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BY ALEX CALAMSStaff Writer
The selection committee for the newly-created position of UNT vice chancellor of academic affairs and student success announced its decision today.
The committee selected Rosemary Haggett, the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo. She will begin on June 1. UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson expressed his excite-ment about the System’s selec-tion in a prepared statement.
“Dr. Haggett’s expertise, background and leadership as a provost, dean, and research administrator will be critical assets,” Jackson said. “I am enthusiastic about her ability to provide strategic academic leadership and direction for the ... System.”
UNT announced last month that it was searching for a candidate to fill the new posi-tion to provide assistance to Jackson last month.
“I think that this position fit well with my background,” Haggett said. “I look forward to working with the chancellor and the institutions to help make the entire system greater than the sum of its parts.”
Haggett w i l l resig n as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo, a position she’s held since July
2007.R e y
R o d r i g u e z , a s s i s t a n t v ic e ch a n-cellor of the UNT System’s Austin-based government r e l a t i o n s
office, served as chairman for the committee that selected Haggett.
The committee used a job-consultation firm that iden-tified “more than 60 high-ranking university adminis-trators from throughout the country,” Rodriguez said.
Haggett’s résumé of qual-ifications ultimately set her apart from the other compe-tition, he said.
Haggett started her profes-sional career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1988. At the height of her work, she spent three years as the department’s director of its animals, nutrition, food safety and health divisions.
While teaching as a science professor at West Virginia Un iversit y f rom 1994 to 2007, she became the second woman to serve as dean to the University of Toledo’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences for three years up to 1999.
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Drug Disposal DayUNT System selects new vice chancellor
Denton County residents brought their unused and expired medications to the Denton Drug Disposal Day on Saturday. The event was organized with the help of the city of Denton, UNT, Denton County Sheri� ’s Department and Waste Management.
“What we are doing is trying to get the unwanted, unused and expired medications out of homes to help prevent accidental poisonings and possibly the drugs falling into the wrong hands,” said Victoria Hodge, the Denton household hazardous waste supervisor.
Residents came to the Professional O� ce Building on the Denton Region campus to drop o� their unwanted drugs. Drivers who came through the drive-thru were asked seven survey questions before they dropped their drugs into � ve-gallon buckets. The survey included questions about why people came, how they previously disposed of their drugs and how people learned about the event.
About 114 cars came through and about 370 pounds of pharmaceuticals were collected, said Duane Huggett of the biology faculty.
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Denton ranks No. 1 in Texas for Census response
University to implement sustainability fee in fall semester
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More than 67 percent of Denton households have returned their Census forms. Denton was the � rst city in Texas with a population larger than 100,00 people to match its response rate from the previous Census in 2000.
BY KRYSTLE CANTUStaff Writer
Of all the cities in Texas, Denton was the first Texas city to equal its Census response rate from the year 2000.
The Denton’s response rate from the 2000 Census was 67 percent. There is a 72 percent response rate for the new Census so far, and a higher percentage is still possible.
“Denton did what it needed to do,” said Joy Donovan-Brandon, a Census spokeswoman. “It saves taxpayers a lot of money if people will mail back that form. It’s really good to get that number up there.”
A national press conference will be held Wednesday with Robert Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, in which he will announce the final mail back response rate.
“They’re still tabulating this,” Donovan-Brandon said. “The numbers could change.”
The enumeration process starts Saturday. The process includes Census representatives going door-to-door to households that haven’t responded.
“We just ask that everyone cooperate with them,” Donovan-
Brandon said. “You can iden-tify them by their badge, and most of them will be carrying a Census bag.”
It costs $57 per household to go door-to-door, Donovan-Brandon said, funded through federal taxes. The extra costs can be avoided by simply mailing the Census, she said.
“When people cooperate, they’re really saving themselves money,” she said. “It’s everyone’s civic duty and privilege to be counted.”
It’s also important to repre-sent an accurate portion of the population in the House of Representatives, Donovan-Brandon said.
“This is your chance to get your voice heard in Washington,” she said. “We need to know where the people are to make sure that they are accurately represented.”
Jim Engelbrecht, a Denton Cit y Counci l member in District 3, said he attributes the success to a strong program
and campaigning toward the Census. This program was started early around Denton.
Census representat ives asked the mayor to form the “complete count committee.” Rudy Rodrig uez, Denton school district Board member, and Michelle Cunningham as the coordinator, headed the commitee.
Nineteen different grants were written for promotional material and for different orga-nizations to get the word out, said Linda Ratcliff, the Denton director of economic develop-ment. Pens and recycled bags were made and handed out at universities. Different events were coordinated and held to help promote the census.
“They had booths set up to get the word out,” she said. “They talked to churches and spoke in different areas that had a low count for responses … before.”
Numerous meetings were held to encourage people to vote and return their Census, Ratcliff said.
“We’re trying to educate people on the fact that the better count we have, the better chance
we have of getting funding,” she said. “A lot of different organiza-tions did different things, and the complete count committee helped organized that.”
Ratcliff expects the response rate to go up once the enumer-ation process begins, she said. She believes the Census repre-sentatives will start with local apartment buildings, which house a high percentage of the student population.
“They’ll get a lot of the students from the universities who may not have filled out their form,” she said.
Clint Townsend, a political science sophomore, agrees that the Census is a constitutional obligation and that everyone should fill it out. However, he doesn’t agree with the amount of personal inquires that are included within the Census.
“I believe there should be one question on each census representing our households,” he said. “Unfortunately today the government has too many statistics on households from ethnicity to household income. I am a little bit skeptical of the massive amount of information they collect.”
BY ALEX CHEATHAMStaff Writer
The UNT Green Fund, a fee of $5 per student per semester, was passed by 82 percent in a student vote last week.
The money will provide UNT the opportunity to imple-ment long term goals, such as carbon neutrality, green development and 100 percent electric vehicles.
“The green fee will help the campus become more sustainable and will also give
UNT students the ability to give their input on where the money will go,” said Erin Davis, Office of Sustainability assistant to the director.
Last year, the North Texas Energy and Environment Club began its involvement with the Green Fund Campaign in part with ReEnergize Texas, a coalition of students who lobbied the Texas Legislature to pass the Green Fee Bill.
The bill allows every univer-sity in Texas to have the option
of voting for a tuition increase that will create money for susta inabi l it y. Since last year, the club and ReEnergize
Texas have worked with other universities to share ideas for implementing the fee on campus.
Students were given the opportunit y last week to vote on the proposed Green Fund.
According to the Think Green Fund website, there are nearly 100 universities with Green Funds established or pending and six Texas univer-sities are pursuing the passage of a Green Fund this year.
Before t he Green Fund passed, the UNT adminis-tration cut funding for efforts to go green. Now, the campus
will have the money to make changes concerning sustain-ability on campus, said Nicole Cocco, the vice president of the North Texas Energy and Environment Club.
Because the fee passed, UNT can fund projects that will increase student involvement and participation in sustain-ability projects, said Cameron Tharp, the club president and international studies junior.
“The green fee will help the campus become more sustainable...”
—Erin DavisOffice of Sustainability assistant to the director
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A student majority committee, with UNT faculty and staff advisers, will oversee the money provided by the Green Fund.
Tharp said the money would create opportunities for students to get involved by allowing them to propose and follow through with their own ideas.
These ideas could include a student-run sustainable garden, improved recycling equipment, more bike lanes and an arbo-retum.
Tharp explained that UNT is working on big projects that need more funding.
“In the future, all UNT vehi-cles will be 100 percent electric,” Tharp said. “There are already a lot of electric vehicles on campus and the [vehicles that use gas] are being phased out.”
Tharp also said UNT has installed extensive recycling programs throughout campus in the past few years.
“First, the dorms were fitted with single-streamed recycling
systems, and then other build-ings were fitted with more recy-cling bins,” Tharp said.
In addition, white Coca-Cola recycling bins are located outside to make recycling more acces-sible.
The Office of Sustainability is working on saving energy around campus by implementing programs that could shut down computers and turn off lights at night. They will also consider purchasing appliances for build-ings that will be more cost and energy efficient.
“The Office of Sustainability will also begin to analyze [the buildings and departments at UNT] so they can advise on how to use less paper, energy and cut overall waste,” Tharp said. “Saving energy and cutting back on waste are the two biggest things UNT could do [to become more sustainable].”
The Green Fund will allow the Office of Sustainability, as well as other organizations on campus, to afford these new innovations.
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Students were given the opportunity last week to vote on the proposed Green Fund. It will be a fee of $5 that students have to pay per semester. Of the students who voted, 82 percent voted “yes.”
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She spent her last four years as associate provost for academic programs there.
Haggett held multiple posi-tions at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. from 2003 to 2007, including acting director of the Division of Graduate Education, senior adviser of the Education and Human Resources Directorate and director of the Division of Undergraduate Education.
“I am very excited about her joining the UNT family
as a colleague,” Rodriguez said. “Her interview process allowed the committee and ot hers to understand t he transformational contribu-tions she’s made within her past professional appoint-ments, and I’m excited about her pioneering this opportu-nity within our system and across our campuses.”
Haggett will travel from Toledo, Ohio, to Dallas-Fort Worth in late May with her husband, Gordon, and their two dogs, Angel and Jamie.
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BY LISA GARZASenior Staff Writer
L e w i s v i l le pol ic e a re searching for a man suspected of murdering his wife and dumping her mutilated body in the middle of the street in a
residential neighborhood. T h e Ta r r a n t C o u n t y
Medical Examiner confirmed the victim as Maria Santos Corona, 44, mother of six.
“It was a gruesome scene,” said Lewisville police Capt.
POLICE BLOTTERSunday, April 25
A UNT officer pulled over a 19-year-old man at 1:55 p.m. in the 1800 block of West Eagle Drive. The man and his passenger, an 18-year-old man, were suspected of possessing marijuana. Both were arrested and taken to the Denton County Jail.
A n of f icer approached a pedestrian at 2:32 a.m. at the intersection of West Collins and Welch streets. The suspect ran from the officer and was not caught.
Saturday, April 24Denton Police Department
re que ste d help w it h a possible d r u n ken d r iver who had a minor car acci-dent at 11:30 p.m. and ranfrom the scene in the 2600 block of West Oak Street. A K-9 officer arrived to help.
A com mu n it y ser v ice officer reported graffiti on the side of the University Union at 9:32 p.m.
A n of f icer approached a suspicious man around Terrill Hall at 2:24 p.m. The suspect, a 20-year-old man,
was banned from UNT prop-erty and released.
A n of f icer approached a su spic iou s per son at Moza r t Squa re at 11: 36 p.m. The 20-year-old man was suspected of possessing of a controlled substance and was wanted by Denton P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t . He w a s a r r e s t e d a n d taken to the Denton County Jail.
A woma n c ont ac ted a U N T of f ic er at 5 : 05 a.m. at Victor y Hall. The woman said her boyfriend
physica l ly assaulted her. T h e 18 -y e a r- o l d m a n was g iven a citat ion for assault, banned from UNT property and released.
A n of f icer approached a p e d e s t r i a n a t 12 :10 a .m . i n t he 9 0 0 block of West Sycamore S t r e e t . T h e p e d e s -t r i a n w a s a 3 4 -y e a r-o l d m a n w h o w a s wa nted by Da l las Pol ice Depa r t ment a nd Denton p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t s . He was arrested and taken to the Denton City Jail.
Kevin Deaver. A post office worker discov-
ered Corona’s body at 11:15 a.m. Monday morning during his mail deliver y route on S h a d o w Wo o d L a n e i n Lewisville.
It is unknown if the murder took place in the home or elsewhere, public informa-tion officer Courtney Letalien said.
Police said the suspect is the woman’s husband, 49-year-old Jose Corona.
It is believed he may be driving a silver or gold 2005 Toyota Sequoia SUV with Texas license plate 247-DVH and that he has relatives in Oklahoma and Mexico, Letalien said.
If people have seen Jose Corona or know of his loca-tion, authorities are urging them to call 911 or Lewisville Police at 972-219-3640.
“This guy is still at large, so we want this information put out to as many outlets as possible,” Letalien said. “We need the public’s help.”
NEW OR LE A NS (A P) — The former director of the science program for Texas’ public schools asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive a lawsuit over her firing for forwarding an e-mail about a forum opposed to teaching creationism.
The agency that runs Texas public schools argued t hat Christ ina Cast i l lo Comer’s e-mail broke its policy of neutrality toward any potentially controversial issue, including creationism. A lawyer for Comer says the agency has an unwritten, unconst itut iona l pol icy of treating creationism as science.
A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard arguments Monday in Comer’s lawsuit against Robert Scott, commissioner of the Texas Education Agency.
A federal judge in Austin dismissed her claims in March 2009. Comer is appealing that decision. The 5th Circuit panel didn’t indicate when it will rule.
Comer says she was told to quit or be fired in 2007 after forwarding an e-mail about a presentation by a Southeastern Louisiana University philosophy professor viewed as opposed to teaching creationism in schools. Her only comment on the forwarded e-mail was “FYI.”
The agency says Comer v iolated her employer ’s “neutrality” policy by airing her personal opposition to creationism.
Douglas Mishkin, a lawyer for Comer, said the agency’s neutrality policy violates the First Amendment’s establish-ment clause because it endorses a religious belief.
“It takes something that’s not science and treats it as if it is,” he said.
Judge Fortunato Benavides pressed Mishkin to explain how the agency violated the estab-lishment clause.
“I can see a free speech claim,” the judge said. “This looks l ike to me a First Amendment claim in the robe of an establishment claim.”
James Ho, Texas’ solicitor general, said Comer doesn’t dispute that her e-mail violated the agency’s neutrality policy.
“This is a policy of employee neutrality, and neutrality is the touchstone of the estab-lishment clause,” Ho said. “It’s certainly not a violation of it.”
The agency says Comer was fired for “repeated subordi-nation.” Besides v iolat ing the neutra l it y policy, she allegedly attended meetings and presentations without agency approval and disclosed details of the school board’s deliberations to non-board members.
“W hat ma kes t his case unique is that there is a pattern of misconduct,” Ho said.
Comer’s law yers say no other agency employee has been warned, reprimanded or fired for failing to remain neutral on an issue before the board. Mishkin said the neutra lit y policy requires teachers to “pull your punch” if students ask about the rela-tionship between creationism and evolution.
“They said, ‘You must do your job with one hand tied behind your back,’” he said.
Creationism is the belief that the Earth and its crea-tures were created by a deity. It’s an alternative to the origin of life explanation taught in public schools under t he theory of evolution, which puts forth that all living organisms descended from a common ancestral gene pool.
“I can see a free speech claim. This looks like a a First
Amendment claim in the robe of an establishment claim.”
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Songwriter � nalists perform, compete tonight
Psychology junior Taylor Saporito, Robert Hemfelt, and Chess Hire will perform in the UNT Campus Songwriters Competition � nals, playing music written by Saporito.
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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer
Eig ht f i na l ist s of t he UNT Campus Songwriter’s Competition will perform their original songs at 8 p.m. tonight in the Syndicate for a chance to win $300 and an invitation to play at the Kerrville Music Festival.
About 40 students submitted demos of original songs in March, which were sent to the Kerrville Music Festival committee to be narrowed to eight finalists: Jennifer Ding, Sean Giddings, Austin Swarts, Taylor Saporito, Allie Farris, Dana Leigh, Scott Mulvahill and Chris Sims.
The festival is an 18-day event in Kerrville. This year, the 39th festival will run from May 27 to June 13.
“I’ve been amazed by how much hidden talent we have on this campus,” said Mark Packer, assistant director for the University Union.
Packer said representatives from the festival contacted him eight years ago about starting the competition to advertise the festival to a younger audience.
The winner of tonight’s competition will be invited to play on the Campus Songwriter’s stage at the music festival and receive $300, Packer said.
The runner-up will receive $200, he said.
Stuart Vexler, chairman of the
operating committee for the festival, said judges will look for the winner’s song to have a beginning, middle and end and not repeat the same lines and chorus.
“There is an innocence and freshness to the music of the college students that is really
very energizing,” he said. The competition is also held
at Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, Texas State University and the University of Texas, Vexler said.
“The Kerrville Music Festival is a great place to hear the music that you may well be listening
to for the following 10 or 12 years,” he said.
Taylor Saporito, a psychology junior and one of the finalists, said it would be really exciting to play at the festival.
He has been writing music for about eight years and said writing songs is like writing
in a journal or writing a letter, he said.
“It’s very therapeutic and sometimes just sitting down and trying to make sense of a lot of scary, wonderful emotions can really be the best thing that you can do,” Saporito said. “You can’t get it out the same way if
UPC events to honor Michael Jackson’s career
The council is hosting end-of-the-year events for Jackson’s fans, including an I Love the ’90s dance, a screening of the documentary � lm “This Is It,” a karaoke night and Eagle Idol 6: the Michael Jackson edition.
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you just dwell on it or even talk about it.”
Tonight he will perform his songs “Sea and Sky” and “All Over Again.”
“I assume if [the other final-ists] are anything like me, they’ll be writing songs that have a lot of personal meaning to them, and it will be nice to glimpse into that part of somebody’s soul,” he said.
Sean Giddings, a jazz studies junior and finalist, said he started writing music about a year ago, after his dad gave him a guitar for his high school grad-uation.
Giddings, who is originally from Kansas, said it was diffi-cult to adjust after leaving home for college.
“I’m an only child, and being far away from my parents, my family and everyone that I grew up with, I had a lot to write about,” he said. “I felt like I had a lot of feelings and being able to write lyrics and write tunes and sing about them, I found comfort in that.”
Giddings said he is excited to play his songs “Dreaming” and “Lillian” with jazz studies soph-omore Jordan Burchill and jazz studies junior Daniel Parr.
“There’s that opportunity to really reach out and touch somebody with your music, and that is always something I look forward to as a performer,” Giddings said.
BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer
Students will have many events to commemorate the King of Pop’s musical career during the University Program Council’s week of Michael Jackson.
The council will host end-of-the-year events for Jackson fans, including an I Love the ’90s dance, a screening of the documentary film “This Is It,” a karaoke night and Eagle Idol 6: the Michael Jackson edition.
“We wanted to commemorate all of his accomplishments,” said Carlos Rodriguez, the council president and marketing senior. “Plus, students are really stressed out around this time, so it’ll be a positive escape from studying for finals.”
The council is a student orga-nization that provides free events for students throughout the year.
Along with the four Michael Jackson-themed events, council volunteers are also dressing up like the pop star and giving away prizes to students who spot him until Thursday.
The week will end with “one of the biggest events of the year,” the singing competition Eagle Idol 6 on Saturday.
“On such a large campus, you don’t meet many people very easily,” Rodriguez said. “Through our events, we’re able to bring people together in one place.”
The organization also wanted to give students a break from
Michael Jackson Events Free with student IDI love the 90s dance at 8 p.m. tonight in the University Union Silver Eagle Suite“This Is It” screening at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 28 in the LyceumCroon A Tune: Karaoke Night at 8 p.m. April 29 in the SyndicateEagle Idol 6: Michael Jackson edition at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Auditorium in the Auditorium Building
Michael Jackson Events
schoolwork and worrying about summer internships with events they could attend for free.
“It will be a good change of pace from practically living in the library,” Rodriguez said.
Jamee Jones, a music educa-
tion junior, said it is impor-tant to have events for students leading up to finals week.
“Students get really stressed out toward the end of the year, so it’s nice to have something to go to and relax,” Jones said.
Algae kills 120,000 Texas � shFORT WORTH (AP) —
Biologists estimate that nearly 120,000 fish have died in two golden algae-infested Texas lakes, and local fishermen say pelicans are apparently flying hundreds of miles from the Gulf Coast to feed.
At least 50,000 fish have died at Possum Kingdom lake in northern Texas, while at least 68,900 were found dead about 90 miles southeast in Lake Whitney, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Both lakes are part of the Brazos River system.
The golden algae are killing “all sizes of fish and many species,” but should clear up as water temperatures rise, said Melissa Tidmore, a biologist with the state parks depart-ment.
Possum Kingdom fishing guide Mike Hallford has seen
“a couple of hundred” peli-cans, he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He figures the pelicans are attracted by wind-driven scents of the dead fish.
Some of the dead striped bass he’s seen probably weighed as much as 10 pounds, he said.
Other f ish found dead include channel catfish, white bass, largemouth bass, sunfish and crappie.
Despite extensive research, no method has been found to rid large lakes of golden algae, which tend to turn the water a tea color and make it foamy at shorelines, Tidmore said.
Possum Kingdom suffered large golden alga fish kills in 2001. The reservoir was restocked with more fish, but a new wave of golden alga struck in 2003.
The 2001 outbreak hurt
local businesses and resulted in a 57 percent drop in visi-tors to Possum Kingdom State Park, according to a Texas A&M University study.
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Students showcase faculty work through performances
Event to explore gender stereotypes, sexuality
“Migration,” choreographed by Ellie Leonhardt, was presented in 2009 as part of the Faculty Dance Concert at UNT. This year’s Faculty Dance Concert will be “Closer to the Earth and Sky” presented by Ellie Leonhardt, the artistic director.
Suzanne Enck-Wanzer, of the communications studies faculty, along with the UNT Debate Team, will host the second annual Gender Fair. The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the One O’ Clock Lounge in the University Union.
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By Christina MlynskiStaff Writer
A group of 20 UNT dancers will attempt to connect nature and its audience as it showcases the work of the dance and theatre faculty.
The “Closer to the Earth and Sky” dance concert begins at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the University Theatre.
The concert will feature four original works, three by faculty members and one by Bebe Miller, a renowned post-modern chore-ographer.
“It’s an amazing opportu-nity for our students to learn professional choreography to showcase to the community, and we’re able to educate how dance truly is art,” said Ellie Leonhardt, the artistic director and dance faculty member.
“Blessed,” the featured recital, is a piece inspired by Miller’s travels to Australia.
The performance is set to an a cappella ensemble and reaches to the core of people’s souls, she said.
“The mix of the group’s fasci-nation with African-American
gospel and the spiritual quality coming through not for spiri-tual reasoning, but for a connec-tion to the community, seemed like something that emanated from the arts to the heart,” Miller said.
Miller visited from Ohio State University a week before the concert to see a run-through of the performance which Sarah Gamblin, an associate professor of dance at TWU, re-staged for the event. Miller also helped critique the improvisation style of each dancer so everyone would be prepared for the perfor-mance.
“Bebe Miller’s style seems very connected and based on momentum, and I really enjoy moving that way because it’s easier to grasp movement when it’s not so arbitrary and every-thing has a physical purpose,” said Emily McNabb, a dance senior and performer.
The name of the event was inspired by the original pieces created by the faculty, Leonhardt said.
“There’s a lot of movement and a connection to what is above and below us,” she said. “It’s
using our mind and not really embodying our body.”
Leonhardt’s work, titled “Not Withstanding Part 1,” was performed at the Dallas Museum of Art, and she added a second part for this particular concert.
The work is a French poem narration that introduces formal structures including space and gesture, Leonhardt said.
After the show Friday, the audience is invited to a talkback session during which Gamblin and Robin Lakes of the dance and theatre faculty will answer questions regarding the remake of Miller’s work.
“The Faculty Dance Concert is an awesome way for me to really put my dance technique to the test,” said Tyler Patterson, a dance junior. “The faculty really pushes me to use what I know from everyday classes and apply it artistically in these perfor-mances.”
Tickets are $7.50 for students, faculty and staff and senior citi-zens. Adult tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the radio, television and film box office until the day of the perfor-mances.
By niCole landryStaff Writer
Students interested in gender topics, like gender roles or masculinity and feminism, can make their way to the One O’Clock Lounge today for UNT’s second a n nua l Gender Fair.
The Gender Fair w i l l take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is part of the communicat ion studies c o u r s e , G e n d e r a n d Communication.
The event aims to get students to think outside the stereotypical boxes of gender and sexuality and explore the connections between gender and popular culture.
“The fact that gendered discourses surround and effect us every day from birth to death, is rarely acknowledged in everyday conversat ion,” Su za nne Enck-Wanzer of the commu-nication studies faculty said in an e-mail.
Steve Newton, a commu-nicat ion studies junior and one of Enck-Wanzer’s students, is in charge of the masculinities group, and he said he is excited to see how students respond.
“I think it’s cool, because a lot of times people think of gender as something women have to deal with,” he said.
New ton said that the group’s focus is to show that men also deal with living up to the expectations of gender roles, and it asks what people think mascu-linity means.
“T here’s not ‘you’re masculine’ or ‘you’re not masculine,’” he said. “There are levels of masculinity. It’s a cool thing to educate the community on how gender
is all around us.”In addition to masculini-
ties, there will be four other main topics the Gender Fair will cover: “Politics and Public
Life,” “Race and Gender,” “Unruly Bodies,” “Sex and Sexuality,” and “Gender and Violence.” The fair will use visual presentations, inter-active exhibits and games to educate students about gender issues and get them involved in the discussion.
The fair is a way for gender education to be taken “to the masses,” because most students won’t take a class focused on gender and related issues, Enck-Wanzer said.
Her class strives to demon-strate the effects of gender constructs in society, and the
fair strives to get people to talk about it, she said.
Beth Berends, a radio, tele-vision and film sophomore, said he thinks that the advan-tage of a gender fair is getting students to talk about things they might not have otherwise thought about.
“With gender, everyone has their own idea of it,” she said. “But if we have a fair, then it’s more things to talk about and think about.”
Berends said most students will probably just walk by the fair, and those who stop will be the ones who already expressed interest in the topic.
“The people who do know what it’s about, I think they’re going to be really receptive,” she said.
Berends sa id t he hosts should advertise what topics will be covered to garner more student interest for future gender fairs.
“I liked the f liers, but if people actually know what they’re going to be talking about, they might be more interested,” she said.
For more i n for mat ion, search for “UNT GenderFair 2.0” on Facebook.
“With gender, everyone has
their own idea of it.”
—Beth BerendsRadio, television, and
film sophomore
Texas doctor attempts to retire, but ‘can’t get it right’EDNA (AP) — Dr. Jefferson
Flowers just couldn’t stay retired.
After six failed attempts at quitting medicine, the 81-year-old West Texan, former rancher and founder of Citizens Medical Center’s first emergency room keeps going.
“I can’t get it right,” he said, sitting on a stool in the Jackson County Hospital emergency room while taking a break from a patient. “Looks like you ought to know how to retire and stay retired.”
Although he’s only been with the hospital 14 months, his 6-foot 4-inch frame and booming voice fill the hospital with familiar greetings. Patients
know him by name and often come to speak with him in person about their concerns.
“He never really knows what he’s going to get at the ER,” said Donna Coleman, director of professional services. “But he’s always prepared. We’re very fortunate to have him.”
A day with Flowers brings humor, a wealth of experience and a trip back into the old days of medicine. He’s one of few who still make home visits and hardly uses computers. If you asked him how long ago he finished medical school, he’ll be completely honest.
“A hundred years ago,” he said, laughing.
Not quite — but close.
Flowers finished medical school at the age of 28 in 1957 shortly after a stint in the Army. He recalls medicine before Medicare and when defibril-lators were the size of pianos.
Using them was such a hassle, it was often saved for surgeries, he said.
“So we’d roll that in and plug it in and warm it up so it would be ready incase something happened,” he said.
Flowers arrived in Victoria at Citizens Medical Center in 1967 when its emergency room was no larger than the small county hospital he’s in now. He worked there until 1996 and retired but went on to work in Refugio, South Carolina, Boerne and
now Edna, doing everything from teaching to opening a new emergency room.
“I was filling in different places just to sort to keep my hand in,” he said.
F low er s g r e w up i n Sanderson, a town so small it barely had its own city limits sign. A country-boy at heart, Flowers was always curious.
At one time he performed surgeries on his mother’s chickens to keep them from dying after swallowing grass burs.
“So I decided one day I would take a razor blade to open the craw,” he said, laughing about the experience, “and get the grass burs out. And I’d take
momma’s needle and thread and sow the craw back up, and they’d do all right.”
Although he’s not as young as he once was, he still brings a bit of Western flair to what he does. Flowers used to break and ride longhorns and hunt game in Alaska and on a West Texas ranch.
“I call him our John Wayne of Jackson County,” said Brenda Koop, a nurse who works with Flowers. “He’s our Duke.”
His days are quieter now — a bad knee keeps him away from hunting and he no longer owns longhorns — but one thing hasn’t changed: his love for rural medicine and commu-nities.
“You get to know everybody and you really enjoy your prac-tice,” he said. “Your patients are your friends. That’s the big thing.”
Although making the transi-tion from Victoria to Edna has brought on challenges — the Jackson County hospital has no intensive care unit and often doesn’t have the capabilities for certain lab testings — Flowers keeps his sights ahead for Phase II of the Jackson County Hospital plan, which includes a new emergency room.
“I hope so,” he said. “I hope I can stop, but I don’t know. I enjoy what I do. As long as there’s a challenge, it’s hard for me to quit.”
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
By Felicia alBaStaff Writer
The UNT softball team (26-14, 12-6) secured a winning record in conference when it swept a weekend series against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (26-22, 5-13).
The Mean Green used its bats Saturday to overwhelm the Hilltoppers 10-2 and 5-1, but it needed its pitchers to be at the top of their game in the 4-2 win Sunday.
“It feels awesome to come out and sweep a team like that, and it gives us momentum for the next team,” junior Courtney Bradshaw said.
The Mean Green used an
explosive third inning, scoring six runs stemming from six hits, to pull away from the Hilltoppers in the series opener.
Senior pitcher Kayla Lawson earned her sixth win of the season in her complete game effort.
Bradshaw led UNT offen-sively, going 3-for-4, hitting her fifth home run of the year while scoring two runs and driving in four runs.
The Mean Green jumped out to an early lead in the second game when sophomore Lisa Johnson belted her 10th home run of the season, making her the third player in the program’s
history to reach that mark. Senior pitcher Ashley Lail
earned a career-high 12th win, striking out five and scattering nine hits in the complete game effort.
“We worked well,” Johnson said. “We are able to bounce back and get runs in.”
Both starting pitchers shut down the opposing teams until Bradshaw hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth. Bradshaw finished the game 3-for-3 with two RBIs.
After an error allowed the Hilltoppers to tie the game at one, Bradshaw untied it again with an RBI single, putting the Mean Green back on top.
UNT put an end to any come-back attempts in the seventh when Bradshaw tagged out a WKU runner at the plate.
Lawson picked up the win for the Mean Green in relief work and extends her record to 7-2 for the season.
“We wanted this win really badly,” Lail said. “One of our goals for the season was to sweep a conference series. We fought through the kinks and shortcomings and pulled through.”
The Mean Green returns to the field at 2 p.m. Saturday, when it travels to Lafayette, La., to take on the ULL Rajin Cajuns.
By Ben BaByStaff Writer
After a string of consistent performances by its athletes, the injury-plagued UNT track and field did not have many bright spots at the Oklahoma Invitational II on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
Many Mean Green athletes are not at 100 percent, and that was evident by looking at the meet’s results, but junior Jermaine Jamison took home first place in the high jump when he cleared 2.09 meters, or about 6.85 feet.
“I’m starting to peak at the end of the season, like I’m supposed to,” Jamison said. “It should be even better next week. I’m taking steps to be where I want to be at the right time.”
UNT continued to struggle with athletes who were not able to compete to their fullest potential.
Senior Ciara Smith, who has the second-best 400-meter time in the Sun Belt Conference, failed to finish the 400-meter dash, pulling up short because of a previous injury.
Head coach Rick Watkins said that sprint coach Sammy Dabbs had told her that if she felt anything, to go ahead and shut it down. Watkins said that she should be fine for the Sun Belt Conference Championships, which will take place May 7 to 9 in Denton.
“The biggest thing for us was to get through the week healthy, take another positive step, and I think we did all
that,” Watkins said. Originally, the team had
decided to send its athletes to the Drake Relays along with sending athletes to Oklahoma. However, UNT pulled out of the relays, citing multiple reasons for the team’s exit.
The women’s 4-by-400 meter relay team, which leads the conference with the fastest time in the conference, came in 10th Saturday. The runners who typically run in the event did not participate in the race, with the exception of sopho-more Janesa Moore.
“It’s getting down to champi-onship season,” Jamison said. “We’ve got to do everything right. It’s not so much quantity anymore. It’s quality.”
Sophomore Chelsea Hermes
turned her best outing of the season, f inishing in second place in the women’s heptathlon. Hermes was runner-up to Oklahoma’s Claire McConnell.
After two weeks of not running any relays, the Mean Green decided to participate in both 4-by-400 relay events. Sophomore Keyth Talley did not participate, opting for more rest before the conference meet.
“It wasn’t our strongest performance of the year, but I feel good about where we are going into the conference meet,” Watkins said. “I think we’ll be ready.”
UNT’s next meet is the Sun Belt Conference Championships, which will be held on May 7 at Fouts Field.
Injuries slow UNT track and field team
Mean Green sweeps Hilltoppers, triumphs in sixth-straight series
UNT’s softball team gathers around home plate to congratulate a teammate after hitting a two-run home run last season. UNT swept its weekend series against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to improve its record to 26-14, 12-6.
Photo by Clinton lynCh/File
Most Valuable Player:Catalina Cruz
The Sun Belt Conference tournament’s Most Outstanding Player finished the weekend 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles.
It was a fitting end that the Mean Green’s lone senior and team captain, who has been vital to the
resurgence of this tennis program, was the one who clinched UNT’s first Sun Belt championship.
It is her leadership and personality that make her the most valu-able member of this team, and it was crucial in helping freshman Barbora Vykydalova make her transition to college tennis. Cruz sparked Vykydalova’s growth as a doubles player, and the two have been the consistent pair this season with a 14-8 record.
The Mean Green’s ultimate warrior finished the season with 14 singles victories as well, giving Cruz career highs in doubles and singles wins.
Most Outstanding Player:Paula Dinuta
The most intense competitor on the Mean Green roster led the team with 16 singles victories, including an eight-game win streak in April that helped launch UNT’s championship mission.
After struggling with doubles her freshman year, Dinuta helped anchor the Mean Green doubles lineup with partner Madura Ranganathan. The duo earned nine doubles victories.
Dinuta’s intimidating playing style paired with her scorching fore-hand make her a nightmare for the rest of the Sun Belt Conference.
Most Improved Player:Narine Kazarova
Personal issues forced Kazarova to miss the first half of the season, but the torpedo came back firing. Kazarova reeled off a team-high nine-straight victo-ries en route to a 10-3 record.
The addition of Kazarova late in the season provided the spark UNT needed, and with her solidifying the lineup, the Mean Green won 11 of its last 12 matches.
There is no questioning the talent of Kazarova, and if she can harness her intense passion, she will be untouchable.
Iron Woman:Irina Paraschiv
The best player on a talented roster, Paraschiv has punished opponents and her body all season.
Despite battling through knee and wrist injuries for most of 2010, Paraschiv earned 22 total victories. The sensational sophomore played the No. 1 position
in the doubles lineup along with partner Amy Joubert for all but two matches, and the duo provided UNT with stability at the top.
After playing as the team’s No. 1 singles player for nearly all of 2009, there was no sophomore slump for Paraschiv. With her at the top of the lineup for another two years, UNT will continue to rise inthe college tennis ranks.
Spirit:Amy Joubert
At any of the UNT’s tennis matches, no one cheers her teammates more than Joubert. Her voice rings through the courts no matter how she is doing.
Joubert finished tied for the team lead with 11 doubles victories, and added six more in singles, but
her biggest impact is the inspiration she provides.The ability to play Joubert at the six spot in singles provides UNT
with tremendous depth, and her voice could be heard celebrating another conference championship in 2011.
Best Role Player:Madura Ranganathan
No matter what spot Lama needs Ranganathan to play in, she excels. She became the program’s first All-Sun Belt Conference selection and leads the Mean Green from the front.
Ranganathan ignores the pressure of playing in the top-two spots of the singles lineup and sets an example for the rest of the team. After facing a challenging schedule that had her play seven nationally ranked opponents, Ranganathan finished the season with a combined 21 wins.
The top of the Mean Green lineup will be difficult for any opponent in the 2011 season because of Ranganathan’s strength.
Newcomer of the Year:Barbora Vykydalova
Since joining the Mean Green in January from her home in Šumperk, Czech Republic, Vykydalova has had to adjust to a new environment and has made the transition look simple.
The freshman phenom earned her way into the top three in the singles lineup and played in the No. 1 spot against Lamar. Vykydalova won an impressive 22 total matches this season, and she is just getting started on what could be a record-breaking career.
Vykydalova is a versatile player who has the talent to play No. 1 in singles or doubles, and she will only continue to grow over the next three years.
Awards for Sun Belt champions By eric JohnsonSenior Staff Writer
It was a breakthrough season for the UNT tennis team (17-6) after winning the Sun Belt Conference championship and earning its first national ranking.
Head coach Sujay Lama has a talented roster that will continue to terrorize the rest of the Sun Belt as it gains more experience. Each of his seven everyday players has made a huge impact on this team’s success.
Opinion
ViewsPage 6 Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Josh Pherigo, Views Editor [email protected]
I am not an environmen-talist. My tree-hugging days ended when I realized that no amount of trash gathering on my part would be sufficient to save Earth from its inevitable destruction by human hands. I trusted our policymakers to make the right decisions when push came to shove and do what they thought was best to preserve our planet for however much time we have left on it.
Fast-forward to the UNT Earth Day celebration, 2010.
My first thought when I saw the f lier advertising this was “Crap, they’re gonna close down Clark for this?” I never-theless went and was horrified by what I saw.
I saw countless kilowatts of energ y pumped into a big-screen T V and stereo systems.
I saw advertisements for small businesses that stated that their products are more
eco-friendly on the basis that they are close to home and required less gas for trans-portation.
I saw our Librar y Ma l l defiled with the refuse of half-eaten sausages, napkins, paper plates and cotton candy cones. I saw a pyramid of garbage that was being produced in the name of Earth Day.
Now I rea l i ze t hat t he purpose for the festivities was to increase awareness of what it means to be environmen-tally friendly, but I would ask the party-planners to practice what they preach.
I don’t even know if anyone knows what it means to be env i ron menta l ly f r iend ly anymore. Not here.
I would have expected a volu nteer c a mpu s clea n up, some tree planting, not another party.
So here I ask, “What does green mean?”
Our campus is devoted to
being environmentalist, being clean, being (cough) vegan (cough). But I don’t think anyone actually cares about what it means, rather, our “green” campus is simply used as a political tool to make people think that we care.
We waste just as much water as everyone else to keep our grass green in the name of Green Pride — on ground that we are prohibited from walking on, nonetheless.
We have countless amounts of unused recycl ing bins all across the campus, but thrust in people’s faces Green Pride.
We throw parties in the name of environmentalism, creating more garbage by doing so (and shutting down alternatives — You want to eat after 7 p.m.? Well, you have to go to the Earth Day shindig!).
Our ca mpus adver t ises being eco-friendly when we
are no different from anyone else, rather our half-effort to be “green” is questionably unfocused and unhelpful.
It is the belief of this writer that “Green Pride” was birthed exclusively from the support of an abysmal football team’s school colors, and nothing else.
Our pretense on this issue is so great, we do not realize it and hesitate to speak of it. We are NOT “Green.”
It is just a ma rket i ng campaign from an adminis-tration with a budget to build a new football stadium, but not one to clear a parking lot. I, for one, voted “no” on the Green Bill, for I fear we will merely see more of the same misguided and forced “Green Pride” with no aim or objective.
Zachary Lewis is a music senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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the NBA playoffs?
“Not the Mavs.”
“I’m actually going for the LA Lakers, the defending champions, even though they are struggling right
now.”
“The Dallas Mavericks, because that is my home
team, and I have been a fan all my life.”
“I’m going to go with Cleveland Cavaliers. They
have a well put together team.”
Retiring Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle will bring 38 years of law enforcement experience to the UNT System when he trades in his badge and hand cuffs for a syllabus and tweed jacket Friday. Kunkle will join the faculty at UNT Dallas’ W.W. Caruth Jr. Police Institute.
The 59-year-old Dallas native will serve as the “exec-utive in residence” for the institute, which opened in July. Kunkle will help train officers for upper-level leadership and teach both undergraduate and graduate level classes in the criminal justice department.
Kunkle announced his spring retirement at a press conference in November, in which he said he was walking away from the Police Department with his head held high and dignity in tact so that someone new could “come in and create [a] sense of optimism about the future of the department.”
The Editorial Board commends Kunkle on an exceptional tenure as Dallas Police commissioner and welcomes him to the UNT community.
When Kunkle was appointed in 2004 he inherited the nation’s most crime-ridden big city (more than 1 million people). Since then, that title has shifted to San Antonio, and crime rates have steadily fallen each year.
During Kunkle’s term:
The murder rate dropped 34 percent.•Violent crime decreased by 32 percent.•The overall crime rate has fallen by more than •20 percent. More than 700 officers were added to bring •the total size of the force to 3,600 policemen and women.The internal investigation process was altered •giving accused officers the right to have a face-to-face meeting with the commissioner. He fired 70 police officers.•Kunkle limited the circumstances in which offi-•cers can engage in pursuits of suspects. This limited the number of civilian and officer casu-alties from 51 in 2006 to 17 in 2008. Equipment was improved as officers received •new patrol car fleets and assault rifles.
I have been writing a weekly column for this section of the Daily all semester, and since this is my last article for the semester, I would like to thank the paper for giving me this opportunity, everyone who reads my columns, everyone who comments on them to me online, in person and via e-mail.
I appreciate both the words of encouragement and the criticism that I have received. I hope that my pieces have been insightful and of interest to you.
Although I know that many of those who have followed my columns do not agree with me on all the issues or my reasoning from time to time, I honestly believe that we both have only the best intentions for our school and our country in mind.
We both want to have more affordable health care, a society that is better educated and more tolerant, a stronger economy, and more freedom.
The debate actually starts when people begin discussing policies or ideas on how to reach these objectives.
Some may look to govern-
ment intervention for a solu-tion. Others may think that previous policies or taxes have had unintended consequences that have caused or exacerbated the problem at hand.
Others, on certain issues, may even declare that they do not want any policy changes, because they may view it as something that will fix itself or that it is not the government’s role to get involved.
In this country, we are granted many freedoms, some of which are guaranteed in our Constitution, but there are many more that are not.
These freedoms include both the freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail. This includes enormous banks like Chase and Bank of America, who are not “too big to fail.” There is no such thing as too big to fail.
The Roman Empire fell, the Soviet Union fell, companies like Circuit City and Wachovia fell. This is how the world works.
Failure teaches us lessons, and without such failures we will not learn. The U.S. federal govern-ment is not even too big to fail,
and that is why we the people must continue to work hard and look to ourselves to make our country a better place, instead of looking to those who govern us to do it for us.
We should be helping each other, freely. Our government is trillions of dollars in debt, and at some point either taxes must be raised or benefits must be cut to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security recipients. Otherwise our deficits, and as a result, our debt will continue to soar to levels that are unsustainable.
This is why we should not rely and become dependent on our government for financial secu-rity or for attaining our health care needs. And why do we allow the government to charge extra taxes specifically on alcohol or cigarettes? Do we want our government to engineer our soci-ety’s behaviors through negative economic incentives?
I implore you to question the status quo, current policies and proposals.
Be skeptical of what public officials claim the effects of their policies are going to be.
More often then not, there are at least some unintended conse-quences of government action.
Remember that socia l, economic and political advance-ment begins with you, so speak up, speak out and start fighting for the kind of changes that you believe in.
With that being said, I wish you all good luck on your upcoming finals, and thank you again for reading.
Trayton Oakes is a political science and economics junior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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SportsPage 8 Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Justin Umberson, Sports Editor [email protected]
Tennis season finishes with ‘storybook ending’
Freshman Barbora Vykydalova, sophomore Irina Paraschiv, junior Madura Ranganathan, senior Catalina Cruz, junior Shannon MacKenzie, sophomore Paula Dinuta, junior Amy Joubert and junior Ashley Akin are all part of the UNT tennis team’s � rst Sun Belt Conference Championship.
PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer
Senior Catalina Cruz fell to her knees after clinching the UNT tennis team’s (17-6) first Sun Belt Conference champi-onship.
Head coach Sujay Lama watched through tear-filled eyes, remembering the moment four years ago when people laughed at the idea of the Mean Green winning a conference title.
“It was a storybook ending,
and it is an unbelievable moment after everything this program has gone through,” Lama said.
“Our vision coming in here was to make UNT a nationally recognized program, and no one is laughing at that now. It is a feeling of absolute elation to see the joy on these women’s faces and to be able to send Cat off the proper way.”
The newly crowned Sun Belt champions breezed through
their first two matches, but fell behind 3-0 in the tourna-ment final to No. 1 seed Florida International. The Mean Green stormed back to tie the match at three, and in typical dramatic fashion it was UNT’s lone senior who decided the match.
With her teammates anxiously observing, Cruz fell behind 5-1 in the third-set tiebreak. While most crumble under the pres-sure of that moment, Cruz is at her best. She slammed home six-straight points and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
“As soon as it happened I fell to my knees and the tears came pouring out,” Cruz said. “My teammates all came running over and tackled me, and I real-ized that we had finally done it. That feeling of accomplish-ment and seeing the happiness on their faces is a moment that will be with me for the rest of my life.”
After winning eight of its last nine, UNT came in as the confer-ence’s hottest team. The Mean Green earned the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye, and it rolled through Middle Tennessee 4-0 in the quarterfinals.
Poor weather delayed UNT’s semi-f ina l match aga inst Louisiana-Lafayette, but neither the rain nor the Ragin’ Cajuns could slow the Mean Green. UNT disposed of ULL 4-2, but because of the delay, the match did not end until after 11 p.m. Saturday.
With the finals scheduled for noon Sunday, UNT had to defeat fatigue and No. 49 FIU.
“Our bodies were dead by that point, but we were hungrier for that title,” junior Madura Ranganathan said, who was named to the All-Sun Belt
Conference team earlier in the week. “Our goal was to prove that we belong with the best teams in the country, and we did that. This was a breakthrough moment for our program.”
UNT lost the opening doubles point and the first two singles matches, but then sophomore Paula Dinuta and freshman Barbora Vykydalova won in straight sets to make it 3-2 FIU.
Sophomore Irina Paraschiv came back from down 4-0 in the second set to force a tiebreak. After falling behind in the tiebreak, Paraschiv battled back to take the tiebreak and the match, which evened the score at three all.
“I was exhausted at that point, but I knew that my team needed me, and I was not going to let them down,” Paraschiv said.
“As soon as it happened I fell to my knees ... My teammates
came and tackled me and I realized we had finally done it.”
—Catalina CruzSenior tennis player
After winning the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Championship, the Mean Green will now wait to � nd out its seeding and region for the NCAA tournament that begins May 14.
PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“Once I saw Paula and Barbora win, I knew the pressure on me, and I made sure that I shut that girl down.”
The Mean Green has seen countless comebacks by Cruz, and even with her two points from elimination, there was no doubt that she would prevail.
“That is what Cat does,” asso-ciate head coach Jeff Maren said. “She is a warrior, and this
is the way we wanted it to play out. Obviously it was a little close for comfort, but she is the one that we want with the match on the line.”
The Mean Green will now wait to find out its seeding and region for the NCAA tourna-ment that begins May 14. UNT’s victory earned it an automatic spot among the 64 best teams in collegiate tennis.