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Thursday, October 8, 2009Volume 94 | Issue 25
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Volume 94 | Issue 25
VIEWS:ARTS & LIFE:
Work remains for City Council regarding gas wellsPage 4
Texas Fashion Collection unveils 1920s gownsPage 3
SPORTSSophomore cornerback stands out on defense Page 5
Loop 288 deadline pushed back
UNT experiencing a higher demand for on-campus jobs
City Council allows drilling in Denton
PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / INTERN
PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / INTERN
Construction workers toil with rebar and morning tra� c during the � nal stages of Loop 288’s reconstruction.
With construction nearing completion on Loop 288, some residents may � nd their commutes to be less of a hassle.
BY CHRIS SPEIGHTSenior Staff Writer
Although most of the lanes on Loop 288 are clear of construction crews and bulldozers, the Texas Department of Transportation announced two weeks ago that the street’s completion date will be delayed.
Department officials said they missed the Sept. 23 dead-line because of bad weather and utility delays, such as a gas line in conflict with a city utility line causing construction hang-ups.
Although the deadline was pushed back, the majority of Loop 288 is open to the public. However, there is still work to be done on landscaping, sidewalks and drainage.
“There were some change orders associated with the project as well as some weather related issues with the recent weather,” said Cynthia Northrop White, spokeswoman for the depart-ment.
White said the most significant changes in the contract are inter-section improvements needed for several future developments on the loop.
Negotiations regarding the final completion date continue between the department and the Austin-based contractor, JD Abrams, L.P.
“Negotiations are still underway with the contractor,” she said. “Essentially, the project is open to traffic. There will be some lane closures associated with some of the finishing touches on the project, landscaping, sidewalks,
drainage. Those will be taking place over the next week.”
Construction on the loop started in April 2006 and the original contract was for 40 months, White said. The orig-inal cost for Loop 288 was nearly $39 million.
White said that additional costs amounted to about $1 million.
Fifty-eight days were added to the original deadline because of utility delays, making it Sept. 23. Two weeks ago, the department announced it needed an exten-sion to finish, White said.
“It’s been a priority project for over 20 years,” said Denton Mayor Mark Burroughs, laughing.
Burroughs said there have been several times when the general contractor pulled construction workers off Loop 288 and put them to work on another job.
“Even when whatever the problem was would clear up, there was a delay getting the crews back,” he said. “The status now is they do have the atten-tion shifted back to get on the schedule again.”
Delays have come in various forms during the project, such as materials not being available or access to certain right-of-way streets, Burroughs said.
Representatives from JD Abrams, L.P. declined to give an interview.
The new completion dead-line has not yet been set, but the department, JD Abrams, L.P., and the city of Denton are negotiating a new one, White said. So far, there has been no penalty for the
BY AMBER ARNOLDSenior Staff Writer
With the economy declining and the job market shrinking, students are turning to jobs on campus for relief.
Although employment at UNT is not on the rise, Student Employ ment Coord i nator Shau n Stoeh r sa id more students are looking for work in genera l because of the economic downturn.
“Because of the economy, the amount of money coming in f rom parents could be lower for some people, so they’re hav ing to look for other sources of income,” he said.
More than 3,800 students are employed on the campus, according to the UNT Career Services Web site.
Chad Skelton, a business entrepreneurship senior, said
he doesn’t feel the pinch of the economy as a personal trainer for the UNT recre-ational center.
“I was just at a workshop here while I was getting my personal training certificate, and I was offered a job on the spot,” he said. “With the job market so down, it’s hard to find work, so I feel really lucky to have a job I know is steady.”
Students that have had jobs in the private sector who have experienced lay-offs or cut hours are a lso looking for jobs, which is only adding to the demand, said Terr y Clower, director of the Center for Economic Development and Research.
He sa id UNT is not as a f fe c te d be c au se publ ic u n i v e r s i t i e s a r e s t a t e -supported.
“The money for the univer-sity and work-study programs have kept coming, and when that’s the case we don’t see a decline in the number of jobs available,” Clower said.
Departments make judg-ment cal ls based on their budgets regarding how many new positions than can fill, Stoehr said.
Although no new positions have opened up, no jobs have been taken away either, he said.
One of the few ty pes of on-campus employment that may be indirectly affected is student employment through research, Clower said.
If grant money provided for these projects is taken away, student employment is taken away as well.
Every student on campus is eligible to apply for jobs,
(From left) Student Eagle Ambassdors Shannon Jones, sophomore in hospitality management and business economics, works with Miranda Cresson, a communications junior, behind the information desk inside the Student Eagle Services building.
PHOTO BY INGRID LAUBACH / INTERN
and departments are usually willing to organize a work schedule around the student’s class schedule. Students are
required to submit a resume and cover letter along with their job applications.
For more information about
on-campus employment, visit http://careercenter.unt.edu/students/oc_employ ment/index.html.
BY SCOTT MCBRIDEContributing Writer
Hours of opposition from Denton residents and UNT students failed to prevent the Denton City Council from approving gas drilling near resi-dential areas Tuesday.
The council voted 6-1 in favor of a special permit to allow Range Resources Co. to build as many as five gas wells on the 400-acre Rayzor Ranch develop-ment near McKenna Park.
The council tried to persuade the company to build the wells elsewhere, but state law mandates access to oil and natural gas for mineral owners. The permit does include 21 conditions designed to alleviate residents’ concerns over pollu-tion, traffic and noise.
“We can be, and we are, a good neighbor,” said David Poole, general counsel for Range Resources.
The permit’s conditions include walls to shield the community from noise and a processing system that would reduce pollution.
Poole said the proposed wells would bring money to Denton through taxes on the property.
“We’ve explained the safety measures we’ve taken,” Poole said. “The environmental protection measures we take to protect the ground water and the minimal impact we have on air emissions.”
But many residents remained unconvinced.
“I don’t want to see the pollu-tion and noise and deterioration of the property values that well will bring, across the street from a beautiful city park,” said Ron Watson, a Denton resident.
Students protestThe UNT chapter of
the International Socialist Organization protested the meeting in front of City Hall.
About 15 members displayed a sign reading “No Gas Wells At Our Park.”
During the proceedings, there were occasional outbursts from the crowd. When Poole said he was unaware of any known health risks associated with gas wells, a member of the crowd shouted “cancer,” prompting Mayor Mark Burroughs to admonish the audience.
Andrew Teeter, a member of the organization and Panhandle Street resident, said gas wells would pollute the air.
“That’s considered reck-less endangerment of public health and safety,” Teeter said. “That’s the lawsuit that people will file later on when they have leukemia from living on Bonnie Brae Street.”
Charles Wahlert, a Denton resident and practicing physi-cian, produced a petition from health care providers opposing the wells.
“It looks like a done deal that you’re going to approve a heavy industrial project right across the street,” Wahlert said.
A rock and a hard placeMayor Burroughs, attempting
to placate those in opposi-tion, pointed out that Range Resources voluntarily agreed to one site for drilling, although the original zoning would have permitted more.
He said the council added conditions to the permit during the negotiation process to address public concerns.
Burroughs also said a fear of lawsuits didn’t influence the council’s decision.
“It’s not a fear of lawsuits that defines what we have,” Burroughs said. “We don’t operate with unlimited power. The history of the state of Texas prefers mineral owners over surface owners. It’s just a fact of Texas.”
missed deadline.The final deadline has yet to
be determined.Burroughs said there would not
be a penalty as long as the waits were “excused delays,” such as not being able to work because of a lack of materials.
Dalton Gregory, council repre-sentative for District 2, said he heard complaints about the
missed deadline not only from people in his district, but also from residents across Denton.
“That group [Texas Department of Transportation] is a bureau-cracy within the state that is several steps removed from any accountability to voters. I think it has just been an ongoing frus-tration for all the members of the community.”
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Author brings light to dark chapter in Russian historyBY JOSH PHERIGOStaff Writer
Two dozen people attended a presentation focusing on the deaths of more than 66 million Russians during dictator Joseph Stalin’s regime.
Ruth Derksen Siemens of the English department at the University of British Columbia
presented the lecture and a screening of the film “Through the Red Gate” on Wednesday afternoon in Curry Hall 104.
Siemens’ presentation revolved around her doctoral research over letters written between 1930 to 1939 by incarcerated Russians.
Siemens highlighted the plight of one family who managed
to write and send 131 letters throughout the course of their captivity.
She said through the letters of a single family’s struggle to survive, she hopes to spread information about a chapter in history that few people know about.
“I want to break the silence,”
Siemens said. “We must honor the victims and commemorate the survivors.”
Siemens said the letters were smuggled from Russia to Canada and stored in an attic until their discovery in 1989.
Siemens said during Stalin’s regime, there were more than 2,000 prison camps, the largest
holding more than one million people.
Siemens is originally from Canada and her family is of Russian decent. She said that the subject was meaningful to her because it is a part of her own family’s history.
“The letters are filled with a lot of hope and a lot of despair,”
Siemens said. Carrie Hart, an international
studies junior, said many history professors offered extra credit based on attendance.
“This part of history has always interested me, so I wanted to come find out yet another perspective on a subject not all people know about,” Hart said.
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Arts & LifeThursday, October 8, 2009 Page 3
Kip MooneyArts & Life Editor
By Morgan WalkerStaff Writer
The Roaring Twenties will come a l ive w it h even i ng dresses, coats and capes from the Texas Fashion Collection on Friday at noon.
Painting the Town, a 1920s high-style fashion ex hibit, which lasts through Dec. 18, opens at Fashion on Main, a Dallas exhibition facility of the UNT Texas Fashion Collection.
“A lot of the pieces from the 1920s, especially elaborately beaded gow ns, are prett y fragile and do not get shown ver y of ten,” sa id Lindsey Stevens, an art history grad-uate student.
Ma ny of t he ga r ment s on display were loaned by I na rose Bogen, n iece of Regina Kobler, a 1920s New York designer.
The only surviving docu-ment of Kobler’s work is a scrapbook from 1923 that was saved by Bogen and her sister, Sa l ly Ha rdy. The desig ns represent professional photo-graphs of Kobler’s work and document the range of her creativity, according to the
Texas Fashion Collection Web site.
The garments will not only include f lapper gowns and k nee-leng t h d resses t hat emerged in the ’20s but also many pantsuits.
Du r i ng t he ’20s, pa nt-suits were often referred to as lounging or hostess pant-suits, Walker said, because many women at the time were not comfortable going out of the house wearing them but would wear them at home to entertain.
“When people think of the ’20s they think of f lapper gowns,” Stevens said. “We do have a few f lapper gowns because they’re fantastic and you can’t talk about the ’20s without f lapper gowns.”
Expected guests at tomor-row’s opening a re Bogen and Hardy, as well as UNT President Gretchen Bataille, said Mary Walker, director and curator of the col lec-tion.
“I think all UNT students, whether they’re art students or eng i neer i ng st udent s, should definitely take advan-tage of the fact that we have so much culture in the Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton area,” Walker said.
Fashion on Main is open f rom noon to 5 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays at 1901 Main St. in Dallas, and admis-sion is free for everyone.
For more information on the Texas Fashion Collection, visit www.tfc.unt.edu.
By Brooke nottinghaMIntern
Denton area children and their parents wil l soon get to v isit a pett ing zoo w ith different kinds of horns.
On Oct. 10, chi ldren in grades two through five will gather at the Greater Denton Arts Council at 400 E. Hickory St. for the Instrument Petting Zoo, an event presented by the UNT Music Department and the arts council.
The event gives young chil-dren the chance to explore musical instruments. It is part of the council’s “Super Arts Saturdays” series, which is dedicated to providing local children with free cultural opportunities.
Based on a similar event created by Leonard Bernstein in New York, Elizabeth Scott of t he counci l decided to bring the event to Denton to increase music in the area and provide children in the community with the oppor-tunity to hear, see, touch, and play orchestra instruments with the gentle guidance of volunteers and experts.
This is the Petting Zoo’s fourth year.
Attendance has blossomed since its first event, and more than 130 children are regis-tered to at tend Sat u rday morning. The event coordi-nators will welcome anyone who wants to join, up to 200 participants.
“Kids and parents have a great time,” said Don Taylor, Petting Zoo coordinator and assistant professor of music at UNT. “It’s a learning experi-ence, and kids get to try out instruments they didn’t know about. We love being able to give them dif ferent oppor-tunities.”
The event will run from 10 a.m. until noon.
A woodwind quintet, brass quintet, string quartet and percussion ensemble will all perform a short concert.
After each group’s perfor-mance, Taylor will give a short explanation of each instru-ment, and the players w il l play a brief tune to let chil-dren hear what each instru-ment sounds like individu-ally.
Following the show, chil-
Music event gives hands-on experience to children
Fashion collection features ‘fantastic’ gowns
dren and their parents will be separated into groups and allowed to try out any of the instruments they saw under
the supervi-sion of t he volunteers.
Di f ferent r o o m s i n t he Denton Greater Arts Council will have tables
o f d i f f e r e n t instruments from the four major categories provided by the music department. Music education majors will oversee the stations and guide the children.
“It’s something fun,” said Willie Basler, a music educa-tion sophomore who volun-teers at the brass instrument
tables. “It can show parents how a start in music could help their kids develop intel-lectually and socially.”
To prevent t he spread of germs, instruments are sprayed w it h disinfecta nt and wiped off after each use. Reeds for woodwind instru-ments are soaked in a solu-tion.
“K ids get to t r y inst r u-ments, but students also get great experience teaching,” said Jon Cao, music education sophomore and president of North Texas Student Music Educators. “It’s a commu-nity project that really helps everyone out.”
For more i n for mat ion, call the Greater Denton Arts Council at 940-382-2787.
Don Taylor
“... Students should definitely take advantage of the fact that we have
so much culture in the Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton area.”
—Mary Walker Director and curator of Texas Fashion Collection
A silk black pantsuit and a velvet camisole are on display at the University Center of Dallas. The Texas Fashion Collection’s new exhibit features 1920s clothing and opens today.
Charilyne Rojas, a music senior, instructs a student at last year’s Instrument Petting Zoo. The event will take place Oct. 10 at 400 E. Hickory St.
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Views Amanda MielcarekViews Editor
Page 4 Thursday, October 8, 2009
Hello, my name is Khai Ha. I am 1.77 meters tall and weigh 81.7 kilograms, and I’m willing to bet the average American has no idea what that means.
This is a travesty.Metric measurement is
not just for the drug dealer. It has applications for everyday use.
We live in a base 10 world, where 1 meter can equal 100 centimeters or .001 kilometers. Metric measurement makes converting one unit to the next easy, letting people visualize and understand relations in the world around them.
I n c ont r a st , t he U. S. customary units are outdated, not as precise and a heck of a lot more confusing.
Try to convert these if you’re bored: 7.8 yards to inches, 792 feet to miles. You can use the newspaper for scratch paper if needed.
Ever want to know how many inches were in 5.7 feet?
We’d have to do 12(5) + .7(12) to find an answer that took entirely too long to calculate.
Yet another bonus for using t h e m e t r i c system is its precision. The length of one meter exactly is the distance l ight t ravels in a void in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Suffice it to say this number doesn’t really change.
But exactly how long is a yard? Well, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e Mendenhall Order of 1893, the U.S. Department of Weights and Measurements defines one yard as equal to 0.9144 meters and that one avoir-dupois pound is equal to
0.45359237 kilograms.Yes, that’s right — for over
a hundred years, the United States has and still does base
its measure-m e nt s of f t he met r ic system.
Y o u ’ v e been using meters this entire time a nd d id n’t even k now it.
What the Mendenhall Order failed to do wa s m a n d a t e that all U.S. agencies use t he met r ic
system. Instead, the everyday person uses archaic feet and pounds while unaware that the world runs off of metrics.
T h is ha s caused some f a mou s problem s, most
notably the fai lure of the Mars Climate Orbiter of 1998. Though NASA stated that all units were to be metric, Lock heed Ma r t in caused a $327 million accident by using imperial measurements. Oops.
Opponents might argue that it is too hard to switch a nation over. But it has already started. People drink two liter sodas and run 5Ks.
We need to continue this transition and join the rest of the world in the modern era.
Khai Ha is a computer science senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
It seems I cannot go more than a day without being accosted about how my rights are being violated by the free speech areas.
Arguments vary from “it’s unconst itut iona l” to “it ’s stupid,” but regardless of the words used, the point is inar-ticulate and uninformed.
America is not a free speech area. One may not protest on a military base, on the grounds of a jail or on private property, just to name a few restric-tions.
The first amendment does not guarantee citizens the right to say whatever they want, mostly because it was not designed to.
The majorit y of people who have taken a political science course are familiar with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ statement that the f irst amendment does not
protect a man from falsely yelling “fire” in a crowded theatre.
The first amendment, while taken very literally by some, has been limited again and again both in statute and common law.
It is perfect ly legal and has been upheld in courts hundreds of t imes for the government to make restric-tions on the time, place and manner of speech.
Registering to spea k in certain areas on campus is a time, place, and manner restriction, and as far as I’m concerned, it is a blessing.
I’m glad no one is allowed to talk about the health care reform with a bullhorn outside of a n academic bui lding while I am attempting to take a 5 million question test, or outside of my dorm as I attempt to grab my nightly
three hours of sleep.I’m thrilled that Gracie Lou
and her sorority sisters can’t follow me from class to class to tell me about their philan-thropy to buy roller skates for underprivileged roller derby participants.
I’m even more ecstatic that no one, whether I believe simi-larly or not, can attempt to convert me to their religion or lack thereof anywhere but the Free Speech Area. If I am in a hurry, I avoid it.
If I want to save the world or open my mind, I drop by and “Ask an atheist” or “Pie a Pike” or learn about the differences between Judaism and Islam.
By centering the action, the police know exactly who is speaking where and can be on the lookout in case some-thing controversial gets out of hand.
It is a service to students as
well as to the police. In the time that I have been
here, I have saved orphans, helped the blind, built houses of cardboard for Habitat for Humanity and done so inten-tionally, without being late for class.
It is imperative that free speech zones stay unchanged, for your right to speak cannot override my right to be both-ered on campus.
Jessika Curry is a journalism junior. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Despite heavy opposition, the Denton City Council approved a permit during their last meeting allowing Range Production Co. to drill up to five gas wells in the Rayzor Ranch development.
The drilling site is across the street from residential homes and McKenna Park. This caused alarm for local residents who voiced concerns that the drilling would result in unwanted noise, traffic, and pollution, as well as expose them to the danger of possible well explosions and earthquakes.
The editorial staff recognizes the City Council had its hands tied on this matter. The city is bound by state law to allow mineral owners access to oil and gas, and it would have invited expensive lawsuits had it denied the permit.
While the city had little choice in the matter, it did agree to 21 conditions to go along with the permit to address these concerns.
One of those conditions stipulates that the gas wells must be dug as far west as possible from nearby homes.
The company must also build an 8-foot high lime-stone wall around the site to minimize noise, as well as conduct daily sound checks to make sure the noise level remains acceptable.
Trucks are also only permitted to enter and exit the site during daytime hours and between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekends.
Additionally, the company is prohibited from taking longer than two years to complete all digging.
These provisions show the City Council is attempting to address the concerns of its residents. These require-ments, if abided by, will help lessen the discomfort of a dissatisfied community.
While we applaud these efforts to accommodate worried residents, the city and the oil company would do well to remember that the voiced concerns are legitimate. Many cities have felt the negative repercussions of drilling. The apprehension of Denton residents is not unwarranted, and their concerns are more than valid.
So long as the city does an acceptable job of repre-senting residents’ interests and the oil company sticks to its end of the bargain, there is no reason these gas wells should be a bad thing for anyone involved.
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SportsThursday, October 8, 2009 Page 5
Justin UmbersonSports Editor
BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer
On the football field, No. 21 shows flashes of brilliance, but it is what fans don’t see that makes him great.
Teammates, coaches and teachers paint the picture of Royce Hill, a sophomore, as not just a great athlete, but as a model citizen both in the classroom and around campus.
Hill, the sophomore corner-back, has been doing that since his days at Cypress Ridge High School in Houston.
“Royce was like Cher around here, in that you never had to use a last name because everyone knew who he was and respected him,” said Cypress Ridge head football coach Gary Thiebaud. “He set a great example for his teammates and his community with his attitude, work ethic and leadership.”
The old cliché “big man on campus” all but sums up Hill during his high school years. He was a 3-year letterman in four sports: football for his play at cornerback and kick returner, basketball as the team’s small
forward, baseball as a center-fielder and for track as a speed relay runner.
He was also involved in just almost every club and organiza-tion that the school offered and was a model student.
“The teachers and student body adored Royce,” Thiebaud said. “He was never a problem. In fact ,he was a solution to most prob-lems. He was always an athlete, but when it came to school and education, he set the bar.”
On the field, Hill played with an explosive style that is now seen on Saturdays, averaging nearly 30 yards per kick return.
On defense, he forced opposing quarterbacks and coaches to game plan around him. Thiebaud and his staff knew they could elimi-nate other teams’ best receiver, by having Hill cover him. The years spent as a center fielder helped him to be the ball-hawking cover corner that he is.
“Reading the ball is so similar and it just helps me to get that extra break on the ball,” Hill said.
When the time for recruiting came Hill was ranked a top-30
cornerback in the country by ESPN, and was heavily recruited by Texas Christian, Rice, and Texas A&M universities.
But it was UNT that stole him away because of the level of atten-tion they showed him.
“I wanted to go somewhere they really wanted me,” Hill said. “Coach Dodge really went after me and I felt like I would be a big part of this program. I really wanted to come here and be part of turning this program around.”
Hill’s big play ability has him ranked seventh in the nation in kick return average at 34.8 yards per return, and is also tied for 30th in interceptions.
“He works every day at making big plays for us,” Dodge said. “He is dreaming of making plays, and he really takes that responsibility to heart.”
That ability to change the game while wearing the No. 21 brings another corner back to mind.
“Deon wore No. 21,” Hill said. “He was one of the best corner backs in the NFL, I just try to go out there and make those explo-sive plays like him.”
Off the field, Hill keeps it low key, and spends most of his free time hanging out with his team-mates, listening to music and studying. While he is undecided on a major, he is leaning towards psychology, and wants a career in coaching football when his playing days are over.
Dodge is thrilled with the big-time player that he got, but remains impressed with Hill as a person.
“Royce is a character guy,” Dodge said. “He is that guy that every coach wants, great player on the field and a person you trust off the field. He is someone other players look up to.”
PHOTO BY ANDREW MCLEMORE / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Cornerback Royce Hill, an undeclared sophomore, returns the opening kicko� against Middle Tennessee State University for 73 yards on Sept. 26. Hill has forced three turnovers and recorded 16 tackles so far this season.
Cornerback’s attitude sets a ‘great example’
Mean Green great teaches new generation of players
Tulane returns to pool at UNT
BY REMINGTON BIRDStaff Writer
Jessica Hulsebosch, 23, finished her college volleyball career in 2007 as the Mean Green’s greatest defensive player of all time. This year, she joined the coaching staff and is now teaching everything she learned to current players.
As a player, Hulsebosch had 2,212 career digs, which ranks 18th all-time in NCAA history. The UNT player closest to her record had 930 fewer digs than Hulsebosch. By her junior year, she held the school records for single-match, season and career digs.
It would seem unusual for such a young person to join the coaching staff, but Hulsebosch said about 30 or 40 percent of the athletes she graduated with are still involved in their sport in some way.
She said the transition has been enlightening though.
“It has been interesting to see things I never knew went on as an athlete, like breaking down film,” she said. “As an athlete, you don’t realize the coaches see and know all.”
Libero Jessica Green, a business senior, likes having Hulsebosch as a coach for several reasons, but mostly
because Hulsebosch played the same position as Green, which focuses on defense.
“As a defensive player, I take a lot of advice from her because she knows what she’s talking about,” Green said. “We’re all really close. It’s just easier to be closer to somebody that has been where we’ve been and actually played the same teams. Being close in age also makes it easier to talk with her.”
Hulsebosch is also attending graduate school at UNT while coaching. She is a recreation and leisure major, but as for what she wants to do when she graduates she said, “I have no idea, but something to do with sports.”
Right now, she is focusing on the job at hand.
O ut s ide h it t e r A m y Huddleston, an interdisci-plinary studies junior, played with Hulsebosch her freshman year and enjoys Hulsebosch’s presence as a coach.
“She can almost feel like a friend at times, but she still has authority,” Huddleston said. “She’s definitely brought us a good comfort level in between the players and the coaches. She knows how to get us out of our funk and how to pump us up for a game.”
Hulsebosch said there are a number of things she misses about playing, especially being in shape. She has had three knee surgeries, so she has been doing light exercises but would like to start cycling soon as well.
“As much fun as it is coaching, I still miss playing and not being able to help physically,” Hulsebosch said.
She said her greatest memo-ries from UNT come from the 2003 season, when the team accomplished a lot of feats for the first time in school history.
“That year we won the west side of the conference, we won two tournaments and we went through to the second round in the Sun Belt Conference tour-nament,” she said.
Middle blocker Brittani Youman, a communications junior, played with Hulsebosch her freshman year and said Hulsebosch brings spunk to the coaching staff.
“She’s a breath of fresh air. We can always count on her to bring a smile to everyone. If we’re getting chewed out, it’s always good to look at Jessica and she’s comforting,” Youman said. “I still see her as someone I can confide in. She’s like a big sister really.”
The UNT swimming and diving team competes between themselves in Friday’s meet to prepare for the coming season. Veterans and rookies swam against each other at the annual Green and White Meet on Sept. 25.
PHOTO BY KHAI HA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY JONAH KUEHNEContributing Writer
The Tulane University Green Wave in New Orleans did not compete in a swim event for three years because of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
According to Tulane’s Web site, the storm f looded 70 percent of Tulane’s campus and inflicted more than $650 million in damage. This led to the suspension of Tulane athletics until the school could make the necessary repairs.
The team will now face UNT, along with Southern Methodist
University, Texas Christian University and the University of Incarnate Word, at the North Texas Relays, which start at 4 p.m. on Friday in Mansfield.
The Mean Green will only compete against the Green Wave at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Denton.
“We haven’t had a real dual meet yet,” said Emily Floyd, a kinesiology senior. “Dual meets are kind of tricky because some-times you can swim and really be on your game, but if you have a few bad races, then that can really mess things up for the rest of the meet.”
This will be the first outside competition this season for the Mean Green.
“We were better this year than we were last year at the same point, so I was very pleased with that,” said head coach Joe Dykstra. “I think we are off to a very good start. But when you start adding other teams into the mix, it’s a whole different story.”
Dykstra continues to stress the depth and confidence they have in comparison to past years. Even the swimmers see this confi-dence, which should help them in the relays and Tulane meet.
“Our team looks strong,” Floyd said. “Last year, it was kind of a difficult start since the team was new and inexperienced. It helps that they have at least one season under their belts, which should give us good hope for the rest of the season.”
Dykstra said the team has been sick. As of Monday, there were five swimmers out with illness, but Dykstra said it shouldn’t affect the meets this weekend.
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