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Thursday, March 3, 2011Volume 97 | Issue 23
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BY NICOLE BALDERASStaff Writer
Activists on both sides of the abortion debate are raising their voices on a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would deny funding to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
President Barack Obama has promised to veto the Pence Amendment, approved Feb. 18 as part of a new spending bill, if it passes the Democratically-controlled Senate. But the House’s approval of the amendment nicknamed the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” has thrust abortion back into the national spotlight.
If passed, the amendment would cut all of the $317 million in federal funding received by the nonprofit organization annually.
“It’s going to cut funding for preventive health care for millions of people,” said Holly Morgan, the communications and media relations director for Planned Parenthood in Dallas. “A lot of people label this as concerning abortion, but neither federal funds nor tax dollars ever go toward abortions.”
Planned Parenthood has 28 clinics in North Texas, and provides care to more than 90,000 people a year, she said. The Planned Parenthood in Denton does not provide abortions.
Morgan said the cuts will affect the organization’s ability to provide clients with services such as mammo-grams, pap smears, birth control, family planning services and STD testing for men and women.
Ted Hatch, a member of the UNT anti-abortion orga-nization Eagles for Life, said he’s in favor of the amend-ment.
“Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the U.S.,” said Hatch, an engi-neering senior. “The Pence Amendment is a good thing because it removes Title 10 from Planned Parenthood. There are plenty of other alternative clinics that could be used, like the White Rose in downtown Dallas. They give pregnancy screenings, and provide support for after the baby is born.”
Both sides show supportThe Walk for Choice 2011
was held Saturday in Dallas, and brought out more than 300 people who opposed to the amendment.
Organizer of the Dallas walk and president of UNT’s Inter nat iona l Socia l ist Organization, Brit Schulte walked to show support.
“It’s absolutely the most outright fault on women’s rights, so we’re meeting that with full force. Our slogan is ‘We have a voice, we have a choice,’” said Schulte, an English senior. “For so long, women have had to deal with second rate medical care, especially poor working class women. We’re trying to rein-vigorate the struggle.”
BY ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY & DANA WALKERStaff Writer & Intern
About 100 students gath-ered on the campus green Wed nesday a f ter noon to voice their dissatisfaction with proposed budget cuts and what they said was a lack of student representation at UNT.
T h e S t u d e n t s f o r a Democratic Society, a national student advocacy group that promotes increased represen-tation for students on college campuses, sponsored t he rally as part of National Day of Action.
“The ultimate goal is to be able to have some sort of [student] organization that has binding power to have decision making or having the decision making power in the UNT administration,” said Will Wooten, a public admin-istration graduate student and member of the organization.
The protest came a day after UNT President V. Lane Rawlins held a public hearing to address concerns over a recently announced proposal to increase tuition.
The proposal would add an additional $118 per 15 semester credit hours to students’
tuition and generate more than $6 million to offset expected state budget cuts.
Organizers of the ra l ly displayed large posters of what they depicted as a deci-sion hierarchy, with draw-ings, charts and graphs of the tuition increases, and photos of other international budget
protests.Wooten said he doesn’t feel
well represented by the current university system.
“Right now what we have is the SGA, which has no binding power whatsoever. A vote in the SGA literally means nothing,” he said.
Wooten said the SGA doesn’t actually make change, because the administration can easily over turn its decisions.
“We feel like the students, the workers and the faculty
have to work together to be able to advocate for them-selves,” Wooten said. “We hope in the future we will be able to set up this network of people to be able to do that.”
He said he wants the SGA to listen to students’ opinions and fight for them.
Christopher Walker is the
SGA senator for the College of Music. He said the group’s frustration was misguided.
“The dismay shouldn’t be against the school admin-istrat ion,” said Wa lker, a composition senior. “It should be aimed toward the state Legislature.”
Students protest for representationMike Coleman, a member of the Students for a Democratic Society and applied arts and science senior, helps Baraka Waweru, an international relations senior, sign up on the group’s e-mail list.
PHOTO ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEY/STAFF WRITER
Bill denies Planned Parenthood funding
“It’s going to cut funding for
preventative healthcare for
millions.”—Holly Morgan,
Planned Parenthood
BY MEGAN RADKEStaff Writer
In response to mounting c onc er n s of c ont a m i n a-t ion in Nort h Texas, UNT researchers are gathering data for a study that would identify and measure environmental impacts of Barnett Shale gas drilling.
The Barnett Shale bedrock has been a potential energy source for the region since natural gas was discovered in the 1950s, but the shale remained largely untapped unti l recent developments in drilling technology made the resource more obtain-able. Since 2007, thousands of drilling permits have been issued in 17 North Texas coun-ties, with Denton as one of the most productive.
The UNT researchers will investigate the environmental, social and economic impacts the drilling has had on the area’s population.
David Sterling, the chair
UNT researchers study effects of gas drilling
An oilrig stands in Denton o� I-35 on the Payne Lease. It is owned by the HEP Oil Company, LTD.PHOTO BY SARA JONES/SENIOR STAFFER
of the env ironmenta l and occupational health depart-ment at t he UNT Hea lt h Science Center, is heading the project.
He said the study began la st yea r, a s resea rchers collected information about well locations, permitting,
dri l l ing dates, air quality, w a ste d i sposa l met hod s and community stress levels because of the drilling.
“It ’s a ver y la rge a nd compl ic ated dat a set to work w it h,” Sterl ing said. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
regulates the Barnett Shale and ensures that all natural gas-drilling operators have permits to show that regu-lations set by the agency are being met.
Michael Honeycutt, t he c om m i s sion’s tox ic olog y department manager, works
speci f ica l ly w it h mat ters c o n c e r n i n g Te x a s a i r quality.
Honeycut t sa id nat u ra l gas dri l l ing sites can have both positive and negative effects on the cities and areas surrounding them.
O n t he p o s it i v e s ide, Honeycutt said, the natural gas dri l l ing can boost the economy of an area. Negative effects of drilling most often include noise and traffic, as well as certain smells associ-ated with the natural gas.
K e i t h B r o w n , t h e program manager of UNT’s Center for the Study of the Interdisciplinarity, said the econom ic benef its of t he dri l l ing don’t mean much for many Denton residents. “The only people benefiting from this are the people who own the property,” he said. “They didn’t even hire people from Denton to work those wells. They brought in out-of-town workers.”
Brow n sa id he bel ieved the harmful environmental ef fects of t he dri l l ing are already apparent.
“We feel like the students, the workers and the faculty have to work together to be able to
advocate for themselves.”—Will Wooten,
Public affairs graduate student
Bill would strip $317 million
from nonprofit
Study will examine air,
soil and water
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Katie Grivna Arts & Life Editor [email protected]
Thursday, December 2, 2010
BY MARLENE GONZALEZIntern
On Friday, the shops off the Denton Square will stay open later than usual.
Denton will have its monthly First Friday on the Square and Industrial Street area.
Live music, sculptures, stained glass, appetizers and art will be available until 9 p.m. instead of the regular 6 p.m.
For First Friday, art galleries and businesses stay open longer to give shoppers an opportunity to admire and buy art.
Several communities and countries have their own First Friday or First Thursday each
Monthly event promotes art purchases in Denton
month, which is where the idea came from.
Shannon Drawe, a photogra-
pher and UNT alumnus, said he helped start Denton’s First Friday in in February 2010. He and his
wife, Leslie Kregel, thought it would be great to increase awareness of the communi-ty’s artistic talent and culture, Kregel said.
Drawe contacted sources and created the website first-fridaydenton.com to establish the event.
“First Friday has no boss, no president. I’m just in charge of the website and building it into something because I started it,” Drawe said.
Kregel’s business, Cimarrona, sells hats, scarves and warm clothing recycled from old clothes.
“What we hope is [to gain] a
little more visibility and have the public more aware of art culture in Denton that isn’t always recognized,” Kregel said.
Merchants join with artists to help promote art and busi-nesses. For example, an artist looking for a place to display his or her work could contact a coffee shop owner willing to host the artist, Kregel said.
Heath Robinson, a pharmacy junior, thinks the event will bring attention to the creativity the community has to offer.
“I think it’s a good way to increase the exposure of the arts in Denton,” Robinson said.
Robin Huttash owns A
Creative Art STUDIO, one of the businesses that has been a part of First Friday since it started.
Huttash said her main goal is providing music for the event each month.
On Friday, Alex Riegelman, a local guitarist and blues singer, will play in A Creative Art STUDIO.
Keri Zimlich, a journalism junior, said she thinks the event is a great opportunity to have fun.
“It’s not just one shop, but all the shops getting together to rekindle that love of art,” Zimlich said.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN
Robin Huttash, owner of A Creative Arts STUDIO, will participate in First Friday Denton. The studio will stay open until 9 p.m. on Friday.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/INTERN
Dance students perform “The Itch,” choreographed by dance senior Anna Olvera, at a rehearsal for the New Choreogra-phers Concert.
BY TARYN WALKERIntern
Months of hard work all come down to one night.
Senior dance students will display their original works on Friday for the first time at the New Choreographers Concert. The concert will start at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre in the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building.
General admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased at the box office, over the phone, at the door and in advance.
Students enrolled in dance professor Shelley Cushman’s senior projects class are required to choreograph or perform in the concert. They also can complete a research study in fieldwork.
“Their work is a culmination to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired through the course of their study,” Cushman said.
Cushman, the artistic director of the concert, is known for her background in dance. She
earned the 2010 University Dance Educator of the Year from the National Dance Association.
“They have to create a product, which the public is invited to see, and in this process they have to solve all of the problems they are given in order to create this work of art,” she said.
In the class, students learn about dynamics, unity, variety, content, form and theme, Cushman said.
From the 10 choreographed works at the concert, two dance pieces were chosen to represent UNT at the American College Dance Festival, including Amelia Wert’s “The Television is Watching Me Again” and Cassie Farzan Panah’s “Gravity of Deception.”
“I set out with this image of a motel. I was interested in doing something different,” Wert said. “I thought about the idea of why people would want to stay at a motel and wondered what they felt.”
Wert’s modern piece includes
nine dancers accompanied by focused lighting to make it seem as if they are each in their own motel room. Each dancer is isolated from the others and dances with minimalistic move-ment for a strong impact. The themes include love, loss, isola-tion and insomnia, which are overlaid by the glow of a tele-vision.
“It’s a good program. We have some amazing faculty that have really pushed us far,” Wert said.
All 56 dancers were chosen from the dance department by advanced choreography students. Some choreographers also decided to dance. Cushman allowed students to perform if they were up for the challenge.
Rachel Caldwell choreo-graphed “Certain Uncertainty” and is also performing in “Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner,” choreog raphed by A nna Womack.
In Caldwell’s choreography, dancers explore the experi-
Seniors to debut their dance works Friday
ence of being blind by wearing blindfolds. In 28 rehearsals, the four dancers adapted to their hearing and touching senses to help them through the modern piece. Caldwell also worked with music student Ryan Pivovar to compose a song of looped cello
harmonies. Caldwell said her piece is about
blindness as an experience, not a handicap.
“I was in my modern class last semester and we would lie on the ground and shut our eyes. I wondered if I could capture a
feeling of dance with touch and sound rather than with sight,” Caldwell said.
The concert will also be held at 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre. For more information, visit www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu.
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Friday, March 4thKnights/Northern Paradox/Like Bridges We Burn/One Red Martian-10:00pm @ Andy’s BarSundress/Manned Missles/Land Mammals/Skeleton Coast/Westboro Butchers-9:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafSnarky Puppy/Funky Knuckles-9:00pm @ Hailey’sWarren Hearne/Collin Herring-8:30pm @ The Hydrant Café
Saturday, March 5thInk Couch/Hold On To Your Ego/New Vestment/Joshua Sinai/The Deadpan Poets-10:00pm @ Andy’s BarTrey Johnson/Mingo Fishtrap-7:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafThe Virgin Wolves/Luke Wade and No Civillians/Scot Mulvahill-9:00pm @ Hailey’sHuman Growth Hormone-8:00pm @ The Hydrant Café
Sunday, March 6thGeorge Neal/Ryan Thomas Becker/Remy Le Boeuf-5:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafMaurice Davis Band/Blunt Force/FUnK NUg/M.V.-9:00pm @ Hailey’sSundown Collaborative Theater-7:30pm @ The Hydrant Café
Tuesday, March 8thElizabeth Cook-8:00pm @ Dan’s SilverleafYeaDef-10:00pm @ Hailey’s
Wednesday, March 9thMonte Montgomery-8:00pm @ Dan’s Silverelaf
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Josh Pherigo & Laura Zamora, News Editors [email protected]
Thursday, March 3, 2011
In the March 1 “Mean Green releases 2011 football schedule” brief, the Daily misidentified the locations of the games the UNT football team will compete in.
The correct schedule is:
Thursday, Sept. 1 at FIU*
Saturday, Sept. 10 Houston
Saturday, Sept. 17 at Alabama
Saturday, Sept. 24 Indiana
Saturday, Oct. 1 at Tulsa
Saturday, Oct. 8 Florida Atlantic*
Saturday, Oct. 15 at Louisiana-Lafayette*
Saturday, Oct. 22 ULM*
Saturday, Oct. 29 at Arkansas State*
Saturday, Nov. 12 at Troy*
Saturday, Nov. 19 Western Kentucky*
Saturday, Dec. 3 Middle Tennessee*
Correction
SGA budget yet to be approvedBY ISAAC WRIGHTSenior Staff Writer
The Student Government Association tabled approval of the organization’s Spring 2011 budget until next week’s meeting after some errors were noted on the version presented to the student senate.
The student senate did not approve the SGA budget two weeks ago because senators were concerned that executives were spending large amounts of money without approval from senators.
SGA Director of Internal Operations Jesus Romo presented a revised budget to senators that explained where SGA executives allocated $16,000 from the general fund this semester.
“The main conflict came from the general funds,” Romo said. “It was never allocated, so we never knew what was going on with that money. Those $16,000 that we had originally, we’ve dispersed over different departments.”
The new budget allocated $3,000 toward sponsoring
and cosponsoring events with other organizations — $2000 of which has been allocated for a philanthropic event with UNT’s Invisible Children charity. They also added another $5,000 to a fund that pays for SGA events. About $1,000 were allocated toward buying promotional items for the organization.
One of the largest new expenses added to the revised budget was $2,000 for SGA’s Legacy Ball, an event for SGA members and advisers taking place late in the semester.
“Mostly, it’s a ‘thank you’ for all the hard work you’ve been doing,” Romo said. “We’re trying to do something really spectacular.”
Romo said that they are still leaving about $10,000 for the next SGA administration.
During the presentation of the budget, some sena-tors noticed that some of the percentages and amounts on the overview of the budget did not match and made it appear as if the organization was running a deficit. Romo said that was not the case and the numbers were
incorrect. He said he would fix the problem and bring the budget back for approval at next week’s meeting.
Senators who had voiced issues with the budget two weeks ago said that the revised budget addressed many of their concerns.
“It’s much more clear and transparent now,” said College of Arts and Sciences Senator Joel Arredondo. “There are indi-vidual line items now for every purchase, and that’s what we wanted to see.”
Some senators were concerned the online budget would confuse most students. Senators suggested the budget include descriptions clarifying some of SGA’s spending.
“Since the executive staff is so supportive of being trans-parent, I think there are some line items where normal students would not know what they are,” said Whitley Poyser, the senator for the College of Business Administration. “I think there should be some footnotes in that kind of outline.”
Several UNT student orga-nizations joined the march, i n c l u d i n g t h e Fe m i n i s t M a j o r i t y L e a d e r s h i p Alliance.
Group president Jorda n Hughes said the cuts would take away health care options for women.
“ You c a n not s e p a r a t e abortion from health care,
because it is the same thing,” said Hughes, a psycholog y senior. “W hen you look at people who are pro-choice, they aren’t pro-abortion, and it shou ldn’t involve ot her people.”
Eagles for Life prov ided s upp or t i n f av or of t he a mendment a nd t he a nt i-abortion movement.
“We got together a group of people to go to Routh Street
Women’s Cl inic in Da l las, and we took part in a quiet v igi l outside,” Hatch said. “There were no signs. We just prayed outside for compas-sion and conversion of those women to decide to keep their child or put them up for adoption.”
Pla n ned Pa rent hood is headquartered in New York Cit y a nd ha s 10 reg iona l off ices in Texas.
Spending bill sparks abortion debate
“There might be a few taxes coming off of it, but even that is miniscule compared to the amount of problems generated from t he wel l, [such as] poisoning of the groundwater [and] poisoning of t he a ir,” Brow n sa id. Ed Ireland, the executive director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, said the commission inspectors visit drill sites unannounced to perform tests and inspec-tions to ensure operations are safe.
So far, state inspectors haven’t found serious envi-ronmental problems caused by the drilling, Honeycutt said, especially when compared to auto pollution in other areas of the state.
“It hasn’t had much of an adverse impact. Not hing approaching negative health effects, and it certainly can’t compare to air pollution in Houston,” Honeycutt said.
Researchers hope their study can provide a neutral analysis that outlines the social and environmental impacts the drilling has caused.
Analysis to detail e� ects of gas drilling
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Members of the SGA exec-ut ive bra nch traveled to Austin Wednesday to attend Capitol Day and speak with leg islators about U N T’s concerns, including budget cuts.
Graduate student Matt Liberio said he understands the pressure the university is under because of the budget
cuts, and knows the funding has to be covered.
“We can probably just sit back and become just some no-name state school but I think the university’s goal is to want to grow and expand and you’re going to have to increase,” Liberio said.
Lawmakers are expected to slash UNT’s funding by as much as $9 million for the next two years.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
By PaBlo arauzIntern
Last year, Invisible Children UNT raised more than $5,000 toward its cause to bring aware-ness of the Uganda war.
This year, the organization is hosting The Congo Tour, a docu-mentary screening of “Tony: Lose all Gain Everything,” at 7 p.m. tonight in the Lyceum.
Tony, who grew up in the war, will speak after the showing. An after party at The Garage will follow and proceeds will go toward to the organization. The cost is $5 for attendees who are under 21 and $1 for those who are over.
“It’s so easy to get wrapped up in grades, jobs and our own plans, but it is important to realize and remember that there are chil-dren, and students fighting for a voice and for an education,” said Stephanie Guadagnoli, a history and political science senior and member of the group.
The group is among a handful of other chapters in Texas chosen to have Tony as a guest speaker, said Janeth Ibarra, the president of the organization and a child development and family studies senior.
“Texas is only getting Tony because we don’t necessarily have the most screenings booked, but we’ve had the most successful screenings,” Ibarra said. “Which basically means [schools in] Texas have raised the most money.”
Group continues to make a difference
What: Tony: Lose all Gain Everything
When: 7 p.m. tonight
Where: Lyceum
Cost: Free
Gather to Gain
By alexa ChanContributing Writer
A new series allows the Denton community to experience live music every Thursday.
The Thursday Night Music Series is a nine-week program, showcasing various musical styles performed by the College of Music. The series begins at 7 p.m. tonight at UNT on the Square, and continues every T hu rsday t h roug h Apr i l . Admission is free.
“This gallery space is an art space, and what we were missing was music,” said Herbert Holl, the director of UNT on the Square. “This is a come-and-go series of concerts, where people can put it on their calendars and look forward to it.”
UNT on the Square provides Denton with an accessible and convenient way to hear live music, said John Murphy, the chair of the jazz studies depart-ment.
Murphy said he plays the tenor saxophone and will be apart of
What: Thursday Night Music on the Square
When: Every Thursday night March-April 7-9 p.m. (including Spring Break)
Where: UNT on the Square 109 N. Elm St. Denton, TX
Cost: Admission is free and open to the public
Jazzing up the Square
Music Series brings ‘variety and talent’
Modern music introduces ensemble, So Percussion
The screening is one of the biggest event for the club this semester and is trying to raise $3,000 toward the cause.
Although the organization is hosting the event, other groups on campus such as Psi Chi and Phi Iota Alpha are participating, Ibarra said.
Tony’s presence is a significant accomplishment by the collective passion of students involved in and outside the group, she said.
“It’s a huge privilege for UNT that Tony is speaking,” Ibarra said.
Guadagnoli said people’s dedication to raise awareness to stop the war in Uganda is what inspires her to be a part of Invisible Children.
Elizabeth Solari, an advertising junior, said she believes it’s for students’ benefit to participate
senior and an acoustic piano player will perform at the series. UNT on the Square offers a different setting than other venues, he said.
“Denton is a smaller town, but there’s big music,” he said. “It’s neat how we are able to take the music from the school to the Square. I’m excited to show the public what we can do.”
the series’ performances. He said he will perform composi-tions with his students.
“This will give me a chance to collaborate with the students musically,” Murphy said. “Music is the main focus, and I’m excited to be able to add another musical event in Denton.”
The program marks the first full-length musical performance presented at UNT on the Square, Holl said.
The musical series allows the musicians to connect with the audience, he said.
The first two nights of the program will showcase contem-porary European jazz composers, Holl said.
Each show will present different styles of music and original pieces by musicians, he said.
“I don’t know of any other performances you can go to where you can get such incred-ible variety and talent,” Holl said. “This series is another really tasty item on a growing menu.”
Sean Giddings, a jazz studies
in charitable work. “It’s easy to market
emotional issues, so in that aspect, it definitely has bene-fits,” she said. “When I see the dollar a day children on TV from third world countries, it kills me, and that’s what those organizations want.”
Charles and Francis, Uganda natives, and organization members Liz Gurney and Janeth Ibarra were participants in last year’s Invisible Children’s event.
Photo Courtesy of Janeth Ibarra
Courtesy Photo of Janette beCkman
From left to right: Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting and Eric Beach are members of So Percussion, a modern instrumental music group.
“This series is another really tasty item on a growing menu.”
—Herbert Holl, Director of UNT on the Square
By Marlene GonzalezIntern
Bottles, milk crates, gaff tape and wooden boards are some items the So Percussion members use in their perfor-mance.
The group performs at 8 p.m. tonight at the Voertman Concert Hall in the Music Building as apart of the Fine Art Series. Tickets are on sale at the Murchison box office. The event is free for students, $12 for the public, and $10 for senior citizens and staff.
“I’m really excited. You know, UNT is really well known. It has an amazing music program,” said Eric Beach, a member of the ensemble. “I’m hoping that the students there are really engaged and have a good time.”
Mark Ford of the music faculty said he requested for the collection to play at the university two years ago. The ensemble is from New York.
“They all have a new attrac-tion to music and they started this quartet. This is contempo-rary art music,” he said. “It’s more advanced, a cutting-
edge, progressive approach to new possibilities with their instruments.”
Damon Kelley, a perfor-
mance senior, said he has known about the ensemble for a while and will participate in the graduate class work-
shop where students receive crit iques from the group. The workshop is hosted by the College of Music and open
to everyone. “It’s pretty normal for a
percussionist to use an array of odd objects,” he said. “They
tend to capitalize on that a l itt le more, which is cool, because I think people really respond to that outside of the percussion world.”
Beach said the group will play pieces t he members commissioned last year.
Nicole Newla nd, a n a rt education graduate student and assistant for the Fine Arts Series, said UNT tries to have a well-balanced program for students.
“We a lw ay s hope t hat students wil l see dif ferent artists that make connections with other disciplines, [and] explore cultures they might not have been able to do other-wise,” Newland said.
Beach said the group does not play typical music that most people a re used to hearing.
He sa id he encou rages students to ask quest ions about t he per for ma nces. “One of our goals as a group is to always sort of bring some-thing to people that they’ve never seen before, or play an instrument they’ve never heard before,” Beach said.
A f ter last s e a s o n ’ s 8-21 regular s e a s o n , things had to get better — except t hey didn’t.
The regular season merci-fully ended on Tuesday with UNT’s meek 59-46 loss to A rka nsa s-L it te Rock a nd f ive wins on the board for the Mean Green. UNT will face Western Kentuck y in the f irst round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Saturday, but the Mean Green could not enter the tourna-ment with less momentum.
So what’s next? Assuming Stephens returns next season for the fourth year of her five-year contract and a l l t he underclassmen return, the team wil l only lose senior guard Denetra Kellum.
Kel lu m i s t he lead i ng scorer, but there’s no reason to believe t he team can’t collectively make up for her 16 points per game. The key will be who the Mean Green brings in and whether the returning players show any kind of heart next year.
At the point guard, UNT is set. I really like how freshman g ua rd L au ra McCoy ha s progressed this season. Junior guard Kasondra Foreman will probably get the starts, which
is fine, because she’s played well since taking over the job this season, but McCoy seems like a natural leader. She’ll add stability to the team for the next three years.
In the post, sophomore for ward Jasmine Godbolt will continue to be a pillar down low for UNT, but who
else ca n play a round t he basket? Godbolt is a beast in the middle but can’t do it by herself.
After that, UNT has a bunch of good role players, but no true difference maker.
Junior guards Tamara Torru and Brittney Hudson will give you around 10 points every night, but neither will change the complexion of a game on a nightly basis.
That’s why the success of this team falls on the shoul-ders of Stephens. One of the reasons Stephens was hired in 2008 was her recruiting prowess. During her stint as an associate head coach at Clemson, Stephens helped recruit the 22nd ranked class in the nation in 2006.
Obv iously, recruit ing at UNT and Clemson are two dif ferent t hings, but how this year’s freshmen perform du r i ng t hei r sophomore season w il l be one of the biggest factors in whether the Mean Green is successful.
After all, it can’t get much worse, can it?
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Sean Gorman, Sports Editor [email protected]
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BY BOBBY LEWIS Senior Staff Writer
W hen t he 2010 -2011 season started, there was a lot of optimism coming from the Mean Green women’s basketball team. I’m not sure t hat optimism was ref lected by those outside the team, but it’s worth mentioning because of the nosedive this team took this season.
It’s hard to believe almost four months later, but there was plenty of reason for optimism before the season began. The team had eight new players, which is close to an overhaul of a college team as you can get.
By br i ng i ng i n t hose players, head coach Shanice Stephens addressed t he team’s most glaring weak-ness: its backcourt. Stephens brought in six guards to go with her existing six players classified as guards. I say “classified” because not all the players listed at guard play in the backcourt.
Stephens also hired two new a nd accompl ished assistant coaches: Margaret R i c h a r d s a n d J i m m y Stellato.
BY PAUL BOTTONIIntern
The UNT men’s golf team sits on top of a rollercoaster, and it’s about to go for a frenzied ride.
The Mean Green begins a hectic four-tournament March schedule with this weekend’s Universit y of South Florida Invitational in Tampa, Fla. UNT hopes to extend its streak of four-consecutive top-3 tourna-ment finishes.
“It’s going to get border-line ridiculous,” said junior Josh Jones. “It’s going to get pretty difficult, but that’s golf, that’s life. You just have to manage it the best you can.”
The flurry of tournaments marks the final stretch of the 2010-2011 season, which concludes at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Muscle Shoals, Ala., April 25 through 27.
Stracke said he does not want his players to become intimidated by the golf course or their opponent.
“I just want a bunch of toug h g uys, basica l ly,” Stracke said. “Guys who have the mentality of a football player yet they’re golfers.”
UNT shook off its rust from a three-month tour-nament absence at the Oak Hills Invitational, Feb.14 and 15, where it finished third behind Texas Tech and Oklahoma in a 17-team field.
Redshirt sophomore Ty Spinella led the way for the Mean Green, finishing in a
Lewis’ Last Call: State of UNT women’s basketball
Future depends on
Stephens
Men’s golf to compete in Sunshine State
No. 28 UNT vs. No. 29 Central Florida As the two top seeds in the University South Florida Invitational, the Mean Green and Knights are the favorites to win the tournament. If UNT can maintain its pace, it should record its fifth straight top-3 tournament finish at the least. UNT has not placed outside the top-3 since last April.
Top teams tussle
Tournament begins Friday, March 4
vs.
three-way tie for sixth place. Spinella’s three-round score of 211 was his best total of the season.
Ranked No. 28 by Golfstat.com, the Mean Green will be the highest ranked team coming into the Invitational. T he tea m w i l l compete against several Florida teams, including No. 29 Centra l Florida, No. 49 Florida State, and tournament host South Florida.
“You get bumpier greens and higher winds in the after-noon, so the conditions will be more difficult for us than
the teams that tee off earlier, Stracke said. “But we’ll make do with that.”
Sun Belt Conference rivals A rk a n s a s St ate, F lor id a Atlantic, Middle Tennessee State a nd Troy w i l l a lso compete.
Stracke described the course as hilly, which is uncommon for Florida’s landscape, but said it is easier than others.
“We have a late tee time,” Stracke said. “The first tee time is around 7:30 a.m., and we’re teeing off around 12:45 p.m., so we’re going to be playing a totally different golf course.”
Senior out� elder Monica Hirsch bunts the ball during Wednesday’s home game. The Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Mean Green 3-0 at Lovelace Stadium.
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“It’s going to get pretty difficult but that’s golf, that’s life. You just have
to manage it the best you can.”—Josh Jones,Junior golfer
BY BRETT MEDEIROSIntern
Facing its first Top-10 ranked team this season, the UNT softba l l team was held to two hits and fel l to No. 10 Oklahoma 3-0 Wednesday.
The Mean Green (6-6, 0-4) is now 0-18 all time against the Sooners (13-5).
Freshman pitcher Ashley Kirk held her ow n against
Offense shut down by All-American pitcher
Sooners keep Mean Green
offense scoreless
the Big-12 Conference oppo-nent, notching her first career complete game while tying a career-high with eight strike-outs.
“Given the circumstances of who they were, I felt like I did very well,” Kirk said. “It
was my first ever complete game.”
The Mean Green offense was shut down by Sooner sopho-more Keilani Ricketts. A junior infielder Lisa Johnson double and freshman infielder Brooke Foster single were UNT’s only hits.
“From the first inning, [Kirk] was in control and kept the tempo up,” said head coach T.J. Hubba rd. “She t h rew fantastic tonight.”
St r ugg les for t he Mea n Green lineup rested in the bottom half of the order, as one player in the sixth through ninth spots got on base.. Five of Ricketts’ seven strikeouts came from the bottom of the lineup.
“We’re right where we need to be. It’s going to be tough to get hard hits off of a kid like that,” Hubbard said. “She’s legit. Best pitching we’ve seen by far.”
The Mean Green defense put up a stout performance, not committing an error all night.
“Defense, i f t hey’re not there behind me, those outs doesn’t matter,” Kirk said.
The Mean Green returns to action at 3 p.m. Friday when it hosts the Texas-El Paso Miners.
“We’re right where we need to be. It’s going to be tough to get hard hits
off of a kid like that. She’s legit.”—T.J. Hubbard,
Head coach
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There is currently a great deal of debate surrounding a proposed bill in the Texas Legislature that would allow licensed individuals to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.
After considering many of the opinions I have read, I have concluded that most arguments against the bill are born of ignorance and fear.
During my time at UNT, I have taken a number of classes in which I have studied crim-inal behavior.
When we are dealing with madmen, there are no laws we can enact that will stop them. If the potential victims of such a scenario are given means through which they might defend t hemselves, t heir chances of survival improve greatly.
T he a r g u ment i s not about turning students into armed vigilantes — seeking a confrontation with an active shooter is dangerous and such duties are rightly left to highly trained professionals.
T h e b i l l b e f o r e t h e Legislature is about giving students a means to defend themselves and safely escape
from an unwanted confron-tation with an armed crim-inal.
Most law enforcement agen-cies acknowledge it would take them at least 20 minutes to fully respond to an active shooter. In the aftermath of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting in January, gun control advo-cates have argued against “high capacity” magazines on the basis that they suppos-edly allowed the shooter to fire 33 rounds in less than 16 seconds.
Their argument ignores that a trained shooter can accurately f ire 30 rounds out of three 10-round maga-zines (reloading twice) in far less than 16 seconds. It was not, however, the police who ultimately ended that massacre.
It was an unarmed citizen who tackled the shooter when he stopped to reload.
But what if that citizen had been armed? He may have at least been able to return fire so as to allow himself and others the ability to escape.
A not her a r g u ment i s students will be more prone to “snap” and go on killing
sprees if concealed carry is allowed on campus.
Contrary to popular myth, most psych iat r ic profes-sionals agree that the notion of a previously well-adjusted person simply “snapping” is unsupported by evidence. A Secret Service study into school shootings concluded t hat school shooters do not simply snap and that numerous warning signs typi-cally accompany a person’s dow nwa rd spira l towa rd violence.
T he a nswer is not to prohibit concealed carry on campus. It is to keep firearms out of the hands of individ-uals who are prohibited from having them and to allow law-abiding citizens to use them against those who get them anyway.
I have been around fire-arms my entire life and am the founder and President of Texas Marksmen, a UNT student organization dedicate to teaching safe marksman-ship to students and helping them improve their existing proficiency. I would urge those who are uncomfortable around firearms to attend one
of our events or take one of our classes.
If students took the time to learn for themselves about firearms and how they can be safely used for self-defense, it would be easier to have an informed discussion about concealed carry on campus.
I would encourage anyone interested in becoming truly educated on this issue to visit our page on Facebook or our website at www.texas-marksmen.com.
Josh Conklin is a crim-inal justice junior. He can be reached at [email protected].
Students need gun rights on campus
Simple steps can save money on gasSGA needs to change its approach
Editorial
The issues the Student Government Association addresses aren’t relevant.
“A vote in the SGA literally means nothing.”Those were comments at a protest led Wednesday by
the Students for Democratic Society about the proposed tuition increase and representation of students’ ideas.
In response to the protest and a growing sense of discon-tentment, three members of the Editorial Board asked about 25 students about the Student Government Association on Wednesday afternoon. The students responded with comments like “It’s great in theory,” “I don’t know what it does,” or “I didn’t know it existed.”
What they were saying between the lines was SGA is irrelevant despite the fact that it is supposed to serve as a voice for the students.
With the tough issues facing college students in the Texas Legislature and on the UNT campus right now, that is unacceptable.
In the throes of about a $25 billion budget deficit, the state government is considering cutting considerably from higher education and allowing concealed handgun license holders to carry guns on campus. Because of the threat of a budget cut, the UNT administration has proposed a 2.8 percent increase on top of a previous 3.9 increase in tuition for the 2011-2012 school year.
Members of the SGA went to the Texas capitol to present students’ concerns, but we have to wonder whose concerns were mentioned and what position those members took.
Money issuesThe student government has arguably the most power
of any student organization here. It has a budget of about $150,000 from student service fees. Its members also sit on committees throughout the university, including the one that decides how student fees are distributed.
For their work, SGA President Kevin Sanders and Vice President Mercedes Fullbright make about $9,000 a year. The directors of Campus Involvement and Public Relations make about $5,100 a year each. The other direc-tors receive about $1,530 a year each.
On top of that, $41,960 were allocated for internal operations.
Some interesting purchases have shown up on the 2010 budget. Those include $1,570 paid for SGA koozies, $15,000 allocated for programming and programming co-sponsorship, and $2,763 for Welcome Back Bash T-shirts.
They added $1,000 for promotional items at the meeting Wednesday to the already allocated budget of $2,000.
The best promotion for the SGA would be making a difference for students, not SGA Koozies and T-shirts. Students have a right to know how to make their voices heard and not have their money spent on things like name brand, monogrammed cardigans for the executive board.
Executives at faultAlthough the student senators need to make sure their
constituents know who they are, the bulk of the respon-sibility for letting students know about the organization falls on the executive board.
When Sanders and Fullbright ran, they said they wanted to continue to make the SGA “a voice for the voice-less” and to keep it at “the forefront of people’s minds,” according to their platform published under the About page of untsga.com.
Judging by the 25 students interviewed, they haven’t lived up to their promises.
Another pledge the pair made in their platform was to “make sure that the students know exactly where their money is going.”
To do that, however, students would need to actively seek out the SGA to get the current budget information, as the information on the website is old.
The problem the Board sees with this administration is not a lack of good intentions, but of follow through.
What can be doneThe SGA should limit the amount it uses on program-
ming instead of putting on events that overlap with other organizations’ programs. Instead, the association should use that money to help students.
The SGA also needs to keep its website updated, host monthly panels to discuss concerns students have and respond to students.
If the SGA cannot find effective ways to show posi-tive returns on the students’ $158,000 annual invest-ment in it, maybe it doesn’t deserve to have so much at its disposal.
The Board advises students to attend the meetings and make their concerns known because it is also their responsibility to find out how the university works. The SGA meetings, which are open to the public, are at 5 p.m. every Wednesday in Terrill Hall 120.
The SGA needs to show students that it is not irrele-vant, or it may as well be.
ViewsThursday, March 3, 2011 Page 5
Abigail Allen, Views Editor [email protected]
Anyone operating a motor vehicle in this country has undoubtedly seen the cost of their trips to the gas station rise somewhat dramatically because of the rising cost of petroleum.
The regular unleaded gaso-line averaged $3.38 per gallon nationwide, while diesel’s average cost was considerably higher at $3.71, according to the United States Department of Energy’s online statistics for last week. The recent spike in the cost of fuel in the U.S. seems to correspond with the political and social turmoil unfolding in the Middle East, including the nations of Libya, Egypt and Tunisia, among others.
Whether the two are actually related is not for me to decide. It is out of my realm of exper-tise, as I’m neither a foreign policy expert nor an interna-tional economist.
Nevertheless, the reality is that gasoline prices are sharply affecting the pocketbooks of many Americans in an already
economically challenging and uncertain time. Personally, I have spent an extra $40 on gasoline in the past 30 days alone. If this trend continues, my disposable income could shrink by $400 or more this year.
At a t ime when ma ny Americans are already living paycheck to paycheck with significantly less financial security, the volatile gaso-line market is hindering any potential for a considerable economic rebound.
For example, companies will continuously be reluctant to expand their workforce while the market remains uncertain and the probability that non-personnel or logistical expen-ditures could spike.
Additionally, as one would expect, the rising cost of fuel can also be attributed to an increase in other services or products, such as f lying or produce at your local grocery store.
The point of this column is
not to take a stand for or against energy companies. The point is to acknowledge the reality of the current energy situation and offer methods by which Americans can survive the fuel cost increases. I would like to offer a few simple suggestions that I believe will result in real savings.
When you go to the grocery store or run other everyday errands, carpool with your neighbor so that you can both accomplish your daily tasks and use half the fuel in the process. When you drive to work, try to coordinate with someone else nearby who works in the same vicinity as you.
If you live close enough, consider biking or walking to your destination. I also strongly suggest taking advantage of your city’s public transporta-tion system.
Add it iona l l y, c on sider spending quality family time at home by renting a pay-per-view movie or getting to know
your neighbors at a neighbor-hood gathering.
Although these life adjust-ments may seem somewhat inconvenient, following all or some of them will allow each of you greater peace of mind and decreased financial woes.
I wish energy prices were significantly lower, but we must adapt when situations like these arise.
Blake Windham is a biology senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
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7 6 8 4 2 9 3 5 14 9 1 7 5 3 6 2 85 2 3 6 1 8 7 9 46 5 7 8 9 1 2 4 33 1 2 5 4 6 9 8 78 4 9 3 7 2 1 6 51 3 5 9 6 4 8 7 22 7 6 1 8 5 4 3 99 8 4 2 3 7 5 1 6
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# 21
V. EASY # 21
1 4 7 3 89 2 77 8 4 9
1 3 6 7 57 35 6 9 4 2
8 5 1 32 4 54 6 3 8 9
1 4 2 7 3 9 6 5 88 5 9 6 4 2 1 3 73 6 7 8 1 5 4 9 29 1 8 3 2 6 7 4 57 2 4 1 5 8 9 6 35 3 6 9 7 4 8 2 16 8 5 2 9 1 3 7 42 9 3 4 8 7 5 1 64 7 1 5 6 3 2 8 9
# 22
V. EASY # 22
5 9 3 11 6 9 84 3 5 7 9
6 4 3 19 1 2
4 2 6 77 8 5 2 15 9 8 4
3 6 8 5
6 5 9 8 7 4 3 1 21 7 2 3 6 9 5 4 84 8 3 5 2 1 7 6 92 6 7 4 9 3 1 8 53 9 5 7 1 8 4 2 68 1 4 2 5 6 9 7 37 4 8 6 3 5 2 9 15 2 1 9 8 7 6 3 49 3 6 1 4 2 8 5 7
# 23
V. EASY # 23
7 8 5 94 1 3 8 7
9 1 25 6 7 1 3
2 63 8 9 6 49 2 3
3 6 5 8 44 6 7 1
7 1 8 4 2 5 3 9 62 9 4 1 6 3 8 7 56 5 3 7 8 9 1 4 25 6 7 9 4 1 2 8 34 8 9 2 3 6 5 1 73 2 1 8 5 7 9 6 49 7 2 3 1 4 6 5 81 3 6 5 7 8 4 2 98 4 5 6 9 2 7 3 1
# 24
V. EASY # 24
4 39 1 3 6 2
5 2 1 8 95 7 9 3
2 5 6 98 7 1 6
3 9 6 7 27 6 1 4 3
4 7
7 6 8 4 2 9 3 5 14 9 1 7 5 3 6 2 85 2 3 6 1 8 7 9 46 5 7 8 9 1 2 4 33 1 2 5 4 6 9 8 78 4 9 3 7 2 1 6 51 3 5 9 6 4 8 7 22 7 6 1 8 5 4 3 99 8 4 2 3 7 5 1 6
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# 1
V. EASY # 1
2 6 7 16 8 7 91 9 4 58 2 1 4
4 6 2 95 3 2 8
9 3 7 44 5 3 6
7 3 1 8
4 3 5 2 6 9 7 8 16 8 2 5 7 1 4 9 31 9 7 8 3 4 5 6 28 2 6 1 9 5 3 4 73 7 4 6 8 2 9 1 59 5 1 7 4 3 6 2 85 1 9 3 2 6 8 7 42 4 8 9 5 7 1 3 67 6 3 4 1 8 2 5 9
# 2
V. EASY # 2
6 4 7 29 2 4 5 12 3 8 67 5 8
1 6 5 49 3 2
5 8 6 74 7 5 8 9
2 3 1 8
5 6 4 8 1 7 2 9 39 8 3 2 4 6 5 7 12 7 1 5 3 9 8 6 47 2 5 4 8 3 9 1 63 1 9 6 2 5 7 4 88 4 6 7 9 1 3 5 21 5 8 9 6 2 4 3 74 3 7 1 5 8 6 2 96 9 2 3 7 4 1 8 5
# 3
V. EASY # 3
6 4 3 25 2 7 44 2 9 82 7 4 88 5 3 6
6 2 5 17 1 3 42 7 1 8
5 3 4 9
7 1 8 9 6 4 3 2 55 3 6 2 8 7 4 1 94 2 9 3 1 5 8 6 72 7 5 1 4 6 9 8 38 9 1 5 7 3 2 4 63 6 4 8 2 9 7 5 19 8 7 6 5 2 1 3 46 4 2 7 3 1 5 9 81 5 3 4 9 8 6 7 2
# 4
V. EASY # 4
6 1 9 2 58 7 1
5 6 3 46 4 7 2
9 7 6 34 3 9 8
3 9 6 58 6 12 7 1 9 6
6 1 9 7 2 4 8 3 54 3 2 9 5 8 7 6 17 5 8 6 3 1 9 2 45 6 3 4 8 7 2 1 99 8 7 5 1 2 6 4 31 2 4 3 6 9 5 8 73 7 1 2 9 6 4 5 88 9 6 1 4 5 3 7 22 4 5 8 7 3 1 9 6
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# 49
V. EASY # 49
7 6 3 82 5 9
5 3 1 9 79 3 2 4 8
1 63 2 7 6 58 9 4 3 2
5 7 14 2 8 6
7 4 9 6 2 3 8 5 16 8 2 5 7 1 3 9 45 3 1 9 8 4 6 2 79 6 5 3 1 2 7 4 84 1 7 8 9 5 2 6 33 2 8 7 4 6 9 1 58 7 6 1 5 9 4 3 22 5 3 4 6 7 1 8 91 9 4 2 3 8 5 7 6
# 50
V. EASY # 50
4 9 2 68 7 3 6 1 2
1 73 2 4 8
4 2 6 3 59 5 4 3
5 91 3 5 2 7 99 3 8 5
4 9 1 7 8 2 5 3 65 8 7 4 3 6 9 1 22 6 3 1 9 5 4 7 83 2 5 9 4 1 8 6 77 4 8 2 6 3 1 5 96 1 9 8 5 7 2 4 38 5 4 6 7 9 3 2 11 3 6 5 2 8 7 9 49 7 2 3 1 4 6 8 5
# 51
V. EASY # 51
4 2 9 3 55 1
6 7 9 1 8 22 8 7 6
5 97 2 4 1
1 5 4 6 9 73 85 7 6 1 2
4 1 2 6 9 3 8 7 58 5 3 2 4 7 9 6 16 7 9 1 8 5 2 4 39 2 8 4 7 1 3 5 61 4 6 5 3 9 7 2 87 3 5 8 2 6 4 1 92 8 1 3 5 4 6 9 73 6 7 9 1 2 5 8 45 9 4 7 6 8 1 3 2
# 52
V. EASY # 52
6 3 53 5 7
6 7 5 2 3 81 6 4 9
6 3 7 15 2 9 6
5 9 1 2 8 74 9 1
1 9 5
8 2 4 6 7 3 5 9 19 3 5 8 4 1 6 7 26 1 7 5 2 9 3 8 41 7 3 2 6 8 4 5 94 9 6 3 5 7 1 2 85 8 2 1 9 4 7 3 63 5 9 4 1 2 8 6 72 4 8 7 3 6 9 1 57 6 1 9 8 5 2 4 3
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# 49
V. EASY # 49
7 6 3 82 5 9
5 3 1 9 79 3 2 4 8
1 63 2 7 6 58 9 4 3 2
5 7 14 2 8 6
7 4 9 6 2 3 8 5 16 8 2 5 7 1 3 9 45 3 1 9 8 4 6 2 79 6 5 3 1 2 7 4 84 1 7 8 9 5 2 6 33 2 8 7 4 6 9 1 58 7 6 1 5 9 4 3 22 5 3 4 6 7 1 8 91 9 4 2 3 8 5 7 6
# 50
V. EASY # 50
4 9 2 68 7 3 6 1 2
1 73 2 4 8
4 2 6 3 59 5 4 3
5 91 3 5 2 7 99 3 8 5
4 9 1 7 8 2 5 3 65 8 7 4 3 6 9 1 22 6 3 1 9 5 4 7 83 2 5 9 4 1 8 6 77 4 8 2 6 3 1 5 96 1 9 8 5 7 2 4 38 5 4 6 7 9 3 2 11 3 6 5 2 8 7 9 49 7 2 3 1 4 6 8 5
# 51
V. EASY # 51
4 2 9 3 55 1
6 7 9 1 8 22 8 7 6
5 97 2 4 1
1 5 4 6 9 73 85 7 6 1 2
4 1 2 6 9 3 8 7 58 5 3 2 4 7 9 6 16 7 9 1 8 5 2 4 39 2 8 4 7 1 3 5 61 4 6 5 3 9 7 2 87 3 5 8 2 6 4 1 92 8 1 3 5 4 6 9 73 6 7 9 1 2 5 8 45 9 4 7 6 8 1 3 2
# 52
V. EASY # 52
6 3 53 5 7
6 7 5 2 3 81 6 4 9
6 3 7 15 2 9 6
5 9 1 2 8 74 9 1
1 9 5
8 2 4 6 7 3 5 9 19 3 5 8 4 1 6 7 26 1 7 5 2 9 3 8 41 7 3 2 6 8 4 5 94 9 6 3 5 7 1 2 85 8 2 1 9 4 7 3 63 5 9 4 1 2 8 6 72 4 8 7 3 6 9 1 57 6 1 9 8 5 2 4 3
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE MARCH 3, 2011
ACROSS1 Orates7 Hourly wage, e.g.
15 Refuses to16 Astronomy
measurements17 Engrave18 Sea cows19 Brief
needlework?20 Megan’s “Will &
Grace” role21 Label for some
Glenn Frey hits22 Physicist with a
law23 Acting teacher
Hagen25 “It __ far, far
better thing ...”:Dickens
26 Wages27 Get28 Noodles, say30 The Simpsons,
e.g.32 Wedding dance34 Fabled mattress
lump35 Mal de __36 One of six in this
puzzle42 Some tech sch.
grads43 Top ten item44 Sign45 Pricey48 Pole symbol50 Wall St. exec’s
degree51 Collar52 “Aladdin”
monkey54 Frat letter55 Food scrap56 Geneva-based
workers’ gp.57 Babe and Baby59 Gijón goose egg61 Orchard grower63 An iamb’s second
half gets it65 Noteworthy66 Mount McKinley’s
home67 Relax68 Word with health
or illness
DOWN1 __-fi
2 Temple of thegods
3 Being filmed4 Platoon, for one5 Anybody’s guess6 Chateau __
Michelle winery7 The Tide8 Hank who voices
many 30-Across9 Cosecant
reciprocals10 Arises11 Groove12 At the original
speed, in music13 Jail, in slang14 Tests that are
hard to guess on20 Deejay Casey22 Dept. of Labor
agency24 Spanish
appetizers29 Speed: Pref.31 Meeting time
qualifier33 One-time Time
critic James35 Sacred choral
piece37 Comeback38 Solemn acts
39 Bold40 Big 12 school
soon to be in theBig Ten
41 No-see-um, say45 Hard-to-see
shooter46 “Thy Neighbor’s
Wife” author47 WWII torpedo
launchers48 Some learners
49 It’s beneath thecrust
53 Siam neighbor58 Actress Lamarr60 Sweater style
named for Irishislands
62 Like some mil.officers
63 Yosemite __64 ESPN reporter
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