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Playground equipment stands among charred rubble at the Selwyn School, a K-12 private school situated on a 90-acre campus at 3333 West University Dr. A two-alarm � re broke out Thursday morning and destroyed the two main wings of the building. The cause of the � re is under investigation. No injuries were reported and Friday classes have been cancelled.

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Citizen’s Police Academy o� ers look into Denton P.D.ANN SMAJSTRLASenior Staff Writer

Denton residents have a chance to get an up-close look at the city’s law enforcement by participating in the Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA), a course designed to open communica-tion between citizens and the police.

Citizen’s Police Academies are common at police depart-ments around the U.S., espe-cially in larger cities, crim-inal justice lecturer Dr. Kris Kawucha said. The origins of Citizens Police Academies can be traced back to the 1960s, when relationships between law enforcement and citizens were becoming exceedingly strained because of the civil rights movement and other events of the time.

“Citizens academies were a way to perhaps explain why

law enforcement does some of the things they do,” Kawucha said. “And to a certain extent, on the other side of it, to let law enforcement officers interact with community members in a non-confrontational way.”

The Denton CPA has been available for about 20 years and has produced about 300 gradu-ates, officer Shane Kizer said.

“We strive to have a style of policing that ref lects the collaborative efforts between the community and the police department,” Kizer said. “And the Citizen’s Police Academy is just another process that helps to achieve that.”

Denton CPA meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. for 13 weeks. The first class in the program is an overview and general discus-sion about the function of the Denton Police Department, Kizer said. Each following week

deals with a different aspect of the police department, including specialty divisions that deal with narcotics, child abuse, family violence, family services and forensics.

In addit ion to hearing presentations, citizens also get the opportunity to ride with a duty officer, take a tour of the city jail and shoot targets at a shooting range.

People from all walks of life attend the CPA, from retired citizens wanting to be involved in the community to recent high-school graduates inter-ested in a career in law enforce-ment, Kizer said.

Investigator Brandon Hobon has presented information about the Denton PD’s inves-tigative bureau to the CPA since 2006.

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BRETT MEDEIROSSenior Staff Writer

With a newly retooled lineup, the Mean Green (12-9, 5-3) w il l look for redemption as it welcomes Arkansas State (9-12, 3-4) to Denton for a noon tip off tomorrow in the Super Pit.

I n t he te a m s’ f i r s t matchup Jan. 7, ASU junior g ua rd Ma rc u s Hooten drained a three-pointer with 2.2 seconds left to put the Mean Green away, 75-72.

“ T h i s i s p a y b a c k ,” f reshman for ward Tony Mitchel l sa id. “They’re coming to the Pit and they’re going to have to play.”

Mitchel l was plag ued with foul trouble in the Mea n Green’s prev ious game, a 64-62 road loss to L ou i sia na-L a fayet te Wed nesday. He played just 17 minutes, a lmost 10 minutes fewer than his season average.

“I just have to play,” Mitchell said. Sometimes you’re going to have nights like that when you’re not in the groove, but at the same time you just have to keep playing.”

The Mea n Green a re likely to get junior forward Jacob Holmen back from an undisclosed injury after he missed the past four games.

“I’m just glad to be back to my team, and I want to try to help us because we’re down a couple players,”

Holmen said. “I just want to contribute any way that I can.”

T he loss to Lou isia na-L a fayet te a lso prevented head coach Johnny Jones from getting his 200th career win.

“We definitely want to get Coach Jones his 200th win, and Arkansas State beat us at their place so we want to get

them here,” junior forward Jacob Holmen said.

T h i s s e a s on A rk a n s a s State finds itself sitting near the bottom of the Sun Belt Conference West Division, a year after it recorded the No. 2 record in the conference at 11-5.

UNT looks for payback against Arkansas State

Men’s Basketball

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Junior guard Roger Franklin grabs the rebound among Denver players during the Mean Green’s 75-74 overtime win against the Pioneers Jan. 21 in the Super Pit. Franklin scored 15 and notched 11 rebounds in UNT’s 64-62 loss to the Ca-juns Wednesday in Lafayette, La.

ISAAC WRIGHTSenior Staff Writer

The first improvements to Internet service in resident halls provided by Apogee Advanced ResNet Services are currently in place and have started to provide faster Internet to resi-dents.

As part of the $20 million, 20-year naming rights agree-ment with UNT in September, the Austin-based Internet services company agreed to increase the bandwidth of the dorm Internet access every year over the length of the contract.

The first upgrade of resident Internet services was added in the fall and raised the band-width of the service from two to five megabytes-per-second (MBps), providing faster down-load speeds.

“For comparison, a one gigabyte iTunes rental would have taken more than an hour to download on the 2 MBps connection available only last spring,” Apogee spokesperson Nat Nealeigh said. “Beginning in the fall with the introduction of the new 5 MBps base service, the same movie would be ready to watch in only 26 minutes.”

Internet in dorms gets upgraded

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A Denton Police badge hangs in a display case at the City of Denton Police Station, 601 E. Hickory St. Tuesday. The Citizen’s Police Academy is a free 13-week program designed to teach community members their role in assisting police o� cers.

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REGIONAL

Dallas man accused of stabbing estranged wife, in-laws to death

A man accused of stabbing his estranged wife and her parents to death in a Dallas home was arrested Thursday as he pulled away from a fast food restaurant where officers tracked him after the killings, police said.

William Palmer, of Sachse, confronted Donya Palmer outside her parents’ home Thursday morning before following her inside and fatally stabbing all three, Dallas Police Lt. David Pughes said.

William Palmer, 50, has been charged with capital murder and was being held on $1 million bail at the Dallas County Jail, where officials did not know if he had retained an attorney.

Pughes said William Palmer and his wife had separated a week earlier, but declined to offer a possible motive for the slayings. Authorities found no history of domestic violence between the couple.

Texas executes convicted killer in ’94 rape, death

Convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez was executed via lethal injection Thursday night for the abduction, rape and strangula-tion of a 38-year-old woman in San Antonio 18 years ago.

Hernandez was condemned for the slaying of Susan Verstegen, an employee of snack maker Frito-Lay. She was attacked at a storage area behind a supermarket and her body was found dumped in a garbage barrel behind a San Antonio church.

The February 1994 slaying went unsolved for eight years until Hernandez, as a require-ment for parole from a Michigan prison, had to submit a DNA sample that went into a national database.

The DNA linked him to her death and, more recently, advances in DNA technology also tied Hernandez to the 1991 slaying of a 77-year-old homeless woman in Michigan.

NATIONAL

Groups sue over Navy sonar use off Northwest coast

Conservationists and Native American tribes are suing over the Navy’s expanded use of sonar

in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and other marine life.

The environmental law firm Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups filed the lawsuit Thursday against the Nationa l Marine Fisheries Service, saying it was wrong to approve the Navy’s plan for the expanded training.

They said the regulators should have considered the effects repeated sonar use can have on those species over many years and also required certain restrictions on where the Navy could conduct sonar and other loud activities to protect marine mammals.

The groups want the permit granted to the Navy to be invalidated and are asking the court to order the fisheries service to study the long-term effects of sonar on marine mammals.

A spokeswoman for the Navy declined to comment Wednesday, saying she had not seen the lawsuit, and a spokesman for the fisheries service said the agency’s lawyers had not yet reviewed it.

Netflix stock surges 22 percent after earnings report

Investors rushed to buy Netf lix Inc. stock Thursday while there was mixed reaction among media analysts about prospects for the Los Gatos, Calif., video subscription company.

One day after reporting financial results and subscriber growth during the fourth quarter that were stronger than many analysts and investors had expected, Netflix shares surged 22 percent on Thursday, closing at $116.01.

That’s the highest the stock has been since October, when Netf lix shares plum-meted after disappointing results for the third quarter, during which it lost 800,000 subscribers because of a price increase and aborted attempt to separate its DVD shipping business into a new brand called Qwikster.

Thursday’s increase accelerated a more than 65 percent jump in Netflix’s share price since the beginning of the year. However, the stock is still far below its high of just under $300 in July.

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Facebook, Washington state combat “clickjacking” spamSEATTLE (AP) — Facebook is partnering with Washington state to combat a type of spam called “clickjacking” that is plaguing the social networking site, company and state officials announced Thursday.

Two sepa rate law su it s were filed in federal courts in California and Washington state against Delaware-based Adscend Media LLC, which off icials say is behind the spamming.

“The way we think about it, security is an arms race,” Facebook’s general counsel Ted Ullyot said a longside Washington state Attorney Genera l Rob McKenna at the social media company’s Seattle offices. “It’s impor-tant to stay ahead of spam-mers and scammers.”

In “clickjacking,” links on Facebook promising shocking or sa lacious v ideos have code embedded in them that spreads the link to the user’s page. That makes it seem like the user “liked” the link, with the aim of attracting more

clicks from the user’s friends. The links eventually lead users to a survey or information from an advertiser.

Adscend Media is spreading spam through misleading and deceptive tactics and has encouraged others to do the same, McKenna’s office said.

An email inquiry sent to Adscend was not immediately returned, and an attorney for the company had not yet been listed in federal court records.

Social networking sites are popular targets for spammers because people are more likely to trust and share content that comes from people they know. This makes spam, scams and viruses easy to spread.

Stil l, Facebook says less than 4 percent of content shared on the site is spam. By comparison, about 74 percent of email is spam, according to security company Symantec Corp., though the bulk of it gets f i ltered out before reaching someone’s inbox.

Facebook has more than 800 million users.

Na med i n Wa sh i ng ton state’s lawsuit are Adscend co-owners Jeremy Bash, of West Virginia, and Fehzan Ali, of Texas. The lawsuit says Adscend violated several state laws, as well as the federal CAN-SPAM act, which makes it unlawful to procure or initiate transmission of misleading com mercia l com mu n ica-tion.

McKenna sa id Adscend has annual revenue of $20 million.

Washington state is the only state partnering with Facebook. The company said it partnered with Washington state because of a histor y in the state of technolog y consumer protection.

T he at t or ne y gener a l said Washington state has been a leader in technology consumer protection since his predecessor, now Gov. Chris Gregoire, began filing suits against malware and spyware users.

“As spammers adjust their tact ics, we adjust ou rs,” McKenna said.

Nealeigh said the improve-ments raised Internet speeds in the dorms by about 250 percent. Residents also have the option to pay a one-time semester fee for access to Internet service with a band-width of 8 MBps.

UNT athletic director Rick Vi l larreal said around $ 6 million of the Apogee contract will be paid to UNT through bandwidth improvements to resident hall Internet service, and about $13 million will be paid to the university in cash over the course of 20

years, which will be used to pay off UNT’s debt following const r uct ion of t he new

stadium.“Rather than getting $20

million in cash, we moved toward ma k ing a compo-nent of this agreement some-thing that reduces the cost to

the campus and students,” Villarreal said.

A p o ge e h a s pr ov ide d Internet services to UNT dorms since 2008 and is currently the largest provider of ResNet services in the country.

Pre-biolog y sophomore Raven McFadden has lived on campus since her f irst semester as a freshman. She said she’s noticed a difference in Internet speed since she first moved onto campus.

“I not iced it was slow, but it’s a lot better than the f irst semester I was here,” McFadden said. “We had a lot of problems before. Now, I have noticed it’s a bit faster. I hope they keep making it better, because there’s always room for improvement.”

“I noticed it was slow, but it’s a lot

better than the first semester I was here...”

—Raven McFadden Pre-biology sophomore

“I used this time to dispel some of the myths of crime fighting that are sometime por t rayed on telev ision,” Hobon said. “[Such as] that crimes can be solved in a hour, that we as police offi-cers can just walk into a busi-ness or pick up the phone and get the information we need without court orders, etc.”

Former and current partic-ipants in the program were unavailable for comment.

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“We just have to make sure we come out and play well. It’s the next game on our schedu le a nd we’re trying to continue to posi-tion ourselves in this confer-ence race,” Jones said.

While the entire women’s basketball team’s coaching staf f w il l be barefoot in suppor t of Sa ma r ita n’s Feet for their game against

Arkansas State Saturday, Jones and his staff will wear sneakers for Jones’ pursuit of No. 200.

“I was actually going to do it with her [Aston], but this weekend we have the Coaches vs. Cancer, so it’s sneakers and suits for men’s college basketball coaches around the countr y,” he said.

Basketball

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Senior guard Brittney Hudson reacts to a call while Denver guard Morgan Van Riper-Rose drives during the Mean Green’s 50-44 loss Jan. 21 in the Super Pit. The Mean Green defeated the Cajuns 66-45 in Lafayette, La. and will face Arkansas State at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Coliseum.

Aston to go barefoot in conference game

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ZACH CLAUSSENStaff Writer

UNT women’s basketball head coach Karen Aston will feel more at home than usual this Saturday as the Mean Green take on the Arkansas State Red Wolves at the Super Pit.

Aston will coach barefoot to support the Samaritan Feet Barefoot Coaching movement, which provides shoes to chil-dren in need and raises aware-ness for worldwide outreach.

“I did [Samaritan Feet Barefoot Coaching] last year

Fast start for Woods in � rst tournament of 2012

Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the 93rd PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga., Friday, Aug. 12, 2011.

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — No momen-tous shots for Tiger Woods. No bogeys, either.

The 14-time major winner opened his 2012 season with a solid first round Thursday at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, shooting a 2-under 70 that left him three strokes behind co-leader Rory McIlroy, his playing partner.

“Hit the ball well all day today. It was a good ball-striking round,” Woods said. “I had a hard time reading the greens out there. The greens were pretty grainy and I just had a hard time getting a feel for it. Toward the end I hit some pretty good putts but overall I got fooled a lot on my reads.”

McIlroy shot a 67, as did Robert Karlsson. But the best shots of the day came from Sergio Garcia (71) and Jose Manuel Lara (70) — each had a hole-in-one on the par-3 12th hole.

McIlroy, the U.S. Open cham-pion from Northern Ireland, had three birdies on his first four holes but erratic driving led to two bogeys on the next four. He steadied himself with three birdies on his back nine, including a chip-in on No. 8 from just off the green.

“It’s a nice way to start the competitive season, I suppose,” McIlroy said. “I didn’t feel like I played that good. I definitely didn’t strike the ball as good as I have been the last couple of weeks. I think it’s just because your first competitive round of the season, card in your hand, you can get a little bit tentative or a little apprehensive.”

Woods missed several birdie chances, including a 6-footer on his ninth, the 18th hole. He also struggled with his approach shots on a course that was playing tougher than usual with

its thick rough, resulting in many 25- and 30-footers coming up short.

McIlroy calls Woods a friend and chatted with him much of the day. He said he didn’t take any satisfaction in beating him in the first round.

“If it was the last day of the tournament and you’re both going in there with a chance to win, I would take a lot of pride from that, obviously,” said McIlroy, who as a teenager followed Woods during a Dubai tournament when he played as an amateur in 2006 and 2007.”

Coming off a seven-week layoff, Woods has said he is fitter than he has been in years and brimming with confidence following his victory at the

Chevron World Challenge last month. That ended a two-year run without a win. Before last month’s win, Woods finished third at the Australian Open, and then delivered the clinching point for the American team in the Presidents Cup.

Since Chevron, Woods has moved up to a No. 25 ranking after briefly falling outside the top 50 last year.

“It felt the same as it had from Oz to the World Challenge to here,” Woods said. “I controlled my ball all day and just had a hard time getting a feel for these greens. They are grainy enough where I just didn’t quite read them right, and I hit them good, and then the grain would take it, not take it. It was just difficult.”

Women’s Basketball [at Charlotte], and the goal this year is to raise $1000,” Aston said.

UNT looks to build a two-game win streak and avenge an overtime loss to the Red Wolves (8-13, 2-6) earlier this season.

The Mean Green (12-9, 5-3) led that January matchup by five points with less than three minutes remaining in over-time before letting the game slip away.

Junior for ward Jasmine Godbolt knows the importance this game has on the Sun Belt Conference standings.

“There’s always some extra

fire to win these [conference] games,” Godbolt said.

UNT will have to be wary of Arkansas State’s scoring trio of sophomore forward Jane Morrill, senior guard Shania Hurst and junior guard Ashley Olvera. All three players are in the top 25 of the conference in scoring, with Morrill third with a 17.1 points per game average.

The three combined to score 38 of the Red Wolves’ 70 points in the win over the Mean Green Jan. 7.

Turnovers were a lso a problem in the first match up, as UNT turned the ball over

28 times, including 16 in the first half.

The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. Students are encour-aged to bring new children’s shoes to the game for the needy and also attend the game bare-foot to support the cause.

“Your feet actually don’t hurt as bad at the end of the game,” Aston said with a smile.

A conference victory wouldn’t hurt either. Not only would another win bring the Mean Green to the top of the West Division, but it would also give Aston her 99th career victory. The game will tip off Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Super Pit.

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After playing its first two matches on the road, UNT (1-1) will host Stephen F. Austin (2-2) and Oral Roberts (1-3) tomorrow at the Waranch Tennis Complex. These will be the first home matches for the Mean Green since the North Texas Classic in November.

The Mean Green will try to bounce back from a 4-3 loss to No. 25 Oklahoma Tuesday.

“One of our goals this year is to protect the house,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “We aren’t going to let anyone come and beat us in our house.”

UNT started slow against Oklahoma, with the Sooners taking a 4-0 lead before the Mean Green closed the margin to 4-3 to end the match.

“Our first goal is to win,” junior Valentina Starkova said. “This is our goal, but at the same time we have to look at what we have to do to win.”

Lama said that the team worked on their fitness, movement and execution this week in prepara-tion for the double header.

“We can’t just think of the outcome. We just have to focus on our conditioning and being mentally tough,” Starkova said. “We need to take it one step at a time.”

SFA is coming off a tough 5-1 loss to No. 5 Baylor Wednesday. Earlier this season, SFA posted victories over Sun Belt Conference foes Florida Atlantic and Louisville, who the Mean Green will host March 11.

UNT already has experience facing the Lumberjacks this season. In the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, Starkova rallied to defeat SFA sophomore Jithmie

JOsh FriemelIntern

After a strong performance in Oklahoma last weekend at the J.D. Martin Invitational, the Mean Green track and field team will try to continue its recent success this weekend at the Houston Indoor Invitational.

UNT recorded 29 top-five finishes in last week’s meet. Head coach Carl Sheffield says the team will continue to improve if it comes together as a team.

UNT tries to build on strong individual starts

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out how I operate and what I want it done.”

Sheffield coached his first track and field meet as the UNT head coach two weeks ago at the Texas A&M 10-Team Invitational.

Junior sprinter Johnny Hickman said the team is in a good position from a training standpoint but it still needs to improve to achieve its goals. Hickman placed third in the 60-meter dash (7.01 seconds) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.47) in last weekend’s event.

Although the team is partici-pating in its third event in three weeks, Hickman said fatigue won’t play a part in the Houston meet.

“The way we’ve been training, we’ve been training to have a really big tank, so fatigue isn’t a really big factor,” Hickman said. “Everyone has a few nicks and bruises here and there, but for the most part we are collectively getting our legs back.”

Senior Sara Dietz, who placed first in the mile last meet (5:03.29 minutes), and junior Matt Russ, who placed second in the 800-meter run (1:55.98), will also try to continue their hot starts. Sheffield credits the start to their second year of being with assis-tant coach Sam Burroughs and “a killer fall of training.”

“I think we’ll continue to see them improve just because what they’ve set for themselves and for us all,” Sheffield said. “We are looking for big things from our distance core this year.”

Hickman said he believes the team will continue to fix its flaws and become stronger as a unit.

“From Texas A&M to the J.D. Invitational, we’ve done outstanding,” he said. “We’ve gotten better by leaps and bounds. We need to keep that going as a team.”

The meet begins Friday at 3 p.m. and resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Junior Sarah Vann practices pole vaulting Thursday afternoon. The track team has a meet at the University of Houston this weekend.

Junior Sarah Korn practices pole vaulting Thursday afternoon. The track team will compete at the University of Houston Invitational this weekend.

Mean Green prepares forseason’s first home matches

Junior Valentina Starkova returns the ball during practice Jan. 19 at the Mean Green Village. The team will face Stephen F. Austin and Oral Roberts at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively, at the Waranch Tennis Complex for the home opener.

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Jayawickrema 1-6, 7-5, 10-7 on the third day of singles play.

On the same day, freshman Kseniya Bardabush and senior Irina Paraschiv took down SFA freshman Julia Lorca and soph-omore Laura Servise 8-2 in doubles.

UNT does not have the same experience against Oral Roberts.

Oral Roberts has lost three straight since their only victory

of the season, which came against Arkansas-Little Rock nearly two weeks ago. ORU fell to No. 22 Tulsa earlier this month. The Mean Green will face the Tulsa Golden Hurricane March 2.

“We expect to be a very, very tough, physical team [this weekend],” Lama said.

The SFA match will begin at 11 a.m. The ORU match will start at 3 p.m.

The purpose of the season’s first three meets is to work on technique and fundamentals, while preparing for conference meets in February, Sheffield said.

“We need to start getting into our minds that there is a champi-onship on the horizon,” he said.

T he Hou ston I ndoor Invitational is the biggest event UNT has competed at this year, with more than 15 teams entered in the meet.

“It’s a lot of fine-tuning because I’m new here,” Sheffield said. “Everybody is trying to figure

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Instead of grazing the shelves at the grocery store for cleaning supplies, where there is a different bottle for each surface, take steps toward making your own.

Cleaning supplies can get expen-sive, and don’t seem to last long. Chemicals can also be harmful to people and pets.

Here is an easy to make all-purpose cleaner that can save money, help the environment and clean your house all at the same time with eco-friendly household

MICHAELA DEENIntern

With the busy schedule of trying to balance school, work and a social life, “going green” may be the last thing many think about.

Everyone and the environment can benefit with these 10 easy tips.

1. Walk or bike instead of driving. Make use of the public buses and trains, such as the DCTA and A-Train. This helps cut down on fuel emissions and it’s easy on the wallet.

2. On the way to class, make the effort to throw away water bottles in the recycling bin or gum wrap-pers in the trashcan. No one likes a litterbug.

3. Unplug appliances when they are not in use. Even though the TV is turned off and the cell phone is removed from the charger, energy is still being drawn from the outlet. “Phantom energy,” as it is known, accounts for around 10 percent of electricity use, according to Planet Green.

4. Do-It-Yourself. With websites such as Pinterest, it’s easy to find

A simple guide to going greenlots of projects that are environmen-tally friendly, such as homemade cleaning supplies and innovative ways to recycle.

5. Shop local. Purchasing items that are produced locally helps the community, the economy and the environment. Buying local can cut pollution produced by shipping items overseas.

6. According to College Board, the average student spends approx-imately $1,000 on textbooks a year. Instead of buying new books each semester, save money and purchase used ones. This will also help save trees and landfills.

7. Print on both sides of the paper. A study done by Arizona State University showed that by using both sides, students could reduce their paper consumption by at least 30 percent.

8. Donate old clothes to reduce waste and unnecessary production of new clothes.

9. Recycle electronics to prevent harmful chemicals from being released into our ecosystem. The city of Denton has an electronics drop-off center located at the City of

Denton Landfill Weigh Station. TVs and computers can also be recycled — just call in advance.

10. Carry groceries in reusable bags instead of paper or plastic ones. The majority of plastic bags end up in landfills or oceans. According to reusethisbag.com, only 1 percent of plastic bags get recycled.

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Opinion

Brittni Barnett & Holly HarveySenior Staff Writers

Bracing himself against a strong and chilling wind, Buddy Hill pushes a large blue container piled high with discarded papers across the pebbled sidewalk outside of the General Academic Building. Hill lifts the heavy container onto a 1988 modified U-Haul truck.

“They keep trying to take it [the truck] away from me, and I say there’s no sense in buying a new one,” Hill said. “Me and this truck get along; we’re both old.”

Hill is one of UNT’s four full-t ime personnel who gather the recycling across campus every day, a service he said saves the univer-sity tens of thou-sands of dollars a year.

Hill said he has always been conscious of keeping the envi-ronment healthy.

UNT is established as the top school in Texas and is among the top 17 percent in the nation for its sustainability efforts. The city of Denton also continues to climb the charts as a sustainable city, taking care of the environment and its citizens.

UNT Sustainability HistoryIn 2008, former UNT President

Gretchen Batai l le signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, making UNT the first university in Texas to do so.

The commitment outlined steps university presidents should take in order to increase sustainability, such as purchasing energy effi-

cient appliances, participating in RecycleMania and encour-aging the use of public trans-portation.

That same year, Bataille estab-lished the Sustainability Council, composed of students, faculty and staff to discuss how to fulfill the requirements of the commit-ment.

The Office of Sustainability was established in 2009 because of the Council’s recommendation.

“ We’v e def i n ite l y g r ow n

as an office from a very small staff of just one or two people,” said Mendie Schmidt, assistant director of outreach for the Office of Sustainability. “In terms of the number of people we can reach and the impact we can have on campus, those have just grown exponentially.”

Establishing a Mean “Green” Legacy

Since its establishment, the office’s mission has been to work with the UNT community to address the university’s sustain-ability issues through research, outreach, operations and teaching students.

UNT has completed five of the seven tangible actions required in the Commitment through its efforts.

The university ranks No. 36 out

of 178 universities in the world in regards to sustainabi l it y, according to the Universitas Indonesia’s Green Metric World University Ranking.

In addition to its work on campus, UNT Sustainability is partnering with the city of Denton to increase its sustainability efforts, Schmidt said.

Sustainability in DentonUNT, the city’s largest employer,

was involved in giving feedback regarding the city’s sustainability plan, Schmidt said.

The city of Denton is working toward improving sustain-a bi l i t y i n m a ny a r e a s , i nc lud i n g w i nd power a nd gas. One of its main goals is to educate residents on how to make more sustain-

able choices.For example, free energy audits

are offered to residents so they can track thermal energy, conduct lower duct testing, receive recom-mendations and participate in rebate programs to make homes more sustainable.

Denton residents receive 40 percent of their power from local w ind energ y, said Katherine Barnett, city of Denton Special Projects Administrator.

Denton Municipa l Electric started the transition to wind power a few years ago to create more environmentally friendly power options.

“Sustainability is important for everyone,” Barnett said. “It’s something that we need to do to improve the state of our commu-nity.”

The city is working to remodel

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Denton lives up to its sustainable reputation

Interior design junior Rebecca Christy watches paper recycler Buddy Hill replace paper bins Thursday at the Art Building. Hill, one of four campus recyclers, said it takes a week to replace all the paper, plastic and cardboard bins. Hill earned a second bachelor’s degree, in sociology, in the fall and wants to become an academic advisor after over six years recycling for UNT.

Photo by tyler Cleveland/visuals editor

“[Sustainability] is something that we need to do to improve the state of our community.”

—Katherine Barnett City of Denton

Special Projects Administrator

itself, from changing to more energy efficient light bulbs to refitting the city fleet to consume fewer fossil fuels, Barnett said.

The lighting change is expected to save the city $124,000 annually, according to the city of Denton’s sustainability website.

Ranking sustainability from city to city is difficult and is “like

comparing apples to oranges--there’s no real scorecard,” Barnett said.

However, because of Denton’s strong reliance on wind energy, t he cit y is considered more advanced than many other areas, she said.

The city has also implemented a landfill gas collection system

that has enough energy to power 1,600 homes and create 1.6 mega-watts of energy, Barnett said.

New sustainability measures will be introduced to the city counci l on Feb. 7 to extend current policies such as refitting older buildings with lighting and providing more funds for commu-nity education on sustainability,

Barnett said. Denton has susta inabi l it y

lectures once a month for the community where people can learn how to improve energy effi-ciency and ask questions.

“Sustainability is just trying to get back to a more regional way of living,” Barnett said. “We’re trying to collect our own products

and services and make ourselves more self-reliant.”

Eco-Friendly FutureUNT will offer tours to help

people learn about sustainability initiatives on campus. The tours will include sights such as the Environmental Science Building, the Business Leadership Building

Clean energy photovoltaic panels that power a windmill contrast with gas-guz-zling trucks Thursday east of the Environmental, Education, Science and Technol-ogy Building.

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and Maple’s vegan dining hall, Schmidt said.

However, as the university moves forward with its sustain-abi l it y mission their biggest challenge is awareness, Schmidt said.

“We have some really great programs,” she said. “And finding a way to t ie students in and getting the word out on campus can sometimes be challenging.”

One solution to this problem has been the implementation of the We Mean Green Fund, a $5 per semester student fee used to fund environmental projects on campus.

“I am pretty proud of the Green For further stories, visit ntdaily.com

Fund,” Schmidt said. “And that we have students on campus that can have a say in the direction their university is taking in terms of projects that make a real impact on campus.”

As UNT Sustainability looks to a more eco-friendly future, Hill said he will continue his job of keeping UNT green, at least for now.

“I obviously enjoy the fact that I help keep some of this from going into a trash pile somewhere and that I am helping the environ-ment,” he said. “All those are good qualities of the job.”

6 OrganicSCENEFriday 1.27.2012

NADIA HILL &LAMECIA BAINESInterns

Waiters dressed in black glide underneath dim lights, delivering specialty meals featuring kale from the chef’s garden and beef from a local farm. Hannah’s Off the Square combines southern comfort food with fine dining, using ingredi-ents mostly from local farms and markets.

Hannah’s Off the Square is an eco-friendly fine dining experi-ence off Mulberry Street, churning out low-impact meals. Executive chef Sheena Croft purchases meat and produce from farms within 100 miles of Denton to reduce the impact of shipping and packaging while supporting local farmers. Most of the meat and produce served is from Cardo’s Farm Project, Gnismer Farms and local farmers’ markets, which is picked fresh daily.

“I learned to cook with what I

Hannah’s o� ers fresh local ingredients to patronshad on hand, with what’s fresh,” Croft said. “We’ve been getting local foods for about five years because it made sense. The farmers’ market was getting started right around the corner and what you have is what you make.”

In jeans and a white apron, Croft is casual about her food until she mentions the farmers she buys from and eliminating waste in the kitchen.

“Every little piece is precious, pushing you to make something special,” Croft said. “There’s a connection there you don’t get from ordering national brands, and I know how hard the farmers work. I mean, I’ve gone out to the farm and helped milk goats and pull beets from the ground, and you don’t want anything to go to waste.”

Every season brings new dishes, changing with the weather and available produce. Spring and summer have fruity, grilled dishes,

while hearty, vegetable laden grub is common in winter.

Twice a year, Hannah’s does a 100 Mile Dinner where every morsel and wine offered has local roots. Menu options range from $8 to $30.

“The food is so fresh,” said Earl

Russell, Gainesville, Okla. resi-dent but a Hannah’s frequenter. “You get things here you can’t buy anywhere else.”

What began as an effort to serve guest high quality food morphed into supporting local businesses

and reducing the restaurant’s environmental impact.

“Because there’s an emotional tie rather than just a transac-tion, everything radiates from what Sheena puts on the plate,” manager Robert Marshall said. “The experience around dining matches it. I can deliver what Sheena creates in a unique service style.”

PHOTO BY CHELSEA STRATSO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sheena Croft prepares lamb tartare for the second course at a wine dinner for customers at Hannah’s On The Square. Croft is the executive chef at the restaurant.

ALISON MATLOCKIntern

With the sun high in the sky, Amanda Austin walks between rows of squash. She bends down and pulls one out of the ground as the daily harvest begins for Cardo’s Farm Project.

Cardo’s Farm Project, founded in December 2010 by UNT alumna Austin and farm manager Daniel Moon, is a community farm and education center in Ponder, Texas. The project provides healthy produce and informs the community of the importance of their healthy food grown without the use of chem-icals.

“I am inspired by the Young Farmers Movement that is sweeping the country, growing and providing healthy food, building a farm-cen-tered community and the opportu-nity to teach through farm-based

Cardo’s Farm Project produces organic foodeducation,” Austin said.

Moon said he has a strong interest in developing and employing sustainable technologies and prac-tices on the farm.

“It is important to me to be envi-ronmentally conscious and grow this food so that the community can be inspired by and participate in achieving positive change from our consumer-based culture,” Austin said.

After raising $15,000 through a kickstarter.com campaign, they were able to double their vege-table production and begin their first community supported agri-culture.

Austin said she finds community support vital for small farms like this to exist. People can contribute by volunteering or purchasing produce.

“I think Amanda and Daniel’s

work is important and beneficial to the community because it unveils the process of growing food which so many of us are disconnected from,” art studio professor Annette Lawrence said. “I have enjoyed many meals made with produce from Cardo’s Farm Project.”

By supporting a small local farm, individuals use their voice to stand against poor food quality and poor food production methods, Austin said.

“[Students] volunteering provides opportunities to learn about care-taking, team work, a sense of accom-plishment, gratification, self-worth and self-reliance,” Austin said.

Students should have a variety of reasons to be concerned with having healthily-grown food, Lawrence said.

“Those reasons could be ecolog-ical, economical, concerns with

dietary health, culinary interests or pure curiosity,” she said.

Moon and Austin’s products are sold at various locations in Denton; The Cupboard Natural Food Store, Hannah’s Off the Square, The Chestnut Tree, Denton Juice Co. and Jupiter House Coffee.

As the days on the farm continue,

so will produce production, and Austin’s and Moon’s goal to keep everything environmentally friendly and fresh.

“Hopefully the farm-based educa-tion programs will also grow and reach wider audiences,” Austin said. For more information visit www.cardosfarmproject.com

PHOTO COURTESY OF CARDO’S FARM PROJECT

Daniel Moon and Amanda Austin stand beside their local garden project.

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Friday 1.27.2012 7MusicSCENE

ASHLEY GRANTIntern

The sound of empty water jugs struck with drumsticks, combined with break-dancers spinning on stage, blends perfectly with the high-energ y sounds of Vocal Trash.

Voca l Trash, based out of Nor t h Texas, has created a ruckus for around 10 years. The band promotes the use of green energy while informing audience members about the importance of the environment.

Initially, Vocal Trash was a “standard industry band” that used regular instruments.

“We started out as an entertain-ment entity and over the years the group has changed us,” said Steve Linder, founder and performer in Vocal Trash. “Now we’re music with a conscience and in harmony with the environment. ”

The band performs popular songs such as “I’ve Got A Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas, as well as some of their own material.

Linder said he considers what the band does to be ‘edutain-ment’, a combination of education and entertainment. Vocal Trash provides an amped-up show while also educating the audience about green awareness.

In between songs, Linder said Vocal Trash will announce to the audience what certain instru-ments are made from and how it has been kept out of a landfill.

Linder said he hopes t hat people, through the variety show, wil l adopt the band’s motto: “Think…before you throw it away.”

“Most people don’t t h i n k about what or how much they’re throwing away,” he said. “We want to inform people on ways to keep landfills at a minimum.”

Many of the instruments Vocal Trash utilizes are made from items

Vocal Trash goes green with shows

CHRISTINA MLYNSKISCENE Editor

The cliché that says “looks can be deceiving” thoroughly applies when it comes to First Aid Kit.

Johanna and Klara Soderberg may be Sweden-bred, but their soul is American-raised. The two sisters have taken indie-folk music to a whole new level with their sophomore album, “The Lion’s Roar.”

T h e t i t u l a r o p e n i n g track, “The Lion’s Roar,” is a brooding mixture of sharp vocals and layered guitars. The song is filled to the brim with powerful lyrics that tell the story of a dysfunctional family affair. The tune sets the tone for the remaining record; it starts off simple, but by the end listeners feel as if they’re in the presence of an orchestra pit.

First Aid Kit mesmerized Mike Mogis, Omaha producer and guitarist for Bright Eyes, when he hea rd t heir f i rst record. He was so impressed by the sisters’ musical talents he decided to produce “The Lion’s Roar” and play along-side them. Nate Walcott, also a Bright Eyes band member, took trumpet duties on many of the tracks as well.

Halfway through the record, listeners will discover “This Old Routine,” a heartbreaking folksy track that even Bob Dylan would be impressed with. The introduction of a sl ide guitar gives the song a whiny, yearning feeling of desperation. This track could turn t he biggest hopeless romantic into a skeptic.

T he S o der b er g s i s t er s crafted “The Lion’s Roar” on

First Aid Kit’s sophomore album in� uenced by Americana sound

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that would otherwise be found in a landfill, such as vegetable cans, galvanized metal scrapers and auto parts, Linder said.

Vocal Trash recently performed Jan. 18 at the U.S. Composting C o u n c i l ’s 2 0 t h A n n u a l Conference.

Rosa Bottoni, office manager at U.S. Composting Council, said that the audience loved every minute of the performance.

“Vocal Trash’s performance was very upbeat and they put ever yone in a g reat mood,” Bottoni said.

Kelsey Shaw, co-owner and performer in Vocal Trash, said that going green isn’t just about recycling and upcycling, which is reusing, but also simplifying life.

“It ’s about not bei ng so wasteful,” Shaw said.

Something as simple as turning off lights and only running the dishwasher when it’s completely full would have a huge impact on energy and water conservation, she said.

“If everyone changed just one thing it would make a huge differ-ence,” Shaw said.

Linder said the band hopes to travel the world someday promoting green awareness.

“We want to spread the green world on a global scale,” he said.

For more information on the band, visit: vocaltrash.net.

PHOTO COURTESY OF VOCALTRASH.NET

their last tour. With realistic tales about life and relatable lyrics that hit too close to home, it’s refreshing to see such young women bare their old souls – no doubt taking notes from their musical mentor and biggest fan, Bright Eyes front man Conor Oberst.

The final track of the album is First Aid Kit’s golden ticket, “King of the World.” With basic beats, distinctive acoustic guitars and autoharps, it doesn’t get any more Americana than this track. With a guest performance by Oberst, the call-and-response between the sister’s harmonious voices and his crooning tone produces a magical dynamic. This is the track that will climb the music charts.

While it’s a feat in and of itself to create a second album that’s

actually – gasp – respectable, there are moments throughout the record where songs drone on too long. It’s a rookie mistake that First Aid Kit will learn to tackle with time. Overall though, these lionesses have a lot to roar about.

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La Burguesa214 E. Hickory St.

Denton, Texas 76201Phone: 940-442-6113

Fax:940-442-6114Hours: Monday-

Thursday 11a.m. to 9p.m.Friday and Saturday

11a.m to 10 p.m.

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La Burguesa

NADIA HILL & ALISON MATLOCKInterns

La Burguesa is exactly what it sounds like: Mexican food meets classic Texas-style grub in the form of ballpark fare.

Tucked away next to Ramen Republic and across the street from Loveshack, this new twist on burgers, fries and hotdogs adds a distinctive f lavor to Hickory Street. Flavors from south of the border are evident in menu options such as the choice between regular and spicy onion rings.

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Cheese oozes from La Monumental Burger, a double beef, double cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato and onion.

Wa l k ing into t he restau-rant, the atmosphere is a little confusing at first. It’s like rustic a mbia nce meet s dow ntow n funky art scene somewhere in Mexico. There’s exposed brick, some painted a deep charcoal and orange trim along the windows and doors. Pleated metal below the cash registers gives the place a little shine underneath the menu. There are three main burgers on the menu - the La Monumental,

the Burguesa Double, and the Burguesa. Each burger comes with extras such as avocado, refried beans and ham. For $7, patrons can get a burger, fries and a drink. Their signature burger, La Monumenta l, is monstrously equipped with two beef patties, two slices of cheese, ham, a crunchy tostada, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado and a specia l creamy sauce. The Mex ica n hot dog –

w r appe d i n bac on, with jalapenos, toma-toes, cheese and “special sauce” – was a step above t y pica l greasy fast food. It was cheap enough to be fast food, but a litt le too classy to be a hole in the wall find. Six bucks bought a tast y, interest ing hot dog, spicy onion rings and a drink. The spicy onion rings weren’t crazy spicy - just a little kick. There were two interesting additions to the meals. One was a churro, which was thrown in with the meal for free and was an unusual dessert to a burger or hot dog. The second was a Mexican fortune cookie, which is f latter and blander than Chinese fortune cookies but contains the same inspiring messages. C onven ient l y, a l l pr ic e s include tax, so what customers s e e i s w h a t t h e y p a y. La Burguesa definitely fulfills cravings for hearty fried foods. It’s an exceptional blend of two different cuisines that will keep customers coming back. It’s not fine dining, but it’s worth a try.