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NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS Volume91
Issue 81 ntdaily.com
72° / 45°
Championship
Men's basketball wins conference semifinals.
Sports page 8
• Arts, 2 & 3
• Life, 4 & 5
• News, 6,7,11 & 12
• Sports, 8 & 9
• Views, 10
• Classifieds, 11
• Sudoku, 11
Board
of Regents
approves
neuropsychology
program
By Tony Scott
Copy Chief
The Board of Regents recently
approved a proposed budget
of $400,000 for starting a new
neuropsychology doctoral
program.
The doctor of psychology
program in clinical neuropsy-
chology will be offered at the
NT Health Science Center at Fort
Worth when all the final plans
are made. The proposed budget
will not be official until the Texas
Legislature and the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board
approve it.
"It's not official until we hear
what we get from the state,"
said Thomas Yorio, dean of the
Office of Research at the Health
Science Center. "[The proposed
budget] was to help, we're in the
process."
The new program will be
a five-year doctoral program
and will require 105 semester
hours of doctoral study from
students, said James Hall, asso-
ciate professor of medicine and
psychology in an e-mail inter-
view.
"It all depends on the approval
of the state of the budget," Yorio
said. "The second step is the
ITHECB], it would have to
approve it."
Hall said the program will give
students the opportunity to learn
the basics of clinical psychology
and will have a focus on neuro-
psychological training.
"The I ISC has a strong neuro-
science program and well- devel-
oped research and clinical
programs in aging and dementia,"
Hall said. "Additionally, the
HSC has a proposal to develop
a doctoral program in physical
therapy."
Everything is still in plan-
ning until April, when the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating
Board will vote on the proposed
neuropsychology program, Yorio
said.
"The proposal has received
planning authority from
the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board last year and
the proposal to gain approval
to implement the program will
be submitted to THECB in the
near future," Hall said. "With
THECB approval and funding of
the program, the program will be
launched in the fall of 2008."
When the students complete
the program, they are eligible to
get licenses as psychologists and
with more special post-doctoral
training will get to work in neuro -
psychology clinics, rehabilitation
centers, hospitals and academic
settings like the Health Science
Center, Hall said.
"The program will provide an
opportunity for students with a
specialized interest in neuro-
psychology to attend a program
that focuses on neuropsychology
at the doctoral level," Hall said.
"The program will add special-
ized courses and experiences
that will be available to other
doctoral students at the HSC as
well as for students from other
area institutions."
Samantha Courtney / NT Daily
Jennifer Lackey, freshman, and Samsam Jama, senior, took first
place in the Moot Court Tournament held Friday and Saturday
afternoon in Wooten Hall. Emily Ownby, senior, and Nathan
Geis, Spokane Wash, junior, won second place.
Duo places second in Nr
Moot Court tournament
By Samantha Courtney
Contributing Writer
Bracing themselves for trial,
Amy Reaves, Bowie senior, and
Tiffany Warner Renton, Wash,
senior, clasp hands just before
the robed judges enter the
courtroom. The students have
been preparing for this moment
since August 2006.
As they steady their nerves,
the chief justice tells the crowd
to be seated. The spectators take
their seats, each into the indi-
vidual desks, which litter the
Wooten Hall classroom.
NT's pre-law program placed
second while hosting its first
state-level Moot Court tourna-
ment on Friday and Saturday.
See Moot on page 6
Java Flakes future
remains fuzzy
By Carli Baylor
Contributing Writer
By the time students return
in the fail, the Golden Grahams,
Lucky Charms and Cheerios may
be gone, and the milk may be
sour.
Java Flakes will remain open
at its current location on West
Hickory Street until July 1, but its
owners said they are still uncer-
tain about its future.
The cereal bar, which offers
more than 60 different cereals and
toppings, was opened in October
2005 by NT alumni Mark Neuroth
and his wife Darlene, according
to a Daily article from Sept. 6,
2006. Signing a two-year lease with
former Fry Street owner Curtis
Loveless, the Neuroths were not
aware that the property they were
about to rent would be sold to the
real estate firm United Equities Inc.
and its president Buster Freedman,
according to the article.
Mark Neuroth said he wished
he had known from the begin-
ning that his lease was going to be
turned over to a new owner so the
couple could have found a more
permanent place for their family
business.
"Our lease is up July 1," Neuroth
said. "I wish we had found a
different location to start it up."
\
See Java on page 6
JustinTennison /'NTDaily
Mark Neuroth, owner of Java Flakes, talks with a customer Thursday morning in his bar,
located at 1222 West Hickory St.
Sta ouncil discusses spring break
By Abel Prado
Staff Writer
Chase Martinez / NT Daily
Phillip Diebel, vice president for finanaces and business affairs,
speaks in a meeting regarding members and spring break Monday
afternoon in Marquis Hall.
More than 60 staff members
appeared in Marquis Hall
to ask questions about the
proposed changes in the
spring break work schedule.
Currently, NT is closed for
five days during the week of
spring break and employees
are forced to take one vacation
day. The proposed changes
would dictate that NT close
for one day (probably Monday)
and remain open for busi-
ness during the remainder
of the week, said Phil Diebel,
vice president of finance and
business. The new plan also
proposes designating one
"floating holiday" which NT
employees could take at any
point during the year.
"[The administration] feels
that this is the right thing to
do," Diebel said. "The univer-
sity has changed and we have
to change with it."
Using data collected from
observing the practices of
universities in NT's peer group,
Diebel said that closing down
the university for a full busi-
ness week in March would be
harmful to NT.
Though no events are
planned on campus for the
University of Texas at San
See Council on page 11
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Chase Martinez / NT Daily
Traveling minister Tom Short preaches to students Monday afternoon near the Univeristy Union. The sermon was met with heavy
debate by students regarding the existence of God and Christianity as the one true religion.
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