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Tuesday, January 25, 2011Volume 97 | Issue 5
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BAR-ista Hydrant Cafe adds upstairs pubPage 2
ARTS & LIFE:New sandwich cart offers international food options
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SPORTS:Overtime loss dooms Mean Green
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VIEWS:Texas lawmakers should leave education funding alone
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BY SHANNON MOFFATTSenior Staff Writer
A hungry squirrel got a little more than it was expecting Monday afternoon when it chewed through a city power cable and shut down elec-tricity for most of the UNT campus and surrounding streets.
The campus-wide outage occurred at around 12:30 p.m. and affected about 500 residents in bordering neigh-borhoods, said Lisa Lemons, a spokeswoman for Denton Municipal Electric.
Cit y elec t r ic workers responded to the nearby city substation within 20 minutes of the outage. Once the cause was diagnosed, crews repaired the broken cable within minutes, Lemons said. Electricity was restored by about 1 p.m.
Despite that quick fix, many classes had to be cut short.
“Some cla sses had to b e d i s m i s s e d b e c a u s e they have no w indows in the room and it was pitch black,” said Gopala Ganesh, a marketing professor, who was teaching a class in the Business Ad m in ist rat ion Building when the incident happened. “In our work, it’s very hard to keep going with no power.”
Ga nesh sa id i n h is 27 years at UNT, he had never before experienced a power outage not due to severe weather.
Lemons was less surprised by the cause.
Just m inutes a f ter t he outage occurred, taking a g uess, Lemons suggested some possible culprits.
“A feeder is blocked,” L e m o n s s a i d . “ M a y b e because of a squirrel or a fallen tree branch.”
Unfortunately, Lemons said t he squirrel did not survive the encounter.
“Whenever there is a fight between electricity and a small animal,” Lemons said. “Electricity always wins.”
Squirrel causes UNT campus power outage
BY BEN BABYSenior Staff Writer
Saturday night aga inst Arkansas State, UNT senior guard Dominique Johnson could not miss from behind the 3-point line.
Johnson went five for five from long-distance and tied a career high with 21 points, as the Mean Green (16-4, 5-2) notched its 17th straight home victory with a 83-64 win over the Arkansas State Red Wolves (10-12, 4-4).
“It was one of those days,” Johnson said. “Sometimes, when stuff like that goes, it’s like you can throw up anything. The rim just seems so big, like throwing a rock into the ocean.”
Playing in front of the second-largest home crowd of the season, Johnson nailed a 35-foot buzzer beater to give UNT a 22-point halftime lead.
“Anytime you can hold a team to low- to mid-30’s [shooting percentage], I think it’s great,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “We were able to do that in both halves tonight.”
Over the past two games, Johnson has made seven consec-utive 3-point attempts.
“I feel like any given night, we [could] have anybody be that guy that scores 20,” senior forward George Odufuwa said. “Tonight he definitely gave us a lift. We needed that.”
The Mean Green jumped out to a 9-0 edge to start the game.
UNT takes down Red Wolves
Blackout causes early dismissals
Darkness � oods hallways in buildings without power. The power in some buildings remained out for around 30 minutes Monday afternoon.
PHOTO BY BRIAN MASCHINO/INTERN
ASU cut the deficit to five points with 3:25 left in the first half. After the final media timeout of the first half, the Mean Green closed the period with a 21-4 run.
UNT ended the first half shooting 69 percent from the field, while holding ASU to a 35 percent field-goal percentage.
“We kept that sense of urgency the entire game and we never let up,” Odufuwa said. “We just came out and made everything hard for them.”
Senior guard Josh White complemented Johnson with
a solid performance of his own, scoring 19 points on 8-12 shooting. The effort gave White 1,525 career points, pushing the guard past Tony Worrell into sixth place on the school’s all-time scoring list.
Johnson and White were not the only ones to have a career night. Odufuwa hauled in 16 rebounds to go along with 14 points. His rebound total tied a season-high and was eight short of his career high.
The Mean Green returns to action Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Louisiana-Lafayette.
Redshirt sophomore Ben Knox pushes for the basket against Arkansas State on Saturday. The Mean Green notched an 83-64 win against Arkansas State last weekend.
PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY ISAAC WRIGHTSenior Staff Writer
Seven state senators, including two from the North Texas area, have voiced their support for legislation that would make it illegal to sell or possess K2 in Texas.
K2 is one brand name for the synthetic cannabinoid that has been gaining popularity around the country.
Manufactured as potpourri, the product is not meant to be smoked, according to a warning on its label. Yet, instances of people smoking the product to induce a mari-juana-like high have resulted in serious health problems, said state senator Craig Estes (R- Wichita Falls).
Estes and state senator Jane Nelson (R- Flower Mound) were among seven legislators who proposed a bill that would ban K2 and products like it across the state on Jan. 12.
“On the packaging, it says not for human consump-tion,” Estes said. “There’s no law saying you can’t consume it, so there needs to be more regulation.”
The decision to take the issue before the state legisla-ture follows action by many communities in the area,
and other states, to ban the product, Estes said.
Denton banned synthetic cannabinoids in September 2009. The city council was urged to ban the product after a number of incidents where the health of individ-uals was at risk after smoking the product, said Ryan Grelle, a public information officer for the Denton police depart-ment.
“We’d been seeing a lot of instances of college and high school students being hospi-talized,” Grelle said. “We even had one time where a senior citizen used it.”
Unlike marijuana, products like K2 are artificial chemi-cals. Smoking the products, which are clearly labeled “not for human consumption,” can lead to an increased heart rate and trouble breathing, Grelle said.
In one instance, he said a man had to perform CPR on his girlfriend after they smoked the product. Grelle said the rise in popularity of synthetic cannabinoids was an issue the police felt should be addressed because no one is certain of what goes into these products and what the effects will be.
“We’ve banned it and a lot of other cities and states are doing it because we’re looking out for the health and welfare of our citizens,” Grelle said.
State prepares bill to ban cannabinoid Synthetic drug ‘not for human consumption’
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Denton Drug Disposal, an organization run in part with the city of Denton Recycling Division, UNT, Denton County Sher-i� ’s Department and the Denton Police Department, is doing its part by holding annual drives with the slogan “We take meds…so they don’t get hooked.” UNT plans to run the next Denton Disposal Day sometime this summer.
PHOTO BY KALANI GORDON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“We [could] have anybody
be that guy that scores 20,”
—George Odufuwa Senior forward
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Meds contaminate water supplyBY ALEXANDRA KING & CONNOR WILLISStaff Writer & Intern
Like many people left with a surplus of unwanted, expired medication, psychology freshman Stuart Peterman said she believes the easy way to get rid of old prescription pills is to throw or flush them.
“I have medication I don’t need anymore, so I’ve just kept it,” Peterman said. “I guess I will eventually throw it away.”
And for years that is exactly what many professionals recom-mended.
“We used to tell people to just throw them away,” said Alan Geis, a registered pharmacist at the Walgreens on University Drive. “But now we know that’s
not good.” Recent research has shown
that improperly disposed medi-cines can cause costly environ-mental side effects. Communities and pharmacies are now fighting to educate people on the correct way to dispose of their unused pills. Local pharmacies are part-nering with UNT and the city of Denton to offer residents environ-mentally friendly ways to get rid of left-overs.
Denton Drug Disposal, an organization run in part with Denton’s Recycling Division, UNT, Denton County’s Sheriff’s Department and the Denton Police Department, holds annual drives with the slogan, “We take meds … so they don’t get hooked.”
George Maxey, of the geog-raphy faculty, started the Denton Drug Disposal last year. They collected 367 pounds of medica-tions during the first drive alone, Maxey said.
“The second [drive] was twice as successful,” Maxey said.
Denton Drug Disposal works to stop prescription pollution in the water, which Maxey said is a growing problem.
“The big problem is no one knows exactly what happens when pharmaceuticals dissolve in water,” Maxey said. “If the water treatment plant isn’t equipped to get rid of pharmaceuticals, they go straight into drinking water.”
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If banned in Texas, K2 and similar products would be grouped with many other hallucinogens carrying state felony charges for possession and sale, Estes said.
“Communities are waking up to this and the trouble it’s causing,” Estes said. “We need to deal with it state-wide.”
Estes said he has received calls from constituents who are concerned about K2.
One of the biggest prob-lems with the product is its availability, Estes said, and that minors are able to purchase it. Senator Nelson echoed this concern in a statement released Jan. 12.
“The health risks associ-ated with synthetic mari-juana are severe,” Nelson said. “A statewide ban on K2 will give law enforcement the tools to get this harmful product off the streets and away from our children and youth.”
Some students said they are also in favor of a state-wide ban on K2.
Chance Babcock, a busi-ness junior, said he has heard stories about people over-dosing on K2 and thinks that it should be taken off the market to prevent people from having the opportu-nity to wrongfully use the product to get high.
“W hy shou ld we wa nt people hurting themselves more?” Babcock said. “Why keep it on the shelves if it’s bad for you?”
B enja m i n Ta y lor, a n employee of Easy’s Tobacco in Denton, said the store st i l l ca rr ies a va riet y of the product that doesn’t contain JWH, the primary chemical behind the city’s ban. However, he said he has always urged against the purchase of the products even before the city made its sale illegal.
“Ever ybody that comes in, I tell that I really don’t endorse it,” Taylor said. “But, that’s really all I can do.”
W hile Taylor said they can only sell the product as incense, he is aware that people are buying it for the wrong reason. Taylor said it concerned him that K2 and similar products had become so popular because no one really knows what the ingre-dients are. Taylor said a more widespread ban of the prod-ucts was a good idea.
“I wouldn’t argue if it was banned nationwide,” Taylor said. “It’s not that I think it’s the worst thing in the world, but it’s killing people. People think it’s a synthetic cannab-inoid but it really only acts in the same way to your recep-tors [as marijuana] and it’s anywhere from three to 1000 times more potent.”
K2’s severe health risks cause concernContinued from Page 1
BY LORYN THOMPSONStaff Writer
For the past two years, the Hydrant Café on West Oak Street has offered food, coffee and live music to the Denton community, but after a six-week hiatus, owner Glen Haas aims to kick it up a notch.
By the end of February, Haas will transform the café’s upstairs into a full pub, complete with Texas microbrew beer and darts.
“I’m excited about this and how it’s going to be setting us apart from the other coffee shops in Denton,” Haas said. “I really chal-lenge others to compete with what we’re doing here.”
The Hydrant opened in Corinth in 2004, Haas said, and then in Denton in 2008. Haas closed the Corinth location in 2010 to focus on the Denton Square.
Haas closed the cafe for six weeks this winter to determine whether he would remodel the Hydrant or close its doors completely.
“We began looking at our
BY MICHAEL BURNS Staff Writer
Eating fresh is getting easier for some people with special dietary limitations.
Subway is testing a gluten-free bun – made of egg whites, tapioca starch and cornstarches – at 700 of their locations in the Dallas and Tyler areas.
The trial menu offers two new items to accommodate allergen-sensitive customers and those who stick to a celiac diet because of gluten intoler-ance. If successful, the items will be added to Subway menus nationwide, according to a recent Subway press release.
The menu offers a pre-pack-aged, deli-style bun for sand-wiches and a brownie made of potato starch, cocoa and sugar.
“I think it’s good they’re trying to reach out to different people with special dietary needs,” said Jessica Robinson, a psychology senior and shift manager at the Subway on West Hickory Street.
Celiac disease is a digestive condition that damages the small intestine and hinders the absorption of nutrients from food, said David Arnold, the UNT Student Health and Wellness Center director.
People who suffer from Celiac disease have an extremely focused diet and must avoid gluten-containing proteins found in grains such as wheat, rye and barley, Arnold said.
Arnold said he urges people who regularly feel discomforts
Subway offers gluten-free options
Mindy McComas su� ers from Celiac disease and cannot eat anything modi� ed food starches. Subway’s new gluten-free menu includes a chocolate brownie and a variety of breads.
PHOTO BY VANESSA REISS/INTERN
such as nausea or diarrhea after eating to be tested for Celiac.
According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, one out of 133 people in the United States is affected with the disease.
“Those with Celiac should outline with their doctors a detailed diet plan,” Arnold said.
Kyle Watkins, a student at North Central Texas College, said he has a friend who lives with Celiac disease.
He said he and his friend were participating in a walk to raise awareness for Celiac disease when his friend acci-dentally ate something that was not included in her strict diet.
“She had to rest on the ground because she was in so much discomfort,” Watkins said.
It is important for those who suffer from Celiac disease to find gluten-free alterna-tives because the symptoms
of eating even the smallest bit of gluten can be vast and painful.
The damage done to the autoi m mu ne system a nd intestines commonly causes abdominal cramping, chronic diarrhea, anemia and unex-plained weight loss, Arnold said. In more severe cases bone or joint pain, depression and infertility are effects of a Celiac eating off-the-list foods.
Robinson said she thinks it’s good that people with Celiac disease are being given more eating-out options. The new options will allow students with gluten sensitivities to eat most of Subway’s sandwiches, Robinson said. The meatball, chicken teriyaki and seafood sensation sandwiches are the only exceptions.
All of the gluten-free prod-ucts a re sepa rately pack-aged and handled with care. Robinson said all employees have been trained to handle and prepare the new foods and prevent cross-contamination with gluten-containing prod-ucts.
More a nd more restau-rants are offering gluten-free menus.
In early 2010, Burger King released their “Gluten-Sensitive List” which provides items that don’t contain wheat, barley and rye at all locations nation-wide.
Dine-in restaurants such as Outback Steakhouse and P.F. Chang’s also offer gluten-free menus and many other restau-rants have followed suit.
Holly DeBower, an emergency administration and planning junior and employ-ee at the Hydrant Café, brews cups of co� ee. The café reopened on Jan. 13.
PHOTO BY STACY POWERS/DESIGN ASSISTANT
Pre-packaged buns, brownies help those with Celiac disease
Hydrant Café adds Firehouse Pub
options to move forward,” Haas said. “We really saw a struggle with the recession and competi-tion with the other local coffee shops.”
Haas envisions the café to be an integral part of Denton’s music scene, and that goal inspired him to keep the café in business.
“[We had] the passion to encourage the live music scene in
Denton, especially for the genre of local songwriters,” Haas said. “The Hydrant is a unique niche that can complement the big events like the 35 Conference and the Arts and Jazz Festival.”
Haas said he feels that because his café is housed in a unique building, the pub is a logical addi-tion.
“We’re intentionally separating [the coffee house and the pub] which is consistently a struggle that coffee shops that begin serving beer have,” he said.
When asked for an opinion about the Hydrant’s new features, nearby coffee shop Jupiter House declined to comment.
SooWon Lee, an academic prep student, visits coffee shops frequently and likes the idea of the Hydrant’s upstairs pub.
“If I have a lot of homework, I usually go to a coffee shop,” Lee said. “After I finish it, I could go upstairs and grab a beer. It’d be on a case-by-case basis, of course.”
Sociology senior Martha Wyers said she would probably relax with a beer after studying too, even though she doesn’t spend as much time in coffee shops.
“I go for the occasional meet up with friends or to do homework,” she said.
Wyers said her ideal coffee shop environment would have paint-ings, live music and events like poetry or book nights with an emphasis on community.
Haas said accommodating his customers is a top priority.
“Our goal is to offer the [commu-nity] a reason to drink good coffee at an affordable price in a place that they’d want to invite their friends back to,” Haas said.
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Christina Mlynski, Arts & Life Editor [email protected]
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
By Kenzie AdAmsIntern
With the start of a new semester, sororities are giving students the opportunity to decode the numerous Greek letters sported throughout campus on t-shirts, signs and sorority row.
North Texas recruitment will hold an informative session about greek life and the various sororities from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. today in the One O’Clock Lounge.
“Greek life is a great way to do something different with your life,” said Nancy Schwartz, the Pan-Hellenic recruitment vice president.
All eight Pan-Hellenic sorori-ties –– Alpha Phi, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Delta Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, Zeta Tau
By shAnnon moffAttSenior Staff Writer
Hungry, busy vegans and vege-tarians have a new lunch alterna-tive on campus.
Khush Roti is a healthy, inter-national sandwich cart near the General Academic Building, catering to sandwich lovers, health nuts and special-needs dieters.
“It’s all grilled and made with natural ingredients,” said Alexis Barnfield, a marketing specialist for Dining Services.
The stand menu includes items from all over the world like the “Ricky Ricardo,” a Cuban-style sandwich.
Sandwiches start at $4.99 for a single sandwich and $6.99 combos include a sandwich, fries, chips and a drink.
Five- or seven-day meal plans and declining balance, a program similar to a Dining Services gift card, can be used at the stand, Barnfield said.
Khush Roti is open 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and closes at 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. On Friday, Khush Roti closes at 2 p.m.
The global-themed food stand is designed for efficiency, said Ken Botts, a special projects director of Dining Services.
“We used a lot of state-of-the-art technology in the design,” he said.
TurboChef ovens use high-heat and air to decreases cooking time and retain nutri-tion in food, Botts said.
“TurboChef is the future of cooking,” he said. “You can fry in it, bake in it –– --you can do anything. We’re cooking our French fries in it because it allows us to cook them without using oil, but it doesn’t make the fries taste any different.”
Khush Roti’s environmental impact was carefully considered through the design process, Botts said.
“[TurboChef] builds into the sustainability part because we’re not using fryers, we’re not
spewing grease up into the air,” he said. “We’re not polluting.”
The design of the kitchen decreases the amount of room needed to prepare food, which allows the stand to be small, Botts said.
“The output of that partic-ular unit is just as good as a full kitchen,” he said.
The hot dog stand, sub-contracted by Dining Services, still sits in its same spot near Khush Roti. Business hasn’t been hurt by the new neighbor and may have increased traffic, Botts said.
“Last week, the first week back to school, compared to last year sales, have slightly increased,” said Chris Swenholt, the owner of the hot dog stand.
The high-traffic intersec-tion near the General Academic Building was chosen because of the parking lot and building locations, he said.
“Since this is a commuter
campus, a lot of times it’s not convenient for students to come to the Union,” Botts said. “What better place to do this than right by the GAB, which is the main traffic point on campus?”
Menu options and loca-tion convenience help attract students.
“They were giv ing out samples this morning and they were pretty good,” said David Lowery, a computer engi-neering senior. “I decided to come for lunch because it just happened to be right here on the way.”
Khush Roti cost $165,000 to build throughout its year-and-a-half construction, Botts said.
There are plans to serve breakfast and international coffees at the stand next semester, Botts said.
Another food truck with an international variation on Mexican food is planned to arrive mid-semester, he said.
By michAel hutchinsIntern
The Miss America Pageant came to a close Jan.15.
While Miss Texas did not win, the UNT alumna is preparing for her own attempt at a pageant title.
R achael Ly né e Bu r n s will compete for Miss Texas International in March.
Burns was named Miss North Texas International last month.
“Before I did it, I wasn’t much of a girly girl,” Burns said. “I didn’t do my makeup every day
or dress in designer clothes.”
Finding Pageant PassionBurns’ aspirations for beauty
pageants stem from her experi-ence and time with the North Texas Dancers, she said.
“Rachael is very much the same person when she is doing her beauty pageant thing and when she is not,” said Josh McKean, a close friend of Burns. ”About the only thing that differs is she might wear her glasses and not put any makeup on when she is not doing an appearance.“
This year marks Burns’ second attempt at the title of Miss Texas International. She was a contestant for the title in 2010 as Miss Fort Worth.
Speaking outBurns said communit y
service has been a part of her life before she wished to compete in the pageant circuit.
She said her favorite charity is Falling Whistles, a campaign that works to end the use of child soldiers in Congo.
The name comes from the whistles that are given to the
children who are too small to carry a weapon. The whistles scare off enemies.
“I think this is a great choice for Rachael because she connects to this platform on a personal level and can better relate and connect to people who have experienced similar situations,” McKean said.
Burns said Falling Whistles struck her because it uses different forms of art therapy, including dance, to help reha-bilitate children who are victims.
“When I became Miss Forth
Worth, I wanted to make it my platform,” said Burns. “I was told that people wouldn’t connect.”
As a child, Burns said she was sexually abused by a rela-tive. She decided to broaden her platform to focus on child abuse.
“It was helping me heal the more I talked about it,” said Burns. “The more I helped others, the more it helped me.”
In running for the Miss Texas International title, Burns hopes she can raise more awareness
for child abuse.If she takes the title, Burns
said she hopes to continue on to the Miss International competition, where she can raise national awareness.
Kristin Koether, the pageant d irector w it h t he Texas International Pageants, said previous winners have used the title and recognition to make major strides for their cause.
“The young woman who is ultimately crowned Miss Texas International will have her life changed forever,” Koether said.
Students prepare to “Meet the Greeks” today
Alumna promotes awareness through ‘beauty’
New cart feeds students
Cedric Muoneke, a biology junior, receives his order at “Pick Up” window of the new food stand “Khush Roti.”
Photo by Kt Shiue/Staff PhotograPher
A banner in the University Union invites students to go Greek today at the One O’Clock Lounge.Photo by Nahum LoPez/iNterN
Alpha and Kappa Kappa Gamma ––will be present at the informa-tive session, Schwartz said.
Each sorority will have its own table set up in the One O’ Clock Lounge, complete with displays of the sororities’ colors, symbols and general information, she said.
There will be three sorority members at each table to help answer questions and offer any information needed to inter-ested students.
Schwartz said this informative session will allow women to join a sorority for the spring semester. The process for spring slightly differs from the fall semester.
“There is a whole different set of rules set by Pan-Hellenic,” she said.
The quota for the spring semester will be noticeably smaller than that of the fall. The structure of recruitment will be much more informational at “Meet the Greeks.”
Sarah Clement, a journalism freshman and member of Alpha
Delta Pi, said she has gained confidence from taking part in greek life on campus.
“Joining a sorority gives you an outlet to meet new people, especially if you are shy,” she
said.Clement joined Alpha Delta
Pi in the fall and said it is never too late to get involved.
Women who attend the “Meet the Greeks” can come
and go throughout the after-noon. Students can leave their contact information with any sorority that interests them.
Students are not required to make a committment.
“Attending “Meet the Greeks” and getting involved on campus can change a student’s entire perspective,” Schwartz said.
With more than 36,000 students, the university offers many opportunities for students to get involved with the commu-nity. Greek life is a beneficial outlet many students can explore through activities.
“Joining a sororit y has impacted my college career in a positive way because Greek life is a good outlet for numerous things like community service,” Clement said.
Katherine Cunningham, a political science freshman, said she is open to attending the event even though she is not involved in any sorority on campus.
“These events can help a student get more involved with the school in general, and if you are in an orga-nization or sorority, you are automatically more involved,” Cunningham said.
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BY ALEX A CHANSenior Staff Writer
When it came time for Hadi Alzawad to decide where to pursue his graduate degree, he said UNT was his f irst choice.
“I think UNT is one of the best,” Alzawad Hadi said. “In my country, women and men are separated, but here, they are equal and I think that is good.”
International on the riseThe number of interna-
tional students has increased 15.4 percent at UNT over the past three years, rising from 2,241 students in 2007 to 2,586 in 2010.
I nter nat iona l st udent s choose UNT because of the low cost of living, safe envi-ronment, location, tuit ion and references from alumni, sa id Dick ie Hargrave, t he internat iona l recr uitment manager at UNT.
“Many of the students who study at UNT will go back to their home countr y,” said Fernando Fleurquin, director of t he Intensive Eng l ish Language Institute. “They will go back with the oppor-tunit y to prov ide posit ive contributions.”
The majority of interna-tional students come from China, India and Korea for the eighth year, according to t he UNT Internat iona l website.
China, bringing in the most international students for the f irst t ime, is experiencing economic growth and is a top emerging market in educa-tion, said Mary Beth Butler, UNT International director of communications.
Graduates from business
and computer sciences have more internships and jobs in t he Da l las-For t Wor t h area, said Saleha Suleman, an assistant vice provost for UNT International.
Program assimilate studentsThe UNT Intensive English
La ng uage Inst it ute helps s t ude nt s i m pr ov e t he i r secondary language.
T h e p r o g r a m i s n o t required and is separate from the students’ regular course work.
Jun Jie Hao, an accounting freshman from the Shandong Province in China, is partic-ipat i ng i n t he I nten sive English Language Institute.
“I t h in k loca l st udents should have more commu-nication with international students,” said Jun Jie Hao. “UNT students and interna-tional students need to be more together. People see me as an international student and not a UNT student.”
The program is the largest in Texas and has a reputa-tion for being one of the most intensive English programs in the U.S., said Fleurquin.
The Institute received a 10-year full accreditation in
2000.The program began 33 years
ago with 47 students, largely from the Middle East, said
Carol Ogden, the assistant director of the Institute.
Now, there are more than 400 students from more than
25 countries, she said.“T h is prog ra m empha-
si zes academ ic Eng l ish,” Fleurquin said. “They are
learning how to communi-cate so they can pursue their fields of study.”
UNT International is taking
steps to help both interna-tional and regular students.
“International education helps us understa nd t hat there is a world outside of Texas,” Butler said. “We work very hard for them to have a good ex perience a nd it becomes a tradition.”
I nter nat iona l st udent s provide the campus with a
BY STEPHANIE ROSSContributing Writer
W hat started out as a personal slogan for Ashley Benson became a movement for more than 100 women across campus.
Never Be a Stupid Girl, created in spring 2010, became a slogan Benson, the founder of the group, would plaster on T-shirts, wristbands and stickers.
A fter transferring from Langston University last fall, Benson, a journalism junior, knew UNT needed a move-ment like Never Be a Stupid Girl on campus.
“After a couple of weeks, I started to notice how UNT is so diverse yet so segregated,” said Benson. “There are all kinds of people attending the university from different countries and cultures, but it seemed like no one was embracing the oppor-tunity to get to know people that didn’t look like them.”
The group was created to encourage women to lift their standards in every aspect of life, regardless of ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status or sexual orientation, said Danielle Vincent, a psychology junior.
“We are currently in the
process of brainstorming event ideas for the spring semester,” V i ncent sa id. “Because February is Black History Month, we intend on hosting an educational trip, which will spark interest in the girls and hopefully teach them something they might not have had the opportunity to learn otherwise.”
Members of the organiza-
tion meet at 6 p.m. every other Tuesday in Chemistry Building 109.
“I wrote it on a big calendar in the hallway of my apart-ment and soon my two room-mates started to use it as their slogan,” Benson said. “That’s when I knew it could be more than just a saying and I made a vision for a movement.”
Women i nt er e s t e d i n becoming a member must pay $10 in semester dues to help
fund future events. They must also attend at least one meeting per month.
“With so many different organizations and clubs on campus, NBASG just stood out to me,” said Shalonda Collins, an emergency administration and planning sophomore. “I wanted to be part of an orga-nization that seeks to empower and uplift women of all shades
and backgrounds. This move-ment is a way for women to come together as one and play a positive role on and off campus.”
Collins said she wants the group to continue to educate members on women’s role in today’s society.
“It’s just a very positive movement t hat does not discriminate and that seeks to bring women together as one,” she said.
International students choose ‘a small, safe city’
Organization members hope to unite groups of women
Students and faculty members of the Intensive English Language Institute enjoy pizza at the welcome party and celebrates the beginning of a new semester at the institute.
PHOTO BY KT SHIUE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“We are in a global world. Hopefully there can be an exchange of ideas and it’s great
for the students to make connections.” —Dickie Hargrave
UNT International recruitment manager
A group of international students chat and do work in “Times Square,” an open public area.
PHOTO BY KT SHIUE/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
new lea r n ing ex per ience, bringing their cultural, social and polit ical customs, she said.
“We are in a global world,”
Hargrave said. “Hopeful ly there can be an exchange of ideas and it’s great for the students to ma ke connec-tions.”
“This movement is a way for women to come together as one and play a positive role on and off campus.”
—Shalonda CollinsEmergency administration and planning sophomore
and member of Never Be a Stupid Girl
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
BY DONNIE PIPESIntern
T he U N T ten n i s te a m w r a ng le d t he Ok l a hom a State Un iversit y Cowg i rls and claimed its first win of t he season t h is weekend.After a disappointing opening match when the Mean Green (1-1) fell to No. 22 Arkansas Razorbacks (1-0) 7-0, the team got on track, securing a 4-3 win over No. 59 Ok lahoma State (1-1) on Sunday.
“This was an incredible win for our program,” said head coach Sujay Lama. “It was a total team effort.”
The victory over the Cowgirls was UNT’s third win over a nationally ranked opponent in the last two years.
SaturdayDropping t wo of t hree
doubles matches to sta rt competition, the Mean Green couldn’t recover and suffered a 7-0 loss to the Razorbacks.
“The score didn’t indi-cate how good we played aga i nst A rka nsas,” La ma said. “It really gave us confi-dence going to Oklahoma.”Junior Nadia Lee and senior Madura Ranganathan started the season strong, defeating Arkansas’ top doubles team 8-4.Playing from the No. 1 singles spot, junior Paula Dinuta took No. 26 player Razorback Anouk Tigu to a third set.
“We had a pretty tough match, but our hard work and condi-tioning paid off today,” said Dinuta. “I am very happy that all my teammates gave their best on and off the court, which resulted in winning the match.” D i n u t a s t a r t e d s l o w and dropped the f irst set 6-2 but ra l l ied back w ith a sweep of the second set before losing the last set 6-3. Junior Irina Paraschiv took her match to the third set as well. She started strong with a 6-2 victory over her opponent but was defeated in the last two sets.
SundaySunday went well for UNT,
as the team collected its first win of the season with a 4-3 victory against the Cowgirls. The afternoon opened with a UNT win, as Dinuta and senior Amy Joubert defeated the Cowgirls’ C.C. Sardinha and Malika Rose 8-3 in doubles play. L ee a nd Ra nga nat ha n fell to Kanyapat Narattana and Nataliya Shatkovskaya
UNT splits weekend matches
Junior Irina Paraschiv returns a serve at practice on Thursday. The Mean Green won its � rst match when it defeated Oklahoma State 4-3 on Sunday.
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1. The Mean Green has defeated three ranked teams in the last two years.
2. This is the first season Mean Green tennis has been ranked.
3. UNT won its first match against Oklahoma State in seven tries.
Tennis Trends
BY TAYLOR JACKSONStaff Writer
U N T t r ack a nd f ie ld improved upon last week’s per for ma nce i n Col lege Station by having two first-place winners, seniors Alysha Adams and Reggie Hayter, in the J.D. Martin Invitational this Saturday.
Hayter ran the 600-yard run in 1:12.88 and took first place for the first time this season, while Adams ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.40 seconds to take the top time. Freshman Sara h Vann fol lowed her fourth-place performance last week with a top-five finish in her second collegiate meet.
“I was a little disappointed in my performance. I got a little height, but it could have been better,” Va nn said.
Vann placed the highest out of all UNT competitors in the Pole Vault, vaulting over 3.6 meters.
“I’m not worried about the competition [in Lubbock], I’m more wor r ied about i mprov i ng my t i me a nd performance,” Vann said.
While most schools train indoors at this time of year, UNT has practiced outside in the chi l ly Januar y air. This didn’t stop Adams and Hayter from placing first at the meet.
“I d id b et ter t h a n I expected, stronger than I thought,” Hayter said. “I was one second away from the record this time, so hope-fully I get it next time.”
T w o high jump a t h l e t e s p l a c e d w e l l t o o, a s s e n ior J e r m a i n e J a m i s o n took second p l a c e b y c l e a r i n g 2.05 meters, .05 behind the winner, and sopho-more Haley Thompson f i n i s h e d fou r t h by j u m p i n g over 1.65 meters.
Head coach Rick Watkins said he wants the team to improve on its performance for the upcoming Texas Tech Invitational but isn’t worried about the competition.
“We had a good meet, we just have to get the work in to improve,” Watkins said, “We really have two weeks to work on technique and improvement.”
Other top-five finishers include senior Jordan Wehr, who took third in the 60-meter hurdles, senior Missy Barnes, who placed fourth in the 60-meter dash, junior Sara Dietz, who placed third in the one-mile run and sophomore Matt Russ, who took home third in the mile run.
UNT’s 4x440 yard relay team took third place with a time of 4:02.23, finishing four seconds away from second place.
The athletes will have a break until the Mean Green competes at Texas Tech Invitational in Lubbock on Feb. 5.
BY BEN BABYSenior Staff Writer
For the second time this season, senior guard Tristan Thompson was awarded Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Thompson made his return to the starting lineup in last T hu rsday ’s 79-62 w i n at Louisiana-Monroe when he scored a career-high 30 points
on 10-12 shooting. He came off the bench for the previous two games after head coach Johnny Jones believed he was not working hard at practice.
Thompson had a not her sol id ef for t on Sat u rday night against Arkansas State, posting 16 points against the Red Wolves.
Thompson leads the Sun Belt in scoring, averaging 18 points per game. He is the only player this season to be awarded the honor on multiple occasions.
Thompson earns award
Track and field seniors take first
“This was an incredible win for our program.
It was a total team effort”—Sujay Lama, tennis head coach
of OSU 8-3 i n Su nday ’s s e c ond dou ble s m a t c h . A Mean Green comeback from Parschiv and sopho-more Barbora Vyk yda lova gave U N T t he e dge i n overall doubles competition. Down 7-4, the pair notched a f ive-game w in strea k, g iv i ng UN T t he doubles point w it h a 9-7 v ictor y. Singles play started slow for UNT, as it went down 2-1 before
Paraschiv won her match in straight sets over Shatkovskaya. Joubert also won her singles match. After a securing a narrow victory in the first set, Joubert took command of the second set, finishing in stra ight sets 7-6, 6-1. Dinuta won her singles match as well in three sets. After losing the first set , Dinuta finished the last two sets with
a pair of 6-4 wins. The Mean Green returns to
action when it visits Berkeley, Cal. to compete against the Ca l i for n ia G olden Bea r s Friday.
Notches first win against
Cowgirls
ALYSHA ADAMS
REGGIE HAYTER
Brief
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in top five
This morning when I got gas, the credit card reader at the pump was out of order. The shiny white sticker “Out of Order, Pay Inside” almost made me get back into my car and choose another gas station.
Going inside to pay is so far outside of my routine that I wasn’t sure I wanted to deal with it.
Had my gas light not been on, I mig ht have headed elsewhere, to a place where I could handle my transaction electronically — no people involved.
Instead, in spite of myself, I got my purse and headed inside. As I paid for my gas, I had a pleasant conversa-tion with the attendant. We discussed mundane topics like the weather, the weekend, my plans for the day — much the way that I imagine people did before credit cards and machines — a nd I found myself smiling as I left the store.
Why did it take a machine breaking to get me to interact with someone? I am worried that in the convenience of swipe-and-go transactions t hat we a re m issi ng key conversations, day bright-eners, the difference between “Receipt? Yes/No” and “You have a great day, ma’a m ! Don’t forget to bundle up in this weather!”
It’s a key difference.I never would have willingly
gone into the gas station, but I have every intention of doing it from now on. Not every time of course, but occasionally, which is significantly more than before.
On l i ne shoppi ng, sel f-checkout and pay at the pump are all convenient and expe-dient, and I have come to rely on electronic conveniences throughout my day.
In a fast-paced world, they have become arguable neces-sities, but I am advocating a short break from ever yday r o u t i n e s a n d h u m a n -
less interactions. The four minutes I would have saved t his morning would have robbed me of four minutes of conversation — a conver-sation that couldn’t happen with a machine, at least not one sitting outside of a rather shady-looking gas station.
We need people, not texting or posting on our walls, but real people in person, making small talk, asking about our days, even if the answer is only a noncommittal “fine.”
The need for connectivity is well-documented for psycho-logical wellness.
Abraham Maslow ranked b e l o n g i n g n e s s ( w h i c h according to the American P s y c h o l o g y A s s o c i a t i o n includes love, f r iendship, intimacy, family and what is commonly referred to as “etc.”) only after physiolog-ical needs and safety in his hierarchy of needs.
The sense of belonging, of human interaction, is falling by the wayside.
We have stopped talking to one another — text ing instead of calling, self-scans instead of cashiers, pay at the pump instead of going inside — and it is to the detriment of our society. Strangers like cashiers, gas attendants or that guy at the bus stop fall into that etc. category.
So break your parents’ rule: Talk to strangers. You’ll be glad you did.
Jessika Curry is a journalism senior. She can be reached at [email protected].
Recently I was called a word I had never heard before — a Millenial. After some research, I came to find that the term Millennial is synonymous w ith Generation Y, which most people are more familiar with.
Millennials, in short, are the children of baby boomers. The sons and daughters of the 90s. The pioneers of text messag ing, blogg ing a nd Facebook. The big market for digital merchandise.
I also came to learn that employers are reluctant to hire Millennials, who consti-tute the majority of the tradi-tional student body at UNT. Apparently, we are narcis-sistic, over-nurtured, liberal and demanding.
Those traits don’t mesh well with the corporate environ-ment. Reluctant employers plus economic turmoil means
a struggle to find employment post graduation.
It’s hard out here for a Millennial.
In his novel, “Americana,” Don DeLillo wrote, “We came into the last Monday of May, the last week of that last year, with cries of career oppor-tunit y sounding t hroug h campus, f lutter and caw of mortality, General Dynamics and IBM … a horn-rimmed diplomat from Boeing pointing to the sky.”
DeLillo’s character describes his f inal month of college with progression, elation and enthusiasm — something to look forward to.
The final month for a grad-uating Millennial is tumul-tuous. Looking to a prospec-tive world of unpaid intern-ships, part-time employment and immense competition for the careers we strive for.
However, this is a defining moment in the timeline of the Millennial Generation.
This is our time to fight for the jobs we want, to struggle to make ends meet and leave the world a better place than we found it.
In the future, our genera-tion will not be labeled with participation trophies and parent-teacher phone calls. We wil l be def ined as the innovators, the doers and the fighters. The generation that fought its stereotype. The generation that fought a downed economy, a federal deficit, a war. The generation that worked hard to make its own way and to make things right.
We are the generation whose narcissism taught our culture to be more ref lective, whose over-nurtured childhoods led us to be better parents, whose
liberalism abolished social taboo, and whose demanding of the workplace led to better worker rights and corporate responsibility.
It ’s hard out here for a Millennial. But it is our hard-ship t hat w i l l def ine our generation.
Charlie Rall is an advertising junior. He can be reached at [email protected].
Millennials can break stereotypes
The Editorial Board includes: Katie Grivna, Abigail Allen, Josh Pherigo, Laura Zamora, Christina Mlynski, Sean Gorman, Nicole Landry, Brianne Tolj, Berenice Quirino, David Williams and Will Sheets.
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Perry puts Texas education in peril
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Campus ChatWhy do you think Texas ranks
so low in education?
“The mindset of Texans are different than in other places.
Maybe it’s because we’re focused more on sports like football, and so we let our
football players and athletes get by more easily that way.”
“Some of the more conservative people aren’t willing to make changes to
progress education. They’re afraid of trying new things.”
“People are so closed minded because it’s the Bible Belt. Everyone is so set in their beliefs. Not as liberal with
things as other places.”
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“I Souport Publik Edekasion.”That bumper sticker illustrates the state government’s
stance on funding all levels of education, which is already in arguably the bottom quarter of the country.
In May 2010, Gov. Rick Perry turned down a possible $700 million in federal funding for public education because the states would have to meet a national standard to qualify for the Race to the Top grant. The only other state that had an issue with the condition was Alaska.
The median teacher salary in Texas is $48,950, which means that $700 million could pay for about 14,300 Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers’ salaries across the state.
In addition to cutting from K-12 schools to help Texas get out of the more than $15 billion deficit, the state may elim-inate the money needed for four community colleges and leave about 60,000 college students without financial aid.
Considering that Texas is feeling the impact of the reces-sion, making it more difficult for people to make ends meet, cutting financial aid could further undermine the ability of the state’s residents to improve their lives.
At UNT, about 72 percent of students receive financial aid. If the amount the state provides is cut substantially, the impact will be felt on campus.
In December, UNT President V. Lane Rawlins sent out an e-mail to the faculty and staff reassuring them that UNT will withstand the budget challenges, but it will be difficult.
In an interview with Austin News, Perry said the state politicians would “prioritize what’s important.”
Perry listed his emergency items for the current Texas legislative session. They include requiring proof of identifi-cation when voting, creating legislation that would provide for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution and abolishing sanctuary cities in Texas.
Education was not included.This century cannot become the “Texas century” that
Perry predicted in his inaugural speech this month if the state fails to educate the people who will live in it for the majority of that century. Perry and his fellow lawmakers are pushing Texas into dangerous intellectual territory by choosing to cut funding from education instead of risking votes by raising taxes.
Although it is possible some of the spending in Texas public schools is unnecessary, the answer is not to cut $9.8 billion.
The Board asks the UNT community members to contact their state representatives and senators and ask them to find another way to weather this economic storm.
Texas lawmakers need to know their constituents disagree with their choices.
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The objective of the game is to fill all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers. There are three very simple constraints to follow. In a 9 by 9 square Sudoku game: • Every row of 9 numbers must in-clude all digits 1 through 9 in any order • Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order • Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9
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# 49
V. EASY # 49
7 6 3 82 5 9
5 3 1 9 79 3 2 4 8
1 63 2 7 6 58 9 4 3 2
5 7 14 2 8 6
7 4 9 6 2 3 8 5 16 8 2 5 7 1 3 9 45 3 1 9 8 4 6 2 79 6 5 3 1 2 7 4 84 1 7 8 9 5 2 6 33 2 8 7 4 6 9 1 58 7 6 1 5 9 4 3 22 5 3 4 6 7 1 8 91 9 4 2 3 8 5 7 6
# 50
V. EASY # 50
4 9 2 68 7 3 6 1 2
1 73 2 4 8
4 2 6 3 59 5 4 3
5 91 3 5 2 7 99 3 8 5
4 9 1 7 8 2 5 3 65 8 7 4 3 6 9 1 22 6 3 1 9 5 4 7 83 2 5 9 4 1 8 6 77 4 8 2 6 3 1 5 96 1 9 8 5 7 2 4 38 5 4 6 7 9 3 2 11 3 6 5 2 8 7 9 49 7 2 3 1 4 6 8 5
# 51
V. EASY # 51
4 2 9 3 55 1
6 7 9 1 8 22 8 7 6
5 97 2 4 1
1 5 4 6 9 73 85 7 6 1 2
4 1 2 6 9 3 8 7 58 5 3 2 4 7 9 6 16 7 9 1 8 5 2 4 39 2 8 4 7 1 3 5 61 4 6 5 3 9 7 2 87 3 5 8 2 6 4 1 92 8 1 3 5 4 6 9 73 6 7 9 1 2 5 8 45 9 4 7 6 8 1 3 2
# 52
V. EASY # 52
6 3 53 5 7
6 7 5 2 3 81 6 4 9
6 3 7 15 2 9 6
5 9 1 2 8 74 9 1
1 9 5
8 2 4 6 7 3 5 9 19 3 5 8 4 1 6 7 26 1 7 5 2 9 3 8 41 7 3 2 6 8 4 5 94 9 6 3 5 7 1 2 85 8 2 1 9 4 7 3 63 5 9 4 1 2 8 6 72 4 8 7 3 6 9 1 57 6 1 9 8 5 2 4 3
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# 49
V. EASY # 49
7 6 3 82 5 9
5 3 1 9 79 3 2 4 8
1 63 2 7 6 58 9 4 3 2
5 7 14 2 8 6
7 4 9 6 2 3 8 5 16 8 2 5 7 1 3 9 45 3 1 9 8 4 6 2 79 6 5 3 1 2 7 4 84 1 7 8 9 5 2 6 33 2 8 7 4 6 9 1 58 7 6 1 5 9 4 3 22 5 3 4 6 7 1 8 91 9 4 2 3 8 5 7 6
# 50
V. EASY # 50
4 9 2 68 7 3 6 1 2
1 73 2 4 8
4 2 6 3 59 5 4 3
5 91 3 5 2 7 99 3 8 5
4 9 1 7 8 2 5 3 65 8 7 4 3 6 9 1 22 6 3 1 9 5 4 7 83 2 5 9 4 1 8 6 77 4 8 2 6 3 1 5 96 1 9 8 5 7 2 4 38 5 4 6 7 9 3 2 11 3 6 5 2 8 7 9 49 7 2 3 1 4 6 8 5
# 51
V. EASY # 51
4 2 9 3 55 1
6 7 9 1 8 22 8 7 6
5 97 2 4 1
1 5 4 6 9 73 85 7 6 1 2
4 1 2 6 9 3 8 7 58 5 3 2 4 7 9 6 16 7 9 1 8 5 2 4 39 2 8 4 7 1 3 5 61 4 6 5 3 9 7 2 87 3 5 8 2 6 4 1 92 8 1 3 5 4 6 9 73 6 7 9 1 2 5 8 45 9 4 7 6 8 1 3 2
# 52
V. EASY # 52
6 3 53 5 7
6 7 5 2 3 81 6 4 9
6 3 7 15 2 9 6
5 9 1 2 8 74 9 1
1 9 5
8 2 4 6 7 3 5 9 19 3 5 8 4 1 6 7 26 1 7 5 2 9 3 8 41 7 3 2 6 8 4 5 94 9 6 3 5 7 1 2 85 8 2 1 9 4 7 3 63 5 9 4 1 2 8 6 72 4 8 7 3 6 9 1 57 6 1 9 8 5 2 4 3
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE JANUARY 25, 2011
ACROSS1 Utah Jazz’s gp.4 Slopeside
structure10 Sodas14 DDE opponent15 Dugouts, e.g.16 Frizzy do17 *Worm change?19 Sci-fi saucers20 Shimmery sushi
fish21 Lush22 Speck in the sea24 Lender’s product26 Hardly a tough
decision29 Decelerate31 Dough dispenser,
briefly32 Craps cube33 Words before
“Here’s to,”perhaps
36 Remain unsettled37 *Relocation
company’scocktail mixers?
41 Withoutaccomplices
42 Didn’t run the ball43 Nice vacation
time?44 Old word of
annoyance46 Twitches50 Kentucky’s state
flower54 Sacro- ending55 “How Do I Live”
singer LeAnn56 One of a salty
seven58 Architect
Saarinen59 Start of a coconut
cocktail name60 *Court mistake?63 Former Israeli
presidentWeizman
64 Shoelace holder65 Canapé topper,
perhaps66 Corporate freebie67 Breaks down in
English class?68 Word usually
found in theanswers tostarred clues
DOWN1 Pooh-bahs
2 “C’mon, sport,help me out”
3 Cheese fromItaly’s Venetoregion
4 IV amounts5 Hesitating
sounds6 Negatively
charged atom7 Game with
scratching8 Treaty of Rome
org.9 Top at the beach
10 St. __ Girl beer11 Lawbreaker12 Dietary needs
found in beef13 Titanic signal18 Coordinated fan
effort at astadium
23 One of theWarner Brothers
25 Bard’sinstrument
27 Bubbly soothers28 Wine choice30 __ favor: señor’s
“please”34 According to35 Retirement org.36 One on a bike37 Add an engine to
38 Quick joke39 Biblical mount40 Foreign Legion
cap41 Hose filler?44 Giant’s first word45 Arched foot part47 __ Nevada
mountain range48 Strand on a 22-
Across49 Made a basket,
say
51 Old Germanmoney, for short
52 Wickerworkwillow
53 Antes precedethem
57 On the shelteredside
59 Vim61 Shaggy
Scandinavian rug62 Sci-fi invaders, for
short
Monday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Marti DuGuay-Carpenter 1/25/11
(c)2010 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 1/25/11
Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE JANUARY 22, 2011
ACROSS1 Vacation
destination11 Invoice nos.15 Like some avian
plumage16 Sikh leader17 Almighty18 Rush order19 Café container20 Union
requirement22 Letter run23 Aid for making
columns26 Flu treatment, at
times28 Sample, in a way31 Flights33 Challengers34 Three-time
Grammy Awardwinner forcomedy
37 “Same here”38 69-Across
source39 Popular toast41 Morning or
evening, e.g.42 Let in44 Michigan city
where the firstDomino’s Pizzaopened
46 One- to ten-yr.investments
48 First name inarchitecture
49 Org. thatincluded theBeneluxcountries
50 Waistmanagementitems
52 Big mouths54 Covered up55 19-Across prefix57 Holly portrayer61 Court edge63 Special
treatments66 Sport67 Voters68 Singing syllables69 Urban runoff
cause
DOWN1 With 7-Down,
something readduring a lecture?
2 First name inhumor
3 Some aredeadly
4 Lyric poet5 Nullifies6 General on a
menu7 See 1-Down8 Marsh stalk9 Lecture reaction,
perhaps10 Be present11 Turkish bigwig12 It helps maintain
posture13 Silk Road
component14 Like some fast
planes21 Bedroom
accessory24 They need
tending25 Like some 24-
Down27 Play area28 Point maker29 “That’s news to
me!”30 Existing at the
beginning32 Reach35 FDR, HST, etc.
36 1985 NationalAssociation ofBroadcastersHall of Fameinductee
40 Former Maltesecurrency
43 Miffed, with “off”45 Uncultivated47 Roughly 35-
cubic-footmeasures
51 Silvery food fish
53 Old Toyota56 Logical
beginning?58 Pants part59 Usher ending,
once60 River of Flanders62 Gp. with many
pieces64 “Lookin’ Out My
Back Door”band, briefly
65 Bill source
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BY BOBBY LEWISSenior Staff Writer
UNT women’s basketball head coach Shanice Stephens struggled to find the right words after her team’s 62-59 overtime loss to Arkansas State on Saturday at the Super Pit.
“One we gave aw ay,” Stephens said. “We did every-thing that we should have, except for getting some really tough stops the times we needed and taking care of the darn ball.”
There was a handful of stats that could be looked at as the biggest reason why the Mean Green (5-16, 2-6) let the game slip, but the number of turn-overs was where Stephens
Women lose lead, suffer overtime loss
Freshman Laura McCoy cuts the basket during UNT’s loss to the Arkansas State Red Wolves Saturday.
PHOTO BY NAHUM LOPEZ/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
wanted to start.“We’ve seen this picture
before,” Stephens said. “We’ve said the same exact thing before and at some point, we’ve got to get really serious and understand that those early turnovers — because we had 17 in the first half — cost us the game.”
Arkansas State (11-10, 4-4) scored 29 points off 30 total UNT turnovers.
Early in the contest, UNT took a 21-5 lead with nine and a half minutes left in the opening half as Arkansas State struggled out of the gates by missing 19 of its first 20 field goal attempts.
However, the Red Wolves used 12 steals and 13 free
throws to stay in the game. By halftime, UNT’s lead dwindled to five points.
The strong end to the first half served as a catalyst for Arkansas State, as it started the
second half on a 16-2 run. The Red Wolves’ lead ballooned to 11 points midway through the half before the Mean Green began to battle back.
“We never got frustrated, but we just knew we had to go back and get a stop every time because it was important,” sophomore forward Jasmine Godbolt said.
Godbolt helped UNT get back into the game with eight second-half points, but it was senior guard Denetra Kellum who took over late in regula-tion.
With five and a half minutes left in the second half, Kellum knocked down two free throws to tie the game at 47. She then connected on three jumpers to give UNT a 53-49 lead, the culmination of a 15-2 Mean Green run.
Kellum finished with 14 points and six rebounds.
“It felt like it did when we had won a couple of games [last week],” Stephens said. “Then we got in bonehead situations again and we didn’t finish the deal.”
Arkansas State forced over-time when sophomore forward Jasmine Taylor hit two free throws to knot the game up at 57 with eight seconds left in regulation.
Godbolt scored UNT’s only bucket in the extra period before Arkansas State scored the last f ive points of the game.
“I was already fearful of going into overtime because they have seen some over-time opportunities already,” Stephens said. “This was our f irst overtime opportunity this year. They’re a team that’s tough and came up with some big shots when they needed to and we didn’t.”
Despite shooting 14.3 percent from the field in the first half, the Arkansas State offense regrouped after the break. ASU shot 42.9 percent in the second half and overtime.
UNT relied heavily on sophomore forward Jasmine Godbolt and senior guard Denetra Kellum, who combined to score 35 of UNT’s 59 points
Arkansas State forced Mean Green mistakes early and often, grabbing 12 first half steals. The Red Wolves entered the game averaging 10.7 steals per game.
The battle on the boards was easily won by the Mean Green, who outrebounded ASU 54-36.
Observations from overtime outcome
