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TEXAS DAILY
Thursday, April 20, 2006^^ ^ THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Volume901 ]
Issue 105 ntdaily.com
Stormy
78°/61°
French fried fuel
Biodiesel is now on sale in Denton.
News page 4
• Arts & Life, 5
• Sports, 6, 9
• Views, 8
• Classifieds, 9
• Sudoku, 9
Woman rescued
Alumna found unconscious in Library Mall :ountain
Staff reports
Natalie Janae Guyden, 29,
Missouri City alumna, is listed
in serious condition according
to Ellen Painter Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton director of
marketing.
Guyden was found
Wednesday morning uncon-
scious and face down in the
Willis Library Mall fountain.
NT police have no current
indications of criminal activity,
nor have they released informa-
tion explaining the incident.
Guyden's family was unable
to be reached for comment at
press time.
Eyewitnesses said Guyden
was face down in the water
around 7:40 a.m. before police
officers removed her from the
fountain.
"I saw a body - I'm not sure if
it was male or female - floating
near the rim of the fountain,"
said lessica Pickinpaugh,
Decatur sophomore. "She had
a bunch of bags that were hers
sitting on the swings [near the
fountain] f
Denton emergency medical
services personnel arrived at
7:50 a.m. and took over NT
police efforts to resuscitate
Guyden. She was then given
advanced life support, stabi-
lized for transport and taken to
the hospital around 8:15 a.m.
"[Advanced life support]
is whatever action needed to
revive the person," said Brad
Lahart, training captain for the
Denton Fire Department.
According to a Denton
Fire Department incident
report obtained by the Daily,
Emergency responders stabi-
lized Guyden with a "C" collar
and backboard before trans-
porting her to the Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton.
Advanced life support can
include an electrocardio-
gram monitor, an IV, assisted
breathing, and any other
actions needed, Lahart said.
Matthew Lamb, Sugar Land
senior, said he heard a siren
shortly after 7:30 a.m., while in
the Willis Library computer lab.
A few minutes later, his friend
Travis lohnsey, Dallas senior,
told him to come outside.
Guyden received cardiopul-
monary resuscitation from NT
police, according to a Denton
Fire Department report.
"I saw three uniformed offi-
cers," Lamb said. "I didn't see
them pull her out, but I saw the
initiation of a CPR process. They
Series of events
were in a half circle around a
large African-American female
lying on her back and notice-
ably wet, wearing a green floral
print blouse and a white knit
skirt."
Lamb said he witnessed
police officers giving Guyden
CPR in "huge lunges."
"I heard them count to 15,
and I started taking notes," the
anthropology major said.
He said the officers used a
manual respirator on Guyden
and an officer rapidly started
a second round of 15 compres-
sions while counting loudly.
By this time, four paramedics
arrived and cut off Guyden's
skirt and blouse, Lamb said.
They threw her clothes to the
side and pulled out a defibril-
lator. Officers were completing
a third round of CPR when
someone said, "Yes!" Lamb said.
"I guess her heart was starting
because they stopped CPR."
After EMS personnel left, her
clothes and bags remained at
the fountain, and police began
photographing and taking
evidence, witnesses said.
NT police had previously
found Guyden sleeping under
a tree at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday, April
18 near the Music Building,
according to an NT police
report.
The report said a custodian
taking out the trash found
Guyden asleep. Police then
made contact with Guyden,
and she identified herself.
A witness, who wished
to remain anonymous, said
Guyden was sitting on the curb
near the Willis Library bus stop
around 6 a.m. Wednesday. The
witness said Guyden appeared
stunned and had bags around
her. The witness saw Guyden
again around 7:15 a.m. sitting in
the same spot, possibly wearing
a white knit pullover jacket. At
7:30 a.m. Guyden was gone, the
witness said.
NT records report Guyden
was a student from fall '95 grad-
uating December 2001 with a
Bachelor of Science in biology.
According to Maureen
Clouse, associate director of
housing at NT, Guyden was a
resident of Maple and Kerr halls
while she attended NT.
— Staff reporters Crystal
Barbour; Pamela Bond, Tony
Gutierrez, Amberlee Sterling,
intern Phil Banker and
contributor David Minton
collectively contributed to this
report.
Chain of
events
Late night knap
A custodian reported a black
woman at 4:31 a.m. Tuesday asleep
near a tree outside the Music
Building. Police identified her as
Natalie Janae Guyden, Missouri
City 2001 alumna.
pi saw a body
Emergency response is noti-
fied at 7:46 a.m. of an "uncon
scious person.
"I saw a body, I'm not sure if it
was male or female, floating
nearthe rim of the fountain,"
said one witness. NT officials
confirmed the woman to be
Guyden, a 29-year-old 2001
NT graduate with a Bachelor
of Science in biology.
Emergency rescue
Denton Fire Department
Engine and Medic 3 arrived
to find NT police engaged
in CPR. Denton emergency
officials were able to "tube"
Guyden within minutes to
restore her own breathing.
She is secured for trans-
port and taken to Denton
Presbyterian Hospital.
Current condition
A spokesperson for Denton Presbyterian
confirmed Guyden was in "serious condi-
tion," a step below critical, in their intensive-
care-unit.Thecase is still under investigation
there is no foul play suspected.
Morning sighting
Witness sees Guyden at 6 a.m.
sitting near the Willis Library e
trans bus stop. Guyden was seen
by this witness again an hour and a
half later at the same location but
had moved on by 7:30 a.m.
Designed by Jimmy Alford
Student
media
NT Daily
Updates ori Natalie
Guyden's condition.
www.ntdaily.com
KNTU news
roundup podcast
www.kntu.com
NTTV anchor
Shannon
McConathy's 6:00
news report
www.unt.edu/nttv
Anthony Daviia / NT Daily
The Willis Library Mall fountain was the scene where Guyden was found face down in water.
HSIRd*?
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The above series of photographs were taken by Travis Johnsey, Dallas senior, on his mobile phone camera. Shown in the order captured, these are the resuscitation activities by emergency personnel
performed on Guyden Wednesday morning north of the Willis Library Mall fountain.
Bar assualt
reported
By Tony Gutierrez
Staff Writer
NT police are currently
investigating an incident
that occurred at 1:46 a.m.
Wednesday at the Garage,
a bar on Fry Street.
According to a NT police
log, an aggravated assault
took place at the bar.
Garage and Side Bar
owner Chad Whit worth
said the incident occurred
on the patio of the bar.
NT detectives have been
gathering information
from bouncers and other
witnesses of the event, as
well as reviewing video
surveillance.
Whit worth dispelled
rumors that someone was
stabbed by saying someone
fell onto some broken
glass.
"Everyone is safe,
nobody went to jail,
and nobody is pressing
charges," he said.
Whitworth said he does
not know who exactly was
involved or how the inci-
dent started. He declined
to comment further or let
his bouncers comment
until the investigation is
complete.
ry Street air shapes up Saturday
Event organizers
comply with city
regulations
By Amanda Koellman
StaffWriter
Music and mayhem is set to
descend on Denton Saturday
as the Fry Street Fair marks its
second year back in the area.
Members of the Delta Lodge,
the fair's organizers, have been
working with the Denton Police
and Fire departments and city
officials since the beginning of
the spring semester to meet the
security and potential emergency
needs of the fair's projected 4,000
attendees.
Fry Street Fair Chairman
Travis Bateman said there have
been no problems in complying
with city regulations and every-
thing is in order for Saturday's
event, which will begin at noon
and end at 9 p.m.
Security will include 48 city
of Denton police officers and
eight NT police officers, located
throughout the fair grounds.
An onsite first aid booth with a
medical team will be available.
Fair organizers have also drafted
a plan for inclement weather and
obtained equipment including
fire extinguishers andrestroom
facilities.
"We are answering all the
city's requirements for security,"
said Delta Lodge alumna Anna
Campbell.
No serious security incidents
occurred last year, Bateman said,
other than a small fight that
ended quickly.
Previous red tape had slowed
the fair's progress in past years,
causing a move to Deep Ellum
in 2003 and 2004 that was finan-
cially unsuccessful.
"The first one in Deep Ellum
was fairly successful and the
second one was not as successful,"
Photo by Zachary Austrew
Fans at the 26th annual Fry Street Fair watched local indie band
Record Hop in 2005. The Delta Lodge reported approximately
2,500 music fans attended last year's event.
said Mark Teich, financial officer
for the Delta lodge.
When the fair returned in
2005, the city was concerned
about the size of the crowd,
considering the massive atten-
dance the fair drew in the past,
anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000
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