BY TIM MONZINGOStaff Writer

The Philosophy of Water Project at UNT held its first event in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building on campus Saturday to kick off a biennial conference called WaterWays. The WaterWays conference brings together people from various academic, social and business fields in the hopes of talking about water issues faced in society today.

“It’s meant to create an inter-disciplinary approach to water issues and to invite the public at large but also interdisciplinary member of the UNT commu-nity,” said Irene Klaver, director for the Philosophy of Water Project. “It’s meant to create a confluence of art, science, policy, philosophy and public agencies,

to brainstorm and be creative about creating solutions to prob-lems with water issues.”

Brian O’Connor orchestrated the first of three courses on the art and craft of boat building. Saturday’s attendees worked on building a single boat for the project and will have the opportunity to build their own personal crafts in following workshops offered on April 17 and 18.

The course is intended to encourage people to think differ-ently about their relationship to water and the role it plays in everyday life.

“I think it’s very important to have people thinking about themselves in relation to a place, a water body of some kind, and not just a tap,” said Matt Story, a philosophy senior and project

assistant. Klaver said that the boat-

building course also serves a social purpose.

“The boats connect people to water, but also to each other, to the animal and plant life,” she said. “It’s a very interactive activity.”

O’Connor said the philosoph-ical aspects are there, but there is also a more practical aspect to his course.

“It’s fun and it’s good exercise, and it’s a great way to see things up close. It’s also fun, it turns out, to build the things,” he said.

The purpose of the course last weekend was to present a hands-on approach that some students feel gets lost in the academic world.

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Bataille’s resignation costs UNT big bucksBY LISA GARZASenior Staff Writer

With a nearly $600,000 sever-ance package, Gretchen Bataille will not leave her presidency empty-handed.

Bataille’s tenure as president will end Feb. 28, and she will continue to receive her regular compensation from the univer-sity until May 31, according to the transition agreement.

In a prepared statement to the UNT community, the UNT System Board of Regents said it will honor Bataille’s contract to “thank her for her service to the university.”

The university has agreed to pay Bataille’s legal fees, up to $20,000, ofwhich includes the cost of drawing up the papers for the transition agreement.

The UNT System Board of Regents accepted Bataille’s resig-nation as university president Friday. The UNT community was informed of Bataille’s intention to resign through an e-mail sent

Wednesday. Bataille has not yet given a

reason for her sudden resigna-tion, nor have Chancellor Lee Jackson or any members of the Board of Regents. Bataille only spoke at Thursday’s Regent meeting when she proposed a tuition increase of 5 percent over the next two years. Instead, the Board voted to increase tuition by 3.95 percent.

Temporary replacementFormer UNT administrator

Phil Diebel has been appointed by the Board of Regents and Jackson as the university’s interim president, effective March 1.

The announcement was made Friday during the Board of Regents meeting at the University System Building in Dallas. Jackson said at the meeting that he has taken the responsibility of negotiating Diebel’s salary as interim president.

Multiple requests for comment

on the amount Diebel will be paid were not returned by dead-line.

Bataille was not present at Friday’s meeting when the Board accepted her resignation in a 7-2 vote. The chancellor did not allow an opportunity for questions after the Board was dismissed for recess, following the announcement of Diebel as interim president.

“I want to make it clear that [Diebel] did not ask for this assignment,” Jackson said on Friday. “He very reluctantly responded when the Board and I asked him to come and meet us today. He does not want to be seen as taking anyone’s place, nor is he a traditional university president.”

Dakota Carter, the Student Government Association presi-dent, said he did not agree with the Board’s decision.

“This is a loss for our univer-sity,” he said. “We are going to be set back.”

Carter said he is more than willing to work with Diebel, who is expected to serve as interim president for a period of 90 days or more, according to a press release.

The Board will begin the search soon for the next presi-dent, Jackson said.

“Before the search for a new president is initiated, it will take a campus discussion, a lot of evalu-ation and participation,” he said. “All I can tell you for sure at this point is that it won’t be me.”

Possible future with UNTIncluded in the transi-

tion agreement, Bataille may pursue an appointment in the English department as a tenured professor. If that happens, she may take a faculty position by fall 2011 with a salary of $139,000.

Bataille has also been tapped to complete a research assign-ment beginning June 1 for the College of Education. The year-long project will pay her

By the Numbers

$598,600amount Bataille will recieve as a severance

$150,000salary Bataille will recieve from the College of

Education for a year-long research project

2/28Bataille’s last day as UNT president and the day she

must return her Lexus to the dealership

3/1Phil C. Diebel takes office as interim president

$150,000. Bataille hasn’t submitted any

ideas for the assignment yet but is expected to do so in the near future, said Wendy Wilkins,

provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Her involvement with UNT will not end with her presidency, she said.

Lindsey Stevens, a UNT alumna who got her bachelor’s in art history along with her teaching certi� cate, works at J’s Hallmark in the Golden Triangle Mall for her day job.

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Students express concern about underemployment

Conference seeks to connect

Alumnus, program bring education to community

BY LISA GARZASenior Staff Writer

Lindsey Stevens stood behind the register of a Hallmark store, ringing up a purchase for a mother and her daughter.

Stevens said as she wrapped the items, the mother turned to her college-age daughter, gestured toward Stevens and said, “See, sweetie, this is why you need to finish college and get your degree.”

Stevens, a 23-year-old alumna with an art history degree and a teaching certificate, makes up part of the 16.5 percent of underemployed people in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Underemployment is defined as workers who can only find part-time or temporary work, or are employed for a job that they are over-qualified for.

“I wanted to tell her daughter, ‘I already have a college degree. It’s not going to help you at all. The economy sucks,’” Stevens said.

UNT Career Center director Dan Naegeli said many students are concerned with finding a job that puts their degree to use.

“I think it’s always a bit of a concern,” Naegeli said. “The way the job market is, it’s prob-ably a little heightened from normal.”

Shawnna Pierson, a finance and Spanish senior, said she is concerned about finding a job after graduation, but she has a back-up plan.

“If I can’t find a job after a while, I will enter a master’s degree program,” she said. “Hopefully by the time I’m finished, the economy will be better.”

Internships and networking are two effective ways students can prepare for the job search after graduation, he said.

“Obv iously, people that have experience have a better chance of finding something in their field,” Naegeli said. “The more people you know in your field, the more likely you will find a job.”

Stevens said before she graduated in spring 2009 she worked at an on-campus job and was a subst itute teacher.

“I thought that would be a sure way to get a teaching job,

but that didn’t help out like I thought it would,” she said.

Naegeli said he doesn’t think the job market in the Dallas-Fort Worth is quite as bad compared to other parts of the country.

“I don’t think there is any industry that you can say is doing tremendous,” he said. “There are obviously some that are struggling more than others.”

Banking, media, construc-tion and transportation are some of the f ields Naegeli said have weak job markets right now. Health care and the government seem to be thriving, he said.

Steven’s week ly routine now consists of applying for every open teaching position she can find and sending her portfolio to local principals, she said.

“There’s just not much out there,” she said. “It gets really frustrating.”

“There’s just not much out there.

It gets really frustrating.”—Lindsey Stevens

UNT alumna

BY MARY GALLAGHER WILLIAMSContributing Writer

A UNT alumnus’ commit-ment for the less fortunate stems from his own impov-erished childhood. For the past 20 years, he has given back to his community what he learned in academia and in life.

Kyev Tatum, 44, is devel-oping a ROOTS GO Center in southwest Fort Worth. The program, which he refers to as a “Communiversity,” began in 2004 and has the capability to help a person who has lived in continual poverty to obtain a college degree. Tatum said the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at UNT is a confirmed member of the center’s planning committee.

“UNT plays a key role because they’ve invested so much in us [UNT students], and we in them,” Tatum said.

After transferring to UNT in 1986 as a criminal justice major, Tatum got involved in student affairs while working part-time at the university. During a time when there was negativity

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in the conduct of some of his black college peers, Tatum supported the university in how it handled the situation. Although those peers disap-

proved of his stance, Tatum said, he later earned their respect.

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“W hen you do things in academia, there tends to be a rut you get in where you only think about things academ-ica l ly, or intel lectua l ly or in a room with a book, and this boat building project is a way for us to think about water differently,” said Dennis Er win, a graduate student. “That’s the importance of boat building for the project. It’s a way to get out of academia which is very difficult most times.”

The workshop is one of several events sponsored by WaterWays that w il l occur this semester.

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Students’ vote upholds visionBY MORGAN WALKERSenior Staff Writer

M e m b e r s o f t h e North Texas Energ y and Env i ron ment Club a nd World Echoes called for a meeting Saturday allowing about 20 students, faculty, staff and alumni to discuss what is to become of UNT after President Gretchen Bataille’s resignation.

One of t he or ig i na l goals for the meeting was to discuss a petition for a vote of no confidence in the Board of Regents to be addressed to Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Higher Educat ion Coordinat ing Board, but many felt it would slow down the momentum of UNT’s growth that Bataille created.

“We’re left with two current options. Either pursue an abstract sense of justice, and in doing so, risk losing the positive momentum that President Bataille forged or rally around the cabinet that she seated to carry out her mission,” said Carmen Banea, an internationa l studies graduate student and officer in the World Echoes group in an e-mail. “The overwhelming response in honor of President Bataille is for the latter.”

Banea, a computer science graduate student, began the meeting with a presenta-tion of the development of events that took place from the time Bataille sent out the e-mail confirming her resignation to the Board of Regents meeting that took place Friday morning.

Banea added that the events that took place at the board meeting were “already planned” and by 9:50 a.m. Friday the regents voted 7-2 accepting the “transition plan” or “Bataille’s resig-nation.”

“Why fire a highly rated and loved president?” Banea said.

A lthough the meeting maintained a positive atmo-sphere, Wendy Wilk ins, provost and vice president of academic affairs, said it is likely that Bataille’s reason for resigning may never be known.

“I’ve gone t h roug h every version of anger and mourning and all of the ups and downs,” Wilkins said. “But I think now I have a clear vision of what we need to do.”

Dur ing t he presenta-tion Wilkins stepped in, reminding the audience that an academic will be chosen as the next president and gave a brief description on

how the next president will be chosen.

Phil Diebel, a former vice p r e s i d e n t of f i n a nc e and admin-i s t r a t i o n , will serve as the interim president, which wil l be effective March 1. He is expected to serve for a maximum of 90 days.

“Ph i l Diebel is not a n academic, but he can take good care of all the legal things that the university needs to have taken care of,” Wilkins said.

A search committee repre-senting the Board of Regents, faculty, students, staff and alumni will be put together, as well as a job description.

The chancel lor and the Board of Regents will make the final decision.

“They have not criticized President Bataille for any direc-tion she’s moved the univer-sity,” Wilkins said.

Wilkins added that there are four board meetings every year, and everything Bataille has brought to the meetings has been endorsed by the regents.

“The future she has created for UNT has been approved, and we need to tell the board we’re watching them and we will hold them accountable for what they have publicly said,” Wilkins said.

Throughout the meeting there were several unanimous goals discussed for the univer-sity, including putting UNT at Tier One status.

W i l k i ns sa id t he U N T community must inform Diebel that he needs to be committed to the vision Bataille crafted for UNT.

“He cannot come in here and try to turn us in a different direction or try to put the brakes on,” Wilkins said. “Someone who is in the interim capacity may feel like the responsible thing to do is to slow down, and that will hurt us.”

Those who attended the meeting also declared that the search for the new presi-dent should be open so that the UNT community can be aware of who may become the next president.

“W hat I’m looking for is transparency so that we know what’s going on,” said Clinton McBride, an internationa l studies freshman. “It’s a done deal, and everyone went into this knowing that she resigned but I’d still like to know why.”

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the next Faculty Senate meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Wooten Hall 322.

WENDY WILKINS

Sout hwest Texas State University, now Texas State University-San Marcos, asked for UNT’s help when it ran into the same type of conduct prob-lems with its black fraternities. Tatum accepted the challenge in 1991, becoming the Coordinator for Multicultural Student Affairs and Academic Advisor.

“I saw great potential in him,” said William Luker, former dean for UNT’s College of Public Affairs and Community Service. “I think that vision has been justified.”

Tatum would eventually turn

his attention to education reform in San Marcos. According to a 2003 Texans for Texas news-letter, he established a summer reading and writing program with funding from grant money in 1995.

The idea grew into the city’s first charter school, now called Texas Preparatory School. Certification and affiliation with the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Central Texas came shortly thereafter.

“It allowed me to grow as a man and a person,” Tatum said, referring to the hurdles that he encountered in establishing the

school. “Provided me the fire needed to come back now [to Fort Worth].”

Today, Tatum is an ordained pastor with a passion for local mission work. He serves as the Tarrant County chapter presi-dent of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr.

Tatum is the pastor of a startup church whose members live in housing projects. He said the government can help the poor with government-subsidized housing and food stamps, but the problems stemming from

poverty, such as mental health, remain.

ROOTS, an acronym for Rearing Our Own To Succeed, will give hope to the poverty-stricken who feel powerless to change. The program will steer them toward enrolling in GED classes or obtaining high school diplomas, and then on to earning associate and bach-elor degrees.

Tatum’s analogy of ROOTS is an above-ground railroad much like the underground railroads during slavery.

“A pipeline to getting people to a better way of life,” he said.

Former UNT football player dreams of ‘Communiversity’

WaterWays helps educate students

POLICE BLOTTERSunday, Feb. 14

A hall director at Bruce Ha ll, 1624 Chestnut St., requested a UNT police officer stand by as a search was conducted. Contraband was found and confiscated by the officer. An incident report was filed.

A man reported his vehicle as stolen to UNT police on South Bonnie Brae Street. UNT police responded and filed an offense report.

A man was arrested on

suspicion of drunken driving. UNT police initiated a stop at 900 W. Mulberry St. He was transported to the Denton County Jail.

A man was arrested on suspicion of public intoxi-cation. UNT police initiated contact with him at 1100 W. Mulberry St. and transported him to the City of Denton Jail.

Saturday, Feb. 13Someone reported trash

was dumped in an elevator in the General Academic Building at 225 S. Ave. B. A UNT police officer responded and a report was filed.

Friday, Feb. 12A male called UNT police

and reported that his vehicle was stuck in the mud at Willis Library at 1500 W. Highland St. The officer issued the man a citation for reckless damage and was then released from the scene.

UNT staff called UNT police after discovering recording equipment was missing from Oak Street Hall at 1120 W. Oak St. The equipment is valued from $1,500 to $20,000.

At 4:18 a.m., a man was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. UNT Police suspected that he hit two unattended vehi-cles as 900 W. Eagle Drive with his vehicle. He was trans-ported to the Denton County Jail.

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“I think it’s very important to have people thinking about themselves in relation to a place, a water body of some kind, and not just a tap,” said Matt Story, a philosophy senior and project assistant.

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lectures, and they all may have dif ferent audiences,” she said.

Klaver said that the social implications of the project are wide in scope.

“I think it creates a larger sense of participation. You invest time in it,” she said. “It starts to spill over from just one activity to a larger connection.”

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V-day movement speaks out to raise awarenessBY CHRISTINA MLYNSKIStaff Writer

Students of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance gathered together Friday and Saturday, dressed in red and black to advance awareness for violence, rape, incest and sexual slavery, as they celebrated the 10th year of “The Vagina Monologues.”

“I attended a show a few years back because my roommate was a part of the monologues. It was such an inspirational show that really touched me by spreading the word about domestic violence against women everywhere,” said Alicia Mielke, radio, television and film senior and one of the play’s producers. “I knew that I had to be a part of it. I wanted to help make a change.”

The performance began with a crew of 12 men and women rushing down the auditorium halls to get the audience’s atten-tion.

The show lasted three hours and hosted 21 acts.

Each woman took the stage and performed monologues ranging from humorous, “The Flood,” to sexual discovery, “The Coochie Snorcher That Could,” to female trafficking, “My Vagina Was My Village.”

Before presenting her chosen speech, each performer painted a symbol on a blank canvas to signify that each person is a blank canvas until they face life’s obsta-cles and succeed by confronting his or her past, according to “The Vagina Monologues” playbill.

Adrienne Manlove, a two-year monologue performer, said she has gained pride and security from speaking publicly to people about controversial issues.

“I was a lot more involved this year and didn’t feel weird about using ‘the word’ because the issues that are being raised completely override any anxiety or fear of not being politically

correct,” said Manlove.The audience showed partic-

ular enthusiasm for the mono-logue, “Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy.”

“It’s my personal favorite because it’s semi-controversial, but really moves people in a profound way,” said Miekle.

Andrew Broz, treasurer for

the organization and math senior, said that his passion for the monologues comes from the causes they support every year.

Every year, the V-Day orga-

nization chooses a spotlight campaign and each group around the country that performs the monologues donates 10 percent of the money it makes to the spot-light campaign.

The Feminist Major it y Leadership Alliance will donate half of the money it collects to the Democratic Republic of Congo to aid facilities that help sexual assault survivors.

The other half will go to two local charities, Mosaic and Hope’s Door, which provide assistance to people who are victims of abuse, Broz said.

Last year the event brought in more than $10,000, and officers like Broz expected to exceed that number this year. The group is in the process of counting the money and will find out how much was made next week.

Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, “The Vagina Monologues” inspired the creation of the V-Day movement in 1998.

Khira Hailey, a radio, television and � lm junior, performs a piece from “The Vagina Monologues” on Saturday. This year UNT celebrated its 10th year of hosting the event.

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BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer

As Jennie Riehm’s high-heeled tango shoes swish across the floor, Luis Carpi holds her back tightly and watches where he is about to step. The two glide around the practice room to the fast-paced music while other students stare on, taking off their tennis shoes and strapping on their dancing shoes.

Riehm and Carpi are warming up for the beginner’s class by the Argentine tango club, Los Milongueros, on Monday evening to learn the basic steps and embraces for the dance.

The club began in 2006 and is a place for people of all skill levels and dance interests, said Aubrey Hyland, French junior and presi-dent of the club.

“We are a more spread-the-knowledge-and-love than a performance club,” Hyland said. “There are all sorts of people here learning how to do this.”

With two beginners, one inter-mediate and another specialty class called “Milonga,” Riehm, an

interdisciplinary studies sopho-more and vice president of the club, said she thought the club was the best way for her to start learning how to tango.

Although she has been dancing with Los Milongueros for two and a half years, Riehm said she is still a beginner.

“It is an interesting dance. Some moves come more natu-rally than others do, so I’m still learning,” Riehm said.

The students learn the Argentine tango, a different and more structured dance than ball-room tango.

Instructor and art senior Carlos Rodriguez teaches the 30 students in the club fundamental foot movement and how to lead a partner.

Showing the dancers how to do basic tango steps is meant to give them the freedom to move and mix steps to how they feel at the moment rather than be bound to a set of specific steps, Riehm said.

“You can feel the music, and it is easier to get into,” Riehm said.

“I think it’s just a better way to express yourself.”

Most students are women looking for a chance to have fun and relax while the male dancers usually come in with their girl-friends or are curious to learn, Riehm said.

UNT alumnus Luis Carpi said he danced with Los Milongueros for two and a half years. He kept going back to classes for exercise and to have fun, he said.

“What inspired me was I needed a venue to vent out stress,” Carpi said.

Students partner up for differ-ence dance exercises during each weekly lesson, switching part-ners for each new demonstra-tion to learn new steps and leg movements.

With pivoting torsos, extended legs and stiff postures, dancers then take the techniques they have learned and mix them in their own form of freestyle tango.

Kelly Karl, a mathematics freshman, saw Los Milongueros advertised at her freshman orien-

Dance club teaches UNT students to tango

Jennie Riehm, an interdisciplinary studies sophomore, dances with Carlos Rodriguez, a painting and drawing senior, Monday evening during tango class in the Language Building.

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tation. She has done different kinds

of dancing, including swing and salsa, but said she thought she would try tango for something different.

“It just looks really cool, and I

love to dance,” Karl said. At her first tango class, Karl

learned how to twist her torso and dance on the balls of her feet at her partner’s lead.

Hyland said many people feel overwhelmed by the new move-

ments at first but come to really enjoy the class.

“It is kind of difficult to get into because you have to rely on another person,” Hyland said. “But once you get going, it gets to be really fun.”

Couple recreates Renaissance-style clothingSEGUIN, Texas (AP) — April

and Frank Rippel work in ye olde thymes.

Creating and selling ruffled shirts, wrap pants, capes and — on occasion — period-style gowns for Renaissance fairs across the globe, the local Seguin couple works to keep the days of Robin Hood alive.

“We have sold all shirts all over the world,” April said. “We have shipped them to England, Japan, Germany and France.”

The area couple who own RenShirts — a trademarked brand of Renaissance style clothing — started with an alter-ations shop that grew into a complete other business.

“We opened the sewing shop in 1996,” April said who has been stitching and mending for almost half a century.

The Rippels have been in the Renaissance clothing business for about a decade, said Frank.

“Our first Ren faire was in 1998 and in 2000 we came up with RenShirts and trademarked it,” Frank said.

To learn more about their creations, the couple traveled to many different festivals across the states and into the northern territory.

“We have traveled to the Colorado Ren Faire,” Frank said. “And we have gone to Canada for the World Jousting Competition. We mainly went to see the competition but we also wanted to get ideas for RenShirts.”

At one Renaissance fair, Frank

recalled the couple sold out of all of the products within the first day.

“We worked hard that week to ensure that we wouldn’t sell out again that second weekend but we still sold out by Sunday,” he said.

For quicker turn out of shirts, while April sewed the fabric together, Frank and his brother would cut the material based off of patterns.

“We have patterns from 4XL down to very small children,” April said. “It takes me about 45 minutes per shirt and about two days per gown.”

In prepa rat ion of t he upcoming event the couple has already assembled at least 2,000 shirts and an unknown amount of capes and wrap pants.

One of the projects that April is working to complete is the last dress of three for a maiden known as the Valkyrie Queen, Frank said.

“April has been making these dresses for Samantha Marks for a couple of years,” he said. “She just loves to dress up and enjoys getting her picture taken with strangers in these dresses.”

Frank’s brother is not the only one who helps the Rippels at the festivals, April said.

“My mom has been doing Ren fairs for 30 to 40 years,” April said. “She did calligraphy. She still comes out and helps us. It’s a family thing and it’s great.”

Frank and April can be seen on the weekends starting Feb. 27 to April 4 in the Central Texas

town of Paige at the newest Renaissance style festival — Sherwood Forest Faire.

“This one is going to be kid-oriented,” April said. “There is a section that is kind of corralled off. There will be all kind of games that are kid safe including a mini archery lesson.”

Along with the abundance of child-related activities, there will also be adult entertainment, Frank said.

“There will be an archery troupe that is going to try to recreate the scene in ‘Robin Hood’ where he splits the arrows,” he said.

April and her apprentices will have their own shop at the fair.

“We will have a dressing room so you can be fitted on the spot and walk out with you new clothes,” April said. “Of course everything that is modern will be camouflaged.”

While dressing in period

clothing may not be some-thing for everyone, Frank said it doesn’t matter because the event is still full of excitement.

“It’s fun to go to the fair. You can come as you are, you don’t have to dress up,” said Frank.

“But when you put on a costume it’s like you become a part of it. It’s like you took a step back in time and there are enough actors there that will interact with you whether you are in costume or not.”

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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer

When radio, television and f i lm junior Jeremy Ottens needed a rug for his third g rade project, a shoebox diagram of Abraham Lincoln’s house, his grandma saved the day.

“In less than five minutes, she whipped out a rug out of yarn with a crochet needle, and I had a little bitty rug. I was like, ‘Wow, that is really cool. She just made a rug,’” he said.

Ottens’ grandma taught him how to crochet when he was in high school.

Now at 8 p.m. every Tuesday, Ottens teaches students how to crochet one step at a time in the lobby of Bruce Hall.

“Some people would say that’s what girls do, but I didn’t see it like that,” he said.

The classes began when Ottens wanted to crochet hats for the homeless but needed more people to help.

About 15 people come each week, Ottens said.

“I t h i n k i t ’s a sm a l l endeavor now a nd by no means anything great, but I hope for it to be something much, much bigger encom-passing much more generosity ... There are a lot of people who are kind of stingy nowa-

days,” he said. Crocheting allows Ottens to

make his own clothes, which contributes to his goal of being self-sustainable, he said.

One of the hardest things about teaching people how to crochet is getting people to relax, because if people are tense, it shows up in their work, he said.

Allexa Lopez, a jazz studies freshman, learned how to crochet f rom Ottens last semester.

Si nce t hen, L opez ha s crocheted scarves, hats and her most recent project — a blanket.

“It took a really long time,” she said. “I got it done in about a week and a half, but I spent pretty much most of my time working on it every day.”

Henry Boston, an anthro-pology sophomore, said he was walking around Bruce Hall last semester looking for something to do when he happened upon Ottens’ crochet lesson.

He began making a scarf, but it didn’t turn out well and eventually became a rag.

He tried making a scarf again to give to his mom for Christmas and her happiness from the gift reassured him to continue crocheting, Boston said.

Student teaches crochet lessons on campus

Anime group discusses Japanese culture, art

Jeremy Ottens, a radio, television and � lm sophomore, teaches students and Bruce Hall residents how to crochet at 8 p.m. every Tuesday in the dorm.PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH/VISUALS EDITOR

Gorilla escapes from Dallas ZooD A L L A S ( A P ) — A

180-pound goril la escaped her locked living quarters at the Dallas Zoo on Saturday, but officials quickly captured her and she was never close to escaping the larger gorilla exhibit, zoo officials said.

The zoo is investigating how the 19-year-old female named Tufani got out of the 40-foot-by-50-foot enclosure and wound up on top of it. The zoo was closed at the time.

Even if the zoo had been open, Tufani would have had to get through several more security measures to reach

a public area, and visitors to the zoo were never at risk, spokeswoman Susan Eckert said.

In 2004, a 13-yea r-old gorilla named Jabari cleared a 14-foot wall and mauled three people before he was killed by police. After that, the zoo beefed up security measures at the exhibit.

Deputy Police Chief Julian Berna l, who oversees t he SWAT team that responded Sat u rday, sa id t h i s w a s nothing like Jabari’s escape.

“In this particular incident, the zoo had this contained,” he told The Dallas Morning

News.A zoo employee preparing

food for gor i l la s beh i nd a closed door saw Tufani through a w indow, Eckert said. The zoo then contacted police, and zoo officials tran-quilized Tufani and returned her to the living area within an hour.

Eckert described the enclo-sure as similar to an apart-ment, with living areas and sleeping a reas connected by hallways. Tufani was on top of the “living room” of the enclosure where gorillas gather and play on swings. There was an additional roof

over the space where Tufani was, and she would have had to go through two or more spaces to reach the exhibit area, Eckert said.

Ecker t sa id Tufa ni was ner vous once she got out, trying to get back in to be with the gorilla she stays with.

BY CHARLIE RALLStaff Writer

A long-standing group at UNT continues celebrating Japan’s distinctive animation style and offers entertainment for students.

Mu Epsilon Kappa is UNT’s haven for anime fans. The group meets weekly as a way for students to share the enjoyment of anime entertainment.

“Our club is primarily anime fans, but we do occasionally get people who come to study

Japanese language because we only watch things in Japanese with English subtitles,” presi-dent Britt Myer said. “We have the general nerds, but we are a very social group and get all kinds of people who enjoy anime.”

Anime is an animated art form that stems from the styl-ized Japanese comics known as Manga. Anime cartoons are typically characterized as featuring figures with large eyes, exaggerated facial expres-

sions and thick ink outlines reminiscent of Japanese callig-raphy. Today, Anime is a staple in Japanese culture and is widely spread through televi-sion and the Internet.

What distinguishes anime from typical cartoons is not only visual stylization, but also the story, said Myer, a theater arts senior.

“In western civilization, cartoons are considered to be only for children. But in Japan it’s for everyone. There’s some-

thing for every kind of person,” she said.

Myer says that modern anime has strong plot lines that will commonly delve into mature issues including romance and violence.

Cartoons that fall in the anime category include shows like “Dragon Ball Z” and “Pokemon” and movies like “Ghost in the Shell.”

Mu Epsilon Kappa typically gathers to watch anime and hold social activities but occa-

sionally presents anime films and music videos.

The a nime g roup was founded at UNT in the 1980s under the name Northstar and reorganized itself in 2003, gaining dozens of followers. Today, the group boasts nearly 120 members, Myer said.

Radio, television and film sophomore Devin Kelly found his passion for anime in high school and joined the group at freshman orientation at UNT.

“It’s very colorful,” he said.

“I’m attracted to the art, but it’s the story that brings you in more. I like it because it’s taken a lot more seriously. It’s much more linear than American cartoons.”

Kelly said he has enjoyed his time in the group so far.

“I met a bunch of friends there,” Kelly said. “We do a lot of fun stuff, cosplay, events, sports.”

Mu Epsilon Kappa meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. in Biology Building 117.

“It’s just kind of cool having the ability to make handmade clothing items and apparel and whatnot,” he said. “You can always go the store and buy a nice scarf, but when you get the gift of a handmade scarf or a hat … I think it is

10 times better than getting a store-bought one.”

After seeing the scarf that Boston made for his mom, he said his dad asked for a head-band to use during hunting trips, and his brother wanted a scarf, also for hunting trips.

They bought camouf lage yarn for the projects, and Boston taught his brother how to crochet.

Crocheting is not just a skill for women, he said, it is for men, too.

“Believe it or not, I think

a lot of girls think it’s cute and might get a kick out of it, so don’t feel emasculated by the connotation of the skill,” Boston said. “You can always make your significant other or your parents or anyone an awesome handmade gift.”

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BY BEN BABYStaff Writer

A late ral ly by the UNT women’s basketball team fell short Saturday night against the Denver Pioneers (14-11, 9-5), as it was narrowly defeated 65-58 at the Super Pit.

The Mean Green (7-19, 4-11) was unable to string together back-to-back victories, a feat it has not accomplished since Nov. 25.

“We do one thing, and we don’t do something else,” senior guard Brittany James said. “We can’t just put one whole game plan together, and it would be hard for us to win like that when we don’t go about a game plan, or we don’t play as a team, or we get out-hustled.”

Freshman forward Jasmine Godbolt had 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead UNT, her seventh double-double of the season. With her rebound total, Godbolt broke the single-season rebounding record for a freshman, set by Talicia Sanders during the 2004-2005 season.

H e a d c o a c h S h a n i c e Stephens used her bench spar-ingly against the Pioneers. Stephens played six players

Comeback attempt falls short against Pioneers

Sophomore guard Tamara Torru drives past a South Alabama defender. UNT lost to Denver 65-58 Saturday.PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/PHOTOGRAPHER

Established contacts helped Mean Green land starterBY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer

A f ter losing t wo sen ior guards last season, UNT men’s basketball head coach Johnny Jones turned to a player he had recruited five years ago to shore up the Mean Green backcourt for this year.

Jones was unable to sway g u a r d S h a n n on S h or t e r to com m it to UN T a f ter scouting him during his soph-omore year of high school, but the two reunited when t he 6 -foot-4-i nch sla sher decided to transfer during the offseason.

“Knowing Johnny and what he has to offer as a coach was one of the main reasons I came here,” Shorter said. “I saw it as a chance to f it in right away and help the team all season.”

Shorter has done all he can to help the Mean Green to a 18-8 record, scoring 6.6 points per game with 3.8 rebounds per game while starting the last nine games for UNT.

“Because of his size and strength, he has the ability to defend the one, two and three spots, and on the offen-sive end he creates matchup

PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior guard Shannon Shorter goes for a layup against South Alabama earlier this season. The Mean Green is the third team Shorter has played for.

problems for our opponents,” Jones said. “He also brings great leadership qualities to the f loor.”

Beginning his college career at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and spending his sophomore season at Paris Junior College, Shorter said he feels he made the right choice by joining the Mean Green.

“Initially I wanted to stay at Corpus, but the coach told me that it would be for the best that I leave the team and transfer,” he said. “We agreed that I could thrive more in a different environment where I would be able to get more playing time.”

At Pa r is, t he versat i le threat led the Dragons to a national top-10 NJCAA rank-ings with 9.9 points per game on 52 percent shooting while hitting 74 percent of his free throws.

“When you have someone as versatile as Shannon who can make free throws, he fits into our team really well,” junior guard Josh White said. “He’s in the best shape of anyone on this team. I really admire his dedication.”

Ac c ord i ng to Shor t er,

growing up with a single mom and moving around often as a kid helped him develop a strong work ethic.

“I grew up in a rough envi-ronment and promised myself I would do whatever I can to achieve all of my goals,” he said. “W hen I work on something, I make sure I do it right.”

The transfer has high hopes for his future in basketball, hoping to compete in the NBA after graduating from college.

“It’s always been a dream of mine to be able to provide for myself and my family by playing basketball as a career,” he said.

T here isn’t much t i me away from basketball for the Houston native who spends any extra time he has on the court.

Mean Green fails to win back-

to-back games

“He’s in the best shape of anyone on the team. I really

admire his dedication.”—Josh WhiteJunior guard

“ E v e n w h e n I ’m n o t competing with the team, I still play,” he said. “Other than that I love to relax and watch television. I’m a big fan of SportsCenter.”

Giving the Mean Green a physical presence at guard, Shorter said he believes this yea r’s tea m is completely capable of advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

“There have been some highs and lows this season, but we’ve put in the work and things are beginning to turn around for us,” he said. “If we aren’t in contention to make the tournament.”

Shorter and the Mean Green look to build upon their two-game winning streak when they play the University of New Orleans Privateers at 7 Thursday nig ht in New Orleans.

for at least 10 minutes with f resh ma n g ua rd Ca it i l i n Hawkins and senior guard Brittany James playing the entire game.

James had a good all-around performance, as she added 13 points, five boards and four steals.

The Mean Green was once again without the help of soph-omore guards Brittany Hudson and Tamara Torru. Freshman guard Ravven Brown, who had averaged 9.3 points per game in her last three games, did not play a single minute in Saturday’s contest.

“Ravven kept herself off the f loor,” Stephens said. “We’re just work ing on dif ferent things. Issues, off-court issues, taking care of business, atti-tude — it just doesn’t all f low. You have to be a great student-athlete. You’ve got to want to try on the basketball court. Attitude is not accepted, and we just don’t need it.”

After falling behind momen-tarily at the beginning of the game, the Mean Green took the lead from the Pioneers for a majority of the first half. Denver capitalized on a few UNT mental errors, taking a 30-27 lead after the first 20 minutes.

Denver started the second half on fire from the field, hitting six of its first eight shots. The Mean Green continued to battle, causing turnovers and

pulling within three points of the Pioneers. That was as close as Stephens’ squad would get, as DU snapped its four-game losing streak.

“We are more athlet ic than them, but since they play better as a team, I think it outweighed ours because we’re not fully there as a team,” Godbolt said.

The Mean Green did a great job of holding onto the ball, only coughing up 11 turn-overs, its lowest amount of the season. They were, however, unable to keep the Pioneers from getting good looks offen-sively, a l lowing Denver to shoot 52 percent in the second half and 47 percent for the game.

Sophomore forward Kaetlyn Murdoch sizzled from the floor, leading the Pioneers with 20 points and nine boards. Denver’s sta r t i ng l i neup compensated for the lack of bench production, with four starters in double figures.

“We were lett ing t hem get too easy money around the basket,” Stephens said. “Denver is well coached, and they execute well as a team because they’re definitely just a solid unit.”

Stephens and the Mean Green wil l have f ive days off before it faces Arkansas-Little Rock at home, one of the team’s three remaining regular season games.

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Josh Pherigo, Views Editor ntdailyviews@gmail.com

Recently Utah lawmakers have considered a move to increase the number of students that graduate early and do not go through the 12th grade of high school. This proposal has been one of many options considered to help solve the state’s current budget crisis.

The sent iment in Uta h appea rs to be t hat ma ny kids and parents enjoy the 12th grade, but an even larger number suggest they don’t actually do much during their last two semesters of high school.

By having fewer students go through 12th grade, it could potentially save the state tens of millions of dollars or more if students take to it.

By telling students that if they work hard to finish their required courses quicker to graduate sooner, administra-tors will undoubtedly moti-vate more students to achieve academically.

While early graduation is already an option for high school students in Utah and

Texas, neither state seems to be advocating it as much as it should be.

That is why Utah is now trying to amplify the aware-ness of t he prog ra m a nd provide more scholarships to students that decide to graduate early.

Even if states provide schol-arships to early graduates as is currently done in Texas and Utah, they will still be able to save money by reducing the high costs for students that go through the 12th grade.

Ma ny st udents here in Texas take part in AP classes that prepare them for the AP exam in a particular subject like English or history that, if they score high enough, will equate to college credit for those subjects.

A g row i ng nu mber of students are a lso part ici-pat ing in so-ca l led dua l-credit courses, classes that a re ta ken at col leges by high school students that, if passed, serve as both high school and college credit.

Here at UNT, we have the

Texas Academy of Math and Science, where young, bright minds interested in f ields like math, science and engi-neering can live together in university dorms, take college courses and complete their high school degrees.

By doing t his, t hey are complet i ng t wo yea rs of high school and two years of college at the same time.

Advancing an early-gradu-ation program gives students yet another avenue to pursue t hei r goa ls i n educat ion easier or enter the workforce sooner.

Options like these will help prevent people from having t hei r ta x bu rdens ra ised during this economic down-turn.

It also allows states to avert potential debt from funding public schools at the same level as ta x receipts a re declining.

Wit h a roug h economy and state legislatures across the countr y facing serious budget woes, unique ideas like this seem to be gaining

traction. It is through smart ideas like this that our educa-tion system can improve, and our public schools can be run more efficiently and cost taxpayers less.

By advancing early grad-u at ion, du a l- c r e d it , A P classes, special academies and other creative ideas like these, public schools will give students the right incentives to achieve more from their education than ever before.

Trayton Oakes is a polit-ical science and economics junior. He can be reached at TraytonOakes@my.unt.edu.

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Regents remain silent amid

resignation backlash

Global warming debate heats up

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Campus Chat“What did you think of the television sta-

tions who showed the video of Nomar Kumaritashvili, the Olympic men’s luger who fatally crashed during training for the 2010

Winter Olympic games?”

“ If you decided to show it, it’s better that it was in a

professional, mature manner, because people are going to

find it on the Internet anyway.”

“It was awful. He worked his whole life to get to the

Olympics. Instead of a video of him earning a medal like everyone else, all he will be

known for is the video of his death.”

In the six days since UNT President Gretchen Bataille e-mailed the surprise announcement of her resignation to students, faculty and staff, UNT leadership has quickly tied up many of the associated loose ends.

In fact, it appears that Chancellor Lee Jackson was able to sweep the mess under the carpet before the dust even settled.

Cordial, professional statements of glowing rapport have been exchanged between Bataille and the Board of Regents. An interim president has been appointed. A generous sever-ance package was agreed upon that even includes a “thank you” gift of more than half a million dollars.

All parties seem comfortable with the arrangement and order is once again restored in the upper echelons of UNT leadership — all achieved under a secretive cloak of complete silence.

The editorial board echoes the voice of the UNT commu-nity Bataille referred to as her “friends and colleagues“ and demands some semblance of a now long overdue explanation. Label it our “thank you” gift. Silence breeds speculation

By not issuing an immediate statement to address the reasons for Bataille’s sudden departure, and then furthering that refusal to answer direct questions, return phone calls or even acknowledge the concerns of the individuals who pay their salary, UNT leaders have adopted a back-room closed-door system of governance.

In the absence of an issued explanation, speculation continues to grow and spread around campus and will likely prove more distracting and harmful than would the reaction to an honest justification.

By not providing real answers, Jackson and the Board of Regents have forced students, faculty and staff to formulate their own. And regardless of accuracy or fairness those conclu-sions have become the reality. Tensions with Chancellor Jackson

The Chronicle of Higher Education published Friday, mentioned that many speakers at the Board of Regents meeting noted that Bataille’s departure comes at a time of “growing tensions” between her and Jackson. It went on to cite Bataille’s opposition to the moving of the administrative offices to Dallas. An apparent frustration on the part of Jackson in several remarks he issued in an otherwise glowing performance review to Bataille in May was also given as evidence of the feud.

Student Government Association president Dakota Carter is outspoken in his support for Bataille. The Faculty Senate issued a statement praising her vision, enthusiasm and energy, and it went on to express concern with her resignation and “partic-ularly the manner in which this resignation was presented to the public.” University Provost Wendy Wilkins said she was shocked at the announcement of Bataille’s resignation and “didn’t believe that she wanted to leave.”

The vast majority of the available evidence points to the conclusion that students, faculty and staff members — the beneficiaries of her work — all believe that Bataille was doing an excellent job as UNT president.

They, however, didn’t get a vote. The nine members of the Board of Regents got a vote. Lee Jackson got a vote.

They disagreed, and for now, the details and cause of that disagreement will remain a mystery as we, the UNT commu-nity, come to grips with what is turning out to be a very expen-sive divorce.

Democrats’ energy plans have hit a wall in Congress — or to be more accurate, they have been snowed in. To be sure, the left will claim that one cold winter is an anomaly, that this is an inci-dence of weather and not a ref lection on climate.

The true believers will even tell a tale of how this proves their case.

Apparently every weather phenomenon — from hurri-canes, to heat waves, to bliz-zards — proves their case.

But it will not matter much. Even without the weather, t he Democrats i ntend to pass a cap-and-trade bill — which is essential ly just a massive energy tax on busi-nesses a nd consumers — when unemployment teeters at 10 percent. The American people will balk.

C l i m a t e c h a n g e st i l l debatable

Not only is the timing in question but also the motive. While the science might have been considered settled five years ago, it certainly isn’t today. Climate scientists now openly admit that we have not warmed in the last 10 years, and they can’t explain why.

Over the past few months, scandal has changed the face of the alleged science. Since t he hack ing of e-mails at England’s Climate Research Unit last fa l l, the world is now keenly aware that the top scientists in the f ield have m a n ipu late d dat a , suppressed opposing research a nd i l lega l ly col luded to avoid freedom of informa-tion requests. The “science” seems more polit ical than scientific.

More research neededThe argument for man-

made cl imate change has always been predicated on an appeal to authority. We have been told that the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has ended the debate, and if we disagree, we are labeled “deniers” and “f lat earthers.”

But the authority is gone. The panel has been exposed. Its 2007 report on the status of climate change was rife with errors and non-peer-reviewed claims.

The emerging consensus is that more research needs to be done.Even before these revelat ions, the A merican public was apathetic to the

cause. How will they look at it now?

If the Democrats want to pass energy legislation, they will need a new label and a new product. The solution to coal is easy: Go nuclear. Oil, on the other hand, will take a more concentrated effort.

Energy transformationThere are many legitimate

reasons to curb our use of oil, and focusing on these reasons will garner more support than focusing on a threat that may or may not exist.

The best reason is national securit y. The more oi l we buy, the more we prop up our adversaries.

I f we cou ld create a n alternative to oil, we would ta ke away t he leg it imacy of the regimes in Iran and Venezuela.

An alternative to oil would a lso make oi l cheaper for those that continue to use it. If oil were forced to compete with an alternative power source, it would have to be priced competitively against it. Legislation should be intro-duced that incentivises the development of new tech-nology rather than punishing the use of the old.

A m e r i c a n c o m p a n i e s shou ld benef it f rom ta x breaks to invest in research a nd development towa rd this end. Corporate tax rates in America are the second highest in the world. We need to make it easier for our busi-nesses to invest in new tech-nology.

Once these technologies are available, there should be tax breaks for businesses and consumers that switch to them.

We should be able to save money w h i le helpi ng to strengthen our national secu-rity, and this is a message that will resonate with members of every political ideology.

Taxing the use of carbon when there is no alternative available is tantamount to government extortion.

A realistic energy proposal shou ld a im to encourage development of this a lter-native.

Democrats have roads to choose from. Whether they choose one with a dead-end is up to them.

Thomas Flanagin is an international studies junior. He can be reached at Thomas Flanagin@my.unt.edu.

Alex CheathamComputer engineering

freshman

Kaitlyn GroveMarketing sophomore

Cutting 12th grade saves money

Letter: Do more in Bataille coverageDear Editor,

I am disappointed in the way that you have approached t he re sig nat ion of U N T President Gretchen Bataille.

You have effectively shown your bias towards the presi-dent by listing comment after comment about how grand she was in your editoria l Thursday and in your choice of inter v iewees for ot her articles about the resigna-tion. How great is a president who serves three years and leaves with no viable, tangible reason?

I feel like the UNT paper has exacerbated the situation by only reporting how people “feel” instead of confronting

t he President hersel f a nd demanding or even asking for a comment to the students as to the purpose. You have covered the who, what, when, where, and how … but no WHY!

And even if she declines to comment, that would be consolation enough to know that you have tried and can indicate that she may have something to hide or is too high and mighty to answer to a student newspaper. Be bold … she can’t shut you down now if that is a fear. She’s a lame duck!

No one is concerned about how individual students feel until all the facts have been found. Initial reactions are

good, especially from those of the likes of our Student Government Association pres-ident who I thought was a great interview choice. He’s st i l l a seconda r y sou rce though.

Go for the gold. Go for the throat. Ask tough questions to tough people.

Thanks,Josh BarberGeneral studies senior

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SportsPage 8 Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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By Eric JohnsonSenior Staff Writer

Ten days after the biggest w i n i n prog ra m h istor y, the UNT tennis team (3-2) will host the Tarleton State TexAnns (3-2) to prepare for the six-week-long race toward a national ranking and Sun Belt Conference title.

It w i l l not be a spr int though, as head coach Sujay Lama added this match to the schedule last week so his team would remain focused on the brutal schedule ahead.

“This match is an opportu-nity to keep us sharp competi-tively,” Lama said. “We need to go out there with intensity and use this match as a spring-board for this weekend and the weeks following.”

The Tex Anns tested UNT last spr ing before fa l l ing 5-2, but t he Mea n Green comes into this match with a different intensity. The team will need to remain focused no matter who its opponent is, Lama said.

“We have to play. No one is going to award us for just showing up,” Lama said. “We can’t take anybody lightly, and

we have to learn to respect everybody we play. We have that signature win now, but we cannot get comfortable in that spot. We have got to keep fighting.”

UNT will look to the top of its lineup to anchor its drive. Sophomores Irina Paraschiv and Paula Dinuta along with junior Madura Ranganathan a n d f r e s h m a n B a r b o r a Vykydalova will set the tone for the Mean Green.

“We are so strong at our top-four positions that they can really take control of a match,” Lama said. “They can really push us, and now that they have tasted that big victory they are hungry for more.”

W it h t he a dd it ion of Vyk yda lova a nd Di nuta’s improvement in her doubles game, the Mean Green can take control of the match right out of the box.

“I have gotten a lot more comfortable playing doubles, and I think that it is one of our biggest strengths now,” Dinuta said. “The doubles point is so important, it gives us confi-dence and momentum for the rest of the match.”

Mean Green sets to tune up against TexAnns

With a Sun Belt test against No. 28 Florida International and No. 75 South Alabama looming over the weekend, UNT will look to continue

it s moment u m at noon Wednesday at the Waranch Tennis Complex.

“I want us to get ready for a really tough weekend, but

we need to remember what happened last year when we looked past them,” Paraschiv said. “We learned our lesson last year when they were able

to win a couple of matches. What we want to do is play at the level we know we are capable of and continue to gain confidence.”

Junior Madura Ranganathan slams a serve over the net during the singles match against Abilene Christian. UNT hosts the Tarleton State TexAnns on Wednesday.Photo by Savannah boyd/File

Junior guard Collin Mangrum runs the ball down court during a fast break op-portunity. After two weekend wins, UNT has won five straight.

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Mean Green’s hot streak continues with weekend sweepBy sEan GormanSenior Staff Writer

As the winner of its last five games, the UNT men’s basketbal l team overcame efficient shooting from the Denver Pioneers in a 64-59 win and secured its eighth road v ictor y by defeat ing the Houston Baptist Huskies 107-87.

The Mea n Green (18-8, 10-5) improved to 10-2 at home against the Pioneers (14-11, 7-7) and won its eighth game in its past 10 contests in a victory over the Huskies (6-19, 5-2)

“With a team like that its always going to be a challenge, but we refused to fold and came out on top,” junior guard Josh White said. “Basketball is a game of runs and we did a good job of staying composed when we fell behind late.”

Complet i ng t he s weep

allowed the Mean Green to maintain its position as the No. 3 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, a spot UNT has never achieved since joining the conference in 2000.

“Each game is important going for ward because we have a great opportunity to make headway in the confer-ence race,” head coach Johnny Jones said.

SaturdayPlaying against a team that

led the Sun Belt in field goal percentage at 50 percent, the Mean Green defense rose to the challenge and held Denver to 24 first half points

Free t hrows f ueled t he Mean Green offense all night, as UNT scored 25 points from the line.

Denver overwhelmed UNT at the perimeter, going 11-20

beyond the 3-point arc while holding the Mean Green to 3-14 shooting from three-point range.

“A lot of their scores were contested shots that were late in the shot clock,” junior guard Shannon Shorter said. “T hey ’re maybe t he best shooting team in the confer-ence.”

After trailing for most of the second half, the Mean Green recla imed t he lead when junior guard Josh White made a three-pointer with 1:49 left.

“They made a predictable switch on defense, and the shot felt good when I took it,” White said. “The way we came back to take the lead late in the game says a lot about this team.

W hite scored t he Mea n Green’s final nine points and sealed the win with two free throws in the game’s final 10 seconds.

UNT has played its best basketball when it counts all season, improving to 8-2 in games decided by five points or less.

MondayThe Mean Green offense

had one of its best games of 2010 as it scored more than

100 points for the second time this season in the win over Houston Baptist.

“Any time we’re playing on the road, we’re going to get team’s best shot,” Jones said. “I thought Houston Baptist came in prepared and shot the ball well, but we came out strong in the second half and never looked back.”

W h i t e c o n t i n u e d t o lead UNT w it h 28 points while junior guard Tristan T homps on re c orde d h i s 18th-straight game with 10 or more points with 17 points.

“Josh is very consistent on the f loor and creates oppor-tunities for or team,” Jones said. “He’s been a great quar-terback for our offense for the last three years.”

Applying heavy pressure on the Huskies, the Mean Green defense forced 18 Houston Baptist turnovers.

“This game is an example of our team growing up,” Jones said. “If we can go back home and stay mentally focused, we’ll be thoroughly prepared for the conference tourna-ment.”

The Mean Green looks to build on its winning streak at 3 p.m. Saturday when it hosts the Arkansas-Little Rock Red Wolves.

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks would like to host another big-time NBA event this season. So they made some changes.

With the record-breaking All-Star weekend in their back

yard over, the Southwest Division-leading Mavericks will begin the final 30-game stretch of the regular season Tuesday night looking much different than they did when losing five of seven games before the break.

A seven-player weekend trade brought two-time All-Star guard Caron Butler, 7-foot center Brendan Haywood and guard DeShawn Stevenson to Dallas from Washington. Often prom-ising and disappointing Josh Howard was sent with Drew Gooden and two others to the Wizards.

“Now I don’t know how many of you out there are going to pick us in a seven-game series against the Lakers, but in our opinion, the guys in that locker room, we’re ready to lock horns with anybody,” Mavericks president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said. “We feel like this solidifies us a little bit.”

Enough to think about the possibility of playing Los Angeles in a Western Conference final? Or getting back to the NBA Finals four years after blowing a two-game lead and losing in six games to Miami?

“We’ll find out,” owner Mark Cuban said. “You just never know until you get out there and play, and if we can get back to where we were early in the season and get

healthy. ... I think we’re better.”The Mavericks (32-20) still lead

their division despite a slump before the break that included a 36-point loss to Denver, one of the three teams ahead of them in the West, in their last game.

“We were struggling here for a month, so we are excited now to have some new guys,” All-Star forward Dirk Nowitzki said. “It’s not going to be an easy ride, but we are looking forward to comng together quick and hopefully finish the season strong.”

The Mavericks will have to assimilate the newcomers without a practice. The three could only watch Monday’s workout because of a paperwork delay, coach Rick Carlisle said. Assuming the all-clear comes Tuesday morning, the former Wizards will go through a shoot-around and then straight into their first game with Dallas at Oklahoma City.

An opening stretch of four games in five nights against probable playoff teams continues Wednesday night at home against Phoenix.

Mavs look drastically different after break