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forward
as good news to both students and faculty
alike.
"Journalism students have been work-
ing here for more than a hundred years,"
said Jacqueline Lambiase, division head
of strategic communications. "I think that
it's about time that they have their own
schooll"
T e move makes UNT's school the only
publicly funded journalism school in North
Texas,Isaid Land. When paired with the
Mayborn Graduate program that boasts the
only national ly accredited masters program
in Texas, the Journalism school has already
set the bar high in Texas.
Construction of UNT Football stadium
construction is pending
After years of discussions and planning,
officials of the UNT Athletics department
hope to begin construction on a new foot-
ball stadium in early 2010. The new sta-
dium is meant to replace the current Fouts
Field stadium that was created in 1951.
"We are hoping to begin construction
sometime in early 2010," associate ath-
letic director Eric Capper said. "However
nothing can be finalized until we receive
approval from the Board of Regents and the
Texas Coordinating Board."
Capper said that the Board of Regents is
supposed to come to its decision by August
and the Texas Coordinating Board should
reach its by October.
Officials for the Athletics Department
have commissioned 1 IKS. Inc. who pre-
viously designed the Dallas Mavericks
American Airlines Center and the Dallas
Cowboys Stadium.
Additionally, if the project does
continue, the new stadium will be the
nation's first Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design stadium. The LEED
method is a government program that
allows building construction to include
recycled materials and the usage of solar
energy.
The project for the new stadium has
been met with controversy in the past, relat-
ing mostly to the estimated $60 million that
will be needed to construct and complete
the stadium.
In 2008, when the SGA issued student
body voting for whether or not the football
stadium should be funded in part by student
fees, UNT saw one of the largest student
voting turnouts in the university's history.
It was ultimately decided that a $7 per
semester hour fee would be applied to the
student body to fund the new stadium.
However, Capper said any student fund-
ing will not take place until after construc-
tion for the stadium has been completed.
"Fees will not be assessed until after
completion of the stadium," Capper said-
According to Texas State law, student
athletic fees are allowed to fundjao more
than 50 percent of the cost of a new foot-
ball stadium.
While the UNT Athletics department
has been receiving private contributions
for the past few years, Capper said that
fundraising for the new stadium has just
recently gone public.
"The exact cost for the stadium is not
set in stone," Capper said. "It will vary
until we come closer to creating a timeline
for the stadium. However, so far we have
been very successful in our fundraising so
that we can continue to move forward."
Capper said that a new stadium will
help with recruiting football players who
might be pleased with the aesthetic appeal.
If approval is given by UNT's Board of
Regents and the Texas Coordinating Board,
the new stadium will be located at the for-
mer Eagle Point Golf Course and will seat
30-35,000 individuals.
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