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ELEANOR SADLERIntern

Classes full of nameless faces, a campus sprawling more than 875 acres and a new learning envi-ronment are a few concerns that pre-computer science freshman Jesse Stauff er took into account when he created ClassChain.com.

Stauff er designed ClassChain, a free social networking site open to all college students with a university email address, to make the transition from high school to a large university easier and to help students of all classifi ca-tions connect.

Stauff er began testing the site June 20 and offi cially launched it Aug. 6, just in time for the begin-ning of the fall semester.

He said his main complaint with other social media sites was the diffi culty he faced in fi nding

Freshman creates siteto connect students

JASON YANGSenior Sta� Writer

His rugby teammates call him Stevie D.

During warm-ups, Stevie D. is just another member of the UNT Rugby Club.

Sgt. Steven Davidson, 2012’s “Military Times” Soldier of the Year, remains humble about his accomplishments. But the UNT freshman – who earned the commendation after saving the life of a man suffering from heat exhaustion during a 120-mile hike in the Horn of Africa – shows a quiet heroism in everything he does, from his military service to his community outreach to his academic life.

More than anything, Davidson hopes his story will inspire others.

“I believe there are thousands of soldiers who deserve this award more than me,” he said. “What I have to do this upcoming year is represent well and bring honor to this award by community involve-ment and getting other service members involved.”

Davidson was born in Columbia, S.C., on June 2, 1991. He moved from city to city until his parents divorced in 2005, when he went to live with his mother, Brenda, in Justin, Texas.

He attended North West High School in Justin, where he worked as an athletic trainer. After deciding football wasn’t for him, he

UNT student, soldierrecognized for service

PHOTO BY MICHELLE HEATH/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sgt. Steven Davidson tightens the tie of his dress uniform at home. After saving a fellow soldier in the French-run desert warfare course, an intense 10-day 100 mile march, Davidson earned the title of 2012 “Military Times” Soldier of the Year.

quit the position. Davidson joined Alliance Rugby, a non-profit youth rugby program in North Texas, and fell in love with the sport.

He enrolled at North Central Texas College in Corinth in 2009.

Shortly after beginning at

NCTC, Davidson discovered the high cost of college, and enlisted in the Army that October to ease the financial burden.

Junior kills competition

Junior middle blocker Courtney Windham has been a pivotal part of the Mean Green volleyball team’s quick 7-2 start this season.

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PHOTO BY ZAC SWITZER/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Computer science freshman Jesse Stau� er is the creator of ClassChain.com, a school-based networking site that helps easily connect classmates from speci� c schools.

classmates.“I realized that there wasn’t really

any way for me to connect with people that I didn’t necessarily know, but that I experienced in everyday life,” Stauffer said. “So I looked around for that a little bit, and when I didn’t fi nd it I made it myself.”

ClassChain stands out from other social networking sites because it only shows its users students from the same university. The site provides a social dashboard that links members’ other social media networks – in one click, users are directed to other members’ Facebook or Twitter pages. This allows users to fi nd classmates easily on ClassChain.

“These are people that you see in your classes and groups and dorms, and it’s not just a random guy that adds you from China,” Stauff er said.

After members input class and course information on their profi le,

they are automatically grouped with other students enrolled in the same course and section. With the class and group chatter feature, users can converse with students in the same classes, and make specifi c groups for class projects and more.

Mechanical engineering freshman Adil Dadabhoy said the chatter was his favorite service on ClassChain.

“It’s a good way to find other people in your classes and make study groups,” Dadaboy said.

Students on ClassChain can customize and create new groups, ranging from freshman orientation groups to religious organizations to UNT clubs.

Radio, television and f ilm freshman Chase Cakmis said that being able to join, create and see all the open groups has been the site’s most useful feature.

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BEN PEYTON Sta� Writer

The St udent Government Association focused on f inal-izing internal positions during its f irst Senate meeting of the fall semester.

Business junior Adam Hasley, who previously held the posi-tion of Chairman of the External Committee for SGA, was elected Senate Speaker over emergency administrat ion and planning senior Nicholas LaGrassa and exercised his new position for the remainder of the meeting.

“I have a group of people [the SGA senate] who want to be here and that are eff icient,” Hasley said. “Now we have to become inf luential.”

Valuing st udent input and increasing the student body’s awareness of SGA are both goals of President Rudy Reynoso and Vice President Justin Wood’s plat-form.

Criminal justice sophomore Marcos Torres, who has served as a senator for two years, was elected to speaker pro tempore over pre-political science sopho-more Austin Campbell.

Journalism sophomore Lauren Smith, who ran unopposed, was elected as secretary. The Sergeant-at-Arms election will be postponed until the Supreme Court reaches a decision on a term-length dispute.

S e n a t o r L a Gr a s s a w a s elected Sergeant-at-Arms for a one-year term in February, after Senator Torres stepped down. The Supreme Court will decide whether or not to adjust SGA bylaws to align the SGA’s posi-tion terms.

The Elect ion Board and the Supreme Court were also confirmed at the meeting.

A spokesman from the UNT Mean Green Racing team, which is currently building a car for the

2013 SAE International Collegiate Design Series, spoke to the SGA about the team’s ongoing project.

Formula SAE is a student racing car design competition that began in 1979 at the University of Houston.

T he s p oke sma n e nc ou r -aged students to join the Mean Gr e e n R a c i ng t e a m. T he project should be completed by April, and students can follow the team’s progress on their Facebook page at Facebook.com/UNTMeanGreenRacing.

The team will be presenting some of their work and a demon-stration of an SAE car on Sept. 13 in Discovery Park Room 345 and will have a tent at Apogee Stadium at Saturday’s football game.

The SGA has received 70 freshmen intern applications for the fall semester. Applicants will be narrowed down in the weeks to come.

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Student Government Association President Rudy Reynoso listens to SGA Vice President Justin Wood speak Wednesday during the � rst meeting in Room 116 of Sage Hall. Senate members have an opportunity to attend the National Conven-tion on Nov. 2.

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“It’s pretty cool because you can make a group if it’s not already there,” Cakmis said.

By viewing groups listed on the site, Cakmis found out that a good friend was in the same orientation group and dorm.

Stauff er said ClassChain’s various services and features make it an

He originally chose infantry. However, after noting too many similarities between infantry and the high school football program he had left in Justin, Davidson went into administration for the Army, serving as a human resources specialist.

After he returned from boot camp in June 2010, he resumed his studies at NCTC and played rugby with the UNT Rugby Club until the military activated him last December. By then, he already

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Soldier knew UNT was the college he wanted to attend.

“I really love UNT,” Davidson said. “I owe the rugby team to come back here and give the club and school my full eff ort.”

Davidson went to Djibouti, a small country in East Africa north-west of Somalia, with the 490th Civil Aff air Battalion in April. The battalion’s mission was to build rela-tionships with local villages.

Maj. Edward Palacios said Davidson carried himself so well that he was able to fi ll a position that was three times his experience level.

“He was always polish, cordial, well-educated and carried himself very well,” Palacios said. “He is the

quintessential soldier.”Davidson then joined the French

Desert Military Program, a 120-mile, 10-day hike over diffi cult terrain in Djibouti. The program teaches French marines and U.S. service members desert survival skills. He became the 8,979th soldier to complete the training.

Near the end of the intense hike, Davidson’s quick thinking and medical training kicked in when another soldier’s life was put in danger by heatstroke. By acting on his feet, Davidson was able to prevent a tragedy.

In the blistering heat, a soldier began suff ering from heat exhaus-tion. Davidson and others removed

the soldier’s clothes. Davidson gave the man his last bit of water, and stayed with him for two hours until evacuation arrived. Davidson and others removed the soldier’s clothes. Davidson gave the man his last bit of water, and stayed with him for two hours until evacuation arrived.

Davidson said he only did what he thought anyone would do. He cred-ited his high school athletic director for teaching him medical skills that come in handy in extreme heat.

Since returning to North Texas in May, Davidson has been speaking in Washington, D.C., and at his former high school in Justin, where he lives, about the ordeal.

Davidson uses past experiences

– from the problems he faced as an athletic director to his hesitation in choosing what to do with his life to his heroism in the military – to encourage young people to never stop helping others.

In June, he gave the medal he received for his actions in Djibouti to his high school athletic director, Scott Fletcher.

Davidson is still deciding whether to major in anthropology or hospi-tality management.

He said there are soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who deserve just as much recognition, and he is committed to bring those soldiers the honor and respect they deserve.

Andrew Marshall, his rugby

coach, said Davidson has brought a calm intensity to practice and has matured as a player and a person in the last four years.

Davidson hopes to get the UNT Rugby Club and Veteran Services Office more involved with the community.

“In the Marine application, there’s a box at the end where they asked the applicant to check if they would trust their child with this individual in combat,” Palacios said. “I would trust him with my child.”

Whether he’s going by Stevie D. or Sgt. Steven Davidson, this student and soldier’s humble atti-tude and desire to give back will always show.

EMILY BENTLEYIntern

For the third straight year, UNT has been recognized in the Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges.”

The Review credited UNT’s Green Initiative, which includes being one of the f irst major Texas universities to sign The American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment.

Mendie Schmidt, assistant director of outreach for UNT Sustainability, noted the univer-sity’s four Leadership in Energy and Env ironmental Design-certif ied buildings, including the Life Sciences Complex, the Highland Street Parking Garage and the Business Leadership Building.

UNT also boasts the only LEED platinum-certified athletic facility at Apogee Stadium, which uses wind power and energ y generated by students using elec-

tric athletic equipment. UNT has made a commit-

ment that all new construction on campus will seek LEED certifica-tion. The Facilities Department is also seeking to retrofit older buildings on campus to make them more energy efficient.

Schm idt sa id U N T ha s spent the past 75 years building a name for itself as a leader in env ironmental research, but that the journey does not end there. Keeping in mind issues with limited fossil fuel and other environmental issues in Texas, Schmidt urged students to be environmentally conscious.

“ Take advantage of public transportation, carpool with friends, turn off lights and unplug appliances,” she said. “These are all small ways that we can have a huge impact on our community and our world.”

UNT continues to focus on becoming more sustainable with

UNT one of greenest colleges in U.S.incredibly useful tool for college students. He hopes the site will continue to expand and benefi t more users.

According to ClassChain.com, the site has already made 8,475 connections between an unspecifi ed number of students.

“I’d like to see lots of people use the site and have fun with it – and actually not have the butterfl ies in their stomachs for the fi rst day of school – and even possibly for UNT to endorse it,” Stauff er said.

“These are all small ways that we can have a huge impact on our

community and our world.”-Mendie Schmidt, assistant director of outreach

recycle programs and new initia-tives to conserve energy.

Public affairs and community service sophomore Sydney Davis said individuals should do all they can to help.

“To help UNT rise on the list of green colleges, students can recycle at home, on campus, and use less water,” Davis said. “You’re not only helping the environment, you’re also cutting spending costs for yourself. You don’t have to go out of your way to be environmen-tally friendly, just be smart.”

While environmental prob-lems are daunting, simple solu-tions are not, Schmidt said. With

new programs, new ideas and new technology, she said UNT students and facult y can look for ward to an even “greener” Mean Green.

“I think we can expect UNT not only to continue to be listed in the Green College Review Guide, I think you’ ll see our ranking rise every year,” Schmidt said.

She said it was up to every student to keep UNT environ-mentally friendly.

“These seem like big, insur-mountable issues,” she said. “It is important to remember that small changes in your behavior can make a big difference.”

ASHLEY GRANTSenior Sta� Writer

After a yearlong search, UNT has selected Richard Nader as the permanent vice provost for interna-tional aff airs.

Nader has served as the interim vice provost since July 2011, after his predecessor vacated the position in order to pursue an opportunity at Western Washington University.

The quest for the new vice provost was extensive and drew about 50 applicants from around the world. A search committee was employed to screen the applicants, and only four were brought to campus for a full day of interviews.

“I was lucky enough to prevail,” Nader said. “It feels great.”

The role of the vice provost is, broadly, to tend and care for the inter-national mission of UNT, he said.

“There are several facets of that mission, one of which is making sure international students can come here and study,” he said. “We attract the best minds from around the world to come to UNT in both the under-

International program selectsnew vice provost a� er search

graduate and graduate programs.” Nader began his career at UNT

in Sept. 2008, working in the Offi ce of the Vice President for Research, where he started the fi rst research development offi ce to help faculty in various areas of research.

“It’s the offi ce that helps faculty write proposals, market their

research and get funding for spon-sored projects,” he said.

Previously, Nader held the posi-tion of Director of the Institute for Pacific Asia at Texas A&M and was the head of numerous projects funded by the U.S. Department of State, Department of Education and National Science Foundation.

There are currently about 2,800 international students enrolled in classes at UNT, according to the UNT-International web page.

With his background in research, Nader said he hopes to help the university fulfi ll its second bold goal: to become a global leader in public research.

PHOTO BY CARRIE CANOVA/INTERN

Located on the second � oor of Sycamore Hall is the o� ce of Richard Nader, the new Vice Provost of International A� airs.

Brief

ATLANTA(MCT) — Democrats aren’t holding their convention in North Carolina this week because they love themselves some NASCAR.

North Carolina was one of three Southern states to give its Electoral College votes to Barack Obama in 2008, and the party wants to consoli-date those gains — an ambitious goal, if current polls accurately refl ect the state of the race.

Not that long ago, the South was cinder-block-solid for the Republican Party. The president, George W. Bush of Texas, was a Southerner. The majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Bill Frist of Tennessee, was a Southerner, and important committee chairmen throughout Congress were, too.

Republican presidential candidates didn’t campaign hard in the South because its electoral votes were assured. But as offi cials in both parties try to map a road to electoral dominance

in the 21st century, they face a new reality: Those days are going, if not already gone.

Demographic changes — namely, the rapidly expanding Hispanic popu-lation — and antipathy by many black voters toward the GOP could spell increasing trouble for a Republican Party that has not yet found a message that resonates with most minority voters. Some Republicans are sounding an alarm.

“The demographics race, we’re losing badly,” U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., told the Washington Post. “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.” The percentage of white residents in Virginia, Florida and North Carolina — all won by Obama in 2008 — dropped from 2000 to 2010, U.S. Census fi gures show, with a corre-sponding increase in the percentage of black and Hispanic residents.

The Hispanic population in those states, while still small, is booming. It zoomed up by 36 percent in Florida, 74 percent in Virginia and 83 percent in North Carolina.

Hispanic voters, like black voters, tend to cast their ballots for Democrats in national elections. There are some groups — older Cuban-Americans in the critical state of Florida are one notable example — that favor Republicans. But overall, Democrats consistently win about two-thirds of Hispanic votes.

The overwhelming majority of black voters vote for Democrats in national elections. Obama, the nation’s fi rst black president, seems poised to capture nearly all their votes, despite the economic pain inflicted by the Great Recession.

Despite pleas from GOP heavy-weights such as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and former Florida

Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, the party has resisted retooling its positions to appeal to a more diverse electorate.

One example: Hispanic voters are keenly attuned to the immigration issue. Romney has opposed policies that would grant illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship, arguing, as some other Republicans do, that they should leave the country fi rst and “get in line” for documents that would allow them to return legally.

Illegal immigrants are not allowed to vote in the U.S., but Hispanic resi-dents who understand their eff orts to live and work in this country can and do vote. Political observers say part of the problem those Hispanic voters have with the GOP is the tone of the party’s rhetoric on immigration.

“When you insult voters, they are unlikely to vote for you,” said Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.

Democrats appeal to Southern voters

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� e West rises

Professor, students research Texas accentsMARLENE GONZALEZSenior Sta� Writer

People outside of Texas may think all Texans sound the same, but linguistics professor Patricia Cukor-Avila and three students conducted a research project showing that Texans think other-wise.

Their research was presented at the Symposium About Language and Society-Austin Conference in April and will be published in the conference’s academic papers this fall. The research was also introduced at the Congress of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics in Vienna in July.

“People outside of Texas have perceptions of Texans and how they speak,” Cukor-Avila said. “But it’s interesting that Texans have percep-tions of other Texans.”

Cukor-Avila said they surveyed 402 people asking people to point out on a map of Texas where they think people’s English sounds diff erent. Subjects were then asked to describe the accent.

“ ‘Good ol ’ boy,’ ‘howdy,’ ‘rural,’ ‘boots and jeans,’ these are the comments people wrote on the maps,” Cukor-Avila said. “So we put all of that in one category and called it ‘country.’ It’s called

‘keyword analysis.’”The researchers scoured cities

across Texas, including Austin, El Paso, Houston, Amarillo and Lubbock.

Brownsville and Midland-Odessa are two cities they intend to study next. So far, the group has funded its own eff orts, splitting the costs of travel and where they spent the night.

However, they will soon receive a $500 grant from UNT to help cover the costs.

Cukor-Av ila had init ia l ly assigned students in her linguistics course to study accents, creating a survey that would benefit the research they were working on.

After the class ended, a few students continued working on the project last spring by doing in-the-fi eld work.

“This kind of research has been done in other places, but it hadn’t been done in Texas,” Cukor-Avila said. “So I thought it would be a good idea for the students to get fi rsthand experience collecting data and then analyzing it, basically going through the steps that we do as professors or researchers, but they would learn it by doing it rather than reading about doing it.”

Drawl and twang are two common accent descriptions

KELSEY CHIPPEAUXIntern

Cowboy hats, spurs, belt buckles and bits will be in full supply this weekend at the Fourth Annual Western Heritage Cowboy Gathering and Trade Show taking place from Friday through Sunday at Denton’s Western Heritage Gallery.

“Sometimes we have Western auctions,” event coordinator Peggy Schaff er said. “Sometimes we have maker’s exhibits and contests, but we always have a trade show, where people can bring their Western collections [and] their goods from guns to leather to Native American jewelry and art they’ve made to share, trade and sell.”

Schaff er said the show is a big attraction for Western craftsmen from across the country and the world.

About 2,000 people attended last year, many of whom had never been to Denton before, she said.

“Craftsmen of all types come to Denton for this show to display their wares, to enter in contests, and that draws people to Denton,” she said. “Each year it gets a little bigger, and each year it is more and more widely attended.”

Schaffer said the event helps boost the local economy as well.

“They stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, see what a nice town it is, how much it has to off er, see how young and vibrant it is,” she said. “Just a few days, and [they] realize it’s a good place to be.”

This year’s event has several new additions, Schaff er said.

“This year we have a dealer who is coming from South Dakota that

PHOTO BY ZAC SWITZER/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

From left to right: Patricia Rector, linguistics senior Zak Shelton, linguistics professor Patricia Cukor-Avila and linguistics mas-ter’s student Lisa Jeon make up a research committee for the Department of Linguistics. The group is studying Texas accents.

H. DREW BLACKBURNSta� Writer

Susan Whitmer carries around a walkie-talkie tucked into a case knitted to look like a squid.

She is the reference specialist at the Willis Library, but as the librarian on call she must be reached in an instant to help the other librarians.

“When the Library Services Desk needs backup, they call me for reference assistance,” Whitmer said. “If they are over-whelmed, they’ll page me.”

Staff Librarian Sabrina McKethan said that other than questions like, “Where is the bathroom?,” the reference librar-ians’ most-asked questions are about peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

“Students look for peer-reviewed scholarly journals, reviewed by people with doctor-ates in the fi eld,” McKethan said.

Whitmer has been working at Willis Library for a year and just received her Master of Library and Information Science in August from UNT.

Whitmer describes her job as being similar to an offi ce manager. She checks important emails, prepares schedules and trouble-shoots.

“I help with all of the problems in the offi ce,” Whitmer said. “Today our printer went down, so we had to get the person who handles the printer to come up and add toner.”

David Campbell, the library’s reference coordinator, agrees that although Whitmer’s title is techni-cally not offi ce manager, she acts

that have popped up on the maps repeatedly, even overlapping in some areas.

In addit ion to col lecting the maps, students will also be recording people to get audio of

what a drawl and a twang sounds like to them.

“We want people to produce what they perceive as a drawl or a twang,” Cukor-Avila said. “If someone just says ‘drawl,’ we don’t

know what they mean by that, but if they give us an example and we record them imitating what a Texas drawl sounds like, then we’ll have a better sense to know what the diff erence between a drawl and

what a twang is.” Linguistics senior Zak Shelton’s

interest in the project came from the perceptions people have about others, not just based on where they’re from or how they look, but how they sound.

“You automatically make a judg-ment call, and that’s very subcon-scious,” Shelton said. “But what we’re trying to do is dig that up and link it to where those things are perceived. So much judgment is made on a sonic level when someone hears someone else’s dialect.”

Geography professor Chetan Tiwari has been working on the technical side of the project. He creates heat maps of the data obtained in the Geographic Information System (GIS) soft-ware.

“Once we had it [the data] in, we began making sense of it and looked at diff erent GIS tools that allowed us to combine all of the data,” Tiwari said. “Through digital analysis we are able to combine it into a singular map to see the patterns.”

Cukor-Avila sent an abstract – a presentation of the research the group has conducted – to the American Dialect Society. They hope to hear from the society and attend its conference in January.

deals in Western antiques bringing their entire collection,” Schaff er said. “We have some fine new contemporary Western art as well.”

George Blackwood and Dossie Cribbs will be attending the show as well, Schaff er said. Blackwood and Cribbs are known as makers, meaning they make they make Western products such as bits, buckles and spurs.

The show exposes attendees to the history of Western culture, Cribbs said.

“This is how the whole country was started,” she said. “It’s our heri-tage, and it’s important to show people we haven’t lost the tradi-tions, and there are still lots of cowboys out there working every day.”

Brenda Thompson, an employee at the Weinhof Winery, which features wine at the event annu-ally, said the show means a lot to the advocates of Western culture.

“It’s important to the cowboy community and all of the artists who are involved,” she said. “Woodworkers, metalworkers, there’s some beautiful stuff that they make.”

A day in the life.... of a librarian[ ]

“It’s important to the cowboy

community and all of the artists

who are involved.”-Brenda Thompson,

Weinhof Winery

as one. “She’s very organized, approach-

able and friendly,” Campbell said. “She knows how to prioritize responsibilities and how to get things done.”

Another one of Whitmer’s respon-sibilities is hiring student assistants, but she said that is rare.

“Our previous assistants were here for three and four years each,” she said. “People like it.”

Whitmer bikes to and from work on her Trek 7.1 fi tness bike.

She also bikes recreationally and rode her bike at the annual Hotter’N Hell Hundred, which is a bike ride held in Wichita Falls nine days before

Labor Day.“There were 30 mph headwinds

and crosswinds,” Whitmer said. “I never had the wind to my back. I do fi ve miles a day and 20 on the week-ends, so I was ready.”

Whitmer said her favorite part about being a librarian is that it is intellectually stimulating.

“This is rewarding,” she said. “Showing people how to fi nd items in our database.”

Whitmer said that there isn’t much she doesn’t like about her job.

“You know, here’s the thing,” she said. “I’ve only been here a year, so I don’t have a least favorite.

Because I get to use my degree and my brain, I feel like everything is still interesting to me.”

Reference specialist Susan Whitmer helps Communication Design freshman Julianne Kemp � nd a section of the library.PHOTO BY NICOLE ARNOLD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

“She knows how to prioritize

responsibilities and how to get things done.”

-David Campbell, Reference Coordinator

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Katie Grivna Arts & Life Editor kgrivna@ntdaily.com

Thursday, December 2, 2010

BY MARLENE GONZALEZIntern

On Friday, the shops off the Denton Square will stay open later than usual.

Denton will have its monthly First Friday on the Square and Industrial Street area.

Live music, sculptures, stained glass, appetizers and art will be available until 9 p.m. instead of the regular 6 p.m.

For First Friday, art galleries and businesses stay open longer to give shoppers an opportunity to admire and buy art.

Several communities and countries have their own First Friday or First Thursday each

Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton

month, which is where the idea came from.

Shannon Drawe, a photogra-

pher and UNT alumnus, said he helped start Denton’s First Friday in in February 2010. He and his

wife, Leslie Kregel, thought it would be great to increase awareness of the communi-ty’s artistic talent and culture, Kregel said.

Drawe contacted sources and created the website first-fridaydenton.com to establish the event.

“First Friday has no boss, no president. I’m just in charge of the website and building it into something because I started it,” Drawe said.

Kregel’s business, Cimarrona, sells hats, scarves and warm clothing recycled from old clothes.

“What we hope is [to gain] a

little more visibility and have the public more aware of art culture in Denton that isn’t always recognized,” Kregel said.

Merchants join with artists to help promote art and busi-nesses. For example, an artist looking for a place to display his or her work could contact a coffee shop owner willing to host the artist, Kregel said.

Heath Robinson, a pharmacy junior, thinks the event will bring attention to the creativity the community has to offer.

“I think it’s a good way to increase the exposure of the arts in Denton,” Robinson said.

Robin Huttash owns A

Creative Art STUDIO, one of the businesses that has been a part of First Friday since it started.

Huttash said her main goal is providing music for the event each month.

On Friday, Alex Riegelman, a local guitarist and blues singer, will play in A Creative Art STUDIO.

Keri Zimlich, a journalism junior, said she thinks the event is a great opportunity to have fun.

“It’s not just one shop, but all the shops getting together to rekindle that love of art,” Zimlich said.

PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN

Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday Denton. The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday.

PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN

Dance students perform “The Itch,” choreographed by dance senior Anna Olvera, at a rehearsal for the New Choreogra-phers Concert.

BY TARYN WALKERIntern

Months of hard work all come down to one night.

Senior dance students will display their original works on Friday for the first time at the New Choreographers Concert. The concert will start at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre in the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building.

General admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased at the box office, over the phone, at the door and in advance.

Students enrolled in dance professor Shelley Cushman’s senior projects class are required to choreograph or perform in the concert. They also can complete a research study in fieldwork.

“Their work is a culmination to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired through the course of their study,” Cushman said.

Cushman, the artistic director of the concert, is known for her background in dance. She

earned the 2010 University Dance Educator of the Year from the National Dance Association.

“They have to create a product, which the public is invited to see, and in this process they have to solve all of the problems they are given in order to create this work of art,” she said.

In the class, students learn about dynamics, unity, variety, content, form and theme, Cushman said.

From the 10 choreographed works at the concert, two dance pieces were chosen to represent UNT at the American College Dance Festival, including Amelia Wert’s “The Television is Watching Me Again” and Cassie Farzan Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.”

“I set out with this image of a motel. I was interested in doing something different,” Wert said. “I thought about the idea of why people would want to stay at a motel and wondered what they felt.”

Wert’s modern piece includes

nine dancers accompanied by focused lighting to make it seem as if they are each in their own motel room. Each dancer is isolated from the others and dances with minimalistic move-ment for a strong impact. The themes include love, loss, isola-tion and insomnia, which are overlaid by the glow of a tele-vision.

“It’s a good program. We have some amazing faculty that have really pushed us far,” Wert said.

All 56 dancers were chosen from the dance department by advanced choreography students. Some choreographers also decided to dance. Cushman allowed students to perform if they were up for the challenge.

Rachel Caldwell choreo-graphed “Certain Uncertainty” and is also performing in “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” choreog raphed by A nna Womack.

In Caldwell’s choreography, dancers explore the experi-

Seniors to debut their dance works Friday

ence of being blind by wearing blindfolds. In 28 rehearsals, the four dancers adapted to their hearing and touching senses to help them through the modern piece. Caldwell also worked with music student Ryan Pivovar to compose a song of looped cello

harmonies. Caldwell said her piece is about

blindness as an experience, not a handicap.

“I was in my modern class last semester and we would lie on the ground and shut our eyes. I wondered if I could capture a

feeling of dance with touch and sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said.

The concert will also be held at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre. For more information, visit www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu.

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UNT graduate lands role on the big screen

1998 radio, television and � lm graduate Stephen Young has played parts in TV shows such as “Murder by the Book” and “Homicide Hunter.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHEN YOUNG

DAISY SILOSStaff Writer

Though radio, television and film graduate Stephen Young can’t say he’s headlined major films, he has made the big screen.

Young, who plays a small role in the film “Like Crazy,” which opened on Halloween, had previously racked up a series of TV credits in shows such as “Murder by the Book,” and “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda.”

“I always kind of lived in my imagination and liked playing different characters,” he said. “Movies were always my big escape.”

You n g , w h o i n i t i a l l y attended the University of Texas at Austin, said he trans-ferred to UNT because of the opportunity to gain more

hands-on experience. “I tried working in Austin,

but it was just so big I couldn’t really gain anything from their f i lm department,” he said. “Transferring to North

Texas and working for ntTV definitely gave me the expe-rience that I needed.”

W hen he came to UNT, Young said his goal was to learn the ins and outs behind

the camera, rather than in front.

“I thought to myself, I love movies so much that I wanted to know how they were made,” he said. “I figured I’d do that

as an undergraduate and then go to an acting conservatory or go into sketch and improv comedy.”

After graduating from UNT in 1998, Young said he worked for KDAF in Dallas as a camera operator and graphics artist.

In 2000, he moved to L.A. and enrolled into The Groundlings theater school, a prestigious improv school where stars such as Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell have gone.

It was while he was there that Young met “Like Crazy” director Drake Doremus, who

offered him a small role in the film.

“It’s a small part, but he was nice enough to offer me the part,” he said. “It was a great experience and I learned a lot from him and the other actors in the movie.”

UNT business a lumnus Russell Petty said he’s known Young since seventh grade and said he thinks this is just the start of Young’s career.

“When it came to drama, he always seemed to steal the show in whatever he was in,” he said. “I always thought he had the drive and ability to make it.”

Petty has seen Young in action during their college years together and has even seen some of the work he’s done at Groundlings.

V ic tor ia A r m st rong , a t heater sophomore, sa id k now ing that people who were in her shoes before are having some success moti-vates her for the future.

“Even if it’s a small part like his, it’s a big movie that’s gotten great reviews,” she said. “There isn’t such thing as a small part as long as you gain some experience from it.”

“There isn’t such thing as a small part as long as you gain

some experience from it.”—Victoria Armstrong

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ERICA MARTINEZIntern

The A Cappella Choir will host a concert at the Murchison Performing Arts Center in the Bill and Margot Winspear Performance Hall on Sunday at 8 p.m.

The concert will serve as a bon voyage performance for the choir, which will travel to Daejeon, South Korea, from Sept. 14-16 for the International Choral Festival, in which five choirs from across the world will be performing.

UNT’s A Cappella Choir is the only American choir invited to attend the festival, along with three professional choirs from Taiwan, Germany and Daejeon, and a chil-dren’s choir from Norway.

“The A Cappella Choir has a pretty big international reputa-tion,” Choral Studies Director Jerry McCoy said. “I also do a good bit of conducting in South Korea. I’ve led six of their professional choirs. I was conducting there the spring that they decided to have this festival, and they invited me to bring my choir to the festival.”

McCoy has been working in South Korea once or twice a year since 2006, but this will be some of the choir members’ first chance to sing abroad.

“I’ve studied abroad with UNT, but I’ve never gone to sing abroad,” music senior Nathan Mattingly said. “I’m pumped.”

Forty-one members, between the ages of 18 and 35, will travel to South Korea and perform at the festival.

“We will be doing some sight-seeing, too,” music senior Trevor Neal said. “And we’re going to have a spa day.”

W h e n D a e j e o n inv ite d the A Cappel la Choir to their festival, they a lso agreed to pay for 80 percent of the members’ costs.

“This is like a five-day festival,” voice performance graduate

student Fiona Gillespie said. “So our airfare, hotel and things like that are paid for, but we have to pay for our food and souvenirs.”

At Sunday’s concert the choir will be performing the songs that they will sing at the festival and receive audience feedback about the concert, McCoy said.

“It’s a chance to sing this concert once again before we go,” he said. “We leave one day, get there the next, and after that, we will only have two days to rehearse before we finally perform.”

The A Cappella Choir is also scheduled to perform in Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 17. The group will leave from Denton on Sept. 12 and will return Sept. 18.

Choir to perform bon voyage concert

JERRY MCCOY

PRESTON BARTAIntern

Perhaps best known for their work on television, Rashida Jones (“Parks and Recreation”) and Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) star in “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”

In this new romant ic “dramedy,” two high school sweethearts, Celeste (Jones) and Jesse (Samberg), tie the knot, but after a few years of marriage decide to separate. However, this has not stopped them from being best friends who live together and spend every waking moment with each other. Later down the road, they find it more diffi-cult to maintain their friend-ship while dating other people.

The North Texas Daily recently had the chance to sit down and talk with Jones and Will McCormack (“Brothers and Sisters”), the stars and writers of the film.

Q&A:D u r i n g t h e w r i t i n g

process, did each of you focus on a particular character, or did you kind of work out the dynamics between them?

WM: Not really. I have a feminine side, and Rashida has sort of a masculine side. I have sisters, a lot of friends that are girls and a mom. I feel comfortable writing girls, and I feel like [Rashida] is comfort-able writing boys. But it was pretty even.

RJ: Yeah, but I think the movie was Celeste’s story. As we kept writing, Jesse became more of a central part of the story.

Because you guys are actors foremost, what was it like pitching the idea of the story to studios opposed to audi-tioning for roles?

RJ: We didn’t pitch it. We just wrote the script, and we didn’t want anyone to know that we wrote it, because if it sucked we wouldn’t have to tell

Jones and McCormack talk writing, acting in ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’

anybody. And then we just went out with it, and they could just read the whole thing. The first time we sold it, we sold it in 36 hours, which is by far the biggest victory I have had in my life —

WM: That was like a huge rush.RJ: — and then the company

folded.WM: It was like elections on

CNN. You’re not going to win Indiana. Most states you lose. This studio passed, this studio passed, and you know who will pass. But a few were interested, and a couple wanted to buy. So we actually had a little bit of a choice, but then they all went out of business. Everyone. Fox Atomic bought it, but then they went out of business. Overture bought it after them, and they went out of business. Then we tried to set it up independently five or six times.

RJ: Then the last company went out of business too.

WM: Yes, we shut down three studios. But that’s also the nature of the economy. It’s hard to get work or finance a movie.

Now t hat you g uys are thinking l ike creators and

writers how has it affected your acting?

RJ: That’s a good question. You know it’s funny. I thought I would go into other projects and say, “Well, this is how I would have written it.” But I still have so much respect for people’s ability to write and for productions to actu-ally happen that I don’t equate the two. I think if anything, I am more respectful of the process.

WM: It has made me more open as an actor, because I am less adamant about putting my stamp on a part or bringing my perspec-tive. Look, I will give you what-ever you need so when you are in editing you can make whatever movie you want […] I am just more willing to do whatever they want.

RJ: That process is just so diffi-cult that you need options. You don’t know what the movie is until you get to the editing room.

There was a great air of play-fulness in this movie, but there are also a lot of sour moments — honest and true sour moments. How were y’all able to balance the different tones of the movie?

RJ: It was tough.

WM: I am going to give the credit to our director, Lee Krieger. I mean, we wrote it that way. The cast and the director understood that we wanted to make a movie that had both, the movie that we intended. There are some sharp turns in the movie, and they are all intentional because there are sharp turns in life. I’ve had horrible days when I am laughing and crying the next. We wrote the movie that way, and I think the director did a good job of navigating those turns.

Was Andy Samberg your first choice to play Jesse? Did you know that he had this different side to him?

RJ: You know, you never know if somebody does, but I’ve been friends with him for a long time. I knew as a person that he had this different side. Then he told me that he could do it, and we believed him. We went and read for it in New York […] He was perfect for the part and he killed it.

“Celeste and Jesse Forever” is in theaters now.

You can watch the full North Texas Daily interview at ntdaily.com.

PHOTO BY MCTRashida Jones ( “Parks and Recreation”) and Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) star in “Celeste and Jesse Forever.” Jones wrote the � lm’s script along with Will McCormack (“Brothers and Sisters”).

“The A Cappella Choir has

a pretty big international reputation.”

-Jerry McCoy, Choral Studies Director

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Joshua Friemel, Sports Editor joshuafriemel@my.unt.edu

Thursday, September 6, 2012

SPORTS STAFF

Before the Mean Green plays its first home game against Texas Southern on Saturday, you’ll need to know what to expect and who you’ll see out on the field. The NT Daily Sports staff has compiled a detailed scouting report of the team. Here’s a breakdown of the entire team by position, along with one notable quote from a player who plays that position.

Both senior punter Will Atterberry and junior kicker Zach Olen agree that the “legs” of the team can be a stronghold for the Mean Green through the 2012 season.

Olen credits his and Atterberry’s experience as the main asset of the kicking squad but added that he needed to be more consistent than he was last year in order for the team to succeed.

Olen only converted 50 percent of his field goal attempts last year, going eight for 16, but registered two 52-yard field goals. He has yet to attempt a field goal this season.

Last season, Atterberry punted 74 times for 3,218 yards, and is off to another quick start this year with eight punts for 327 yards after Saturday’s bout with LSU.

The only area of concern in the special teams unit is the punt coverage team. The team still needs some work after its performance against LSU. The Tigers were able to run back a 70-yard punt for a touchdown. Before that, the squad let a 76-yard touchdown get by, but an LSU penalty nullified the score.

Chancellor will be a threat returning kicks just as he was last year. His speed and elusiveness will make

For as long as UNT fans can remember, the UNT defense has never been something to praise. Last year, the defense showed incredible promise, and the linebacker core was literally right in the middle of the group’s success.

Led by junior Zachary Orr this season, the linebackers have grown into the role of the defense’s foundation. Watching this group play is like watching a wrap-up drill in training camp. No shoulder tackles, no pointless ball-

stripping attempts, just good fundamental tackling. In the secondary, the Mean Green football program is one of four teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision that

doesn’t have a senior starting. With no returning starters, UNT’s passing defense got a fresh start. The roster overhaul at the cornerback and safety positions is a plus for the Mean Green. Last season’s defense gave

up 3,190 passing yards over 12 games. UNT ranked No. 104 in passing defense out of the 120 teams in NCAA Division I football.

Junior strong safety Marcus Trice, sophomore free safety Lairamie Lee, cornerbacks redshirt freshman Zac Whitfield and junior Hilbert Jackson rarely left the field during Saturday’s game.

They said it: “It’s our physicality and playmaking that we thrive on. Either it be the big hit, interceptions or just being leaders for the team,” Orr said. “Of course there is always room to improve in getting off the ball faster and shed-ding blocks.”

Head coach Dan McCarney does not believe in moral victories, but his offensive line may deserve one after the LSU game. The Mean Green line stood though against LSU by allowing no sacks, committing no penalties and not missing assignments.

The starting offensive line for the Mean Green consists of tackles sophomore Antonio Johnson and senior Coleman Feeley. The guards are sophomore Cyril Lemon, sophomore Mason Y’Barbo and the anchor of the line, senior center Aaron Fortenberry. The mix of youth and experience gives the Mean Green the ability to instantly succeed while preparing for the future.

On the defensive line, UNT has to replace Brandon Akpunku. Junior defensive end Aaron Bellazin has the skills to constantly rush opposing quarterback to force an intentional

grounding in the first game against LSU. Bellazin showed explosiveness and has a great nose for the football.Sophomore Daryl Mason and junior Ryan Boutwell are two highly talented players that are going to need to step

up and make plays for this thin defensive line. If both can get healthy at the same time, along with Bellazin and Obi, theUNT defensive line will give other Sun Belt offensive lines fits.They said it: “Physically we have gotten a lot better, bigger on both sides of the ball, and our communication has

improved as we’ve matured together,” Lemon said.

The Mean Green football team’s running back slot is a position by committee. Junior Brandin Byrd started as running back against No. 3 LSU and carried the ball 14 times. But redshirt freshman Antoinne Jimmerson and senior Jeremy Brown ran the ball against LSU eight times each.

The trio, who gained 74 combined rushing yards in the first game, collectively has only 113 yards in their careers prior to this season. The running backs still need to get a feeling for carrying the ball in game situations.

Talent level is high at running back, and growth is fostered by a competitive environment to get playing time. The best description for the position is unproven.

The triumvirate faces the pressure of replacing the all-time leading rusher Lance Dunbar. Dunbar had 1,115 rushing yards and an additional 350 receiving yards last season. Byrd, Jimmerson and Brown can’t focus on filling Dunbar’s shoes. They have to find their own pairs.

Involvement in the pass game, blocking and receiving gives the backs an immediate offensive value. If the running backs don’t get involved in the passing game, the offense could stagnate.

Time – and an opponent who isn’t a national championship contender – will reveal North Texas’ run game capabilities. They said it: “Fans can expect consistency, and we’re trying to keep the tradition going that [Dunbar] left behind,” Brown said. “We’re going to keep running hard. You can never replace [Dunbar.] He meant so much to the program, and all we can do is compete.”

Redshirt junior quarterback Derek Thompson now has the experience of a full slate of games under his belt heading into this season. Even though the running game carried the brunt of the load last year, Thompson has shown he can limit the turnovers, throwing only six interceptions last year, while still being effective when throwing the ball.

In the game against Louisiana State University, Thompson completed both of his touchdown passes to senior receiver Brelan Chancellor against one of the top defenses in the nation. With that being said, someone other than Chancellor will need to step up for the passing attack to be successful this year.

Redshirt senior wide receiver Christopher Bynes and senior tight end Andrew Power will need to help lighten Chancellor’s load. Chancellor is clearly Thompson’s top target, and defenses will try to focus in and stop Chancellor from touching the ball.

Power had 16 catches last year, but only one went for a touchdown. Even though he’s used for blocking schemes, UNT should take advantage of his 6 feet 5 inches frame in the red zone to help draw defenders away from Chancellor.

They said it: “Marcus Smith at tight end [could be a dark horse this year]. He’s a guy that we can flex out at wide receiver. He’s fast, big, and he’s strong. He can do a lot of really good things for us this year,” Thompson said.

2012 Mean Green Football scouting report

Position: Quarterback,

Wide Receiver, Tight End

Key players: Derek Thompsonpictured: Brelan

Chancellor

Position: Running BackKey players:

pictured: Brandin ByrdJeremy Brown

Antoine Jimmerson

Position: Offensive LineDefensive LineKey players:Aaron Bellazin

pictured:Cyril Lemon

Position: LinebackerSecondary

Key players:Zach Orr

Zac Whitfieldpictured: Rex

Rollins

Position: Special Teams

Key players:Will Atterberry

Brelan Chancellorpictured: Zach Olen

kick returns a “can’t miss” sequence, since he has the ability to score at any time. They said it: “We communicate pretty well,” Atterberry said. “If he sees something I’m doing wrong that he knows I need to fix, he’ll let me know. If I see something he’s doing wrong, I’ll try to help him fix it. I’m his holder, so a lot of his success depends on how I do and how I hold the ball.”

In the Pohl Recreation Building, echoing chants of “Go Canada,” “USA, USA” and “Yeah, Europe” filled the practice area. Instead of having his athletes hold a normal practice meet against one another, head swimming coach Joe Dykstra decided to change things up a bit.

In an Olympic-style format, Dykstra split up his UNT team into four teams based off region of origin for the Inaugural International UNT swim meet. Team Canada, Team Europe, Team USA and the Texas Freshmen team were all formed to compete in a one race, 200-yard medley at the end of practice.

“The ladies were really excited that they could compete with each other.” Dykstra said. “This is good for the team to let loose and build team unity.”

Team Canada was represented by freshman Michelle Balcaen, junior Natalie Jakopin, senior Joanna Wozniak and sophomore Krista Rossum.

The Europe team consisted of sophomore Mona Groteguth, junior Sarida Muslow, freshman Bianca Bocsa and freshman Jana Burkard swim-ming the freestyle.

Senior Brynn Lewis, sophomore Sarah

Manning, senior Becca Ploetz and senior Catia Weickgenant were part of Team USA, while the Texas Freshmen team had Zoe James, Gaby Colunga, Ashley Payne and Mackenzie Childs.

The swimmers took their marks for the 200-yard medley relay, each swimming one leg of the race.

Once the race began, Team Europe hurried out to a quick start behind Groteguth, putting the pressure on the other teams to keep up.

“I knew I was swimming against [Groteguth,] and I had to hold my own and let my team pick me up,” Jakopin said.

Groteguth was one of the four Mean Green swimmers to swim in the Olympic trials this past summer.

Team Europe led after the second leg of the race by a narrow margin over Team Canada until Rossum caught up with the leader and began to pull away from the pack.

Wozniak was able to use the lead Rossum gained for Team Canada to win the race.

“This was the most nervous I have been in a long time, even though this is just us swimming against each other,” Woznaik said.

The final times were Team Canada winning with 1:51.00 minutes, team Europe in 1:51.40 minutes, team USA 1:54.20 in minutes and the Texas Freshmen finished in 1:55.60 minutes.

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Courtney Windham can’t be missed when watching a UNT volleyball game. The junior middle blocker stands 6-foot-3-inches tall and tries to make herself appear even taller.

On the court, she’ll stand up straight with her hands above her head, casting an ominous shadow on her opponents.

“It’s an intimidation factor,” she said.This season, the Cypress, Texas, native

has led the volleyball team to the best start in program history, 7-2, and two tourna-ment victories.

At the North Texas Invitational, Windham earned MVP honors. She’s currently second on the team with 108 kills on a .342 hitting percentage.

Although Windham is now the center-piece of the UNT attack, her collegiate volley-ball career didn’t start off as she had hoped.

After an impressive high school career in which she earned two-time All-American honors at Cypress Creek High School, the wiry-framed Windham moved on to Baylor once she graduated in 2010. Despite going into college as a highly touted recruit, she hardly played as a freshman, only appearing in two matches all season.

On top of that, her father, Tom Windham, who spends much time away from the rest of the Windham family due to his job in Dallas, couldn’t see her play often. Both factors convinced her to transfer to UNT in 2011.

“I needed change,” Windham said. “I wanted my dad to be able to see me play, and UNT made me feel needed. It was the best decision I ever made.”

Once at UNT, Windham slowly began to raise her level of competition on the court. She saw action in every 2011 match and was third on the team with 250 kills.

However, head coach Ken Murczek still shuffled her around the court, searching for her best position. Eventually, Murczek tabbed

her as the team’s starting middle blocker, where she has excelled so far this season.

“Courtney has matured tremendously as a person since she’s arrived here,” Murczek said. “She felt like she had something to prove, and her play has exploded.”

Although her specialty is middle blocker, the 21-year-old said she doesn’t care what posi-tion she plays.

“I’m just happy to be playing,” Windham said. “It doesn’t matter where it is on the court as long as I’m contributing to the team’s

success.”Off the court, Windham loves fine arts.

The communications major enjoys drawing and painting in her free time to relieve stress. She also worked behind the scenes in theater during high school.

“She’s always been into arts and theater,” Tom Windham said. “It helps her with her energy and sense of humor out on the court.”

If the volleyball team hopes to capture its first conference championship since 1995, it will be on the tall shoulders of Windham.

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Defeating Windham, Mean Green a tall task

Canada team winsOlympic-style race

The swim team practice Sept. 5 was a special one. The Mean Green held a 200-yard medley relay against each other, with teams split up by region of origin.

Junior middle blocker Courtney Windham poses for a portrait Wednesday afternoon at the North Texas Volleyball Center. She’s currently second on the team with 108 kills on a .342 hitting percentage.

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Head football coach Dan McCarney has talked about the possibility of opening next season at home in Apogee Stadium instead of playing a road game to start the season. When was the last time the Mean Green opened a football season at home, and who did it play against?

Answer: The last time UNT opened a football season at home was against Texas Christian University in 2001. The Mean Green fell to the Horned Frogs 19-5.

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How do you react when you recieve a UNT Crime Alert?

“I don’t plan to go out at night, or I go with a friend. On the

dates, they usually seem to be at night so if I have a class I’ll have a friend walk home with me.”

“I like to read it, and I like to talk to my friends about it. I really appreciate it, because

some people might feel really comfortable just walking

around. It keeps people aware of what’s going on.”

“When it’s next to the college and I have class in the evening, I always have my phone on or

try to go with friends so I’m not alone. If I am [alone], I either

call someone or pretend like I’m talking.”

Nod: The Women of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions

We’ve seen a lot of excitement over the last few weeks regarding the speeches, spectacles and “scandals” – both real and imagined – that constitute a typical American political conven-tion.

This year, the concluded Republican National Convention and the in-progress Democratic National Convention seem to have both represented their respective sides of the aisle with bombastic aplomb, but it is the opinion of the Edboard that the respec-tive speeches of Ann Romney and First Lady Michelle Obama were the high points of each convention.

Both women delivered, with concise diction and purpose, a defense of why each of their husbands deserves to win the 2012 elec-tion. While Romney focused on the personal struggles of marriage, motherhood and serious illness, the First Lady spoke on the economic hardships shared by her and President Obama during the early years of their marriage and their eventual rise to success. Despite the varying choices in delivery, both speeches suggested to the crowd that the candidates of each party understand the struggles, hardships and great triumphs of the American experi-ence and hold the belief that better days are ahead.

Although the leadership ability of each candidate does not hinge upon the speaking

ability of their wives, the uplifting and inspired delivery from the women of these conventions serves to remind us of the great dignity and basic humanity of the presidential office, and the Edboard would like to give both women a resounding nod.

Shake: Cecilia Giménez, harbinger of the “monkey God”

The Sanctuary of Mercy Church near the town of Borja, Spain, is one of the many historic churches in the province of Zaragozaharb. However, recent news hype has elevated a simple painting by artist Elías García Martínez to a global phenomenon.

Cecilia Giménez, an elderly local “amateur

artist,” noticing that Martinez’ more than 100 year-old fresco painting on the church wall was beginning to deteriorate with age, took it upon herself to restore the piece to its former glory. However, in the process the woman managed to completely paint over the original piece and replaced the face of Jesus Christ with what appears to be a stylized caricature of a moaning orangutan. The woman claimed to have permission for her artistic endeavors and didn’t fully understand why anyone was complaining about her “restoration” job.

The Edboard is certainly capable of forgiving an honest mistake, but the egre-gious disaster of this painted hatchet job is difficult to ignore, and Giménez deserves at least one shake.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to begin another year as the head foot-ball coach at the University of North Texas! The 2011 season was a great sign of things to come for Mean Green football. We set an all-time attendance record in our f irst year at Apogee Stadium, and our 4-2 home record was the best since 2004. All of that was due in large part to the fantastic support from the North Texas student body.

This Saturday we have our f irst home game of the season against Texas Southern, and we will be trying to win our first home-opener since 2006.

We need your help in getting this season off to a good beginning and helping us improve our home record to 5-2 since I took over. North Texas legend, NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion “Mean” Joe Greene will be our honorary team captain, and we want to show him how much wonderful support we have from our students.

I can’t tell you enough how hard this team has prepared for this season. They have done everything we have asked of them, in the classroom, in the community and on the practice field.

We had the highest team GPA this program has had in a long time, and 64 of our players earned higher than a 3.0 this summer, including 29 who earned a 4.0. The attitude and cama-raderie among this team is as good as I have ever seen in 35 years as a college football coach.

We intend to keep building a great connection bet ween this football program and the students, facult y and staff on campus. I can tell you from experience that there is no better feeling for a football team than the sense of support from the student

body. The environment that is created inside a stadium begins and ends with its student body, and we need you to build that atmosphere.

We have begun the process of turning this program into one that is special. It is a reciprocal relationship – we need you to help us make this program better, and we will help you by developing a team and a program that you can be proud of. It all starts at home, in Apogee Stadium, and it all starts this Saturday. Help us be special!

Go Mean Green!

T h e Me an G re e n ope n s up McCarney’s second season as head coach Saturday against Texas Southern in Apogee Stadium at 6 p.m. In McCarney’s first year as the head coach, the team won five games, including four at home.

Dan McCarney is the head football coach at the University of North Texas. He can be contacted at 940-565-3653.

Once every four years, it seems like the world temporarily goes insane. The presidential race pushes televi-sion, newspapers and social media to evolve into political battlegrounds. More opinions are presented than facts, and more arguments are pitched than real progress.

You’ve probably removed a few friends from your social feeds who constantly bash the far left or the far right and tried to ignore the so-called experts who make comments for no other purpose than to heap kindling on the fire of controversial issues.

I am no expert on the political land-scape of our country, but I do know that I’m certainly glad to be here.

For only a moment, drown out the apocalyptic end-of-America hyperbole and look around you.

Whether you’re sitting in the brand-new Apogee Stadium, one of the conve-niently placed bus stops for the Denton County Transit Authority or a delicious campus dining hall, it’s your choice to be there. It’s your choice to progress in your education at the University of North Texas, and it’s certainly your choice to be happy.

Spilled coffee, a bad test grade, having a car accident or breaking up with a significant other weighs in on our happiness. Though we might be discouraged by our perceived lack of accomplishments by the end of the day – for example, we can’t single-handedly stop world hunger – this doesn’t mean we can’t improve our outlook.

You may argue that happiness is diff icult to measure. While I agree, sociology professor Ruut Veenhoven gives a good definition: “Happiness is defined as the degree to which someone

evaluates positively the overall quality of his or her present ‘ life as a whole.’ ”

How good is your life, when you look at it objectively? Do you ever consider what you think of your life as you view it? It’s as simple as performing some self-evaluations. Take time to eval-uate your current score in the video game of life.

Is it constantly interrupted by spilled coffee, a bad test grade, car accident, overdue bill, breakup or any of the problems we face daily? If so, should these things really be the biggest factors in your happiness?

I’m not saying you should stop having strong convictions, but it couldn’t hurt to slow down a little and enjoy your life one day at a time.

If daily challenges are bringing you down, start living your life like an arcade game: as long as you’re breathing, you can put another coin in the slot and continue the battle for another day.

Ryne Gannoe is a journalism senior. He can be reached at RyneGannoe@my.unt.edu.

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astray ... andwhat the starts of20-, 24-, 52- and60-Across are?

44 Brian of RoxyMusic

45 “Yeah, sure”46 Surpass47 Washed-out49 Bob Marley genre51 Place in

considerabledisarray

52 It’s often a toughcut

57 Fighting Tigers’sch.

59 Ness and others60 Verbally

overwhelm65 Dim66 Small pie67 Time for action68 2-Down, for one69 Mother of Don

Juan70 Kerry’s home71 Much of the RMS

Queen Mary, now72 Bank (on)73 “Seasons of

Love” musical

DOWN1 Not in good

shape?2 Natural Bridges

locale3 Second helping,

to a dieter4 Twist5 Long shot, say6 Baseball’s Moises7 It has a campus

near the JFKLibrary

8 Turning tool9 Ancient Athens

rival10 Nitwit11 Ouzo flavoring12 Watch13 Barely sufficient21 Slangy “Don’t

worry about it”25 “High Voltage”

rockers26 Ex-GIs’ org.27 Bern’s river28 1982 sci-fi film30 Superficially

fluent33 Grumpy friend?35 Exist36 Mosquito

protection

38 Unfriendly types39 Fastener named

for its shape41 Have supper42 Wedding

receptionhighlight

43 Catch sight of48 Heineken brand50 All thumbs52 Winter puddle

cause

53 Scout master?54 Elaborate display55 Up and at ’em56 Scottish feudal

lord58 Milker’s handful61 Hurler Hershiser62 Large-tongued

comics dog63 Wave a red flag

at64 Nikita’s no

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