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North Texas Daily
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
The student newspaper of the University of North Texas
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North Iexas & Katrina
NT helps with hurricane relief
Students,
businesses join
to help victims
Brandon Kilgore
Daily Reporter
Volunteers turned out by
the hundreds Monday to help
United Way's Denton County
chapter with the Hurricane
Katrina effort.
A warehouse, set up tem-
porarily as a donation cen-
ter, was full wall-to-wall with
boxes, volunteers and United
Way workers.
Baby supplies, food, cloth-
ing, toiletries and toys are
just a few of the items being
processed for delivery to hur-
ricane refugees.
The food and supplies
go to Camp Copass Baptist
Encampment on McKinney
Avenue, where hurricane
refugees are currently being
housed.
Conditions were hot and
humid,with only a couple of
fans, wet rags and bottles of
water to keep volunteers cool
inside the 109 W. Walnut St.
warehouse.
Despite the rough condi-
tions, the biggest challenge
has been an over-abundance
of donations, a welcome prob-
lem for organizers.
It's been fabulous," said
Jenni Mabrey, information
services director of United
Way's Denton chapter.
We've probably had 10
truckloads of food, health
kits, towels and children's
items. Right now, [the refu-
gees] have enough to sustain,
but I know that's only short
term."
Many of the refugees may
be here for a longer period of
time, Mabrey said. Some may
even become permanent resi-
dents in need of housing and
employment services.
United Way's Denton
County chapter is primarily a
fundraising organization, but
the City of Denton, needing a
local resource of supplies for
the refugees, stepped in and
asked United Way to gather
donations, Mabrey said.
Mike Conduff, Denton city
manager, turned out to see
the efforts.
"What a great outpour-
ing from the community,"
Conduff said. "We appreciate
United Way."
Nobody else in Denton was
gathering donations, Mabrey
said,
"The city asked us to take
care of it, and we did," she
said.
Many volunteers, diverse in
ages and backgrounds, were
just happy to help.
Cliff Hemming of Aubrey
was "itching for five, six days
to do something."
If he could, he would have
gone to the storm-ravaged
coast personally to pitch in,
he said.
Student volunteers turned
out as well.
Holly Rogers, Houston
senior and member of the
on-campus group Circle I<
International, spent her day
organizing clothing dona-
tions.
"Watching the hurricane
victims suffer ... I just want-
ed to do something, any-
thing," she said.
Also, local business Fren-
chy's Lawn and Tree Service
is accepting donations today
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Volun-
teers and donors can go to
the business at 1001 Dallas
Drive.
"We just wanted to be a con-
tributing factor," said owner
André J. "Frenchy" Rheault.
"We're in an ideal location."
Rheault can be reached for
questions about the service
at (940) 390-3182.
United Way will not accept
donations Tuesday and
Wednesday, but they will
start again on Thursday.
More volunteers will be
needed beginning at 10
a.m. Thursday Mabrey said.
Questions can be directed to
United Way's Denton office
at (940) 566-5851.
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Photos by: Emily Hughes/NT Daily
Natalie Copeland, Bridgeport senior, helped package goods to be donated for Hurricane Katrina evacuees Monday afternoon,
at the United Way Warehouse. The donations will go to Camp Copass Baptist Encampment on McKinney Avenue.
Lauren Cummings, Houston junior, and Holly Rodgers, Houston senior, of
NT's Circle K International help United Way sort clothes for the Hurricane
Katrina evacuees.
Where to help
NT now has a link on its main Web site
(http://www.unt.edu) to keep the campus
informed about fundraising opportunities
and other ways to help hurricane Katrina
victims. The university has set a goal to
raise $32,000 for Gulf Coast relief efforts.
Also:
Who: Frenchy's Lawn and Tree Service
What: Frenchy's famous orange-clad employ-
ees will be accepting donations for hurricane
Katrina victims
When:Today, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: 1001 Dallas Drive, Denton
Who: Denton United Way
What: This charity will be accepting clothes,
food, cash and toiletries or anything else the
community has to offer. The United Way also
needs volunteers to help disperse supplies.
When:Thursday, Sept. 8, starting at 10a.m.
Where: 109 W. Walnut St., Denton
Regents allow public testimony
SGA president says
bylaw will increase
student input
Mason W. Canales
Intern
A new bylaw passed by
the NT Board of Regents
last month makes regents
meetings more friendly to
the public.
The board amended their
bylaws to fulfill new require-
ments of an act passed by
the Texas Legislature earlier
this year. The act called for
an amendment to introduce
'public testimony" to regents
meetings.
It definitely increases
Jackson
the oppor-
tunities that
students
will have to
participate
in the Board
of Regents
meetings,"
said David Hall, Richardson
junior and president of the
Student Government Asso-
ciation.
NT's new bylaw states that
anyone who wishes to voice
an opinion on a board agenda
item must send a request to
speak before the meeting.
The request must be made
24 hours before the meeting
and submitted to office of the
chancellor.
Those making submissions
are allowed to speak for up
to three minutes, and public
speaking on any one agenda
topic cannot exceed 20 min-
utes.
Written documents must
also be submitted 24 hours
prior, along with a total of
15 copies, according to the
bylaw.
The old bylaw claimed the
board chair decided if a per-
son could comment on agenda
items, and if the comment was
to be written or spoken, Chan-
cellor Lee jackson said.
"I don't anticipate that the
new policy will create any sig-
nificant change or present any
problems," Jackson said.
The Texas Senate and
House passed Senate Bill 511
in late May. The act declares
the governing board of every
public teaching institution
or university must allow for
the public to voice concerns
about agenda items at regular
meetings.
"The state law regulated the
posting of agenda meetings,
but it did not have anything
about hearing the public,"
Jackson said. "Many local
school governments' boards
have a time for people to
speak, and since it was so
prevalent there they thought
they should pass it onto the
university level."
The board amendment was
passed before the manda-
tory policy adoption date on
Oct. 1.
Dallas campus
hosts job 3air
Students looking for
some extra cash can tour
the tables at NT Dallas'
part-time job fair.
The fair takes place from
3 to 6 p.m. today in the
Northeast Hall at the NT
Dallas campus.
20 employers in the Dal-
las area will be coming to
look for part-time student
employees, said Greta
Davis, student development
coordinator NT Dallas.
"We have several employ-
ers come back each fall,"
Davis said. "Each fall we
have about 100-200 students
come through the fair."
One of the employers
at the fair, Ricky Mossett,
owner of Candy Castle in
Dallas, said his company is
growing needs extra help.
"I'm looking for students
to do an internship or part-
time work with promotions
for my store," Mossett said.
"I'm also trying to expand
to other communities, and
I think Denton would be a
good area."
Other employers at the
fair include The Dallas
Symphony Orchestra, the
American Airlines Center
and the Oak Cliff Chamber
of Commerce.
- Kim Cox/Staff Writer
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