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Tuesday, February 15, 2011Volume 97 | Issue 13
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Volume 97 | Issue 13
Lights and noiseNoisefold infuses music with technologyPage 6
NEWS:High fluoride levels found in water
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SPORTS:Tennis team swept at home
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VIEWS:Student criticizes commercialized holiday
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Skylar Prunar, a kinesiology freshman, receives a warning from the police o� cer not to slide into the street. Students took advantage of the snow Wednesday, Feb. 2 and found several hills to slide down, many with cardboard boxes or laundry lids like Prunar.
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Police said they responded to more than 100 accidents during the days snow covered North Texas.
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY MATTHEW CARDENASStaff Writer
While schools closed and businesses took time off during the snowstorms over the past two weeks, local police depart-ments worked to keep the city safe.
T h e D e n t o n P o l i c e Department responded to about 100 wrecks over the week, said Denton Police Spokesman Ryan Grelle.
“It’s a lot for a week,” he said. Officers patrolled the treach-
erous streets, pulling cars out of ice and helping victims of traffic accidents.
“I went from accident scene to accident scene,” Grelle said.
He said Denton PD did not have to pull in any off-duty offi-cers, but it was a full time job.
The UNT Police Department also had to deal with an increased number of traffic accidents during the ice storms.
“We stay open 24/7,” said UNT Deputy Police Chief Ed Reynolds. “When the school shut down, we stayed open. We were out there helping the people with wrecks.”
UNT police had to deal with more than just auto accidents. There were two separate situa-
tions where pipes froze over and burst, Reynolds said.
The department accom-modated officers who had to commute to Denton.
“We got them a place to stay overnight,” Reynolds said.
Officers could also be seen around campus helping students jump car batteries that died because of the cold.
Reynolds said jumping car batteries is a free service for all UNT students, but they had to jump a significant amount more during the storms.
Applied arts and sciences junior Tyler Lohr was helped by UNT police officers during the storms.
Lohr said he drove to Clark Hall to pick up some friends, stepped out of his car to use the restroom, and when he came back, his car battery was dead. Lohr saw an officer jumping another student’s car in the parking lot and called the officer over.
After Lohr showed his UNT ID and answered a few questions, the officer jumped the battery with his car.
“It’s great that they offer this free service,” Lohr said. “If they hadn’t, I would be in a real bind.”
Police stay busy during recent winter weather
BY DREW GAINESSenior Staff Writer
After two weeks of record-breaking lows and icy condi-tions, the meteorologists are forecasting 70-degree temper-atures in Denton for the rest of the week.
The skies over North Texas will remain partly cloudy to mostly sunny with little chance of precipitation through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Nightly low temperatures are expected to fall to around 50 degrees.
The spring weather arrived after DFW International Airport posted a record daily snow-fall of 2.6 inches after a winter storm on Feb. 4 and a record low temperature of 15 degrees last Thursday, though cities north of Dallas-Fort Worth experi-enced harsher conditions.
Kent McGregor of the geog-raphy faculty said such drastic temperature shifts are not uncommon for North Texas this time of year.
The area’s climate concoc-tion of cold air from the Rockies and warmer air from the Gulf makes for bizarre weather patterns that are hard to predict. Typically, North Texas is blessed with more mild days in late February — days “that would be unthinkable in the Midwest,” McGregor said.
For some, this week’s weather is an early sign of spring, which officially begins March 21.
“I just got a new bike. It was perfect timing with the weather,” said Carl Solomon, a kinesiology senior. “I have noticed quite a few more people are out. They seem to be shed-ding their winter coats.”
P u n x sut aw ne y Ph i l , the groundhog famous for predicting spring’s early arrival every Feb. 2, did not see his shadow this year, thus sealing winter’s early demise for his followers.
For meteorologists, fore-casting spring’s arrival requires more science than superstition. McGregor said that little about weather conditions is certain beyond a weekly forecast.
“It is almost impossible to do,” he said.
Others too seem skeptical about welcoming warmer weather just yet.
“I think we are going to get a couple more bouts of winter nastiness,” Solomon said. “Texas weather, I’ve been here my whole life and it’s pretty erratic. I don’t think it’s totally behind us yet.”
The Weather Service is forecasting a mild cold front to breeze into North Texas following the weekend, increasing the chance of showers.
BY ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEYStaff Writer
UNT stays true to its green commitment as it treks down the recycling path and into new solar-powered recep-tacles.
T h i s s e m e s t e r , t h e University Union purchased four solar-powered recep-tacles w it h t he proposed budget, g iv ing students a new way to keep the campus green.
“It would allow all students to see that this is the way that we recycle on campus because it would be the same ever y where,” sa id Wendy Key, the assistant director of operations for the Office of Sustainability. “You wouldn’t have one type of Dumpster in one place, one type of recy-cling bin in another place, wh ich somet i mes causes confusion.”
T h e l o c a t i on s of t h e solar compactors were pre-selected and placed where the majority of students walk, said Mike Flores, the asso-ciate director of the Union.
The receptacles each cost $ 3,000 and are f unded by the student union fees in the tuition, Flores said.
How it works T he sola r c ompac tor s
contain a battery that charges from sunlight, Flores said.
Despite any bad weather, Flores said the compactors would still work as long as enough energy is collected.
T h e c o m p a c t o r s c a n compact up to 40 pounds of t rash, Flores sa id, a nd they are only dumped out once a week, on Friday or Saturday.
“ It d o e s n’t c o s t y o u anything,” Flores said. “And
in time, it pays for itself.”Key sa id it reduces t he
amount of work on the custo-dial staff, so it saves time, cost and work effort.
The bins cut down waste collection trips by up to 80 percent, according to the Big Belly website, the company that sells the solar compac-tors.
The compactors also have a paper receptacle attached on its lef t side for bott les and cans.
“Right now, we’re rea l ly trying to engage the interest and the participation level of ever yone on campus to figure out ‘what do we need
to do to get people on board,’” Key said.
Spanish and history senior Mat t he w Fou l k , a re c y-cl ing assista nt, sa id he is passionate about recycling.
“[The solar compactors] fit into wider efforts here to recycle whenever and wher-ever possible,” Foulk said.
What’s here, what’s to comeFlores said his goal is to
eliminate paper usage.
There are seven mi xed-paper bins, which are also made out of recycled mate-rial, throughout the Union to make recycling easy, Flores said.
“We use so much paper, it’s crazy,” Flores said. “The paper receptacles are always full because people get some-thing and then almost imme-diately throw it away. So the more we ca n reduce t he amount of paper we generate, the better off we’ll be.”
Flores said his next project is to have electronic touch screens maps to replace paper maps.
Spring weather sweeps through
Union reaches compactor goal
“[The solar compactors] fit into wider efforts here to recycle
whenever and wherever possible.”—Matthew Foulk
Spanish and history senior and recycling assistant
Solar-powered bins cost UNT
$12,000
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Josh Pherigo & Laura Zamora, News Editors [email protected]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Some drinking water may have too much � uoride in it, according to U.S health o� cials. Drinking water with too much � uoride can damage teeth and gums, especially in children.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JORDAN SHEDD/INTERN
BY NICOLE BALDERASStaff Writer
Praised as a reducer of tooth decay, for years fluoride has been added to toothpaste, mouth wash and city water supplies to promote healthy dental hygiene.
But negative affects of its long-term use have begun to catch the attention of health experts, prompting the Department of Health and Human Services to advise municipalities to monitor fluoride levels in city water supplies.
The department issued a recommendation mid-January that cities maintain an optimal f luoride concentration of 0.7 milligrams of per liter of water. The warning comes as occur-ances of fluorosis — a cosmetic defect resulting in the discol-oration of teeth in children — continue to increase steadily.
“Health officials simply made a recommendation on what is considered optimal [f luoride levels in city water],” said Tim Fisher, the assistant director of the water department in Denton. “Most water supplies in the U.S. are f luoridated, and most of those end up in products and other sources. That’s why they are suggesting a lowering of the fluoride levels.”
The effectedAnyone who has received
their fully-grown adult teeth need not worry about the effects
of over-fluoridation, said Cecile Nguyen, a dentist at Absolute Smile Dental on University Drive.
“Usually from babies to, let’s say, 16 [years old], and teeth are still coming out is when they can get effected with fluoride,” Nguyen said.
The severity of fluoride levels in water is also dependent on geographical location.
“It depends on where you grew up,” Nguyen said. “If you’re from a small city, and the water supply wasn’t good, then you will have problems.”
For those concerned about the fluoride level in their town’s
water supply there are online resources.
“You can look in your area, and see various water systems,” said Chris Van Deusen, the assis-tant press officer of the Texas Department of State Health Services. “Fluorosis is very rare, as it occurs in areas with a fluo-ride/water level of more than 2 milligrams per liter.”
Other serious effects have been linked to over-fluorida-tion.
“There is a condition called skeletal fluorosis that can lead to fractures in bones,” Van
Feds set recommendations for fluoride levels
Deusen said. “As far as cancer, there have been studies in 1991 by the Public Health Service and the National Academy of Science research council that have proved no link between the disease and over-fluorida-tion.”
Bottom’s upInhabitants of Denton can
raise their glass to good water, Fisher said.
“There is no problem here,”
he said. “We were already at the low end of the possible range.”
According to the National Center for Chronic Disease P r e v e nt ion a nd He a lt h P romot ion website, t he Denton water system is noted as having 0.8 milligrams per liter as their optimal f luoride concentration.
“There was a range from 0.8 to 1.2 [milligrams per liter], so we fell towards the bottom
because we’re in Texas, and it’s hot here,” said Van Deusen. “It is assumed that our water intake is high anyway.”
Others in the Denton area have seen problems exactly the opposite of over-f luori-dation.
“Too much f luoride is not usua l ly a problem,” sa id Nguyen. “I’ve seen patients that don’t have enough f luo-ride. Everything is controlled by the city that patients live in
and its water supply.” Anyone in the U.S. who is
concerned about the f luo-ride levels in their water can visit http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/Index.asp for an in depth look at their cities water information.
Anyone wanting the more information on the f luoride proposal can visit the news section of http://w w w.hhs.gov.
BY KATE COPELAND Contributing Writer
In the midst of the modern college world, students can take classes without ever step-ping foot inside a classroom or meeting their professor.
However, t h i s i n nov a-tive technology of learning t hrough t he Internet has brought up many issues of how easy it is to cheat in online classes.
Now s ome pr of e s s or s a nd even some st udent s are finding ways to prevent cheating.
“Cheat ing is a problem when instructors don’t care or realize, putting this deli-cately, that they aren’t as smart technologically as their students,” said Thomas Sovik of the music faculty.
Sovik teaches a music class online. Year-round, he has about 1,700 students enrolled in his Internet class.
Every Internet class at UNT is offered on a website called Blackboard Vista t hrough UNT eCampus, according to t he d ista nce lea r n i ng website.
“This is a constant chal-lenge,” said William McKee of the economics faculty and UNT’s academic integrit y officer. “Online cheating is an issue nationally and on campus.”
Sovik has been teaching his online class for 10 years,
but he has made his class different from most by giving each student a different exam. This prevents t hem f rom going onto the Blackboard instant message board and sharing answers, he said.
“You have to be one step ahead of the students,” Sovik said. “In my class, I don’t have people going back and forth
on Blackboard. The exams have different sets of ques-tions. Next year, all the ques-tions will change.”
McKee said he thinks many students are cheating online on a regular basis.
“There are certain ways and clues to tell if someone’s cheating online,” McKee said. “Some are more obvious than others. Faculty can take steps to find it. In online classes, it is more challenging to give trust, but it is pretty much impossible to f ind out i f students are cheating if they are doing it through other e-mails or texts.”
Rodney Ja mes Edga r, a
radio, telev ision and f i lm senior enrol led in Sov ik’s online music class, said he thinks the class has made it harder for students to cheat.
“It would not be that easy, simply because there are so many random questions on the tests and so little time to find the answer, you can’t prepare,” Edgar said.
Edgar said there is no inter-act ion on t he Blackboard instant messaging system because Sov i k post s h is lecture notes and podcasts on the website available for students to look and have no need to cheat.
“This class has made so m a ny me a su re s a g a i n st cheating,” Edgar said. “What a re you goi ng to do, get someone else to listen to the podcasts to find the answers for you?”
S ome I nter net c la s s e s might have different tests or easier ways to get answers.
Ca it ly n Pratt, a phi los-ophy junior, is enrolled in
an online Spanish class. She said it might be easier for students to cheat in this class than others.
“There is a chat box you could copy answers into,” Pratt said. “It would be hard to prove that someone was cheating this way.”
C on se quenc e s a re not taken lightly, McKee said. If students are caught cheating, there are a number of things that can happen.
“Faculty members autho-r i z e access to ac adem ic pen a lt ie s to f a i l i ng t he course,” McKee said. “I review reports and if a student has prior violations that create a d i f ferent problem. We can expel or probate at the mildest. To fail a student is up to the teacher.”
Even though some students are cheating online, others are trying to prevent it from happening.
“I have had people write to me and say someone is cheating,” Sovik said. “The good students really resent it because they expect others to do good as well.”
Some students and faculty said they think cheating isn’t worth the risk.
“I think everyone should be aware of academic integ-rity,” McKee said. “It follows students t he rest of t heir l ives ; it is about persona l integrity.”
Online classes altered to prevent cheating
“There are certain ways and clues to tell if someone’s cheating online.”
—William McKeeUNT’s Academic Integrity officer
Denton city water supply
meets standards
“Most water supplies in the U.S. are
fluoridated...”—Tim Fisher
Denton water department
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SportsTuesday, February 15, 2011 Page 3
Sean Gorman, Sports Editor [email protected]
BY BRETT MEDEIROS Intern
Playing without two of its top players, the UNT tennis team suffered a pair of 5-2 losses against Wichita State and No. 52 Kansas State at home this weekend. Junior Nadia Lee and senior Madura Ra nga nat ha n d id n’t play because of illness and junior Paula Dinuta played under the weather.
Wichita StateT he Mea n Green (1-4)
jumped out to an early lead after winning two out three doubles matches against the Shockers (3-2).
“You knew there was going to be an uphill task,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “Our kids put their heart and soul into the match and I’m really proud of that.”
Things did not go according to plan for the Mean Green in singles play, as it dropped the first four matches. Sophomore Barbora Vykydalova helped UNT w in its on ly sing les match 6-7, 6-3, 1-0.
“I wanted to win and to help the team,” Vykydalova
said. “Even when the team has already lost, you can’t give up and fight to win.”
The result was the Mean Green losing to the Shockers 5-2.
“It ’s a big loss to have Madura and Nadia have to sit out,” Lama said. “But in the long run, when the girls go back to their original spots, they will have a lot of confi-dence and make us better at dealing with adversity.”
Shorthanded Mean Green swept at home
Kansas State S t i l l w i t h o u t t h e i r
number one and two players Ranganathan and Lee, UNT struggled to deliver in the doubles matches, dropping all three and giving the Wildcats (6-0) a 1-0 edge.
W it h t wo ex per ienc e d players out, the UNT young guns got a chance to compete as freshmen Isabel Bos and Carolina Barboza played their first collegiate level matches.
Bos and Barboza dropped their matches to more expe-rienced Wildcat players.
“It was an incredible expe-rience for me,” Barboza said. “At t he beg inning, I was nervous because I have not practiced due to an injury, and I just tried to do my best for the team.”
Vyk ydalova batt led KSU sophomore Ka rla Bonacic i n t he day ’s f i na l match that lasted a full three sets. Vykydalova fell to the unde-feated Bonacic 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
“ S h e w a s b e t t e r , ” Vyk yda lova. “I’m sad that I lost and had to play the longest match for nothing.”
The Mean Green fell to the Wildcats 5-2 and hits the court again Feb. 19 in Lubbock, Texas to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Senior Amy Joubert � res a backhand against Kansas State Sunday afternoon. UNT (1-4) dropped the doubles point as Kansas State (6-0) swept all three doubles matches.
PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY PAUL BOTTONIIntern
After a three-month hiatus, the UNT men’s golf team wanted to shake any jitters and rust before embarking on its spring tournament season.
The Mean Green partici-pated in Saturday’s one-day La Cantera Individual Classic in San Antonio, Texas, against golfers from Big-12 Conference teams Oklahoma and Kansas State. Unlike the usual team-scoring system, La Cantera was every golfer for himself, with individuals ranked by their scores.
Sophomore Rodolfo Cazaubon finished second after shooting a 72, one shot shy of Kansas State freshman Thomas Birdsey for
first place. Fellow sophomore Carlos Ortiz finished two shots behind with a 74 and finished in fourth.
Head coach Brad Stracke said in an e-mail statement that he thought his players fared well considering the course they played is very difficult and had a lot of blind shots.
“La Cantera was a warm up for our tournament [Monday],” Stracke said. “I thought the guys played well for the individual event at La Cantera and I’m excited to watch them compete [Monday].”
Following La Cantera, the Mean Green remained in San Antonio for its first spring tour-nament, the UT-San Antonio/Oak Hills Invitational.
The team’s greatest compe-tition comes from Texas Tech, who is ranked 20th by both Golfstat.com and Golfweek.com. UNT is ranked 28th and 29th, respectively.
Six of the team’s seven golfers are trekking the fairways and greens in the Oak Hills, including Cazaubon and Ortiz. Cazaubon is the reigning Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year. Ortiz notched two indi-vidual tournament titles in the team’s three fall tournaments.
The sophomores are joined by freshman Peter Eiler, redshirt-sophomore Ty Spinella, sopho-more Marco Scarola and junior Josh Jones.
UNT wraps up action at Oak Hills today.
Men’s golf team opensspring season on road
BY SEAN GORMANSports Editor
T he UNT men’s football tea m’s out-of-con ference schedule was released Monday, with the team slated to face Houston, Tulsa, Indiana and Alabama in its out of confer-ence games.
UNT’s complete schedule
will be released on Tuesday, March 1 after being approved by the Sun Belt Conference.
Regional rival Houston will visit the Mean Green for UNT’s first game in its new stadium on Sept. 10 and UNT will visit Tulsa on Oct. 1.
Indiana will be UNT’s first-ever Big 10 Conference foe when it visits the Mean Green on Sept. 24. UNT will visit Southeastern Conference contender Alabama
on Sept. 17.The in-conference schedule
has UNT hosting Florida Atlantic, Western-Kentucky and Middle Tennessee. UNT will travel to face conference rivals Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Arkansas State and Troy.
The Mean Green is scheduled to face five teams that played in postseason bowl games during the 2010 season.
Football team announcesnon-conference schedule
Hilltoppers crush UNT on national TVBY BEN BABYSenior Staff Writer
Over the last four years, Western Kentucky University or the UNT men’s basketball team finished the season as Sun Belt Conference champions. After the teams squared off on Saturday afternoon, it was the Mean Green that saw its title hopes continue to slip away.
In front of a national televi-sion audience and a red sea of screaming Hilltoppers fans, Western Kentucky whipped the Mean Green 87-76 in Bowling Green, Ky.
“It was a great opportu-nity for us, playing against a team with great tradition in our conference, and we were just outplayed,” head coach Johnny Jones said.
The Mean Green extended its season-long losing streak to four games. UNT, which was predicted to win the Sun Belt West division at the start of the season, dropped to fifth place in the West after Saturday’s performance.
After falling behind by 12 points midway through the first half, UNT (16-8, 5-6) clawed back to cut the deficit to 34-32 with 4:33 left in the half. The Hilltoppers (11-13, 6-6) responded with a 16-4 run to close the half, capped by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by senior forward Sergio Kerusch.
“I think that shot was just the icing on the cake,” senior forward George Odufuwa said. “They went into halftime with a lot of momentum.”
K e r u s c h a n d t h e
Senior guard Dominique Johnson drives to the open lane to score during a Feb. 3 game at the Super Pit. UNT lost to Florid a Atlantic University 72-55.
PHOTO BY ZAC SWITZER/INTERN
Hilltoppers hammered the Mean Green with 87 points, the sixth time this season UNT has allowed an opponent to score at least 80 points. During the four-game losing streak, the Mean Green has given up 83 points per game.
Four of the five players in WKU’s starting lineup scored at least 10 points. Senior forward Juan Patillo tallied a game-high 18 points. Allowing 73.5 points per game, UNT is tied for ninth in the conference in scoring defense.
Odufuwa was held scoreless for the first time this season. Odufuwa, who missed all five shots he took on Saturday, has scored at least 10 points on 16 different occasions this season.
Jone s s a id Odu f u w a’s foul trouble prevented the forward from getting into a rhythm offensively. Odufuwa finished the game with nine rebounds.
“I thought in the second half
he was a little more effective on the defensive end, which helped us,” Jones said.
Junior forward Kendrick Hogans scored a team-high 17 points, two off his career high. Sophomore for ward Jacob Holmen added 14 points coming off the bench.
The last time the Mean Green lost four consecutive games was during the 2008-2009 season, in which UNT lost five straight. UNT will try to avoid its fifth straight loss this Thursday, when it faces South Alabama at home.
“We have to come in and play our hearts out, especially in front of our fans,” Holmen said.
Prior to Saturday’s contest, the Mean Green had been inactive for nine days. UNT’s game on Feb. 10 against the University of Arkansas-Little Rock was postponed because of inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled for March 1.
“Our kids put their heart and soul into the match and
I’m really proud of that.”—Sujay Lama
head coach
Brief
I spent the past weekend in Snyder. For those of you who don’t know (roughly everyone on Earth except for the 4,000 people who live there), Snyder is about half way between Lubbock and Abilene. It’s about as West Texas as it gets.
The thing I noticed about Snyder, besides the power windmills, speed traps, f lat land and road ki l l, is the insane level of friendliness. It’s the kind of place where I got recognized at a video store by my third day in town. When I walked in (alone, I might add, without the local who would have been a dead giveaway) to return the movie we’d rented the day before, the man behind the counter greeted me with a grin.
“Were ya scared?” he asked, referencing the awful horror movie I’d rented against my better judgment.
It’s more than just shop-keepers with good memo-ries.
The people in Snyder treated a stranger better than most people I have encountered elsewhere treat their friends. Turning a corner in Snyder gets a wave and a smile from pedestrians. Walking into church gets hugs and hand-shakes and warm introduc-tions.
Maybe every church hugs v isitors, but Snyder’s got me thinking that perhaps dreaming of Andy Griffith’s Mayberry could actually come true (minus the cane poles and whistling — that always kind of freaked me out).
End commercial here. I’m not going to tell you
that Snyder’s the best place on Earth.
If you called it boring, I wouldn’t call you a liar (but I might call you mean). We
ate lunch at the bowling alley Saturday because locals said it has one of the best menus in town, and the biggest attrac-tion may be the prairie dog community living in the town park. (Really. They have prairie dogs in the park!)
The thing is, if we focused more on living small, it’d have a big impact on our commu-nity.
I’m not asking Dallas drivers to pull onto the shoulder and let faster cars pass. For one thing, it’d never happen, and for another, it’s not neces-sary since our highways are more than two lanes wide, and highways for that matter. Go figure.
What I am saying, though, is that we could be friendlier, more welcoming to those we see on the street. A little kind-ness goes a long way, and Snyder reminded me how good it feels to be greeted warmly, even if by
a stranger.So smile this week. When someone passes you
on the highway, wave with all five fingers. (I know you have to remember how somewhere deep inside.)
Just don’t start whistling as you walk down the road. We’ve got to keep it believable.
Jessika Curry is a journalism senior. She can be reached at [email protected].
Wel l, Monday was Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, Single’s Awareness Day, or whatever you call it. The day for obnox-iously romantic couples to rub in their obnoxiousness was once again upon us. If you’re single, it’s the worst day of the year. If you’re in a rela-tionship, it’s supposedly an amazing day.
Well, hang on. I’m not single — and Valentine’s Day was still a miserable day.
Cost of celebratingThe girlfriend nags about
wanting gifts (or the boyfriend, potentially) and you end up spending your hard-earned money on a $20 bouquet of f lowers, $10 on a disgusting box of chocolates, and maybe another $10 on a big teddy bear. But don’t forget the card. There’s another $5. Oh, but don’t forget about dinner! There’s $40 down the drain and 40 minutes waiting for a table gone.
Now, I could understand dropping around $100 on your anniversary or birthday for gifts such as these, but why Feb. 14?
History of the holidayWell, Saint Valentine’s Day
began a long time ago, created by the Roman Catholics to com memorate t he deat h of Saint Valentine, but the holiday was removed from the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints because not much is actually known about Saint Valentine or why it was cele-brated in the first place.
An embellished old legend created the idea of people writing notes in Europe by the 1700s — then leave it to the Americans to begin mass-marketing Valentine’s Day cards in the 1800s and letting the commercialization take root and go crazy.
My personal favorite proof of Valentine’s Day being a com mercia l ploy is ca rd
company American Greetings add i ng a r id icu lous love story on History.com about St. Valentine addressing a card to the jailer’s daughter professing his love, ending it with “From your Valentine.”
So, look, people — it’s a commercial holiday and not worth spending hard-earned cash on. Your significant other doesn’t actually eat those chocolates you give them, and that teddy bear collects dust in the closet.
Meanness of participatingA lso, isn’t rubbing your
relationship in other people’s faces kind of rude? Because that’s all Valentine’s Day is good for — telling everyone how happy you are (wel l, appear to be) and pointing out all the singles who appear to be miserable. (Happy singles resist the urge to send me nasty e-mails, please.)
S o w h y s u p p o r t t h e massive commercialization
of Valentine’s Day and come off as an obnoxious jerk?
Valentine’s Day is nothing but a bog us hol iday for greeting card companies to make more money. I seriously doubt that over-priced box of chocolates really means that much to your special someone.
Heck, it probably means more to Russell Stover.
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network yourself?
““No, I just use Facebook for social purposes.”
“Not really. I don’t like sharing a lot of information about myself to whoever can
see.”
“No, I don’t use it for marketing myself. I just use it
to connect with friends.”
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Waiting until graduation to start promoting yourself could be too late.
Today’s job market is tough, resulting in a national unem-ployment rate of about 9 percent. With the many resources available to students to brand themselves, the only thing keeping people from promoting their skills and their knowl-edge is themselves.
OnlinePeople and the media often admonish young adults about
what they put on social networking sites because that informa-tion will stay out there forever. However, the Editorial Board believes students can use that pervasive and lasting nature of Internet posts to their advantage.
Twitter, for example, gives individuals a chance to publish links that show their work, interests and creativity. Many professional companies use Twitter to communicate with their followers to attract the reader to their products.
Similarly, students can use Twitter to attract prospective employers and get businesses interested in them by showing their repertoire.
Facebook can provide a similar function through publishing information about achievements while allowing people to post their employment record online.
LinkedIn, however, offers professionals the chance to publish an online résumé that includes extensive details about their work experience and their qualifications instead of being limited to the traditional one page format. It also provides a way for colleagues to “endorse” or provide a character refer-ence for each other.
One website allows users to combine access to several of their social networking profiles into one convenient site: about.me. The account takes about five minutes to set up and allows users to connect their about.me to 14 listed services, such as Twitter and Facebook, and an additional URL or RSS feed option.
In addition, having a personal website or blog gives users another platform to express themselves and show their commu-nication skills.
Real worldAlthough many things have shifted to the Internet, impres-
sions in person are still crucial. Having business cards, dressing professionally and
perfecting résumés have not lost their importance to Twitter and LinkedIn.
When a student presents a business card, it shows he or she is serious about the impression the other person gets and it provides a means for the prospective employer to remember his or her name.
If an individual dresses in business casual attire, they have a greater chance of displaying confidence and professionalism. Although LinkedIn provides more information to employers, students must maintain their ability to concisely and effectively communicate their skill set.
The Editorial Board advises people to give themselves the best chance to get a job.
Marketing yourself could make all the difference.
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By AlexA ChAnSenior Staff Writer
H a n d - h e l d p a r a b o l i c microphones, a multi-screen video panorama and infrared sensors come together when Noisefold, a l ive ci nema ensemble, takes the stage. The ensemble combines traditional art practices with science and technology. This “artificial life system” is about performing using data, 3D images and computer systems in real t ime. This w il l be the first time Noisefold has combined traditional musi-cians in their performance.
“The experience can be described as hypnotic, tran-scendent, over whelming,” said Peter Kusek, a studio art graduate student. “This is an engrossing experience unlike any other.”
Noisefold will perform at 8 p.m. tonight at the Merrill
Ellis Intermedia Theater in the main Music Bui lding. Noisefold was created in 2006 by Corey Metcalf and David Stout.
It started with a curiosity for combining art, technology and science, said Stout, a music compositions professor. “Most people think 3D a n i mat ion is about cute animals,” Stout said. “This is going to be l ike being i n a ju ng le w it h t h i ngs y ou don’t u nder s t a nd .” The performance includes two computer systems in the f ront, creat ing t he v isua l and sound elements of the performance. There is no text, dialogue or illustrative music, Stout said.
A third computer analyzes the data. All sound and visuals will be a direct result of data and instruments, he said.
The artists will use hand
gestures to manipulate the sound and pictures displayed on three large screens, said Andrew May, a violinist who perform with Noisefold.
A ndrew May and Dav id Bit hel l of t he c omposi-tion studies faculty will be in t he middle of t he t wo computers.
“We are open enough that we can work with different mu sic i a n s f r om a r ou nd t he w or ld,” Stout s a id . T here a re t h ree ma i n components to create a piece of work: writing the software, composing the images and sound, and rehearsing and staging, he said.
Stout s a id Noi sefold’s per for ma nces a re la rgely improvisational.
“The concert will be loud and interactive, much like a rock concert,” he said.
Admission is free.
Noisefold brings live cinema
By DAisy silosStaff Writer
Starting today, UNT’s school mascot, Scrappy, will go on a two-day adventure to partic-ipate in a different version of “Where’s Waldo,” titled “Scrappy’s Big Adventure.”
Students will compete to win prizes such as t-shirts and restaurant gift cards. A tweet giving out clues about Scrappy’s whereabouts and checking in on the location via Facebook Mobile are ways to participate.
“We wanted to do some-thing to bring students together in the spring. In the fall, we have Clark Park, but in the spring we don’t really have anything,” said Kayla Spears, a merchandising and hospi-tality management senior and marketing intern.
“Scrappy’s Big Adventure” br ings students up-to-date on what’s happening around campus by following M e a n G r e e n S p o r t s o n Twitter, Spears said.
“Everyone is already on their phones updating their profiles, so this is an easy way students can win stuff while on their way to class,” she said.
This is the first time for Mean Green Athletics to host this event, Spears said.
M a n u e l B e l t r a n , a mechanical engineering junior, said he re-activated his Twitter account for the event.
“It’s a good way to get involved in a school activity because almost everyone
Photo by James Coreas/senior staff PhotograPher
David Stout of the composition studies faculty gets ready for his performance tonight. Alongside with Cory Metcalf, NoiseFold uses computers and interactive sensors to create 3D images that emit sounds. NoiseFold will perform at 8 p.m. in Music Building 1001.
Scrappy’s Big Adventure provides student involvement
Rules:-Follow@MeanGreenSports on Twitter to get the loca-tion clues.
-Check into the location specified via Facebook mobile
-Have your student I.D. present to verify you’re a student
-The first 10 people to check in and find Scrappy win a prize
Where’s Scrappy?
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Scrappy will participate in a two-day adventure for students to compete to win prizes. Students must use Facebook and Twitter to find clues.
uses Facebook and Twitter,” he said.
Clues will be tweeted three to four times a day, Spears said.
“We want students to be more aware of the social media the university offers, so that way it’ll get a bigger following for the sports aspect and get them involved,” she said.
Students have multiple options to join in on the event like taking a picture with Scrappy and tagging him on Facebook, Spears said.
“Students are already on campus and spirited — might as well get something for that.”