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Tuesday, March 23,2010
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,S. McBride, Rebecca Hoeffner & Melissa Boughton, News Editors
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K-9 Unit stirs up controversy over costs, benefits
Continued from Page 1
"'Is it really necessary?' is
the question," said Nicholas
Kanozik, a UNT alumnus. "I
imagine they can cover a lot of
ground with two dogs."
Bergstrom said he didn't
know the exact costs of caring
for a K-9, but the animals are
worth it.
"In reality, it's not a cost, it's
an investment," he said. "It's not
cost prohibitive, or we wouldn't
have it."
Briana Camp, an art history
sophomore, said she thinks the
dogs serve a greater purpose than
simply catching suspects.
"I think it's a good thing for
prevention," Camp said. "If one
is to be caught with weed, or
any sort of drug, then they have
to immediately pay their loans
and I don't think a lot of people
read the fine print and loans
are incredibly vital for most
students here."
Bergstrom said that it's hard
to measure the preventative
effect of the dogs, but that it
gives people something to think
about.
"In reality,
it's not a
cost, it's an
investment."
—Lt. Mark Bergstrom
UNT Police Department
"If somebody's carrying
dope, or selling dope, they
may think 'Oh, don't want
to do it there, they have K-9.'
Hopefully they stay away,"
he said.
Bergstrom said the dogs
serve other purposes in
addition to their work in law
enforcement.
"Along with the enforce-
ment, it's a public relations
tool, too, because people
love dogs," he said. "That's a
talking point, too, for someone
to come up to the handler and
say, 'Hey, talk to me about
your dog,' so it opens up the
communication lines with the
public and us also."
Photo by Cristy Angulo/Staff Photographer
Jack is driven while working and training but is calm and relaxed as soon as the job is done, which is different from what Corporal Olivarez expected, he said.
ampus-wide Haiti Relie program comes to an end
By Alex Cheatham
Staff Writer
UNT's Big Give, a campus-
wide initiative to raise money
for Haiti and Chile, ended
Sunday.
Student Government
Association president Dakota
Carter said the ultimate goal
was to raise $40,000. As of right
now, he said, the money is being
collected and counted, and a
grand total has not yet been
established.
"Just because the media
doesn't cover Haiti every day
doesn't mean that they don't
need our help anymore," said
Courtney Wright, an inter-
disciplinary studies junior.
"There are always places that
need our help, and donating a
dollar is definitely feasible for
everyone."
Carter said the Big Give was
created for students to realize
the importance of helping
others.
The effort launched on Feb. 6
with the College of Music. The
Symphony Orchestra and the A
Cappella Choir presented a relief
concert to benefit Haiti. Each
concert held at the Murchison
DAKOTA
CARTER
Performing
Arts Center
during
February
participated
in the Big
Give.
The Big
Give was
created with
the help
of a board
of students
representing
various
groups at
UNT, the
SGA, and
more directly,
Carter's
vision.
Cheylon Brown, director
of the Multicultural Center,
explained that there were
several different departments
that contributed to the Big Give,
including the College of Music,
the Multicultural Center, the
Center for Leadership and
Service, Public Affairs and
Community Service, and Greek
Life.
"The Multicultural Center
became involved because the
"Just because the media
doesn't cover Haiti every day
doesn't mean that they don't
need our help anymore
—Courtney Wright
Interdisciplinary studies junior
JAMAAL
SANDERS
local community of UNT has a
responsibility to respond to the
needs of the larger community,"
Brown said.
One student organization,
Students for A Future without
Poverty, hosted a Dance-A-thon,
Brown said.
Donations were collected and
cans were passed to patrons
at all men's basketball games,
concerts and other univer-
sity-sponsored events, such as
Café Diversity, One O' Clock
Lab Band performances and
University Program Council
events.
The money raised through
UNT's Big Give will be divided
between the American Red
Cross, Habitat for Humanity
and Doctors Without Borders.
"Research has shown that the
more engaged students are, the
more they retain," Brown said.
"[The Multicultural Center]
welcomes opportunities to
bring national and even global
awareness, and that's why the
Big Give is important."
Although the deadline for
the Big Give has passed, SGA
vice president Jamaal Sanders
said there's been talk to keep
the initiative going.
"After time has passed, people
tend to forget about tragedy.
There will still be people in
Haiti struggling to rebuild for
years," Sanders said. "When you
have the opportunity to give to
Haiti and Chile through contin-
uous contributions, year-round,
it's a good thing,"
UNT Big Give
To raise money for Haiti and Chile relief
Money raised
will be divided between
-American Red Cross
-Habitat for Humanity
-Doctors Without Borders,
Graphic courtesy of John Alvin/MCT
El Paso ol ficials attack border gangs
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El
Paso police and Texas state
troopers have waged a second
assault against suspected
members of the Barrio Azteca
border gang, arresting 25
people in a second phase of
"Operation Knock Down,"
city and state police said
Monday.
In a statement issued
Monday, El Paso officials
said 10 of 25 people arrested
were confirmed members of
the Barrio Azteca gang. U.S.
and Mexican authorities have
said they suspect the gang
was involved in the March 13
killings of three people with
ties to the U.S. Consulate in
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Consulate employee Lesley
A. Enriquez and her husband,
Arthur H. Redelfs, were killed
March 13 in Juarez when
gunmen opened fire on their
sport utility vehicle after they
left a birthday party.
Jorge Alberto Salcido,
the husband of a Mexican
employee of the consulate,
also was killed by gunmen
after leaving the same
event in a separate vehicle.
"Operation Knock Down" is
a city, state and federal oper-
ation that has been seeking
leads into the slayings.
El Paso police tactical
units helped with warranted
searches over the weekend
that led to the 25 arrests.
Assisting El Paso police
and the Texas Department
of Public Safety were the
FBI, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Immigration
and Customs Enforcement
and the El Paso County
Sheriff's Office.
Investigators also are
seeking information that
could help them find the
leader of the gang's Juarez
operations, Eduardo "Tablas"
Ravelo, who was named to
the FBI's Ten Most Wanted
Fugitives list last year.
Earlier this week, Mexican
authorities said U.S. intelli-
gence pointed toward involve-
ment in the slayings by
the Aztecas, who operate
on both sides of the border
and work for the Juarez drug
cartel.
Initially a Texas prison
gang, Barrio Azteca expanded
across the Rio Grande into
Juarez in the late 1990s,
U.S. authorities have said.
The FBI has said the gang is
known simply as the Aztecas
on the Mexican side of the
border.
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