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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texasntdaily.com
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009Volume 94 | Issue 11
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Volume 94 | Issue 11
VIEWS:
NEWS:ARTS & LIFE:
September brings Hispanic heritage eventsPage 2
Hip-hop dance group seeks new membersPage 4
MULTIMEDIAUNT student wins Denton area TriathlonPage 8
Students encouraged to submit columnsPage 6
BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer
The pain of losing could be seen on the faces of the Mean Green football players (1-1) as they walked off the field after a 30-31 double-overtime loss to the Ohio University Bobcats (1-1) late Saturday night.
None took the loss harder than Tobe Nwigwe, a redshirt senior linebacker and sociology major who remained silent after seeing victory snatched away on the game’s final play.
“Everyone was holding hands on the sideline, and it just turned in a hurry,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “We went from a feeling of elation to a feeling like a knife right to the heart.”
Riley Dodge, an undeclared redshirt freshman, led the Mean Green on a 60-yard touchdown drive late in the third quarter to take a commanding 17-6 lead after his second career touch-down pass.
He would be forced out of the game after the next drive.
Riley Dodge left the game because of an injury to his non-throwing shoulder, which would
be eventually labeled a second-degree sprain.
Backup quarterback Nathan Tune, a finance redshirt junior, walked onto the field to start the fourth quarter.
A hush fell over the crowd of 16, 674 after Tune’s third pass attempt was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by the Bobcats.
But the team would not let that deflate the players’ morale, as Tune settled in to lead a 57-yard drive that would send the game to overtime.
Tune would have been the hero if not for two dropped touchdown passes late in the game.
“Nathan prepares himself every day,” Todd Dodge said. “He got us back in the hunt and made some throws that could have ended the game.”
The Mean Green backed the Bobcats into a corner, forcing fourth-and-goal from the 16-yard line and leaving UNT on the cusp of victory.
Fouts Field was left stunned when the Bobcats scored on the next play, and the mood quickly shifted to anger.
A roughing the passer penalty
BY CHRIS SPEIGHTSenior Staff Writer
Students in Turkey and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to perfect English as a second language t ha n k s to col laborat ion bet ween UNT and Zir ve University in Turkey.
Zi r ve is a fou ndat ion universit y in Ga zia ntep, Turkey, where the population is about 1.7 million people.
All courses at the univer-sity will be taught completely i n Eng l ish, sa id Sa leha Su lema n, a ssista nt v ice provost for internationa l education at UNT.
The program w il l help establish the first English la ng ua ge u n iver sit y i n Turkey.
“The program will offer seven levels of classes to improve the English profi-cienc y of its st udents,” said Carol Ogden, assistant director of the Intensive English Language Institute at UNT.
UNT was approached by Zirve in April 2009 about outsourcing UNT’s Intensive English Language Institute to the Turkish university, Suleman said.
The program started in late April, and the agreement between Zirve and UNT was signed on Aug. 24. The staff has been at Zirve since Labor Day weekend.
“The university is going to deliver content courses in English to a student who goes there, for whatever their major is,” Ogden said.
The Turkish universit y was looking for a consul-
tant university to help it and was recommended to UNT, Ogden said.
In July, Suleman assisted in the hiring of more than 20 English language instruc-tors for the program, all from Turkey. Suleman said that there were also 20 f luent English speakers hired, most from the U.S.
“UNT w i l l ser ve as a c on s u lt a nt ,” s he s a id . “We are helping them to start an English language program.”
S u l e m a n s a i d Z i r v e University funds all aspects of the project.
Students who w ish to participate in the program must be accepted to Zirve and then submit to diag-nostic testing to distinguish their f luency of the English language, Suleman said.
“The f irst t ier w i l l be devoted to English only,” she said. “First they must be proficient in English and then the academic class will kick in.”
The universit y w i l l be inaugurated on Sept. 28. The projected enrollment for Zirve is 12,000 students by 2013, Suleman said.
“UNT will have a great presence in Turkey,” Suleman said. “This institution will a lso t h i n k to us about building their other academic programs like education, engineering, communica-tions and business.”
Su lema n sa id because Turkey is geographica l ly close to Syria, Zir ve wil l benefit from the exposure to other cultures.
PHOTO BY CHRISTENA DOWSETT / PHOTO EDITOR
Senior running back Cam Montgomery scores the � rst touchdown of Saturday’s game on a 4-yard run to give UNT a 9-0 lead. UNT lost in overtime.
Team distraught after victory turns to ‘knife-in-the-heart’ loss
PHOTO BY MELISSA BOUGHTON / PHOTOGRAPHER
Danielle Tarver, a psychology junior, said she loves the kitchen in her o� -campus apartment. When she lived in Legends Hall, she said she only had a kitchenette without a full-size refrigerator.
BY MELISSA BOUGHTONStaff Writer
After two years of living in the dorms at UNT, Danielle Tarver decided to move into an off-campus apartment that was cheaper than on-campus housing.
Tarver, a psychology junior, said she moved to Legends Hall for her second year of school after having a bad living experience in Maple Hall her first year.
“We were trying to figure out what budget we could easily be working off of and we definitely wanted something cheaper than what was at the dorms,” she said of her and her roommate.
UNT students must spend their first year in the dorms.
Students have three choices for the type of dorm they live in: economy, standard or newer halls. However, when a required meal plan is factored in, the outcome is not cheap in any case.
On-campus convenience Tarver moved to Legends Hall
for her second year of school after having a bad living experience in Maple Hall her first year, she said.
Legends Hall is considered a newer hall on-campus and is more expensive than the economy and standard halls.
Students can choose a private room or a semi-private room and a five- or seven-day meal plan. A student who chooses a private room and a five-day meal plan will pay a total of $3718.68 per semester.
For two semesters the total cost would be $7437.36, or $826.37 a month for a nine-month academic year.
Kerr Hall is the biggest resi-
dence on-campus and houses more than 1000 students. The dorm is considered a standard hall and is priced a little cheaper than the newer halls.
Jordan James, a history freshman and Kerr Hall resident, said she enjoys the convenience of living on-campus and it is worth the extra money.
Students who decide to bunk up in Kerr Hall with a five-day meal plan pay $3073.68 per semester. For the academic year the total would be $6147.36, or $683.04 per month.
“I’m perfectly fine living here because everything is taken care of,” James said. “I don’t know any really major cons about living here.”
Students who live on-campus have all their bills included in the cost of the dorm.
Money, space determine housing choices
Agreement ties UNT to Turkey
gave the Bobcats the ball on the 1-yard line for the game winning 2-point conversion, finalizing the loss for UNT in its second-ever overtime game.
UNT’s defense led the way for the second week by allowing 232 yards of total offense, sacking the Bobcats’ quarterbacks four times and forcing three first half turnovers.
Royce Hill, an undeclared sophomore, contributed with an interception and fumble recovery and Nwigwe lead the team with 15 tackles.
They handed the Mean Green offense the ball inside Ohio’s 37-yard line after all three turn-overs, but managed to score just 10 points.
“We felt like we really controlled the game,” Hill said. “We just missed some oppor-tunities.”
The offense had turnover problems, giving the ball away four times while the Bobcats kept it out of the end zone twice on the 1-yard line.
Leading the charge offensively for UNT was Cam Montgomery, a senior running back amd post-graduate student, who contributed 113 total yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead score in the second overtime.
“The offensive line did a great job clearing the way,” Montgomery said. “We believed in ourselves, and we proved that we can come back from adver-sity.”
UNT goes on the road to challenge the No. 4 team in the nation, the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, Saturday.
It will have to do without its starting quarterback as Riley Dodge has been ruled out for next week.
Todd Dodge knows it takes more than one player to make or break the Mean Green.
“This team has come a long way in learning how to win,” Todd Dodge said. “This foot-ball team is starting to become a team.”
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The Right Housing in the Wrong Economy
Part 1 of a series
Zirve University is in the city of Gaziantep in southeast Turkey.
NewsPage 2 Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Shaina Zucker & Courtney RobertsNews Editors
Six events offer chance to celebrate heritageBY AMBER ARNOLDSenior Staff Writer
UNT and the Denton commu-nity are celebrating diversity by observing Hispanic heritage month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 and holding different events.
The first of these events, ¡Carnaval!, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Library Mall.
CarnavalCarnaval is an annual event
to celebrate Spanish-speaking cultures from around the world, said Cara Walker, student services coordinator in the multicultural center.
The event is open to all students. Each attendee is given a mock passport and “travels” to different booths created by students to represent Spanish-speaking countries.
The UNT sponsored event will provide food, a dance perfor-mance by Grupo Pakal and attendees will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win an iPod.
“Carnaval was created to educate the UNT commu-nity about different cultures,” Walker said. “It’s interactive, and it’s meant to give everyone, not just Hispanic organizations, the ability to participate.”
ArtesaniaOn Thursday, Sept. 24, UNT and
Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority will co-sponsor the Artesania event to teach attendees about different types of Hispanic art, including piñatas, Mexican sun-faces and Zapotec rug paintings, according to a press release.
Attendees will have the chance to better understand the process
of creating the different types of artwork.
Members of the sorority will be there to interact with partici-pants. Artesania is a free event and is open to everyone.
Fiesta on the SquareT h e D e nt on C ou nt y
Courthouse-on-the-Square is hosting the 8th annual Fiesta on the Square from 6 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 25 to continue the month-long celebration.
In its first year, the celebra-tion began as an exhibit that the Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce put together, Jorge Urbina, the chamber’s chairman, said.
After the success of the event, it was decided that it would become a bigger celebration in the following years.
Urbina said the festival is unlike most others, because it is meant to be family-friendly, alcohol-free and nonprofit.
The courthouse will serve as the backdrop for music, dancing and visual arts all performed by students in the Denton commu-nity.
Urbina said he expects 2,000 to 2,500 attendees at the festival.
Fiesta on the Square is free for everyone because of dona-tions and grants from the Greater Denton Arts Council, DATCU and Wal-Mart.
World FestFiesta on the Square will kick-
off the weekend-long diversity celebration. World Fest, also started by the Denton Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 26.
World Fest will be similar to
Fiesta on the Square. However, it will incorporate a more diverse population of residents and students and include a parade.
“We have such a diverse popu-lation in Denton because of inter-national students, and we should celebrate that,” Urbina said.
La Vida DentonNetworking is the focus of La
Vida Denton, now in its 5th year, Urbina said.
At La Vida Denton, held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 8, residents new to the Denton area will be welcomed by different univer-
sity administrators, commu-nity organizations and Denton leaders.
The Denton County Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with student life organizations from UNT, Texas Woman’s University and North Central Texas College to cosponsor the event.
The visual arts center will serve as a neutral point to give students the opportunity to network across Denton.
“First, and foremost, we want everyone to be successful,” Urbina said. “This event will let
them know that we’re here to help them.”
Celebracion BanquetTo cap off Hispanic Heritage
month, UNT’s multicultural center will host the Celebracion Banquet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13.
The banquet will honor accomplished people of the Hispanic culture, Walker said.
Laura Morales, founder of Energize Your Outlook, will give the keynote speech at the event.
The speech will go along with UNT’s Division of Institutional
Equity and Diversity and Multicultural Center’s “Strength is in Unity” theme.
The formal event is open to everyone, and admission is free with a school supply donation to Interfaith Ministries.
“The celebrations during Hispanic Heritage month are not just limited to Hispanic culture,” Urbina said. “We have a much more diverse population, and we’re celebrating the oppor-tunities we’ve got from having students from all over the world attending our universities.”
Sharon Miller, residence-life coordinator, said students who live on campus have resources available to them and a well-trained staff to answer their questions.
Students who live on-campus also have the opportunity to be members of Residents Engaged in Academic Learning commu-nities within the dorms.
The on-site learning program brings together students of the same major or program for learning opportunities outside the classroom.
The dorms on-campus host several events for residents that encourage them to make connec-tions with other students and stay involved in the university.
“We are able to do a lot of those kinds of really neat things that aren’t available at the apartments around Denton,” Miller said.
Choosing to leave the nest
As students finish their required year in the dorms, they face the question of whether to return to campus or move off-campus and live in an apartment or house.
Factors that students consider when deciding to leave or stay on-campus include finances, bills, parking, roommates and privacy.
Tarver said money played the biggest role in her decision to move off-campus.
“If you figure in how much it costs to live in Legends on top of having a five-day meal plan, you’re looking at paying about $800 dollars a month,” she said.
Tarver said the total cost per month in her two-bedroom apartment is $750. She lives at Bonnie Green apartments and the rent includes $20 for water and $15 for Internet.
Tarver shares her apartment with a roommate, bringing her total cost per month to $392.50.
“It’s a whole heck of a lot
cheaper than $800 a month,” she said. “So, we can put that extra money toward groceries, and we don’t have to pay for parking.”
A two-bedroom apartment off campus will cost between $600 and $800 per month.
Apartments that are not considered student housing are not furnished and do not usually include utilities, cable, Internet and water.
Some apartments will offer cable, Internet, water or utilities, but not always together unless they advertise “all bills paid.”
Another factor that students have to consider when deciding to live off-campus is cooking and buying groceries.
Tarver said she spends $50 to $100 a week on groceries, but that she enjoys cooking and having a full kitchen of her own.
Students who decide to take on the responsibility of living off-campus will trade a 10’3’’ by 14’6’’ room that is shared with someone else for several square
Apartments give freedom, require responsibilityfeet that allow for separate spaces including bedrooms, bathrooms, a living area, dining room and kitchen.
The draw for many students to off-campus housing is the freedom to choose whether or not to use extension cords and other items forbidden in dorms.
“We can have candles,” Tarver said excitedly. “We can put holes in the walls, we can hang stuff up and we have so much more storage space now.”
Miller said most of the students that move off-campus are the ones that didn’t want to live on-campus in the first place and that the community standards in the dorms are not what everyone wants to follow.
Decisions, decisionsStudents that have the decision
to live on- or off-campus have a lot of factors to consider before taking action.
Students who are looking purely at the money aspect find that, in most cases, it is cheaper to live off-
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campus, but they give up certain luxuries to do so.
Miller said she would encourage students making this decision to really do their research and to think about the convenience of
living on-campus.“K now what you’re up
against,” Tarver said. “Look at ever y thing because it’s not just rent that you have to pay.”
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNT MULTICULTURAL CENTER
CorrectionThe Daily published the
column “Alumna competes in Project Runway” on the views page of the Sept. 8 issue. The portrait attached to the story is not a photo of the author, merchan-
dising senior Dominique Williams. The portrait is of Amber Jones, an undeclared junior who also writes for the opinion-editorial page. The editorial staff apologizes for this mistake.
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A dancer from Ballet de Folklorico of Fort Worth performs during UNT’s “¡Carnaval!” in 2008.
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Arts & LifeTuesday, September 15, 2009 Page 3
Kip MooneyArts & Life Editor
BY STEPHANIE DANIELSStaff Writer
India n f lut ist Sur ma ni Srinivasan, the first Fulbright S chol a r-i n-Re sidenc e i n the College of Music, wil l perform his first concert for the UNT community today.
Ma r y Ka ren C la rdy, a regents professor i n t he Col lege of Mu sic, made Srinivasan’s concert and stay possible by putting together a grant through the Fulbright Scholar program.
“I hope this produces an increased awareness of world music and importance of music from another country,” she said.
Srinivasan will spend two full semesters as an in-resi-dence scholar at UNT.
According to the Fulbright Web site, the program was designed to increase mutual u nder s t a nd i ng b et w e en people of the United States and people of other coun-tries.
As well as serving as guest
professor at Banaras Hindu University, Srinivasan has received the Government of India Cultural Scholarship for Hindustani f lute and an award from the government of India for research about performance techniques.
“I wou ld l i ke to teach bamboo f lute to students and I would l ike them to improve a nd per form on stage,” Srinivasan said.
Srinivasan is highly skilled in two types of Indian music: Hindustani, which is t he music of nort hern India, and Carnatic, considered the music of southern India.
H i s per for ma nc e w i l l incorporate both styles of music, first the Hindustani using a long bamboo f lute and then the Carnatic style u si ng a sma l ler i n st r u-ment.
Srinivasan is planning on lecturing not only to music students, but also to all types of classes. This gives him a chance to work outside of his
expertise.Sr i n iv a sa n sa id he i s
excited about his first perfor-mance at UNT because it will mark the beginning of his stay.
He will be performing with two student percussionists who will be improvising their entire performance rather than practicing a particular beat together.
“I w a nt to t ha n k t he students and faculty, espe-cially Professor Clardy for having me,” he said.
Srinivasan’s lectures to UNT music students w i l l per ta i n ma i n ly to f lute,
ethnomusicology and global percussion classes.
Clardy is expecting a large turnout and huge amount of interest, especially from f lutists, percussionists and World of Music classes.
Srinivasan’s debut perfor-mance is free and will take place at 8 tonight in the Music Building Recital Hall.
“I hope t h is broadens students’ musical perspec-tive,” Clardy said. “Anyone in the College of Music will expand their own musical experience through hearing a n a r t i st f rom a not her musical culture.”
BY JESSICA PAULIntern
With the addition of the new Web site OrgSync, college organizat ions are able to connect and communicate easier.
T he Au st i n-ba se d site pr ov ide s r e s ou r c e s a nd features to help manage the tasks of on-campus organi-zations, including member communication.
OrgSync’s goal, according to its Web site, is to “provide the ultimate online networking and member management service.”
The site has been ver y helpf u l i n ma nag i ng t he group, says Tar yn Warren, an information technology junior and associate member educator of the Talons, a spirit and service organization.
“We now have a central-ized place to manage all of our tools like our files, photos and member profiles,” Warren said.
Warren believes the site is more helpful to organizations than sites such as Facebook.
Some g roups have just begun to assimilate to the new site.
E m i l y S c h w a r t i n g , a communications design senior and Photography Club presi-dent, believes the site will help officers of organizations.
“We’ll be able to upload all of our important docu-ments and contacts and won’t have to worry about handing around paperwork which ends up getting lost.”
Schwarting said she and the officers have not used the site much, but they hope to spend more time with it during the next few weeks.
“Hone st l y, we haven’t started using the site as much as we would like to just yet,” Schwarting said. “Our next meeting is coming up, and we’re hoping to show our members how to keep up with what the club is doing by using OrgSync.”
The site has been adver-tised by with signs near the University Union.
The school adopted the program earlier this year, and a variety of the active clubs at UNT are joining the site’s thousands of members.
But some say the site is not perfect.
Schwarting said the site should be able to transfer i n for mat ion over to t he popu la r net work i ng site, Facebook.
“I wish the site could stream everything over to Facebook,” Schwarting said. “OrgSync offers Facebook Connect, but that only shows what I am
doing, not what the club is doing.”
The site has implemented Facebook Connect in an effort to make OrgSync more acces-sible by making some infor-mation and features available through the social networking site.
Although the application gives students t he abi l it y to join an organization and respond to group invitations, the OrgSync site does not allow complete connection between the two Web sites.
Schwa r t i ng w ishes t he site could give off icers the option of adding events to the OrgSync calendar and have them automatical ly trans-ferred to Facebook as event listings.
The Photography Club pres-ident says the site improves upon past Web sites the club has used.
“Compared to the old orga-nization management system, it’s way easier to get around and look at,” she said. “The Web design doesn’t make me gag.”
Some students on campus are still unaware of the site.
Sasha Tulley, a hospitality management sophomore, had never heard of the site.
She said OrgSync would be beneficial to groups since ever y group’s information would be in one single place, and the site would be most helpful to organizations with an online account.
“It would give groups one similar location to get infor-mation and be a great way to team up with other organi-zations with common inter-ests.”
Tulley is a member of the Sigma A lpha sororit y and t h i n k s t he g roup wou ld benefit with an account on OrgSync.
“We could advertise charity events and get help from other groups like ours,” she said. “Overall, it would be a great way to stay informed and connected.”
S c h w a r t i n g b e l i e v e s OrgSync will not become a trend anytime soon and will be used more often by officers than members.
“I don’t see it getting too big with the general student public anytime soon. We have so many things to sign into these days such as e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, myUNT, and E-Campus that adding another social network to the mix seems unlikely.”
Warren, however, believes the site has promise.
“I think it has potential to become more popular but the support for this site is very small and they are limited on their technology which could cause some problems with growing in the future.”
For more information, visit www.orgsync.com.
New Web site aids UNT organizations
Flutist, scholar performs show“I hope this produces an
increased awareness of world music and importance of music
from another country.”—Mary Karen Clardy
Regents professor in the College of Music
Surmani Srinivasan, the � rst Fulbright scholar-in-residence for the College of Music, plays his long-string chikari � ute. He received the Government of India Cultural Scholarship for Hindustani � ute.
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BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer
For newer or more expe-rienced dancers looking to improve their moves, the Basic R hy t h m Da nce Compa ny promises to turn up the heat in any dancer’s step.
The student dance organi-zation began in 2003 to give UNT dancers a hip-hop-based dance club and a new way to meet people.
The other dance groups on campus weren’t enough for those who wanted a newer, more modern type of dance, Shadae Rogers said, the Basic R hy t h m Da nce Compa ny president and applied arts and sciences senior .
“A l l we had were t he North Texas Dancers, and for students who didn’t have the time for that or wanted a different kind of dance, we wanted to make another team branch off from there,” Rogers said.
The group mixes mostly hip-hop with some jazz to create what Rogers ca l led entertaining and high-energy routines.
Not only do members serve as dancers, but they work as choreographers as well.
During weekly practices, the dancers get into pairs to plan two to eight steps of each dance, then as a whole the group pieces together every-one’s suggestions.
Rogers said this gives the
members more input a nd control over what they will perform.
Members bring different styles from their backgrounds, such as dri l l team, cheer-leading a nd ba l let, Ja mia Washington, an accounting senior and vice president of the group, said.
“We have a mi x ture of everything that just f lowed,” Washington said. “It works out so perfectly.”
T he tea m per for ms its themed dances at campus gatherings, f raternit y and sorority events, as well as at the spring show it hosts at the end of April, where they invite other organizations to reveal their talents.
Other than improving the dancers’ techniques, Rogers sa id a n aspect t he Basic R hy t h m Da nce Compa ny prides itself on is the bond the dancers create with each other.
“It is a lot different from other dance organizations because our unity is a lot stronger,” Rogers said. “It is not a business, but more like a family away from home.”
Washington said the hours they dedicate to the team help form the strong friendships the dancers share with each other.
“We created a sense of family because we had nobody but each other,” Washington said.
The Basic Rhythm Dance Company is also looking to expand its troupe with tryouts at 8 tonight in room 417 of the University Union.
Dancers should be willing
to commit about eight hours of rehearsal per week, Rogers s a id . Member s a re a l s o required to pay a $25 fee per semester for dance costumes and supplies.
Simonne Bailey, a fashion design freshman, is planning on trying out for the dance team since she did not get the chance to be a part of a team in high school.
Since the dance company focuses on hip-hop, Bailey said she thought it would be a good
Dance troupe o� ers members new rhythm
Basic Rhythm Dance Company members pose during a group photo shoot in spring 2009 semester. The group will hold tryouts for new dancers tonight at 8 in room 417 of the University Union. The group combines jazz and hip-hop styles.
PHOTO COURTESY OF DJ SMITH
Group features hip-hop style, seeks recruits
(MCT) – U2’s “360 Tour,” which made its North American debut Saturday at Chicago’s Soldier Field and stops at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Oct. 12, is a good old-fash-ioned stadium-rock extrava-ganza.
The numbers are staggering: Three 90-foot-tall custom-built stages containing a 54-ton cylindrical video screen and 500 personnel are being hauled around the country by a fleet of 189 trucks and buses.
In addition, the band is expected to pile up 70,000 miles jetting around the world by the time the 2-year tour concludes in 2010.
In part because U2 and its singer Bono have been outspoken on numerous social and polit-ical causes, the band drew criti-cism during its European tour for the environmental impact of such a massive undertaking.
A company that assesss environmental damage, www.carbonfootprint.com, estimates the tour will generate 65,000 tons in carbon emissions.
David Byrne blogged, “Those stadium shows may possibly
be the most extravagant and expensive ever: $40 million to build the stage and, having done the math, we estimate 200 semitrucks crisscrossing Europe for the duration. It could be professional envy speaking here, but it sure looks like, well, overkill, and just a wee bit out of balance given all the starving people in Africa and all.”
The band says it’s not ignoring those concerns.
In an interview with the BBC, guitarist the Edge said, “It’s probably unfair to single out rock ‘n’ roll. There’s many other things that are in the same cate-gory but, as it happens, we have a program to offset whatever carbon footprint we have.”
The Edge was vague on details, perhaps because the program is in its early stages. But U2 does have an environ-mental plan in place for the tour, which includes having tour promoter Live Nation pay for programs to offset the carbon impact, according to an envi-ronmentalist working with the tour.
Earlier this year, U2 and Live Nation hired greening company
MusicMatters and EFFECT Partners to accompany the tour and work on cutting emissions and other damaging side effects of staging big rock concerts.
The tour has cut the number of vehicles by 10 percent, MusicMatters Chief Executive Michael Martin said.
Other changes include having tour staff use canteens instead of disposable water bottles. Venues such as Soldier Field are being encouraged to use every-thing from environmentally friendly soap and toilet paper to offering discount parking for hybrid vehicles.
At the end of the tour, Martin and his team will offer a handful of proposals to the band and its promoter about how they can offset the environmental damage.
“There are myriad options at myriad price points, from $8 a ton to $25 a ton, in projects they can fund around the world to offset the carbon footprint,” Martin said. “Proceeds from the tour will be used to pay for these projects, which shows commendable responsibility on their part.”
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fit for her dancing style.“I want to get a chance to
see what the dancing world is like nowadays,” Bailey said. “I also want to make new friends and do things I haven’t done before.”
Bailey said she has been
preparing for the tryouts by freestyle dancing and prac-ticing choreography.
“Da ncing is one of my passions, so I have fun doing it,” Bailey said.
Male and female dancers from all backgrounds, body
types and experience levels a re welc ome to t r yout , Washington said.
“We are looking for people with potential and heart and someone who is willing to be dedicated to the team,” Washington said.
Bono performs during a concert at Chicago’s Soldier Field on Saturday. The “360 Tour” will stop in Arlington on Oct. 12.PHOTO COURTESY OF MCT
SportsTuesday, September 15, 2009 Page 5
Justin UmbersonSports Editor
Volleyball team earns first wins in ArkansasBY REMINGTON BIRDStaff Writer
The Mean Green volleyball team (2-8) earned its f irst two wins of the season over the weekend at the Arkansas Razorback Invitational, where UNT upset the University of Arkansas and Jacksonville State University to win second place in the tournament.
Middle blockers Brittany Brown, an interior design f re sh ma n, a nd Br it t a n i Youman, a communications junior, earned all-tournament honors.
Brown led the offense with 28 kills and Youman added 24 more along with 10 blocks.
“Obviously, we saw it in the results, but I think the biggest thing was, mentally wise, we worked through some situa-tions that we struggled with the last couple of weeks,” head coach Cassie Headrick said.
Mean Green vs. Kansas Jayhawks
The Mean Green fell in three straight sets in its first match of the tournament.
Kansas control led each set winning 25-15, 25-16 and 25-20.
UNT’s loss gave the team its eighth straight of the season a nd adva nced Ka nsas to 5-2.
Mean Green vs. Arkansas Razorbacks
UNT came out and lost the first set to the tournament-hosting Razorbacks 25-14, but the Mean Green came back in the second set and dominated Arkansas 9-25.
The teams then exchanged sets, with Arkansas winning the third 25-19 and the Mean Green taking the fourth 21-25, which sent the match into the fifth and final set.
The fifth set was a back and forth battle until outside h it ter Mad i s on Ba r r, a biology sophomore, hit the game-winning shot to give the Mean Green the set at 17-19 and its first win of the season.
“I think Arkansas was the biggest win for us,” Brown said. “We just had the deter-mination this time that no one is going to beat us. We just felt it.”
T he w i n wa s a lso t he f i rst v ictor y aga i nst t he Razorbacks in UNT school history and the first against a South East Conference oppo-nent since 1994.
“It just a l l of a sudden cl icked w it h ou r tea m,” Youman said. “I think losing that first game really hit a ner ve on us in the match against Arkansas.”
UNT vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks
The Mean Green won its last game in straight sets. Jacksonville State fell 23-25, 20-25 and 21-25 to
give UNT its second win of the season and second place in the tournament.
“We were just tired of losing, and the spark just hit,” Youman said. “
Headrick said no single thing sparked the Mean Green’s first two wins.
UNT’s next games will be at the Comfort Suites Bearkat Classic in Huntsville, where they will
take on Central Michigan, Sam Houston State, and Lamar.
UNT has not lost to Sam Houston State or Lamar univer-sities since Headrick has been head coach.
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BY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer
Dealing with torrential rainfall all weekend, the UNT soccer team played consecutive games on Friday and Saturday, defeating Baylor University 2-1 while falling to Prairie View A&M University 1-0.
The Mean Green defeated the then-undefeated Baylor Bears on Friday night, but less than 18 hours later returned to the field to lose to the winless Prairie View A&M Panthers.
Friday against Baylor University:
Continuing its success against the Big 12 Conference, the Mean Green (4-2-0) defended its home turf with a 2-1 win against the Bears (3-1-2).
The victory was win number 200 for head coach John
Hedlund, who was drenched in Powerade by the Mean Green players in celebration of the milestone.
“He’s been a great coach since the day I arrived here,” midfielder Kendall Juett, a soci-ology senior, said. “Knowing how dedicated he is to the game and our team only makes us want to win even more.”
A fast start gave UNT the early lead, as forward Michelle Young, an undeclared freshman, scored in the third minute off Juett’s second assist of the year.
“Wel l it wa s a not her outstanding win this year against a very solid Baylor team,” Hedlund said.
The Bears bounced back after a 45-minute lightning strike delay, putting pressure on the Mean Green defense by outshooting UNT 10-0 until the
end of the half. Lotto Smith evened up the
score for Baylor in the 18th minute, putting her third goal of the season past goalkeeper Mandy Hall, a history junior.
Despite missing defenders Kara Brooks, an undeclared sophomore, and Lauren Shockey, a journalism senior, the Mean Green defense held strong, only allowing one goal.
“I’m very proud of my team’s overall performance. It was a total team effort and obviously the 200 wins means so much to me, especially reaching that number by beating a very worthy opponent in Baylor,” Hedlund said.
Young’s second goal in the 49th minute proved to be the difference, as the forward scored from 20 yards out to secure the lead.
“Michelle Young came through huge and scored two great goals for us,” Hedlund said.
For the first time this season the Mean Green failed to have more shots than its opponent, as the Bears outshot the team 18-9.
Saturday against Prairie A&M University:
Heavily favored to defeat the struggling Panthers (1-4-0), the Mean Green fell short of expecta-tions and was defeated 1-0.
Downpours of rain continued throughout the contest, making the weather a factor.
UNT had plenty of opportu-nities, outshooting the Panthers 22-5 and 15-1 on goal with a penalty kick awarded after Juett was taken down in front of the net.
Forward Kelsey Perlman, a
Rainy weather drenches Mean Green’s expectations
Forward James Singleton staying with the Dallas MavericksDallas (AP) — The Dallas
Mavericks are keeping forward James Singleton and getting rid of guard Greg Buckner.
Singleton, a restricted free agent, looked a round but decided to stick with Dallas since he already has a year invested w it h coach Rick Carlisle and his system. The 6-foot-8 Singleton showed his versatility by playing every position but point guard last season. He also averaged 5.1
In preparation for its Friday game against the University of Kansas, the volleyball team goes through serving drills during practice Wednesday.
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journalism sophomore, shot wide right to as the Mean Green failed to take the lead.
The w inning goal came from Angelica Diaz in the 77th minute off an assist from Mayra Castillo.
Panthers goalkeeper Jessica Garcia kept the Mean Green
of fense in check, holding the team scoreless with 15 saves.
The team returns to action this weekend when it travels to Ohio to play t he Ohio State Universit y Buckeyes and the Xav ier Universit y Musketeers.
points and 4 rebounds per game, with six starts.
“We are excited to bring James back into the fold for next season,” said Donnie Nelson, the team’s president of basketba l l operat ions.
“His tireless work ethic and locker-room presence were a large part of our success last year.”
Buckner’s departure was no surprise.
A 1998 draftee who already
has had two stints with the Mavs, Bucker arrived as part of the four-team trade that brought Shawn Marion to Dallas in July. The Mavericks were hoping to use his buyout-friendly contract (due only $1
million on a $4 million deal) as part of a trade, but let him go Monday so he can have time to get invited to another team’s training camp.
“Given our depth at that position, coupled with the
nu m b e r of g u a r a nt e e d contracts, there is simply no room on our roster,” Nelson said.
Dallas has 16 guaranteed contracts, one more than is allowed during the season.
Allow me to preface this rant by saying that I don’t mind a little crowd jeering, the occasional curse word when a bad penalty is called or shouting when things simply go the wrong way for the home team.
It’s part of being a passionate fan and sports enthusiast.
However, what I saw and heard at the UNT Football game over the weekend was absolutely embarrassing.
The student section on numerous occasions yelled obscenities at various players
for the Ohio University football team, cursed at the referees, and overall acted like immature teen-agers.
These actions weren’t just limited to a few out-of-line students, either. In fact, the majority of the students partook in this behavior.
I’ve talked to various students since then and found that it has been like this for as long as they could remember.
My response to this is, “Why?” Why do we have to act like buffoons to cheer for
our team? Why do we have to make ourselves look like fools in front of parents, alumni and the opposing team?
The answer is simple: We don’t. There is no need for such behavior and I can only hope that these actions will be addressed by school officials to avoid such antics in the future.
UNT is making strides toward gaining the attention it deserves and if this type of unsportsman-like conduct continues it will undoubtedly cast a negative light on the university as a whole.
Adam Rodriquez is a history junior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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I am incredibly disappointed with the NT Daily’s coverage of the forum “Socialism: What It Is & Why We Need It” that took place Wednesday.
The report, in its entirety, consisted of a misrepresentation of the speaker’s use of a rotting apple to demonstrate how society is always changing and also the fact that the speaker was asked to slow down.
Is that all the reporters felt was worth mentioning, or is that just all that the editors felt was worth printing?
The Daily failed to mention the 60 or so people in attendance.
There was no mention of the lively but orderly 45-minute discussion that went on after the presentation in which views from both the right and the left were expressed and debated.
There was discussion about
the old authoritarian so-called “socialist” regimes of Stalin and Mao, the role of the small businessman in the Marxist dichotomy of struggle between worker and capitalist, and why conservatives want to label the new president a “socialist.”
The participation at the forum shows that there are students and employees of this university that are genuinely interested in a real discussion about socialism.
There was no mention of how throughout its first year at UNT the International Socialist Organization has been one of the most active and visible groups on campus and has tons of supporters as well as detrac-tors.
The report had no real infor-mation about the organization or the socialism forum at all.
If the reporters stuck around,
they would have found a large number of people taking the discussions outside and down the street to a local bar for several more hours.
They would have met one of many military veterans who support the group.
They would have learned that 55 people attended the last forum about the democracy movement in Honduras by an organization member who was just there and they would have learned that there will be one forum on a global issue every month while school is in session.
They also would have learned that the member of the audience that asked the speaker to slow down, thus supposedly “missing the message,” was actually a supporter of the organization who got the message loud and clear and just wanted the speaker
to slow down.I know the paper needs room
for the Sudoku/Crossword section and for advertisements about football games, but when 60 students gather to have a debate about politics and the student newspaper can only find room to mention how fast one of them spoke, I say that an injustice to journalism has been perpe-trated.
For anyone who is actually interested in the content and implications of the socialism forum Wednesday night, I recom-mend you contact the ISO at [email protected]’d love to hear from you.
Jason Netek is an anthro-pology senior, an employee at Willis Library and a self-described socialist. He can be reached at [email protected].
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UNT athletes endure rain-soaked triathlon
Federer falls in U.S. Open
UNT Triathlon Club member Morgan Johnson finishes the 300-meter swim of the Old College Triathlon. The club had about 15 members compete in the race Sunday at the Pohl Recreation Center.
Benjamin Drezek, a history senior and a member of The UNT Triathlon club, transitions to the run course after finishing the bike course. Drezek placed first overall in the Old College Triathlon with a time of 1 hour and 36 seconds.
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Despite wet and slick condi-tions, a total of 150 athletes, including students from UNT and other colleges, alumni and other non-competitors, finished the Old College Triathlon on Sunday in Denton.
T h e U N T - h o s t e d triathlon started at 7 a.m. with a 300-meter swim in the Pohl Recreation Center, followed by a 16-mile bike ride on Airport Road
and finished with a five kilometer run around the campus.
10 to 15 members of the UNT triathlon club competed, including president Amanda Poland, a kinesiology senior.
Some racers were concerned about how the rain would affect the race, but Poland didn’t seem to let it faze her.
“You just don’t air up your tires as much, so that you have a little more tread—the biggest factor was the wind coming back on
Airport Road and going up the hill,” Poland said. “Other than the wind, it was basically perfect.”
Ben Drezek, a history senior and winner of the triathlon, said he wasn’t bothered by the damp weather either. Drezek beat Michael Wilkinson of Texas A&M University by 25 seconds, with a time of 1:00:36.
“I raced last weekend for a similar distance and that was two or three minutes slower. I think it’s worse when it gets
pretty hot and last weekend it was pretty hot—the rain is good for the run,” Drezek said.
At the end of the race, the racers were met with cheers, medals and pancakes.
Dallas Athletes Racing, which puts together about eight events per year, ran the event, spon-sored by Vitamin Water and Gallo Wine.
Tom Ryan, owner of the company, created the public announcements, kept the
Number First Name Last Name Gender Final38 Benjamin Drezek Male 1:00:365 Corey Dennis Male 1:10:003 Andrew Sears Male 1:12:09103 Anteaus Harris Male 1:12:23251 Chris Krueger Male 1:12:49
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New York (AP) — Always so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emotions and his matches, Roger Federer amaz-ingly let the U.S. Open champi-onship slip from his grasp.
Two points from victory against inexperienced, unher-alded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, from a sixth consec-utive title at Flushing Meadows and a record-extending 16th Grand Slam t it le overa l l, Federer, quite simply, fell apart Monday.
He ra i led at t he cha ir umpire. His legs grew weary. His double-faults mounted. He could not figure out a way to stop the 6-foot-6 del Potro from pounding forehand after fore-hand past him. In a result as shocking for who lost as how it happened, the sixth-seeded del Potro came back to win his first Grand Slam title by upsetting the No. 1-seeded Federer 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
“Maybe I look back and have some regrets about it,” said Federer, never before beaten by anyone other than Rafael Nadal in a major final. “But, you know, you can’t have them all and can’t always play your best.”
He had won 40 consecutive matches at Flushing Meadows. He had won 33 of his previous 34 Grand Slam matches. And he has made the final at 17 of the past 18 Grand Slam tourna-ments, 21 overall.
Del Potro? This was the 20-year-old’s first Grand Slam final, and he was 0-6 against Federer until now. But after ha nding Nada l t he most
lopsided loss of his Grand Slam career in the semifinals Sunday, del Potro came back the next day and rattled Federer.
“I would like to congratulate Juan Martin on an unbelievable tournament. I had a great one myself, too,” Federer said, “but he was the best.”
That’s some compliment.Somehow, del Potro never
seemed intimidated by the setting or the man many consider the greatest tennis player in history.
The usually unf lappable Federer argued with chair umpire Jake Garner during a changeover, using a profanity and saying, “Don’t tell me to be quiet, OK? When I want to talk, I talk.”
He also got steamed while up a set and serving at 5-4 in the second. Del Potro tried a forehand passing shot that was called wide, but he challenged,
and the replay system showed he was right. Federer kept glancing at the mark the shot left on the blue court, even into the next game, and del Potro wound up stealing the set.
“That one cost me the match, eventually,” Federer said.
Del Pot ro, mea nwh i le, managed to have the time of his young life, high-fiving front-row fans after winning one point, and reveling in the soccer-style serenades of “Ole!” ringing through the stadium.
“When I would have a dream, it was to win the U.S. Open, and the other one is to be like Roger. One is done,” del Potro said during the on-court cere-mony.
Then, addressing Federer directly, del Potro added: “I need to improve a lot to be like you. I’d like to congratu-late you for fighting till the last point.”
Photo courtesy of ed betz/NewsdAy/MctSwitzerland’s Roger Federer returns to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during the U.S. Open on Sunday at Arthur Ash Stadium in the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
Amanda Poland, club president, runs through the rain to get to the finish line in the Old College Triathlon. The triathlon consisted of a 300-meter swim, 16-mile bike course and a 3.1-mile run.
crowd entertained and the runners motivated with constant vivacity.
“You get people that are doing it for the very first time and they get a real high out of it. It’s phys-ical, full of adrenaline and endor-phins. They like it. It’s the sense of accomplishment and seeing it,” Ryan said.
UNT’s triathlon club is set to
compete at nationals in April in Lubbock, where it hopes to place. The club is still welcoming new recruits.
“It’s a great way to keep off the ‘freshman fifteen.’ It’s a lot of fun and it’s a way to get your endor-phins going,” Poland said.
F o r m o r e i n f o r m a -tion, call Amanda Poland at 930-720-5099.
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