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FOUR BOLD GOALS “This university must not be an ivory tower, but rather a ‘green’ giant.” —UNT President V. Lane Rawlins
UNT unveils new five-year strategic plan SEAN GORMAN Editor-in-Chief
The UNT Symphony Orchestra set the tone for the introduction to UNT’s future, as administration and faculty took turns unveiling the university’s five-year strategic plan in front of a packed crowd Monday at the Murchison Performing Arts Center. Following the playing of the national anthem, the booming voice of Jeffrey Snider, UNT’s chair of Vocal Studies, echoed across the auditorium as he opened the event by ref lecting upon the university’s 122-year history. Acknowledging the past as the plan’s foundation, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Warren Burggren and President V. Lane Rawlins stressed the importance of moving forward to achieve the plan’s vision.
Burggren expressed “UNT’s Promise,” pledging for the university to make strides academically, become more environmentally accountable and promote diversity on campus. Rawlins said greater community engagement will lead to more expansion than ever before for UNT. Strung together by the theme of “Four bold goals, one great university,” four faculty members and administrators voiced hopes for the goals and their impact on the university’s future. Images of UNT students and descriptions of the goals complemented each speaker on a big screen located above center stage. Under the Murchison’s spotlights, students vowed to do their part by seeking academic excellence and representing UNT with the utmost integrity.
The orchestra concluded the ceremony by performing John Adams’ 1986 composition “Short Ride in A Fast Machine,” and exiting students and faculty were greeted with bright green promotional banners hanging above available gift bags in the lobby. “Dreams are not enough,” Rawlins said to the audience. “And they will die in the cold light of morning if there’s no action planned to back them up.”
See Page 2 for a glimpse at the “Four Bold Goals”
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Tennis team wins third consecutive match Sports | Page 8
Edboard examines four bold goals Views | Page 6
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Jeffrey Snider, chair of vocal studies, speaks on the university’s heritage during the Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Enigma,” by Opus 36, at the Four Bold Goals conference in the Murchison Performing Arts Center on Monday.
UNT charts future with “Four Bold Goals” GOAL 1 Offer the best undergraduate institution in Texas
GOAL 2
GOAL 3
Improve graduate studies to help achieve tier-one status
GOAL 4
Increase support for students, improve employee relations
Expand influence into surrounding communities
ISAAC WRIGHT
NICOLE BALDERAS
UNT’s “four bold goals” serve as the foundation for its five-year strategic plan as well as outline what the university hopes to achieve over the next five years. The first of UNT’s four goals and its five-year strategic plan is to provide students with the best undergraduate education in the state. “We will recruit the highest quality students, support students learning with the highest quality faculty, maintain comprehensive offering of nationally recognized programs across all disciplines and departments,” said Honors College Dean Gloria Cox, who introduced the first of UNT’s goals. Throughout her speech, Cox also emphasized the university’s need to design the most innovative programs to enhance the relationship between teaching and learning as well as engage students in academic and campus life. Cox said the quality of education at UNT would increase as the university provides opportunities to get involved with new methods of teaching, partnerships and internships with outside organizations and more undergraduate research opportunities. “Students at UNT will have all the inspirational challenge and support they need to find their own personal paths to success,” Cox said. UNT President V. Lane Rawlins said the university wants to make providing the best quality education part of the mission at UNT, by continuing to strive for status as a nationally recognized research university, providing excellent student services and ensuring students have the support necessary to attain their degrees. Along with the goal of providing quality undergraduate education, UNT has also made one of its four goals to continue striving for national recognition as a top research university. UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson said moving toward that goal will be a process that will take about 20 years, but the university will not focus solely on research. “You’re not going to stop everything you’re doing to pursue one narrow goal,” Jackson said. “I like the fact this plan talks as much about undergraduate education as it does about graduate education, student success, academic excellence and regional service. It’s a balanced framework. Now the university will have to put the specifics in place over the next year.”
The second of the “four bold goals” UNT has UNT’s third goal focuses on becoming a introduced aims at providing superior graduate national leader among universities in student education, scholarship and artistic endeavors support, employee relations, operational effecand achieving status among the nation’s tier-one tiveness and service among constituencies. research institutions. To achieve the goal, Lilyan Prado-Carrillo, The university plans to increase the number UNT assistant director of financial aid and of research-oriented, distinguished faculty by scholarships, said the university must improve hiring new faculty members, including senior-level operational processes, make client and employee researchers with international reputations. satisfaction fundamental to day-to-day prac“Our students have been getting better,” said tices and continue as a leader in environmental Warren Burggren, provost and vice sustainability. president for academic affairs. “The success of our students “Just about every single will be our success. UNT good institution has will be a welcoming right front and center home not only for good schola rship students but all who support. We’re going work here,” Pradoto stay competiCarrillo said. tive by offering An aspect of more financial t he goa l is to support.” be a leader in T he second employee relagoal also promtions. UNT adminises to deepen the istration considuniversity’s legacy ered moving to an with the arts, educaat-will employment tion and music as well system in December as strengthen the school’s 2011. If approved, the —UNT System Chancellor doctoral and master student at-will employment system Lee Jackson education. would have allowed the UNT “Great universities push the System to fire staff members for boundaries with innovative research, any “lawful” cause. scholarship and creativity,” said Michael Monticino, However, Warren Burggren, provost and vice dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “They president for academic affairs, said the policy attract the best minds and industries. They are a was not approved. necessity for a globally motivated society.” The plan calls for the amount of money going The presentation did not outline any specific toward salaries of new teachers to multiply six fiscal measures UNT will be taking to achieve these times in the next four years to help the university goals, but several goals have been outlined in the move toward achieving tier-one status, according university’s strategic plan. to UNT’s strategic plan for research. Among them is the hope to increase external “This is absolutely focused on becoming a tierfunding to $45 million in Texas Higher Education one research university. That’s not at odds with Coordinating Board-restricted research expendi- also saying we’re a student-focused university tures by 2015. because our faculty is focused on scholarship The university will also seek to innovate and and research,” Burggren said. expand its business partnerships, and engage with Each department of the university will be the community. required to develop a plan that lines up with “We are going to be raising the image and the university’s new strategies in effort to move reputation for the institution,” said Deborah UNT toward tier-one status. Leliaert, vice president for “It’s a process,” said Deborah Leliaert, vice university relations, commu- president for university relations, communinications and marketing. “This cations and marketing. “Achieving tier-one will be through funding we status will not happen tomorrow; it’s a commitget from the Legislature and ment.” elsewhere.”
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JUSTIN BRIGHT
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“I like the fact this plan talks as much about undergraduate education as it does about graduate education, student success, academic excellence and regional service.”
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With the fourth of its “bold goals,” the university wishes to “establish UNT as a nationally recognized, engaged university and regional leader by building and expanding mutually beneficial partnerships and resources.” The five-year strategic plan calls for increasing connections with community colleges and enhancing the transfer database to facilitate more successful transfers. “We are much more than a campus, we’re a region,” said Elizabeth With, vice president of student affairs. “We’re going to partner with more in the community to strengthen the value of a UNT education.” With a campus stretched out across Denton County, administrators stressed the importance of connecting UNT with the community at large. “When UNT’s teams win, all of the cities in the region should cheer, not just the students,” said Warren Burggren, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “We should be a University of North Texas as well as a university for North Texas.” Librarians will benefit from increased collaboration between researchers and external communities to create nationally recognized programs in digital scholarships, according to UNT’s strategic plan. “We are in the business of knowledge, and gathering knowledge beyond the classroom to serve the community will be one of our boldest goals,” said Herman Totten, vice president for the university and community affairs. “We want to see a sea of UNT green throughout the North Texas area and beyond.” Discovery Park has completed renovations that include offices for startup companies that will contract with the institution’s technology incubator. Soon construction will begin on laboratory and office space for startup companies to work on campus. A new electrical engineering Ph.D. program will allow students to explore new areas of research and collaborate with local defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Business graduate student Aaron Zischkale embraced the idea of closer relationships between the campus and community. “One of my last projects was trying to put a veteran memorial put up on campus, which was surprisingly slow to get going,” Zischkale said. “Better relationships with the community would be one thing the university could champion.”
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Alex Macon, Arts & Life Editor
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Casino-themed party Florists keeping busy celebrates bold goals MICHAELA DEEN Intern
A SHLEY GRANT Staff Writer
The neat single-file line of about 500 students broke into a swarm of rushing bodies as soon as the doors of the Coliseum opened Monday afternoon. The mad dash to the entrance was for early access to the casino games, free UNT swag and prizes offered at “Four Bold Goals, No Limit,” a student afterparty celebrating Monday’s unveiling of UNT’s new five-year plan and rebranded image. “I looked out and saw about 500 students lined up outside, and then all of a sudden I see them rush the doors once they opened,” Director of Student Activities Christa Coffey said. The first 300 students to enter the Coliseum got either a windbreaker or a pair of sunglasses, both bearing the updated UNT logo, a green corona with the theme line, “A green light to greatness.” Once IDs were scanned, students received Mean Green keychains and a $500 bill of funny money to use at Vegas-style casino tables or to cash in for raffle tickets. Other attractions filled the Super Pit, including bingo, balloon animals, a “Dance Central” video game, pizza and a magician in a bright red top hat. The variety of prizes up for grabs in the raffle ranged from bags filled with UNT loot to expensive electronics, including a coveted iPad 2. Sky McClure, a theater graduate student and volunteer for the event, said he was shocked to see how many people showed up. “People started lining up outside about an hour and a half before doors opened,” McClure said.
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Magician Christopher Lyle, with B3 Entertainment, performs a card trick for marketing sophomore Lucy Hill during the afterparty following the “Four Bold Goals” event in the Super Pit on Monday. Lyle, a magician for 30 years, revealed Lucy’s card by spitting an identical card out of his mouth. Card dealers at 41 different tables were ready when the doors opened at 5 p.m., shortly after the conclusion of the “Four Bold Goals, One University” event at Murchison Performing Arts Center that outlined specific goals for UNT’s future. Coffey said that the Student Activities Center was asked to create a student party in celebration of the new strategic plan. “Originally we were going to have a concert, but with a limited budget we didn’t think we could bring in a big enough name to get students really excited about it,” Coffey said. Coffey also said organizers wanted more student interaction instead of having the focus on one performer that may not appeal to everyone. That’s when the Vegas-style casino theme came into play. Coffey said the entire party cost about $13,000. “The money used for this is from student service fees or fundraising,” Coffey said. “It can’t be
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spent on academics and has to go directly to student activities.” Business freshman Robert Jackson heard about the event from a resident adviser at Clark Hall. “I really just wanted to check it out because it seemed like a lot of fun,” he said. Residence Life Coordinator Eugene Frier said the group wanted to organize an event that celebrated UNT’s future and appealed to a diverse crowd of students. “It started with the casino stuff, then we added different activities for those who aren’t into gambling,” Frier said. Frier said “Four Bold Goals, No Limit” was a chance for students to come together and get excited about UNT’s new image. “It’s cool to see people walking around wearing the windbreakers and drinking out of the water bottles with the message printed on the sides,” he said. “That’s what we wanted to share with students.”
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Giving that special someone flowers can mean a lot of things. Whether it’s a sign of undying love or just a lastminute present after your restaurant reservations fell through, countless numbers of roses, tulips and carnations are bound to exchange hands every Valentine’s Day. Denton Florist is just one of many flower shops in the area hurriedly preparing for their busiest day of the year. Employees at Denton Florist have been filling orders and making deliveries all week, working almost nonstop from open to close. UNT alumna and Denton Florist employee Shanna Freeman said the shop has been taking exceptionally large orders since Feb. 12, with more shipments still expected. “Valentine’s Day is very busy, because people still like to buy flowers and send them to their wife so other people can see,” Freeman said. “It’s still special, and it’s still romantic.” After being shipped to the shop, each flower must be stripped of leaves and thorns and dipped into a solution to make the flower last longer. She said each arrangement then usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes to put together. Freeman, who got her degree in drawing and painting, works on placing cards in newly arranged bouquets, while others at Denton Florist rush around stripping new flowers, creating arrangements or taking orders from guests. Hattie Hilburn of Denton
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Lise Deering, a designer at Denton Florist, prepares a bouquet of flowers for a customer Monday afternoon. Still need a last-minute gift for that special someone? Denton Florist 2926 East University Ste 103 (940) 387-6191 The Flower Garden 301 South Locust St. Denton, TX 76201-6055 (940) 382-9812 Florist said Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14 was guaranteed to be the most hectic of the year. “[It’s] nonstop action, because we will receive as many orders for the one day as we will the entire week of Mother’s Day,” Hilburn said. While roses and carnations are the two most common flowers associated with Valentine’s Day, it is important to remember other types as well, such as orchids, hydrangeas, tulips and proteas, Hilburn said. She said being able to personalize a flower arrangement is part of what makes giving flowers so special. It could be hard for local florists to compete with large grocery stores where customers can go
in and choose something quick, said Cindy Simmons, owner of The Flower Garden. She said local florists could give that Valentine’s Day gift a special touch not found at larger businesses. “There is still that customer that wants a small shop business, where everything is individual and unique,” she said. According to Simmons, Valentine’s Day is a very important time for her business, but she isn’t worried. “This year there was a slow start, but orders have really picked up, and it looks like it will be a very good Valentine’s despite the economy,” Simmons said. Valentine’s Day is Feb. 14.
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“Devil’s Sonata” debuts Student’s watercolors at UNT late this month explore personal lives JEANETTE SILVA Intern
A diabolical deal with the devil lies at the heart of the legend behind “The Devil’s Sonata,” premiering Feb. 24 at the Studio Theatre with a per for ma nce by UN T’s Department of Dance and Theatre. Inspired by “Devil’s Trill Sonata,” a solo violin piece by 18th century Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini, the story dramatizes a demonic dream of Tartini’s. Satan visited the widowed Tartini in a dream and gifted him with a beautiful piece of music. “The Devil’s Sonata,” by playwright Mark Glinski, tells the tale of the complications that arise from bargains with the devil. Director Brian Alan Hill, a theatre arts senior, was the founder and artistic director of a small theatre company called Visions and Voices Theatre Company in Chicago. I n 20 03, H i l l d i rec ted the “The Devil’s Sonata” in Chicago, but production deadline and script issues led to the project being abandoned. Hill worked with Glinski, and t hey came up w it h a revised script they were both satisfied with. The play, set in the 18th centur y, features only four actors and a violinist. About
25 people auditioned for the show, with Hill handpicking the cast himself. Pre-t heat re sophomore Jeremy Ross, who has performed in “Ah, Wilderness!” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” stars as Tartini in the play. He found the role of Tartini one of the most challenging roles he has taken on. “It’s one of t he hardest pieces I have done, because there is a deep seething in the character that really only comes with age and lots of bad things happening that luckily haven’t happened to me,” Ross said. The set design reflects the dreamlike nature of the source material. Hill said he intended for the set to stand out by not standing out. “I don’t enjoy realistic sets. You get lost in the specificity,” Hill said. Ma rc u s May, c ost u me desig ner a nd t heatre a r ts senior, said she was excited about the dress Tartini’s dead wife, Elizabeth, will wear. “Her dress is just incredibly gorgeous,” said May, who also supervised performers’ makeup. “She’s an angel, so it’s an 18th century version of an angel, which is really interesting. The research for it was really awesome.” “The Devil’s Sonata” has no
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Jeremy Ross (front) and Desmond Thomas (back) as Tartini and Satan.
Event Tickets & Dates “The Devil’s Sonata” can be seen Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., Feb. 24 through 26. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the box office in the first floor lobby in the Radio, Television and Film Building or by calling (940) 565-2428 or (817) 267-3731 ext. 2428.
intermission and is about an hour and a half long, shorter than most plays the department puts on.
Watercolor junior Travis Sykes is putting a fresh spin on personal expression in art, blending water and paint to express the raw, real thoughts and emotions of friends and other students. For his latest project, Sykes asked subjects to write in a journal about their personal lives, no holds barred. From then on it was all about him trying to best depict each subject. “I’m all about the process and this project is definitely a process,” Sykes said. He uses certain colors, lines and the blurring and blending process to imitate the emotional state of the subject. Sykes said depicting his friends’ personal stories on canvas presented new challenges as an artist. “When you paint yourself or even for yourself you tend to be hypercritical of it,” he said. There are near-limitless paths to visually completing a work of art, which can be frustrating, Sykes said. Millie Giles, a watercolor lecturer whose husband started the watercolor department in the College of Visual Arts and Design, said she wants her students to be as
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Skyes’ newest watercolors depict the deep personal emotions of others. Sykes asked friends to jot their feelings down in a journal. comfortable as possible to help the flow of ideas. “I walk in and there Travis is, sprawled out on the floor of the studio, on his plaid sleeping bag with no shoes on, just painting away,” Giles said. Trying to manipulate water and paint presents its own challenges, Giles said. “Watercolor is more fluid and loose, without any white paint. Sometimes you can control it and sometimes you can’t,” she said. Giles said visually depicting an abstract feeling is difficult, but it’s all about research and preparedness. Knowing how to produce lines and create certain effects with the water and paint is all about experience and playing with the technique. Seth Victorious, a senior in the College of Visual Arts and Design, displays his work at Denton art shows and shops and knows all too well the difficulty of representing people through the artist’s eye. “Right now I’m all about people
and their material possessions, and exposing that in some way,” said Victorious, whose multidimensional pieces have been shown in Jupiter House and local art shows. “The hardest part is going with an idea and then deciding it won’t work, or you just end up not really digging it,” Victorious said. Although this new series revolves completely around his intent to encompass the feelings of the subject, Sykes said he knows people will draw their own interpretations, and the watercolors will reflect on the viewer’s own personality. Sykes’ work will be shown at Bolivar Arts and Music Collective in the spring, and two of his paintings are currently on display in the Art Building’s light gallery. The work of other UNT watercolor artists can be found at watercolorworldwide.com, a website that provides a channel for both students and non-students to exhibit and sell their paintings.
Remembering the life of Whitney Houston A k r on B e ac on Jou r na l (MCT)–The death of Whitney Houston, whose public life and career traversed the highest high to very public lows, has devastated her family and left fans saddened and awaiting the comeback that will never come.The cause of death is still unknown, so speculation is irresponsible and callous. But whatever the cause, didn’t we all think it would end better than this? Houston, the Guinness World record holder as the most awarded female artist of all time, was a pop music, pop culture and African-American icon who influenced two generations of singers in many genres. Her surprising death on the eve of Sunday’s telecast of the Grammys, of which she owned six, greatly impacted the show’s tone and tenor. But when someone of Houston’s stature dies surprisingly, fans and regular folks are often inspired to assess their personal and pop culture’s collective relationship with the deceased. Houston’s long and public professional and personal rise and fall saw her go from exulted icon to running gag. But fans and most caring folks hoped she would pull herself back together, show us her trademark toothy smile and allow us to lift
her back up to the pedestal she so easily commanded for so long. When Houston hit the music scene in 1985, she seemed to have all the elements one could want in a superstar. She had an undeniably prodigious vocal talent and a good musical pedigree as the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick. She was lovely but known as a good girl who didn’t lean on her sexuality, and she had the skill to apply her gospel-based style to big pop and R&B hooks. For the first decade of her nearly 30-year career in music and film, she was an unstoppable force. She churned out massive hits and starred in popular films. She always appeared cool, confident and put together in her videos, and a relatable, easy-toadmire New Jersey girl in interviews. But as much as our culture enjoys basking in the glow of our stars, especially one whose public veneer appears so pristine for so long, we also revel when the cracks and holes appear. Houston’s 15-year marriage to Bobby Brown and subsequent and much-toopublicly documented decline with bad performances, odd, at times too-revealing interviews,
and the sad spectacle that was “Being Bobby Brown” provided endless fodder for comics, latenight sketch shows and even disappointed fans. When Houston finally left Brown in 2007 and entered rehab, her longtime champion and friend Clive Davis signed her to J Records and got her out of the spotlight and into the studio. Fans hoped for the classic American comeback, someone in which they could once again believe. The album “Look to You” and its single “I Look to You” brought hope and debuted at No. 1 with more than 2.5 million fans responding to what appeared to be a triumphant return. But the uneven performances and odd interviews continued and a tour never happened. In 2011, it was reported that Houston was to star in a remake of the 1976 musicdriven drama “Sparkle,” but now that, too, will never happen. We don’t have the right to expect anything from the people we celebrate and skewer, but even if Houston’s singing voice never returned, I think fans would have been very satisfied if her “comeback” had simply consisted of a healthy and happy Whitney, appearing in films and on television.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Bobby Lewis, Sports Editor
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UNT falters in Florida Aston falls short again Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball ALISON ELDRIDGE
TYLER OWENS
Senior Staff Writer
A f ter b e at i ng F lor id a International 68-61 in Miami on Thursday, the Mean Green men’s basketball team (14-11, 7-5) fell in a double overtime loss to Florida Atlantic (11-14, 7-5) 86-81. The loss is the first time UNT has played a double-overtime game since the team beat the University of Texas at Arlington 101-99 in double overtime in 2009. The Mean Green started the game strong and held on to a double-digit lead for much of the game, going up by as many as 19 points in the second half before the Owls scored the final five points of regulation to tie the game at 66 apiece. “The game should’ve never gotten to that point,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “We had a nice lead and should’ve been able to close the game out there in regulation.” FAU got back into the game by knocking down five threepointers in the second half, while UNT made only one of nine attempts from beyond the arc. The Mean Green also struggled to keep the ball, as it turned it over 27 times. UNT’s lone three-pointer came from junior guard Brandan Walton with 4:29 left in regulation to push UNT’s lead back up to nine points. “We just lost the lead. As a team, we didn’t come out with a sense of urgency in the regulation,” freshman forward Tony Mitchell said. “We just didn’t have the mental aspect.” UNT’s starting five of Mitchell, Walton, junior forward Jacob Holmen, junior guard Roger Franklin and sophomore guard
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Sophomore guard Alzee Williams goes airborne while driving against senior forward Justin Patton during practice Monday in the volleyball gym east of Apogee Stadium. Alzee Williams each played at least 40 minutes during the game, with Williams playing the most (46). “We got sloppy with the ball, we just didn’t take care of it down the stretch,” Holmen said. “We came out and played hard. [Florida Atlantic] played hard too and just had home-court advantage. We just couldn’t get it done tonight.” Despite the loss, Mitchell scored 20 points, grabbed 20 total rebounds (16 defensive) and made 80 percent of his free throws. Mitchell is the seventh player in the NCAA this season
to score at least 20 points and grab 20 rebounds. Holmen also had a strong game, scoring a career-high 20 points in the game. “All your games are going to be tough. There are no easy games. Everybody will come to play, everybody’s trying to win their game,” Jones said. “We‘ve got to make sure we put ourselves in position against every team to be at our best when our best is needed.” The Mean Green returns home to the Super Pit 7 p.m. Thursday where it will play the Louisiana-Monroe (2-23, 1-11).
Despite t hree players scoring in double digits, the Mean Green (13-12, 6-6) fell short against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, droppi ng it s t h i rd st ra ig ht game. Ju n ior for w a rd S a r a Stanley led the way for the team, notching a doubledouble with 21 points and 11 rebou nds. It wa sn’t enough, though, as FAU (14-9, 9-3) defeated UNT 71-63. “We d id n’t pick each other up, and that’s what we needed to do to win,” s e n i or g u a r d Ta m a r a Torru said. “I don’t think we played very much like a team.” Coming into Saturday’s game, the Mean Green had lost its last two games to M idd le Ten nessee a nd Florida International. The Mean Green’s losing st rea k is com i ng at a n inopportune time, as head coach Karen Aston is still one win shy of her 100th career win. Aston was not available for comment immediately after the game. T h i s w a s S t a n l e y ’s second c a reer doubledouble, as she set a careerhigh in points, a record that she had just broken in the game prior against Florida International. She scored 19 points against FIU. Torr u a nd sophomore guard Desiree Nelson also scored double digits, with
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Guard Desiree Nelson looks to pass during a 50-44 loss to Denver on Jan. 21 in the Super Pit. Nelson was one of three players to score in double figures in the 71-63 loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The Mean Green will face the University of Louisiana at Monroe at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Super Pit. 13 a nd 12 points, respectively. “We scored prett y wel l, but didn’t get the stops we needed,” Torru said. The Mean Green shot 34 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range, despite missing its first 10 three-point attempts in the first half. UNT was dow n 33-22 at halftime but came out strong to start the second half. The Me a n Gre en opene d t he second ha lf by scoring si x of the first seven points of the half, but FAU responded with eight straight points to put the game out of reach for the Mean Green. The Owls had four players in double digits, scored 28 points in the paint and shot 50 percent from behind the arc.
FAU redshirt sophomore forward Chenise Miller also ea r ne d a double-double, lead i ng t he tea m w it h 17 points and 10 rebounds. T he O w l s mov e d i nto second place behind Middle Tennessee in t he Sun Belt East Division with the win, while the Mean Green stayed in third in the West. Before the next game, the Mea n Green w ill focus on improving their defense and working together as a team. “I want to be able to play e ver y pos se s sion,” Tor r u said. “We need to have better communication.” UNT only has four games lef t before t he Su n Belt Conference Tournament. The team will take on LouisianaMonroe on Wednesday at the Super Pit. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
Mean Green breaks three school records Track ZACH CLAUSSEN Staff Writer
The UNT track and field team broke three school records and continued its recent stretch of strong performances Saturday at the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. With Big Ten, Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference schools in attendance at the meet, Saturday’s meet was one of the stronger groups of track teams the Mean Green will see the entire season. Head coach Carl Sheffield said he was pleased with breaking the records, but wished there had been more all-around success at the meet. “Any time we can break records it’s a good thing because it shows progress,” Sheffield said. “I was expecting a few more seasonal bests and personal bests. I think
we competed well, but our sport times are what matter.” Senior runner Sara Dietz crushed the 3000-meter school record by more than 10 seconds after finishing her race with a time of 9:43.06 minutes. Dietz was also a member of the record-breaking distance medley relay team, which consists of a 1,200-meter leg, a 400-meter leg, an 800-meter leg and a 1,600-meter leg, in which four different runners from each school participate. Freshman Jamila Cartwright, senior Ingrid Mollenkopf and freshman Jo Adams, who competed in her first collegiate meet, joined Dietz on the relay team, which broke the school record for the event by almost 20 seconds with a time of 11:55.71. The time was good enough for the top spot in the Sun Belt Conference and fifth at the competition. Sophomore sprinter Clinton Collins finished in third place at the competition and broke
the UNT school record for the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.17 seconds. Collins’ time is fast enough for the No. 1 spot in the Sun Belt Conference this season. Other notable finishes for the Mean Green were junior Aaron Sirles placing fifth in the men’s shot put, senior C.J. Fowler finishing 10th in the men’s 60-meter dash and sophomore Shahaf Bareni finishing sixth in the women’s high jump. Senior Chelsea Hermes, who finished seventh in the women’s pentathlon, said she is pleased with the team’s results so far this season. “I’m really excited for this year, I think we have a really good chance for a conference championship,” Hermes said. The Mean Green track and field team returns to Norman, Okla. for the second time this season Saturday when the team competes in the Oklahoma Invitational.
Head football coach Dan McCarney hospitalized Brief BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer
UNT head football coach Dan McCarney has been hospitalized after experiencing medical difficulties severe enough to require hospital attention. UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal confirmed Monday that McCarney is in the hospital and is undergoing tests. “The exact cause and nature of the symptoms of his illness
are not immediately known by us at this time,” Villarreal said in a statement. “The family has asked until a complete diagnosis and a course of treatment is established that their privacy be respected. We can’t comment any further at this time and will release information as it becomes available and approved by the family.” On Monday afternoon, Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly tweeted McCarney had suffered a stroke. McCarney was the Iowa State head football coach from 1995-
2006. He led t he Me a n Green to a 5-7 record in his first season as a head coach in 2011. McCarney’s DAN f i r s t - y e a r McCARNEY campaign was UNT’s most successful football season since 2004 when the Mean Green appeared in the New Orleans Bowl. McCarney was named head football coach November 30, 2010.
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Four bold goals promising, but lack details In 2009, UNT was named one of seven schools in Texas with the designation of “Emerging Research University” by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, meaning a research university on track to become tier one in the future. With that recognition, UNT was required to create a strategic long-term plan for becoming a national research university. The plan, released Monday at a half-hour ceremony at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, was defined by what administration called their “four bold goals.” The goals include: • Providing the best undergraduate education experience in Texas. • Prov iding superior graduate education, schola rship a nd artistic endeavors and achieving status among the nation’s tier-
one research institutions. Becoming a nat iona l leader among universities in student support, employee relations, operational effectiveness and service to constituencies. • Establishing UNT as a nationally recognized, engaged universit y and regiona l leader by building and expanding mutually beneficial partnerships and resources. Students should see the benefits of the plan in the coming semesters. Declaring the creation of the state’s best undergraduate experience as a “bold goal” hopefully implies that the university will employ new ways to educate undergrads beyond what they are already doing. The plan doesn’t specify what kind of changes would be made to the undergrad experience, but the administration makes the future sound enticing. •
When doing a goal-by-goal breakdown of how students are affected, it’s clear that this plan isn’t only going to benefit current students, but alumni as well. The last goal emphasizes making UNT a nationally recognized institution through the building of mutual partnerships. More national recognition of one’s alma mater means a higher value for one’s degree. While promising, the goals leave something to be desired. The lack of specifics within the goals is a bit disheartening considering they will require some very specific logistical planning and highly impactful changes to the student experience. The plan in its entirety will have to be very detailed, and those details should be included when informing the student body. For instance, achieving status among the nation’s tier-one research
institutions would be a lengthy project that would involve meeting several strenuous standards set by The THECB and the Carnegie Foundation. The goals are vague, to say the least. Another problem is the implication made by these set of goals. The word “goal” implies a standard or achievement that one would like to reach in the future. Saying that providing the best undergraduate experience in Texas is one of your goals implies that it isn’t currently something that you are worried about. Students of UNT should be dismayed by that not already being the administration’s main priority. The goals are a good sign for the school’s forward progress, but if members of the administration wanted to truly excite the student body about the future of UNT, more detail would have gone a long way.
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Arab League needs help When former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi announced on Feb. 22, 2011 he would go “from house to house” in Benghazi to slaughter those who opposed him, the world listened. Twenty-three days later, a United Nations resolution passed to support the Libyan people by “any means necessary.” Arab and Mediterranean nations began joint military actions hours later. Syria, however, has friends in high places. A U.N. Security Council vote to condemn the Syrian government’s violent crackdown was vetoed by Russia and China. Russia has had friendly relations with the Middle Eastern nation for more than 40 years, and with China since 1956. The two vetoing countries have a vested interest in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. When an authoritarian regime exists that suppresses human rights more than your state, your state looks better. In the same way that North Korea makes China look liberal, Syria makes Russia seem like a legitimate democracy. Were Gaddafi still alive, he would be jealous of al-Assad’s ruthlessness. Where Gaddafi threatened a war against his own people, al-Assad has delivered one. Homs, the central city of rebellion, has been under constant rocket, mortar and sniper fire for a week now. Foreign press is not allowed in Syria, but videos on YouTube and social media sites show homes in suburbs being targeted, with 8,209 civilian deaths as of Feb. 11. The future is in the Arab League’s hands. The League, made up of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and sixteen other North African and Middle Eastern states (Syria is
a member, but currently suspended), must take action first. Once they commit to protecting civilians by “any means necessary” or similar language, the rest of the world can line up behind them. Just like the assistance given in Libya, no western troops should enter the country. A no-fly zone can be established out of Turkey with French and Italian assistance. If necessary, troops from neighboring Arab countries can enter Syria to protect civilians. The Arab League called on the U.N. Security Council on Sunday to set up a joint peacekeeping force. Because of Russia and China’s work at hamstringing the U.N., the Arab League appears to be taking the lead in calming the unrest. The mission to protect civilians from their own government will not be easy unless that government is taken down. The Arab states should enter Syria with the goal of regime change, or risk legitimatizing a dictator whose family has ruled by authority for more than forty years.
Justin Bright is a pre-journalism junior and can be reached at justin. bright@gmail.com
Citizens should self-regulate health The rate of sugar consumption in the United States has increased dramatically since 1960. U.S. News points out that in 1967 Americans ate 114 pounds of sugar and sweeteners a year per capita, nearly all of it as either raw or refined sugar. In 2003, each person consumed about 142 pounds of sugar. It is no wonder that sugar is constantly being discussed in public policy. On Feb. 3, Rich Lowry wrote an article in the “National Review” where he discussed an article in the journal “Nature” that argues, “added sweeteners pose dangers to health that justify controlling them like alcohol.” Conservative columnist Mona Charen has it exactly right when she states, “Government makes a poor physician.” She reminds us that we are healthier than human beings have ever been in the history of the world, but we are beset by an epidemic of worry. In the age of “Obamacare,”health education could not be more important. “Obamacare” continues the spirit of responsive health care. A preventative health care system would be much more efficient, as it would open up better dialogue between physicians and patients and curve the rate of sugar consumption. When the government was concerned with obesity, it was effective in educating the people. Wouldn’t it be better if we got our medical advice from health care professionals instead of health care bureaucrats? The argument that the overconsumption of sweet stuff has ruined our eating habits and contributed to obesity and other major health prob-
lems has not been won yet. It is clear that Americans need to curve their rate of sugar consumption. There are plenty of ways to do this. We could enlist the Cupcake Cops. We could tax the fat on people by the pound. We could have sin taxes for Big Macs. We could wage a war on Big Soda. Or, we could simply educate the people. Fox News’ John Stossel understands this when he states, “Gee, I’m all for good health, but shouldn’t it be a matter of individual choice?” We should arm the local school boards with information on the effects of sugar and let them decide if they would like to keep the vending machines full of sugary drinks. Moms will do what is best for their children. Uncle Sam should never mandate that you start eating “healthier” if you are paying for your own health care. If you choose to eat the McDonald’s diet every day, then that is your business.
Travis K. Murphy is a political science and history senior. He can be reached at murphytravis@hotmail.com
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The Mean Green followed up t hei r h istor ic v ic tor y over TCU with another win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday. Three days after defeating No. 44 TCU for the first time i n prog ra m h istor y, UN T toppled Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1, earning its third straight win. “Everybody was focused,� freshman Kseniya Bardabush said. “The weather was cold so it was hard to play, but everybody did well.� On Thursday, t he Mea n Green (5-3) took down No.44 TCU, the highest ranked team t hat t he Mea n Green has defeated in school history. “Having won the last two big matches has g iven us confidence, so we have to use that to our advantage,� head coach Sujay Lama said. That confidence showed in the win over ULL (1-4). The Mean Green fought hard to secure the doubles point, with the duos of Bardabush and senior Irina Paraschiv a nd f re sh ma n Fr a n z i sk a Sprinkmeyer and senior Nadia Lee earning the wins for the team. With the 1-0 lead, the team kept t he pressu re on t he Ragin’ Cajuns. UNT netted five straight match victories over its Sun Belt Conference foe before finally falling in the last match of the afternoon. “I thought they responded well in singles,� Lama said.
Although the UNT softball team went 1-3 in its first tournament of the season, the box scores don’t show everything the team accomplished in Houston, head coach T.J. Hubbard said. The team opened its 2012 season Friday at the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic with four games, two against nationally ranked opponents. “The box score on a sheet of paper doesn’t reflect in any form or fashion on how we played,� Hubbard said.
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Senior Irina Paraschiv celebrates with freshman Franziska Sprinkmeyer as Sprinkmeyer approaches for a hug after defeating Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1 on Sunday at the Waranch Tennis Complex. “We are such a deep team, everybody produced.� Paraschiv and Sprinkmeyer made quick work of t heir singles opponents, defeating them 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-3, respectively. On court one, Bardabush beat ULL freshman Sophia va n den Aa rssen 6-4, 6-1. This was the second match in a row that Bardabush has started from the No. 1 slot in singles. Junior Valentina Starkova defeated her cou nter pa r t 6-2, 6-4 while junior Barbora Vykydalova also won 6-1, 3-6, 1-0. The only loss Saturday for the Mean Green came as ULL senior Erin Wilbert beat junior Ilona Serchenko in a third match tie-breaker 6-3, 4-6, 1-0. The team’s togetherness and support were key in Sunday’s victory, Sprinkmeyer said. “We are playing for each other and not for ourselves,�
Tennis team on the ball - Kseniya Bardabush hasn’t lost a singles match since she moved up to the team’s No. 1 slot. - Since starting the dual match season 1-2, the team has gone 4-1. - Over that four-match stretch, the Mean Green has beaten two nationally ranked teams.
she said. The tea m w ill t ravel to Tucson, Ariz., to take on No. 33 Arizona and No. 46 Cal Poly over the weekend. The matches will be UNT’s fifth and sixth against a ranked team this season. “Overall I’m happy that we got the win, and we’ll move on to the next one,� Lama said.
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The final game of the tournament was played against Houston, the No. 20 team in the nation. UNT’s first scheduled game against Houston was canceled Friday because of the weather. Kirk started her second game of the season, giving up four earned runs in the 10-2 Houston victory.
Saturday’s doubleheader began with a game against Sam Houston State. UNT got off to a hot start and didn’t look back, accumulating nine runs off 13 hits, runruling Sam Houston State in five innings 9-1. The mercy rule occurs when one team is up by at least eight runs after five innings.
“The box score on a sheet of paper doesn’t reflect in any form or fashion on how we played.�
Oklahoma State The Mean Green played its first game of the season against No. 11 Oklahoma State and junior pitcher Kat Espinosa. UNT sophomore pitcher Ashley Kirk kept the game close, but the Mean Green eventually fell to the Cowgirls 2-0 in an Espinosa no-hitter. “We were mad that we couldn’t hit,� senior infielder Maddelyn Fraley said. “But we still felt confidence in ourselves because we weren’t striking out, but still getting the bat on the ball.� Kirk held Oklahoma State scoreless through five innings until OSU scored in the sixth and seventh innings. “Everything was going right for me that game,� Kirk said. “My pitches were moving, and my defense had my back. Everybody was hitting, too. Everything fell into place for
control of the ball. Sophomore Lauren Poole started the game, allowing seven earned runs in five innings pitched.
everybody.� Hubbard said he was pleased with how the team performed for the first game of the season, especially against a ranked opponent.
—T.J. Hubbard Head softball coach Kirk said she didn’t do much wrong, the ball just didn’t bounce in her favor against Houston. “That happens in just about every game,� Kirk said. “You take from this game the good stuff that happens and move on from the bad, what little there was.� Hubbard said he believes the team gained valuable experience from the tournament by playing in close games, fighting back from large deficits and playing ranked teams. “Once you learn to play against [ranked teams] they’re just another team out there playing,� Kirk said. “You can beat anybody and play anybody while not feeling nervous or anxious or anything.�
Hubbard said the team felt more confident hitting the ball after seeing Sam Houston State’s pitcher the day before. “Everything just seemed to fall into place,� he said. “I hope that is the direction we are headed on for the rest of the season, but it’s early on.�
Texas A&M Corpus Christi The team kept up its hot streak in the second half of the doubleheader, jumping out to a 5-0 lead on Texas A&M Corpus Christi. It didn’t last, though, as Corpus Christi got runners on base and won 7-5. When the weather began to get colder, Hubbard said both team’s pitchers began to lose some
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