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Since 1916
North Texas Daily
Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
Burgess: access key
Representative
speaks on Denton
transportation
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Friday
January 24, 2003
Volume 88, No. 8
Tyler Tamim.ix
Staff Writer
U.S. Representative and NT
alumnus Dr. Michael Burgess
said Thursday he is unsure of
further university growth with
the present state of transporta-
tion in Denton.
Speaking from a private
hangar at Denton Municipal
Airport, Burgess said the issue of
university access would be "key"
in his upcoming report to the
U.S. Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee in
Washington, D.C.
Recognizing NT as a major
commuting port, Burgess said
any transportation improvements
already made were reduced in
efficiency by the growth in num-
ber of vehicles.
"Although the number [of
vehicles] is greater, there are still
many of the same problems," he
said.
Burgess toured several
Denton sites that city and uni-
versity officials hoped he would
recommend for federal funding
in the interest of city develop-
ment.
The report will address sever-
Y0SHI0 KURAMITSU / NT Daily
U.S. Representative Michael
Burgess addresses transportation
issues with Mayor Euline Brock.
al areas of transportation interests
in Denton County. Areas men-
See BURGESS, page 3
Low budget may stall
programs, reeze jobs
Officials anticipate
financial changes
Alicia Lavion
Staff Writer
With the recent announce-
ment of Texas' tight budget,
state institutions, such as NT,
have worries about an impend-
ing hiring freeze.
The state's budget actually
determines NT's budget
because administrators lobby the
legislature for money. If the
state is short on money, it gives
less to everyone, including NT.
"There have been rumors but
no official notification [of a hiring
freeze]." said Dr. David
Kesterson, provost and vice pres-
ident for academic affairs, in a
meeting Wednesday morning.
Phil Diebel, vice president of
finance and business affairs, said
no decisions have been made at
all.
"We have not received any
guidance from the governor's
office or Legislative Budget
Board. We have to get an idea of
their expectations before we
have any idea of how much
we're expected to reduce budg-
ets by," Diebel said. "I'm not
going to speculate right now, but
I anticipate that some changes
will be made."
Lee Jackson, NT chancellor,
has spent a lot of time over the
last two weeks talking with the
See BUDGET, page 4
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Story and Photo by Amy Wiseman, Staff Photographer
When Father Justin Frederick came to
Denton one year ago to start his
church, he had only 10 members.
Now, he has over 40.
Saint Maximus the Confessor Orthodox
Mission is an Eastern Orthodox church, which
Frederick attributes the success of to the histori-
cally based services and theological constancy.
"It is not up to us to reinvent the wheel spiritu-
ally because the path has been set already,"
Frederick said. "Other churches are theologically
fluid and continually change with the world."
Most of the members are converts that have
found a more traditional church suits their tastes.
Eastern Orthodoxy claims it is the denomina-
tion most closely associated with the first Christian
churches started by Jesus' apostles. The apostles
founded 46 churches, 44 of which were in the
East. When the Church as a whole split at the
turn of the first millennium, the Eastern Orthodox
church continued to follow the traditions set by
the apostles and kept age-old traditions.
"The traditions and deposits go back without
break, interruption, or change, and these traditions
were passed down by the apostles who knew
Jesus best," he said.
Not only Orthodox members, but even protes-
tant ministers share this view.
"It is strictly biblical; more so than us [protes-
tants]," Pastor Vince Nelson of Christ the Servant
Lutheran Church said. "We tend to color tradi-
tions and change certain ideas."
While Orthodoxy claims to be
the closest to the original Church,
Nelson says, that tradition doesn't
serve everyone's spiritual needs.
"Not everyone feels comfort-
able with such a traditional serv-
ice," he said. "Many prefer tradi-
tional Protestantism and many
others are moving toward the
'mega-churches' because they can
Left, Father
Joseph
Frederick of
Saint Maximus
the Confessor
Orthodox
Mission,
administers
the liturgy for
the feast day
of Saint
Maximus
offer so many programs."
Orthodoxy's slant on worship is self-described
as wholistic because all senses of body are used.
Incense and oil are used to awaken the sense of
smell, and when receiving communion the sense
of taste is envoked.
"Worship is a work that actively involves the
entirety of the body," Frederick said. "You'll know
you've worshiped because your body tells you."
Church members stand throughout the one-
and-a-half hour service when the liturgy is cele-
brated.
ORTHODOX FACTS
•The Orthodox church
began in A.D. 1054 when
the Church split East and
West. Catholicism was
based in Western Rome,
and the Orthodoxy estab-
lished headquarters in
Constantinople.
•The head of Orthodoxy is
the Ecumenical Patriarch of
Constantinople and is
regarded as "first among
equals."
Source: www.goarch.org
They are known to
bow and fall to the
ground at times in the
service. Most of the
liturgy service is sung
by both the members
and the priest.
Service is celebrated
in a place of beauty
reminiscent of the
beauty of Solomon's
temple, Frederick said.
Frederick converted
to Orthodoxy from a
Protestant background.
During his study at a
protestant seminary, he began looking at the histo-
ry of Protestantism and realized how new it was
and how many changes had been made since the
beginning of Christianity.
"The facts that back up Orthodoxy made me
interested, but the form of worship is what really
did it," Frederick said.
Amy Stokes, Memphis, Tenn., graduate stu-
dent, converted to Orthodoxy from Baptist and
Methodist backgrounds.
"I never thought I had any questions, but I
knew I wasn't going anywhere with my belief,"
she said. "[Orthodoxy] becomes your life instead
of a part of it. I couldn't realize life without it."
" "omen's 'acilities reexamined:
Admin says NT still not compliant
Programs lacking;
Title IX legal suit
feared, lawyers say
Pablo Gaete
Staff Writer
More than four years
after the Office for Civil
Rights of the Department of
Education reviewed NT's
Title IX compliance, the
university could again be at
risk of breaking the law,
university officials said.
The legislation, passed in
the 1960s, requires athletic
scholarships and expendi-
tures for women to reflect
the percentage of women in
the student population.
Failure to comply could
result in a lawsuit for NT or
loss of federal money, Paul
Cox, attorney for the OCR
said.
Athletics Director Rick
Villareal said that in Spring
2002 he noticed that NT
was non-compliant.
Despite the increased
Student Service Fee for ath-
letics, the lack of women's
facilities and the need for
another female sport could
cause the university to be
outside the law, he said.
NT will likely reach com-
pliance by Fall 2003, he
said.
There are three ways for
a university to comply with
Title IX.
The first is
proportion-
ality, stating Dr. Richard Rafes
that the per-
centage of facilities avail-
able for a gender must be
equal to the amount of stu-
dents of that sex attending
the institution.
The second is interest.
Although a university may
not be able to achieve pro-
See TITLE, page 3
owing troubles students
N' I lawyer seeks
impound fee
abuse testimonies
Victor Obaseki
Staff Writer
If more students come for-
ward with stories of being over-
charged by Al Recovery,
Student Legal Advisor Kathryn
McCauley said she may sue the
towing service for charging
abnormally high fees.
"The amount [of Al's
impound charge] is really exor-
bitant," McCauley said.
She said she has received
calls from two students and one
from a non-student that they
were charged between $225
and $285 after being towed
from parking lots where they
were illegally parked.
"[Impound fees] are not reg-
ulated so some wreckers are
taking people to the cleaners,"
said Gloria Akers of Joe Akers
Wrecker Service.
On one of the students' bills,
there was a $95 "unlock" fee, an
$85 "pick-up" fee, a $95
"towed" fee, an $85 "impound"
See TOWING, page 3
N
A first glance at today's news
The investigation of
Mark Moore's death nears
a close. Page 2
Crime rates in Denton
increase as student popu-
lation rises. Page 3
The Baha'i Friendship
Club works to eliminate
all prejudices and they
believe unity is the next
stage in the evolution of
the planet. Page 4
Bush plans to give fed-
eral housing money to
churches that provide
social services. Page 4
The new Brazilian film,
City of God, is a beautiful
portrayal of life on the
streets of 1970s Rio de
Janeiro. Page 5.
The new Real World in
Las Vegas strays from its
shaky roots and lands in
lame-o land. Page 5.
Gustav Romero con-
cludes his Beethoven
piano sonata series
tonight in the Recital Hali
of the Music Building,
Page 5.
The NT men's basket-
ball team lost on the
road Thursday against
New Orleans 74-62. The
Mean Green are 1-4 in
conference play and are 6-
11 overall,Page 6
The NT women's bas-
ketball team lost 74-72 in
overtime to New Orleans
iast night at the Super Pit,
Page 6
Weather
Mostly Cloudy
Today:
High 37
Low 27
Index
Briefs
Mews
3
Religion
4
Beat
5
Sports
6
Lady Eagles lose to Privateers
after overtime play, 74-72
SPORTS, Page 6
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