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Daily s leaders selected
Summer, fall editors embrace challenge
By Zachary Austrew
Editor in Chief
The future of the Daily has been chosen. They're
excited about change and looking to NT students
for input.
The NT Daily Publications Committee selected
the editor in chief Monday for the summer and
fall semesters.
Alex Taylor, Birmingham, England senior, will
lead the summer Daily staff, James O'Brien, East
Rutherford, N.J., senior will lead during the fall.
Five total applicants applied for two editor in
chief positions. The editor in chief is ultimately
responsible for the content of the NT Daily, and
no faculty, administrator or adviser has authority
over his or her editorial judgments.
The past three applicants, summer 2005 thru
spring 2006, have sought the position without
opposition.
"It is positive to see more applicants applying
and more students willing to take on the respon-
sibility. It shows growth in the organization," said
Richardson senior David Hall, Student Government
Association president. Hall was one of the twelve
voting members on the NT Daily Publication
Committee.
Alex Taylor began his career with the Daily in
spring of 2005 as an intern writer. Since then he
has served as staff writer and Arts editor for the
fall 2005 and spring 2006 editions.
"It's a great honor to be selected as the head of
the student voice," Taylor said.
The summer Daily prints every Thursday, with
the first edition on stands June 8.
Taylor anticipates the Daily will cover the campus
with "an emphasis on the social side of NT, instead
of academics."
The summer's slower pace provides "an opportu-
nity to focus with more depth on what students are
actually doing during the summer," Taylor said.
He also wants readers to be more involved with
the Daily through an improved relationship between
the student body and newspaper.
"We are the student newspaper and [students]
should feel welcome in the office and understand
we are available to them," Taylor said. "Come and
write for us if you like."
James O'Brien feels the editor in chief role is a
natural progression in his college journalism career
and is excited about the challenge.
O'Brien transferred to NT in 2003 after one year
at the University of Oklahoma, where he wrote
entertainment articles for the Oklahoma Daily.
Joining the NT Daily in fall 2004, O'Brien has
circled the newsroom. He has served as a colum-
nist, Student Life feature writer, Arts editor, Views
editor and editorial writer and currently serves as
a copy editor.
Zachary Austrew /NT Daily
The NT Daily Publication Committee selected Alex
Taylor (left), Birmingham, England senior, and
James O'Brien (right), Rutherford, N.J. senior, as
editor in chiefs for the Summer and Fall editions
of the Daily.
"It's time to put my money where my mouth is,"
O'Brien said. "Being selected as editor in chief is the
best accomplishment I've come up with so far."
The copy editor position has defined one of his
main goals in the fall: improving the consistency
of news content, typos and fact errors.
"You can have the best design, photography and
writing but if there are typographical or factual
errors it hurts the credibility of the newspaper as a
whole," O'Brien said. "I realize we are all students,
but that doesn't mean we can't strive for the highest
level of accuracy possible."
O'Brien, like Taylor, wants the campus to be more
involved in the newsroom and wants everyone
interested in the newspaper to come see it for
themselves.
"Journalism students will be the majority of
our staff, but anyone who is curious or interested
should come by and find out if the Daily is right
for them," O'Brien said. "We're very open-minded
about applicants."
Applications for Daily staff positions for summer
and fall will be available Wednesday April 25 in
the Daily newsroom GAB 117, or online at http://
www.ntdaily.com.
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Hoover and Garland senior David Nekunazarazad also
advanced into quarterfinals.
"I knew it was going to be tough, especially with the
team we were up against in the finals - they're a great
team from Stephen F. Austin," Taylor said. "It was great
to win. It was me and my partner's first time to win
one."
A total of eight teams, or 16 students, competed at
state.
"I practiced all the time with my partner and two
nights a week with the team," Cormier said. "And by
practice I mean we run the arguments by each other,
come up with questions we think might be asked and
try to memorize it."
Taylor also won the best speaker award. Hoover placed
second in the speaking awards, Jung placed third and
Cormier placed fourth.
"Before I joined the team, I was terrified of public
speaking," Cormier said. "But by my second year, I was
almost okay with getting up and speaking in front of
people."
TUMCA "was founded to advance the legal and analyt-
ical skills of undergraduate college students who plan
to attend law school," according to Web site and an NT
press release.
"Everyone in law school has to do moot court their
first two years," Taylor said. "I think everybody that does
it before law school is leaps and bounds ahead. I'm here
for another year, and then I'll graduate next year and
start applying to law schools next fall."
During competitions, a team of two students argue a
legal issue in the simulation of an appellate court. Each
student argues one side of the issue in front of a panel
of judges. At the state tournament, "law school profes-
sors, deans and practicing attorneys judged the compe-
titions," according to King.
"For me, being on the team opened the doors to many
attorneys at tournaments, and Dr. King would bring
attorneys in to practice," Cormier said. "I learned to write
briefs and it's modeled very closely to the actual compe-
titions in law school. And at the competitions we get
feedback from law school students and professors."
This year, moot court teams argued a fictional freedom
of religion case, city of Knerr v. Rev. William DeNolf,
in which a reverend wants to show "The Passion of the
Christ" in a public park and sues the city for denying
his request.
Tryouts for next year's moot court squad are this
Thursday. E-mail prelaw@unt.edu for more informa-
tion or to schedule a tryout time for a day other than
Thursday
"We're hoping to get some good arguers for next year,"
King said. "We particularly want to win at Texas Tech,
because we lost there this year. We're out for revenge."
Next year's nationals will be held in Washington,
D.C. Potential judges, such as Supreme Court Justices
Scalia or Thomas, and host universities, such as the
University of Virginia or Georgetown, are currently
being scouted.
"We're hoping to hold it [the national moot court
tournament] in D.C. next year," King said. "That's why
it's so important to beat Texas Tech - it's a qualifying
tournament for nationals."
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