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Junior guard Collin Dennis (L) and senior post Erica Howard (R) beat out their opponents for a basket Wednesday night in the Super Pit. Both teams won the first
game of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and will advance to the next round in Mobile, Ala.
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Men's basketball
defeats ASU,
controls pace
By David A. Lucio
Staff Writer
The season came to a
close for the Arkansas State
University Indians last night
as the Mean Green swept them
from the Sun Belt Conference
Tournament 85-63 in the first
round at the Super Pit.
The Mean Green will
advance to the second round
of the playoffs this Sunday
after tacking up its second
consecutive 20-win season,
moving to a 20-10 record.
"Going into the tourna-
ment last year we had the
same record," junior forward
Harold Stewart said, "so I'm
hoping we're going to do big
things again and repeat it."
This is also the third time
NT beat ASU (10-20) this
season.
See No. 6 on page 8
Women's team
beats UNO with
second half effort
ByAntiniqueJqnes
Intern
The Mean Green women's
basketball team took the 75-62
victory over the University of New
Orleans in the first round of the
Sun Belt Conference Tournament,
eliminating the Lady Privateers
from the tournament last night
in the Super Pit.
The Mean Green (14-17) will
continue on and play its next
game in Mobile, Ala., the site
of the remaining tournament
games.
NT, the No. 8 seed, will
oppose the No. 1 seed Western
Kentucky University at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday.
"Anytime you get offensive
production that is across the
board, it makes it tough to stop
somebody," head coach Tina
Slinker said.
See Mean on page 6
SGA tackles parking issues, publication
Newsletter
set for online
distribution to
save paper
By Ash lee Salem
Intern
A short Student Government
Association meeting
Wednesday discussed parking,
fees and other important issues
at the university.
Parking issues were brought
up when Patrick Robillard,
SGA senator for the College
of Engineering and a resi-
dent assistant at Bruce Hall,
counted nearly half a dozen
cars in a parking lot without
the correct sticker.
Another member also said
some students keep the yellow
envelopes parking tickets come
in and just stick paper in them
and leave them on their cars
and park wherever they want
on campus.
"If they increased the ticket
amount or enforced the tickets
more or both, it would better
deter students from parking
in those lots who aren't resi-
dents," Robillard said.
A formal declaration of the
Senate's intentions was also
brought up at the meeting
regarding the SGA Newsletter,
Resolution S 2008-12 SGA said
Jeff Kline, current speaker of
the Senate.
The newsletter is currently
distributed in the University
Union and in the SGA office,
Union 320.
The SGA Senate wants to
provide it online to be more
environmentally "green" and
reach more students.
"Because it's on paper, it's
a waste of paper and money,"
Kline said. "By putting it online
we'll save money, reach a wider
student base and save the envi-
ronment."
Joe McNulty, senator for the
College of Arts and Sciences,
had a concern with movie
checkout fees on campus.
If a student receives a fine
on a movie checked out from
the Chilton Hall Media Library,
instead of paying it at Chilton,
the student has to pay the fine
at the Willis Library.
"Paying fines at Chilton
would be more efficient and
it would save students time,"
McNulty said.
The SGA meeting also
focused on a few areas where
students can be reached better
and certain areas around
campus that can become more
efficient for students.
"It's nice to see how the
student senate has finally
begun to address student
concerns," said Alan Ross,
former SGA president.
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Photo by Bo Joplin / Intern
Hillary Clinton autographs souvenirs and poses for pictures Saturday at Fair
Park.
Voters exceeds
expectations
By Hailey Persinger
Staff Writer
A record number of voters
lined up around Denton County
Tuesday to support their chosen
candidates.
Don Alexander, elections
administrator for Denton County,
said Tuesday's voting numbers
jumped significantly this year,
adding more than 85,000 votes
since the last presidential primary
in 2004.
"In 2004 the turnout was 7,500
voters," Alexander said.
This year's numbers totaled
93,580.
The number of voters from each
party was even more staggering,
he said. After polls closed at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, records showed nearly
15,000 more Democrats came out
to vote than Republicans.
He said 38,823 Republicans
showed up to cast their ballots and
54,757 Democrats made appear-
ances at the polls.
Alexander said the Democratic
turnout was shocking in compar-
ison to the 2004 primary's
numbers.
Josh Berthume, Denton resi-
dent and an editor of thetexasblue.
com, an online political journal,
said the high Democratic turnout
only made sense when compared
to the Republican race for the
White House.
"The Republican race was all
but decided by the time it got to
Texas," Berthume said. "And the
Democratic primary has gener-
ated so much interest everywhere
it's gone. Everyone is excited about
being able to choose the next pres-
ident of the United States."
Berthume said new and first-
time voters were a large part of
the Democratic turnout in the
county. He said the last time the
Texas primary made a difference
was about 20 years ago, and the
buzz around this election's neck-
and-neck Democratic candidate
selection has motivated a new
generation of voters.
"We're down to two historic
candidates that are bothfantastic,"
Berthume said. "I thinkpeople are
just really excited about being able
to participate."
Berthume also said though
the primary turnout was high
in comparison to past years, it
might not be an indicator of things
to come in November's general
election.
"I think that it is naive both
ways to expect that 8 million
Democrats will vote in November,"
he said. "But it's also naive to
think that the turnout will actu-
ally reduce or not increase. Trying
to pin a number on it is pretty silly.
If the past years have taught us
anything, it's that anything can
happen."
At the end of the night, Sen.
Llillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) took the
lead in Texas' primary, as well as
the Ohio and Rhode Island prima-
ries, with Sen. Barack Obama
(D-Ill.) claiming Vermont. At press
time, Texas' Democratic caucus
numbers were unavailable.
Photo by Charlie McRae / Intern
Adam Rosenfield (L) addresses the SGA senate during the meeting Wednesday
evening inWooten Hall.
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