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Tuesday, November 17, 2009Volume 94 | Issue 47
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Volume 94 | Issue 47
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NEWS:ARTS & LIFE:
Students should vote on Homecoming issuePage 4
Student’s host events to feed hungryPage 2
Music program showcases international stylesPage 3
Grand winMen’s basketball wins 1,000th
game in school historyPage 6
BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer
Faced w it h a dif f icult economy and time-consuming classes, some students are turning to plasma donation to fill their gas tanks and buy text-books.
UNT students make their way to BioLife Plasma Services, across the street from campus on Avenue C, to put extra money in their pockets by donating plasma up to twice a week.
“It just really helped with buying the necessities, like gas and groceries,” said Natalie Taylor, a music education junior.
The process pays $20 for the first hour-long session and $30 for the second donation in a week’s time, with at least one day between donations.
Taylor sa id she bega n donating plasma in fall 2008 as her main source of income.
Her friends had donated before, but Taylor said she was worried about donating for the first time.
Taylor’s blood was drawn out
similar to blood donations, then the plasma was separated from red blood cells.
The blood cells were later returned into her body along with a sterile saline solution to help replenish her plasma supply in a process called plasmapheresis.
“I was nervous I was going to have to get poked more than once or that I’d bleed everywhere,” Taylor said.
However, after the physical examination was completed, she said the process was quick and nearly painless.
She donated twice a week for four months and walked away with $800 in all.
Most negative side effects such as feeling light-headed or nause-ated, fainting and vomiting can be prevented through eating a healthy meal and staying hydrated the day of donation, according to the BioLife Web site.
“Not hing ser ious ever happened to me,” Taylor said. “The only thing was that I would sometimes felt light-headed.”
Taylor’s plasma then went to
creating life-saving therapies to help treat primary immunodefi-ciency, hemophilia and respira-tory distress syndrome.
BioLife spokeswoman Laura Jacobs said they accept a wide age range, but the money attracts younger donors.
“I think a lot of people donate because they know what the donations go for,” Jacobs said.
The paid aspect of plasma donation was not intended to be an incentive to donors, even though often times it seems to be their main motivation, Jacobs said.
Chelsea Money, an elementary education junior, donated twice a week for one month her freshman year to get pocket money.
“I was a little bit nervous, but since I gave blood before I wasn’t terrified because I’m not scared of needles,” Money said. “It doesn’t hurt. It’s really easy.”
But, Money said she has had only one negative experience. Technicians needed to draw plasma out of her left arm instead of her right arm where she usually donated.
BY MELISSA BOUGHTONSenior Staff Writer
Volunteers in blue aprons swarm the kitchen at Our Daily Bread in Denton, cutting pork loin and peeling oranges as the soup kitchen prepares lunch for more than 150 hungry community members.
The UNT Buddy System is spending this week giving back to the community by volunteering at the local soup kitchen.
“Though we have a small group of students partic-ipating, I would have been happy with just one student part icipating,” said Cara Walker, student services coor-dinator. “Because even just one person can make a signifi-cant difference.”
The Buddy System is a peer-mentoring program in the multicultural center that pairs new students with upper-class students of the same gender, ethnicity and major to get the new students acclimated to campus life and to engage them in activities outside the classroom.
The service project allows students in the program to volunteer throughout the week at Our Daily Bread.
Walker said she organized the service project to create an opportunity for students to get volunteer hours and express the importance of civic duty by giving back to the community.
Student volunteers can work either in the kitchen preparing food or directly with the clients by providing st imulat ing conversat ion during meals.
“It’s really good to give back to the community and help others out,” said Lisa Bourg, a nutrition sophomore and volunteer.
Bourg originally wanted to get volunteer hours for a class requirement, but she said she is glad to be helping at the same time.
Our Da i ly Bread soup kitchen provides meals, job-mentoring, bus passes, and clothing to the homeless and other community members in need.
Jenny Hawkins, executive director to Our Daily Bread, said that many of the kitchen’s clients come back every day and end up staying for a long period of time because their
job situations are so bad. “A lot of people here aren’t
your normal, what you would think would come here,” she said. “Some of these guys, they’re just down on their luck.”
Hawkins said the volun-teers at the kitchen are what keep t he place r u n n ing. She said there are two paid employees, including her, and the rest work as volun-teers.
“It is vital to us to have these volunteers,” Hawkins said. “We couldn’t do this without our volunteers.”
F i n d i n g v o l u n t e e r s , however, is not an issue at the kitchen. Hawkins said she has to constantly find spots for more people because so many volunteers want to help, especially during the holidays.
When there are too many volunteers, Hawk ins said the kitchen gets creative and pairs with other places like the Salvation Army for food and clothing drives that the volunteers take charge of.
Walker will have between one and two students a day go out to the kitchen to help this week.
Walker said she made the arrangements for the service project week in the summer, but anyone is welcome to volunteer for the project.
For more i n for mat ion about how to volunteer with the project, contact Cara Walker at [email protected].
PHOTO BY MELISSA BOUGHTON / PHOTOGRAPHER
Cara Walker, student services coordinator, Lisa Bourg, nutrition sophomore, and Peggy Durrett, a volunteer, prepare fruit salad for the Our Daily Bread soup kitchen. The UNT Buddy System is volunteering at the kitchen this week for a service project.
Students put bread on the table
Residents donate plasma to make ends meet
PHOTO BY CRISTY ANGULO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chelsea Money, an elementary education junior, began donating plasma two years ago. Although she doesn’t donate twice a week anymore, she still donates sometimes to earn spending money.
“My arm was really hurting because they didn’t get the needle in there good,” Money said. “Other than that, I only had small bruises the day after I would donate.”
The money she was paid after
donations was her “fun money” to be used to go out to eat with friends or go to the movies.
Taylor has yet to donate plasma this semester but said she will soon because she feels it is a
win-win situation.“You’re helping sick people who
could really use your plasma,” Taylor said. “Second of all, it’s easy because you just go and sit there to get money.”
BY T.S. MCBRIDESenior Staff Writer
Police arrested two members of UNT’s Kappa Alpha Psi frater-nity early morning Wednesday on suspicion of hazing.
Terry Lewis, a graduate student, and Emmanuel Bradford, an engi-neering junior, were arrested at Lewis’ apartment on Bell Street for hazing without serious bodily injury.
“Bot h suspect s and persons believed to be victims of the hazing are being inter-viewed,” said Lt. West Gilbreath of the UNT Police Department. He would not say whether more arrests would be made.
The crime is a class B misdemeanor with a punishment of a fine of up to $2,000, up to 180 days in jail or both.
Police obtained the warrant after a student reported the hazing on Nov. 10. Officers took an affi-davit from the alleged victim and raided the suspect’s apartment at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police also arrested two other men at the apartment, one for an unrelated warrant and another for attempting to flee.
Lewis and Bradford were released late Wednesday after each posted $2,500 in bail.
The alleged victim said that Lewis and Bradford had paddled him, according to the affidavit. He showed the police bruises, scratches and “whelps” he said were the result of paddling and slapping by the suspects.
A wooden red and white paddle emblazoned with the Greek letters zeta and epsilon was found at the apartment and taken for evidence. Zeta Epsilon is the designation for the UNT chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.
Police would not release the name of the alleged victim.
If the students are found guilty of hazing, in addition to the crim-
inal penalties, they could face suspension or expulsion from the university.
The fraternity also faces possible disciplinary action.
The UNT Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities is carrying out its own investiga-tion of the matter.
Maureen McGuinness, assis-tant vice president for student
development, said the center’s investigation could take anywhere from two weeks to two months.
The center uses a principle called “greater weight of the evidence” that is less stringent.
“With the criminal justice system, things can be thrown out on a
technicality, whereas with our system, we look at the behavior,” McGuinness said.
As a result, the students and the fraternity are more likely to face disciplinary action from the univer-sity than the state.
The Center for Student Rights and Responsibilities’ code of conduct defines hazing as “any inten-tional knowing, or reck-less act, occurring on
or off the campus … directed against a student for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into or maintaining membership in any organization.”
The university placed Kappa Alpha Psi on interim suspen-sion during the investigation. The fraternity members cannot hold meetings or activities as a fraternity during the suspension period.
“If there’s any merit to the alle-gations, we take action imme-diately and halt all activities of the organization,” McGuinness said.
Six organizations at UNT have been disciplined for hazing during the past three years.
A representative from Kappa Alpha Psi could not be reached for comment.
“Because even just one person
can make a difference.”
—Cara WalkerStudent services
coordinator
Emmanuel Bradford
Terry Lewis
UNT fraternity members arrested on hazing charges
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BY KELSEY KRUZICHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
There are about 1.5 million government documents stored at UNT as part of the Federal Depository Library Program, which makes govern-m e nt d o c u m e nt s available for anyone to use.
The program has a 15-member council that gives feedback to each of its commu-nities on where to spend the program’s money, item changes and printing documents. The members are all presidential appointees.
Suzanne Sears, head of the government documents depart-ment, was recently elected chairwoman of the program.
“We’re an advisory council,” Sears said. “Being chair of the council gives UNT an unprece-
dented access to shape national policy.”
Sears said the council holds two meetings per year and is responsible for making sure everyone follows through in
gett ing t he mate-rials finished. It also distributes the govern-ment publications to libraries across the country.
She described some typical duties of a member as making calls to government staff and giving assis-
tance and government advice to the printing office.
The national program was established more than 200 years ago.
She said the documents in the depository are publications, which could be anything from a bookmark to a statistical or legal book. They do not keep
Librarian elected chair of UNT depository program
PHOTO BY KELSEY KRUZICH / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Suzanne Sears, head of the Government Documents Department, was elected chairwoman of the Federal Depository Library Program for the 2010-2011 term. There are about 1.5 million government documents in the depository.
BY JOSH PHERIGOStaff Writer
Students donned cardboard signs and wore tattered clothing Monday as part of a living exhibit about homelessness.
The exhibit, sponsored by the University Programs Council, was the first of four events the organization is hosting as part of UNT’s participation in National Homeless and Hunger Awareness Week.
“Homelessness is an impor-tant issue that students should be aware of,” said Carlos Rodriguez, president of the University Programs Council and marketing senior. “We wanted to create meaningful events to spread awareness that would be both fun and impactful.”
Najua Azzami, vice president of the council, said Monday’s event was designed to break stereotypes often associated with homelessness.
She said students wore cardboard signs that depicted messages of untraditional yet common reasons why people become homeless.
“People are often under false impressions about why many become homeless,” said Azzami, a criminal justice sophomore. “Some of the signs said ‘I have a job but can’t keep up with my rent’ or ‘I became homeless because I dropped out of college.’”
Azzami said few people are aware that 60 percent of
internal records like the national archives.
Even though the collection at UNT is big, Sears said she thinks many students do not know about the program.
“We are a well-kept secret that doesn’t want to be a secret,” Sears said.
She also said students who have found the program are excited about the resources available.
In addition to working with the government documents, Sears makes the albino squirrel buttons found in the Cyber Café, puts on informational sessions about the depository and hands out pocket Constitutions on Constitution Day.
James Van Patten, a history and radio, television and film senior, said the program rings a bell, but he is unfamiliar with it. He said he feels it is important that people know the documents are avail-able.
“Without the information, people can’t be informed,” Van Patten said. “Whether or not they choose to become informed is their decision.”
Dan Pennell, a jazz studies junior, said he had not heard of the program, but it might be inter-esting to look at if he needed it.
The document program at UNT has existed since December 1947. This is the second person from UNT to be elected chair of the program.
“It is rare that a single univer-sity has had so much impact on the program,” Sears said.
Sears said there are 1,200 libraries in the nation that are depositories. The depositories are open to anyone who wants to access them, not just students at UNT.
“It is the cornerstone of our republic to know what is going on,” Sears said. “For someone who is civically active, it is great to have.”
The collection of the govern-ment documents can be found on the third floor of Willis Library.
Campus events raise homeless awareness
Food/Blanket Drive• (Now through Nov. 25)Donations accepted at University Union 216
PB&Js for Poverty• Tuesday(11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Union)Make a PB&J for yourself and one to donate to Friends of the Family
Hunger Banquet• Wednesday(7 p.m. in the Silver Eagle Suite)$2 to “enjoy a meal you’ll never forget”
New Moon• ScreeningThursday(9 p.m. at the Movie Tavern)Donate at least four canned goods to Union 216 or various campus drop boxes before the event
Hunger / Homeless Awareness Week Events:
homeless people are working members of society. She said many onlookers believed the demon-stration’s volunteers were actu-ally homeless and began offering money.
Aaron Bradley, a criminal justice junior, said he was surprised by the reaction of some students who walked passed him.
“I heard one girl ask her friend ‘Hey, is he homeless?’” said Bradley, who wore a torn shirt and a cardboard sign that read “I am homeless because I don’t have
money to pay my rent.”Bradley said some people
asked about the details of his situation and offered to help, while others ignored him entirely.
“We never intended to collect money,” Azzami said. “But a lot of people were giving us change.”
Azzami said the collected proceeds will be given to the Denton County Friends of the Family, a nonprofit organiza-tion.
Suzanne Sears
UNT-International is proud to announce International Education Week, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of
Education to promote programs that help prepare students to be global leaders.
9 Essay Contest Submission Due - “Sustainability: �e Key to Global Citizenship”
International Welcome Center & Programs, ISB 286
5 p.m.
14 Diwali Festival 2009 Main Auditorium, Auditorium Building
5:45 p.m. - 8 p.m.
16 Ang Lee Film Festival - “Pushing Hands” (1992)
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
17 “Hot Shots From Hot Spots” - Photo Exhibit and Essay Award Ceremony
Union Courtyard 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
View inspiring photos captured by students while studying abroad and visit with a GLE representative to discuss how you can study abroad.
18 TaLK Korea - Teach and Learn in Korea Representatives on campus
Wooten Hall, room 117
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
18 Japanese Fall Festival, sponsored by the Japanese Culture Organization
Library Mall 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
18 Ang Lee Film Festival - “�e Wedding Banquet” (1993)
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
19 “Big Coal” Debate with the UNT debate team and faculty
GAB, room 104 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
20 Cooking & Tasting Around the World - registration required - Co-sponsored by World Echoes and the School of Hospitality Management
Cooking Lab,Chilton Hall
3 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
21 Ang Lee Film Festival and Panel Discussion - “Eat Drink Man Woman”
Lyceum, University Union
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
International Week Events
For more information:http://international.unt.edu
940.369.8652
Arts & LifeTuesday, November 17, 2009 Page 3
Kip MooneyArts & Life Editor
BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer
Students walking through the Music Building near room 258 might hear people drumming on desks.
But they are not drumming out of boredom. It’s all part of the learning process in Steven Friedson’s ethnomusicology class.
Ethnomusicology is the study of music as a culture, said Steven Friedson.
“Open yourself up to music and you can understand a deep part of human expression,” he said. “All cultures have music, which seems to say to me that it is deep within us.”
For ethnomusicologists, ethno-musicology is a marriage between anthropology and music in order to understand music within its cultural context.
During one part of his ethno-musicology class “Music Cultures of the World,” students learned drumming traditions by drum-ming on their desks and dancing and singing, Friedson said.
Students learn the culture of different types of music through the history, religious philos-ophy and social context of the culture.
Friedson also taught the class
Tuvan throat singing, in which two pitches are produced at once.
Students can get hands-on experience about ethnomusi-cology through one of the ensem-bles such as the African ensemble, South Indian Cross-Cultural ensemble, Afro-Cuban ensemble, Steel bands, or Gamelan ensemble, an Indonensian music ensemble which recently won “Best World Music Ensemble” in the U.S. by the Percussive Arts Society, Friedson said.
“It’s important to know about the way other people are in the world other than ourselves,” he said.
Study abroad programs take students to China, India, the Czech Republic and Africa, which help students understand their music within a larger context, Friedson said.
The ethnomusicology program does not offer an undergrad-uate degree, only a Master of Musicology with a concentra-tion in ethnomusicology.
Many major schools have ethnomusicology programs, but few offer an undergraduate degree.
Carl Vermilyea is a student in the program..
He returned to school after
retiring from his 20 years in the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.
“It’s really an interesting field because it takes something that everybody knows and under-stands, music and a lot of different cultures through their music, for a chance to better understand their cultures and doing it in a way that I think people can relate to,” Vermilyea said.
After graduating in the spring, Vermilyea plans to get his doctoral degree and eventually become a professor.
“I think that the thought is people usually get their musical background, be able to analyze music, read it, and some anthro-pology in their undergraduate years,” Friedson said. “Then that prepares them for really special-izing in ethnomusicology.”
About five students are currently in the Master’s ethno-musicology program, Friedson said.
It is important to study ethno-musicology because many music programs only focus on Western European art music, said John Murphy, professor and chair of the division of jazz studies. But this program makes other cultures more accessible.
“You realize that all human societies have some kind of
music. It is a very powerful way to identify with people in other cultures and realize common humanity,” he said. “The ability to understand cultural difference rather than fear it is an impor-tant learning skill for anyone in college today.”
Eileen Hayes, chair of the music history, theory, and ethno-musicology division, said it is
necessary for students to become familiar with people of different cultures if they want to develop fully as intellectuals and as citi-zens.
“I can’t see someone plan-ning to spend the majority of their adulthood through the 21st century not want to learn as much about the world and how it works as possible,” she said.
Emily Evans, a history soph-omore, said ethnomusicology classes expand students’ minds and musical tastes.
“I find that pretty cool that you’re not just studying the clas-sics like Bach and Mozart,” she said. “You’re going to sort of the other side of the world.”
For more information, www.music.unt.edu/mhte.
Program teaches music from around the world
John Murphy, professor and chair of the Division of Jazz Studies, specializes in jazz and Brazilian music. Ethnomusicology blends the studies of musicology and anthropology.
BAGHDAD (AP) — It’s Saturday night at the Alwiyah Club, and 21-year-old Sarah al-Kimackchy is doing the hip thing — playing bingo.
The streets outside may still not be as safe as they once were, and the occasional deadly bombing still rips through Baghdad, but al-Kimackchy is here with her family and entirely fixated on her game, wondering if tonight will finally be her night.
“Since I was a young girl I’ve played bingo and even till today, I’ve never won!” she says.
Bingo, booze return to beloved Baghdad nightclubAfter years of bombings and
killings, Baghdad’s 85-year-old elite social club is making a comeback — and there’s no better evidence than the open bar, the deafening Arabic pop music and the Saturday night bingo games that draw hundreds of fun-seekers, from teenagers to grandparents.
While it is only a small snap-shot of Iraq, bingo mania reflects the growing sense of security in Baghdad and the resurgence of a community that wants no part of the religious divisions that
almost destroyed the city. They are Sunnis, Shiites, Christians — and nobody seems to care.
Founded when Iraq was ruled by Britain, the Alwiyah’s lawns, tennis courts, swimming pool and bar were long the gathering place of the cultural, political and intel-lectual elite — those who met the membership criteria of a college degree and knowledge of a foreign language.
It continued to thrive under Saddam Hussein until the early 1990s, when the dictator cut the country’s booze supply to appease
Muslim conservatives and tribal leaders. Also, many women stopped coming to the Alwiyah for fear of the sexual predators among
Saddam’s family and cronies.On bingo night, a large outdoor
screen is lit up and a man calls out the numbers and letters.
Individuals pay about $4 for a wooden table on which they can play. Small cash prizes are awarded.
PHOTO BY CRISTY ANGULO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Future A&M president to decide on bon� re’s return
COLLEGE STATION (AP) — As the 10th anniversary of the deadly bonfire collapse approaches this week, the former president of Texas A&M University says only her successor can decide whether the tradition returns to campus, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The Bryan-College Station Eagle reports that former president Elsa Murano, 50, had met with the families of 10 of the 12 people who died in the Nov. 18, 1999 bonfire collapse that left 27 people hurt.
In 1999, the wedding cake-like bonfire structure collapsed while students were building it. The accident ended the bonfire as an annual tradition before the Texas A&M-Texas football game, although students and alumni still hold the event without university support.
Each year, hundreds of A&M students labor through the fall months to keep the bonfire alive
in a rural pasture 15 miles from campus.
Texas A&M reached a $2.1 million settlement with several plaintiffs in October 2008. The families of some of the students killed and injured sued university administrators and construction contractors hired to help build the 59-foot-tall tower of logs.
After the settlement, Murano
met with some of the families to her decide if the tradition should return to campus. She resigned in June after receiving a poor perfor-mance review.
“No matter what, there will be pressure on either side ... and it won’t please everyone,” she said. “At the end of the day, the decision should rest in the head, heart and soul of the university president.”
I was thinking about the new e-book readers coming out such as the Kindle and the Nook.
The topic has come up a few times in some of my classes, and apparently, some l ibra r ies have even been going so far as to a lready begin replacing their hard-copy book collections with electronic books.
They’re not just some fad passing through. E-books are here to stay.
However, replacing books with the readers is a bad idea for a number of reasons.
One reason I like printed text so much is because you can treat it badly and it will still work.
You can get books wet and dry them out again. You can let dust cover them many times over. You can let a little bit of mold get in some of the more expensive ones. You can drop paperback novels down a few flights of stairs and they
will usually still function.You can stand and sit on
them and let your cat sleep on them. You can expose them to intense moisture, like in a room where people take showers.
You can even throw books to ot her people sta nding across a room (or on a stage). You ca n ex pose t hem to people (teenagers) with really oily skin sometimes even.
You don’t even need to recharge books either, and who cares i f you get sand stuck in your book?
What if you get sand stuck in your cell phone, down in the little buttons? Good luck with that.
Books are durable, and they cannot ever be fully replaced with electronic versions, so I am hesitant to accept a predominance of electronic book readers.
Sure, book printing isn’t ecolog ica l, but elect ronic re ader s t h at a re h ig h l y
disposable (or even fragile) would be even less ecologi-cally sound.
We are a lready seeing a pr oblem w it h r e c y c l i n g computers and electronics a s it is. T h is mea ns t he electronic readers must be durable and be able to last for years, or even decades through a variety of digital formats.
I have read physical books that were more than thirty years old.
Can you imagine anyone in the future ever using or wanting to use an electronic reader that is thirty years old?
Will we still be using first generation Kindles and Nooks in a few decades?
Being ecologically friendly isn’t si mply about rec y-cling.
It’s also about using what we have decided to buy until it literally falls apart so that the effort, money and
polluting bi-products of recy-cling processes are not done more often than necessary.
You see, I’m not in love with the feel or smell of the pages. I’m in love with the durability and ultimate, long-ter m, ecolog ica l susta i n-ability of physical books.
Can we grow nickel and copper and gold and plastic in trees? No. The materials to make electronic equipment are harder to come by. We have to get down and dirty and strip-mine for it or pay another country to do it so we don’t have to.
Paper grows on trees, and harvests like any other crop. Ink is a bit more polluting, but it’s not like mining copper.If you’re adopting e-books for ecological reasons, maybe you should re-think that decision.
Brennan Grass is a library science graduate student. H e c a n b e r e a c h e d a t [email protected].
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Sarah Stinson General studies senior
How do you like the cold weather we have gotten?
“The cold weather is great. It’s like a breath of fresh
air.”
“I’m not a big fan of the cold weather, I’m more of a
summer girl.”
After two months of arguments, protests, threats, a Student Supreme Court ruling, and an untold number of hurt feelings, students now have the opportunity to vote on the Homecoming Eligibility Referendum.
Students will decide if same-sex couples can run on the Homecoming court ballot, amending the current policy, which allows only male-female couples on the court.
The editorial board believes every student should participate in this election, an event that will reflect the beliefs of all UNT students, possibly under a national spotlight.
While the proposal is centered on the election of the Homecoming court, an arguably trivial event in the minds of many, the outcome of this election will likely be viewed as a symbolic representation of UNT’s social climate.
A vote for the proposal is a symbolic gesture that students of UNT respect the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community, and support the advancement of equal rights for all.
The actions of the SGA have created a situation in which the defeat of the referendum will unnecessarily and unfairly characterize the campus in a negative way.
The defeat of the proposal will inevitably send a message of adherence to social norms and traditions.
The legislation’s unwillingness to address alternative solutions, such as reforms that would allow students to vote for individual candidates, polarized the university in a bitter conflict with neither side willing to compromise.
The inability of the SGA to appropriately address this issue forced students to choose between sending one of two symbolic messages, neither of which accurately reflects the complexity of the subject.
Voting is available to students at www.untsga.com or in the SGA office in the University Union 320S. Polls close at 5 p.m. Friday.
Danielle DixonMarketing senior
ViewsPage 4 Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Josh PherigoViews Editor
Electronic books lack durability
Legal pot would boost economy
{“It feels really nice. I’m glad it’s finally getting cold.”
Ezra HernandezCreative writing senior
In a progressive society, there are certain data sets that serve as seismographs of change.
Political practices, material on television, re-definitions of economic aff luence: All of these items produce data sets that can be examined to read societal movements.
For instance, if you were asked a decade ago what Ca l i for n ia’s big gest ca sh crop was, you might’ve said grapes or oranges. The more adjusted answer would be marijuana.
California reaps nearly $1.3 billion yearly in profits from marijuana growth, according to CNN.
W it h t he i nt roduc t ion of medical marijuana that prof it margin is expected to rise, perhaps becoming a much-needed ladder out of California’s budget hole. This, of course, has helped marijuana in the Californian public’s eye. Marijuana has been slowly finding its way i nto A mer ica’s econom ic s t r u c t u r e , a n d m o r e Americans are viewing mari-juana with an open mind.
Now more than ever it’s impor ta nt to discuss t he benefits of legalizing mari-juana.
The most corrosive argu-
ment aga inst lega l izat ion is one based in ethos. It’s the assumption that if you support legalization of mari-juana you’re some sort of pot-smoking liberal hippie who contributes nothing to society.
This assumption has two problems. First, pot smokers are probably the best consul-tants for such an issue. You wou ld n’t a sk a n a lcohol abstainer about the effects of alcohol on the mind. Second, the legalization of marijuana is a pretty conservative idea. It’s the conservative belief that the government should have no say in what a person puts into his or her body.
T he s uppor t i ng a r g u-ments mainly have to do with economics.
The economic benefits to the countr y as a whole (if we assume a sin tax like we see on tobacco and alcohol) are huge. Think California’s proportional profits multi-plied by 50.
Dislike a bloated budget? Pick up a “Lega l i ze Pot” banner and join the march.
The legalization of mari-juana would greatly reduce drug crime. For years the U.S. has fought the drug war from a supply side, incarcerating suppliers a nd users a l ike
(which generally amplif ies addiction given the rampant drug abuse present in the U.S. prison system).
The problem is people don’t want drugs because they’re around. Drugs are around because people want them.
One way of fighting demand for illegal drugs is to make the less dangerous ones legal. To move marijuana from black markets into the private sector is to rob drug dealers of not just profits but profitability. Decrease the illegal demand for marijuana by capitalizing on the demand for marijuana legally. Eliminate drug dealer money, decrease crime perpe-trated by drug dealers.
Finally, while many oppo-nents cite t he dangers of ma r ijua na a s rea sons to prohibit it, legalization of marijuana would produce the safest possible use of the substance.
With legalization comes r e g u l a t i o n b y a l e g a l entity, and with regulation comes sa fer use of t hese substances.
Example: legalized prosti-tution in Nevada.
Si nce prost it ut ion wa s lega l i zed i n Nevada, t he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there has never been a reported
incident of AIDS or a sexu-ally transmitted disease from a legal brothel.
Opponents of lega l i zed marijuana need to realize that pot will be smoked, be it legally or otherwise. If the government is involved, usage can be expected to be safer.
Socially, economically and medical ly the legalization of marijuana is beneficial to the U.S.
In order to weed out crim-inals, our officials need to hash out a legalization law to nip this problem in the bud.
It’s high time that we try to profit from the trade of marijuana in our country. If we don’t, it’ll be our economy that goes up in smoke.
Morgan B o ok sh i s an e c onomic s an d polit ic al science freshman. He can be reached at [email protected].
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By Eric JohnsonSenior Staff Writer
The UNT football team (2-8, 1-6) came out on fire in the first half on Saturday, but it all went up in smoke after three second-half turnovers led to a devas-tating defeat.
The Mean Green outgained the Florida International University Golden Panthers (3-7, 3-4) by 255 yards and controlled the ball for nearly 40 of the game’s 60 minutes. But a 21-point run in the second half by FIU put UNT to rest, 35-28.
“It seems like a broken record sometimes in these locker rooms, but these kids are devastated because this team did a lot of what we asked them to do,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “Sometimes in the end it is just not enough.”
The Mean Green defense smothered Golden Panthers’ quarterback Paul McCall, allowing a season-low 85 passing yards.
While McCall struggled, UNT quarterback Riley Dodge, a history redshirt freshman, abused the FIU defense for most of the contest, gaining career highs in passing yards, 314, and rushing yards, 84.
After being extinguished last week, running back Lance Dunbar, a sociology sopho-more, ignited the UNT offense with his sixth 100-yard rushing performance of the season. The “Green Blur” added two more touchdowns, including a 42-yard burst, and now ranks fourth in the nation with 17 total touch-downs.
Three critical errors in the
second half doused the inferno that was the Mean Green offense.
Riley Dodge threw an inter-ception that was returned for a touchdown, punter Will Atterberry, a kinesiology freshman, had a punt blocked and returned to the UNT 16-yard line, and receiver Mike Outlaw fumbled near midfield to give the ball to FIU for the game-winning touchdown.
The ceremonial ground-breaking for UNT’s new stadium will be at 11 a.m. on Nov. 21. The Mean Green will celebrate senior day during its final home game of the season against the Army Black Knights and its triple-option attack.
“The effort and competitive spirit and care are there in this locker room,” Todd Dodge said.
Football team’s mistakesextinguish lead, game
By sEan GormanSenior Staff Writer
Playing its first official game of the year, the UNT men’s basket-ball won its 1,000th game in school history with an 80-62 victory over the Cameron University Aggies on Saturday at the Super Pit.
Forward George Odufuwa, a finance junior, made his mark on the historic night by recording a career high 24 rebounds, the fourth-highest game total in school history.
“To win 1,000 games is a big deal, and I think we’re all just glad to be a part of it,” head coach Johnny Jones said.
The win marked the fourth-straight time the teams have played in a season opener resulting in Mean Green wins.
After a slow start, UNT took control with a 21-9 stretch, gaining momentum after Odufuwa blocked an Aggie shot and returned it for a dunk, bringing the Super Pit to its feet.
“George does a tremendous job at rebounding the basketball and with the power he has on the post he will continue to get better,” Jones said.
With a 15-point-halftime lead the Mean Green turned to its reserves as guard Richard Thomas, an applied arts and science junior, led all bench players with 12 points.
After making four three-pointers in three minutes, the Aggies cut the lead to 11, but a three from guard Josh White, an applied arts and science junior, helped the Mean Green hang on for the season’s first win.
“Basketball is a game of runs,” White said. “They’re a run-and-gun team with plenty of guys who
UNT plows through Aggies
can score from the outside, but we had a good lead at that point.”
White came up with big plays all night, finishing with 19 points, while shooting 5-6 shooting from three-point land.
“The guys did a great job at getting me open,” he said.
After making more than 73 percent of its free throw attempts last year, UNT went to the line early and often, making 24 of 33 free throws.
“Those are easy points for us to get,” White said.
Missing from action was guard Dominique Johnson, a develop-ment and family studies junior, who sat out his second-straight game with a shoulder injury. Johnson was unable to play in UNT’s exhibition contest against Newman University but could be ready as early as next week.
“If we needed him, he would have been available,” Jones said.
The Mean Green returns to action at 7 p.m. Wednesday, when it travels to play the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks.
Receiver Forrest Rucker, an undeclared freshman, prevents a pass from being intercepted by the University of Louisi-ana-Monroe Warhawks on Nov. 7 at Fouts Field.
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Forward Eric Tramiel, a sociology senior, goes up for two against the Newman University Jets on Wednesday at the Super Pit.
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