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Alex Macon and Holly Harvey, News Editors
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Rayzor
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Sullivan said Rayzor
Ranch stands to generate
both sales and property
taxes that will benefit the
city immensely.
Along with the revenue
generated from such a
project, hundreds of jobs
are being created right
here in Denton because of
the development. A CNN
Money Poll ranked Denton
County as the seventh best
job market in the nation
and this development seems
to further solidify the poll's
findings.
"People who live in that area
used to have to travel quite a
distance away to do their basic
shopping, so they are already
reaping the benefits, and it's
not even totally completed
yet," she said.
Burroughs said the city has
already been approached by
a property owner looking to
break ground on thousands
of acres nearby for a poten-
tial residential or mixed-use
development.
For more information on
economic development in
Denton, visit dentonedp.com.
Water
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"If you go by the U.S. EPA's
guidelines, we should have
at least some concerns about
mercury in certain fish in
more than half the reservoirs
in our region," Roberts said.
Most of the mercury in
bodies of water comes from
factory emissions that can
move around the atmosphere,
making it a difficult problem
to solve completely, Roberts
said. Education and aware-
ness are important tools for
human health.
"This does not mean that
fish from Texas reservoirs are
unsafe, but it does mean that
fishermen need to be educated
on how often they eat fish
and which fish they should
consume," Roberts said.
arber
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"It gives us visibility, helping
the community to understand
we are leaders in rehabilita-
tion," said Linda Halloway,
chair and professor of the
Department of Rehabilitation,
Social Work and Addictions.
UNT students and faculty
in the College of Public Affairs
and Community Service can
benefit from Garber's appoint-
ment to the state council.
"When the faculty are
truly engaged in their field
it will benefit the students,"
Garber said. "I'm interested in
preparing our students the best
we can so they can make an
impact when they leave here."
Garber not only wants to
make a difference at UNT, but
is also committed to "fully
engage in the process and
stay open" so she can serve
programs all over the state.
"Part of what a council
member is supposed to do
is be aware of their commu-
nity, bringing the good to light
and noticing the gaps in the
system," she said.
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Students
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"We just want to put the
student back in control,"
McGuinness said. "A lot of
time it's inserting their pride
back into their system."
McGuinness also provides
gift cards and food vouchers
to hungry students who are
down on their luck and low
on resources.
To help empower and feed
students, she has given out
canned food so that struggling
students can cook for themselves.
To protect their confidentiality,
students who use the service were
not available to be interviewed.
Political science senior Jeremy
Castro, who works in the Dean of
Students' Office, said the service
once helped a woman who had
gone three days without eating.
The office gathered restaurant
vouchers and bags of food for her
within minutes.
"We are the student advocates,"
Castro said. "And we work fast,
especially with crisis and time-
sensitive issues."
Filling empty stomachs is not
the only service the office offers.
McGuiness said they also help
students who don't have a place to
sleep and have financial restric-
tions.
The office trusts students and
relies on an honor system for these
extreme cases, but may do a little
research and ask students a few
q uestions, McGuinness said.
Castro has only been working
in the office for a year, but said
he already recognizes the crit-
ical importance of the services
it offers.
"A lot of time we are the differ-
ence between people staying in
school and dropping out." Castro
said. "They have the opportunity
within their grasp, and they just
need a little help."
For more information on
services offered by the Dean of
Students Office, visit Union Room
319.
SGA votes, appoints new senators
IE
Daniel Bissell
Staff Writer
The Student Government
Association Senate met
Wednesday afternoon to
discuss the senatorial appli-
cation process and to appoint
new senators to the organi-
zation.
The main topic of discus-
sion revolved around amend-
ments proposed to legislation
regarding the senator applica-
tion process.
The senatorial approval
requirement was amended to
require a two-thirds majority
vote from the senate. New
senators previously required
the names and student ID
numbers of 10 students from
the candidate's respective
department - that number
has now been raised to 25.
An amendment to allow
senators to petition to repre-
sent a school that they are
not a part of, as long as they
acquire 100 signatures from
that college, was unanimously
upheld.
A proposed amendment to
include transfer students was
not upheld.
The deadline for senators'
application was also changed
from 48 hours to one week
prior.
Another amendment stating
Photo by Tyler Cleveland/Staff Photographer
Jeffrey Lynch, senator for the College of Information, argues a "better vetting process" is necessary if transfer students are
allowed to become senators, a divided amendment which ultimately passed during the Student Government Associa-
tion meeting Wednesday in Sage Hall.
that senators seeking appoint-
ment to a non-Texas Academy of
Mathematics and Science Senate
seat must have completed at least
12 college credit hours was met
with some debate. An amend-
ment to the article was proposed
to require that those 12 credit
hours be earned at UNT. After a
period of discussion, the amend-
ment was upheld by the senate.
Two new senators were
appointed at the meeting.
Business sophomore Nehlin
Mehra and music freshman Troy
Elliott were voted in as the newest
members of the student senate.
"I was in student government
in high school, and I hope to bring
that experience here to UNT,"
Mehra said.
Elliott is the first senator
this semester to represent the
College of Music, a distinction
he expressed excitement about.
"I feel really good," Elliott said.
"The College of Music is really
underrepresented. UNT's music
school is world-renowned. It's one
of the most prominent colleges at
this university, and I'm really glad
that I got appointed."
SGA President Rudy Reynoso
said the meeting had gone
smoothly.
"Tonight's senate meeting
wasn't as efficient as it could have
been, but we took care of busi-
ness," Reynoso said.
Student named director o D"
Chelsea Stratso
Editor-in-chief
The Denton Community
Television committee of UNT
faculty and staff met earlier this
month to select the first student
news director of the public
access channel operated by the
Mayborn School of Journalism.
Broadcast journalism senior
Ashley Barshaw was selected
for the unpaid position, which
will last one semester. Barshaw
is also the lead producer for the
NTDaily TV newscast.
Nann Goplerud, chair of
the Department of News and
the station manager, has been
working with Barshawr to develop
the new position's role and duties.
She said Barshaw would be able
to help students cross over into
multiple news platforms.
"She's very smart and very
talented," Goplerud said. "She'll
help them out, answer ques-
tions and guide them in terms
of helping them produce things."
Barshaw transferred to UNT
Photo by James Coreas/Visuals Editor
Broadcast journalism senior Ashley Barshaw was selected as the first stuent
news director of Denton Community Television.
from Central Texas College in
Killeen in fall 2010 to pursue a
degree at the Mayborn School of
Journalism. She began working
with the newscast last spring.
Media technology manager
Chuck Weatherall, a faculty
member on the DCTV committee,
said he instantly noticed how
enthusiastic Barshaw was about
becoming a producer.
"She had all the background
that we wanted," Weatherall said.
"She really wanted to reach out
and be a part of the community,
and she understands that that's
our goal."
Barshaw hopes to expand the
reach of the station by providing
a variety of news content and
programming, including talk
shows, sports analysis and a
new Spanish-language news-
cast, NTDaily en Espanol.
"We can reach an audience we
haven't been able to reach, and
it's an important audience," she
said. "It broadens our audience
and our credibility for people
to see that we're branching out,
making changes and that we're
trying to be innovative."
Barshaw said she wants to use
the opportunity to work with
students who are interested in
pursuing a journalism degree.
She welcomes any student who
wants to observe the process of
producing newscasts.
"It gives students an opportu-
nity to get a feel for what it is like
in the newsroom before deciding
between print and broadcast,"
Barshaw said. "It's tense, it's
stressful, it's overwhelming and
it's invigorating all at the same
time."
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