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BY LISA GARZAContributing Writer

They have been stationed over-seas, battled the enemy, witnessed their fellow soldiers die, been sepa-rated from their loved ones and risked their lives — all for their loyalty to the nation.

Today is Veterans Day, which began 90 years ago when President Woodrow Wilson established the day to mark the end of WWI.

“Today, we reflect on the invalu-able contributions of our coun-try’s veterans and reaffirm our commitment to provide them and their families with the essential support they were promised and have earned,” President Barack Obama said in a press release.

UNT is home to about 976 veteran students, according to the registrar’s office.

There are likely some veterans unaccounted for, because the registrar’s office is only able to identify veterans receiving bene-fits, associate registrar Bobby Lothringer said.

Staying in touchKyle Ruch, a 25-year-old hospi-

tality management senior who has been stationed in Africa, returned from a tour in Iraq in August with his Marine reserve unit.

Kyle Ruch had only days between his return to the U.S. and the start of the fall semester.

“One day, I’m carrying a gun around everywhere, always watching my back and then three days later I’m sitting in a classroom with a bunch of kids who have no idea what’s going on outside their campus,” Kyle Ruch said. “It was frustrating.”

Karen Ruch said she worried about her son frequently during his last deployment.

“It was disturbing knowing that he would be a target,” she said.

Kyle Ruch’s term of service will be complete in January. His mother said she is relieved.

“It’s almost kind of weird thinking of him as a veteran because he’s so young, but I’m proud of him,” she said.

Tommie Roberts, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2205 in Denton, is a U.S. Navy veteran. He served from 1961 to 1971 in Vietnam, Europe and North Africa.

He said the hardest part of his deployments was the separation from his loved ones. During his tour to Vietnam, Roberts was married to his first wife and had two children.

There were no e-mail or video chats back then.

“It’s not like it is now, letters took up to three weeks to get back and forth,” he said.

When he finally got home, he

Veterans relate stories about service, lives

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / PHOTOGRAPHER

Commander Tommy Roberts of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2205 in Denton salutes a fellow veteran in front of their post. Denton’s VFW caters to nearly 500 members who have served from WWII to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rob-erts spent 10 years in the Navy, with time in Vietnam and the Mediterranean.

and his fellow naval veterans did not receive a warm welcome like today’s troops. Roberts’ eyes welled up as he recalled memo-ries of that homecoming.

“We weren’t talked to and spit on. We were called baby killers,” he said. “The war was so long and lost the support of the public. That probably hurt the most.”

When they come homeGeorge Karas is a veteran whose

military career spanned from the ’50s to the ’70s. He served in the Navy, Air Force National Guard, and Army Reserve and is now a bus driver on UNT’s Colorado Express route.

He said he felt pride and sadness as he recalled his service.

During one of his deployments with the Navy around the time of the Suez crisis of the ’50s, his ship rescued some American citizens who were stranded at troubled ports.

Despite his service, Karas said he often felt uneasy in foreign countries.

“When I was in the military all those years ago, we had to hide because we thought everyone hated us,” he said. “I would hide my uniform every time I got off the ship so people wouldn’t know I was in the service.”

The effects of war follow most veterans after they return home.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is common among service members who have been deployed to hostile environments.

“A lot of veterans don’t talk about their experiences unless it’s with another veteran,” said Cary Ziegler, president of the Student Veteran Association and Navy veteran. “It’s because civilians don’t understand.”

Kyle Ruch credits his family and friends for helping him cope with what considers a minimal amount of post-traumatic stress.

“It took a while for me to realize that I was back in a safe environ-ment and not freak out,” he said.

But today, Ruch is humbled by the attention veterans receive on this national holiday.

Top UNT officials move offices to Dallas

BY COURTNEY ROBERTSAssigning Editor

Members of the governing board and other divisions of the UNT System will formally announce their relocation to the Universities Center in downtown Dallas on Friday e ven i ng i n t he C enter ’s lobby.

The UNT System consists of t he U N T c a mpu s i n Denton, t he UN T Hea lt h Science Center at Fort Worth, The Universities Center in

Dallas and the UNT Dallas campus.

A d m i n i s t r a t o r s a n d employees in the Board of Regents, Chancellor’s office, General Counsel office and system’s facilities moved to 1901 Main St. in Dallas in August to create a central, neutral location for all the campuses, officials said.

“Having a system office on the Denton campus, there was probably not a neutral feel ing for t he rest of t he campuses, so we just central-ized it w ith a location for everybody to come to,” said Cynthia Hall, the director of t he U N T Sy stem a nd External Relations. “With the

g row t h, it just beca me a logist ics thing to move to downtown Dallas.”

The switch to a non-main campus location is different t ha n w here ot her major universities in Texas place their governing bodies.

The University of Texas’ Board of Regents meets at its

main campus in Austin, the Texas A&M University System is in College Station and the Texas Tech University System is located on its main campus in Lubbock.

D e n t o n M a y o r M a r k Burroughs said he believes the change could have an adverse effect on UNT and the city.

“The heart of the eagle has just been moved to Dallas,” Burroughs said. “After 120 years, it’s not a positive step, and I have grave concerns with it.”

B u r r o u g h s w a s a l s o concerned about the lack of notification both the public and the city have received

on the move.“It was not brought in on

any discussions about the

implications that this move might have on t he cit y of Denton,” he said.

Ha l l, however, sa id t he move ha s ne ver be en a secret since they had to seek approval from the Board of

Regents, but she cou ldn’t recall if any formal notif i-cation was sent to the Denton

City Council.“We [Denton a nd UNT]

have long shared a common identit y,” Burroughs said. “It is clea rly a n intent to shift the main campus from Denton to Dallas.”

“The heart of the eagle has just been moved to Dallas. After 120

years, it’s not a positive step.”—Mark Burroughs

Denton Mayor

Board of Regents will relocate

away from UNT

PHOTO BY DREW GAINES / PHOTOGRAPHER

Former Marine Joshua Carmona looks over the “Barstow Log,” the newspaper he wrote for in Barstow, Cali. Carmona spent four years in the Marine Corps and is now a new media freshman at UNT.

Mark Burroughs

BY DREW GAINESPhotographer

Joshua Carmona looks a bit different on this Veterans Day. His hair has grown long and shaggy and his face is unshaven. He smokes a cigarette and says he values his freedom now that he’s outside of military life.

C a r m o n a , a freshman majoring in new media, spent four years as an active Marine and is thankful for anyone that serves in the military.

“I just remember all the people that have served and done their part to make this country safe,” the 22-year-old veteran said. “Veterans Day makes me feel proud of my service, because being in the Marines was a really important part of my life.”

The former Marine plans on commemorating the sacrifices made by his fellow servicemen and women by playing “Taps” on his battered bugle at sundown in his backyard.

Carmona remembers looking at images of soldiers in exotic places before joining the Corps. But nearly six months after his last day on active duty, he recounts his experiences with sand, notepads, alcohol and disillusionment.

He is finding that it was an experience he doesn’t regret and one that shapes his life today as a UNT student.

“I didn’t know what I was getting in to,” Carmona said. I

thought things were going to be a whole lot different.”

He joined the Marines in June 2005, when war and foreign policy saturated the nations’ political climate.

The short, energetic 18-year-old was fresh out of nearby McKinney High School. He was

full of wanderlust and a desire to see how far he could push his limits.

“I wanted to travel and I wanted a chal-lenge,” Carmona said. “I felt like I was proving something to myself by going through with it.”

A f ter endu r i ng boot camp in San Diego, Cali., Carmona attended the Defense Information School in

Fort Mead, Maryland, where he learned to become a combat corre-spondent, or military journalist. When he graduated from the mili-tary school, he had a job waiting for him back in the Golden State.

Carmona spent his remaining two years of service contributing to the Barstow Log, the newspaper of the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.

Carmona never got the chance to step outside the U.S. border as he had hoped. He felt stuck in the California desert, restrained by his surroundings and superiors.

“I would count down the days. I celebrated at each benchmark, 1,000 days left, 500, 100 until I was finally out … Barstow is just one of those places,” Carmona said.

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Students from social work practice classes brought home-made noisemakers, signs and balloons in front of Wooten Hall on Tuesday to raise aware-ness about child abuse.

At 11 a.m., the students kicked off the annual Drop Dead Day, clad in their blue and yellow shirts that read “There’s No Excuse for Child Abuse.”

“In Denton County there are 167,632 children in the popu-lation, and there were 1,000 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect,” said Camille Massey, in charge of commu-nications for the day.

Drop Dead Day was thought up by Kadetrah Moffet, a social work senior who read about a similar event at a high school in South Dakota.

Moffet said she felt she, along with the help of her classmates, could organize an event to inform Denton about the severity of child abuse.

Moffet pitched the idea to

her social practice III class and they all said they agreed it was a project they could handle.

They informed students in other social work classes and distributed 200 f liers throughout campus.

Teachers encouraged their students to attend the event by allowing them to leave class early to participate in the march, Moffet said.

However, she said they faced some obstacles, including a lost permit from the police depart-ment, but were able to solve the problem in time for Drop Dead Day.

Moffet led the group as they marched down Hickory Street to the Denton Square.

En route to the Square, the group made use of their mega-phone and noisemakers as they chanted, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, but child abuse is getting old,” as curious passers-by slowed their vehicles to witness the march.

Upon arriving at the Square, the students stood in front of the The Courthouse-on-the-

PHOTO BY CLINTON LYNCH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UNT students rallied at Wooten Hall for Drop Dead Day on Tuesday, a march that began at Wooten Hall and ended at the Denton Square. Marchers fell to the ground and left only four standing to signify the number of children a� ected by child abuse on a daily basis.

Students march for awareness

BY AMBER ARNOLDSenior Staff Writer

The Universit y Union is more than 30 years old and is only equipped to accom-modate 17,000 students.

Since the enrollment has grown to more than 36,000, the administration said the building is becoming inad-equate.

U N T bega n developi ng t he Union Master Plan in September, but the timeline

University plans renovations for Unionand cost are still unknown.

“We’re at a crossroads, and we’ve got a lot of issues we need to address,” said Bonita Jacobs, vice president for student development. “I don’t know where it will lead, but I’m hopeful that we don’t have to tear the building down and leave students without a union.”

During the assessment of the condition of the building in July, consultants found wea k i n f ra st r uct u re a nd asbestos lurking in the ceil-ings.

Master pla n committee members are now v isit ing other universities with new

or remodeled unions, such as Texas Tech, Louisiana State, and Georgia Tech universi-ties, to see what they have done, said Tom Rufer, assis-tant vice president for auxil-iary services.

T he c om m it te e h a s a mission of being 100 percent transparent and involving students in every step of the process, Jacobs said.

A university-wide survey was sent out in early October as a way to find out what students, faculty and staff preferred for the Union’s future.

The committee received 4,200 responses, more than 3,200 of which were students,

and results of the survey are expected in early December.

“I have been very impressed with the participation level of students, faculty and staff in the way of focus groups surveys and requests of infor-mation,” Jacobs said.

T he u n iver sit y ha s to work backward, in that they are finding out information first and determining cost, construction, and a timeline later, Jacobs said.

Since the Union is paid for through the Union fee in every student’s tuition, there will be fundraisers to avoid increasing the fee.

“I’m always hopeful that we don’t have to add to the financial burden that students already carry,” she said.

In keeping with the practice of involving students, Rufer sa id t he universit y would con sider g iv i ng st udent s different options of what the Union would offer at different costs and let students choose from the options.

Ja c o b s s a i d t h a t t h e committee is fairly certain now that the Union is in the right spot on campus.

However, UNT must decide whether to phase in struc-tures to the existing building or replace it altogether, she said.

Rufer said that replacing the Union has been on the univer-sity’s agenda for quite some time, but figuring students’ needs would come first.

Carmona learned to make the most of his surroundings, and, after being honorably discharged in June, he is now trying to make the most of his transition to Denton.

“After I got here, the reality set in that this isn’t a vaca-tion I’m coming to,” Carmona said.

Carmona has been relying on t he Post 9/11 G.I Bi l l, released in August, to pay for tuition at UNT.

He said he was hoping to use the G.I. Bill to pay for rent and basic necessities on top of school. But like many veterans

Carmona: ‘I came out a better person’

Continued from Page 1 under the bill, he did not receive his monthly housing allowances, which were set to begin in August.

T he v eter a n w a s i n su r v iva l mode u nt i l he received a $3,000 emergency check from the Veterans Affairs Off ice on Nov. 1. Before this, he relied on his roommate Nathan Phennel, an internationa l studies senior, to cover some of his bills.

“Financial aid is some-thing that is f lawed if a veteran who has served for his country cannot receive money to pay for school,” Phennel said.

He opted not to go out and sometimes ate at the neigh-borhood soup kitchen, as he could not afford food.

“I felt ashamed that my life had come to that, it sucks being poor,” Carmona said.

He has since caught up on rent and plans for the rest of the emergency money to last him to December, when the four-months late allow-ances are set to begin.

“Despite all the hard-ships I had to endure, I think I came out a better person because of it, a more well-rounded person,” Carmona said. “I can put this all behind me and just focus on my education.”

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Square and all but four students dropped to the ground. The four individuals that remained standing represented the four children that die daily in the U.S. because of child abuse and negligence.

The group prayed and shared in a moment of silence for the victims of child abuse to end their awareness march.

The students then reflected on the success of Drop Dead Day.

“Hopefully, if people see child abuse or are around it they may be able to think back to what we did and they’ll have the child abuse hotline number and they will be able to make a little bit of a difference,” social work seniorKaty Ribinskas said.

The group emphasized the importance of knowing the child abuse hotline number, which was printed in the back of the T-shirts in hopes that anyone aware of child abuse would be encouraged to report

it. “Our teacher always asks us

what the child abuse hotline number is and we are expected to have it memorized,” said Jill Herrera, a social work senior.

The students involved with organizing Drop Dead Day will also host a benefit dinner on Dec. 13 to raise money that will be donated to the Nelson Center.

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Iraq War veteran Victor Agosto spoke about his service and protest in the Biology Building on Monday night. The Campus Antiwar Network sponsored the event.

Student network aims to end foreign wars

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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer

Students and supporters gathered Monday to hear Victor Agosto, an Army veteran and member of Iraqi Veterans Against the War who was recently released from jail after publicly refusing deployment to Afghanistan.

“I realized the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan had absolutely nothing to do with making the American people safer,” Agosto said. “It was simply an imperialist occupa-tion meant to protect American power … After I came to this realization I started to feel a great deal of guilt about my involvement.”

The forum and discussion in the Biology Building was hosted by the UNT Chapter of the Campus Antiwar Network, a grassroots activist organization run by students with no polit-ical party affiliation that aims to end all foreign wars in which the U.S. is involved.

Grassroots activism“Now, the war overseas is

becoming a domestic issue,” said Andrew Teeter, a general studies senior. “We have to take care of things here because we can’t ignore it.”

The network demands imme-diate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan of all occupation troops and private contrac-tors, economic reparations for Iraqi and Afghan people,

and full physical and mental health benefits for all U.S. mili-tary personnel, regardless of discharge status.

“We believe they [wars] are not for spreading democracy,” he said. “We believe they’re for economic interests.”

In order to educate people about war and keep it on people’s minds, members of the organi-zation talk to students about war, hold discussion forums and counter-recruit.

Soldiers in the military benefit from this organization because of the resources the network provides, such as the number for the GI rights hotline.

The UNT chapter does not have organization officers, only members, to ensure everyone has the ability to share their opinion.

Teeter said the organization should exist in every city and every university.

“In order for people to actively oppose the war and for real change to happen, it has to be happening on the ground in every city from the ground up,” Teeter said. “We can’t rely on elected officials to do things for us because they have their own economic interests. That’s just the nature of the representative system, which is why it has to be grassroots activism.”

In order for economic repa-rations to be made to people in those countries, Teeter suggested that money from the defense budget should go

toward building schools and roads, and establishing elec-tricity and a water supply.

‘The horrors’ of warThe network’s tactics have

changed since President Barack Obama took office. Teeter said that people make excuses saying Afghanistan is the good war.

“We have to sort of wake people up again and show them the horrors,” he said.

Teeter said the events at Fort Hood could spread racism and fear of Muslims, which members of the network oppose, along with sexism and homophobia.

“The sorts of negative psycho-logical effects that come from the war don’t discriminate so it’s not like we should discrimi-nate either,” he said.

The UNT chapter of the network began in January and has about f ive active

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members. Kevin Hayes, a sociology soph-

omore, said he joined the orga-nization this semester because he agrees with its mission.

“I would be better served if our government, instead of spending billions and billions of dollars on warfare around the world, if they took that money and put it into schools or health care,” he said.

Hayes said people could serve

their country without going into war by joining the Peace Corps and nonprofit organizations.

“We absolutely, unequivo-cally support the troops and want them to actually receive all of the things that have been promised to them,” he said.

For more information, e-mail tootallteeter@gmail..com.

BY CAROLYN BROWNSenior Staff Writer

About 30 people gathered in the Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts Building Tuesday for “An Evening with Sandra Adair, A.C.E” as she described her decades-long career, answered questions from the audience and aired clips from several of her movies.

She has edited more than 20 films, including such well-known titles as “Dazed and Confused,” “School of Rock,” and “Me and Orson Welles.” She is especially well known for her work on 14 films with Academy Awa rd-nom i nated w r iter-director Richard Linklater.

Adair began editing in the 1970’s. She hadn’t planned on

Film editor shares experiencesentering the movie business, and had not attended film school, she said.

Her brother, a film editor, invited her to work with him. After years of work as an appren-tice, Billy Weber gave her the chance to edit the film “Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again”.

“It was so empowering to hear him say ‘embrace your fear’ because when you’re scared and you have adrena-line, it’s what creates a situa-tion where you do your best,” she said of the director.

Adair shared her thoughts on editing and discussed some of the many challenges that face aspiring editors, such as cutting and choosing music for scenes, which she called a “trial and error process.”

Adair spoke frequently about her relationship with Linklater, whom she began working with in 1992 after she and her husband moved to Austin.

“My job is to support him in making his films, so I’m very clear about getting my ego out of the picture,” she said. “It’s not about me. I respect him, and he respects me. We’re collabora-tors, and I’m there to help him in the story.”

She showed clips from several movies, including “Dazed and Confused,” “A Scanner Darkly,” and the period piece “Me and Orson Welles,” which will be released later this month.

Daniel McQueary, a radio, television, and film junior, said

he liked hearing about the inner workings of Hollywood.

“It was very interesting to hear a very real and honest industry-insider view of the working relationship between an editor and a director and an editor and the studio system, and how al l those forces interact,” he said.

Brent Garner, an RTVF soph-omore, also enjoyed Adair’s anecdotes, he said.

“I felt like it kind of shed a different light on what goes on to create the films,” he said.

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Gov’t treatment of vets must improve

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Ksusha Emeliyanova International studies

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Do you know any veterans, and how do you feel about Veterans

Day?

“Pretty much every man in my family has joined the military. I absolutely

honor what they do for our country because I’m not

brave enough to go.”

“My grandfather was a veteran so it’s a very

personal day for me, and it brings me great joy to see all the people who respect

our veterans.”

As servicemen and servicewomen return home and others head off to join the thousands already engaged in two distant wars this Veterans Day, it is not just important to honor them for the sacrifices they make overseas.

Americans must ensure they are also honored in the way they are cared for once they return.

The message “Support the troops, not the war” has been restated so often that it’s almost become a cliché.

But how is America supporting the troops once they return from war, and is it enough?

The editorial board believes that evidence suggests the government is not doing enough to care for veterans.

Few would disagree that the nation has come a long way since the hateful riots that greeted soldiers returning from Vietnam. Mainstream public opinion has now shifted in favor of military members.

Yet under the stress and strain of prolonged and frequent deployments, many soldiers are returning to broken homes and broken lives, with little military support to fall back on.

The Army suicide rate is at a 30-year high. Studies place enlisted divorce at 70 percent and climbing. Investigations suggest that the Army has been encour-aging its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder in returning veterans in order to avoid the costly and long-term “burden” of required health-care. And last summer, an investigation revealed crim-inal conduct and misplaced bodies at Arlington National Cemetery.

It has become increasingly obvious that internal mili-tary problems must now be addressed and solutions must be openly discussed within the American public.

Citizens must hold the U.S. government accountable for this gross pattern of negligence in veterans’ well being.

Patriotism is not tied to the support of one’s govern-ment, but can and should be expressed in the staunch defense of those individuals that fight for the ideals, which allow that government to remain in power. In the words of Edward R. Murrow, “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.”

Inaction supports no one. Michael Burgess represents the 26th District of Texas.

His Lewisville District Office telephone number is 972-434-9700.

My grandfather was a Marine, and my father was a member of the Air Force, so growing up I often heard stories of heroes and fallen friends.

I grew to have a great respect for the men and women who give their lives for this country.

With today being Veterans Day, I cannot help but think about a ma n who tr uly embodied what it means to be a hero.

There are many who should be honored today, but I will focus on one of my biggest heroes.

I still remember where I was the day I heard of Pat Tillman’s death.

On April 22, 2004, I returned home from one of my final days in high school and flipped on ESPN as usual, only to learn that Iraqi soldiers had killed Tillman in an ambush attack.

Controversy surrounded the details of his death for years, and despite an attempted cover-up by the U.S. military, it was

eventually discovered that he was killed by friendly fire.

Growing up as a kid in California, Tillman was just like any other little boy.

He loved spending time outdoors and playing sports, especially football.

Despite being undersized at just 5 feet, 11 inches, Tillman earned a scholarship to play linebacker for Arizona State University.

During his time as a Sun Devil, he was a standout on the football team, winning numerous awards.

He also set an example in the classroom. carrying a 3.84 grade point average in pursuit of a marketing degree, which he earned in just three and a half years.

Tillman was one of the last picks in the 1998 NFL draft by the Arizona Cardinals, and he transitioned to safety to fill a void for the team.

He started 10 games his rookie season, and was an

All-Pro in his second season.As a free agent, the St. Louis

Rams offered him a five-year deal worth more than $10 million, but Tillman declined. He turned down millions in his show of loyalty to the team that drafted him.

When Tillman learned of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he made the decision to serve his country.

He honored the remaining 15 games of his contract and turned down another $5 million to enlist in the Army Rangers. He would go on to win a Purple Heart, and one of the armed forces’ highest honors, the Silver Star.

Tillman is on record as saying he felt America did not belong in Iraq and that it was an illegal war, but he felt it was his duty to fight for the freedom and honor of his country.

Tillman left behind a wife and a young son.

Thousands of people attended his funeral.

This man truly represented everything that a person should be.

He was a well-rounded, intel-ligent, athletic, unselfish and caring person.

He devoted his life to others and was one of the few loyal people in this world.

On a day when we should thank each and every person who has ever served this country, I just wanted to point out one of the true American heroes.

Eric Johnson is a journalism junior and sports writer for the Daily. He can be reached at eric-johnson3@my.unt.edu.

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Secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, according to t he A mer ic a n L u n g Association.

So why are students forced to walk through potentially deadly clouds of smoke on a daily basis on the UNT campus?

Because it is impossible to become a smoke-free campus because of the campus’ size, Gretchen Batai l le said at “Really, let’s talk” in March of this year.

Under the university policy on smok ing, smokers are prohibited from smoking in the buildings and must be at least 25 feet from campus buildings.

It’s a good policy in theory, but when you think about it, how many buildings are less than 50 feet apart?

Ta k e t he A ud it or iu m

Building and the Language Building. Students notoriously pop out to smoke inside of the pavilion outside the Language Building.

Is that person 25 feet from both the Auditorium and Language buildings?

W hat about the outside of t he Genera l Academic Building?

Students inevitably hover outside the doors in between classes to smoke. Aga in, breaking the rule.

However, no one is doing anything about it.

UNT has made it a point to have parking officers patrol every parking lot for misplaced cars.

Why shouldn’t smokers be awarded a little yellow enve-lope when they break the specific university smoking rule?

This would stop smokers from standing too close to

buildings in a f lash.According the American

N o n s m o k e r s ’ R i g h t s Foundat ion, at least 305 campuses in the U.S. are 100 percent smoke-free, while 49 are smoke free except for small, designated smoking areas.

A l l public col leges and universities in Arkansas are smoke free. Oklahoma State University is one of the almost-smoke-free campuses.

These are ideal situations. So why can’t UNT make more

of an effort to create an envi-ronment where nonsmokers can avoid clouds of smoke? The distance from buildings to smoking areas should be much greater.

Smokers would inevitably complain about more enforce-ments a nd new smok ing rules.

But when you think about it, smoking not only affects the smoker, but also every person

within at least a 25-foot radius. Smokers shou ld consider this.

Be considerate and walk a few more feet to begin smoking.

Becoming a smoke-free campus is a healthy, environ-mentally smart concept that would be difficult to carry out on UNT’s campus, but strict rules about smoking are feasible.

Non smoker s w a nt t he current rules enforced at least.

Police the smokers who are outside the doors of campus buildings.

If smokers followed the rules, the smoke problem wouldn’t be nearly as prom-inent.

Shea Tellefsen is a jour-nalism junior. She can be reached at sheatellefsen @my.unt.edu.

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By Sean GormanSenior Staff Writer

After an offseason of roster turnover and high expec-tat ions, the men’s basket-ball team opens play in an exhibition game against the Newman University Jets at 7 tonight in the Super Pit.

The exhibition game won’t count towards t he teams’ records, but will a l low the Mean Green to see how the team meshes with eight new players on the roster.

“We played these guys a few times over the summer, so we know what to expect,” said forward Eric Tramiel, a sociology senior.

With the coaches of the Sun Belt Conference unani-mously selecting UNT to win the conference’s west divi-sion, the team is expected to contend for the Sun Belt Title and a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

“We know the expectations are high, but I don’t think we

feel any real pressure,” said guard Josh White, an applied arts and sciences junior.

A fa mi l ia r face w i l l be seen across the court from UNT, as former Mean Green head coach Vic Trilli is now coaching a Jets team that will only be playing its second Division I opponent.

“The big thing about this game is getting our younger guys some experience before the season starts,” head coach Johnny Jones said.

With a 21-10 record last year, the Mean Green hopes to have the edge over a Newman team that sported a 15-12 record last season.

Despite keeping its starting five intact, the UNT bench will have a different look after losing seniors Collin Dennis and Adam McCoy.

“This is a totally different team from last year,” White said.

U N T s hou ld h a v e no problem controlling the post,

Men’s team hopes to shoot down Jets

as Tramiel was named to the All-Sun Belt First Team after leading the Mean Green in scoring, field goal percentage and free throw attempts last season.

“Sure it’s nice to have the accolades after all of the hard work,” Tramiel said. “At the end of the day, my teammates deserve credit, too, for every-thing they’ve done for this team.”

If the team is able to meet expectations w ith another 20-win season, a handful of records will be broken.

While Jones is eight wins away from tying Hall of Fame coach Bil l Blakeley for the most wins in school history, UNT is eight victories away from reaching the 1,000 win plateau.

“W henever we w in t hat eighth game, it will be a big night for all of us,” Jones said. “Right now, we’re just focused on the opponent in front of us.”

Guard Denetra Kellum, a criminal justice junior, goes up for a shot against Texas Woman’s University on Thursday. The team hopes to make up its loss tonight against Newman University.

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By JuStin umBerSonSports Editor

After losing its first exhi-bition game Thursday, the UNT women’s basketball team has a second shot at winning before the regular season gets underway next week.

Playing two ex hibition games before the season for the first time since 2005, the Mean Green hosts the Newman University Jets at 5 p.m. today in the Super Pit.

“This game is important because it definitely will tell us where we are at as a team,” head coach Shanice Stephens said. “The f irst one was so crucial because it really showed our defi-ciencies, so we have taken the last few days to really work on those and improve our shortcomings.”

Also preparing for their second ex hibit ion game, The Jets fell 97-46 to the Wichita State Universit y Shockers on Su nday i n Wichita, Kan.

The meeting with UNT will be Newman’s second against a NCA A Division 1 school.

Thursday’s loss to the Texas Woman’s University Pioneers was UNT’s f irst in more t ha n 28 yea rs. St e p h e n s s a i d s h e i s thankful for the 79-75 loss because of the effect she expects it to have on the remainder of the season.

After being down by 20 points with 10 minutes to play to the Pioneers, the Mean Green stormed back and cut the deficit to two with less than a minute to play.

Stephens and the players said they think the team is more like, if not better than, the team that fought back within a basket of tying.

“The team in the second half is the one I see every day and I was wondering where it was before that,” Stephens said. “I don’t think we took our opponent very seriously and they made us pay for that.”

Guard Brittney James was the game’s leading scorer Thursday, but she credited the comeback attempt to the defense, which she said the Mean Green continues to focus on.

“It all starts with defense,” said James, a criminal justice senior. “If we have good one-

on-one defense, our team defense will come together.”

The only freshman to start against TWU, Jasmine Godbolt

nearly had a triple double, as she amassed 13 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks. The

6-foot forward from Garland expects herself to continue to obtain similar numbers throughout the season.

“It means a lot to get the start because it shows the coaches have a lot of faith in me,” said Godbolt, a kinesi-ology freshman. “Since the first game is over and I actu-ally did that, I have a lot more confidence.”

Last week, Stephens set a goa l to outrebound t he Pioneers by at least five, and the team responded with 12 more than TWU.

She said the team’s season goal is to lead the Sun Belt Conference in rebounding, while sticking with her plus five every game.

(Left) Setter Kayla Saey, interior design sophomore, sets the ball for middle blocker Amy Huddleston, an interdisciplinary studies junior, at Monday’s game. The Mean Green beat University of Louisiana-Monroe in three straight sets.

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Jets soar into the Super Pit

By reminGton BirdStaff Writer

The Mean Green Volleyball Center was packed Monday to watch the Mean Green (12-18, 8-8) defeat the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (8-23, 2-14) in its last home game of the season.

With only two games left in the regular season, the victory over ULL almost guarantees UNT a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Troy would have to pick up victories against two top-rated teams, Western Kentucky Un i v e r s i t y a nd M idd le Tennessee University, to knock the Mean Green out of the tour-nament.

“I think it’s really important to this team that we try and get some respect from other people in this conference right now, and we’re playing well,” head coach Cassie Headrick said.

The Mean Green also defeated the University of Louisiana-Monroe (3-26, 0-14) in three sets on Friday, but the University of New Orleans (16-11, 9-6) beat

UNT for the second time this season Saturday

Setter Kayla Saey, a business sophomore, said she is “overly pumped” about the tourna-ment.

“We’ve wanted the tourna-ment. That has been our goal since the beginning of the season,” she said.

O u t s i d e h i t t e r A m y Huddleston, an interdisci-plinary studies junior, had seven kills in the match and said she has been working a lot with her setter, Saey.

“I’m getting really comfort-able on the outside, and she’s getting the ball there every time,” Huddleston said.

In the match against New Orleans, the Mean Green only managed a .146 attack percentage and had 27 errors compared to New Orleans .267 attack percentage and 15 errors.

The team has two matches left in the season, at Arkansas State University on Friday and at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday.

Volleyball team’s wins help cause

“The team in the second half is the one I see every day and I was

wondering where it was before that.”—Shanice Stephens

Head coach of women’s basketball team