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Wednesday, September 9, 2009Volume 92 | Issue 8
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College co-op helps students transferPage 2
Restaurant opens in double-decker busPage 4
Disc golfRising sport gets new UNT clubPage 8
Students need to acknowledge suicidePage 6
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BY AMBER ARNOLDSenior Staff Writer
Mosquitoes at Denton’s Pecan Creek Water Reclamation Plant tested positive for West Nile virus in August during a routine check, Environmental Quality Manager Ken Banks said.
The level-four risk indicates the probability of a human outbreak is moderate to high because multiple samples of mosquitoes tested at different t imes and locations have been found to carry the virus, according to the City of Denton Web site.
It is common to reach a high-risk level during this time of year because of weather and bird migration patterns, Banks said. However, once nighttime temperatures decrease enough and birds begin to migrate south, the risk level should decrease, he said.
Researchers trap mosquito groups of the same species in ultraviolet or gravid boxes and test a selection of mosquitoes within the group, Banks said. The virus is then determined as either present or absent within the group.
The Pecan Creek Reclamation Plant is the ideal place to do testing because mosquitoes grav-itate to stagnant pools of water absent of fish or other predators, according to the City of Denton Response Plan.
Thomas La Point of the biology faculty assures Denton residents the presence of the virus at the plant will have no effect on Denton’s water supply.
“The treatment plant is for sewage water, so any kind of biologicals like that would be
West Nile virus reaches high-risk level
Stay indoors at dawn, dusk and in the early evening. • Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants whenever you •
are outdoors. Spray clothing with repellents containing permethrin •
or DEET, since mosquitoes may bite through thin clothing.
Apply insect repellent sparingly to exposed skin. An • effective repellent will contain 35 percent DEET. DEET in high concentrations (greater than 35 percent) provides no additional protection. Follow the manufacturer’s directions for use, as printed on the product. Repellents may irritate the eyes and mouth, so avoid applying repellent to the hands of children. PHOTO BY CRISTY ANGULO / PHOTOGRAPHER
The risk level for West Nile virus has risen to four at Denton’s Pecan Creek Water Treatment Plant.
BY MELISSA BOUGHTONStaff Writer
Air Check Texas: Drive a Clean Machine is a Texas program that offers replacement assistance to eligible car buyers.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality provides this program to Texas counties with high ground-level ozone to help maintain a cleaner envi-ronment.
Ground-level ozone is caused by motor vehicle exhaust, indus-trial emissions and gasoline vapors emit chemical gases.
The program provides eligible car owners with a voucher of up to $3,500 to purchase a newer, more fuel-efficient car. Unlike the popular Cash for Clunkers program, not everyone is eligible for the voucher.
“It’s up to the state, you just have to fill out their applica-tion and go by their rules — we just accept the vouchers,” Robin Lindley, payroll and human resources employee at Utter Bill Ford in Denton, said.
Eligibility requirements state that the vehicle must have failed an emissions test within 30 days of the application or be at least 10 years old. The vehicle must be registered in a participating county for at least 12 consecu-tive months and driven under its own power to the automobile dealership.
The vehicle also has to have passed a DPS motor-vehicle safety inspection if it is more than 24 years old and an emissions inspection if it is less than 25
Texas program picks up leftover clunkers
PHOTO BY MELISSA BOUGHTON / PHOTOGRAPHER
The Kia Hu� nes dealership in Denton has many clunkers leftover from the popular government program. They only receive four to � ve vouchers a month for the Drive a Clean Machine program.
years old. The inspections must take place within 15 months of the application date.
Many counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are partici-pating.
Another factor that deter-mines eligibility for the program is a person’s annual net income. Requirements vary depending on the size of the household.
The maximum net income of a one-person household to still be eligible is $32,490. Lindley said she believes this would be a benefit to students if they met all of the other requirements.
“I don’t see why they wouldn’t use it, personally,” she said.
The voucher program does allow car buyers to buy used vehicles. Purchasers can buy as far back as 2007 for cars, 2008 for trucks and 2009 for hybrid vehicles.
For a new hybrid car, purchasers will receive a $3,500
voucher, and for all other new and used cars and trucks the voucher is for $3,000.
“I really wanted to use Cash for Clunkers, but ran out of time,” Joseph Thornton, a radio, television and film sophomore said. “I definitely plan on taking advantage of this program.”
The program is also offering a repair voucher worth $600 for applicants who do not wish to replace their vehicle. Applicants who need repair assistance must meet the same require-ments.
The Kia Huffines dealership in Denton has received between four and five vouchers a month since the clunkers program, general sales manager Phillip Vivar said.
The voucher system makes it easier on dealerships because there is less paperwork and the money from the incentive is guaranteed.
Finding a ‘Reason to Live’BY JOSH PHERIGOStaff Writer
The third week of classes at UNT marks the 35th year of Suicide Prevention Week, which runs from Sept. 6 through Sept. 13.
To spread awareness about the second-leading cause of death among college-aged Americans, UNT is offering several programs and events. The counseling department and the Counseling Services Center planned the week’s events.
As part of their program, the UNT Counseling Center hosted a screening of the documentary “A Reason to Live” on Tuesday afternoon.
The film highlighted the struggles of several families and individuals who have dealt with suicide and depression. One of the stories was about 15-year-old Kebra Selah, a Coppell High School student who killed herself with an overdose of prescrip-tion pills.
Casey Barrio of the coun-seling faculty emphasized the severity of the problem on college campuses.
“We are aware that thoughts of suicide are very real for many of our students,” said Barrio. “We want to provide a safety net.”
In 2006, UNT was one of two Texas universities to receive a three-year federal grant to develop suicide prevention programs. The $450,000 grant has been used by the Counseling Center to implement and main-tain training programs to educate students and faculty in suicide prevention.
“The programs are designed to assist individuals in seeking help navigating stress before
Help is available to any member of the UNT community who is experiencing distress.
* Students - Student Counseling Center (940-565-2741) * Faculty and staff - Employee Assistance Program (800-
343-3822).
Anyone in crisis can also cal the National Suicide Hotline, toll-free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-784-2433.
they get to that dark place,” Carolyn Kern, vice president for Counseling, Development and Higher Education said.
Pamela Flint, counseling psychologist in the Counseling and Testing Services Center said it is relatively common for students to think about suicide.
“The problem lies with those whose state of mind has reached a
point which would allow them to act on those feelings,” she said.
Flint said students need to be aware of the eight free counseling sessions available to them each year. Counseling sessions are funded by the student services fees included in tuition.
The UNT Counseling and Testing Services Center is on the third floor of Chestnut Hall.
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filtered out before it got to us,” he said. “However, people shouldn’t belittle the potential for danger.”
At this risk level, the City of Denton efforts are focused on treating mosquitoes with pesti-cides before they become adults and informing Denton residents about the danger.
“Once mosquitoes become adults, it is harder to concentrate treatment,” Banks said. “Even if we have a level of control, they can rebound very quickly.”
For this reason, spraying pesticide in the city is not considered until a level-five risk is reached, which has not happened in Denton since the mosquito monitoring began, Banks said.
The awareness of the virus has fallen by the wayside since 2002 and 2003 when West Nile was first established as a signif-icant cause of human illness, Joseph Oppong of the biology faculty said in an e-mail.
“Most people stopped paying attention to it because they did not see themselves at risk,” he said. “Plus, frequently, people pay too much attention to a disease that is unlikely to affect them and very little attention to others that will for sure affect them. For example, the human flu kills 36,000 people each year in the U.S. alone. Yet most people do not take the flu vaccine.”
Oppong also noted the West Nile virus is a potentially serious illness and is now believed by experts to be a fully established seasonal epidemic.
Although transmission to people is a rare event, it is a possibility, Banks said.
There are a number of precau-tions Denton residents can take to avoid being exposed to the virus.
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NewsPage 2 Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Shaina Zucker & Courtney RobertsNews Editors
BY CAROLYN BROWNSenior Staff Writer
In a bad economy, a cheaper education and less debt can outweigh a student’s desire to spend all his or her college years at a university.
A decade-old partnership bet ween UNT a nd Col l in County Community College makes it easy for students to transfer credits and complete a fou r-yea r deg ree wh i le saving money.
Kelsey K r u zich, a jour-nalism junior, transferred from Collin College to UNT in fall 2008.
A lthough she wanted to
earn a degree from a four-year university, she decided to attend Collin College to save money and stay near her home in Allen.
She spent a year and a summer at severa l Col l in Col lege’s ca mpuses, a nd transferred 33 credit hours.
“It’s neat to be on campus e v e r y d a y i n s t e a d o f commuting every day like at Collin,” Kruzich said.
Kruzich decided to transfer to UNT for its photojour-nalism program and because her family and friends were familiar with it, she said.
O v e r a l l , t h e t r a n s f e r
process was easy, and Kruzich said she felt well prepared for UNT’s coursework.
T he pa r t ner sh ip, a l so known as the Eagle Bound P r o g r a m, a l low s C ol l i n College and UNT to share student records to deter-m i ne t ra nsfer el ig ibi l it y before students complete the Texas Common Transfer Application.
Collin College and UNT have a close partnership, said Myra Hafer, associate director of admissions and UNT repre-sentative to Collin College.
UNT hosts “eagle landings,” information fairs to teach
Collin College students about the university and transfer options.
Si nce Aug u st of 20 0 0, U N T a nd Col l i n Cou nt y Community College District have had a pre-admission partnership agreement that lets students do their f irst two years of course work at Collin, according to Collin Community College District’s Web site.
UNT was the first univer-sit y to sign a partnership agreement with Collin College about a decade ago, said Troy Johnson associate vice presi-dent of enrollment manage-
ment. Collin College is now one of
the top five feeder community colleges for UNT, he said.
“UNT has developed the inter na l systems such as transfer credit ability and scholarships that have made it a top choice for transfer students,” Johnson said.
UNT will also participate in Collin County’s new Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney, which will open in spring 2010, according to Collin’s Web site.
T he Mu lt i I n st it ut ion Teaching Center pa rtners with universities to offer their
courses in towns without the university campuses, Johnson said.
T he c enter w i l l of fer students in Collin County an opportunity to get univer-sity credit without having to move to main campuses, Hafer said.
“We offer quality educa-tion and we bring it to them instead of them having to come to us,” Hafer said.
The center will offer junior, senior and some graduate level cou r ses for Col l i n Transfer students.
For more information, visit http://www.ccccd.edu.
UNT partners with community college
CHICAGO (MCT) – Lee Shumow doesn’t want to text her students, or be their friend on Facebook, but to their chagrin prefers an old-fashioned way to communicate: e-mail.
The educational psychology professor at Northern Illinois University appreciates when students take the time to reply. It’s an extra treat when they don’t begin their message with, “Hey, Lee.”
She a nd ma ny of her colleagues believe such infor-mality has seeped into the college classroom environment, citing student behavior that’s best described as rude or obliv-ious. As students begin a new semester this month, instructors bracing for yet another onslaught blame technology for creating a
disengaged generation whose attention is constantly diverted by laptops, phones and iPods.
Others point to the unruly classroom as a ref lection of an increasingly ill-mannered society. Nearly 70 percent of Americans polled in 2005 said they believe people are more rude than they were 20 to 30 years ago.
“I literally cannot imagine having addressed any teacher I had in my career as ‘Hey’ and then their first name,’” Shumow said, who has a doctoral degree and has taught 15 years at NIU. “I love them. I won an award for undergraduate teaching in 2005. But man, the world has really changed from when I was a student.”
To their credit, most students
Profs blame technology for classroom conduct
PHOTO COURTESY OF MCTLee Shumow, College of Education professor, (standing) has a discussion with students at Northern Illinois University, Aug. 27, 2009 in DeKalb, Ill. Shumow said she has noticed poor classroom etiquette with some students.
are respectful and more inquisi-tive than ever, faculty members said.
Yet professors also find they must devote space in the syllabus to ask students to refrain from surfing the Web, texting or answering cell phones during a lecture. Some have to remind students that, when making a presentation, they should remove the backward baseball cap and save the bare midriff for a beach party. Others complain that students randomly leave and enter the classroom during class.
For their part, students are irked by others who slurp and chew food, doze off or dominate discussion.
Some blame high schools for lowering the bar on classroom conduct, while others say the problems begin at home, when families fail to instill in children basic skills such as how to say “please” or “thank you.”
In some cases, parents are more obnoxious than their offspring. One professor reported hearing from an irate father whose child had failed a class. The father insisted he had paid enough tuition for “at least a D.”
Yet experts believe there is more to collegiate rudeness than perhaps a feeling of enti-tlement.
The attitude often is: “I don’t need you, I have the Net,” said P.M. Forni, director of the Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins
University and a professor of Italian literature.
“These are students for whom the computers are the training wheels of their knowledge since early childhood. Many of them will think nothing of starting to text as you convey a commentary on Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’”
Although the decline in class-room manners has not been documented in evidence-backed research, Forni said, the “anec-dotal evidence is so massive it becomes rather reliable.”
There is a sense, he said,
that the relationship between student and teacher is now likened to one between a client and service provider.
“The prestige of the teacher and the professors as providers of knowledge and wisdom has decreased as the importance of the information technology has increased,” he said.
Professors should set a tone of relaxed formality and define boundaries from day one, Forni said.
For instance, he begins his classes by explaining that he grew up in Italy during a
different generation, where wearing caps in a classroom was considered rude. He considers it a distraction.
“I say, ‘Listen, I cannot enforce this. I am just asking you as a favor not to wear a cap in class for this reason,’” Forni said. “Nobody from that moment on wears his cap in class.”
Students usually respond well, teachers say, when they understand what is expected of them and what they can expect from the professor – including respect, Forni said.
LONDON (AP) — British doctors ca l led for a ba n on alcohol advertisements Tuesday, say ing the move was necessary to challenge Britain’s dangerous drinking culture.
T h e B r i t i s h M e d i c a l A ssociat ion a rg ued i n a report that a rapid increase in alcohol consumption among young Britons in recent years
was being underpinned by “clever alcohol advertising” and that a prohibit ion on alcohol-related publicity was needed to help turn the situ-ation around.
“Ou r societ y is awa sh with pro-alcohol messaging a nd ma rket ing,” Viv ienne Nathanson, the association’s head of science and ethics, said in a statement. “We need
Doctors lobby against alcohol adsto look beyond young people and at society as a whole.”
The associat ion, wh ich represents more than two-thirds of Britain’s practicing do c tor s , h a s rep e ate d l y warned of the dangers of the country’s increasingly deadly drinking habit. In a widely publicized report last year, the association said Britain was among the hardest-drinking countries in Europe and noted its alcohol-related death rate had nearly doubled between 1991 and 2005 — from 6.9 to 12.9 per 100,000 people.
A lthough the group has lobbied for higher taxes and stricter regulation in the past, its new report called for a total ban on all alcohol advertise-ments.
The report said Britain’s alcohol industry spends 800 million pounds, $1.32 billion, annually promoting drinking, w ield i ng it s “prod ig iou s marketing skills and massive budgets to promote positive images about alcohol.”
The report called for the drinks industry to be banned
from sponsoring sport ing events l ike the FA Cup — currently backed by Danish brewer Carlsberg — or the Grand National race — whose title sponsor is John Smith’s Ale. It also said alcohol ads should be wiped from news-papers and bil lboards and kicked off radio and televi-sion.
British brewers acknowl-edged t hat t he cou nt r y’s drinking culture could use changing, but said bans and h ig her ta xes weren’t t he answer.
“We believe culture change is more likely to be achieved through long-term educa-tion and tough enforcement,” said Jeremy Beadles, the chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
Britain’s government would not be drawn on the idea of an ad ban. The Department of Health said in a statement “it’s not always right to legis-late,” while the Advertising Standards Authority said its codes were already “among the strictest in the world.”
BY CLAIRE WEBERIntern
W hen music educat ion senior Brandon Nase smiles, his eyes grin also, revealing his gent le disposit ion. He possesses a stunning voice and passion for music. Less evident, however, is Nase’s biracial heritage and the chal-lenges he has faced.
Brandon, whose mother is white and father is African-A m e r i c a n , g r e w u p i n Amarillo.
“I’ve never met my dad, because he left before I was born,” Nase said. “He found out my mom was pregnant and he told her she needed to get an abortion.”
His mother lived in Houston w ith her father and step-mother at the time when she was pressed to get an abortion by Nase’s father as well as her own. She moved to Amarillo to be with her mother.
W hen Na se wa s a few months old, his mom married his stepfather Tony, who is also African-American.
“Things growing up were rough,” says Nase, “My mom and stepdad had a lot of prob-lems and there was a lot of emotional and verbal, and sometimes physical abuse, and so therefore my stepdad and I didn’t really have a rela-tionship. I didn’t l ike him because he was mean to my mom.”
During his childhood, Nase often felt discrimination.
“When I was little and my mom went to the gym, she would take us to the nursery and there were numerous occasions when she came back to get us and the other kids would say, ‘You can’t go with her! She’s white and
you’re black!’” he said. Nase was also marginalized
at the local swimming pool. “One time I was at a swim-
ming pool and I was holding on to the ladder and one of the guys in the pool told me to move and get out of the way and said, ‘Ugh. You people.’ I was like ‘What do you mean, you people?’” he said.
George Yancey of the soci-olog y faculty said biracial people may feel discrimina-tion from both races.
“Biracial individuals face pressure from both of their parent’s racial groups,” he said. “They often have to prove their loya lt y to the minority group while st i l l facing discrimination from the majority group.”
W hen asked whether he relates to one group more than the other, Brandon said,
“I grew up with my mom’s family and they’re all white so that culture is more familiar to me than the typical African American culture.”
Brandon’s girlfriend, music education sophomore Lauren Weldin, snickered and said, “W hen we’re dr iv ing a nd he gets really bad road rage and that’s when his ‘black’ comes out. We’ll be driving and someone will cut him off and he’ll be like ‘Oh no they didn’t!’”
Weld i n, w ho is w h ite, assumed Nase was African-American when she first met him, and did not learn he was biracial until the two talked in an online chat.
“He sent me a picture of h is fa m i ly,” Weld in sa id, “and I was like, ‘Your mom’s white!”
Both Nase and Weldin agree
BY MORGAN WALKERStaff Writer
Over the years, the U.S. has become more aware of the signs, treatments and types of the disorder known as autism.
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communi-cation and behavioral challenges, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The UNT College of Education of fers g raduate prog ra ms t hat specialize in autism intervention and research.
UNT’s programs feature training experiences in autism designed for teachers, parents and other profes-sionals who wish to pursue graduate level training to address the educa-tional and behavioral needs of chil-dren and adolescents with autism, according to the Autism Intervention and Research brochure.
In 2004, Kevin Callahan, an asso-ciate professor of the department of educational psychology, received a grant and started the master’s program in autism intervention, Debbie Farr, program coordinator said.
“There are two master’s programs which have the same name, but only one of them is funded through
Project DART,” Farr said.Smita Mehta, project coordinator
and associate professor of special education, created Project DART.
Smita received a grant last year that allowed the College of Education to fund students in rural school districts across the state of Texas, Farr said.
Mehta said she loves the use of instructional technolog y and believed this would be a successful program, which excited her about the grant.
Ultimately, a l l of the courses will end up online, but right now the online courses are reserved for Project DART students.
“In the DART Program, our goal is to analyze the empirical effective-ness of strategies before using them with students with ASD,” Mehta said.
UNT a lso of fers a Graduate Academic Certificate for graduate credit in Autism Intervention.
The certif icate consists of six courses and is also offered through Project DART.
“Some people may say ‘Well I don’t really need my master’s, but I do need a little more information in this area,’” Farr said, “Many will start on their GAC and decide to go on and get their master’s.”
UNT offers the certificate because many teachers who have students with autism might be general or specia l educat ion teachers, or administrators, most of whom have their master’s already, but can have in-depth training in autism and a better understanding, Farr said.
Farr also said if a student has
already taken a few courses in the certification program, and he or she decides to go on and get a master’s, those courses are accounted for in the master’s program.
Most students are already in the educational system somehow, but some work with families directly and feel they need the informa-
tion from the certification courses, Farr said.
In addition, school principals, special education directors and child care providers are seeing an increase in students with autism, Farr said.
“We a lso have students w ith children of their own, who may be dealing with autism,” Farr said. “Sometimes they take the course-work just to know how to work with their own children.”
Mehta said one child who stuck out to her was a 9-year-old girl she worked with one-on-one.
The girl had severe intellectual disability but did have some verbal language, Mehta said.
“If people didn’t k now, t hey would not be able to say that she had autism—she looked so normal,” Mehta said.
By the time Mehta left town after working with the girl for four years, many of her severe problem behav-iors had decreased.
Her care providers could manage her better than ever before and Mehta was the only person with whom the girl’s parents would leave her when they were out of town, Mehta said.
Farr said with symptoms of autism becoming easier to recog ni ze, parents have a much better grasp of the challenges they will face.
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Arts & LifeWednesday, September 9, 2009 Page 3
Kip MooneyArts & Life Editor
Brandon Nase, a music education senior, is the chair of the director of campus involvement.PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
UNT offers uncommon graduate program
Student’s education comes from biracial experience
his white upbringing gives them some common ground in the relationship.
“All of my friends assume she’s white before I even tell them, because that’s how I come off to them, as a white person,” Nase said.
Nase, director of campus involvement for the Student Goverment Assocation, the st udent-led gover n menta l body of UNT, said discrim-ination continued into his
freshman year of college.A girl asked Nase to attend
her sorority’s date party with her. A few days before the event, however, she cal led and claimed one of her good friends had come to town and she felt obligated to attend with him.
Later, Nase found out the girl’s father told her that were she to attend the date party
with Brandon, he would stop paying for her education.
“It has nothing to do with me being biracial,” he said, “It all comes down to the color of my skin.”
Nase said, however, he is proud of the heritage he repre-sents.
“This is just who I am and I’m proud of that,” he said. “Plus, I have great hair.”
GRAPHIC COURTESTY OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer
There’s something fishy going on at the corner of Fry and Hickory streets.
Dave Wilson, owner of the Angry Friar restaurant, parks his green double-decker bus in front of the CopyPro Copy Center and starts frying up fish and potatoes.
“There is no other bus like this one,” he said.
Wilson said he has been working toward his dream of owning his own business for the past 10 years, and he finally got his chance three weeks ago when he officially started serving customers.
As the “typically English” busi-ness becomes more successful selling fish and chips, the menu will grow, he said, and will even-tually sell hot tea.
“We want to be known for fish and chips,” he said.
Wilson said he has many goals for the business, espe-cially showing people how important small and environ-
mentally green businesses are to Denton.
The waste oil from the fryers is turned into biodiesel, and the generator which powers the fryers runs on diesel, he said, to be environmentally “green,” he said.
No plastic is used, he said. Even carry-out bags will be paper. Food is served in news-papers and recycle bins are available.
Wilson said he has the fish and chips market, as the Long John Silver’s on University Drive went out of business.
Businesses offering prod-ucts for under $5 are thriving even though people don’t have as much money to spend, he said.
“The economy has made it the right time for me to start this business,” he said. “All that’s done to me is make me more determined.”
On the side of the bus, two slots allow patrons to donate their change to two charities, one to a local animal shelter, and another to families of fallen firefighters and police officers.
At the beginning of every month, he will write a check to the charities and post a copy of the checks on the window so patrons can see where their donations go.
Wilson said the individuality of his business makes it one of a kind.
“I get a kick out of being different,” he said.
So far, the Angry Friar has
BY STEPHANIE DANIELSStaff Writer
Buying books can really turn a student’s day around. Trying to sell those books back only to find out you can’t because a new edition will be available next semester is heartbreaking. A new program, however, offers to put those outdated books to good use.
The Rotary Books for the World Africa Initiative is a new program geared to help students at UNT and Africa.
Lauren Helixon, a philos-ophy graduate student and project analyst at the UNT Office of Sustainability, spent the summer working on an environmental impact assess-ment to find out how much the environment is impacted when books are destroyed rather than sent to other parts of the world.
“We actually found that it was more environmentally sustainable to send the books to Africa rather than sending them to landfills or inciner-
ating them,” she said.Helixon said instead of
wasting space in landfills or sending fossil fuels into the air by burning the books, Rotary shrink wraps unwanted books and ships them to class-rooms that may be lacking the resources needed to read. A coordinatory then distrib-utes the books to the proper schools.
Helixon is working with Rotary Books for the World, a club dedicated to sharing literacy by sending books to the southern parts of Africa. Since 2001, the Books for the World project, sponsored by Rotary, has already distributed
6 million books to southern and eastern parts of Africa from UNT.
“I want to help Rotar y exceed more than before and get all the books they want,” Helixon said. “I want to help prevent the books from being incinerated.”
Incineration doesn’t only destroy textbooks but also releases fossil fuels into the atmosphere.
In Helixon’s assessment, she finds that if 5 million text-books were to be disposed in landfills, 19,400 tons of carbon dioxide would be released into the air annually.
Helixon is sti l l working
on integrating this program into the UNT community, but first she will have to finish another assessment focused on the social implications this program may have on faculty and students.
In an effort to help the Africa Initiative, the North Texas Energy and Environment Club will be promoting the program when it becomes official.
“I think this is a great prog ra m,” sa id Ca meron Tharp, an international studies sophomore and president of the club. “Not only environ-mentally, but the program also helps improve literacy rates and helps economically.”
School systems won’t have to pay for destruction costs, chil-dren won’t have to be without a book, and teachers will have a textbook from which to teach.
T ha r p sa id w hen t he program does become effec-tive on campus, the club will help spread the message not only by telling students but also speaking publicly at UNT and other north Texas schools about the issue and what can be done to help.
Texas schools shred a book when it is out of “adoption” for three to seven years, according to the Rotary Web site.
The Rotary Club can obtain the books without charge, rather than making schools pay for storage, transportation and destruction costs.
When the books arrive in Africa, Rotary’s mission is to supply a complete book to every child.
The project is still under construction for the UNT community, but Helixon said students, faculty and staff can expect a different way of getting rid of old textbooks soon.
“I hope this spreads aware-ness to the community and school community to be envi-ronmenta l ly and socia l ly responsible,” Helixon said.
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Owner Dave Wilson fries up � sh out of his double-decker bus. The Angry Friar restaurant, which serves English-style � sh and chips, has been set up on the corner of Fry and Hickory streets for four weeks.
sold out every night. “The word is out in Denton,”
Wilson said. “We’re feeding the people that work in other restau-rants.”
So far, the hardest part has been learning to deal with the public and making sure his own standards are met.
Wilson estimated he has invested between $50,000 and $75,000 in the business.
“I put my heart and soul into this, which I wouldn’t do working for somebody else,” he said.
Tim Raiet, owner of the Pita Pit, located at 105 ½ Ave. A, said he has seen people buy from the fish and chips restaurant, which has taken away some of his busi-ness, but for the most part busi-ness is the same as last year.
“Competition is a lways welcome,” Raiet said.
Trent Jacoba, an international studies senior, said he likes to eat fish and chips and has seen the bus.
While he didn’t know of any place that sold fish and chips before, Jacoba said he would be willing to go to the Angry Friar.
“I’d like to go there now,” he
said. Wilson parks the Angry Friar
on the corner of Fry and Hickory Streets in front of the CopyPro Copy Center, with the owner’s consent, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 7:30 p.m. to midnight.
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PHOTO BY JEFF SINER/CHARLOTTE OBSERVER/MCTCarolina Panthers wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett (80) picks up extra yardage as Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Keenan Lewis (20) pushes him out of bounds during � rst quarter action at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.
‘Bruise brothers’ lead Mean Green team
Craig Robertson
BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer
Football team head coach Todd Dodge inherited linebackers Tobe Nwigwe and Craig Robertson from the previous coaching staff and has been able to build his defense around the bruising duo.
Last season they combined for over 200 tackles, five intercep-tions and one game-winning play, a 97-yard interception return for a touchdown by Nwigwe. Dodge
has waited for them to become the vocal leaders on the team, and feels the team gets its new winning atti-tude from the experi-enced linebackers.
“It is really impor-tant when your two best players do things the right way,” Dodge said. “It gives our team confi-dence, and the defense feeds off of what Tobe and Craig do.”
The two combined have nine years of experience within the program but have only been a part of nine victories, including Thursday’s season opener, and knew it was time to make a
change.“We brought a new
attitude with us this season,” Nwigwe, a sociology senior, said. “We have been in this program for a long time and we are tired of losing. Everyone is committed to winning.”
Robertson was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week after a career high 12-tackle performance. Robertson also recovered a key fumble that was forced by Nwigwe late in the fourth quarter, which sealed the Mean Green victory.
“I am happy with the way the whole defense played,” Rob er t s on , t he marketing junior said. “I feel like our whole team should have been named player of the week.”
When Nwigwe is not on the football field, he is busy with his clothing company, Fresh 2 Death, with his cousin Jae Dash. The two make urban style T-shirts.
He sees that company being his future when his football days are over.
“We are no Ed Hardy or anything,” Nwigwe said. “We
are definitely up and coming, and I plan on taking us big one day soon.”
After the win on Thursday, Nwigwe said this was the begin-ning of the shock the nation tour, and the team is after respect this season.
He has high expectations for this group of players.
“I expect an undefeated season, and I cannot envision it going any other way,” Nwigwe said. “Everyone in the nation has looked down on us and treated us like we were not a Division 1 team. We have a lot of talent on
this team and everyone is going to see it all season long.”
Both players are passionate about the game and put the time and effort in on the practice field and the other players look up to them for it, Dodge said.
Ball State University was just step one for the Mean Green defense, and there is a long season ahead, but Robertson feels they can lead this team to a successful season.
“Our linebacking corps has star quality,” Robertson said. “We do our best to lead by example because we are the most experi-enced. We are going to improve every week and go out and win football games.”
BY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer
T h e s e c on d w e e k of September is typically the most difficult stretch for the sports world.
After watching Brett Favre and Mike Vick consume 90 percent of SportsCenter, with the same story about them playing 16 times, and enjoying an exciting first weekend of college football, one thing holds to be true: NFL Nation is more ready than ever to enjoy what looks to be a promising year of football.
There are many storylines coming in, but the one ques-tion that the experts always face is which tea ms w i l l thrive and whose plans will be thwarted.
This proves to be a difficult question, as Sports Illustrated’s Peter K ing pred icted t he Dolphins to win the Superbowl preceding a 6-10 season, but I will do my best to predict the winners for 2009.
New England Patriots:
Nobody likes to hear it, but the bottom line is that as long as quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick are together this team is, at the very least, a threat to win its division.
The receivers are report-edly on a higher level of under-standing the offense after another year and an 11-5 season without Giselle’s hubby, which goes to show that this team has the coaching and talent to do great things in 2009.
The question lies in the defense, where the trades of Richard Seymour and retire-ments of Tedy Bruschi and Rodney Harrison could leave gaping holes.
Three things are sure to happen out of New England: Belichick will never disclose an injury, the offense will be of top-3 quality and the team will contend for the Superbowl.
Pittsburgh Steelers:
T h e y ’r e on e Bi g B e n Roethlisberger Achilles injury away from being in some trouble, but if he stays healthy there’s no reason to think this team will not make a run for its second straight Superbowl.
James Harrison is an elite linebacker coming off a well-earned Defense Player of the Year Award who puts enough pressure on the quarterback to change offensive schemes.
The scary thing is that with fellow backers Lamar Woodley, Lawrence Timmons and Larry Foote on the team, one could argue that Harrison isn’t even the team’s best linebacker.
A weak schedule only helps a team that hasn’t lost any talent since 2008’s Superbowl run.
Atlanta Falcons:
Many analysts allude to the New Orleans Saints winning the NFC South, which could certainly happen if newly hired defensive coordinator Greg Williams can make the defense better.
However, at this point I’m far more confident in the team
that made the playoffs last year than I believe that the Saints can actually play defense.
O n l y p o s it i v e r e p or t s surround the progress of Matt Ryan, who will defy the term “Sophomore Slump” on every level.
Ryan has too many weapons in Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez and Michael Turner to have any severe drop-off and I expect him to get better.
Like the Patriots, the defense has questions and is young, but they’re playing a schedule that is just as difficult as New Orleans’ so the division is not out of the question.
I see a situation similar to that of the Colts a couple years ago, where Peyton Manning had to carry a team with a weak defense to the playoffs.
Tobe Nwigwe
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students. While it is undoubt-edly easier to ignore this statistic, this is a growing problem that is plaguing the country.
Over the past 50 years, the suicide rate among 15-24 year olds has risen by 200 percent, according to the American Association of Suicidology. In plain terms, looking the other way has only made things worse over time.
In a time when resources like the Internet have made it easier to stay connected, it is alarming that a growing number of people are still left feeling isolated and depressed to the point of taking their own lives.
This begs the question as to whether this generation’s online community really is more connected, or whether emoticons, tweets and pokes have replaced legitimate inter-action. After all, having a thou-sand friends on your friend list amounts to nothing if you still feel alone, and having an excess of tweets means nothing if you have no one to confide in.
It is all too easy to get caught up in the stress and drama of college. The important thing to remember is that even if things seem bleak, they can always get better. Rather than making a drastic decision, it is
always better to seek out help from those around you.
Suicide does not only effect the person who commits it, it also effects their family, friends, peers and colleagues, all of whom have to live with the aftermath of one person’s choice.
Of course, it is understand-ably hard for someone in the depths of depression to find the strength to seek help. As such, it is everyone’s respon-sibility to be wary of the signs of depression, such as changes in personality, behavior, sleep patterns and eating habits. Other signs include dimin-ished sexual interest, fear of losing control, low self-esteem and a feeling of hopelessness.
A little compassion can go a long way in helping someone who is depressed. Simply showing concern can make a huge difference in some-one’s life and actually mean the difference between life and death.
The UNT Counseling and Testing Center offers frequent suicide prevention training that is free of charge and open to the entire UNT commu-nity. The editorial staff urges student to take advantage of this resource, either as a way to get help or to learn how to better help a friend in need.
If you or someone you know are considering suicide, or appear to show some of the above signs, please seek out help before it is too late.
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Alan Dowdeninternational studies
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Jarrod Armstrongmechanical engineering
sophomore
Ashley Shermanstudio art senior
Kayla Kenneyinterdisciplinary studies
senior
Who pays on the first date?
“The guy pays on the first because it’s the
courteous thing to do. Then she can pay the
next time.”
“The guy, unless the girl complains. Or whoever
did the inviting.”
“The guy of course. I’m traditional. I feel that if
it’s a guy’s decision to ask a girl out, he should pay.
It’s like chivalry. ”
“I guess the guy. It’s tradition, and usually the
guy wants it more.”
The aftermath of a divorceMy dad called me yesterday
and asked me the name of a love song that he likes. I spent the next half-hour trying to figure out how on earth it applied to my mother.
Then it hit me: it didn’t. A love song reminded my dad of someone who was not my mom.
My parents are divorced. This is not in and of itself news to me as it happened in the early summer of 1998. The real revelation is that I realized for the first time that they are attracted to other people.
Thinking of it in those terms is earth shattering. How could anyone compare to my mother? She’s smart, witty, gorgeous, and obviously great at bearing and raising children.
As for my fat her, he’s charming, handsome and clev-erer than he’d ever admit. How could either of them, especially him, be attracted to anyone else?
On some level, I think I’m right. As my dad ages, his memory of her doesn’t. I think that somewhere in his mind she’s still 16, though not in a creepy, pedophilic way.
I think she’s safe from all of the worry lines and gray hair, as well as the few extra pounds that creep up as middle age approaches. I don’t even think that his picture of her wears contacts, if only because when I picture them together, she’s wearing these huge, brown, coke bottle eighties glasses.
Similarly, how could she not love the boy with a huge curly mass of hair that might actu-ally be considered an afro? She loved him before the gray in his beard became the majority, and before his chest fell into his gut.
But part of growing up is accepting your parents as people, real people with feel-ings and emotions. Part of that is understanding that
they are attracted to other real people.
I feel as if I’m exiting some sort of dramatic denial. How had it never occurred to me? My mother’s been with the same person for ten years, and my father dates rather frequently.
It’s almost as if now, in my 19th year, that I am finally ready to face the fact that, not only did my parents sleep with one another—gross, don’t think about it— but also that it is probably happening with different people now.
This bothers me more than one would think. I’m not new to college, and have walked down the hallways of dorms. I know that sex happens, rather loudly in some dorm rooms, but I feel as if my parents should abstain. Forever. And ever. Like people of the cloth.
I know that it’s not my busi-ness. I know that they love my brother and me very much, but
I also know that if I continue to think about this aspect of their lives, I may become ill , violently ill.
So I guess I’ll close the door to this line of thought and never come back to it. But I do feel as if, by going there, I’m somehow changed. Perhaps it’s that, in accepting their autonomy, I’ve come into my own.
Jessika Curry is a journalism junior. She can be reached at [email protected].
U.S. democracy a fallible systemW he n w e t a l k a b out
A mer ica, we of ten have a g lor i f ied i mage of t he American f lag with a lone American hero symbolizing true freedom.
Indeed we do t hin k of ou rselves a s t he world’s best example of democracy. Nothing could be further from the truth.
To tack le this question, we first have to define “true” democracy. Tracing back to the roots of democracy lays Athens’ democracy.
Athens’s democracy did not involve houses of represen-tatives, unlike our current system, and voting only took place for policies, not to elect representat ives. A s such, “campaigns” came in the form of theatrical performances meant to t i lt the public’s opinion in a certain way.
Their system was called the system of ‘direct democracy,’ represented here in inverted commas because voting was
limited to only men.What we have in America
today is a far cry from the true spirit of democracy. As we move towards a more central-ized federal government, we are in danger of practicing aristocracy.
The truth is we have been t here before : In t imes of crisis and fear, the president heeds advice from supposedly knowledgeable individuals. Sound familiar?
Try Ulysses S. Grant who ended up being t he butt of r idicule for corruption. Indeed, there is widespread fear that the current office-holders are too entrenched in saving the system when what we really need is a systemic reformation.
In a free-market economy, the weak die and the stron-gest su r v ive. We ca n not keep pumping money into sav ing t he “bigger g uns,” i.e., American International Group. We simply must let
t hem go when t heir t ime comes.
Of course, ever yone has a say i n how we shou ld approach an issue, so why should my view be superior to others?
The truth is the money from the stimulus package is not coming back to the taxpayers. Money sent to revive major banks is, speculatively, used to fund executives’ bonuses and golf trips.
The balance is sent to China and India for cheap lega l and checking services. This lessens ta xable income on their behalf and lessens the cost of operation. The result is a really healthy balance sheet at the cost of taxpayers.
Add the fact that we have been using this system for yea rs, a nd t he st i mu lus package only serves to perpet-uate the deadly cycle.
Sadly, nothing will change so long as we still practice our current “representative
democracy.” This is because those in power want to stay in power. Why bother thinking about long-term systematic reforms when there are always quick fixes?
W hat we need is either longer office terms or to start toying with the idea of direct democracy for selected poli-cies.
Jamie Chin Han Khoo is a psychology senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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DATE: 9/9/09 WK: 2 SIZE: 65 MKTS: 08-00051 Wednesday
SportsPage 8 Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Justin UmbersonSports Editor
Disc golf club begins meeting next week
PHOTO BY JAYDA QUINCEY / PHOTOGRAPHER
Conrad Meyer, a photojournalism senior, throws a � ying disc on the 15th hole at a disc golf course in Denton.
BY JONAH KUEHNEContributing Writer
A sport that rarely receives mainstream recognition is getting a club at UNT.
Disc golf, which has been growing in popularity in recent years, involves throwing flying discs into chain baskets on courses often created in city parks.
There are no qua lif y ing tournaments, so a player of any sk i l l is welcome, said current president of the club and journalism junior, Conrad Meyer.
Fliers promoting the club can be found in dorms, around campus or at local parks with disc golf fields.
“It’s the first year for the program and we’re trying to get this thing off the ground and get it started,” Meyer said. “The inexpensiveness of it would easily be the best part about it. You can just come out here a nd t here aren’t any fees to play. There is even a Professional Disc Golf Association and there are guys from all over the world that play.”
Meyer a lso said there is
a chance to compete in a few tournaments as well as competing with the likes of the University of Arkansas, Texas Tech University, and Texas A&M University. There is even a chance to compete in the national tournament.
Philip Powers, a business sophomore a nd long-t ime player, likes the sport because of not only the fun and compe-tition, but it’s a great way to get to know the community and locals. Not having to pay a lot of money to play doesn’t hurt either.
“It’s nice to find a hobby that’s not overly priced. It’s affordable and fun,” Powers sa id. “That rea l ly doesn’t even have to weigh in when it comes to playing. I’m excited about being a part of a club; it’s something that you can really put your name to.”
The discs used for the game aren’t l ike generic, f l imsy f lying discs.
They are smaller and have a harder exterior for distance and control.
Some discs, called drivers or putters, are sharper and heav ier wh i le ot hers a re
rounder and smaller. The number of discs used
is up to the player. One could play with two to 30 different discs for specific situations.
Another thing about the ga me is t hat t here is no complex technique involved. It’s for all ages and for any type of athletic background.
Ga r rett Fra n k, a senior in mechanica l and energ y engineering technology, has played for about two years and is interested in joining the club. He said it’s a great way to fuel your competitive spirit and relax.
“I was looking for an excuse to get outside and spend my days on the weekends and everything,” Frank said. “It’s cheap and the courses are almost always free. It’s nice to get out with people who really practice and care about the game and just to be out there with the competition.”
Meyer can be reached at (817) 528-4603 for any ques-tions about involvement or students can attend the infor-mational meeting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Pohl Recreation Center 205.
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