9-30-09 edition
DESCRIPTION
9-30-09 Edition of the North Texas Daily newspaper.TRANSCRIPT
VIEWS:
NEWS:ARTS & LIFE:
UNT celebrates Banned Books WeekPage 2
Dumpster-diving student finds treasure in trashPage 3
SportsSeniors lead women’s soccer team
Story on Page 4Society still bound by gender rolesPage 5
The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texasntdaily.com
News 1, 2Arts & Life 3Sports 4Views 5Classifieds 6Games 6
Wednesday, September 30, 2009Volume 94 | Issue 20
Sunny83° / 59°
Volume 94 | Issue 20
BY BRADFORD PURDOMContributing Writer
Since she was four years old, Mariangela Vacatello has studied music. Growing up in Naples, Italy, she had her first perfor-mance at age 14.
Now, she’s 27 and was a finalist for the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
The UNT Fine Arts Series will start with a performance by the UNT Symphony Orchestra and guest artist Vacatello at 8 tonight in the Winspear Performance Hall.
“We are trying mostly to reach out to the undergraduate-college population and get them thinking about the arts in a different way,” said Deanna Brizgys, a graduate assistant with the UNT Fine Arts Series. “It’s just a good oppor-tunity for students to have the experience of seeing a world-class artist right on their campus.”
Vacatello will play Franz Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” with the UNT Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor David Itkin.
“The important thing this music does is grab people,” Itken said.
In an e-mail interview with Vacatello, she said why the Listz concerto is important to her personally.
“I played this concerto for the first time with the orchestra in
Milan when I was 14, and exactly 10 years later, in the same month, they asked me to play it again,” she said.
She also said success at her age is difficult because she constantly keeps her performance level high while continuing to develop herself culturally.
“Keep in mind that music is like
life: both tings change over time and, hopefully, in the right direc-tion, so I have to be careful to be myself always, forever,” Vacatello said.
When asked what an under-graduate who is not familiar with classical music could take away from her performance, Vacatello said, “They should understand that the same emotions they find in another kind of music they can discover also in the classical.”
UNT students can see Vacatel lo tonight at the Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing
‘World-class artist’ to perform tonight
PHOTO BY DREW GAINES/ INTERN
Guest pianist Mariangela Vacatello, a Van Cliburn International Piano Competition � nalist, plays piano with UNT’s Symphony Orchestra during Monday’s rehearsal. She will perform at the Murchison Performing Arts Center at 8 tonight.
Arts Center for free with their student ID. General admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, UNT faculty and staff, and $10 for non-UNT students.
The Fine Arts Series has several events planned for this year with performances by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and presen-tations by Michael Ian Black and
Frank Warren, the creator of the blog PostSecret.com.
For more information on the UNT Fine Arts Series, visit web3.unt.edu/fas.
“ ... music is like life: both things change over time ... ”—Mariangela Vacatello
finalist in 2009 Van Cliburn piano competition
To see multimedia for this story, visit ntdaily.com
BY CAROLYN BROWNSenior Staff Writer
When some government Web sites die, they go to the Cyber Cemetery, where people can dig them up with a search engine instead of a shovel.
UNT’s libraries work with the U.S. Government Printing Office and the National Archives and Records Administration on the Cyber Cemetery, an archival project that allows people to view the defunct government Web sites it holds.
The sites typically come from agencies and commissions that have been discontinued or lost their funding, said Cathy Hartman, assistant dean for digital and information tech-nologies.
“Most of it is really excel-lent material that the public should continue to have access to,” Hartman said.
The Cyber Cemetery is free and open to all computer users. It contains 48 Web sites available to the public, and nine more are archived but not visible, according to a September 2009 UNT library report.
The site gets an average of 4,895 visits per day, and an average of 149,313 monthly visits. The most popular Web site is the 9/11 Commission. Web sites that the library is still working to make available include two from the office of former first lady Laura Bush.
Hartman helped create the Cyber Cemetery in 1997 and said she has seen many changes in the content and methods used to capture it.
“It’s very different struc-tures of Web sites,” she said. “They’re much more interac-tive and complex than they used to be.”
The Government Documents
Department and Digital Projects Unit work together to capture the Web sites, said Suzanne Sears, head of the Government Documents Department. The team uses several methods to figure out which Web sites will need saving.
“It’s part investigative work, part luck and part word of mouth,” she said.
Sears said she will some-times scan news sources to find out which commissions will shut down or contact other libraries.
In recent years, some agen-cies have contacted the library because of its growing reputa-tion in the field, she said.
Mark Phillips, head of the Digital Projects Unit, said after they’ve identified the sites, “crawlers” or “web harvesters” harvest material from the sites to be placed in the Cemetery.
The team has begun using Heritrix, a software designed for archival projects that provides more detail about the archiving process and allows them to keep track of more complex information, Phillips said.
“The most challenging part is finding out before things go away that they’re going to go away,” he said.
Sea rs sa id t he C y ber Cemetery can be useful to people who want to look back through history at how different government administrations have worked.
“Digital information is the most at-risk right now for being preserved,” she said. “The digital information is disap-pearing before our eyes. Unless people step up and capture that, it’s not going to be available for future generations to investi-gate why a certain policy was made and why we did this.”
Cyber Cemetery holds dead sites
PHOTO BY KAITLIN HOAG / PHOTOGRAPHER
Many students rely on UNT transportation to take them to their next class.
BY JORDAN FOSTER Staff Writer
The transportation depart-ment added another bus stop and two more buses to the Centre Place route, which accommodates a large student population in two major apart-ment complexes.
The move is part of the depart-ment’s broader mission to opti-mize transportation services for a growing university.
UNT’s enrollment reached 36,206 this fall, the highest in school history.
“We are re-allocating our recourses to get the maximum bang for the buck based on rider-ship trends,” said Joe Richmond, director of transportation.
Richmond said high ridership makes it hard for the transporta-tion department to keep up.
Sometimes students can’t get a ride on the Centre Place route because buses become so full in the mornings.
The new stop is near the Forum apartments on Centre Place Drive. The Forum, a new complex finished this summer, can house 1,100 people.
Richmond said roughly 65 percent of those residents ride the Centre Place buses each day, which also serve the Campus Place apartments.
The highest number of riders on that bus route was 722 in one day.
“The challenge is r ight now. The ridership is up to 1.6 million,” Richmond said, refer-ring to the total number of bus rides during the 2008-2009 school year.
Richmond obser ved the Centre Place route on a Tuesday during peak hours, which is a high ridership day. There were ten buses that came during that hour.
Two of them couldn’t pick up any passengers because they were full.
Growth prompts more buses
“We had 50,800 hours of service this year approximately,” Richmond said. “That’s the highest number we have ever put out.”
The transportation depart-ment has a total of 27 buses in the morning spread over eight routes.
An average of 15,000 passen-gers ride the buses every day and 53 passengers per hour of service, Richmond said.
Clifton Bell, who has been driving for Denton County Transportation Authority since 2006, has witnessed the increase on the Centre Place route.
He began driving for the route this semester.
“There has definitely been an increase in riders because that place is so popular now. It’s a very nice facility,” Bell said.
Lauren Gern, a sociology senior, has been riding on the route for two years and said the
increased ridership makes it hard for her to catch a bus.
“I wish they could add another route somehow, and make it less crowded because it’s always crowded, especially in the morning,” Gern said.
The department of trans-portation is working hard to keep up with the inf lux of students, Richmond said.
But at certain times of the day, buses will drive pass stops without picking up students if the bus is already full and the riders need to get
to class on time.Richmond said that happens
most commonly before 9 a.m. classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 a.m. classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
“All I can say is if you’re going to a 9 o’clock class, you have to go really early,” Richmond said. “If you walk out there and you can’t get on that bus, look at the schedule and get on the bus before. The solution is to catch the bus before.”
By The NumbersAverage number of
riders every day15,000
53 Average number of riders per hour
Student Nights Oct 2 & 3!
817-336-HANG • www.hangmans.com
presents
N I GHTMARES
Open Every Fri & Sat in OctAnd Nightly Oct 23-Oct 31
7 pm til 12 am Fri’s & Sat’s til 10 pm all other nights
I-30 & Forest Park BlvdOne mile west of
downtown Fort Worth
Oct 2 & 3Extra $1-Off
COMBO Ticket with Student I.D.
Attorney James Mallory
Traffi c Tickets DefendedIn Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine, Southlake, Hurst, Forest Hill, White
Settlement, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Watauga, Haltom City, Colleyville, Keller, Bedford, and elsewhere in Tarrant County.
(817) 924-32363024 Sandage
Fort Worth, TX 76109-1793*No promise as to results
*Any fi ne and court costs are not included in fee for legal representation
www.JamesMallory.com
Se habla
Español.
NewsPage 2 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Shaina Zucker & Courtney RobertsNews Editors
Saturday, Sept. 26At 9:39 p.m., an officer
reported a major car acci-dent at South Bonnie Brae/Interstate Highway 35E. An ambulance responded, and the officer filed a motor vehicle crash report.
A police officer approached a 20-year-old man who was intoxicated at Fouts Field Stadium, 2300 N. Interstate Highway 35E. The man was arrested and taken to the Denton City Jail.
An officer approached a 20-year-old man at 7:33p.m. on the 1500 block of Maple Street. The man gave the officer false identification information and was in possession of a stolen bicycle. He was arrested and trans-ported to the Denton County Jail.
A 19-year-old man was arrested at 6:32 p.m. at Fouts Field Stadium, 2300 N. Interstate Highway 35E on suspicion of causing an immediate breech of the peace. He was transported to the Denton City Jail.
A 20-year-old man was arrested at 5:57 p.m. at Fouts Field Stadium, 2300 N. Interstate Highway 35E, for being intoxicated and disor-derly. He was taken to the Denton City Jail.
An officer responded to a report of indecent exposure at 4:21 p.m. at 1179 Union Circle.
A report was written.At 3:00 p.m., an officer
responded to a report of an unauthorized male in an office at the 1400 block of West Highland Street. The officer was unable to locate the suspect and an offense report was completed.
At 3 : 03 a .m., pol ice received a report of assault at 1003 Maple St. An officer responded and a report was completed.
An officer initiated a traffic stop at 1:46 a.m., at 2100 W. Prairie St. where a 27-year-old woman was arrested for having an outstanding warrant in Peoria County, Ill. She was taken to Denton County Jail.
An officer investigated 18-year-old man at 1:18 a.m. on 1401 W. Hickory St. He was arrested on suspicion for possession of a controlled substance and marijuana and transported to the Denton County Jail.
Sunday, Sept. 27An officer approached a
19-year-old man at 8:10 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Eagle Drive. He was arrested on suspicion for possession of marijuana and taken to the Denton County Jail.
At 2:32 a.m., a 21-year-old woman was arrested at the 900 block of West Prairie Street on suspicion of drunken driving.
She was transported to the Denton County Jail.
An officer pulled over a 21-year-old man in a routine traffic stop at 2:05 a.m. on the 700 block of South Welch Street. He was wanted by the Lewisville Police Department, arrested and taken to the Denton County Jail.
At 1:57 a.m., an officer approached two 19-year-old men at the 200 block of North Texas Boulevard. One was arrested on suspicion for possessing a controlled substance, and the other was arrested on suspicion of possessing of marijuana. Both were taken to the Denton County Jail.
Monday, Sept. 28A police officer responded
to a complaint of theft of diesel fuel at 3:32 p.m. on the UNT Dallas Campus on 7300 Houston School Road. An offense report was completed, and no arrests were made.
At 2:20 p.m., an officer pulled over 28-year-old man at 1706 W. Sycamore St. He was wanted by the Mesquite Police Department. He was arrested and taken to the Denton County Jail.
A police officer responded to a report of theft of currency and checks at 1:25 p.m. at 1155 Union Circle, the University Union. The officer completed an offense report.
BY KELSEY KRUZICHContributing Writer
Students, faculty and staff took turns reading hand-picked passages from banned novels and poems at the Banned Books Read-Out on Tuesday at the Library Mall.
The UNT chapter of Sigma Tau Delta along with UNT Willis Library hosted the event in cele-bration of Banned Books Week — a 27-year-old tradition that runs during the last week of every September.
The selected books were either banned or challenged in the United States and other coun-tries because of inappropriate content.
BY MELISSA BOUGHTONSenior Staff Writer
Mega n Ada ms sketches nature-inspired designs and prints them on fabric, creating art pieces that can be trans-formed into every day items.
The fiber graduate student was recently featured in Texas Monthly magazine for her “one-of-a-kind” prints.
“I want my work to be works of art as well as functional pieces,” she said.
Adams created her own line of fabric yardage and her designs have been used for pillows, furniture, lamp-shades, and drapes.
To create a design, Adams starts drawing or scanning in an etching of an image on the computer and then manipulates what she drew by repeating the image in a different pattern than with what she started.
“I’ll create something, and I won’t know the outcome until I manipulate it,” she said.
Her designs can be manip-ulated several times, creating multiple organic designs for different fabric yardages.
A proc ess c a l led i k at weav ing inspires Ada ms’ patterns. Ikat is a method of dying threads that produces an unexpected effect once the threads are woven together.
Adams started out painting la ndscapes a nd received a n underg raduate deg ree in painting from Southern Methodist University.
“I turned my attent ion toward print making, and then I graduated and I knew I wanted to make fabric itself, but I didn’t know how to do it,” Adams said.
Adams said she researched schools and found UNT is the only school in Texas with a master’s fabrics program.
“Also, the fact that it was art-based and not industry-based was really an attraction for me,” she said.
Lisa Barnes, co-owner of Kacky and Carl in Dallas, sells Adams’ prints and said they are popular pieces.
“They’re really unique, and I think everybody is always looking for a great piece of art that is affordable,” Barnes said.
Adams said her work is one-of-a-kind because the fabric yardage she completes can’t be repeated perfectly.
Because of this, one of the obstacles Adams said she struggles with is being able to produce large quantities on her own for orders she receives, she said.
T he compa n ies Ada ms works with charge the fabric by the yard, which forces her to charge more for her pieces.
“I think it’s just finding that niche market where people do find it unique because some people don’t value art that can be used functionally,” Adams said.
An installation of Adams’ work is on display at the Universities Center at Dallas on Main Street. Adams was a lso featured in mult iple magazines and news features during the summer.
“That benefits all of the university by featuring our students in that space,” said Amie Adelman, fibers asso-ciate professor and program coordinator. “But then for somebody outside of UNT to
Grad student creates ‘one-of-a-kind’ art
PHOTO BY MELISSA BOUGHTON / PHOTOGRAPHER
Megan Adams, an art graduate student, sits in her studio at Bain Hall on campus. Adams created fabric designs by screen-printing original art onto fabric yardage.
do a review, that just brings notoriety not only to the fibers program but to the college and the university.”
Adelma n sa id t he nice thing about Adams designing yardage is people who buy it get to ultimately decide what it
gets used for, such as pillows, drapes and clothing.
“I think that finished piece is influenced by the decisions of the person that buys it,” she said.
Adams w il l graduate in May 2010 and said she hopes
to incorporate more into her work by exploring embroi-dery. She is also working on designing clutch handbags.
For more information about Adams and to see her designs, students can visit www.mega-nadamsdesigns.com.
PHOTO BY KELSEY KRUZICH / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Kelly Evans, an English language senior, reads a passage from John Gardner’s “Grendel” on Tuesday at the Library Mall in celebration of Banned Book Week.
UNT community reads banned-book excerpts
“The goal of the event is to educate people about banned books, and to let them know that the books are not necessarily evil because they are banned,” David Fletcher, an English senior, said
Fletcher said he chose to read, “Howl”, a poem by Allen Ginsberg, which was taken to court in 1957 in an obscenity trial.
The book was dubbed obscene but later cleared and is now an important piece of American literature, Fletcher said.
The passages chosen by the readers have a personal repre-sentative value, and they may or may not be the reason why the book is banned, he said.
“The event surprised people that books had been banned,” said April Kendra, the faculty sponsor for Sigma Tau Delta.
Kendra said the purpose of the Read-Out was not to offend people, but to make them aware.
She said she hoped it would
prompt attendees to read impor-tant books and would let them know they have freedom to read.
David Holdeman, chairman of the English department, also chose a passage to read. He said he chose an excerpt from Ulysses by James Joyce to show that a funny and interesting book had been banned.
“I specifically want to call attention to censorship and show how absurd it is that some of the classics are banned,” Holdeman said.
In addition to the read-out, the Honor Society is supporting Books For Africa, which brings books to children in Africa who might not otherwise have them. Donations of used books can be made on the first floor of the Auditorium Building under the Sigma Tau Delta bulletin board.
The banned books week motto this year is: Speak. Read. Know. It.
POLICE BLOTTER
Read the editorial about Banned Books Week on Page 5
FREAKY FAST DELIVERY!
DENTON ~ DALLAS ~ MCKINNEY
ADDISON ~ LEWISVILLE ~ RICHARDSON
ARLINGTON ~ FORT WORTH ~ IRVING
PLANO ~ MANSFIELD ~ FRISCO
ORDER ONLINE AT JIMMYJOHNS.COM
NT Daily Ad for GP Day 2009
3x3 ad to run Thursday and Friday, Oct 1 and 2, 2009
Graduate & Professional School DayTuesday, October 6th 10am 2pmSilver Eagle Suite, University Union
Regularly attended by university
representatives from over 50 graduate and professional schools across the United States.
Find out about admission requirements, financial assistance, scholarships and degree programs. Several law schools and medical
schools will be in attendance. www.tsgs.unt.edu
Arts & LifeWednesday, September 30, 2009 Page 3
Kip MooneyArts & Life Editor
BY MORGAN WALKERStaff Writer
Students with a passion for fashion and the entertain-ment industr y now have a chance to strut their way into the business.
Mosé, or Models of Style Exposed, is a UNT student modeling organization. The group held auditions in the Un iversit y Un ion 413 on Tuesday and will continue tonight from 7 to 9.
“We aren’t just looking for models,” said Tim Musomba, a sociology senior and pres-ident of Mosé. “We’re also interviewing photographers, stylists and designers.”
The auditions will be open to not only UNT students but also students from other colleges.
Du r i ng t he i nter v iews, which ca n last a ny where bet ween t wo a nd seven minutes, students w i l l be asked questions about why they want to pursue a career in the industry, have their photo taken, and will be asked to show their walk, Musomba said.
Once t he ca l lbacks a re f i n i shed, Mu somba sa id the organization will begin
meeting once a week, typi-cally on Sundays.
Students will then partic-ipate in workshops where t hey learn basics such as how to walk properly on the catwalk.
“By the end of the year, not only do students know about the industry in terms of how it works but they will a lso get experience in casting for jobs,” Musomba said.
Since the spring of 2003, Mosé has hosted its annual fashion show, Exposed, in which proceeds go toward local non-prof it organiza-tions such as AIDS Services of North Texas.
I n Ma rch 20 05, Mos é also participated with the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS during its 17th annual Benefit and Fashion Show in Dallas, according to the Mosé Web site.
Kayla Serur, an early child-hood education senior, has been a member of Mosé for one yea r a nd w i l l be audit ioning again for t he upcoming year.
Serur said since she has joined Mosé she has partici-pated in various photo shoots in Dallas as well as a runway
show for Merchandising Inc., a UNT organization open to students interested in fashion, home furnishings or elec-tronic merchandising.
Female students who are interviewed for modeling are expected to dress the part, wearing high heels and form-fitting clothes, Serur said.
“Once you’re a pa r t of Mosé t hey w i l l send you tons of opportunities, espe-cially through Facebook, for modeling and acting jobs,” she said. “It’s a matter of you taking the t ime to pursue those opportunities.”
Many Mosé students also pa r t icipate in A r tWea r, a fashion show by the College of Visual Arts and Design, which is held in May each year.
ArtWear is an exhibition for fashion design seniors judged by prominent figures throughout the industry, said Marian O’Rourke-Kaplan, a College of Visual Arts and Design associate dean.
“We get a lot of models from Mosé to put in the show and it’s always been a good group to work with,” she said.
Students accepted into the program will receive phone calls by Friday.
BY GRACIELA RAZO
Senior Staff WriterFor Brandon Nichols, one
person’s trash is his new computer chair.
Nichols is part of an envi-ronmental recycling movement known as “Dumpster diving,” the practice of searching through trash bins for useful items.
Nichols, a photography junior, began taking home items left by and around Dumpsters and trash cans two years ago when he first became a student at UNT.
“I’m usually on my bike, so as I pass dumpsters, I look to see what people leave around them,” Nichols said. “I don’t actually have to dive in.”
He said he has come across many furniture items and has adorned his apartment with these recycled finds, such as his computer chair, a dresser, and a rack on which he and his room-mate hang wet clothes to dry.
Some of the more valuable items Nichols has come across are an art easel and a laptop computer.
“I don’t know why anyone would throw that stuff away,”
‘Dumpster diving’ reuses trashPHOTO BY KHAI HA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Modeling organization starts open call
PHOTO BY CRISTY ANGULO / PHOTOGRAPHER
Brandon Nichols, a photography junior, said his favorite discovery while searching Dumpsters was an easel he found next to a Dumpster in his apartment complex on Monday.
Nichols said. “I think a lot of times people are just lazy and wasteful.”
As for disinfecting the items he finds, Nichols said he wipes them down and doesn’t restore them because he likes the quality of the furniture he comes across.
Nichols said he finds the most unwanted furniture around Dumpsters near the end of the school year.
“Normally when school lets out, people are moving and
changing places, so they throw a bunch of stuff away, so it’s a gold mine,” Nichols said. “Every time I go to throw something away in the Dumpster, I always come back with more stuff.”
“Dumpster diving” is just another way of recycling, similar to buying used clothing at Goodwill stores, said Erin Davis, assistant to the director of the Office of Sustainability.
“It’s just a part of the recy-cling triangle. It’s the reuse of an item instead of them going
to landfills,” Davis said. “It’s just less going to the dump.”
For Nichols, sa lvag ing unwanted items by the side of the road or by Dumpsters is just another way to be environmen-tally friendly.
“It is always good to reuse what we can and not be wasteful,” Nichols said. “People think they shouldn’t get these things just because they’ve been in the trash, but you just need to keep an eye out on your garbage and be open to anything.”
Electronic news sophomore Richelle Scott reads poetry for Models of Style Exposed on Tuesday in the Uni versity Union.
Green, the new black.Mention this ad and get
10% off!!Full Service Auto RepairCourtesy rides available
566-3326 MON.-FRI. 10-6:30; SAT., 10-21003 DALLAS DR., DENTON
(in the pink building)www.onthecuff.com
Sports Page 4 Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Justin UmbersonSports Editor
BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer
The top 100 players in women’s college tennis will gather in California this weekend at the National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American tournament. Among them will be two of UNT’s own: Irina Paraschiv and Madura Ranganathan.
Ranganathan, a business junior, and Paraschiv, an adver-tising sophomore, were a force to be reckoned with last season and were ranked among the top players in the region.
They have helped the program take a big step forward by earning UNT’s first invite to the All-American’s, which will push the program toward national recognition.
“For a program to be one of the elite, you have to go out and play with the elite,” head coach Sujay Lama said. “We are starting to break onto the national scene, and this should help build our confidence and our program.”
This is one of the three college tennis majors, along with the NCAA’s and the National Indoor tournament, and is one of the major goals Paraschiv set for herself.
“This is one of my biggest dreams coming true,” Paraschiv said. “Playing against the best competition and being recog-nized as being a great player, it is unbelievable and I am so excited.”
Paraschiv will play in both singles and doubles tourna-ments, and Ranganathan will be Paraschiv’s partner for doubles. The two combined for over 40 wins last season and were the top two players on the team.
Both players were honored and excited to be playing in such a high caliber tournament, and have made their teammates proud.
“They worked so hard for this,” Catalina Cruz, a business senior, said. “They deserve this and did everything to earn it. I hope they do well and really demonstrate the kind of players they are.”
Like four of their other team-mates, these two came from thousands of miles away to play tennis for this program, so the daily grind and not being able to see their families does take its toll.
The two were able to go home over the summer and had an opportunity to relax, spend
time with their families and get rejuvenated for the upcoming season.
“I only get to see them at Christmas break and over the summer,” said Paraschiv, a native of Bucharest, Romania. “It means a lot to be able to go home and spend time with them. It gives me a chance to get mentally prepared for the season ahead.”
Ranganathan got an oppor-tunity to train with her father again, who was her coach before she began playing at the colle-giate level.
“I actually work out harder when I am at home on break,” said Ranganathan, who is from Coimbatore, India. “He pushes me harder than anyone and really whips me into shape, but I come back feeling refreshed and ready to play.”
The tournament will begin Friday and they could spend up to a week and a half in California, depending on how deep they can go in the tourna-ment, which would suit these two just fine.
“We are looking forward to spending the week out there,” Ranganathan said. “We get to go have fun, relax, play tennis and see all the Hollywood stars.”
BY JONAH KUEHNEContributing Writer
Twenty-five women play for the Mean Green soccer team. Of those 25, three seniors are on the roster: Midfielders Kelli Lunsford and Kendall Juett and defender Lauren Shockey.
Head coach John Hedlund said they are all starters and leaders on and off the field.
They give the impression that they don’t hesitate to let it be known it’s their team. At the same time, they try to create a cohesive environment for the younger players.
“We’re still growing every game, and we’re still growing step by step,” said Shockey, an advertising senior. “We have great leadership, and we like to see the girls grow as we progress as a team— even the older girls learn from the younger girls.”
There are still bumps in the road even with the leadership of the seniors.
“We have the three solid captains, and we have the seniors,” Hedlund said. “At times, we have to go through some growing pains, but as you see, we can beat pretty much anyone on our schedule, and we can lose to anyone.”
Hedlund said he finds micro-managing the young team isn’t always the way to go, but it’s more about the adjustments he makes.
“I find that I have to adjust my personality because I’m pretty intense on the sideline,” Hedlund said. “I think if you are a little bit too hard on freshmen, you’re not going to get the most out of them. With the veteran players that have been playing under me for years, they know how I can be, and they can pretty much take anything.”
Overcoming growing painsBeing 4-1 in the first five games
of the season and losing three consecutive games afterward says a lot about the struggles of youth. But with veteran leader-ship from these three seniors and co-captain goalkeeper Mandy Hall, they were able to get out of the hole with two straight wins in the Sun Belt Conference.
“We just had to make sure everyone had learned from what
Athletes of the Week: Duo earns invitation
New recruits learn from three Mean Green seniors
PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / PHOTOGRAPHER
(From left) Doubles partners Madura Ranganathan and Irina Paraschiv will be the � rst UNT athletes to compete at the collegiate All-American Tennis Tournament in California this weekend. we had done and put that past
us, so that we could refocus on conference,” Hall, a history junior, said. “There were things that we needed to address like intensity and the level that we needed to play at.”
To ensure the three-game losing streak didn’t continue, the leaders made a point to have meetings before confer-ence play.
The plan was to help the younger players with anything they might have been struggling with. With their experience and calm attitudes, they also tried to steady the waters for the younger players.
“We said that this isn’t a team that loses three or four games in a row,” Juett, a sociology senior, said. “We just really needed to realize what the mentality was going into the game. We needed to pull everyone in and build everyone’s confidence and letting people know where we’ve been before.”
Confidence and inconsistency are huge issues with younger players, but that was to be dealt with encouragement, the players said.
Ideas and perspectives were presented and their play was studied. The meeting was then able carry over to games because the seniors were able to, as Hedlund put it, “be coaches on the field.”
Lunsford said there wasn’t any pressure for anyone to voice her opinion, and it was about taking the team in the right direction.
“The captains wanted to bring the team together and watch film to basically critique how we were playing. We also wanted to take down how we could do better and break down our type of play, so that we could turn it around,” Lunsford, a kine-siology senior, said. “It was a positive.”
BY SEAN SWINNEYContributing Writer
Looking to build on its best conference finish a year ago, the Mean Green swimming and diving team kicked off their 2009-2010 schedule with a pair of intrasquad meets over the weekend.
Friday, the Green and White Meet matched the veterans of the team against the newcomers and Saturday the team competed
UNT swim team uses two intrasquad meets to prepare
against alumni.When the results were in,
the team had made significant improvements compared to this time last year, reason for optimism for head coach Joe Dykstra.
“The chance to do an intrasquad meet is a chance to work out all the kinks in a compet-itive setting, and there are some kinks,” Dykstra said. “I can tell in training where we’re at, but doing it in a meet and being able to directly compare results from one year to another is a helpful way for the team to reinforce the fact that they’re on track for the right kind of season.”
The White team, made up of veteran swimmers, won eight of the 13 events in the intrasquad meet, led by Alicia Hale, an inter-national studies senior, with three wins.
Hannele Luoma, a business freshman who attended high school in Finland, was the most impressive newcomer, earning three wins and one second place finish for the Green team.
Dykstra said Luoma is obvi-ously someone to keep an eye on moving forward because of her talent and work ethic. With five of the team’s seven divers also newcomers, youth should be well represented in the team
this year.“It seems like the team just gets
better every year,” said Hiliary Riedmann, a pre-biology sopho-more, who took first place in the 200-yard fly. “I definitely think the team’s goal is to place higher at conference. That’s all that’s in everybody’s mind, who beat us last year and who we want to beat this year.”
On Saturday morning, the team continued its preparations for the meets to come, holding the second annual Alumni Meet. The team competed against returning alumni, and after the events were over the past swimmers ate lunch and shared their experiences with the current team.
“We don’t have a lot of history, so we don’t have a ton of alumni yet, but we want to keep every-body that’s ever been in this program as involved and a part of it as we can,” Dykstra said.
Riedmann said that it was good to hear what the alumni had to say, and to know she and her teammates will be invited back to share their stories as well. Dykstra echoed those sentiments.
“We have so many alumni still pretty close in age to the girls on the team, so there are a lot of social connections,” Dykstra said.
PHOTO BY RYAN BIBB / PHOTOGRAPHER
Freshman Carly McDowell gets a helping hand from Lauren Shockey. Shockey is one of three seniors on the soccer team this year.
To see more of this story, visit ntdaily.com
Being a transfer student from another country, I get the question sometimes, “What is your SAT score?” My answer is that I don’t have one because I have never taken the SAT test. This is interesting, as proponents of the SAT test claim it to be a fair and reliable predictor of student’s success in college.
But before we dive into highlighting why the SAT test has become irrelevant, let us first go through what the SAT test really is.
The SAT test, in essence, compa res a n indiv idua l’s performance on the test with t he nat iona l populat ion’s performance to arrive at a test score. Ideally, the popula-tion’s score would be updated every year to give an up-to-date score.
However, seeing that the SAT score cannot have a mov i ng reference g roup, because then you would get different scores if you took it in a different year, the creators decided to have a fixed norm group.
Test scores are derived today
by comparing a participant’s performance with a 1990 refer-ence group.
In short, your SAT score is a relative score based on a comparison of your perfor-mance with a reference group who completed the test in 1990.
Even before I can start ranting about the SAT test, it becomes apparent that the design of the SAT test itself is obviously f lawed.
How ca n you compa re 2009’s minds to 1990’s minds? Don’t high school graduates these days know so much more thanks to the information overload we get from living in the IT age?
To be fa ir, t he Col lege Board, developers of the SAT test, would retort that at least there is a fair and reliable standard colleges can look to when admitting new students, though it is a little f lawed.
This is where my argument starts. Is it a standard at all?
Transfer students bringing in more than 30 credit hours to UNT do not need to have an SAT score.
In addit ion, Texas high school graduates who consti-tute the top 10% of their class will gain automatic admission to state universities, regardless of that particular high school’s actual education standard.
And finally, we all know the not-so-well-kept secret of how schools attract and retain athletes: They give them ‘leeway’ (some call it ‘freeway’) in such admittance tests.
Don’t take my word for it. Feel f ree to do a l it t le
research on UNT’s website and also read USA Today’s 2008 article titled “Public univer-sity athletes score far below classmates on SATs.”
That takes care of the argu-ment that the SAT test provides a fair standard. If it was at all fair, it should be applied across the board regardless of who the applicant is.
W hat about t he a rg u-ment that it provides a reli-able predictor of success in college?
To counter this argument, I will cite NCAA President Myles Brand’s words in the above-
mentioned USA Today article, which states, “the question isn’t whether athletes are as qualified when they enroll but their potential for success” when referring to scores on the SAT test.
If the SAT were already a “reliable predictor for success,” there would not be a need to further test an athlete’s “potential for success” if they did not meet the requirements in the SAT test.
Perhaps the College Board should start rethinking the usefulness of the SAT test. Perhaps the real question is if the SAT test should even be used at all.
Jamie Chin Han Khoo is a psychology senior. He can be reached at [email protected].
From an early age, we are all taught what toys are appro-priate for girls and what toys are appropriate for boys.
Walk down any toy aisle at Wal-Mart, and you will see a blatant distinction of the sexes. Watch a cartoon with a 5-year-old and listen to the language used in the commer-cials. “Barbie dream house comes fully equipped with functional kitchen!” “With Lego Pirates you can actually load the cannon and fire!”
Throug h f inely cra f ted advertising we are telling chil-dren who they should be.
But it is not only advertising that shapes our gender roles. We learn who we are in our society from school, our peers, movies, television and our families.
This has become a normal part of society and something with which we can all iden-tify. Because no one wants to be an outcast, we adhere to
certain types of norms simply to fit in.
These norms have put us into a box of hypermasculinity and hyperfemininity. When is the last time you heard a guy say, “Me and my boys are going to go get a mani-pedi, just to relax.” Or have you ever heard one of your female friends say, “My ride’s been messing up so I’m going to spend Saturday working on the engine.”
But how did we get to this place of “men are supposed to do this and women are supposed to do that?” This didn’t happen overnight, and I think it’s been a long time coming.
From women wea r i ng corsets tight enough to break bones and cut off their circu-lation to men fighting duels and ga l loping of f to war, our gender roles were well ensconced long before we ever arrived on the scene.
W i t h H a l l o w e e n f a s t approaching, I have been online looking for costumes. Invariably the majority of costumes for women a re rather promiscuous. It’s pretty difficult to find a Halloween costume for a woman that is scary without being sexy.
Yet another example of soci-ety’s rules for how a woman should look. Alternately, it is rare to find a men’s costume in which they are not fully clothed. Ads for l itt le girl costumes are full of prin-cesses, rock stars, and fairies, while little boys can trick or treat as super heroes, ninjas, and pirates.
I am 35 years old, so my perspective may be a litt le different than that of a 20 year old.
I am a wife, a mother and a student. My 8-yea r-old daughter told me the other day after hearing the song, “So What” by Pink that she really
liked songs where the girls told the boys “what’s up.”
Maybe we’re at a turning point in our society. Some men are able to express their feel-ings a little easier these days without the threat of reper-cussion. More women are able to tell the men in their lives “what’s up” without feeling like they are doing something wrong.
I think there is a sort of safety in perpetuating the societal norms. Stay in your labeled box, and no one gets hurt. Keep the status quo going at an even keel, and everything will be fine.
But what if an individual steps out of that box? I suppose we’ll never know until a handful of brave souls give it try.
Michelle Roan is a pre-social work sophomore. She can be reached at [email protected].
Views Amanda MielcarekViews Editor
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Page 5
The Editorial Board includes: Andrew McLemore, Amanda Mielcarek, Shaina Zucker, Courtney Roberts, Brooke Cowlishaw, Kip Mooney, Abigail Allen, Sydnie Summers, Brianne Tolj, Christena Dowsett, Justin Umberton, and David Lucio
Want to be heard?The NT Daily does not necessari-ly endorse, promote or agree with the viewpoints of the columnists on this page. The content of the columns is strictly the opinion of the writers and in no way re-flects the belief of the NT Daily.
The NT Daily is proud to present a variety of ideas and opinions from readers in its Views section. As such, we would like to hear from as many NT readers as possible. We invite readers of all creeds and back-grounds to write about whichever issue excites them, whether concerning politics, local issues,
ethical questions, philosophy, sports and, of course, anything exciting or controversial.Take this opportunity to make your voice heard in a widely read publication. To inquire about column ideas, submit columns or letters to the editor, send an e-mail to [email protected]
Note to Our Readers
NT Daily Editorial Board
No excuse not to read
Society puts people in gender boxes
SAT scores don’t mean anythingEditorial
{{{
Campus Chat
David Hammondpre-med sophomore
Kara Bullock radio, television and film
sophomore
Keith Guerrerophilosophy junior
UNT has decided to build a new, bigger football stadium. Do you think
this is a good idea?
“No, because we can’t even fill the stadium we
have, and the only use for it would be marketing to attract more students.”
“Yes, as a big football fan I like the nice big stadium, and think that the school that I go to should be up
to par with other schools.”
“I think it’s a great idea, because it will help us
get more spirit and also possibly give our team
more confidence.”
This week is Banned Books Week, an annual cele-bration meant to highlight the importance of reading and free access to information, as well as the nega-tive effects of censorship. It is also meant to teach people the importance of ensuring the availability of all literature, even if the viewpoints it communicates are unpopular or unorthodox.
We’ve all heard about books that were famously banned at one point or another, such as “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Catcher in the Rye.”
Though many books were the targets of attempted bannings, the majority of these cases did not result in the book actually being banned. It was the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers and members of the community that made retaining these books in the library collections possible.
This shows how important literature used to be, while, comparatively, this generation seems to have put it on the back burner.
Few would disagree that banning books is antithetical to a healthy democracy, and yet literature has never-theless been subjugated and robbed of its value by the single-minded practicality of today’s generation.
The editorial staff feels this is a shame. The human-ities, as in the study of literature, language, philos-ophy, and culture, have died at the hands of math and science.
Though we do not argue against the importance of math and science, it is undeniable that education today is more geared toward passing tests and getting jobs than people enhancing themselves through great works of art or expanding their minds by exposing themselves to new ways of thought.
Instead, classrooms tend to reinforce what students already know, teaching them to memorize facts rather than think for themselves.
The cost is much more than a loss of culture. Critical thinking skills also suffer from a lack of creative stimulation.
Teachers should take it upon themselves to truly educate their students by providing them with a well-rounded education that prepares them to not only follow orders, but to also think and feel for themselves.
The responsibility is not entirely in the hands of the schools and universities, however. The bulk of the responsibility lies with the students. In the end, it is up to them to take up the battle for literature passed down from past generations.
Not so long ago, people had to fight for the right to read certain books. Students today have it much easier, and have only to pick the book up and read it.
$5,000-$45,000 PAID EGG DONORS
+ Expenses for up to 9 donations. N/ smokers, ages 19-29, SAT>1100/ ACT>24/ GPA>3.0 reply to: [email protected]
1 Block to UNT1 bd $530. 2bd $630. Free Internet. Free month’s rent. 940-239-4843w w w .ivyleaguehousing.com
1995 Ford Taurus GL. 104,975K. New Tires. Good Condition. $1850. 940-482-3813.
!BARTENDING!! $250/ day poten-tial. No experience necessary. Training available. 1-800-965-6520 ext 204 Age 18+ OK
$$Help Wanted$$
Texas SumoGame Rental
Now Hiring Game attendants.
Perfect for week-ends! Great after school and holiday job.Flexible hours. $10-$20/hr. Paid Weekly.Looking for moti-vated, dependable, fun, and outgoing individuals. 214-357-7077Call us today for more information!www.texassumo.com
Math Tutor-CertifiedAlg Trig Calc [email protected]
WWW.UBSKI.COM 1-800-SKI-WILD 1-800-754-9453
Breckenridge Vail Beaver CreekKeystone Arapahoe Basin
COLLEGE SKI & BOARD WEEK
breckenridge
20 Mountains. 5 Resorts. 1 Price.
plus t/s
FROMONLY
Publications Guide-lines:Please read your ad the fi rst day of publi-cation. The publisher assumes no fi nancial responsibility for er-rors or omissions of copy. We reserve the right to adjust in full an error by publishing a corrected insertion. Li-ability shall not exceed the cost of that portion occupied by the error on the fi rst insertion only. The advertiser, and not the newspa-per, is responsible for the truthful content of the ad. The newspaper reserves the right to request changes, reject or properly classify an ad, and must approve all copy.
Announcements Announcements For Rent For Rent For Rent For Sale Help Wanted Services Services TRAVEL
# 1
V. EASY # 1
2 6 7 16 8 7 91 9 4 58 2 1 4
4 6 2 95 3 2 8
9 3 7 44 5 3 6
7 3 1 8
4 3 5 2 6 9 7 8 16 8 2 5 7 1 4 9 31 9 7 8 3 4 5 6 28 2 6 1 9 5 3 4 73 7 4 6 8 2 9 1 59 5 1 7 4 3 6 2 85 1 9 3 2 6 8 7 42 4 8 9 5 7 1 3 67 6 3 4 1 8 2 5 9
# 2
V. EASY # 2
6 4 7 29 2 4 5 12 3 8 67 5 8
1 6 5 49 3 2
5 8 6 74 7 5 8 9
2 3 1 8
5 6 4 8 1 7 2 9 39 8 3 2 4 6 5 7 12 7 1 5 3 9 8 6 47 2 5 4 8 3 9 1 63 1 9 6 2 5 7 4 88 4 6 7 9 1 3 5 21 5 8 9 6 2 4 3 74 3 7 1 5 8 6 2 96 9 2 3 7 4 1 8 5
# 3
V. EASY # 3
6 4 3 25 2 7 44 2 9 82 7 4 88 5 3 6
6 2 5 17 1 3 42 7 1 8
5 3 4 9
7 1 8 9 6 4 3 2 55 3 6 2 8 7 4 1 94 2 9 3 1 5 8 6 72 7 5 1 4 6 9 8 38 9 1 5 7 3 2 4 63 6 4 8 2 9 7 5 19 8 7 6 5 2 1 3 46 4 2 7 3 1 5 9 81 5 3 4 9 8 6 7 2
# 4
V. EASY # 4
6 1 9 2 58 7 1
5 6 3 46 4 7 2
9 7 6 34 3 9 8
3 9 6 58 6 12 7 1 9 6
6 1 9 7 2 4 8 3 54 3 2 9 5 8 7 6 17 5 8 6 3 1 9 2 45 6 3 4 8 7 2 1 99 8 7 5 1 2 6 4 31 2 4 3 6 9 5 8 73 7 1 2 9 6 4 5 88 9 6 1 4 5 3 7 22 4 5 8 7 3 1 9 6
Page 1 of 25www.sudoku.com 24 Jul 05
Sudoku requires no calculation or arithmetic skills. It is essentially a game of placing numbers in squares, using very simple rules of logic and deduction.
The objective of the game is to fi ll all the blank squares in a game with the correct numbers. There are three very simple constraints to follow. In a 9 by 9 square Sudoku game: • Every row of 9 numbers must in-clude all digits 1 through 9 in any order • Every column of 9 numbers must include all digits 1 through 9 in any order • Every 3 by 3 subsection of the 9 by 9 square must include all digits 1 through 9
Yesterday’s answers
Help Wanted
Read the Daily!
$$Need Cash$$Find your part-time job today by searching the ntdaily classifi eds.
Get Noticed!go to ntdaily.com and
click on classifi eds today and sell your
stuff tomorrow.
Roommate giving you problems?FInd a new one in the ntdaily classifi eds.
Afraid you won't � nd a roommate? Place an ad ...
In the classi� edsntdaily.com
GO CLASSIFIEDSNTDAILY.COM
# 17
V. EASY # 17
3 4 1 75 1 9 87 2 5 3
6 2 39 5 8 2 6 1
1 2 97 5 6 3
6 7 4 92 9 4 8
6 2 3 4 8 1 5 9 75 4 1 3 9 7 6 8 27 8 9 6 2 5 3 1 48 7 6 1 4 9 2 3 59 5 4 8 3 2 7 6 13 1 2 7 5 6 9 4 84 9 7 5 6 8 1 2 31 6 8 2 7 3 4 5 92 3 5 9 1 4 8 7 6
# 18
V. EASY # 18
2 4 7 69 6 8 5
8 3 1 73 9 4 2 11 76 1 3 9 8
8 6 3 29 2 7 5
7 9 4 3
2 9 4 7 5 1 6 3 83 7 1 9 6 8 2 4 56 8 5 4 2 3 1 9 77 3 9 8 4 2 5 1 64 1 8 5 9 6 3 7 25 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 48 5 6 3 1 4 7 2 99 4 3 2 7 5 8 6 11 2 7 6 8 9 4 5 3
# 19
V. EASY # 19
9 4 31 3 6 4 2
8 7 13 8 5 2 7
1 2 9 35 3 7 2 6
8 2 39 4 7 8 5
6 4 9
9 7 4 1 2 5 3 8 68 1 3 7 6 4 9 2 52 6 5 8 3 9 7 1 46 3 8 5 9 2 1 4 71 2 7 6 4 8 5 9 35 4 9 3 1 7 2 6 84 8 2 9 5 3 6 7 13 9 1 4 7 6 8 5 27 5 6 2 8 1 4 3 9
# 20
V. EASY # 20
8 4 19 6 7 51 5 3 2 63 9 2 75 8 9 4
2 6 1 31 3 8 5 9
4 7 3 22 1 6
8 4 2 5 1 6 9 3 79 3 6 2 8 7 5 4 11 5 7 3 9 4 2 6 83 6 9 1 4 2 8 7 55 7 1 8 3 9 6 2 44 2 8 6 7 5 1 9 32 1 3 4 6 8 7 5 96 9 4 7 5 1 3 8 27 8 5 9 2 3 4 1 6
Page 5 of 25www.sudoku.com 24 Jul 05
# 17
V. EASY # 17
3 4 1 75 1 9 87 2 5 3
6 2 39 5 8 2 6 1
1 2 97 5 6 3
6 7 4 92 9 4 8
6 2 3 4 8 1 5 9 75 4 1 3 9 7 6 8 27 8 9 6 2 5 3 1 48 7 6 1 4 9 2 3 59 5 4 8 3 2 7 6 13 1 2 7 5 6 9 4 84 9 7 5 6 8 1 2 31 6 8 2 7 3 4 5 92 3 5 9 1 4 8 7 6
# 18
V. EASY # 18
2 4 7 69 6 8 5
8 3 1 73 9 4 2 11 76 1 3 9 8
8 6 3 29 2 7 5
7 9 4 3
2 9 4 7 5 1 6 3 83 7 1 9 6 8 2 4 56 8 5 4 2 3 1 9 77 3 9 8 4 2 5 1 64 1 8 5 9 6 3 7 25 6 2 1 3 7 9 8 48 5 6 3 1 4 7 2 99 4 3 2 7 5 8 6 11 2 7 6 8 9 4 5 3
# 19
V. EASY # 19
9 4 31 3 6 4 2
8 7 13 8 5 2 7
1 2 9 35 3 7 2 6
8 2 39 4 7 8 5
6 4 9
9 7 4 1 2 5 3 8 68 1 3 7 6 4 9 2 52 6 5 8 3 9 7 1 46 3 8 5 9 2 1 4 71 2 7 6 4 8 5 9 35 4 9 3 1 7 2 6 84 8 2 9 5 3 6 7 13 9 1 4 7 6 8 5 27 5 6 2 8 1 4 3 9
# 20
V. EASY # 20
8 4 19 6 7 51 5 3 2 63 9 2 75 8 9 4
2 6 1 31 3 8 5 9
4 7 3 22 1 6
8 4 2 5 1 6 9 3 79 3 6 2 8 7 5 4 11 5 7 3 9 4 2 6 83 6 9 1 4 2 8 7 55 7 1 8 3 9 6 2 44 2 8 6 7 5 1 9 32 1 3 4 6 8 7 5 96 9 4 7 5 1 3 8 27 8 5 9 2 3 4 1 6
Page 5 of 25www.sudoku.com 24 Jul 05
4 BLKS TO CAMPUS - PARK LIKE SETTINGSPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM
Washer/dryer Conn-Refrig-Range & OvenDishwasher-Attached Storage Room $695
FREE STANDING TOWNHOUSEKitchen Eating Area- Washer & Dryer
Refrig-Dishwasher-Range & OvenDining Area-Living Room-1/2 Bath DownLarge BDRM-Master BDRM-Full bath up
Built-In Desks-Vanity-Walk-In Closet, Ceiling FansPrivate Patio- You’ll love it!! $835 $200 Deposit-No Application Fees
Walk to campus or shuttle takes you
Across from University Courtyards
CALL FOR SPECIALS940-382-2500
Bonnie Green Apartments
Sponsor su | do | ku ...... YOUR AD HERE!NT Daily (940)565-2851
...... YOUR AD HERE!FREE
GREEN
CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDSPhone: 940-565-2851 • Fax: 940-565-4659 • Email: [email protected] • www.ntdaily.com • GAB 117, Corner of Avenue B and Mulberry