’ recruitment week. “Rush Week needs to be about the guys, about finding where you belong,” Garza said. “We want to see what goals we can accomplish together, and that’s what is important.” Gabby, first vice president of the UNT Panhellenic Council, was unable to provide her last name because she is not allowed to divulge what sorority she belongs to until recruitment week is over. She said the new schedule would help limit distractions for sororities as well. “We get to make our own decisions based off our own opinions,” she said. Unlike in past years, Recruitment Week is beginning after the start of the semester to allow new students and potential recruits to learn UNT traditions, she said. “Our saying this year is ‘Go green and then go greek.”
New business, mixed responses to Fry Street facelift DANIEL BISSELL
Leases on two additional retail spaces have yet to be officially announced. The apartment complex contains Denton residents expressed mixed fully furnished one- to four-bedroom feelings about the city’s newest housing units. Individual leases range from $625 and retail addition, but the apartments to $1,070 in monthly rent, according to at Sterling Fry Street have quickly filled its website. Amenities include a twoup, and the 4.4 acre development’s two story fitness center and study rooms. open restaurants have been serving long A 599-space, six-story parking garage lines of hungry students. will serve tenants, and 65 street parking Located on the corner of Fry and spaces are available for retail customers. Hickory streets across from UNT Resident Sam Weston did not campus, the 194-unit apartment welcome the new development and complex opened its doors to tenants claimed it took away from the small Aug. 15. The project was overseen town spirit of Denton. by the Houston-based Dinerstein “A lot of people don’t like it,” Weston Companies. Dinerstein representasaid. “The old Fry Street is gone.” tives were unavailable for comment, Photojournalism senior Ashley but Executive Vice President Brad O’Bannon was happy the previously Dinerstein said in an Aug. 15 story in vacant area, but not sold on the apartthe Denton Record-Chronicle that PHOTO BY ERIKA LAMBRETON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ments’ high prices. 90 percent of the apartments had been “I like the look of the apartment leased, and he expected that number Sterling University Housing on Fry Street is officially open for business, inviting both new residents and customers to enjoy their facilities. complex,” O’Bannon said. “But it’s overto rise. The street side of the new develMacDaddy’s Macaroni and Cheese hyped. I know it’s all about location to 21, and Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has enjoyed almost immediate success place to eat,” Baughman said. “We’ve opment is flanked by 10,500 square been having full lines out the door for Bar is expected to open later this campus and campus life, but I don’t because of its proximity to campus. opened Aug. 28. feet of retail space, including Potbelly “As a recent graduate, I remember four or five hours straight on weekdays month, and GRIP Mediterranean know if I could pay that much just to Chipotle Service Manager Stein Sandwich Shop, which opened Aug. Grill is set for an October opening. be near bars and food.” Baughman said the new restaurant coming out of class and looking for a since we’ve opened.” Intern
Inside Red Raiders wreck perfect season Sports | Page 3
Hiring freeze raises questions Views | Page 4
Greek life has its advantages Views | Page 4
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Top left: Amateur skater Kechaud Johnson does a front side no air at the skate demo at Hot Wet Mess. Middle: No Age was alive and well Saturday in the mosh pit that was Hot Wet Mess. Sweaty fans pushed and shoved all in the name of a good time during the punk duo’s set. Right: With hydration being crucial for everyone in the 100-degree heat, the giant waterslide was available to anyone itching to belly flop into more water. Bottom: Reggie Watts peeforms during the first-ever Hot Wet Mess, put on at the North Texas Fair Grounds by 35 Denton.
Hot Wet Mess event is last summer hoorah NADIA HILL
Senior Staff Writer There was no escaping the water. The entrance itself was a gate of crisscrossing streams of water and giggling employees who watched as festivalgoers braced themselves for an afternoon of getting hot, wet and messy. With a four-story waterslide reminiscent of childhood carnival days, those in charge of Denton’s annual spring music festival 35 Denton hosted an end-of-summer bash complete with
an adult twist. On Saturday, the first ever Hot Wet Mess, sponsored by Corona Light and Vitamin Water, helped soaking wet attendees beat the heat with live bands, food trucks, a variety of vendors and water-themed attractions. “We wanted to reinstate 35 Denton,” 35 Denton Creative Director Kyle La Valley said. “This was kind of a coming-out party and saying, ‘We do these kinds of productions.’” While still working out the official attendance count, La Valley says there
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were at least 3,000 people who participated in the event held at the North Texas Fairgrounds. Local band RTB2 kicked off the live band sets at about 2 p.m., entertaining the gradually growing crowds. Mid-afternoon brought parties in the VIP lounge pool, gourmet ice cream sandwiches and people staving off the 100-degree heat in the airconditioned vintage clothing bus. One of the most popular attractions invited visitors to free fall down a 40-foot slide to the thumping bass of
bounce musician Big Freedia, Denton favorite Reggie Watts and others. “I’ve never been to an outdoor concert with water like this,” festivalgoer Tracy Akerhielm said. “I like the water slide, though. It’s pretty relaxing out here, which is nice because it gets so hot, and the sun can be so tiring.” One of the few respites from the sun was hanging out under vendor tents or inside a bus. Oak St. Drafthouse sold tank tops and hats. Vapormax advertised its electronic cigarettes, and Corona Light set up
a fake beach. Melissa Mackaly, owner of Sugar Derby, was one of the few vendors who faced major challenges in selling her products. Sugar Derby is a mobile vintage and antique shop and was parked next to a vintage clothing shop and an independent clothes maker at the festival. “I figured lots of young people would be interested in my stuff,” Mackaly said. “But I do wonder if they’re going to buy anything. They may like it, but they might not want
to carry the stuff around.” As the day wore on, small ponds of water began to form in the grass, the sun started sinking and headliners The Black Lips took the stage while fans still played in the sprinklers and tumbled down the slide. “We’re in the game now,” La Valley said. “We definitely learned some things, and everyone was good to each other, and we just wanted people to have a good time. It felt like we had a good thing going, and there will be future events.”
Dining Services introduces homemade Scrappy’s Ice Cream ERICA M ARTINEZ Intern
After attending Ice Cream University in Florida, representatives from UNT Dining Services created Scrappy’s Ice Cream, UNT’s very own homemade ice cream now being sold and served across campus. Associate Director of Resident Dining Peter Balabuch and Kerr Hall’s Sous Chef Jake Gravley make the ice cream in Kerr Hall, store it in a batch freezer and sell and serve it on a daily basis. They started out slowly, serving it in Kerr Hall beside other name-brand ice creams while they tested out flavors. “We serve it daily in Kerr, and it is available for purchase in the Corner Store,” Balabuch said. “For some catering events, we’ll also serve a special flavor, depending on the event.” Dining Services has served the ice cream at several on-campus events, such as International Week, where they served a pineapple cilantro-flavored ice cream and at this year’s Move-In Day, where they made and served 200 gallons of lime margarita ice cream for students and their families.
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Shea Brooks, part-time food services assistant, and Jake Gravley, sous chef of Kerr Hall, produce fresh ice cream made in-house daily for UNT students. “We do a number of different flavors,” Balabuch said. “We got a good grip on chocolate, we’ve got a good grip on strawberry, vanilla and cookies and cream. We also do apple pie. We’ve done a chocolate-covered avocado and a candied ginger ice cream.” The most popular flavor has been cookies and cream, which is sold in the Corner Store in the Union, he said. “I just tried cookies and cream, and
I think it was really good,” pre-biology sophomore Christina Cobb said. “It’s different than other ice cream, and for $1, I don’t think you can beat that.” It takes 10 to 11 minutes to make almost 12 gallons of ice cream, Balabuch said. It is made every day from noon to 1 a.m. and is served fresh. “It is full-flavored,” Balabuch said. “Everything that you want ice cream
to have, it has.” Gravely said that the ice cream has no preservatives, and nothing goes into the ice cream that you can’t pronounce. “Right now, what we’re really worried about is what we’re putting out in the cafeterias and just those little containers of Scrappy,” Balabuch said. “We’re not worried about becoming big and taking over the ice cream world, we just want to make this for the students .”
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Joshua Friemel, Sports Editor
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Volleyball team wins back-to-back tournaments
BRETT MEDEIROS Staff Writer
On its longest road trip of the season, the UNT volleyball team found success in Indianapolis, Ind., but wasn’t as fortunate in Lubbock. The Mean Green took its undefeated 5-0 record on the road and came home 7-2. Friday In its first game of four in a fourday span, the Mean Green suffered its first loss of the season in the IUPUI Tournament against the host team. The Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Jaguars won 3-1. UNT held leads on multiple occasions but eventually lost both sets by two points. The IUPUI defense forced the Mean Green to hit a season-low percentage of .170. “I’m really interested to see how we respond after this loss,” head coach Ken Murczek said. “This team was ranked 102nd at the beginning of the season. I knew it would be a fight.” Saturday A new month started off well for the Mean Green as it swept the day’s doubleheader against the Ball State Cardinals (3-0) and the Georgia State Panthers (3-0).
The UNT offense fed off the attacking duo of junior middle blocker Courtney Windham and freshman outside hitter Carnae Dillard. The two accounted for 51 of the team’s 85 kills throughout the day. That was nearly half of the team’s offensive production between the two games. “I think the way we played against Ball State and Georgia State really shows our brand of volleyball and how we work together as a team,” Windham said. “I feel like if we continue on this path that we’re on, our future looks really bright in the sense of our conference.” With the two wins, the Mean Green won the IUPUI Tournament title. It marks the first time in team history that UNT volleyball won back-to-back tournament championships. Monday In the final leg of the team’s longest road trip of the season, the Mean Green stopped in Lubbock to face the undefeated Red Raiders (7-0). Just like the previous matchup last season, UNT fell to the Raiders in four sets (3-1) marking its second loss of the season. Dillard finished the game with a match-high 17 kills, but her strong
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Sophomore outside hitter Eboni Godfrey sends one over during an earlier win against Lamar. The Mean Green returns home to host the Mean Green Volleyball Classic this weekend. performance was not enough to put the Mean Green over the top. “It was a long weekend for us, and we
really did not finish the way we wanted,” senior setter May Allen said. “We just didn’t have everything going for us the
way we usually do.” The Mean Green will get back into action this Friday as it opens the
Mean Green Invitational against Oral Roberts. This will be the second tournament hosted by UNT.
No moral victory for UNT in loss to LSU TYLER OWENS
Senior Staff Writer
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Left to right: Sophomore midfielder Leah Cox, junior defender Tori Adamé, freshman midfielder Karla Pineda and freshman forward Amber Haggerty celebrate Pineda’s unassisted goal, her second goal of the season. Pineda also tallied another assist during her 70 minutes of play against Texas Southern on Friday at the Mean Green Soccer Complex.
Women’s soccer team remains undefeated RYNE GANNOE
Senior Staff Writer The Mean Green women’s soccer team (5-0-0) doubled its season goal total in Friday’s 6-0 shutout of Texas Southern to stay undefeated for the season. Texas Southern had no answer for the 52 attempted shots North Texas had during the 90-minute match, managing only five shots of its own. UNT was able to substitute 18 times, and 24 of 25 players on the roster took the pitch for the Mean Green. “I think offensively the way we started the game, we could have been a little more crisp, a little bit more sharp, and that didn’t happen,” head coach John Hedlund said. “But when I started making the substitutions the goals started to come. That just shows you what this team has. This team has a lot of depth this year. We’re probably able to bring anywhere from 7 to 9 players off the bench
this year.” North Texas’ first goal came in the 18th minute when freshman midfielder Karla Pineda rocketed the ball past the goalkeeper from 35 yards out. Four other Mean Green players added to the final tally: senior forward Michelle Young, junior defender Kelsey Hodges, freshman defender Molly Grisham and freshman forward Amber Haggerty. Haggerty was the only player to score twice, making her first two career goals at North Texas. “It makes it seem like we are really gelling,” Haggerty said. “At first, our first games were kind of shaky because we all come from different places [and] we’re all young. As the season goes on, I can tell we are getting better.” The Mean Green took four more shots in the second half than in the first but only managed one goal in the second half. Frustrated, Texas Southern players received six yellow cards,
and all but one came in the second half. Texas Southern defender Florence Onyera was ejected in the 88th minute after receiving her second yellow card. North Texas’ Sunday game against Grambling was canceled because of the weather caused by Hurricane Isaac. “The conditions of the field over there, because of the rain, the field really wasn’t playable,” Hedlund said. “That’s the last thing I need, is a key injury or two headed into an important weekend. We put safety first with all our players; it just wasn’t worth going down there and getting a couple players injured.” UNT plays Friday against No. 24 ranked Baylor at the Mean Green Soccer Complex. “I hope tonight got our team chemistry right where it needs to be,” sophomore goalkeeper Jackie Kerestine said. “Hopefully it will carry through to the game next Friday.”
Last Saturday, the Mean Green could not overcome No.3 Louisiana State in its season opener, falling 41-14 at Tiger Stadium. Though the Mean Green lost by 27 points as a 43-point underdog, the team is not considering this a disappointing start to the 2012 season. “We’re not accepting losing,” head coach Dan McCarney said in a postgame press conference. “Changing culture is making sure that kids understand that ‘Good job, good job, good job’ is horse crap. It’s not a good job. That’s inexcusable.” This marks the second year in a row UNT has played a top SEC school in the non-conference portion of the schedule. Though he did not know the exact figure, UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal confirmed that the Mean Green was paid more this year to play LSU than the $750,000 the No. 2 Alabama team paid last year. UNT was sharp at times, but LSU’s top-rated defense and costly Mean Green turnovers were too much to handle for UNT. Things were bleak for the Mean Green in the early portions of the game, as LSU’s defense held UNT without a first down in the first quarter and the Tigers jumped out to an early 14-0 advantage. UNT gained a little momentum when junior defensive back Hilbert Jackson sacked LSU quarterback Zach
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Redshirt junior quarterback Derek Thompson launches a pass to a receiver. Two of Thompson’s throws to junior wide receiver Brelan Chancellor, touchdown passes, gave North Texas 14 points. Mettenberger, temporarily knocking him out of the game. “Coach called a blitz for me, so I just came off, and I saw him and I struck him,” Jackson said of the play. “I was just trying to do something to get my team going.” In the second quarter, Mettenberger returned, and LSU extended the lead to 24-0. UNT’s first score was an 80-yard catch by junior wide receiver Brelan Chancellor from redshirt junior quarterback Derek Thompson. Though the UNT defense held the Tigers to only a field goal in the third quarter, the Mean Green went scoreless in the quarter.
LSU connected for a touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter, but Thompson and Chancellor quickly retorted for their second touchdowns of the game. The Mean Green offense wasn’t able to produce any points after the second score. “LSU’s a good team, but we had a lot of confidence coming in,” Thompson said. “We had at least 10 three-and-outs. That’s unacceptable. That’s a thing we’re pinpointing right now, so we know we’ve got to get better at that.” The Mean Green’s next action will be Saturday, as it opens in Apogee Stadium against Texas Southern at 6 p.m.
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Campus Chat Freeze should raise student eyebrows Staff Editorial
How did you spend your day off this Labor Day?
“Hung out with the lady friend.”
Raley Nivens
Business sophomore
As their summers crash to a halt and students feel the pressure to gas up their brains and bravely plow forward into a new semester, it appears that the UNT administration hasn’t gotten the memo. Many of you are already aware of the university-wide hiring freeze UNT President V. Lane Rawlins chose to implement on the first of August this year, and it doesn’t take much effort to see the ways this decision will effect the university at both the administrative and student levels. Let’s face it – this measure by the administration is not a surprise when you look at this university’s financial history over the past few years. Once we voice the common complaints
about huge football program fees and sweeping plans for a new student Union driving up tuition, it’s important to look at the state-level decisions that create these issues in the first place. Gov. Rick Perry and the Legislative Budget Board for Texas universities have ordered widespread cuts throughout Texas state agencies, which includes a 10 percent cut in funding for public universities. Make no mistake – this decision is shamefully conclusive evidence that voters in the Texas legislature care more about the state’s bottom line than the future of education, but the university’s response to these cuts is a far more pressing issue for UNT students.
The problem lies in an administrative culture that would rather increase class sizes, cut the budget to student health services and freeze or eliminate “nonessential” campus employee positions than reduce the scope and infrastructure development of our football program or plans for new campus buildings. The funding slashes across nearly every department at this university are visible everywhere this year, from reduced class time and the elimination of free tutoring in the foreign language department to a downsized student counseling program. The most unfortunate – and woefully unnoticed – budget reduction is probably the cuts delivered to the UNT Library system, with a
decrease last year of more than $1.5 million. Not only do these financial stresses reduce the ability of the library system to keep their research collections current, they also impact specific services like the library’s capacity to keep class textbooks on file for students to study at the library. The fact that this university’s administration believes they will achieve a top-tier research status by reducing their research abilities isn’t just laughable: it’s offensive to every student who works and learns under the UNT name. Sports programs and new buildings may help UNT reach top-tier status, but without investing in our students’ minds, the administration could harm the reputation of this school.
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Remember Greek life is a teacher sacrifices pathway to during strike academic success Last Thursday, more than 700 delegates of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted unanimously to strike for the first time in 25 years. Members of the CTU – more than 32,000 teachers, paraprofessionals and retirees – voted nine to one authorizing a strike to take place as early as Sept. 10. The day Chicago’s teachers hit the picket line will be the culmination of a nationwide debate that’s been going on for more than a year now, but education professionals and support staff nationwide are conflicted on whether this strike truly represents progress. The CTU published a report in February titled “The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve,” in which union delegates spell out their vision for public education in Chicago. The document argues that schools need more funding, better teachers, smaller classes and additional support structure to break out of a cycle of disappointing performance. The CTU also criticizes an element of racial segregation between schools competing for funding, as well as a schoolto-prison pipeline that exists on a practically institutionalized level within innercity schools. Even an uninterested student can see that the Chicago Public Schools system is run more like a business than an institution of learning, a statement well-illustrated by the fact that Chicago’s school district doesn’t have a superintendent, but a CEO. In Chicago’s schools, parents are treated like customers and students like commodities. Desks are not filled with students but machines, and students are expected to regurgitate textbooks and pencil marks on standardized tests in lieu of critical thought or real learning. If this sad fact sounds familiar to readers, it’s probably because that’s how most schools in America are run today. Our public educa-
tion system doesn’t create independently thinking citizens, since performance is often dependent on rote memorization instead of creative thought. It seems that a good student is often expected to be a good parrot rather than anything else. Chicago’s teachers are brave and absolutely correct to say that Chicago’s 400,000 students deserve better. The CTU knows that teachers must first change their classrooms before they can change students’ lives. Their strike is a stand for the underserved students of Chicago, but it’s also a call for change throughout America. America desperately needs better schools, and neither the Republican nor Democratic parties have delivered on promises that ring increasingly hollow. As college students, we all owe a great debt to the teachers who got us this far. Now the CTU wants to take Chicago – and eventually America – further. The Chicago teachers’ strike is good for America, so let’s stand with them in solidarity.
Clinton McBride is an international studies senior. He can be contacted at CMcBride@gmx.com
As another semester begins here at UNT, another hallmark of this great university can be seen – if you’re looking in the right places, that is. The fraternities and sororities present on this campus have once again thrown open their doors to greet those who choose to take the plunge into the longstanding American tradition of going greek. Speaking as a greek man, I can honestly say that the decision to go greek was one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve ever made, second only to my choice to attend UNT. I would encourage every student who might be sitting on the fence about the subject to take the plunge and rush, because it’s a college experience truly unlike any other. Rather than list off the numerous facts and figures about how successful greek men and women are once they graduate and enter the working world, I’d like to talk about what we’re doing on this campus and how we’re making the universit y a better place. For example, if you take a look at Apogee Stadium, you might consider that this marvelous piece of modern architecture wouldn’t be there if not for the funds provided by greek alumni. UNT consistently raises more money for new campus projects from greek alumni than non-greeks. This fact remains true for the recently completed Business Leadership Building and the new Student Memorial Union that is about to be constructed. Greek life isn’t just interested in raising money for the school, however. Last fall alone, greek students volunteered for a total of more than 6000 hours at various organizations around Denton and raised more than $41,000 for various charitable
organizations, including the American Heart Association, YouthAIDS, and Push America. Even if we remove all the money from the equation, greeks still continue to dominate in scholarship. Last fall, the all-undergraduate men’s GPA at UNT was 2.62, while the greek men’s GPA was 2.64. The greek GPA is consistently above the all-campus GPA, because we constantly push our brothers and sisters to excel. We constantly strive to be greater than what we ever were before. Participating in greek life doesn’t just look good on a resume; it provides access to a brotherhood, a sisterhood and a bond that lasts for a lifetime. Fraternities and sororities symbolize all that we wish to accomplish in our lives, and they represent the struggles we all face as we grow. Why we cling to them, no one can explain, but in the end, we are all stronger for it.
Nicholas LaGrassa is an emergency administration and planning senior. He can be reached at NicholasLaGrassa@my.unt.edu.
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