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UNT will hold its 12th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the University Union’s Silver Eagle Suite. Keynote speaker Dan Savage, author of the syndicated advice column “Savage Love” and founder of the “It Gets Better” project on YouTube, will speak at 10 a.m. about bullying and inclusion using his own experiences as part of the LGBT community. The topic is part of the theme of this year’s conference, “The Power of Peace is the Harmony of Inclusion.” “We want to celebrate the really great diverse environment we have at UNT,” said Gilda Garcia, vice president for institutional equity and diversity. “We thought we could do that by bringing Dan Savage to talk about his campaign and the terrible impact that bullying has on everyone.” The “It Gets Better” project – started by Savage and husband Terry Miller – asked people to upload short, positive videos about their experiences with the LGBT community. Since the project’s launch in September, videos have been viewed more than 3 million times.

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International studies senior Cindy Spoon protests against ‘fracking’ outside City Hall on McKinney Street in Denton on Monday evening. Fracking is the extraction of natural gas through the ground by hydraulic fracturing. The rally was held before Monday night’s Gas Drilling Task Force meeting and on the eve of the Denton City Council’s vote on a gas drilling moratorium.

TAMS student to compete on Jeopardy! R EBECCA RYAN Staff Writer

She is a UNT Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science student who participated in the Jeopardy! College Championship. Who is Monica Thieu? Monica Thieu took an online quiz in February 2011 to determine whether or not she could participate in the Jeopardy! College Championship tournament. Almost a year later, she and host Alex Trebek were standing just a few feet from each other on the Jeopardy! set. Thieu will compete against William and Ma r y’s Zach McDon nel l a nd St a n ford University’s Matt Olson in an episode that will air Tuesday at 11 a.m. on CBS. The first round of this year’s Jeopardy! College Championship was filmed Jan. 5 and 6. The quarterfinals first aired Feb. 1 and wrap up Tuesday. “There have been 24 college championships,” said Phil Zimmerman, senior publicist for Jeopardy!. “This year, the contestants are so bright. I think they’re some of the brightest college students in the country.” Contestant producer Maggie Speak said the search process for contestants is long and rigorous for applicants. “Fifteen thousand people took the test, and we meet with 250 to 300 for an in-person interview,” Speak said. “I’ll tell you how cruel we are – we make them take and pass another 50-question test at the in-person inter-

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TAMS student Monica Thieu will appear on Jeopardy! on Tuesday at 11 a.m. on CBS.

“...I just thought ‘Best birthday present ever.’” —Monica Thieu TAMS student view. We also do a mock round of Jeopardy! and bring in the buzzers and everything.” Though Thieu took the online quiz in February 2011, producers from the show were delayed in informing applicants which of the contestants would appear on the show. “They originally said they’d

contact us in February about whether we’d made it or not, but they ended up changing that,” Thieu said. “I think Alex Trebek tore his Achilles tendon chasing a burglar out of his hotel room or something. Either way, they called me the first week in December.” Thieu was in the car with a friend when she received a call from Speak informing Thieu she was chosen to participate on the show. It was the day before her 18th birthday. “I totally wasn’t expecting it,” Thieu said. “I didn’t realize that’s what they were calling about at first, but when I did, I just thought ‘Best birthday present ever.’”

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Ni ne-t i me Gr a m my Awa rd-w inning musica l artist John Legend will speak and perform a handful of acoustic songs Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the UNT Coliseum as part of UNT’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS). Legend, a philanthropist and humanitarian whose music encourages social activism, sits on multiple boards committed to aiding and educating impoverished youth, according to the website for UNT’s division of institutional equality and diversity. In 2010, Legend was awa rded t he 2010 BET Humanitarian of the Year award. His lecture will follow the conclusion of UNT’s 12th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference. Legend is expected to discuss ways students can create an atmosphere of tolerance and openmindedness. The DLS and Multicultural Center split the $57,000 price tag to book Legend. Students can get one free ticket each from the Union box office. Tickets are $20 for faculty and staff, $25 for general admission and $40 for floor seats. If students want an additional ticket, they can pay $15. Past spea kers in t he Distinguished Lecture Series,

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John Legend will perform and speak Tuesday at 7p.m. in the UNT Coliseum as part of UNT’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

John Legend visits UNT When: Today at 7 p.m. Where: UNT Coliseum About: Legend will perform a brief acoustic set and speak about a number of topics, including education and social activism.

sponsored by UNT’s Division of Student Affairs, have included former Secretary of Defense

Robert Gates, former President George W. Bush and activist Cornel West.

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Thieu said she wanted to compete on Jeopardy! because she’s always been a trivia person and was in the quiz league in her high school. Her first attempt to be on Jeopardy! failed because the TAMS orientation was on the same day as the in-person interview for the show. But that didn’t keep Thieu from trying again in 2011. “I’ve always liked knowing all these random facts,” she said. “I was really surprised that I made it on after only two tries. It takes some people three or four. I can’t imagine waiting that many years to get on the show.”

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In preparation for the competition, Thieu studied a few categories she was unfamiliar with and watched several episodes of Jeopardy!. She said the most difficult category for her had to do with dog breeds. “I am not a dog person,” Thieu said. “I think I got six of those questions wrong.” Jeopa rdy ! College Championship is a way to showcase the future top minds of the country, Speak said. “Some of us as adults get worried about the future of the country when we see some of the young people out there,” Speak said. “The kids who grace our presence on college Jeopardy! kind of reassure us that we’re actually in very good hands.”

Correction In Friday’s edition of the North Texas Daily, in a photograph from the story “A day in the life of a Union director,” the Daily misidentified Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services Tom Rufer as Union Director Zane Reif. The Daily regrets this error.

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“Coin Flip Simulation,” a NextGen interactive activity created for lecturer Mark Grether’s MATH 1580, Survey of Mathematics with Applications, demonstrates probability.

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To help keep st udents engaged while in large courses, t he Center for L ea r n i ng Enhancement, Assessment and Redesign has developed their NextGen program to offer an alternative to a lecture. For about six years, CLEAR has been working with faculty members at the university to develop its NextGen program. Mike Simmons, senior associate director of the NextGen program, said the goal of the project is to retain the interest of students enrolled in large, lecture-style courses. “The basic NextGen course is about some of the content being moved online,” Simmons said. “The interactive pieces can be online-type interac-

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“Last year, we were thinking about who to bring because there were a lot of suicides,” said Uyen Tran Parsons, director of multicultural programming. “The ‘It Gets Better’ project was in full force at that time.” The conference cost $10,000, funded through student service fees, the department of equity and diversity, and tickets purchased by students from other Universities. The conference is free for UNT students. The program will be open to students only. About 440 tickets were picked up as of Friday, and with the room fitting a maximum of 500, it is expected the room will be at capacity. After the lecture, a smaller 11 a.m. workshop with Savage will take place on the fourth floor of the Union for students who signed up for the conference. “We can’t accommodate more

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tions, games or they can be small, face-to-face group interactions.” There a re current ly 42 courses at the university taught as NextGen classes, Simmons said. Faculty members from many different departments at the university have elected to be part of the program. The program is funded through the Office of Student Affairs and CLEAR. Shana Luster, an academic professional at CLEAR, said NextGen courses are helping prepare students for world beyond college by requiring them to work together and do work outside of the classroom. “It has been shown that peer teaching and learning is more beneficial,” Luster said.

than around 90 people,” Tran Parsons said. “There will be other workshops going on at that time that students can also go to.” Other workshops will include “The Color of Money: Empowering All Students Through Financial Literacy,” “’Happy Holidays’: Getting past being ‘politically correct’ and working towards religious inclusivity” and “Rethinking Assistance for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence.” Garcia said they are hosting workshop speakers with diverse perspectives so students can graduate and be globally minded leaders. “I think the message it [the conference] brings to students is something special that isn’t discussed in class,” said Aldo Alfaro, an entrepreneurship junior and employee at the Multicultural Center. Alfaro, who attended the conference last year, said being involved in something promoting diversity changed his perspective on how he approaches everything, and for the better.

“Students tend to retain more knowledge when they teach and interact with one another, whereas, if they’re sitting in a lecture listening, they only retain 10 percent of what’s being said.” Marketing professor Lou Pelton has been involved in the NextGen program for t hree yea rs. A ma rketing course he teaches, Culture and Consumption, was designed specifica lly as a NextGen course. Pelton said 30 percent of the class consists of online work and discussion. Pelton incorporates online forums into his lesson plans and said this is an effective way to start a dialog in the class. By giving students a chance to interact with each other, Pelton believes the students are given

a greater freedom to discuss issues. “I don’t monitor it,” Pelton said. “I let it be. It’s a free interface by students in the learning environment, and they’re very comfortable saying some things online that they would not feel comfortable discussing faceto-face.” Chemisty doctoral student Hector Gonzalez said nearly all the courses he took as an undergraduate consisted of little more than lectures and tests. Gonzalez said he believes the NextGen courses could help break that monotony. “We definitely need to start changing things,” Gonzalez said. “Especially since they say our attention spans are getting shorter because of technology. It certainly warrants a try.”

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Dan Savage will speak about bullying and inclusion during his address at UNT’s 12th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

POLICE BLOTTER Alcohol and drugrelated offenses Thursday, Feb. 2 10:02 p.m. – A UNT police of f icer spotted a suspicious person near the UNT Coliseum. The suspect, a 21-year-old male, was in possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. He was arrested and taken to Denton County Jail. Friday, Feb. 3 2:43 a.m. – A UNT police officer approached a 21-yearold male at 1600 N. Interstate 35E. The suspect was discovered to be intoxicated and in

possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested and taken to City of Denton Jail. Sunday, Feb 5. 10:07 p.m. – A UNT police officer pulled over a 21-year old male at 1700 Eagle Dr. The driver was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and was taken to the City of Denton Jail. The suspect was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle. Three passengers were issued citations for possession and consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Burglary & theft Monday, Jan. 30 1:38 p.m. – A complainant reported the theft of a wallet at the Pohl Recreation Center. A UNT police officer responded to the call and an offense report was filed. Tuesday, Jan. 31 9:49 p.m. – A complainant reported the burglary of a vehicle on the 1500 block of W. Highland Street. A UNT police officer responded to the call and an offense report was filed.

Miscellaneous Wednesday, Feb. 1 8:43 a.m. – A UNT police officer discovered graffiti at 2600 Interstate 35. An offense report was filed. Saturday, Feb. 4 2:48 p.m. – A UNT police of f icer approached t wo students, a 19-year-old and 18-year-old male, at 1800 W. Highland Street. The 19-year old gave the officer false identifying information, and the 18-year old was in possession of marijuana, alcohol and fireworks. Both were arrested and taken to Denton County Jail.

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New creative director brings vision to festival NADIA HILL Staff Writer

North Texas’ own homegrown music festival, 35 Denton, is making some changes, including an expanded lineup, new venues and the debut of a new creative director. This spring marks the festival’s fourth year and third name change. Kyle La Valley, the new creative director for 35 Denton, will help keep the spotlights glowing and music blasting for four days this March and said this year would be the fest’s best yet. “We’re trying to brand the festival differently – young, hip – and really working on promotion,” she said. “We really pay attention to having a fun and approachable atmosphere and an intimate experience with bands on the rise.” La Valley will coordinate with artists – both local, up-andcoming groups and nationally known stars – and venues to highlight Denton’s reputation as a center for music and the arts. Founder Chris Flemmons, who brought his idea for a North Texas music festival to Denton in 2009, held the position for three years. This spring will be La Valley’s first solo debut as director. Flemmons said he is slowly but surely seeing his dream of Denton becoming an annual music mecca emerge. “Each year has a little more infrastructure, and the skill set we pull from has expanded,” Flemmons said. “Every festival evolves into something.” Evolution means new venues, 111 bands and fresh ideas from new leadership. La Valley oversees all aspects of the festival, approving every detail to create an exciting event for all ages. New projects include

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Kyle LaValley was named the new creative director of 35 Denton, the annual music festival located in downtown Denton, this year. a wider scope of venue choices and bringing in local artists and sculptors to display their work. Mellow Mushroom, a familyfriendly pizza restaurant on Hickory Street that opened last October, is diving in to support the local arts and will be hosting several performances for 35 Denton. “Throughout the time we’ve been open, we wanted to be involved in music and arts in Denton,” owner Monte Jensen said. “This is a great way to continue that spirit. “ Across t he st reet on Industrial Street, festival mainstays such as Rooster’s Roadhouse and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop will provide food for bands and offer an alternative to venues that require festival wristbands. “The intention was to keep it going and stay young,” Flemmons said. “I felt it was

best for Kyle to take that position because I saw she cared the same way we did when this all started.” La Valley said she had a few tricks up her sleeve to make 35 Denton’s presence felt this year, but wanted to reveal additional changes as anticipation builds and the festival gets closer. “I want people to get excited to see familiar bands and want to discover ones they’ve never heard of,” La Valley said. “I just want people to party and enjoy some good music.” 35 Denton will take over North Texas from March 8-11. Four-day wristbands are available for $55 at 35denton. com, along with the festival’s announced lineup. A r t i st s schedu led to perform include syrup-sipping Houston rap legend Bun B, indie darlings Built To Spill and old-school British punkers the Raincoats.

Van Halen gets with the times Review (MCT)On “A Different Kind of Truth,” the first studio album from Van Halen to feature original lead singer David Lee Roth since “1984,” the charismatic frontman sings about trying to land that “stone cold sister soccer mom” he’s chasing in “Honeybabysweetiedoll.” But hooking up is the least of the challenges facing Diamond Dave and his bandmates in this year of their comeback. Some of the higher hurdles: Can they pull off this reunion moment without killing each other? Can they convince their fans that bassist/son-of-the-guitarist Wolfgang Van Halen really has earned his place in the band and can lock in with drummer/uncle Alex Van Halen? And, most important to the band’s success, is guitar maestro/dad Eddie Van Halen still able to effortlessly dance his fingers up and down the neck of his instrument in ways that not only support his claim as one of the great rock guitarists but advance his craft? And then there’s the challenge of the marketplace: In the 28 years since Roth recorded a full album with Van Halen, the landscape has completely changed. When the band’s original lineup last released a record, home taping was “killing” music and the question was whether to buy “1984” on LP or cassette, or borrow a friend’s copy and tape over Foreigner “4.” Now the dilemma isn’t just, should you spend money on the CD ($14.99 list price) or a digital copy (also — frustratingly — $14.99). It’s also, how much are you willing to commit to buying in? Will a few dropped bucks on a handful of the best tracks suffice? Or will “A Different Kind of Truth” be the perfect Spotify streaming

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Eddie Van Halen performs during Van Halen’s concert at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, on August 10, 2004. Behind Eddie is Alex Van Halen on drums. album, not good enough to pay hard money for but worth a mouse-click when you’ve got a spare few minutes? Or should you just ask your friend to Sendspace you a pirated copy? Looking at this record in purely financial terms: It’s got three works, “As Is,” “Outta Space” and “Big River,” that would warrant spending real money on. These could have been hits in the alternate universe in which Van Halen followed up “1984” not with the Sammy Hagar-helmed “5150” but with the original lineup intact. Three others are halfway decent songs that might click at some point (“You and Your Blues,” “Bullet-head,” “Blood and Fire”), that you’d be advised

to put in your queue for further reflection; a few harmless filler tracks; and three clunkers that the band should be reimbursing us for (“Tattoo,” “Beats Workin’,” “Stay Frosty”). It’s actually a perfect rock record for the pick-and-choose era: a few good songs that you can buy without having to deal with the fat. “A Different Kind of Truth” is actually not bad; in fact, it’s pretty good, all things considered. Faint praise, sure, but given the quality of the band’s first single from it, “Tattoo,” and the history of aging bands reuniting for another stab at the charts and a cash-in on former glory, one can be forgiven for being skeptical.

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Pre-journalism sophomore Ashley Salazar and daughter Callie celebrate Callie’s second birthday party in December 2011. Salazar published her book, “Bittersweet Blessing: 16 & Pregnant,” on Jan. 24, describing her experience as a teen mom and being featured on the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant.”

Teen mother, student writes about experience L ORY N THOMPSON Contributing Writer

More than 400,000 babies were born to mothers ages 15 to 19 in the U.S. in 2009, according to the Center for Disease Control. Nearly t wo-thirds of the pregnancies were unintended, and in 2005, Texas had the highest number of teenage mothers in the nation. Pre-journalism sophomore Ashley Salazar, who writes about her experience in the recent ly-relea sed memoi r “Bittersweet Blessing: 16 & Pregnant,” is one of them. T he book h ig h l ig hts Salazar’s time as a teen mom, which was also documented on the MTV reality show “16 and Pregnant.” “I feel like I’m blessed with the opportunity to share my story so it can help others who are going through this situation,” she said. Salazar, now 20, became pregnant in April 2009 and began writing a blog to help her deal with her emotions. That s u m mer, she responded on a wh i m to a cast ing ca l l for “16 a nd Pregnant.” T he epi s o de fe at u r i ng Sa la za r bega n f i l m i ng i n August of that year, and when it aired in December 2010 she gained a global audience. “I don’t feel fa mous or a ny t hing, I just feel like I got pregnant,” she said. Salazar, a McKinney native, said she got used to being recognized in public places. Her new fou nd fa me h it home when she was followed a rou nd a Forever 21 by a curious fan the month the episode aired. “The other day someone t weeted at me, ‘Hey, I saw you w a l k i ng on c a mpu s yesterday,’” she sa id. “I’l l have people come up to me in classes and ask me if they know me.” Salazar’s daughter Callie was born in December 2009. Sa la z a r s a id t he ex per ienc e w a s i nde s c r i ba ble. “I never would have thought that I would feel that way,” she sa id. “It was a shock, especially just turning 18.” Sa la za r sa id her publ ic life as a teen mot her has been difficult, but she finds support in her friends and family. “I got a lot more positivity t han negativ it y,” she said. “Ever yone has a d if ferent story.” Ca l l ie w a s adopted by Sa la za r’s au nt a nd u ncle,

and lives with them in South Texas. The distance makes it difficult for Salazar to spend time with her daughter, but she said Callie is a huge part of her life regardless. “I honest ly didn’t k now what I was going to do with my life until I had Callie,” Salazar said. Salazar said she had never taken a writing class when she began her 224-page memoir, but enjoyed the work and is proud of the result. “You can say more of what you want in a book than you can to the cameras,” she said. “It’s kind of just, my voice – how I want it to be.” G enera l st ud ies sophomore Danielle Longuev ille has known Salazar since sixth grade, and saw Salazar’s story from t he ot her side of t he screen. “It was weird,” Longueville said. “She went to a Blink-182 concert and the camera crew went with her.” Although Longueville and Salazar haven’t been in touch

since high school, Longueville said she thought that writing helped Sa la zar handle her problems. “Some people were really, rea lly mea n to her on her blog, like saying she shouldn’t let herself be exploited and stuff like that,” Longueville said. “I would think of the book as a kind of therapeutic thing for her.” Sa la z a r’s publ ic f ig u re Facebook page sta nds a s proof that she has reached other teenage mothers. One of Salazar’s Facebook fans, Katie Lynne Honea in Pennsylvania, said she was Salazar’s age when she had her son, and she loved being able to read Salazar’s story. “You should be proud of yourself and your decision, you’re a good person,” Hornea wrote on Salazar’s Facebook page. “Thank you for sharing your story with me through MTV and your book.” “Bittersweet Blessing: 16 & Pregnant” was released Jan. 24 and is available in bookstores and online.

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Local band delivers daily dosage of funk, rock RODRIGO VAZQUEZ M ELLADO ROSAS Intern

It’s Friday night, and rain is st i l l dr y ing on t he cold concrete outside as the crowd of da mp, bed rag g led but v isibly excited music fa ns r ushes i nto t he Old Di r t y Basement at J&J’s Pizza. Clutching plates of freshly baked pizza and $2 cans of Schlitz malt liquor, about 200 clamoring, energetic students and Denton residents fill the dark basement from wall to wall. The reason for the collective frenzy? Human Groove Hormone – the Denton-based 5-member out f it ma k i ng a na me for itself with an eclectic mix of progressive rock, Latin, funk and jazz music – is about to take the stage. “We are here to provide you with a heav y dosage of the funk,” announces Aaron Schu macher, t he g roup’s frontman, lead singer, trumpeter and f lutist. For the next hour, Human Groove Hormone does just that. K e y b o a r d p l a y e r Ja k e Haygood and guitarist Matt Brook s lay dow n bi z a r re melo d ie s r em i n i s c ent of ‘70s progressive rock over a tight, funky rhythm section provided by drummer Zach Haygood, Jake’s brother, and bassist Charlie Lotspeich. Despite the complex and

i nt r icate play i ng, Hu ma n Groove Hormone manages to get hips shaking and heads banging. “[We] combine the ideas of a n intel ligent approach with a dance-oriented vibe,” Schumacher said. S c hu m a c her pl a y s t he role of a crazed Pied Piper, bounding across t he stage a nd sw inging from raf ters when he’s not si ng i ng or trumpeting. The band’s frantic dancing and various theatrics belie t he c om ple x it y of t he i r music. A ll f ive members have a solid grasp of music theory and four-fifths of the band are either current or former students in UNT’s College of Music. Schumacher is a vocal jazz performance major, Brooks is a music junior and Lotspeich is a music education alum who now teaches choir at a local middle school. Jake Haygood dropped out of the jazz piano music program, cit i ng a desi re to ex plore music besides jazz. Human Groove Hormone formed in ea rly 2009, a nd have si nc e be en tou r i ng extensively across the state, i nc lud i n g s how s i n S a n Antonio and Austin. Members of the band said word-of-mout h a nd a mbitious self-promotion through social media drew the attention of up-and-coming record

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The progressive funk band Human Groove Hormone performs Saturday in the cellar at J&J’s Pizza,. The band includes Aaron Schumacher, center (lead vocals, trumpet, flute, trombone), Jake Haygood (keys, vocals), Zack Haygood (drums), Charlie Lotspeich (bass, vocals) and Matt Brooks (guitar, not pictured). label Under t he W i ndow, wh ich released t hei r f i rst album, “Self (En)titled,” in September of last year. Cu r rent ly av a i lable for download at humangroovehor mone.com, t he a lbu m uses the “pay what you want” mo del pione ere d by t he British rock band Radiohead in 2007. Fans can download

the album for free, but band manager Kristen Nemain said she hoped music lovers would chip in something to support local music. “The record label financed the album, and we get to pay t hem back t hrough record sales,” Nemain said, standing outside of J&J’s watching the band load up their gear.

P roponent s of a do-ityourself mentality, Human G r o ov e Hor mone m a k e s and sells T-shirts alongside copies of their album after the completely self-produced show. Human Groove Hormone’s next show is at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Dan’s Silver Leaf. Tickets are $13 at the door.

Drenched in sweat from the packed, rowdy show at J&J’s, bassist Charlie Lotspeich said the band had the ambition and the talent to make it to the top. “We are looking into going on a full-scale tour, making a second record and see where it goes from there,” Lotspeich said.

UNT Orchestras play Student government first-ever joint concert takes to social media H ANNAH WEEHUNT Contributing Writer

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Felix Olschofka, associate professor of violin, speaks to James C. Scott, dean of the UNT College of Music after Saturday night’s concert. Olschofka was featured in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which UNT President V. Lane Rawlins called “off the map.” About 700 people packed Winspear Hall for Saturday night’s performance, the first-ever joint concert by the UNT Concert Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. The Symphony Orchestra will head to San Antonio on Thursday to play the same program at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, which attracts more than 25,000 people from across the nation. For more information on upcoming College of Music concerts, visit music.unt.edu/calendar.

UN T took to t he “Twittersphere” on Monday, as students used the popular social media website to tweet questions about campus life to members of the Student Government Association during its first Twitter Town Hall. From 11 a.m. to around 2 p.m., SGA President Blake Windham and Vice President Edwin Chavez answered questions live from the One O’Clock Lounge in front of a crowd of about 30 students, while countless others tuned in online to get direct answers from the SGA’s Twitter account. “We developed this idea a f ter watch i ng President Oba ma do t he s a me at a W hite House meet ing,” Windham said. “We think it’s kind of cool going around the room answering questions, but more importantly, the kids that won’t come, can’t come or don’t want to come can look on Twitter.” The SGA is relatively new to Twitter, and members said it has proven to be helpful i n c om mu n ic at i ng w it h students. Windham said t he SGA usua lly holds about three town hall meetings a year, and he hopes this new online format w ill ma ke student government more accessible to students.

“We should always be talking to the students on our social network. This is a good starting point...”

—Abigail Glavy SGA director of public relations

Topics discussed ranged from a proposed on-campus smoking ban to bicycle safety. Other students tweeted questions about renovations to the student union, parking and keeping UNT environmentally friendly. Windham said the town ha l l’s goa l w a s to e a se st udents’ m i nds, ex pla i n new plans and ask for more feedback on all the issues facing the university. General studies freshman Pat r ick Tow wa s pa ssi ng t hrough t he One O’Clock Lounge when he saw t he meeting and decided to stick around. He tweeted in on his phone and was one of many who asked questions live from the audience. “I l i ke get t i ng to hea r what’s been going on and getting to ask my own questions,” Tow said. “It is really helpful to students who are already on Twitter a lot.” The SGA is also excited about brea k i ng i nto t he

world of social networking because it allows students to tweet questions at any time, not just during the meetings, Windham said. He added that the town hall gave students a chance to play a la rger role i n student government decisions and to keep informed about on-campus issues. SGA members said they hoped t his wou ld be t he first of many Twitter Town Hall meetings and encouraged students to continue chiming in with questions and opinions. “We shou ld a lway s be talking to the students on our socia l net work,” sa id Abigail Glav y, SGA director of public relations, who operated SGA’s Twitter account during the meeting. “This is a good starting point to hold us to a higher standard as far as ma k ing sure we are communicating what is going on on-campus.” Have a question? Tweet it in @UNTSGA.

SGA’s Tweets from Monday @UNTSGA: #askSGAunion Word of mouth about events on campus? Student-wide emails. @UNTSGA: #askSGAbicycles Expanding Sidewalks? Recently brought up due to costs and planning, we can continue with project @UNTSGA: We had a question about opening more dining halls on the weekends at #UNT. What do you guys think? Would you want that? #Giveusyourfeedback @UNTSGA: #askSGAsmoking Our duty is to discuss issues with students, took this possible referendum to senate, then took a petition to students. @UNTSGA: @falseprofitsus Our senate passed a resolution that UNT move from coal last year. We will continue to advocate for sustainability & students

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Senior defender Mike Margolis maneuvers around the ice Friday after stealing the puck from Texas A&M. The Mean Green fell 4-3 to the Aggies.

UNT falls in season’s final home games Hockey A LISON E LDRIDGE Senior Staff Writer

Playing for a crowd emblazoned with maroon, the Mean Green ice hockey club (26-6) fell to the Texas A&M Aggies (17-12) in back-to-back games Friday 4-3 and Saturday 8-3. In both games, the Mean Green struggled to score on the power play, scoring only three goals while up a man, and struggled to kill penalties, allowing seven goals while down a man. Neither head hockey coach Neil Sheehan nor club members were available for comment.

Friday With nine minutes left in the first period, A&M forward Aubrey Berkowitz capitalized on the Aggies’ first power play, closing out the period 2-0 following an even strength goal by Tony Girard. The second period was riddled with 19 total minutes in penalties, including a fiveminute penalty on UNT defenseman Nick Custred. Only one of A&M’s penalties happened while Custred was out of the box, an opportunity UNT was not able to score on. Forward David Wirth scored the first two goals for the Mean

Green six minutes into the period with both teams at full strength. A&M capitalized on UNT’s bench time in the second period and followed Wirth’s two goals with two of its own to take a lead it wouldn’t relinquish. Both were scored while Custred was still in the box. UNT added a goal in the third period, but couldn’t tie the game before the final buzzer.

Saturday A&M’s Tony Girard scored the first goal of the game while on the Aggie’s third of five power plays in the first period. The

Mean Green was 0-for-3 on power play opportunities in the period. UNT kept within striking distance until A&M erupted for three goals with less than three minutes in the game, including the final power play goal with 37.9 seconds left to take an 8-2 lead. UNT added another late goal, but it was for naught, as the team lost for the fifth time in nine games after winning 22 of its first 23 games. The club plays its final two games against the University of San Antonio on Friday and Saturday in San Antonio.

With its best player in early foul trouble, the UNT men’s ba sketba l l tea m scored 66 points against the best defense in the Sun Belt Conference. The end result was a loss for the 13-10 Mean Green to Middle Tennessee, but it could also be looked at as a moral victory. For many teams, a loss c a n def i ne t he sea son in more ways t han one. L o ok a t t h e r e i g n i n g Super Bowl Champions, the New York Giants. In Week 15, the Giants lost to the Washington Redskins 23-10, in a ga me where Gia nt s qua r terback E l i Ma n n i ng completed 23 passes for just 257 yards and zero touchdown passes and t he Giants’ defense gave up 23 points to a weak Washington offense. A f t er t h at lo s s, t he Giants’ defense developed its identity with the speedy NASCAR defensive package and Manning emerged as an elite NFL quarterback. The team didn’t lose again and won the Super Bowl, the Giants’ second title in five years. Now, does t hat mea n that the UNT men’s basketball team is going to win the NCA A Championship a f ter losi ng to M idd le Tennessee? No, but it does mean that this team is not done yet. T he Mea n Green has shown it can win without ineligible freshmen guards Jordan Williams and Chris Jones. It has also shown any team can knock off the 21-4 Blue Raiders, and that its roster holds weapons beyond NBA-hopeful Tony Mitchell. Either way you look at

Brett Medeiros it, the Mean Green is going to learn from this loss, especia l ly Mitchel l. You cou ld ea si ly poi nt to Mitchel l’s two early fouls at the beginning of the MTSU game as the decider in the game. The time Mitchell spent on the bench put the Mean Green in a 10-point hole at ha lftime. One more Tony Mitchell basket could have changed the outcome. So much of t h is tea m’s leadership comes t hrough the post play, but not everything can rest on Mitchell’s shoulders. One key veteran ca n set t h is tea m on t he right path and help carry it to the success it strives for. Senior Kendrick Hogans has been a fixture in the Mean Green post for years, and with another dominant post presence to compliment Mitchell, this team will be dangerous. When Hogans works his way back into the starting lineup, he could put UNT over the top and give the Mean Green the extra boost the team has been missing. Some call moral victories a loss, but those who take losses in stride and learn from even the toughest of experiences find themselves on top. With six games left in the reg u la r season, t he Mea n Green still has time to decide who it is. It all depends on how this team will react to t he toug h home loss as it prepares for a trip to Miami to take on Florida International University on Thursday.

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In its regular season finale, the UNT swimming and diving team fell to No. 6 Texas A&M, 186-105. Sophomore diver Catherine Johnson placed second in the one-meter dive (270.22) and third in the three-meter dive (286.58). Senior Rosa Gentile placed second in the 100 butterfly (55.84 seconds) a nd t he 200-IM (2 : 09.60 minutes). Head coach Joe Dykstra said he didn’t put the athletes in their normal events, so he could figure out which event was best for certain swimmers, and the score at the end reflected that strategy. “Right when the meet ended, I didn’t feel really good about it because we had just been throttled, as what happens when you go into it with the No. 6 team in the nation,” he said. “But as I started to review the results later on, I felt better and better about it. We had a lot of strong performances.” Dykstra said many of the swimmers had the best performances of their collegiate careers, which is a positive sign heading into the Sun Belt Championships. Head div ing coach Jim Pyrch said the team was able to challenge themselves by going against one of the best diving teams in the nation.

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have to work on staying consistent.” Junior Br y n Lew is sa id she used the meet to experiment w ith different ways to approach her turns and faster breakouts. The team also wasn’t intimidated by A&M, which could be a factor heading into the championships, she said. Dykstra hopes that attitude

will carry the team to a Sun Belt Championship, which he expects to come down to three teams. “D env er i s t he he av y favorite,” he said. “But, them along with Western Kentucky and ourselves have enough speed and depth to win.” The preliminaries for the Sun Belt Championships begin Feb. 22 in Rockwall.

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Sophomore Sarida Muslow works on her stroke during practice Monday. The Mean Green fell to Texas A&M 186-105 this weekend at the Pohl Recreation Center. The team made little to no mistakes, which was the goal of the meet, Pyrch said. As the team prepares for the championships, both coaches want the team to focus on the basics. Dykstra wants the team to focus on its speed, while Pyrch wants consistency. “It’s a litt le late in t he game to change things or add anything in,” Pyrch said. “We

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The UNT men’s lacrosse team opened its season in defeat, falling to the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 11-7 in the team’s first official game at its new home, Fouts Field. “I thought overall we did everything we needed to do to beat TCU,” head coach Cosey Carlisle said. “We just didn’t bury our shots. We took about 30 shots but only made seven.” The Mean Green (0-1) got off to a quick start after senior midfielder Sean Keeley got open in front of the net for the game’s first goal. Minutes later, Keeley cashed in again to give the Mean Green an early 2-0 advantage. The Horned Frogs (1-0) proved to be a resilient group, responding with five straight goals to take a commanding 5-2 lead. After the break, Reed and junior midfielder Eric Stein each scored a goal to cut the TCU lead to one. The teams traded goals to end the quarter, but TCU opened the fourth quarter w ith back-to-back scores and held on to a fourgoal victory. Despite the loss, the Mean Green players were focused on the bigger picture. “All things considered, I think the team looked pretty good,” senior captain and midfielder Randall Hern said. “We have nowhere to go but up.” The players were thrilled to call Fouts Field their new home. Before this season, the team

After falling in heartbreaking fashion, the UNT tennis team bounced back by beating its highest ranked opponent in team history this weekend. The Mean Green (3-3) suffered a 4-3 loss to No. 32 Arkansas (4-1) on Friday, but recovered with a 4-3 win against No. 53 Kansas State Wildcats (2-3) on Saturday. “We didn’t let the loss bring us down,” senior Nadia Lee said. “I think it motivated us to push even harder for a win the next day.”

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Junior Ryan Smietana runs down the field with the ball during the UNT lacrosse game against TCU Saturday. UNT lost 11-7 in its first game at Fouts Field. had played at the recreational fields on Bonnie Brae Street, but Carlisle gained permission from the university to play at Fouts for 2012. “This is incredible,” Hern said. “Just the chance to play in a stadium instead of the Beer Barn field, where we have to move the bleachers ourselves before games. It’s a very big deal to us.” Carlisle said he hopes the team will receive more student

support at the games. “Now that we’re playing in a big stadium like this, I’d love to pack it out with fans,” Carlisle said. “We had a few rowdy fans here tonight, but I’d love to see 100 more.” The Mean Green is now 4-1 in its prev ious five matchups with the Horned Frogs. The team will host Rice at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fouts Field.

UNT jumped out to an early lead against Arkansas after winning doubles play. The team of Lee and freshman Franziska Sprinkmeyer and the duo of senior Irina Paraschiv and freshman Kseniya Bardabush took down their Arkansas counterparts, respectively. Senior Paula Dinuta earned UNT’s second point with a victory in singles play, defeating Catherine Parenteau in a 6-1, 6-1 victory. The 2-0 lead had the Mean Green feeling confident, but the feeling would not last, as the Razorbacks took the next four points en route to a match victory. Junior Valentina Starkova, who transferred from Arkansas in the fall, fell to her former team in both singles and doubles play. Lee earned the final victory in her match against Kate Lukomskaya in a third match

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Sophomore Barbora Vykydalova prepares to return the ball during a doubles match Jan. 28. The Mean Green fell to Arkansas 4-3 and defeated Kansas State 4-3 this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. tiebreaker 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6). “They were sneaky stealing the victory from us,” Paraschiv said. “I was really upset for our loss, but I think it motivated us to play better against Kansas State.”

History made with comeback The Lee and Sprinkmeyer duo earned the only doubles win for the Mean Green in an 8-4 victory. The tandem of Starkova and junior Barbora Vykydalova and the team of Paraschiv and Bardabush were defeated by their opponents from KSU. Already having lost the doubles point, Starkova then lost to No. 17 nationally ranked player Petra Niedermayerova 6-3, 6-0 and Karla Bonacic defeated UNT’s Vykydalova 6-0, 6-3. Down 3-0, the team started to rally.

Paraschiv ignited the comeback, defeating Carli Wischhoff in straight sets. Dinuta and junior Ilona Serchenko then took down their opponents, leading to a decisive seventh match. With the match on the line, Lee completed UNT’s comeback with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win against Marketa Trousilova “I knew I had my team behind me, and I believed that we were going to take the victory,” said Lee, who finished the weekend with a perfect 4-0 record. “There’s a little pressure, but there’s no great reward without pressure.” Head coach Sujay Lama said he was impressed with his team’s perseverance. “I kept telling them not to lose faith,” Lama said. “I was amazed. They showed amazing ability to fight and never give up.”

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The UNT track and field team claimed seven top-five finishes and broke a school record at its best meet of the season Saturday at the Red Raider Open in Lubbock. Sophomore thrower Charleston Lewis broke his own school record in the weight throw, which he set at last week’s Houston Indoor Invitational, with a toss of 16.78m. Junior thrower Aaron Sirles placed fifth in the weight throw with a toss of 15.79m, but excelled in the men’s shot put after launching a 16.89m toss. Sirles’ shot put toss was the second highest in the Sun Belt Conference through the first four weeks of the season. The competition his teammate Lewis provides at practice has helped Sirles become a better thrower

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UNT high jumper Shahaf Bareni throws her body over the bar during practice at Fouts Field Stadium. team’s top two distance runners, senior Sara Dietz and junior Matt Russ, or the team’s sprinters. “Our goal this weekend was to get our field event guys some reps and some take-offs and throws,” Sheffield said. “The distance runners had been carrying us before, but the field event athletes came through this weekend.” Other notable results from the field portion of the meet included a second place finish in the women’s high jump (1.7m) for sophomore Shahaf Bareni and a seventh place finish in the women’s pole vault (3.35 m) for sophomore Sarah Vann. Freshmen Ellie Arends had the best day of the members of the track team, as she finished sixth in the women’s mile with a time of 5:19.46 minutes. Coach Sheffield is looking forward to the upcoming meeting in Ames, Iowa this weekend and hopes to see the team continue to improve. UNIONMASTERPLAN “We got to go up to Iowa this weekend and put our stamp on everything,” Sheffield said. “We were [improving] until last week [at the Houston Indoor Invitational]. It was a little slip but we had a really good week this week, and I think we’ll be good if we can keep everybody healthy.” UNIONMASTERPLAN

now than he was a season ago. “My first year here, when I didn’t really have anyone to throw against, I couldn’t really measure myself,” Sirles said. “As throwers we have more camaraderie. We always want everyone to throw better because it makes you throw better. It’s a friendly competition.“ Head track and field coach Carl Sheffield said he was pleased with the results of the Red Raider Open despite not having the

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City council should suspend gas drilling L ast October when t he Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans for regulating urban gas drilling, EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson stated, “We can protect the health of American families and communities at the same time we ensure access to all of the important resources that make up our energy economy.” These issues currently face Denton’s city council as its Gas Drilling Task Force evaluates a possible moratorium on gas drilling in Denton, a decision with huge implications on both the economic and environmental level. Opponents of gas drilling have cited a federally funded study in which Denton

County concluded that unregulated gas drilling could pollute the county’s waters with chemical runoff. Concern over the issue isn’t contained strictly to government insiders. Concerned residents gathered outside the Task Force’s office Monday in a rally to support the moratorium. A press release for the rally stated the vote is a product of “years of public outcry from Denton residents.” The panel has already voted unanimously to require a closed loop drainage system, which would limit sediment runoff. It would also require the drilling companies to pay for independent baseline water well testing 1,500 feet away from the drilling site to

ensure that the water supply remains safe. Industry representatives such as Ed Ireland of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, who was reported by the Denton Record Chronicle at the meeting as stating he had a “philosophical predilection against government overreach,” –meaning he’s opposed to government regulation of business– were in the minority of many ordinance votes at the council’s last meeting. The proposed moratorium would last for 120 days and was initially introduced as a means of halting drilling while the city council evaluates drilling ordinances. It’s not an anti-business reaction, but rather a way to stop new

wells from popping up while the laws surrounding their implementation are being altered. The Editorial Board supports the moratorium, as well as regulations to protect the local water supply and ecosystem. If the city council seriously values the residents of Denton and their safety, it will pass the moratorium and continue a thorough evaluation on the implications of gas drilling while examining what they can do to solve any potential problems. The proposed halt is a logical step in further regulating gas drilling and maintaining a safe relationship between two vital parts of modern life – industry and environment.

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College students need to get real Recently, President Obama made his State of the Union address to the American public in this seemingly crucial election year of 2012. He spoke about the trials and tribulations of 2011 and also about his plans for the economy, national security and education. While some of his plans are fairly realistic, his speech, not surprisingly, fell short of sounding like anything more than hollow political rhetoric. The true reality is that jobs are seemingly scarce, and there’s a noticeable air of discontent all across the country. To make matters worse for us college students, young people are getting poorer. According to an analysis of data released by the Census Bureau last fall, the wealth gap between younger and older Americans has widened more than ever before. The average amount of wealth of a person aged 65 or older is 47 times more than that of someone under 35. Four years ago, I was just looking forward to starting college, and now the future looks dim. The pressures of being in college during the Great Recession are daunting. With a culture of economic competitiveness here in the states, there’s an even bigger competition on the global scale, as the education systems of more economically stable nations have far exceeded that of the public education system here at home. According to a 2010 report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the U.S. Ranks No. 14 out of 34 developed countries for reading skills, No.17 for science, and a below-average No. 25

place for mathematics. So, as a member of tremendously naive Generation Y, I have an idea of what some of us young Americans might be thinking: That maybe somebody else could fix this problem while we continue to daydream of white-collar careers. That maybe some eager politician who seems almost concerned with our wellbeing could just sign a bill or get elected so they make sure that we all get cozy jobs by the time we hit 30. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I think that individually, college students in America right now should take a good look at our priorities and figure out exactly what it is we’re going to do. No, of course we’re not going to grow up to be exactly what we thought we’d be when we graduated high school. If you haven’t figured that out, it’s time to get real. It’s not about getting a better job than the next guy. It’s about trying to salvage our future from complete disrepair.

Pablo Arauz is a pre-journalism junior and can be reached at pablo4ethiopia@gmail.com

Campaign finances need limiting Through a series of Supreme Court decisions and legislation passed by Congress and signed by the president, financial donations in elections have become equivalent to First Amendment protected free speech, allowing the wealthy an unbalanced share of power over government affairs. This imbalance created financial disaster after disaster over the past three decades and culminated with the stalled economy we live with today. The wealthy’s influence deterred any large-scale investigation or regulatory oversight into the very problems they created. Dylan Ratigan, host on MSNBC and a self-described conservative, launched a campaign pushing for an Article V Convention shortly after a passionate rant on August 9, 2011. That speech, compared to Peter Finch’s “I’m mad as hell” rant in the 1976 film “Network,” helped articulate a core problem: the majority of the public does not have the influence and power the wealthy wield with impunity today. We cannot depend on Congress to fix the problems it was complicit in facilitating. The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 allowed the bank Citicorp to merge with Traveler’s Insurance. This act solidified the idea that financial institutions could be “too big to fail.” The Supreme Court has aided the influence of money in politics. The Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission (2010) decision on January 21, 2010 forbade the government from placing limits on electoral funding, citing previous decisions that political contribu-

tions are protected under the First Amendment. The only option that can sweep aside decades of bad policy by all branches of government is an Article V Convention. Once 34 states’ legislatures submit applications, Congress is required to hold a convention. After it is ratified by 38 states, an amendment passes. A key point to learn from history is that a convention isn’t even required for large-scale change to occur. The Seventeenth, TwentyFirst, Twenty-Second and TwentyFifth Amendments were proposed and passed in Congress partially because of a threat by the states to hold an open convention. This is the path that the next generation of the Occupy, Tea Party and other movements should take. If our “too big to fail” banks open their negative balance sheets and the Federal Reserve’s promises dry up, the unemployment line won’t discriminate between political and ideological affiliations.

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