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NEWS
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his team has taken
its chemistry set to
the Middle East.
ARTS & LIFE
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Liver: It's what's for dinner.
SPORTS
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Volleyball team digs
second conference win.
VIEWS
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Head to the video
store before heading
to the polls.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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Daniel Duarte holds his son, Juan Daniel, 2, on his shoulders while he and his wife, Grace Duarte, wait in line to vote at the
Joseph A. Carroll Building on Monday. Early voting, which began Monday, will take place through Oct. 31.
Ear y voters crowd
Denton polling stations
County officials
predict record
turnout
By Corey Hennigan
Junior Staff Writer
After months of primaries
and campaigning, early voting
began Monday in Texas, and
election administrators are
predicting a record turnout.
Early voting locations
are at the Joseph A. Carroll
Building at 401 W. Hickory
St. and Fair Hall at the North
Texas State Fair Grounds at
2217 Carroll Blvd., according to
the Denton County Elections
Administration Web site.
Voting stations will be open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the
week, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday
1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Monday
through Friday.
Denton County elections
administrator Don Alexander
said the State Hall location is
being used because the voting
station outgrew City Hall.
Alexander said he expected
more than 9,000 voters to cast
ballots the first day of early
voting, and the number will
increase every day until the
last day of early voting on Oct.
31.
"The early voting numbers
will beat 2004's numbers by
about 30 percent," Alexander
said.
Voters have the option of
voting by either electronic or
paper ballots. Alexander said
voters can count on the elec-
tronic systems working.
"There are not problems,"
he said. "The system works as
expected."
Alexander said potential
voters need to bring their voter
registration card or a Texas
driver's license.
This year, there will be
no voting locations at NT,
Alexander said. During
previous elections, Fouts Field
has been a voting location
but did not have the turnout
needed to justify on-campus
voting this year.
Denton Republican Party
Chairwoman Diane Edmonson
said voting and early voting
would be important to
her party's success in the
county.
"We feel confident,"
Edmonson said. "This is a
Republican area, but we need
every Republican to get out."
Edmonson said any first-
time voter is important to the
success of both parties.
Denton County Democratic
Chairman Neil Durrance said
Denton County residents see
the importance of voting and
the youth vote is important
to success.
"We've registered an addi-
tional 30,000 voters in Denton
this year alone," Durrance
said. "If we have high voter
turnout, Democrats usually
win."
Alexander said he expects
a lot of first-time voters to
vote early.
"I hope so," he said. "If they
don't, they'll have to wait in
long lines on Nov. 4."
Students approve fees
"or athletics, stadium
By Bryan Shettig
Senior Staff Writer
Students voted this week
to approve an increase in
student fees to help build a
new $60 million stadium at
NT for the Mean Green foot-
ball team.
Student Government
Association president Jeff
Kline said it was the largest
voter turnout he can remember
for a student governmment
vote, as almost 14 percent of
NT students participated.
The referendum passed
with 2,829 students, or 58,1
percent, voting in favor and
2,038 students, or 41.9 percent,
voting against, according
to a statement released
Saturday.
Voting started Oct. 13 and
ended at 5 p.m. Friday.
"The students at NT have a
voice, and that voice said they
want a new stadium," Kline
said. "They have a vision for
the university."
Those who didn't support
the athletic fee said they were
glad that the vote was close.
"I am proud that we got 41
percent of the vote," College
of Arts and Sciences Sen.
Joe McNulty said. "If not for
our campaigning, the vote
'yes' could have been even
greater."
Making the case
Support for the bill hinged
on the quality of Fouts Field,
which the new stadium will
replace. Athletics officials
cited the 56-year-old stadium
as being outdated and not up
to many standards, including
disability accommodations
and NCAA lighting regula-
tions.
The referendum will
increase the athletics student
service fee by $7 per semester
credit hour.
The fee is capped at 15
hours per semester, which
means students would pay up
to $105 per semester in new
service fees.
The fee won't go into
effect until contstruction is
complete, which is expected to
be in 2011. After the stadium is
SGA senators voted in
The following students who will represent NT students
for spring 09:
Texas Academy of Math and Sciences:
Eric Pak
Toulouse Graduate College:
Derrick Murray
Kevin Eades
School of Lib. and Info. Sciences:
William Senn
College of Business Administration:
Talya Paeglis
Randal "Casey" Bostain
Quinton Thomas
Andrew Amerson
College of Arts and Sciences:
Brettlin Robinson
loe McNulty
Tosin Ogunjobi
Paul Carter
Joshua Compton
Reba Stahr
Abraham Vargas
Frank Arriaga
Kori Davis
College of Public Affairs
and Community Service:
Mellisa Campbell
Meghan Hudec
Nikeeta Slade
Courtney Shorts
College of Education:
lordan Wakefield
Reggie Allen
Britney NeSmith
College of Music:
Tyesha Best
Casey Watson
College of Visual Arts and Design:
Christopher Trujillo
Honors College:
Rhiannon Smith
paid for, the fees will continue
to pay for other athletics
programs.
In accordance with state law,
students will only pay half of
the $60 million for the new
stadium. The rest is expected
to come from private donors.
Athletic director Rick Villarreal
said that it is rare for NT donors
to back out from paying what
they initially offer.
The bill doesn't stop here,
though. The Board of Regents
must approve the plan at its
meeting on Nov. 20 and Nov.
21 in Denton. After that, it goes
before the Texas Legislature
and will be signed into law by
Gov. Rick Perry at the end of the
2009 legislative session.
Regent Gayle Strange said
that the Board of Regents would
likely uphold the wishes of the
students.
Groundbreaking for the
stadium could be as early as
2009. NT commissioned HKS
Inc., a Dallas-based archi-
tecture firm, to design the
stadium.
HKS also designed the new
Dallas Cowboys stadium in
Arlington, the AmericanAirlines
Center in Dallas and Rangers
Ballpark in Arlington.
Senators elected
In addition to the passing of
the referendum, voters chose
student government senators
to represent their respective
colleges.
Voters chose Eric Pak as the
senator for the Texas Academy
of Math and Sciences, Rhiannon
Smith for the Honors College,
Casey Watson for the College
of Music and William Senn
for the School of Library and
Information Sciences.
In addition, voters chose nine
senators for the College of Arts
and Sciences and four sena-
tors for the College of Business
Administration.
Eagle Alert system undergoes test run, adds éatures
By Allison Klingsick
Contributing Writer
After two semesters of use,
NT's Eagle Alert system may see
a few changes this semester.
Eagle Alert is NT's emergency
system that allows administra-
tors to contact students, faculty
and staff about emergency situa-
tions on and around the campus.
In case of an emergency, it sends
messages to the phone numbers
in its database.
Luis Tapia of the risk manage-
ment services department said
this year's main goal includes
getting everyone's accu-
rate phone number into the
system.
"People may have moved or
changed cell phones," he said.
"Making sure everyone is noti-
fied is the highlight this year."
In an effort to make sure that
phone numbers are accurate, the
NT administration conducts a
test-run every semester.
"We had a successful test run
a few weeks ago," Tapia said.
After the test run, Tapia said
that the new marketing slogan
"Were you
Notified?" was
created because
of the priority to
get those who
did not receive
the message to
either create
or edit their
profiles.
Students who
did not receive
the message can
log onto myunt.
edu and click on
the Eagle Alert
banner to add or
edit their infor-
mation.
Students can now receive
alerts through text messages,
which is one of the things
students seem to like about the
system.
"It is a convenient system,"
said Derek Miller, a radio, televi-
sion and film senior. "You cannot
always check your e-mail, but
your phone is
always with you
in class."
In addi-
tion to adding
text messages,
students
can also add
numerous
numbers to their
profile.
"Most do not
know that you
T . ™ . can add addi-
Luis tapia tional numbers
Risk Management to their Eagle
Services department Ale,r 1 \>nl'
£ including their
parents," Tapia
said.
Another change the system has
undergone this semester is that
the campus's buildings have been
added to the database.
"This serves as
an essential tool
for emergency
situation
notification."
"For a building specific emer-
gency, we can call every phone
in the building," said Joe Adamo,
director of communication
services.
Adamo said a feature of the
system is that Eagle Alert use
will only be used for campus-
wide emergencies and school
closings.
"We want to encourage
students to know that the system
will not be used as spam," he
said.
Adamo said that the system
is also useful because the
messages state the exact emer-
gency.
"There are other systems out
there that do not cover all areas,"
Adamo said.
Tapia, one of the few people
with the ability to activate the
system, said that this serves as an
all-encompassing approach.
"This serves as an essential
tool for emergency situation
notification," he said.
Keep your contact information current to
receive UNT emergency notices.
WERE
YOU
hotified?
Photo by Kyle Phillips / Photo Editor
Eagle Alert is NT's emergency system that allows administrators to contact
students, faculty and staff about emergency situations on campus.
Mean Green botball team tallies up another season loss
Second half
defensive stand
forces close game
By Benjamin Gooding
Senior Staff Writer
History repeated itself Saturday
night for the Mean Green foot-
ball team.
NT fell early to the University of
Louisiana at Monroe Warkhawks
on the same day that fees to help
bu i ld a new stadi um were app ro ved
by NT students.
The 23-35 loss extends the Mean
Green's eight-game losing streak
that dates back to last December.
The team's total record is 2-17 in
the head coach Todd Dodge era.
"Everybody is disappointed.
We want to win and stop killing
ourselves," senior wide receiver
Brock Stickler said. "This is not
how you want to play your senior
year."
The score was 35-6byhalftime,
but with Stickler and sophomore
quarterback Gio vanniVizza's work,
the NT offense produced another
17 points while the NT defense kept
the Warhawks' offense scoreless in
the second half.
"Myindividual stats don'tmatter
when we're not winning," Stickler
said. "We are moving the ball, but
penalties are hurting us."
Stickler had 129 receiving yards
and Vizza went 37-61 with two
touchdowns. Senior wide receiver
Casey Fitzgerald and sophomore
wide receiver Alex Lott had a touch-
down apiece.
The NT defense had a season-
high three sacks with only four
total coming into Saturday's
game.
"We didn't eliminate the explo-
sive plays and we turned the ball
over," Dodge said. "This is very
disappointing, and we felt like
we had our players' attention this
week coming into this game."
NT had nine penalties that gave
up 92 yards and were a serious
factor in Saturday night's game,
Dodge said.
"We were moving the ball effec-
tively, and we were rolling, but
penalties got ahold of us early," he
said. "It's obviously something we
need to improve on."
Dodge thanked the NT students
for approving the student athletics
fees that will help build the new
stadium, but the Mean Green has
more games to play and more to
improve on, he said.
"We got to keep on," he said.
"I know it's the same story every
week, but we got games and we
can't keep this up."
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