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Mandatory CPR classes proposed
Joshua Knopp
Staff Writer
Two Texas politicians have:
introduced a bi-partisan bill
that would require high school
students to take a 30-minute;
CPR course before graduation.
If Republican Rep. John
ZerwaS/ a medical doctor, and
Democratic Sen, Juan Hinojosa's
bill passes, every high school
graduate will learn basic CPR
and how to operate an auto-
mated external defibrillator -
a device that resets the heart's,
electrical signals during heart
rhythm abnormalities.:
UNT kinesiology, health
and recreation professor
Curt Fowler currently has
four 32-person classes that
are completely filled, and
Continuing education lecturer
of kinesiology, health and
recreation Laura Walker has
one class of her own.
Fowler teaches CPR classes
at UNT. He said he didn't think
the passing of the bill would
change how many people take;
his class.
"I don't think it would affefit
my class that much in terms
of students coming because;
my class isn't just about CPR,"
he said.
According to the American
Heart Association, knowing
CPR can help people save lives
- likely lives of people who are
close to them.
If the bill passes and every
1^
Photo by Aidan Barrett/ Intern
Kinesiology senior Natalie Doggette performs CPR on a dummy for a class. These classes are usually held in room 46
in the Coliseum.
high school student learns basic
CPR, Fowler said itcould only
be a good thing for students.
"It can make the difference
between life and death," he
said.
Fowler said his classes
almost always fill up and
the university is considering
opening online sections of the
class.
According to UNT's Public
Access Defibrillator Program,
AEDs are in 60 of the 70 build-
ings on campus.
In addition to heart attacks,
his class also covers first
aid for breathing stoppages,,
blood loss, shock, strokes and
seizures.
Pre-biology sophomore
Yazmin Ruvalcaba reinforces:
Fowler's lack of concern for
his class's future because she is
r^-learning CPR in his course,
Ruvalcaba said the class
should "definitely continue''
regardless of the bill's passing.
"1 had taken a class before,
but it's a good memory
refresher," she said. "I think
[the class] should [continue],
because not everybody's going
to know."
Kinesiology senior
Natalie Doggette, who had
also previously learned basic
CPR while working at a day
care and as a baby sitter,
said the class's emergency
management aspects were
also important.
"I guess you learn when
you're coming upon a scene
how to handle it instead of
freaking out," she said. "I
think the biggest thing the
class teaches you is to not
be Scared. If you're scared,
you're going to get sued or
hurt them worse,"
Psychological appeals
of social media pages
Andrew Freeman
Staff Writer
Two Facebook pages named
"UNT Compliments" and "UNT
Confessions" have caught a lot of
attention from the student commu-
nity the last couple of weeks, both
centered around posts students call
make anonymously.
UNT Confessions was created
in mid-February as a page where
UNT students can anonymously
post statements that they might
otherwise not say in person. The
page is open and anyone can like
it. At the time of print, the page
had 3,175 likes.
The compliments page was
similarly created, except a person
caii tag an organization or a friend
to show appreciation. The page
was created on Feb. 24 and a friend
request is needed to see its posts.
Psychology professor Rex
Wright said one of the appealing
aspects of the pages is the
anonymity of the posts.
"Anonymity obviously provides
people a chance to say and do
things they otherwise would not,"
Wright said. "Cues can 'prime'
people to reflect favorably or unfa-
vorably."
Wright said priming is a psycho-
logical phenomenon where expo-
sure to a stimulus, called a cue,
affects one's response to a later
Stimulus. In his example, Wright
compared the two sites.
"The site [UNT Confessions]
could have a special appeal to
people who get a kick out of
making titillating or otherwise
shocking statements." Wright said.
"A 'compliments' type of web site
presumably should tend to prime
positive thoughts and yield favor-
able framing of people and things,
such aS life in Denton, the quality
of the student body, the friendli-
ness and expertise of the faculty,
i'tec'tor, i."
"It reminds me
of the Burn
Book from
'Mean Girls
just online
-Jordan Troublefield,
hospitality
management senior
The problem with anonymity,
Wright said, is in a negative light
- it's not healthy.
"The anonymity could create
multiple problems, especially since
people can easily lie," Wright said
"It could be a huge minus insofar
as it could allow people to say
shockingly negative - even threat-
ening - tilings that they otherwise
would keep to themselves."
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FRANK W. MAYBORN GATE
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Photo courtesy of Catrina Rawson/Killeen Daily Herald
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, Sue Mayborn, Col. Matthew G. Elledge and Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas R. Gault reveal the new gate
sign and memorial plaque Monday at the east gate at Fort Hood in Killeen.
Fort Hood east gate dedicated
to rank W. Mayborn
Daniel Burgess
Contributing Writer
Frank W. Mayborn, media
mogul, philanthropist and major
financial contributor to UNT, was
honored with a memorial and the
renaming of the east gate at Fort
Hood on Monday in Killeen.
Mayborn was instrumental in
the decision to locate the base in
Central Texas. Until then, Killeen's
only claim tofame was a hen that
held the world record for most
eggs laid in one year, according
to Mayborn's biography.
The gate is now named the
Frank W. Mayborn Gate to pay
tribute to him for his contributions
to the Army and Fort Hood where
he served on the civilian advisory
board, said Tyler Broadway at the
Fort Hood Press Center.
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley and
Mayborn's wile, Sue, spoke at
the ceremony, then unveiled
the monument along with
Col. Matthew G. Elledge and
Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas R.
Gault.
Sue Mayborn said the recog-
nition was very well deserved
and would have been very mean-
ingful to him.
"We can honor Frank every
day of our lives by honoring the
freedoms that he fought for," said
Milley in his speech on Monday.
"The thousands upon thousands
of soldiers who've gone through
the east gate and then on to other
places and lands to shed their
blood in defense of freedom That
is the honor we all owe Frank."
In 1942, the Army decided
to build its Texas facility, called
Camp Hood at the time, in Valley
Mills. But Mayborn objected
with that location, citing secu-
rity vulnerabilities and a lack of
highways.
He convinced Army officials to
give Killeen another look when
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Mayborn and his committee made
sure toaccommodate the Army's
needs and when a decision had
to be made, Fort Hood in Bell
County was chosen.
Mayborn was dedicated to
advancing higher education in
Texas and provided funding
for the University of Texas,
Texas Tech University, Baylor
University, Central Texas College
and the University of North
Texas.
He believed in journalism and
its role within a community. Until
his death in 1987, Mayborn was
an owner, editor and publisher
for the Killeen Daily Herald and
the Temple Daily Telegram.
"He was a newspaper man and
always was," Sue Mayborn said.
In her speech on Monday, Sue
Mayborn said that if her husband
was at the ceremony, he would
have been "as excited and just as
enthusiastic" about the "bright
future of Fort Hood."
"He would be pleased and
honored to permanently have his
name associated with this great
place," she said.
Inaugural exchange broadens
teaching horizons :br students
Melissa Wylie
Senior Staff Writer
Teachers in training
are; crossing international
borders as part of an inau-
gural exchange program in
the College of Education.
Four students from the;
University of Seville are
visiting from Spain to
spend four weeks as student
teachers in Denton schools,
said Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss,
associate dean of teacher
education.
At the end of March, four
UNT education students will
travel to Spain to student-
teach in Spanish schools in
Seville, Spain.
The new program aims to
Create a mentorship, pairing
a UNT student to socialize;
with a Student from the;
University of Seville, Dixon-
Krauss said. She also said
the; exchange emphasizes
the; importance of moving
beyond schools in the U.S.
to produce better educators,
Dixon-Krauss said.
"We just have to do this,"
Dixon-Krauss said. "We have
to get more global in what
we're doing,"
Texas students seeking
teacher certification are
required by the state to spend
12 weeks observing and
learning at a school, Dixon-
Krauss said. The final four
weeks of their on-site study
will take place in Spain.
"The only thing I'm hoping
we can do is expand the
time," Dixon-Krauss said.
"If we can make it a semester-
length program we can fall
under the study abroad cate-
gory-"
Photo by Fey Sandoval/Staff Photographer
Spanish students Andrea Jara, Pedro Macias, Guillermo Dominguez and Ale-
jandro Maldonado have been teaching Physical Education at Denton and Guyer
High Schools over the past month in a part of UNT's teaching program.
UNT interdisciplinary
studies senior Caroline Harris
is a participant in the exchange
program and is currently
student-teaching at an elemen-
tary school in Grapevine.
The course requirements for
an education major at UNT are
rigid and do not provide an
opportunity to study abroad,
but this program incorporates
travel into the curriculum,
Harris said.
Harris applied for the
exchange program in early
November at the recommenda-
tion of her professors, she said.
"Having a broadened view
will help me in my process of
becoming a teacher," Harris
said. "I just have a lot of ques-
tions."
While in Spain, Harris will be
staying with one of the students
who visited Denton and will
be observing the traditions of
a Spanish classroom, she said.
"Literacy is a huge focus in
America so what I really want
to see is how they teach kids
reading and writing," Harris
said.
Harris said she is apprehen-
sive about being in a Spanish-
Speaking country, but her school
in Grapevine has a large Latino
population, allowing her to
practice using Spanish, she said.
Harris said she also hopes to
experience the culture of Spain,
just as the visiting students are
experiencing Denton.
Alejandro Maldonado is one
of the exchange students from
the University of Seville. As a
whole, the group has had many
unexpected experiences and
have good words for their stay,
Maldonado said.
"It's been a pleasant expe-
rience," Maldonado said. "We
are taking back the good things
that we have learned, we want
to apply a lot of the strategies
and the procedures that you
have here."
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