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Suspect in attack on federal
judge’s home found dead
The suspect in the Sunday shooting at the
home of U.S. District Court Judge Esther
Salas, 72-year-old lawyer Roy Den Hollander,
was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound Monday, according to NPR. Hollander
is suspected to have fatally shot Salas’s
son and wounded her husband. However,
investigators believe the federal judge was the
target due to Salas presiding over a lawsuit
targeting Deutsche Bank for laundering cash
for clients like Jeffrey Epstein, according to
CBS News and the Washington Post.
Students work on laptops
in the Union Starbucks on
March 27,2019. Course
delivery for fall has been
finalized with 44% being
remote or online, and a
majority of classes being
held in-person. Samuel
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Ohio House Speaker arrested
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Democrats want federal agents
in Portland to wear ID tags
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
will introduce legislation in Congress this
week requiring federal law enforcement to
wear tags clearly identifying themselves,
according to the Nation. The bill, coming in
the wake of the deployment of federal agents
by President Donald Trump and allegations
of them using unmarked vehicles, would
require federal officials to wear tags
displaying their last name, ID number and
agency name, according to NPR.
Fox News and hosts sued for
sexual misconduct, trafficking
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President Donald Trump is preparing to
send around 150 federal agents to Chicago
in the wake of similar deployment to
Portland, according to tire Chicago Tribune.
The agents are a part of Homeland Security
Investigations, HSI, a branch of ICE. Trump
said Monday he would consider sending
agents to cities with Democratic mayors
like New York, Philadelphia and Detroit,
among others, according to the Hill. While
Democrats call the plan “an American
crisis,” according to the New York Times.
After the initial completion estimation was pushed from
spring to summer of this year, the incoming campus Einstein
Bros. Bagels location is indefinitely delayed in the wake of the
pandemic.
David Reynolds, Associate Vice President for Facilities,
said construction has ceased for two primary reasons. The first of
which is due to contractual issues.
“The contractor ran into issues obtaining construction bonds
in accordance with state legal requirements,” Reynolds said via
email. “Despite numerous good faith efforts by both the contractor
and UNT, this issue could not be resolved so the contractor had to
step away from the construction contract.”
In addition, the pandemic has also caused issues for the
project, as well as others on campus.
“COVID-19 has impacted university budgets and a delay in the
construction and subsequent expenses is in place,” Reynolds said.
“UNT officials do intend to move forward with the project as more
clarity on COVID impacts on the university becomes known.”
In a previous interview regarding other on-campus projects,
Reynolds indicated progress continued smoothly in spite of the
pandemic, though earlier in the year he confirmed there were
delays issuing contracts for demolitions.
The location, as of now, is still set to open at the College of
Visual Arts and Design building located at the northeast edge
of the campus on the intersection of South Welch and Mulberry
Streets. The restaurant was chosen after an internal poll UNT
Dining Services conducted in CVAD.
Years prior, the Union hosted an Einstein Bros. Bagels of its own
before closing. As of now, the locations closest to the University
and Denton can be found in Flower Mound and Coppell.
Federal agents arrested Ohio House Speaker
Larry Householder and four others Tuesday
morning in a $60 million bribery probe,
according to NBC News. Hie others arrested
include Householder adviser Jeffrey Longstreth,
Statehouse lobbyist Neil Clark, fonner Ohio
Republican chairman and consultant Matthew
Borges and Oxley Group co-founder Juan
Cespedes. The federal complaint describes
a bribery campaign spanning multiple years
to build support for Householder to become
House speaker, according to NPR.
The university will spread out the fall
housing move-in process across five days
and implement new policies in an effort
to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Housing plans to have a staggered
arrival schedule to reduce the number of
people inside the dorm buildings at one
time.
Students will reserve a specific time
to move into their rooms, choosing from
a list of time slots meant to minimize
foot traffic in every building, floor and
individual wing.
Move-in will start on August 14 and
continue through August 18, university
Senior Communications Strategist Amy
Armstrong said.
Everyone present in the dorms during
move-in— including housing staff,
residents and students’ families— will be
required to wear masks at all times.
Faculty and staff volunteers will
to campus, Vice President of Student
Affairs Elizabeth With said during the
June 22 Reopening and Safety town
hall.
“The social responsibility [of self-
monitoring] is going to be critical for
our success in the fall,” With said.
Despite the elevated risk of
contracting COVID-19, many
students are still planning to live on
campus.
“I still worry about COVID, not as
much about how I can handle it but
more my abil ity to spread it,” Vanessa
Duerson, an incoming psychology
freshman and future resident at
Maple Hall, said. “At some point, the
only thing you can do is take as many
precautions possible.”
Duerson said she is curious as to
how the social side of college life will
persist amid the university’s Social
distancing and mandatory mask Crumley Hall, along with all the housing facilities on-campus, are set to follow a new process for the
policies. upcoming move-in. Move-in will take place from Aug. 14 through Aug. 18 to reduce traffic within the
“I know it probably won’t be the dorm buildings and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Ricardo Vazquez Garcia
No completion
date in sight for
campus Einstein
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if things were still bad,” King
said. “Luckily, my summer job
ended up being modified to do
our programs via Zoom, so I will
be getting paid this summer. But
because I won't be able to usher in
fall, I don’t know what the future
holds financially.”
As for the university’s safety
guidelines, which can be found on
UNT’s Systems webpage, Telang
was complimentary of them.
The UNT System has provided
employees with safety guidelines
to navigate the pandemic,
including an FAQ for questions
like what an employee should do if
they contract COVID-19 or if their
childcare is impacted by school
closures.
“At all times the strategy will be
focused on minimizing risk, while
simultaneously optimizing our
performance and the services we
provide to our institutions,” the
UNT System COVID-19 working
conditions page said.
While Telang said she
commends the measures taken
by the university, it all comes
down to how students on campus
behave.
“One thing that could be added
is safety measurement training
required for all the students before
the fall semester starts,” Telang
NEWS AROUND THE US
By Will Tarpley
President Trump to send federal agents
to Chicago, potentially more cities
said. “It could be a part of the
curriculum for the fall semester.
Another thing that we could do is
educate the people more. I believe
there are still many people who
believe the virus or the ‘numbers’
are a hoax and do not see how
important it is to wear masks and
practice social distancing.”
Despite measures in place,
King said she is conflicted about
returning to work because of pre-
existing breathing problems.
“I still want to work on campus
so I can have a reliable income,”
King said. “But I have asthma and
I worry that I’ll be exposed to the
virus. I know there are remote
positions I could apply to. But they
usually don’t pay very high above
minimum wage. It’s hard to bring
money home to California when it
ends up being worth a lot less. I’m
still searching, but I’m not very
optimistic about my prospects for
fall.”
King said she thinks it would
benefit students if the university
provided more financial
assistance to students.
“I know some people are
probably going to find off-campus
jobs that are higher risk,” King
said. “I’d also like to see more
extensive protective measures for
people working in offices.”
Two fonner Fox News Corporation
employees filed a civil suit Monday against
the corporation, citing sexual harassment,
sex trafficking, gender discrimination and
retaliation, according to Deadline. Hie
suit, initiated by fonner producer Jennifer
Eckhart and reporter Cathy Areu, names
FNC hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity,
Howard Kurtz and recently-terminated
Ed Henry. Areu claims Fox Was aware
of Henry’s behavior as far back as 2017,
according to Politico.
be utilized “only in situations where
social distancing can still take place,”
Armstrong said. It is unclear what all the
aforementioned situations include.
“I’m wondering if we’ll be allowed
to be in resident rooms, or if we’ll be in
common areas only acting as facilitators,”
Alexa DeCarlo, a resident assistant at
Rawlins Hall, said.
Unlike previous years, volunteer
movers will not assist students in
unloading and moving students’
belongings, due to safety concerns. While
faculty and staff will still be present to
help facilitate the move-in process in a
safe manner, it is unclear how large the
volunteer pool will be.
“I know a lot of student [organizations]
and faculty volunteers would help in
previous years, so I’m not sure how fast
the process will end up being,” DeCarlo
said.
Both housing staff and incoming
residents will receive a self-monitoring
form a few weeks before returning
in an institution of higher learning.”
same as any normal freshman year,”
Duerson said. “But I’m just excited to be
“I think I’m still employed,”
King said. “But obviously
everything was canceled so my
last shift was the week before
spring break. I was supposed
to work a lot of hours in April —
didn’t happen — and my summer
job has been affected too. Our
event coordinator encouraged
us all to look for different job
opportunities and offered.
I’m glad they kept us safe. But
I feel left behind in terms of
financial assistance and finding
employment, especially because
I’m an out-of-state student.”
King was able to keep her
summer job, but her usual on-
campus employment as an usher
at MPAC is still uncertain.
“I was pretty stressed about
how I was going to be able to
pay for groceries next semester
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While still employed, Telang
has still felt the financial strains
of the pandemic.
“As an international student,
my financial situation is also
suffering because my parents
are not able to send me money,”
Telang said. “But staying at home
is sort of helping me cut down
on expenses. As a junior, I was
hoping to start my internship
this summer. But that could
not happen now for the obvious
reasons.”
Latin and Mexican American
studies junior Madeline
King worked at Murchinson
Performing Arts Center. King
said she has not had it easy since
the pandemic started and fall
semester looks uncertain.
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