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Partly Cloudy 63° / 51° McCarney Hospitalized No Limit Mean Green head football coach undergoing tests Sports | Page 5 Students gamble for new UNT gear Arts & Life | Page 3 The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas ntdaily.com News 1, 2 Arts & Life 3, 4 Sports 5, 8 Views 6 Classifieds 7 Games 7 Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Volume 99 | Issue 17 Dance and Theatre Department makes deal with devil Arts & Life | Page 4 Tennis team wins third consecutive match Sports | Page 8 Edboard examines four bold goals Views | Page 6 Inside FOUR BOLD GOALS “This university must not be an ivory tower, but rather a ‘green’ giant.” —UNT President V. Lane Rawlins UNT unveils new five-year strategic plan SEAN GORMAN Editor-in-Chief The UNT Symphony Orchestra set the tone for the intro- duction to UNT’s future, as administration and faculty took turns unveiling the university’s five-year strategic plan in front of a packed crowd Monday at the Murchison Performing Arts Center. Following the playing of the national anthem, the booming voice of Jeffrey Snider, UNT’s chair of Vocal Studies, echoed across the auditorium as he opened the event by reflecting upon the university’s 122-year history. Acknowledging the past as the plan’s foundation, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Warren Burggren and President V. Lane Rawlins stressed the importance of moving forward to achieve the plan’s vision. Burggren expressed “UNT’s Promise,” pledging for the university to make strides academically, become more envi- ronmentally accountable and promote diversity on campus. Rawlins said greater community engagement will lead to more expansion than ever before for UNT. Strung together by the theme of “Four bold goals, one great university,” four faculty members and administrators voiced hopes for the goals and their impact on the univer- sity’s future. Images of UNT students and descriptions of the goals complemented each speaker on a big screen located above center stage. Under the Murchison’s spotlights, students vowed to do their part by seeking academic excellence and representing UNT with the utmost integrity. The orchestra concluded the ceremony by performing John Adams’ 1986 composition “Short Ride in A Fast Machine,” and exiting students and faculty were greeted with bright green promotional banners hanging above available gift bags in the lobby. “Dreams are not enough,” Rawlins said to the audience. “And they will die in the cold light of morning if there’s no action planned to back them up.” See Page 2 for a glimpse at the “Four Bold Goals”

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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texasntdaily.com

News 1, 2Arts & Life 3, 4Sports 5, 8Views 6Classifieds 7Games 7

Tuesday, February 14, 2012Volume 99 | Issue 17

Dance and Theatre Department makes deal with devilArts & Life | Page 4

Tennis team wins third consecutive matchSports | Page 8

Edboard examines four bold goalsViews | Page 6

Inside

FOUR BOLD GOALS

“This university must not be

an ivory tower, but rather a

‘green’ giant.”—UNT President V. Lane Rawlins

UNT unveils new � ve-year strategic planSEAN GORMANEditor-in-Chief

The UNT Symphony Orchestra set the tone for the intro-duction to UNT’s future, as administration and faculty took turns unveiling the university’s five-year strategic plan in front of a packed crowd Monday at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

Following the playing of the national anthem, the booming voice of Jeffrey Snider, UNT’s chair of Vocal Studies, echoed across the auditorium as he opened the event by ref lecting upon the university’s 122-year history.

Acknowledging the past as the plan’s foundation, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Warren Burggren and President V. Lane Rawlins stressed the importance of moving forward to achieve the plan’s vision.

Burggren expressed “UNT’s Promise,” pledging for the university to make strides academically, become more envi-ronmentally accountable and promote diversity on campus.

Rawlins said greater community engagement will lead to more expansion than ever before for UNT.

Strung together by the theme of “Four bold goals, one great university,” four faculty members and administrators voiced hopes for the goals and their impact on the univer-sity’s future.

Images of UNT students and descriptions of the goals complemented each speaker on a big screen located above center stage.

Under the Murchison’s spotlights, students vowed to do their part by seeking academic excellence and representing UNT with the utmost integrity.

The orchestra concluded the ceremony by performing John Adams’ 1986 composition “Short Ride in A Fast Machine,” and exiting students and faculty were greeted with bright green promotional banners hanging above available gift bags in the lobby.

“Dreams are not enough,” Rawlins said to the audience. “And they will die in the cold light of morning if there’s no action planned to back them up.”

See Page 2 for a glimpse at the “Four Bold Goals”

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UNT charts future with “Four Bold Goals”

Improve graduate studies to help achieve

tier-one status

Offer the best undergraduate

institution in Texas

Expand influence into surrounding

communities

Increase support for students, improve employee relations

Offer the best undergraduate

GOAL 1Expand influence into surrounding

GOAL 4Increase support for

students, improve

GOAL 3Improve graduate

studies to help achieve

GOAL 2

ISAAC WRIGHTSenior Staff Writer

UNT’s “four bold goals” serve as the foundation for its five-year strategic plan as well as outline what the university hopes to achieve over the next five years.

The first of UNT’s four goals and its five-year strategic plan is to provide students with the best undergraduate education in the state.

“We will recruit the highest quality students, support students learning with the highest quality faculty, maintain comprehensive offering of nation-ally recognized programs across all disciplines and departments,” said Honors College Dean Gloria Cox, who introduced the first of UNT’s goals.

Throughout her speech, Cox also emphasized the university’s need to design the most innova-tive programs to enhance the relationship between teaching and learning as well as engage students in academic and campus life.

Cox said the quality of education at UNT would increase as the university provides opportunities to get involved with new methods of teaching, partner-ships and internships with outside organizations and more undergraduate research opportunities.

“Students at UNT will have all the inspirational challenge and support they need to find their own personal paths to success,” Cox said.

UNT President V. Lane Rawlins said the univer-sity wants to make providing the best quality educa-tion part of the mission at UNT, by continuing to strive for status as a nationally recognized research university, providing excellent student services and ensuring students have the support necessary to attain their degrees.

Along with the goal of providing quality under-graduate education, UNT has also made one of its four goals to continue striving for national recog-nition as a top research university.

UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson said moving toward that goal will be a process that will take about 20 years, but the university will not focus solely on research.

“You’re not going to stop everything you’re doing to pursue one narrow goal,” Jackson said. “I like the fact this plan talks as much about undergrad-uate education as it does about graduate educa-tion, student success, academic excellence and regional service. It’s a balanced framework. Now the university will have to put the specifics in place over the next year.”

NICOLE BALDERASSenior Staff Writer

The second of the “four bold goals” UNT has introduced aims at providing superior graduate education, scholarship and artistic endeavors and achieving status among the nation’s tier-one research institutions.

The university plans to increase the number of research-oriented, distinguished faculty by hiring new faculty members, including senior-level researchers with international reputations.

“Our students have been getting better,” said Warren Burggren, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Just about every single good institution has right front and center good scholarship support. We’re going to stay competi-tive by offering more financial support.”

The second goal also prom-ises to deepen the university’s legacy with the arts, educa-tion and music as well as strengthen the school’s doctoral and master student education.

“Great universities push the boundaries with innovative research, scholarship and creativity,” said Michael Monticino, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “They attract the best minds and industries. They are a necessity for a globally motivated society.”

The presentation did not outline any specific fiscal measures UNT will be taking to achieve these goals, but several goals have been outlined in the university’s strategic plan.

Among them is the hope to increase external funding to $45 million in Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board-restricted research expendi-tures by 2015.

The university will also seek to innovate and expand its business partnerships, and engage with the community.

“We are going to be raising the image and reputation for the institution,” said Deborah

What’s a tier-one university? Check out Wednesday’s edition of the North Texas Daily– The race for research status: tracking tier one.

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REBECCA RYANStaff Writer

UNT’s third goal focuses on becoming a national leader among universities in student support, employee relations, operational effec-tiveness and service among constituencies.

To achieve the goal, Lilyan Prado-Carrillo, UNT assistant director of financial aid and scholarships, said the university must improve operational processes, make client and employee satisfaction fundamental to day-to-day prac-tices and continue as a leader in environmental

sustainability. “The success of our students

will be our success. UNT will be a welcoming

home not only for students but all who

work here,” Prado-Carrillo said.

An aspect of the goal is to be a leader in employee rela-tions. UNT admin-istration consid-

ered moving to an at-will employment

system in December 2011. If approved, the

at-will employment system would have allowed the UNT

System to fire staff members for any “lawful” cause.

However, Warren Burggren, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the policy was not approved.

The plan calls for the amount of money going toward salaries of new teachers to multiply six times in the next four years to help the university move toward achieving tier-one status, according to UNT’s strategic plan for research.

“This is absolutely focused on becoming a tier-one research university. That’s not at odds with also saying we’re a student-focused university because our faculty is focused on scholarship and research,” Burggren said.

Each department of the university will be required to develop a plan that lines up with the university’s new strategies in effort to move UNT toward tier-one status.

“It’s a process,” said Deborah Leliaert, vice president for university relations, communi-cations and marketing. “Achieving tier-one status will not happen tomorrow; it’s a commit-ment.”

• Bio/Nano-Photonics• Complex Logistics Systems• Computational Chemical Biology• Consumer Experiences in Digital Environments• Developmental Integrative Biology• Hazards and Disaster Research to Respond to Global Crises• Human Security, Democracy and Global Development

• Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts• Knowledge Discovery from Digital Information• Materials Modeling• Multi-scale Surface Science and Engineering• Renewable Bioproducts• Renewable Energy and Conservation• Signaling Mechanisms in Plants• Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems and Biocultural Conservation

UNT’s current 15 established research clusters:

Je� rey Snider, chair of vocal studies, speaks on the university’s heritage during the Symphony Orchestra’s performance of “Enigma,” by Opus 36, at the Four Bold Goals conference in the Murchison Performing Arts Center on Monday. PHOTO BY CHELSEA STRATSO/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

JUSTIN BRIGHTIntern

With the fourth of its “bold goals,” the univer-sity wishes to “establish UNT as a nationally recognized, engaged university and regional leader by building and expanding mutually beneficial partnerships and resources.”

The five-year strategic plan calls for increasing connections with community colleges and enhancing the transfer database to facilitate more successful transfers.

“We are much more than a campus, we’re a region,” said Elizabeth With, vice president of student affairs. “We’re going to partner with more in the community to strengthen the value of a UNT education.”

With a campus stretched out across Denton County, administrators stressed the impor-tance of connecting UNT with the commu-nity at large.

“When UNT’s teams win, all of the cities in the region should cheer, not just the students,” said Warren Burggren, provost and vice pres-ident for academic affairs. “We should be a University of North Texas as well as a univer-sity for North Texas.”

Librarians will benefit from increased collab-oration between researchers and external communities to create nationally recognized programs in digital scholarships, according to UNT’s strategic plan.

“We are in the business of knowledge, and gathering knowledge beyond the classroom to serve the community will be one of our boldest goals,” said Herman Totten, vice president for the university and community affairs. “We want to see a sea of UNT green throughout the North Texas area and beyond.”

Discovery Park has completed renovations that include offices for startup companies that will contract with the institution’s technology incubator. Soon construction will begin on laboratory and office space for startup compa-nies to work on campus.

A new electrical engineering Ph.D. program will allow students to explore new areas of research and collaborate with local defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

Business graduate student Aaron Zischkale embraced the idea of closer relationships between the campus and community.

“One of my last projects was trying to put a veteran memorial put up on campus, which was surprisingly slow to get going,” Zischkale said. “Better relationships with the community would be one thing the university could champion.”

Leliaert, vice president for university relations, commu-nications and marketing. “This will be through funding we get from the Legislature and elsewhere.”

“I like the

fact this plan talks as much about

undergraduate education as it does about graduate

education, student success, academic excellence and

regional service.”—UNT System Chancellor

Lee Jackson

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Alex Macon, Arts & Life Editor [email protected]

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

MICHAELA DEENIntern

Giving that special someone flowers can mean a lot of things.

Whether it’s a sign of undying love or just a last-minute present after your restaurant reservations fell through, countless numbers of roses, tulips and carnations are bound to exchange hands every Valentine’s Day.

Denton Florist is just one of many flower shops in the area hurriedly preparing for their busiest day of the year.

Employees at Denton Florist have been filling orders and making deliveries all week, working almost nonstop from open to close.

UNT alumna and Denton Florist employee Shanna Freeman said the shop has been taking exceptionally large orders since Feb. 12, with more shipments still expected.

“Valentine’s Day is very busy, because people still like to buy flowers and send them to their wife so other people can see,” Freeman said. “It’s still special, and it’s still romantic.”

After being shipped to the shop, each flower must be stripped of leaves and thorns and dipped into a solution to make the flower last longer.

She said each arrangement then usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes to put together.

Freeman, who got her degree in drawing and painting, works on placing cards in newly arranged bouquets, while others at Denton Florist rush around stripping new flowers, creating arrangements or taking orders from guests.

Hattie Hilburn of Denton

Florist said Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14 was guaranteed to be the most hectic of the year.

“[It’s] nonstop action, because we will receive as many orders for the one day as we will the entire week of Mother’s Day,” Hilburn said.

While roses and carnations are the two most common flowers associated with Valentine’s Day, it is important to remember other types as well, such as orchids, hydrangeas, tulips and proteas, Hilburn said. She said being able to personalize a flower arrange-ment is part of what makes giving flowers so special.

It could be hard for local florists to compete with large grocery stores where customers can go

Florists keeping busy

in and choose something quick, said Cindy Simmons, owner of The Flower Garden.

She said local florists could give that Valentine’s Day gift a special touch not found at larger businesses.

“There is still that customer that wants a small shop business, where everything is individual and unique,” she said.

According to Simmons, Valentine’s Day is a very impor-tant time for her business, but she isn’t worried.

“This year there was a slow start, but orders have really picked up, and it looks like it will be a very good Valentine’s despite the economy,” Simmons said.

Valentine’s Day is Feb. 14.

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Around the Tables Ticket Exchange

3 Craps tables

3 Roulette tables

25 Blackjack tables

10 Poker tables

Red = windbreaker

Blue = grand prize drawing for a Kindle

Fire or an iPad 2drawing for a Kindle

Green = sunglasses

GRAPHIC BY THERESE MENDEZ/STAFF DESIGNER

ASHLEY GRANTStaff Writer

The neat single-file line of about 500 students broke into a swarm of rushing bodies as soon as the doors of the Coliseum opened Monday afternoon.

The mad dash to the entrance was for early access to the casino games, free UNT swag and prizes offered at “Four Bold Goals, No Limit,” a student afterparty cele-brating Monday’s unveiling of UNT’s new five-year plan and rebranded image.

“I looked out and saw about 500 students lined up outside, and then all of a sudden I see them rush the doors once they opened,” Director of Student Activities Christa Coffey said.

The first 300 students to enter the Coliseum got either a wind-breaker or a pair of sunglasses, both bearing the updated UNT logo, a green corona with the theme line, “A green light to great-ness.”

Once IDs were scanned, students received Mean Green keychains and a $500 bill of funny money to use at Vegas-style casino tables or to cash in for raffle tickets.

Other attractions filled the Super Pit, including bingo, balloon animals, a “Dance Central” video game, pizza and a magician in a bright red top hat.

The variety of prizes up for grabs in the raffle ranged from bags filled with UNT loot to expensive electronics, including a coveted iPad 2.

Sky McClure, a theater grad-uate student and volunteer for the event, said he was shocked to see how many people showed up.

“People started lining up outside about an hour and a half before doors opened,” McClure said.

Casino-themed party celebrates bold goals

Card dealers at 41 different tables were ready when the doors opened at 5 p.m., shortly after the conclusion of the “Four Bold Goals, One University” event at Murchison Performing Arts Center that outlined specific goals for UNT’s future.

Coffey said that the Student Activities Center was asked to create a student party in celebra-tion of the new strategic plan.

“Originally we were going to have a concert, but with a limited budget we didn’t think we could bring in a big enough name to get students really excited about it,” Coffey said.

Coffey also said organizers wanted more student interac-tion instead of having the focus on one performer that may not appeal to everyone.

That’s when the Vegas-style casino theme came into play.

Coffey said the entire party cost about $13,000.

“The money used for this is from student service fees or fund-raising,” Coffey said. “It can’t be

spent on academics and has to go directly to student activities.”

Business freshman Robert Jackson heard about the event from a resident adviser at Clark Hall.

“I really just wanted to check it out because it seemed like a lot of fun,” he said.

Residence Life Coordinator Eugene Frier said the group wanted to organize an event that celebrated UNT’s future and appealed to a diverse crowd of students.

“It started with the casino stuff, then we added different activities for those who aren’t into gambling,” Frier said.

Frier said “Four Bold Goals, No Limit” was a chance for students to come together and get excited about UNT’s new image.

“It’s cool to see people walking around wearing the windbreakers and drinking out of the water bottles with the message printed on the sides,” he said. “That’s what we wanted to share with students.”

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Magician Christopher Lyle, with B3 Entertainment, performs a card trick for marketing sophomore Lucy Hill during the afterparty following the “Four Bold Goals” event in the Super Pit on Monday. Lyle, a magician for 30 years, revealed Lucy’s card by spitting an identical card out of his mouth.

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JEANETTE SILVAIntern

A diabolical deal with the devil lies at the heart of the legend behind “The Devil’s Sonata,” premiering Feb. 24 at the Studio Theatre with a performa nce by UNT’s Department of Dance and Theatre.

Inspired by “Devil’s Trill Sonata,” a solo violin piece by 18th century Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini, the story dramatizes a demonic dream of Tartini’s.

Satan visited the widowed Tartini in a dream and gifted him with a beautiful piece of music. “The Devil’s Sonata,” by playwright Mark Glinski, tells the tale of the complica-tions that arise from bargains with the devil.

Director Brian Alan Hill, a theatre arts senior, was the founder and artistic director of a small theatre company called Visions and Voices Theatre Company in Chicago.

In 2003, Hi l l d i rected the “The Devil’s Sonata” in Chicago, but production dead-line and script issues led to the project being abandoned.

Hill worked with Glinski, and they came up with a revised script they were both satisfied with.

The play, set in the 18th century, features only four actors and a violinist. About

“Devil’s Sonata” debutsat UNT late this month

25 people auditioned for the show, with Hill handpicking the cast himself.

P r e - t h e a t r e s o p h o -more Jeremy Ross, who has performed in “Ah, Wilderness!” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” stars as Tartini in the play.

He found the role of Tartini one of the most challenging roles he has taken on.

“It’s one of the hardest pieces I have done, because there is a deep seething in the character that really only comes with age and lots of bad things happening that luckily haven’t happened to me,” Ross said.

The set design reflects the dreamlike nature of the source material. Hill said he intended for the set to stand out by not standing out.

“I don’t enjoy realistic sets. You get lost in the specificity,” Hill said.

Ma rc u s May, cost u me designer and theatre arts senior, said she was excited about the dress Tartini’s dead wife, Elizabeth, will wear.

“Her dress is just incred-ibly gorgeous,” said May, who also supervised performers’ makeup. “She’s an angel, so it’s an 18th century version of an angel, which is really inter-esting. The research for it was really awesome.”

“The Devil’s Sonata” has no

JENNIFER MCELROYContributing Writer

Watercolor junior Travis Sykes is putting a fresh spin on personal expression in art, blending water and paint to express the raw, real thoughts and emotions of friends and other students.

For his latest project, Sykes asked subjects to write in a journal about their personal lives, no holds barred.

From then on it was all about him trying to best depict each subject.

“I’m all about the process and this project is definitely a process,” Sykes said.

He uses certain colors, lines and the blurring and blending process to imitate the emotional state of the subject.

Sykes said depicting his friends’ personal stories on canvas presented new chal-lenges as an artist.

“When you paint yourself or even for yourself you tend to be hypercritical of it,” he said.

There are near-limitless paths to visually completing a work of art, which can be frustrating, Sykes said.

Millie Giles, a watercolor lecturer whose husband started the watercolor depart-ment in the College of Visual Arts and Design, said she wants her students to be as

comfortable as possible to help the flow of ideas.

“I walk in and there Travis is, sprawled out on the floor of the studio, on his plaid sleeping bag with no shoes on, just painting away,” Giles said.

Trying to manipulate water and paint presents its own chal-lenges, Giles said.

“Watercolor is more fluid and loose, without any white paint. Sometimes you can control it and sometimes you can’t,” she said.

Giles said visually depicting an abstract feeling is difficult, but it’s all about research and preparedness. Knowing how to produce lines and create certain effects with the water and paint is all about experience and playing with the technique.

Seth Victorious, a senior in the College of Visual Arts and Design, displays his work at Denton art shows and shops and knows all too well the difficulty of repre-senting people through the artist’s eye.

“Right now I’m all about people

and their material possessions, and exposing that in some way,” said Victorious, whose multi-dimensional pieces have been shown in Jupiter House and local art shows.

“The hardest part is going with an idea and then deciding it won’t work, or you just end up not really digging it,” Victorious said.

Although this new series revolves completely around his intent to encompass the feel-ings of the subject, Sykes said he knows people will draw their own interpretations, and the water-colors will reflect on the viewer’s own personality.

Sykes’ work will be shown at Bolivar Arts and Music Collective in the spring, and two of his paint-ings are currently on display in the Art Building’s light gallery.

The work of other UNT water-color artists can be found at watercolorworldwide.com, a website that provides a channel for both students and non-stu-dents to exhibit and sell their paintings.

intermission and is about an hour and a half long, shorter than most plays the depart-ment puts on.

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA BREAZ

Jeremy Ross (front) and Desmond Thomas (back) as Tartini and Satan.

Remembering the life of Whitney HoustonA k ron Beac on Jou r na l (MCT)–The death of Whitney Houston, whose public life and career traversed the highest high to very public lows, has devas-tated her family and left fans saddened and awaiting the come-back that will never come.The cause of death is still unknown, so speculation is irresponsible and callous. But whatever the cause, didn’t we all think it would end better than this?

Houston, the Guinness World record holder as the most awarded female artist of all time, was a pop music, pop culture and African-American icon who influ-enced two generations of singers in many genres. Her surprising death on the eve of Sunday’s tele-cast of the Grammys, of which she owned six, greatly impacted the show’s tone and tenor.

But when someone of Houston’s stature dies surprisingly, fans and regular folks are often inspired to assess their personal and pop culture’s collective relationship with the deceased. Houston’s long and public professional and personal rise and fall saw her go from exulted icon to running gag. But fans and most caring folks hoped she would pull herself back together, show us her trademark toothy smile and allow us to lift

her back up to the pedestal she so easily commanded for so long.

When Houston hit the music scene in 1985, she seemed to have all the elements one could want in a superstar.

She had an undeniably prodi-gious vocal talent and a good musical pedigree as the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and cousin of Dionne Warwick. She was lovely but known as a good girl who didn’t lean on her sexuality, and she had the skill to apply her gospel-based style to big pop and R&B hooks.

For the first decade of her nearly 30-year career in music and film, she was an unstoppable force. She churned out massive hits and starred in popular films. She always appeared cool, confi-dent and put together in her videos, and a relatable, easy-to-admire New Jersey girl in inter-views.

But as much as our culture enjoys basking in the glow of our stars, especially one whose public veneer appears so pristine for so long, we also revel when the cracks and holes appear. Houston’s 15-year marriage to Bobby Brown and subsequent and much-too-publicly documented decline with bad performances, odd, at times too-revealing interviews,

Skyes’ newest watercolors depict the deep personal emotions of others. Sykes asked friends to jot their feelings down in a journal.

PHOTO COURTESY OF TRAVIS SYKES

and the sad spectacle that was “Being Bobby Brown” provided endless fodder for comics, late-night sketch shows and even disappointed fans.

When Houston finally left Brown in 2007 and entered rehab, her longtime champion and friend Clive Davis signed her to J Records and got her out of the spotlight and into the studio. Fans hoped for the classic American comeback, someone in which they could once again believe.

The album “Look to You” and its single “I Look to You” brought hope and debuted at No. 1 with more than 2.5 million fans responding to what appeared to be a triumphant return. But the uneven performances and odd interviews continued and a tour never happened. In 2011, it was reported that Houston was to star in a remake of the 1976 music-driven drama “Sparkle,” but now that, too, will never happen.

We don’t have the right to expect anything from the people we celebrate and skewer, but even if Houston’s singing voice never returned, I think fans would have been very satisfied if her “come-back” had simply consisted of a healthy and happy Whitney, appearing in films and on tele-vision. GRAPHIC COURTESY OF MCT

Student’s watercolorsexplore personal lives

“The Devil’s Sonata” can be seen Friday and

Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.,

Feb. 24 through 26. Tickets are $5 and can

be purchased at the box office in the first

floor lobby in the Radio, Television and Film

Building or by calling (940) 565-2428 or (817)

267-3731 ext. 2428.

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are not immediately known by us at this time,” Villarreal said in a statement. “The family has asked until a complete diagnosis and a course of treatment is established that their privacy be respected. We can’t comment any further at this time and will release infor-mation as it becomes available and approved by the family.”

On Monday afternoon, Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly tweeted McCarney had suffered a stroke.

McCarney was the Iowa State head football coach from 1995-

2006. He led t he Mea n Green to a 5-7 record in his first season as a head coach in 2011. McCarney’s f i r s t - y e a r c a m p a i g n was UNT’s most successful foot-ball season since 2004 when the Mean Green appeared in the New Orleans Bowl. McCarney was named head football coach November 30, 2010.

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BRETT MEDEIROS Senior Staff Writer

UNT head football coach Dan McCarney has been hospitalized after experiencing medical diffi-culties severe enough to require hospital attention.

UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal confirmed Monday that McCarney is in the hospital and is undergoing tests.

“The exact cause and nature of the symptoms of his illness

Head football coach Dan McCarney hospitalized

ALISON ELDRIDGESenior Staff Writer

A f ter beat i ng F lor ida International 68-61 in Miami on Thursday, the Mean Green men’s basketball team (14-11, 7-5) fell in a double overtime loss to Florida Atlantic (11-14, 7-5) 86-81.

The loss is the first time UNT has played a double-overtime game since the team beat the University of Texas at Arlington 101-99 in double overtime in 2009.

The Mean Green started the game strong and held on to a double-digit lead for much of the game, going up by as many as 19 points in the second half before the Owls scored the final five points of regulation to tie the game at 66 apiece.

“The game should’ve never gotten to that point,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “We had a nice lead and should’ve been able to close the game out there in regulation.”

FAU got back into the game by knocking down five three-pointers in the second half, while UNT made only one of nine attempts from beyond the arc. The Mean Green also strug-gled to keep the ball, as it turned it over 27 times.

UNT’s lone three-pointer came from junior guard Brandan Walton with 4:29 left in regula-tion to push UNT’s lead back up to nine points.

“We just lost the lead. As a team, we didn’t come out with a sense of urgency in the regu-lation,” freshman forward Tony Mitchell said. “We just didn’t have the mental aspect.”

UNT’s starting five of Mitchell, Walton, junior forward Jacob Holmen, junior guard Roger Franklin and sophomore guard

UNT falters in Florida

Track

ZACH CLAUSSENStaff Writer

The UNT track and field team broke three school records and continued its recent stretch of strong performances Saturday at the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.

With Big Ten, Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference schools in attendance at the meet, Saturday’s meet was one of the stronger groups of track teams the Mean Green will see the entire season.

Head coach Carl Sheffield said he was pleased with breaking the records, but wished there had been more all-around success at the meet.

“Any time we can break records it’s a good thing because it shows progress,” Sheffield said. “I was expecting a few more seasonal bests and personal bests. I think

Mean Green breaks three school records

TYLER OWENSStaff Writer

Despite three players scoring in double digits, the Mean Green (13-12, 6-6) fell short against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, drop-pi ng its t h i rd st ra ig ht game.

Ju n ior for wa rd Sa ra Stanley led the way for the team, notching a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. It wasn’t enough, though, as FAU (14-9, 9-3) defeated UNT 71-63.

“We didn’t pick each other up, and that’s what we needed to do to win,” s en ior g u a rd Ta m a r a Torru said. “I don’t think we played very much like a team.”

Coming into Saturday’s game, the Mean Green had lost its last two games to Midd le Ten nessee a nd Florida International.

The Mean Green’s losing strea k is coming at an inopportune time, as head coach Karen Aston is still one win shy of her 100th career win.

Aston was not available for comment immediately after the game.

T h i s w a s St a n le y ’s second ca reer double-double, as she set a career-high in points, a record that she had just broken in the game prior against Florida International. She scored 19 points against FIU.

Torru and sophomore guard Desiree Nelson also scored double digits, with

Aston falls short again

Sophomore guard Alzee Williams goes airborne while driving against senior forward Justin Patton during practice Monday in the volleyball gym east of Apogee Stadium.

PHOTO BY OLIVIA MCCLENDON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Alzee Williams each played at least 40 minutes during the game, with Williams playing the most (46).

“We got sloppy with the ball, we just didn’t take care of it down the stretch,” Holmen said. “We came out and played hard. [Florida Atlantic] played hard too and just had home-court advantage. We just couldn’t get it done tonight.”

Despite the loss, Mitchell scored 20 points, grabbed 20 total rebounds (16 defensive) and made 80 percent of his free throws. Mitchell is the seventh player in the NCAA this season

to score at least 20 points and grab 20 rebounds. Holmen also had a strong game, scoring a career-high 20 points in the game.

“All your games are going to be tough. There are no easy games. Everybody will come to play, everybody’s trying to win their game,” Jones said. “We‘ve got to make sure we put ourselves in position against every team to be at our best when our best is needed.”

The Mean Green returns home to the Super Pit 7 p.m. Thursday where it will play the Louisiana-Monroe (2-23, 1-11).

we competed well, but our sport times are what matter.”

Senior runner Sara Dietz crushed the 3000-meter school record by more than 10 seconds after finishing her race with a time of 9:43.06 minutes. Dietz was also a member of the record-breaking distance medley relay team, which consists of a 1,200-meter leg, a 400-meter leg, an 800-meter leg and a 1,600-meter leg, in which four different runners from each school participate.

Freshman Jamila Cartwright, senior Ingrid Mollenkopf and freshman Jo Adams, who competed in her first collegiate meet, joined Dietz on the relay team, which broke the school record for the event by almost 20 seconds with a time of 11:55.71. The time was good enough for the top spot in the Sun Belt Conference and fifth at the competition.

Sophomore sprinter Clinton Collins finished in third place at the competition and broke

the UNT school record for the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.17 seconds. Collins’ time is fast enough for the No. 1 spot in the Sun Belt Conference this season.

Other notable finishes for the Mean Green were junior Aaron Sirles placing fifth in the men’s shot put, senior C.J. Fowler finishing 10th in the men’s 60-meter dash and sophomore Shahaf Bareni finishing sixth in the women’s high jump.

Senior Chelsea Hermes, who finished seventh in the women’s pentathlon, said she is pleased with the team’s results so far this season.

“I’m really excited for this year, I think we have a really good chance for a conference cham-pionship,” Hermes said.

The Mean Green track and field team returns to Norman, Okla. for the second time this season Saturday when the team competes in the Oklahoma Invitational.

Guard Desiree Nelson looks to pass during a 50-44 loss to Denver on Jan. 21 in the Super Pit. Nelson was one of three players to score in double � gures in the 71-63 loss to Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The Mean Green will face the Univer-sity of Louisiana at Monroe at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Super Pit.

PHOTO BY TYLER CLEVELAND/VISUALS EDITOR

13 and 12 points, respec-tively.

“We scored prett y wel l, but didn’t get the stops we needed,” Torru said.

The Mean Green shot 34 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range, despite missing its first 10 three-point attempts in the first half.

UNT was down 33-22 at halftime but came out strong to start the second half. The Mea n Green opened t he second half by scoring six of the first seven points of the half, but FAU responded with eight straight points to put the game out of reach for the Mean Green.

The Owls had four players in double digits, scored 28 points in the paint and shot 50 percent from behind the arc.

FAU redshirt sophomore forward Chenise Miller also ea r ned a double-double, leading t he team w it h 17 points and 10 rebounds.

T he O w l s moved i nto second place behind Middle Tennessee in the Sun Belt East Division with the win, while the Mean Green stayed in third in the West.

Before the next game, the Mean Green wil l focus on improving their defense and working together as a team.

“I want to be able to play ever y possession,” Tor r u said. “We need to have better communication.”

UNT only has four games lef t before t he Su n Belt Conference Tournament. The team will take on Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday at the Super Pit. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

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Four bold goals promising, but lack details

Arab League needs help

Citizens should self-regulate health

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Amanda FrimpongHealth promotions junior

Chris ReavesMusic graduate student

Ashley ClaybornHospitality management junior

What are your impressions of

UNT’s four bold goals and its master plan?

“It’s really impressive because now they are

trying to focus more on us and how we can better the

school. It will add a new feel to the school.”

“I think it’s very ambitious, and I really like the message they are trying to send. The

whole message is deeper than surface value.”

“I’m really interested in learning more. I like that

they said they are going to expand the undergraduate

program to be more enjoyable and a great

experience.”

In 2009, UNT was named one of seven schools in Texas with the designation of “Emerging Research University” by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, meaning a research university on track to become tier one in the future. With that recognition, UNT was required to create a strategic long-term plan for becoming a national research university.

The plan, released Monday at a half-hour ceremony at the Murchison Performing Arts Center, was defined by what administration called their “four bold goals.”

The goals include: Providing the best undergrad-•

uate education experience in Texas.

Providing superior graduate • education, scholarship and artistic endeavors and achieving status among the nation’s tier-

one research institutions.Becoming a national leader •

among universities in student support, employee relations, operational effectiveness and service to constituencies.

Establishing UNT as a nationally • recognized, engaged univer-sity and regional leader by building and expanding mutu-ally beneficial partnerships and resources.

Students should see the benefits of the plan in the coming semesters. Declaring the creation of the state’s best undergraduate experience as a “bold goal” hopefully implies that the university will employ new ways to educate undergrads beyond what they are already doing. The plan doesn’t specify what kind of changes would be made to the undergrad experience, but the administration makes the future sound enticing.

When doing a goal-by-goal break-down of how students are affected, it’s clear that this plan isn’t only going to benefit current students, but alumni as well. The last goal emphasizes making UNT a nation-ally recognized institution through the building of mutual partnerships. More national recognition of one’s alma mater means a higher value for one’s degree.

While promising, the goals leave something to be desired. The lack of specifics within the goals is a bit disheartening considering they will require some very specific logis-tical planning and highly impactful changes to the student experience. The plan in its entirety will have to be very detailed, and those details should be included when informing the student body.

For instance, achieving status among the nation’s tier-one research

institutions would be a lengthy project that would involve meeting several strenuous standards set by The THECB and the Carnegie Foundation. The goals are vague, to say the least.

Another problem is the impli-cation made by these set of goals. The word “goal” implies a standard or achievement that one would like to reach in the future. Saying that providing the best undergraduate experience in Texas is one of your goals implies that it isn’t currently something that you are worried about. Students of UNT should be dismayed by that not already being the administration’s main priority.

The goals are a good sign for the school’s forward progress, but if members of the administration wanted to truly excite the student body about the future of UNT, more detail would have gone a long way.

When former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi announced on Feb. 22, 2011 he would go “from house to house” in Benghazi to slaughter those who opposed him, the world listened. Twenty-three days later, a United Nations resolution passed to support the Libyan people by “any means necessary.” Arab and Mediterranean nations began joint military actions hours later.

Syria, however, has friends in high places. A U.N. Security Council vote to condemn the Syrian government’s violent crackdown was vetoed by Russia and China. Russia has had friendly relations with the Middle Eastern nation for more than 40 years, and with China since 1956.

The two vetoing countries have a vested interest in propping up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. When an authoritarian regime exists that suppresses human rights more than your state, your state looks better. In the same way that North Korea makes China look liberal, Syria makes Russia seem like a legitimate democracy.

Were Gaddafi still alive, he would be jealous of al-Assad’s ruthlessness. Where Gaddafi threatened a war against his own people, al-Assad has delivered one.

Homs, the central city of rebel-lion, has been under constant rocket, mortar and sniper fire for a week now. Foreign press is not allowed in Syria, but videos on YouTube and social media sites show homes in suburbs being targeted, with 8,209 civilian deaths as of Feb. 11.

The future is in the Arab League’s hands. The League, made up of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and sixteen other North African and Middle Eastern states (Syria is

a member, but currently suspended), must take action first.

Once they commit to protecting civilians by “any means necessary” or similar language, the rest of the world can line up behind them. Just like the assistance given in Libya, no western troops should enter the country. A no-fly zone can be established out of Turkey with French and Italian assistance. If necessary, troops from neighboring Arab countries can enter Syria to protect civilians.

The Arab League called on the U.N. Security Council on Sunday to set up a joint peacekeeping force. Because of Russia and China’s work at hamstringing the U.N., the Arab League appears to be taking the lead in calming the unrest. The mission to protect civilians from their own government will not be easy unless that government is taken down.

The Arab states should enter Syria with the goal of regime change, or risk legitimatizing a dictator whose family has ruled by authority for more than forty years.

Justin Bright is a pre-journalism junior and can be reached at [email protected]

The rate of sugar consumption in the United States has increased dramatically since 1960. U.S. News points out that in 1967 Americans ate 114 pounds of sugar and sweet-eners a year per capita, nearly all of it as either raw or refined sugar. In 2003, each person consumed about 142 pounds of sugar.

It is no wonder that sugar is constantly being discussed in public policy. On Feb. 3, Rich Lowry wrote an article in the “National Review” where he discussed an article in the journal “Nature” that argues, “added sweeteners pose dangers to health that justify controlling them like alcohol.”

Conservative columnist Mona Charen has it exactly right when she states, “Government makes a poor physician.” She reminds us that we are healthier than human beings have ever been in the history of the world, but we are beset by an epidemic of worry.

In the age of “Obamacare,”health education could not be more impor-tant. “Obamacare” continues the spirit of responsive health care. A preventative health care system would be much more efficient, as it would open up better dialogue between physicians and patients and curve the rate of sugar consump-tion. When the government was concerned with obesity, it was effective in educating the people. Wouldn’t it be better if we got our medical advice from health care professionals instead of health care bureaucrats?

The argument that the overcon-sumption of sweet stuff has ruined our eating habits and contributed to obesity and other major health prob-

lems has not been won yet. It is clear that Americans need to curve their rate of sugar consumption.

There are plenty of ways to do this.

We could enlist the Cupcake Cops. We could tax the fat on people by the pound. We could have sin taxes for Big Macs. We could wage a war on Big Soda. Or, we could simply educate the people.

Fox News’ John Stossel under-stands this when he states, “Gee, I’m all for good health, but shouldn’t it be a matter of individual choice?”

We should arm the local school boards with information on the effects of sugar and let them decide if they would like to keep the vending machines full of sugary drinks. Moms will do what is best for their children. Uncle Sam should never mandate that you start eating “healthier” if you are paying for your own health care. If you choose to eat the McDonald’s diet every day, then that is your business.

Travis K. Murphy is a political science and history senior. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Although the UNT soft-ball team went 1-3 in its first tournament of the season, the box scores don’t show every-thing the team accomplished in Houston, head coach T.J. Hubbard said.

The team opened its 2012 season Friday at the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic with four games, two against nationally ranked opponents.

“The box score on a sheet of paper doesn’t reflect in any form or fashion on how we played,” Hubbard said.

Oklahoma StateThe Mean Green played

its first game of the season against No. 11 Oklahoma State and junior pitcher Kat Espinosa. UNT sophomore pitcher Ashley Kirk kept the game close, but the Mean Green eventually fell to the Cowgirls 2-0 in an Espinosa no-hitter.

“We were mad that we couldn’t hit,” senior infielder Maddelyn Fraley said. “But we still felt confidence in ourselves because we weren’t striking out, but still getting the bat on the ball.”

Kirk held Oklahoma State scoreless through five innings until OSU scored in the sixth and seventh innings.

“Everything was going right for me that game,” Kirk said. “My pitches were moving, and my defense had my back. Everybody was hitting, too. Everything fell into place for

Mean Green struggles in Houston tournament

TYLER OWENSStaff Writer

The Mean Green followed up t heir histor ic v ictor y over TCU with another win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Sunday.

Three days after defeating No. 44 TCU for the first time in program histor y, UNT toppled Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1, earning its third straight win.

“Everybody was focused,” freshman Kseniya Bardabush said. “The weather was cold so it was hard to play, but every-body did well.”

On Thursday, the Mean Green (5-3) took down No.44 TCU, the highest ranked team that the Mean Green has defeated in school history.

“Having won the last two big matches has given us confidence, so we have to use that to our advantage,” head coach Sujay Lama said.

That confidence showed in the win over ULL (1-4).

The Mean Green fought hard to secure the doubles point, with the duos of Bardabush and senior Irina Paraschiv a nd f resh ma n Fra n ziska Sprinkmeyer and senior Nadia Lee earning the wins for the team.

With the 1-0 lead, the team kept the pressure on the Ragin’ Cajuns. UNT netted five straight match victories over its Sun Belt Conference foe before finally falling in the last match of the afternoon.

“I thought they responded well in singles,” Lama said.

UNT downs � rst Sun Belt Conference foe

- Kseniya Bardabush hasn’t lost a singles match since she moved up to the team’s No. 1 slot.

- Since starting the dual match season 1-2, the team has gone 4-1.

- Over that four-match stretch, the Mean Green has beaten two nationally ranked teams.

Tennis team on the ball

Senior Irina Paraschiv celebrates with freshman Franziska Sprinkmeyer as Sprinkmeyer approaches for a hug after defeating Louisiana-Lafayette 6-1 on Sunday at the Waranch Tennis Complex.

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“We are such a deep team, everybody produced.”

Paraschiv and Sprinkmeyer made quick work of their singles opponents, defeating them 6-1, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-3, respectively.

On court one, Bardabush beat ULL freshman Sophia van den Aarssen 6-4, 6-1. This was the second match in a row that Bardabush has started from the No. 1 slot in singles.

Junior Valentina Starkova defeated her counter pa rt 6-2, 6-4 while junior Barbora Vykydalova also won 6-1, 3-6, 1-0.

The only loss Saturday for the Mean Green came as ULL senior Erin Wilbert beat junior Ilona Serchenko in a third match tie-breaker 6-3, 4-6, 1-0.

The team’s togetherness and support were key in Sunday’s victory, Sprinkmeyer said.

“We are playing for each other and not for ourselves,”

she said.The team w il l travel to

Tucson, Ariz., to take on No. 33 Arizona and No. 46 Cal Poly over the weekend. The matches will be UNT’s fifth and sixth against a ranked team this season.

“Overall I’m happy that we got the win, and we’ll move on to the next one,” Lama said.

everybody.”Hubbard said he was pleased

with how the team performed for the first game of the season, especially against a ranked oppo-nent.

Sam Houston StateSaturday’s doubleheader began

with a game against Sam Houston State. UNT got off to a hot start and didn’t look back, accumu-lating nine runs off 13 hits, run-ruling Sam Houston State in five innings 9-1. The mercy rule occurs when one team is up by at least eight runs after five innings.

Hubbard said the team felt more confident hitting the ball after seeing Sam Houston State’s pitcher the day before.

“Everything just seemed to fall into place,” he said. “I hope that is the direction we are headed on for the rest of the season, but it’s early on.”

Texas A&M Corpus Christi The team kept up its hot streak

in the second half of the double-header, jumping out to a 5-0 lead on Texas A&M Corpus Christi. It didn’t last, though, as Corpus Christi got runners on base and won 7-5.

When the weather began to get colder, Hubbard said both team’s pitchers began to lose some

control of the ball. Sophomore Lauren Poole

started the game, allowing seven earned runs in five innings pitched.

HoustonThe final game of the tourna-

ment was played against Houston, the No. 20 team in the nation. UNT’s first scheduled game against Houston was canceled Friday because of the weather.

Kirk started her second game of the season, giving up four earned runs in the 10-2 Houston victory.

Kirk said she didn’t do much wrong, the ball just didn’t bounce in her favor against Houston. “That happens in just about every game,” Kirk said. “You take from this game the good stuff that happens and move on from the bad, what little there was.”

Hubbard said he believes the team gained valuable experience from the tournament by playing in close games, fighting back from large deficits and playing ranked teams.

“Once you learn to play against [ranked teams] they’re just another team out there playing,” Kirk said. “You can beat anybody and play anybody while not feeling nervous or anxious or anything.”

“The box score on a sheet of paper doesn’t reflect in any form

or fashion on how we played.”—T.J. Hubbard

Head softball coach