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Graveyard raises Denton history to life

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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery was established in 1860 and has become the � nal resting place of nearly 5,800 individuals and families. I.O.O.F. member James M. Smoot donated land for the cemetery to be built in the late 19th century. Members of the I.O.O. F. that were Freemasons have the Masonic symbol carved on their headstone.

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UNT police create the� databaseLAUREN WILLIAMSONContributing Writer

Theft is a growing problem on the campus of UNT – 93 cases have been reported on ca mpus si nce September, according to Deputy Chief of Police Ed Reynolds.

In order to help students locate lost or stolen posses-s i o n s , t h e U N T P o l i c e Department has partnered with Trace, an online data-base of lost and stolen items, to start a Facebook applica-tion to help prevent theft and return stolen items.

The UNT police website details the steps students can take to register valuables with the online lost and found to assist police with recovery of stolen items. Students can also use tracking software such as GadgetTrak to remotely access a laptop’s camera to record images of a thief using their stolen computer.

U N T pol ice sa id usi ng GPS-enabled tracking soft-ware helps lead them to stolen possessions.

“Cel l phones, books and laptops are the most reported s t ole n i t e m s ,” Re y nold s said.

However, many cases of theft go unreported, according to Reynolds.

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UNT claims 35-point win against Warhawks

Senior Tyler Hall makes a break for the basket against University of Louisiana Monroe. Tyler and the Mean Green overtook the Warhaks, wining 86-51.

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The new “University of North Texas Facebook” helps students connect on campus, meet up with a group or create their own event.

UNT app helps students connect with campusNICOLE BALDERASSenior Staff Writer

In hopes of combining educa-tion and social networking, UNT teamed up with the company Inigral to create the “University of North Texas Facebook” appli-cation.

Inigral originated in 2007 with a “courses application” that organized students’ classes on their Facebook profile. In 2009, the company took a different approach and launched the school application used today.

When it joined in April 2011, UNT was one of the first 20 universities in the U.S. to form a partnership with Inigral, whose mission is to bridge social gaps among students.

“You could argue that we’re taking Facebook back to its roots, but we don’t look at it that way,” Inigral Chief Evangelist Michael Staton said. “Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with people you already know, but it’s not as great for getting to know new people or staying in touch with large organizations.”

Because UNT signed on during the early stages of the application’s development, a $30,000 annual contract with the company was made avail-able, instead of the usual cost of $60,000.

“I’ve seen really positive uses of the program,” said Ken Moffitt, UNT senior director of commu-nication systems and marketing.

“I’ve heard of people getting together at orientation, people saying ‘Hey, I’m your roommate’ before they even get to campus. It’s especially helpful to newly admitted students who don’t know a soul on campus.”

The application aims to increase student involvement with each other and with the campus.

“We’re working on incorpo-rating official announcements from the university,” Staton said. “We found that students gener-ally have a preferred method of communication at a certain pace about certain topics, and most of them don’t check their email.”

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Men’s Basketball

IAN JACOBYViews Editor

The UNT men’s basket-ball team never trailed in its 86-51 decimation of Louisiana-Monroe at the Super Pit on Thu rsday night.

“We have a very unselfish team,” men’s basketbal l head coach Johnny Jones said. “[Freshman forward] Tony [ M itchel l ] i s a n unselfish player and looks for the assist. We’ve played that way all year, and we have to keep it up.”

Unselfish describes the game well. UNT (15-11, 8-5) ended the contest with 15 assists, as opposed to ULM’s five. Couple that stat with the fact that every player on the team scored at least once, and it’s clear that Jones’ message of team-first basketball is sinking in.

Mitchell contributed to the win with 18 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks, t y ing a ca reer-high for block s. T he ga me a lso ma rk s M itchel l’s f i f t h straight double-double and ninth of the season.

On a less positive note, Mitchell shot just 50 percent from the free throw line.

“I don’t know,” Mitchell sa id of h is f ree t h row percentage. “I just need to practice shooting more free throws, I guess.”

U N T ’s o f f e n s e w a s

firing on all cylinders as the Mean Green found scoring in unlikely places. Tyler Hall, senior walk-on guard and fan favorite, started the game by going three-for-three from three-point range and ended the game with a career-high 11 points.

Leading the team with four assists was freshman guard Alzee Williams, who scored 12 points. It was his fourth

straight game where he scored in double figures. After the game, Williams was quick to defend Mitchell’s free throw shooting.

“Don’t worry about that,” Williams said of Mitchell’s free throws. “Tony will get it.”

The loss was ULM’s (2-24, 1-12) ninth consecutive loss.

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Gov. Rick Perry looking to set up PAC

AUSTIN, Texas — Rick Perry wants to use money left over from his failed presidential bid to form a political action committee supporting other candidates.

Perr y’s campaign has written to the Federal Election Commission asking about forming a PAC or super PAC.

A PAC would allow Perry to raise up to $5,000 from indi-vidual donors. Super PACs don’t impose contribution limits.

The letter says Perry raised $270,000 for the general pres-idential election and now is asking donors if that money can be transferred to a PAC, since he didn’t win the Republican nomination.

It says Perry hasn’t decided if the PAC would back one or several candidates.

Signed Monday, the letter says Perry’s campaign has received at least $100,000 in refund requests from donors who don’t want their money used for other purposes.

National

Underwear bomber given life sentences

DETROIT, Mich. – A federal judge imposed multiple life sentences Thursday on failed underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009.

“The defendant has never expressed doubt or regret or remorse about his mission,” U.S District Judge Nancy Edmunds told the 25-year-old Nigerian student-turned-al-Qaida-operative during a 90-minute hea r ing in Detroit. “To the contrary, he sees that mission as divinely inspired and a continuing mission.”

Edmunds imposed the s entenc e a f ter s e v er a l passengers on Northwest Fl ig ht 253 ta l ked about how t he fa i led bombing attempt had changed their lives forever, causing them to fear f lying, seek mental health counseling and have continuing nightmares.

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About one million people die from suicide each year, according to the World Health Organization.

In an effort to reduce the rate, UNT has made strides to boost suicide prevention and awareness among its students.

The Counsel ing Center s p on s or e d QPR Su ic ide Prevention Training on Feb. 1, during which assistant psycholog y professor Dr. Pam Flint and psychologist Dr. Martin Gieda spoke to students.

T h e t r a i n i n g t a u g h t students about QPR: ques-tion, persuade and refer. Flint and Gieda taught attendees that if they come in touch with someone contemplating suicide they should first ques-tion the person, persuade them to seek help and refer them to assistance.

“People that are thinking about suicide feel all alone,” said Dr. Carolyn Kern, asso-ciate professor for counseling and higher education.

UNT offers a number of resources for students who do not know where to go for help for themselves or their f r iends when it comes to issues concerning suicide.

One option is to receive advice or referrals from the CARE Team, which is headed by t he Dea n of Students Office.

CARE teams were started on ca mpuses across t he c o u n t r y f o l l o w i n g t h e shootings on Virginia Tech’s campus in 2007, according to Maureen McGuinness, dean of students, assistant v ice president for student affairs and leader of the CARE team. The team’s mission is to assist in protect ing t he hea lt h, safety and well-being of the students and members of the UNT community.

“We don’t take anything lightly,” McGuinness said. “We will not ignore anything. We can’t. I won’t.”

Both of these resources collaborate with one another as well as with UNT police and the UNT Student Health and Wellness Center.

Program teaches suicide prevention

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The American Association of Suicidology said warning signs include dramatic mood cha nges, w it hdrawa l a nd increased substance use.

“If you see these signs,

engage the person,” SHWC Admin Outreach Supervisor Kerry Stanhope said. “Do not argue with the person, but instead be calm and contact a health professional.”

Though technology advance-ments have increased the number of ways administration can reach out to students, the Inigral team found in its research that infor-mation might not be getting through to students.

“Because you can communi-cate with [students] in so many ways, they’re not paying atten-tion,” Staton said. “In addition, students think different things are important than the admin-

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istration does. Most students are saying ‘I want to know more, I want to be more up to date, but there is a way I want to receive my information.’”

Inigral team member Gabe Sanchez said he wished the appli-cation had been around when he was in college.

“Being a recent college grad-uate, if this had been available to me as a freshman I would have felt more like I belonged and felt a connection to the school,” Sanchez said.

To access the application, visit unt.schoolapp.com.

Pre-converged broadcast media junior Michael Potiska said his bicycle was stolen from a bike rack on Oak Street during the winter break.

“I did not report it to police. I wasn’t sure where to report that, and because I didn’t get [my bike] registered I figured my chances of the police finding it were close to zero,” Potiska said.

But students can take steps to decrease their chances of becoming a theft victim.

“The best step is prevention,” Reynolds said.

UNT police encourage students to take steps to prevent theft by writing identifying infor-mation in textbooks and regis-tering bicycles with the campus police.

Students can report theft by contacting the UNT Police Department by calling 940-565-3000. More information can be found on theft prevention and safety at www.unt.edu/police.

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House approves amendment to Gulf Coast restoration(MCT) WASHINGTON – The House of Representat ives approved Thursday an amend-ment by Gulf Coast lawmakers to dedicate 80 percent of the fines collected from the BP oil spill to a trust fund for coastal restoration in Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.

The amendment passed on voice vote. The entire bill, which is the energy portion of the Surface Transportation Act, was approved 237 to 187.

The Restore Act has been

a top priority of Gulf Coast lawmakers. House members from Gulf states – including Reps. Steve Palazzo, R-Miss., Steve Scalise, R-La., and Pete Olson, R-Texas – were able to inject the issue into the debate on energy and oil and gas drilling.

“This is a huge first step that brings us much closer to bringing oil spill fines back to the Gulf Coast states,” Palazzo said. “This amend-ment sets up the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund for the five Gulf Coast states, and sets

aside 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines – before BP reaches a settlement.”

The language still must pass the Senate.

The House vote comes as parties that sued BP over the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill prepare for trial this month.

The full Restore Act also would dictate the distribu-tion of money among the five states.

“It’s only fair that the lion’s share of BP Clean Water Act fines are dedicated to the Gulf Coast states still dealing with the impacts of the disaster for the purposes of ecosystem and economic recovery,” Scalise said.

The amendment would set up the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund for the five Gulf Coast states, and would set aside 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines – an amount that could reach $20 billion. Without the amendment, the f ines would be collected as general revenue.

On Apri l 20, 2010, t he BP- op e r a t e d D e e p w a t e r Horizon oi l r ig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing 4.9 million barrels of crude oil over 87 days.

A federal case with hundreds of consolidated lawsuits is scheduled to begin Feb. 27 before a federal judge in New Orleans. But Palazzo and other lawmakers expect BP to settle with the U.S. govern-ment, government and want to get the amendment in place as soon as possible to ensure that the Gulf Coast gets money for restoration.

T h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Protection Agency fines are separate from a $20 billion fund that BP set up to compen-sate victims of the oil spill.

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The UNT track and field team will compete in the Oklahoma Invitational on Saturday in what will be the team’s final regular season meet before the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships.

Head coach Carl Sheffield said the meet will serve multiple purposes and could be a big confidence booster. Going into the champion-ships with three consecu-tive solid performances could give the team some momentum.

“That’s everything for them, because they’re so young,” he said. “It builds confidence knowing that each week they have expec-tations of getting better each week.”

This meet will provide athletes who may have missed a meet in the past with a f inal chance to compete. Sheffield also said he’s found an event for each athlete to race in.

“I know who’s doing well at certain events,” he said. “Now I just have to figure out where our chances of maxi-mizing our points are.”

In last week’s meet in Iowa, three school records were eclipsed. Senior Sara Dietz finished the 3,000-

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Freshman Rebecca Lex launches a long jump during track practice Tuesday at Fouts Field.

Dietz, Collins to lead team on road

meter with a time of 9:43.06 minutes, breaking UNT’s previous record by more than 10 seconds. Sophomore Clinton Collins set a new Sun Belt season-high and school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 47.17 seconds.

“That whole meet was record-or-bust for me,” Collins said, after thanking God. “That was the most focused I’ve been this season, and I was able to execute.”

The distance medley relay team, comprised of Dietz, senior Ingrid Mollenkopf, freshman Jamalia Cartwright and freshman Jo Adams, broke

a school record by 20 seconds with a time of 11:55.71.

Adams, who competed in her first collegiate meet last week, said the meet allowed her to build relationships with her teammates. Adams is a grad-uate student from England, who is athletically considered a freshman.

“It was really exciting to have broken a record in my first meet,” she said.

Adams said she feels the pressure of having little time to prepare for the Sun Belt Championships in two weeks, but she’s confident she will perform.

The team’s success over the last three meets can be attributed to an increase of energy, Collins said. He said practice doesn’t always go as planned, but the energy coun-teracts what the team doesn’t do well.

“I really appreciate that from my teammates and coaches,” he said. “I think that now everybody is starting to see that its championship time, and you can’t go lackadaisical. You need to have that full bolt of energy so you can take the opponent out.”

The meet will begin Saturday morning in Norman, Okla.

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Senior Addison Long tees o� at the second hole during practice at the Oakmont Country Club in Corinth, Texas.

UNT looking to rebound in Nevada

RYNE GANNOEIntern

Two weeks after finishing behind eight of the nation’s top 50 teams, the Mean Green women’s golf team will face more toug h compet it ion Monday in the UNLV Rebel Intercollegiate tournament.

The f ield includes No. 9 A r i zona a nd No. 40 Sa n Diego State. The two teams played in the Arizona Wildcat Invitational and finished first and ninth, respectively, in the 14-team tournament.

The Mean Green finished t he tou r na ment i n 10t h place. UNT passed San Diego State in the second round, but fell back to 10th place after shooting a final round 31-over-par.

Three other teams in the tournament are ranked ahead of the Mean Green in the national standings.

“The more teams ranked in front of us, the bigger the opportunity,” head coach Jeff Mitchell said. “I hope by the time the dust settles we’ll be in the top 50.”

UNT is the No. 61 team in the nation, and only the top 60 teams are guaranteed a spot in the NCA A Regional tournament.

M itc hel l s a id pl a y i ng t he W i ldcat I nv it at iona l

was a benefit for the team going into the UNLV Rebel Intercollegiate because the desert-like target golf courses are similar.

Senior Jacey Chun, t he team’s No. 1 golfer, strug-gled in Arizona with her worst f inish of t he season. She finished the tournament at 22-over-par, which was good for third on the team.

The team will look to her for leadership and for her to play to her full capability.

“Last tournament she didn’t play well,” senior Addison Long said. “Her playing well will help the rest of us.”

T he tea m’s foc u s ha s improved this week, Long said, but the team has to become more mentally tough.

“It’s okay if you hit a bad shot, it’s how you react to the bad shot,” Long said. “[In the last tournament] we would hit another bad shot.”

Long w i l l be joined by fellow seniors Chun, Kelsey Kipp, sophomore Chasly n C h r i smer a nd f resh ma n McKenzie Ralston at the tour-nament. All five have been going to practice early and staying after the required three-hour practice.

The Mean Green will play the first two rounds of the tournament Monday and wrap it up with the f inal round Tuesday at the Cascata Golf Club in Henderson, Nev.

Mean Green prepares for road tests

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Tennis

TYLER OWENSStaff Writer

Riding a three-match winning streak, the road-tested Mean Green are gearing up for two more road battles against ranked teams over the weekend in Tucson, Ariz.

The team will take on No. 33 Arizona on Friday at 3 p.m. and No. 50 Cal Poly on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

“It’s another opportunity for us to go out there and prove ourselves,” senior Nadia Lee said. “We know what we are up against. These teams have solid players, but so do we.”

O n T hu r s d a y, t he Intercol leg iate Ten n is Association moved UNT up to No. 61 in the national rankings, the second-highest ranking in program history.

ArizonaThe Wildcats (3-2) will be a

challenge for the Mean Green (5-3, 1-0), but at this point

in the season, a challenge is something that the team is used to.

“You always feel like you achieved a little bit more if you can beat someone in their house,” Lee said. “It kind of rubs it in their face a little bit more.”

There was no lack of confi-dence surrounding the team this week after the team beat ranked opponents Kansas State and TCU.

“We certainly have the talent, and the key is belief,” tennis associate head coach Jeff Maren said. “Beating some ranked teams the way we’ve done the last couple of weeks has instilled that belief in us.”

Cal PolyAfter a day of rest, the Mean

Green will face No. 50 Cal Poly (4-2) in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday.

“I expect us to win and fight no matter what, as usual,” junior Valentina Starkova said.

It’s not just the victories that have the Mean Green feeling confident, but the way they’ve won.

Down 3-0 to then No. 44 TCU, the team battled back with four straight points to take the match 4-3. On Sunday, the team dismantled Sun Belt Conference foe Louisiana-

Lafayette 6-1.“[Play ing tough teams]

makes you battle hardened, and that’s what these girls have become,” Maren said.

Over the weekend, the Cal Poly Mustangs defeated San Jose State, but dropped its first Big West Conference matchup against UC Davis.

Ragin’ RevengeThe Mean Green will get a

chance to avenge its two-point loss to Louisiana-Lafayette (15-13, 9-5) when the Ragin’ Cajuns come to Denton on Saturday.

“We have to do everything better to win on Saturday,”

Mitchell said, “Turn the ball over less and rebound better. Everything.”

UNT rallied from a 10-point deficit with four and a half minutes left, but fell short to ULL on Jan. 25.

ULL, third in the Sun Belt

Conference standings, is coming off a 25-point loss to Denver, a team UNT beat by a point Jan. 21.

“It’s important to get off to a good start,” Jones said. “Tonight [Thursday night] showed the importance of coming out early and establishing a lead.”

Senior Night festivities will take place before Saturday’s game, which starts at 3:30 p.m. at the Super Pit.

“Beating some ranked teams the way we’ve done the last couple of

weeks has installed that belief in us.”—Jeff Maren

Tennis associate head coach

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Friday 2.17.20123LifeSCENE

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Ronald Reagan was the first presi-dent elected in a year ending in zero not to be assassinated or die of natural causes while serving in office.

This is one of the stranger facts students can learn in behavior analysis professor Bryan Lovelace’s class, Science, Skepticism, & Weird Behavior.

Lovelace created the class in the hope of teaching students how to think critically about human behavior and weird experiences.

“The class is geared toward people who are sitting on the fence about whether or not paranormal things are supernatural or natural,” he said.

Lovelace has taught the class every semester since he received his master’s in 2004.

Throughout the semester students examine the causes of various strange phenomena, including alleged para-normal events, magic, superstition, mystery illness, bogus therapies and pseudoscience.

The class is structured to explore various parts of weird things, including theories, evidence, expla-nations and cases, Lovelace said.

Lovelace said he teaches his students through the use of read-ings, lectures, videos, music and discussion.

Some students take the class for a better understanding of their major while others, such as creative writing senior Raynelyn Vaskova, take it for fun.

Vaskova said she decided to take

? that’s a classScience, Skepticism, & Weird Behavior

Class: BEHV 3200

Subject Matter: Scientific method applied to interesting everyday phenomena

Better Known As: The Supernatural or Natural Class Required Texts: “How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age” by Theodore Schick

the class to enhance her writing, but also because it appealed to her.

“The class has proven to hit every keynote that I’ve wanted so far,” she said.

Pre-psychology junior Heather Hollinsworth said she is taking the class because she thought it would help her “understand other courses better,” and so that she can “teach patients how to also critically think about things they find to be para-normal, weird or different.”

Both Hollinsworth and Vaskova said they think the course will strengthen their thinking processes in other classes, as well as in real life.

Lovelace has many goals for the class, including a better under-standing of weird things, how to think critically and the knowledge and beliefs behind things commonly known as unexplainable, he said.

He said humans are programmed to have weird experiences, and that his ultimate goal is for students “to be able to resist the urge to pass judg-ment on these experiences without evidence.”

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Instead of donating all of your dad’s old vinyls to the nearest thrift store, use them to make your own book.

After about 30 minutes, you will have a new look for your books. Make sure not to leave the book in your car or other hot places because records can easily melt.

You can find vinyls in book-stores and antique shops all throughout the Square in Denton. They come in various colors, sizes and designs. Vinyls can cost as little as $1.

Everything else can be purchased at your nearby craft or grocery store and will cost about $10.

Things you’ll needTwo vinyl recordsX-Acto knifeRulerPencilBook rings or ribbonPaper (notebook or craft

paper, depending on what you are making)

Lay a piece of the paper you are using on top of the record and center it. Take the pencil and trace the edges of the paper, making marks on the vinyl.

Make sure to leave just a little extra space between your mark and the paper so that the cover is a little bigger than the pages inside.

DI :Vinyl record bookNow take out the ruler and X-Acto

knife. Make sure you are cutting on a surface that is not important, such as a cardboard box or in a work shed.

Place the ruler on the edge of the pencil marks and use it to keep the X-Acto knife steady. This will also help you cut in a straight line.

The first cut is not going to go all the way through, so you will have to go over it multiple times until you have gotten at least halfway through the record.

Once you’ve made it halfway through, you can bend the piece until it breaks off.

Do this on all four sides. Then take a piece of paper and

place it on the record, which is now in the shape of the cover. Use a pencil to mark on the record where the holes need to go.

When marking these holes, place the cover so that it is facing the way you want it to.

Put the point of the X-Acto knife on the mark you made. Twist it back and forth, occasionally moving the record around so it makes a circle.

Repeat with another album for the back cover.

After you have made both the front and back cover, take your paper and put pages in between each vinyl cover.

Then feed ribbon through the holes or use metal book rings to connect the covers and the paper.

The ribbon will make the book more binding, and the book rings will allow the pages to move more freely.

Safely use the box-cutter to cut away the edg-es of the vinyl that are not covering the paper.

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Friday 2.17.20125GraveyardSCENE4 GraveyardSCENEFriday 2.17.2012

Brittni BarnettSenior Staff Writer

A soft breeze blows tattered leaves across the worn marble base of a small mausoleum marked with the last name “Magee.”

An intricate wrought-iron gate, brown with rust and age, covers half of the broken marble slab meant to seal in one of Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery’s estimated 5,800 inhabitants.

I.O.O.F. Cemetery serves as the final resting place for many of Denton’s earliest inhabitants, elected officials, veterans of wars dating back to the Texas Revolution and of course, several members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, for which the cemetery is named.

“As far as genealogy goes, many of Denton’s famous pioneers are buried there,” said Chuck Voellinger, special collections librarian for Emily Fowler Library and UNT alumnus. “It was definitely the place to be buried.”

Take This To The GraveI.O.O.F. Cemetery is located at

the corner of Carroll Boulevard and Eagle Drive, and is surrounded by modern establishments, including apartment complexes, banks and a gas station. However, when it was first established in 1860, the cemetery was located “out in the country,” according to the Denton County Historical Commission.

James M. Smoot, a founding member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 82 in Denton, donated five and a half acres to the organization so that it would have somewhere to bury its dead.

I.O.O.F. Cemetery honors Denton and its historic rootsSmoot died two years later and

was buried in the center of the orig-inal section of the cemetery, where a monument was later erected on his grave.

Lots were also sold to the public. Those who purchased lots were charged an annual fee of 50 cents per lot.

Although the number of burials in I.O.O.F. Cemetery was small in its early years, as the City Cemetery –now called Oakwood Cemetery–began to fill, residents turned to I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

To help accommodate for the growing need for burial space, the local lodge purchased an addi-tional 7.5 acres and continued to acquire land several times over the years until the space measured 22 acres.

The city of Denton took control of the cemetery in 1933.

However, Lodge No. 82 and its members still looked after the ceme-tery and its historical significance.

In fact, when a proposal came up to change the name of I.O.O.F. Street to Bates Street, lodge members fought hard in opposition to the change, according to the Denton County Historical Commission.

Odd FellowsThere are several lodges located

in the Dallas Fort-Worth area, including Denton’s lodge, located at 1410 Eden Ln.

Denton’s I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 82 is one of 12,000 lodges located in various countries around the world, including Australia, Nigeria and Chile, according to the national I.O.O.F. website.

Similar to Freemasonry, I.O.O.F. is a fraternal organization with selective membership. The organi-zation began in 1819 in Baltimore, Maryland, and was founded on the three core values of friend-ship, love and truth, said Earl Ray Parrish, Grand Scribe for the Grand Encampment of Texas, I.O.O.F.

These values are represented in the organization’s symbol of a three-link chain with the letters F, L and T, one inside each of the links.

“It’s definitely not a new order by any means,” Parrish said. “It got the name because I guess when you start to worry about other people besides yourself, that is considered

a little odd.”Parrish, who joined the organi-

zation in the 1970s, said that once a town was established I.O.O.F lodges were soon to follow.

The local Denton lodge was established in 1857, the same year as Denton itself, according to the Denton County Historical Commission.

Once they were built, I.O.O.F .lodges served as meeting places for its members as well as the commu-nity.

Currently, I.O.O.F. members focus much of their efforts on philan-thropic work, Parrish said.

“We have several service proj-

ects that we do every year,” he said. “Every Christmas we go and give toys away to underprivileged chil-dren at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.”

Carrying on the LegacyToday, I.O.O.F. Cemetery is

marked as one of Texas’ many historic cemeteries.

It is arranged using divisions labeled with the letters A through Z, blocks numbered one to 35 and finally by graves within the block numbered one to 10.

The Z division is the most recent addition to the cemetery, said Teresa Abrams of the City of Denton

Parks and Recreation Department. “It was added just a few years ago,” Abrams said. “There hadn’t been many burials there in quite some time.”

Voellinger said he receives several calls a year from people seeking genealogical information, infor-mation on the local history and obituaries.

“Genealogy has become really popular in recent years,” Voellinger said. “We get people from around the country seeking any informa-tion about their family. They knew they were from Denton but they didn’t know they were buried there [in I.O.O.F. Cemetery], so we were

“It was definitely the place to be buried.”

—Chuck Voellinger UNT alumnus

The first recorded burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery was Anne Isabella Carroll, infant daughter of Joseph and Celia Carroll in 1860.

Did You Know?


The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery was established in 1860 and since then has become the final resting place of nearly 5,800 individuals and families. I.O.O.F. member James M. Smoot donated land for the cemetery to be built back in the late 19th century. Members of the I.O.O.F. who were Freemasons have the Masonic symbol carved on their headstone.


The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, located at the corner of Eagle Drive and Carroll Boulevard, has been providing a final resting place for Freemasons and members of the I.O.O.F. since 1860. This monument is in memoriam of James M. Smoot and the land he donated for the cemetery.

able to trace that for them.”For more information regarding

the cemetery, call (940) 349-8415 or visit http://www.cityofdenton.com.

6 OdditySCENEFriday 2.17.2012

Ashley GrAntStaff Writer

Many have seen the famous painting by C.M. Coolidge of the four dogs sitting around a table playing poker, but what most have not seen is the late B.W. Crawford’s version where he depicted it using pecans.

Pecan Art: the Folk Art of B.W. Crawford is the largest pecan art exhibit in the world, with more than 300 pieces in its inventory. The collec-tion features everyone from pop culture icons such as The Flintstones and historical figures like George Washington.

“It’s nice, fun and different. You won’t see a collection quite like this anywhere else,” said Kim Cupit, Denton County Museums curator of collections. “It’s definitely Denton.”

The exhibit attracts between 5 to 50 visitors a day.

Crawford earned the title “Pecan

Picasso” because all of the figurines he created were made from whole pecans, hot glue and craft paint.

His pecan art has been on display at the Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum since 2004, and curators are

Did You Know? The pecans have to be preserved in an acid-free box in order to keep pests out.

Denton goes nuts for its Pecan Art exhibit

holly hArvey Senior Staff Writer

Gutting flesh from bones and sewing up scars is part of being a taxidermist, but they spend much of their time painting and sculpting their work.

Last Track Taxidermy, located in Lake Dallas, boasts more than 30 years of experience, proving that taxidermy is an art form. Carefully squishing putty around an eye socket or lightly airbrushing the insides of a buck’s ear pink can take more skill than arranging skins, said taxider-mist Terry Morris, owner of Last Track Taxidermy.

“People think we’re [taxidermists] up to our elbows in blood and guts,” he said. “But I can think of a lot of jobs that are worse than this.”

Because of the tanning, completing an animal can take several weeks depending on size, he said.

Paints, putties and brushes are used more often than power saws

and chisels in taxidermy, said Walter Kinney, a hunter who owns several stuffed deer heads.

“It really takes an artistic type to create details and make the animal look alive,” Kinney said. “If it’s done

Last Track Taxidermy focuses on the details

wrong, it can look like a stuffed toy at Wal-Mart.”

The first step in preparing the animal is cutting away the carcass from the animal skin.

The carcass is then dumped, and

the skin is submerged in acids and set to dry in a process called tanning, Morris said.

Once the skin has dried out, it’s carefully molded and glued to a foam form of an animal, such as a tradi-tional deer head mount, which costs about $475, he said.

Hand-sewing thick skins together seamlessly can be “like sewing through steel,” said Morris, who has stuffed animals ranging from lizards to an elephant.

“With my experience, I could sew up a car tire,” he said.

Finishing touches such as fake eyes and teeth are added, Kinney said.

Artificial pieces are used so that bugs don’t eat the real body parts, Morris said.

Completed forms may have the

skin painted for an even appear-ance, and synthetic pieces painted, sculpted and formed to appear real-istic, Kinney said.

While the realism of an animal appeals to some, the message behind the animal appeals to taxidermy enthusiast Talia Arvizo, an interdis-ciplinary freshman.

“I really like that the animal is part of history and has a story,” she said.

While some may claim taxidermy is creepy or unnatural, Morris said he enjoys his work.

“I go to a party and tell people I’m a taxidermist, and they say ‘Eww, gross,’” Morris said. “But if someone says they’re a plumber it’s no big deal. To each their own.”

For more information visit www.lasttracktaxidermy.com

currently in the process of relocating it to another space in the museum.

“We have his very first piece, a Dalmatian puppy,” Cupit said. “It’s kind of crude, and the paint has chipped over the years, but he

later made another that was much better.”

The individuality of a collection is critical. The exhibition is unique to Denton, Denton County Museums director Peggy Riddle said.

“He took objects found in nature and created these little whimsical figures with them,” she said.

Crawford’s widow Mary donated the collection to the Denton County Museum in 1999, a year after Crawford died from cancer.

Crawford began creating his nutty figurines in 1988 and spent the next 10 years working on his craft.

“He had a pecan cracking busi-ness and started to see things in the scattered pecans,” Cupit said. “He just started making pictures out of

them.”Crawford set up a makeshift

museum in his own backyard to display his pecan art. Cupit said that Crawford also had flyers printed for distribution, and people would come to his home to check it out.

Crawford was featured on several television shows, such as “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee” and “Late Night with David Letterman.”

One of his pieces, a scene from “The Last Supper,” is currently on display at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in St. Augustine, Fla.

“It’s a beautiful piece and Ripley-esque for sure,” Ripley’s General Manager Kim Kiff said.

For more information visit www.dentoncounty.com/chos.

Terry Morris sews the back of a deer head at Last Track Taxidermy in Lake Dallas on Thursday afternoon. Morris, who owns the taxidermy shop, said completing an animal can take several weeks depending on the size.

Photo by Chelsea stratso/ senior staff PhotograPher

Did You Know? Because of the drying and tanning pro-cess, it can take months to stuff an animal.

Photo by olivia MCClendon/staff PhotograPher

Crafted out of pecans and hot glue, B.W. Crawford has replicated images dating back to 1988. Kim Cupit, Denton County Museums curator of collections, said that “there’s a lot of creativity” among the pecan statues. The pecan sculptures are on display in the Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum at 110 W. Hickory St.

Friday 2.17.20127StrangeSCENE

Alison MAtlockStaff Writer

For a group of fuzzy-faced Dentonites, No Shave November never ended.

Among the bearded crowd are Kellen Capps, 27, owner of Ringoboy Screen Printing in Denton, and Mike Frazier, 38, pres-ident and founder of Dallas club Lone Star Beards.

Frazier founded Lone Star Beards in April 2010. With about 20 active members, they meet at a local bar or pub each month to discuss competitions and events, Frazier said.

I’ve always liked being different,” Capps said. “You catch everybody’s eye.”

Capps, Frazier and the rest of the Lone Star Beards bunch will head to Austin on Feb. 24 to take part in the next season of “Whisker Wars,” an IFC reality series that follows a group of men as they travel and compete to have the best beard.

“It’s a big deal for us because as far as big competitions go, that’s pretty local for us, so we’re going

to take as many people of our clan as we can down there and debut ourselves,” Frazier said.

Capps, with his red beard, and Frazier, who sometimes wears his beard in pigtails, are showing people that it’s okay to be distinc-tive.

“It’s a big communit y of friends,” Frazier said. “We even refer to it as family, because we have something in common, and we all appreciate each other for

Bearded men take pride in their fuzzy faces

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Denton is known as a hot spot for music festivals, theater venues and local historical sites.

However, there are some strange and interesting facts about this city that people may not know about.

1. Hula-Hooping Hero Local resident Kym Coberly hula

hooped for seventy-two hours from October 17th through the 20th in 1984, the longest recorded hula hoop time until 2009.

2. Infamous Outlaw For local history buffs, the Lacy

Hotel’s claim to fame comes from

employing a young man named Sam Bass as a livery stable boy. Bass later worked for the Denton County Sheriff William F. ‘Uncle Bill’ Egan. He became enamored with gambling and horsing racing in the city and went on to become a famous outlaw. Before his death, his pursuers followed him through the Square in Denton during his long crime wave.

3. Turn the Headlights On Denton is home to the Alton

Bridge, also known as as “Goatman’s Bridge.” The bridge is said to be haunted by a demonic satyr who allegedly inhabits the nearby forest surrounding the area. The story told

Denton keeps it weird with its past and present

what we have and what we do.”Capps’ girlfr iend, polit ical

science senior Laurie Garber, doesn’t mind his beard.

“To me he’s just not the same person without it,” she said. “It’s just a different face. It’s just not normal to me.”

Capps and Frazier said they both let their beards grow naturally and don’t worry about grooming.

“It’s a lot less upkeep,” Frazier said. “It’s a lot easier to not shave

than it is to shave.”When Capps or Frazier go out,

their beards surprise people and mesmerize children, they said.

“A lot of times in our everyday lives, the way people react to us is very friendly and engaging, Frazier said. “As long as people are like that toward you, it kind of keeps you in a good mood.”

One of the challenges Frazier and Capps run into with their beards is eating. They have had to change how they eat certain foods.

“With a PB&J, it’s easier if you cut the sandwich in triangles so that you can attack from the corner instead of the side,” Frazier said.

One of the hardest foods to eat is cereal, they said. The main problem is that their mustaches push the cereal off the spoon.

“I get pretty serious about my cereal in the mornings,” Capps said. “So the other day I actually bought two little barrette clips.”

Simple utensils are seen as life-savers to the bearded crowd.

“Straws are like hammers to nails,” Frazier said. “You have to

is that an African-American goat farmer was murdered by a group of Ku Klux Klansmen. After the murder they returned to the scene, but the goat farmer’s body was not found. Today, locals warn that if a person drives without headlights across the Alton Bridge they will encounter the Goatman on the other side.

4. Bruce Hall’s Ghostly Experience

Two spirits possibly roam Bruce Hall at UNT. The spirit of a woman named Wanda is said to live on the fourth floor in the attic, where she was rumored to have died. Another visitor called the “boiler room ghost” haunts the basement. Students and

workers report that occasionally both spirits pull pranks.

5. Write All About It Author Howard Allen Francis

O’Brien attended her freshman year at Texas Women’s University before transferring to UNT, known as North Texas State College at the time. However, most people know her by her pseudonym, “Anne Rice”.

6. Save the Squirrels In the spring of 2002, the UNT

chapter of the Albino Squirrel Preservation Society rallied to make the albino squirrel a secondary mascot. The student body narrowly denied the motion.

have straws.”They’re also going to a competi-

tion Sept. 29 at the Texas Theater in Oak Cliff.

W het her t hey ’re enter i ng competitions or clipping back their mustache to engulf a bowl of cereal, they enjoy sharing their love of beards.

“We kind of all have the Santa effect, because we’re just happy, jolly people,” Frazier said.

Photo by Colin Dobkins/staff PhotograPher

Kellen Capps is planning to grow out his beard over the next seven years to donate it to charity. “I have more combs than my girlfriend does,” Capps said. His car is littered with plastic combs of different sizes for his red beard.

Weird Places to go in Denton

What: The Lacy HotelWhere: 102 West Oak St.

What: Goatman’s BridgeWhere: Exit Teasley Lane from

I-35 and go west, away from the 7-Eleven.

Drive past Eureka Park and even-tually reach a CVS.

Turn right at this CVS, onto Teasley Lane.

Drive past John H. Guyer High School.

Turn right on Old Alton Road.

For more information on Lone Star Beards go to their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/LONESTARBEARDS/

Did You Know?Pogonophobia is an

abnormal and persistent fear of beards. Symptoms

typically include short-ness of breath, rapid

breathing, irregular heart-beat, sweating, nausea and

overall feelings of dread.

8 FoodSCENEFriday 2.17.2012

Metzler’s Bar-B-Q628 Londonderry Ln.

Denton, TX 76205 (940) 591-1652

Monday-Thursday, Sunday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Did You Know?Metzler’s Bar-B-Q also

offers a variety of wines and specialty craft beers.

SNOBSFOOD Cleanliness

ServiceA� ordabilityAtmosphereFood Quality

Metzler’s Bar-B-Q

PHOTO BY OLIVIA MCCLENDON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Beer-battered mushrooms are one of the many German foods o� ered at Metzler’s Bar-B-Q, located at 628 Londonderry Ln. in Denton. The deep-fried mushrooms are served with ranch dipping sauce.

BRITTNI BARNETTSenior Staff Writer

With its simple brick exterior and large red awning, Metzler’s Bar-B-Q, tucked away off of Teasley Drive on Londonderry Lane, looks more like a small town storefront than a Bar-B-Q joint.

This location is one of two in Denton that promises “Texas’

Tastiest Bar-B-Q,” and while it’s defi-nitely not the best in Texas, Metzler’s serves up quality food in a low-key atmosphere at a reasonable cost.

A large counter with a menu over-head greets customers when they first enter the restaurant. To the left is a large room filled with racks of various wines and cases of specialty beers.

Customers dining in can take a seat in one of the two rooms to the right. Wood paneling, tile floors and various plastic plants further enhance the feeling of small-town Texas. However, what Metzler’s lacks in aesthetic appeal it makes up for with its take on Bar-B-Q and German fare.

The menu offers a variety of appe-tizers, ranging from a hot sausage sampler to cheese fries.

The beer-battered mushrooms for $4.75 were golden brown and piping hot. The flavor of the crunchy, beer-

battered exterior worked well with the soft, juicy mushrooms. Served with a cool ranch dipping sauce, these tasty morsels make for a great start to any meal.

Entrees are broken up into catego-ries, including Bar-B-Q, sandwiches, salads, veggies, grilled options, fried options and German food.

For $7.95 customers can enjoy

a Bar-B-Q plate with a choice of two meats and two sides. The meat choices include ribs, ham, hot links and smoked turkey. Side options range from German potatoes to fried okra.

While the brisket was smothered a bit too much in the tangy Bar-B-Q sauce, the meat was tender and juicy. The sausage was spiced with the perfect amount of pepper. The heap of German potato salad was chunky and flavorful.

Reuben sandwiches and sausage and sauerkraut on rye were just a few of the German items on the menu.

The German burger for $5.25 includes a generous patty of ground chuck, grilled onions, swiss cheese and German mustard, which is similar to Dijon mustard. The patty was a little well done, but the sharp flavors from the melted Swiss cheese, grilled onions and mustard added a kick to the otherwise bland patty.

While it may not be the best barbecue establishment in Texas, Metzler’s Bar-B-Q offers good food for the price. With its small-town, laid back feel and friendly staff, it’s no wonder it’s been a Denton staple for the past 65 years.

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