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Community: Denton’s first liquor store, The Liquor Outpost, opens on University Drive.
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Founder’s Awards announced Alex Ancira Managing Editor aancira@twu.edu TWU will host its annual Founders’ Awards Scholarship Luncheon tomorrow, April 9. Past TWU Regent Ken Ingram and his wife Cene are to be honored for their service to the campus and local community, according to a press release from TWU Marketing and Communication. The family of L.H. Hubbard is also receiving a Founders’ Award this year at the event, sponsored and presented by the Denton Record-Chronicle and Fort Worth investment company Luther King Capital Management. The awards ceremony, held on TWU’s Denton campus, will help benefit the TWU Chancellor’s Endowed Scholarships, according to TWU’s press release. Chancellor and President Dr. Carine M. Feyten will give the keynote speech at the luncheon. In addition to the DR-C’s and LKCM’s sponsorship, the Founders’ Awards Luncheon is also sponsored by Dr. Bettye Myers and Austin, Texas-based government-affairs practice Blackridge. The Founders’ Awards are annually presented at TWU’s Denton campus and have been since 1998 for both organizations in the Denton community and individuals on campus and in the community who have assisted TWU and the Denton area with leadership and service.
WEDNESDAY, April 8, 2015 | Vol. 102, No. 9
Lifestyle
Denton and TWU embrace cyclists
Bike enthusiasts take to the streets throughout Denton and across TWU campus Shelby Baker Editor-in-Chief sbaker3@twu.edu When I was a child, riding my bike was one of the coolest things in the world to me. It gave me a sense of freedom I had never experienced before, and speed I never achieved with my own two feet. The slender frame, pumping up the tires myself, all contributed to that first taste of freedom that comes with transportation. But there’s a lot to learn when you take a bike to the road and leave your neighborhood. No matter if you are eight or eighteen, there are rules, both written and unsaid, that everyone needs to know. “I’ve been riding for two and a half years,” junior Nutrition and Wellness major Shelly Reynolds said. “I used to live in Gainesville — when people rode their bikes it was kinda foreign. It didn’t feel safe in Gainesville, people would freak out. People in Denton are used to it, so I feel pretty comfortable.” UNT Librarian Doug Campbell is an avid cyclist and is also an admin for Bike Denton, a news source for all things related to bicycles and riding in Denton County. Campbell recently put out the call for interest in a Denton Bicycle Coalition. The coalition is meant to be a unified voice for the bicyclists in Denton and would strive for a more bike friendly city. Currently, there are only four bicycle coalitions in Texas, located in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and The Woodlands. Some goals and actions of any future coalition may include educating citizens regarding bicycle safety, skills and maintenance, encouraging ridership, and
Photos by Sierra Taylor
Above: Students enjoy the fountain outside the library near one of the campus’ many bike racks. Right: Denton’s city streets are very accomodating to cyclists.
collaborating with TWU and UNT for outreach and education during events. Reynolds said: “I was too afraid to bike on the streets. You have to use your hand signals and make sure you have the proper gear. I was very nervous at the beginning, but it’s something you have to do and get used to doing.” On good weather days, Reynolds bikes five miles from her home to school and back again. According to Reynolds, Bell can be pretty busy, so having a bike lane would be helpful.
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Greek life
New fraternity in the works on campus
Phi Iota Alpha, Alpha Nu chapter, has first informational meeting at TWU for male students Jabari Hendricks Reporter jhendricks@twu.edu Texas Woman’s University Enrollment Demographics reported that in fall 2014, 7.6 percent of the student body enrolled in a undergraduate program on the Denton campus were male. Men are the campus minority, with the remaining 92.4% of the student body enrolled in an undergraduate
program consisting of females. Men on TWU’s Denton campus have limited opportunities for student involvement, including pledging a fraternity. Currently, TWU is home to two on-campus Greek fraternities, Kappa Sigma and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Kappa Sigma Fraternity is a member of the North American Interfraternity Council, serving to advocate the needs of its member chapters through enrichment
of the fraternity experience, advancement and all growth of the fraternity community, and contributions to the educational mission of the host institutions. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity is a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, which was founded in 1930 to provide a venue of cooperation and communication concerning the issues of mutual interest for historically Black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities.
Tuesday, April 7, the Alpha Nu chapter of Phi Iota Alpha hosted its first informational group meeting at TWU in Denton at the Student Union, marking Phi Iota Alpha as the third fraternity to come on campus and the First Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) Fraternity in TWU history. According to the official webpage of the Greek ...
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Community
Hickory back-in parking to be enforced Denton drivers face challenge of new paring policy on recently reopened Hickory Street. However, new street not living up to the hype due to fines Jabari Hendricks Reporter jhendricks@twu.edu One of the most intimidating portions of the Texas state driving test is parallel parking. If a driver fails this particular portion, he or she automatically fails the whole test and must wait the required three months before scheduling a make-up test. Parallel parking instills fear in all who seek the freedoms and benefits of having
a driver’s license. After passing the parallel parking portion of the test, many drivers aim to avoid the practice altogether, but now Denton drivers will be facing a new challenge, back-in parking. With a new parking regulation in force, Denton drivers will also face additional fees for not abiding by the new policy. Hickory Street, located in downtown Denton, has recently undone construction and now provides additional parking
spaces, free for a limited two hour window. The city spent an estimated three million dollar budget on the plans. Back in July 2013, citizens of the city of Denton showed excitement of the additional parking spaces and safety measurements (especially to bikers) that would come about. Since the reopening of Hickory Street, it has been reported that over 25 percent of civilians have had difficulty with its new parking regulations.
Following the completion of construction in March 2015, the Denton police department issued a news statement that officers will begin issuing $25 citations to drivers who fail to rear-end park. All vehicles are prohibited from parking to where the head of the vehicle is facing towards local businesses. Large vehicles that block the roadway are also subject to receive a ticket. The charge ...
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