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Thursday, January 19, 2012
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
SGA to debate
advising issues
Rebecca Ryan
Staff Writer
When the Student
Government Association
formed its goals for the
spring semester, one focus
was the growing concern
over student-to-adviser
ratio.
Students voiced their
problems to SGA about not
being able to easily meet with
their adviser. To change the
current situation, SGA will
consider a resolution that
will be debated in meetings.
If the resolution passes, it
will then be given to admin-
istration.
"We just know there are
problems with advising
ratios and a lack of advisers
for students," SGA President
Blake Windham said. "We're
looking at finding a way to
change the College of Arts
and Sciences ratio."
There are about 9,000
students in the College of
Arts and Sciences. With just
13 full-time advisers in office,
Ric Dwinnell, assistant dean
for student affairs, said the
advising staff is working hard
to accommodate so many
students' needs.
"It's hard to get a handle
on an exact ratio of students
to advisers," Dwinnell said.
"Our full-time, in-office
advisers are assigned to
approximately 473 students,
BLAKE
WINDHAM
but you
have to
factor in
depart-
mental
advisers
and that's
extremely
difficult."
Dwinnell
said the advising staff will
hire three other advisers later
in the semester in order to
decrease theload on current
advisers.
The staff is in the process
of training three members
already working with the
department. By the end of
the semester, the staff will
have 19 members.
"These advisers will work
alongside departmental
advisers to create a grad-
uation plan for students,"
Dwinnell said. "In the College
of Arts and Sciences, we work
on a unique dual model in
which advising is split among
the 25 departmental advisers
and the full-time advisers we
have here."
Robin Gillespie, a humani-
ties and geography adviser,
said she sees anywhere from
10 to 20 students every day,
depending on the season,
and said registration times
for the fall and spring semes-
ters are the busiest.
See ADVISING on Page 2
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AJ'OG
STADIUM
Photo by Tyler Cleveland/Visuals Editor
Denton City Council granted EagleRidge, LLC special-use permits for drilling wells across from Apogee Stadium, seen here Tuesday. Denton City Council members
said they would support a moratorium on gas drilling and production permits.
ity to discuss drilling moratorium
Ann Smajstrla
Senior Staff Writer
The Denton City Council
will soon vote on a morato-
rium that would temporarily
halt the distribution of gas
drilling permits until a new
gas drilling ordinance can be
enacted.
The earliest the moratorium
could be voted on is Feb. 7 at
the next city council meeting.
Should the moratorium pass, it
would last as long as it would
take for a new ordinance to be
written, and would be effective
immediately.
Denton City Council
members Kevin Roden, lim
Engelbrecht, Chris Watts and
Dalton Gregory expressed
support for the moratorium
at the Ian. 10 City council
meeting. Roden said the mora-
torium will be an agenda item
at the council's all-day retreat
Ian. 31.
"The idea is simply to say,
as a city, we're trying to put up
some new regulations and new
rules, so it is prudent in the
meantime to go ahead and put
a temporary ban until we get
a chance to put our new rules
in place," Roden said.
Roden said the moratorium
was suggested by members
of the Denton Stakeholder
Drilling Advisory Group (DAG)
and was put forth at the end of
the last city council meeting
on Ian. 10.
See DRILLING on Page 2
Photo by Tyler Cleveland?Visuals Editor
Michael "E.B." Latimer discusses his herbal remedies with liberal arts Junior Rachael Ulrich outside his van
Wednesday on Fry Street and Mulberry. Catiner sells six different medicinal varieties for energy, stress-relief,
focus and relaxation, from 9 p.m.- midnight everyday.
Man and his van remain
through ry Street changes
Emily Peek
Intern
Fry Street's strip of bars,
bookstores and sandwich
shops has seen significant
changes over the years, with
the looming construction
of a mixed apartment-retail
complex promising to further
alter the street's identity as a
hub for Denton nightlife.
Despite the changes, one
man has remained a Fry
Street fixture for the past
15 years: Michael "E.B."
Latimer, who can be found
seven nights a week during
the school year, selling his
own herbal blends and
incense from his van at the
corner of Fry and Hickory.
Latimer said he has
traveled the world, but
still considers Denton his
home.
"Eclectic, open-minded,
good-hearted people as the
rule instead of the exception,
more so than any other town
I've been," he said about his
adopted hometown.
Latimer, 41, maintains a
Bohemian appearance that
suits his lifestyle, wearing
colorful, loose clothing that
would fit in perfectly at the
Renaissance festivals he
frequents.
Latimer has gone through
four different vehicles in his
15 years on Fry. His latest is
a gray van outfitted with a
heat warmer, a mattress, a
collection of colorful lights
and a bubble machine that
sends bubbles drifting above
the sidewalk.
Latimer sells incense,
candles, lotions and his own
herbal blends - numbered
one through six - to the
curious students and stum-
bling drunks that people Fry
Street at night.
He is also on hand to
listen to students' problems,
providing advice and his own
unique anecdotes.
See HERB on Page 3
Construction progresses
on ry Street development
Nicole Balderas
Senior Staff Writer
After only its fifth month
of construction, Fry Street's
combined apartment and retail
space is already adding new
shapes to the Fry Street scene.
The complex is on track
for its intended completion
of luly 2012 with the facility's
parking garage completed and
one apartment complex two-
thirds built,.
Despite noise and debris
from surrounding construc-
tion, some employees from
surrounding businesses are
optimistic about the progress
of the project.
"I'm just glad something's
going up there/' said Kregg
Ross, manager of Riprocks
Bar. "We've seen a bit of a lull
with everybody going up to the
Square and checking out the
Industrial scene. Having 600
beds across the street is going
to be good for business."
A portable Sterling Fry
Street leasing office is located
just north of the apartments.
Because no actual apart-
ments are available for tours,
a makeshift apartment has been
assembled within the office to
offer a glimpse of the potential
dwellings to students.
Available units are catego-
rized by musical names, such
as "The Concert" and "The
Composer."
According to the Sterling
University Housing website,
"The Solo" is the most expen-
sive unit per lease, featuring
Photo by Callie Ashley/Staff Photographer
While on the rooftop of Cool Beans, customer Ben Scott expresses his feelings
toward the construction of the Sterling Fry Street Apartments.
one bedroom and 596 sq. ft.
of space for $1,060 per month.
The least expensive per lease
is "The Concert" with rent of
$645 per month.
Representatives from the
apartment leasing office were
unavailable for comment.
In addition to offering
living spaces, the property
also contains four commer-
cial spaces - two for retail busi-
nesses and two for restaurants -
all of which are still available.
See FRY on Page 2
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