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Friday, March 4, 2011Volume 97 | Issue 24
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Volume 97 | Issue 24
Discovering the districtsSix Denton areas present past and futureSee insert
NEWS:UNT phychiatrics start group to help insomniacsPage 2
SPORTS:Tennis team hosts Wichita StatePage 3
ONLINE:Student leaders voice concerns in Austin
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BY NICOLE BALDERASStaff Writer
A new sports medicine center in Dallas uses oxygen cham-bers to treat professional and amateur athletes recovering from illness and injury.
First used by scuba divers in the military 50 years ago, hyperbaric therapy chambers have proved to be an effective means of treatment for many.
Texas Sports Hyperbarics opened in November and uses the technology to provide treat-ment that focuses on the needs of recovering athletes.
The room where the proce-dure takes place is set up like a spa, with calming green paint on the walls so patients can relax. Patients lie down on a motorized examination chair — much like those found in hospitals — that glides into a cylindrical glass chamber.
“These are basically like submarines without ballistae
Auto ranch corrals classic American carsBY CANDICE LINDSEY Staff Writer
At first glance, the rows and rows of nearly 4,000 disman-tled and stripped cars seen at CTC’s Auto Ranch appear to comprise a junkyard. But to automobile connoisseurs, this family-owned and operated business looks more like a car heaven on earth.
Located four miles north of Denton, just a short drive down the 3000 block of Memory Lane, CTC’s Auto Ranch Inc. collects and stores all major American car brands, selling the indi-vidual vehicle parts to clients from around the world.
The Auto Ranch, owned by Dale Williamson and his two sons Allen and Dave, has been in operation since 1985. The first location was in Lewisville until 1991, when the Williamsons decided to move the busi-ness to its current location. “We built the thing from nothing,” Allen Williamson said.
The Ranch contains mostly American cars dating from the mid-1940s to early-1980s. The goal is to keep the focus on the Muscle Car and older eras, the Williamsons said. The Auto Ranch will buy almost any American car or pickup truck.
Parts avai lable include anything from vintage hubcaps, steering wheels, headlights and dashboards to car seats, rearview mirrors and even the very frame of a car.
Da l las resident Joseph Cisneros learned about the Auto Ranch while looking for parts online to fix up his 1970 Chevrolet Impala. The frame on his vehicle is bent and Cisneros found one that wasn’t at the Ranch, which he purchased and
plans to install himself.“Luckily I found this car
heaven,” Cisneros said with a smile.
Cisneros’ friend and former teacher, Julio Hernandez, accompanied him to help transport the frame back to Dallas. Hernandez, an automo-tive technology instructor at a Dallas high school, found the Auto Ranch to be one of a kind during his first visit.
“It’s not a junkyard. It’s not a salvage yard. It’s an Auto Ranch,” Hernandez said.
“Everything here really does have a value with regard to being reused and being reborn.” Allen Williamson said the customer base at the Ranch reaches across the globe. From Dallas to Minnesota to Germany to Australia, the Auto Ranch knows no bounds when shipping its auto parts out, he said.
Prices for parts available on-site can range anywhere from $95 for a headlight vessel to $750 for a 1970 Chevy Impala frame. Allen said it’s hard to have a set price for various items because of the unique-ness of each part.
The Williamsons have worked on cars together since Allen and Dave were boys. Long before he opened the Auto Ranch with his
Dallas clinic uses hyperbaric therapy
a nd motors,” sa id Ma r y Marchbanks, the president and chief operating officer for Texas Sports Hyperbarics.
The chamber pressurizes to a prescribed level and pumps in pure oxygen. This oxygen saturates parts of the body that don’t get enough blood flow.
“It’s supporting the body’s ow n healing mechanisms, so it’s not magic medicine,” Marchbanks said. “It causes the body to start stimulating new
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Nearly 4,000 rusted cars, arranged in rows, make up CTC’s Auto Ranch, located four miles north of Denton. The Auto Ranch is a family-owned business that sells vintage parts such as hubcaps, car seats and headlights.
sons in 1985, Dale Williamson said he was always interested in fixing up old cars in order to make a little money.
Making a l itt le money,
meeting all kinds of different people each day and their love of old cars are all reasons the Williamsons still enjoy coming to work after 26 years.
“I’m going to retire pretty soon — one of these days. I’m 77 now, so when I get to be about 90, I’m going to retire,” Dale Williamson said grinning.
“It’s not a junkyard. It’s not a salvage yard. It’s
an auto ranch.”—Julio Hernandez,
Auto ranch customer
Texas Sports Hyperbarics uses oxygenated chambers to help patients recover from injuries in half the time.PHOTO BY CONRAD MEYER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY ISAAC WRIGHTSenior Staff Writer
UNT offers grants to students each semester to offset the costs of attending professional conferences.
The B. Craig Raupe confer-ence scholarships award students up to $500 to cover conference expenses such as registration fees, transporta-tion and accommodations.
“It gives them the oppor-tunity to go beyond the class-room setting,” said Jesus Romo, the Student Government Association director of internal operations. “It brings a benefit to themselves as well as the university.”
The SGA is the student-led governmental body at UNT. It’s also the organization in charge of the program, and the money for the grants is allocated every year to their annual budget.
This year, $35,000 was provided for the grants to be split evenly between fall and spring semesters. Romo said 180 students applied for grants in the spring and 82 were awarded funding, a larger number than in previous years. Romo said a board created by the SGA chooses the recipi-ents. Students can apply for grants to travel to any profes-sional conference, regard-
Grants help students travel
less of whether or not it has to do with their field of study. Yet, Romo stressed the grants are not simply for personal use, and will often go to students who intend to make presentations or represent the work being done at UNT.
“I personally think every student we gave funding to is going to bring a lot of good PR to UNT,” said Romo, a logistics and supply chain management senior. “They’ve presented research, they’ve presented papers. They’ve done a lot of good things.”
Melissa McGuire, the director of orientation and transition programs for the Department of Student Development and SGA adviser, said more students took advantage of the grants last semester, partly because the university has allocated more money to the program. McGuire said the SGA and the university has been promoting the grants because of the positive impact students are making.
“They’re learning new infor-mation. They’re networking with other people in their field,” McGuire said. “That can only help them to get a job after they grad-uate from college.”
To be eligible for the grants, students must be enrolled in classes at UNT and be in good academic standing. The appli-cation also requires a letter of recommendation from a professor or other individual involved with the conference.
“These are basically like submarines
without ballistae and motors.”
—Mary Marchbanks,CEO
vessels, new capillary growth. It’s very individualized, so all we really ever tell anybody is we know that it reduces inflam-mation and accelerates healing, and you need to try it.”
Adriana Hall, the facili-ty’s safety director, lived in Romania before she came to work at the clinic. She said she’s still amazed by what she sees.
“I saw a stroke patient who had cane and couldn’t talk, and then two weeks later, he was talking and walking without a cane,” Hall said. “And this man was 78 years old.”
One patient spoke of the changes the treatment made in her life after a softball injury.
“I tore my quad and did plasma therapy and physical therapy, but nothing helped,” said Cherie Jackson, a freshman at Creekvie.
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WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
This is the single most important question that every human being must answer. The answer to this question is found in the pages of God’s word to mankind, the Bible. All scripture is given by inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16). The central event of all of human history was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, 2000 years ago, to redeem mankind back to God. The message of the Bible is that of a Savior and of a loving God who desires that all humans be saved from eternal separation from God, in a place called hell. The Bible says that God is “…not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” ( 2 Peter 3:9) From God’s word to mankind, we glean the following facts:
A. ALL HUMANS ARE SINNERS: “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Romans 3:19 says that all of the world stands guilty before God. In Galatians 3:22, we read: “But the scripture hath concluded all under sin……..:
B. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH (Romans 6:23): If we were to die in our sins, the Bible says we will suffer eternal separation from God. Revelation 20:15 says: “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
C. THE GOOD NEWS IS: “…..the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) Eternal life in the presence of God is a free gift offered by a loving God to all mankind. Romans 3:24 says: “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Salvation through Jesus Christ is offered to every human being as a free gift. There is nothing we can do to earn our salvation and eternity in heaven. Ephesians 2:8-9 says: “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God—not of works, lest any man should boast.”
D. ONLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST CAN WE BE SAVED: In John 14:6, Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Acts 4:12 says: “Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” In Hebrews 7:25, we read: “Wherefore, he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.”
E. HOW DO YOU RECEIVE THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE SO FREELY OFFERED BY A LOVING GOD? Romans 10:9,10 and 13 says: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead; thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation……..For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” It’s that simple, You just have to ask. If you will turn to Christ and call upon Him to save your soul, He promises you the free gift of eternal life. John 1:12 says: “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on His name.” John 3:16-17 says: “For God so loved the world, that he gave
His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.” When you receive Christ as your Savior, the Bible says that you pass from death to life. Jesus said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but is passed from death unto life.” (John 5:24)
F. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRAY, RIGHT NOW, AND ASK JESUS CHRIST TO SAVE YOUR SOUL? If you’re not sure what to say, you might pray something like the following prayer:
“Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner and ask you to forgive me of all my sins and to come into my life and be my Savior and Lord. Make me the Christian you want me to be during my remaining years of life on this earth. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins that I might have eternal life with you when this life is over. In your name I pray.”
If you prayed this prayer and meant it as best as you know how, on the authority of God’s word, you are saved. Jesus did not turn you away for He said: “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” (John 6:37)
G. WHY IS IT SO URGENT THAT YOU BE SAVED? Acts 17:30 says: God “now commandeth all men everywhere to repent, because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; concerning which he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” The good news of salvation through Jesus Christ has been preached for 2000 years. The Bible clearly says that there is an “appointed time” for Christ to judge the world. The judgments described in the book of Revelation will be poured upon the earth. If you have received Christ as your Savior, you will not have to go through that terrible period, yet to come, should you be alive when it all takes place. Christians will be removed or raptured from the earth as described in I Thessalonians 4:16-17: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” There is no prophecy that needs to be fulfilled before Christ comes to catch away those that belong to Him. No generation in history has witnessed the fulfillment of so much Bible prophecy pointing to the time when Christ will judge the world as has this generation. However, Christians are not instructed to look for the coming wrath of God upon the earth. Those who have received Christ as their Savior are instructed “to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivered us from the wrath to come.” (I Thessalonians 5:9) Jesus spoke of His judgments coming upon an unsuspecting world:
“For like a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.” (Luke 21:35) Then, He gave these instructions: “Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” (Luke 21:36) Those who have received Christ as their Savior will be accounted worthy to escape the future judgments to come upon the world.
H. If you prayed to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, what should you do now?1. Read your Bible daily: The Bible says: “Asnewborn babes, desire the sincere milk of theword, that ye may grow by it.” (I Peter 2:2)Jesus said, in John 8:31-32: “If ye continue inmy word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” The gospel of John is a good place to begin.
2. Pray daily: Jesus said “that men ought always to pray and not to faint.” (Luke 18:1) Christians are instructed to “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16) The psalmist wrote: “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.” (Psalm 55:17)3. Attend a Bible believing and preaching church: The Bible says that Christians are not to forsake “the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:25) Surely we can see the day of Christ’s return drawing ever so closer.4. Be baptized: Jesus gave the great commission to the church in Matthew 28:19-20: “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.” Jesus said in Matthew 10:32: “Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven.” In baptism, you are publicly confessing your faith in Jesus Christ before others. I. The Bible says: “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation….” (Hebrews 2:2) There will be no escape for those who reject or are indifferent to God’s provision of eternal salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus said: “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:48) Revelation 20:15 gives the horrible fate of these people: “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
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By Taylor JacksonStaff Writer
Techniques used to help returning veterans adjust to normal sleep cycles will soon be offered to help sleepy college students at UNT.
Members of the psychology faculty are starting an insomnia group to teach students habits that can help them go to sleep and stay asleep. The meetings will begin March 24 and offer some of the tips, tricks and tech-niques that psychiatrists say are often more effective than over-the-counter sleeping pills.
“The more changes in a person’s daily emotions, the more likely they are to have insomnia,” said Kitty Roberts, a psychiatrist who worked with veterans before joining the UNT psychology faculty. “Soldiers would have shifts for four to six hours and then off-duty, and it would constantly change.”
Roberts and Daniel Taylor, also of the psychology faculty, said that after working with individuals for years, they decided a group setting would be more helpful.
“This is based on research, and there’s been a lot published on this,” Roberts said. “I don’t know if it’s prevalent in college students but a lot has to do with age.”
Diagnosis of insomnia, a clin-ical term for someone who can’t fall asleep or maintain sleep, is more complicated than it used to be, said Kristi Pruiksma, a graduate student working with Taylor.
She said it used to be an easy diagnosis.
Patients who either couldn’t sleep or couldn’t stay asleep were told they had insomnia. Now, experts think other sleep problems need to be ruled
Psychology faculty offers insomniacs help State offers amnesty to suspended drivers
The bed has become more than just a place to sleep for students with insomnia. Some of the activities they do when they can’t sleep include reading or studying.
Photo IllustratIon by stacy Powers/senIor staffer
By clinTon lynchContributing Writer
For a limited time only, the Texas Department of Public Safety is having an amnesty period for anyone who has had his or her driver license suspended.
During that time, the state is reducing the fees and surcharges for reinstatement by 90 percent, according to Kathryn McCauley, the director of Student Legal Services.
The last day to to apply for driv-er’s license reinstatement is April 7. However, the surcharges do not have to be paid immediately — those are due by April 17.
“I think they are doing it because they realize that the percentage of people with suspended licenses, those that are not paying surcharges to rein-state their licenses is high enough,” McCauley said. “They’re concerned that people may be driving with their license suspended and taking those chances rather then getting reinstated, because they simply can’t afford to.”
Student Legal Services encour-ages students to visit during walk-in times to the office in University Union 324. Its goal is to explain the process to students so they understand it completely, and make sure they pay it, McCauley said.
In addition to a banner hanging in the Union, Student Legal Services have been putting up posters to inform students of this limited opportunity.
“If anytime we can save students money here, we want to do that,” she said.
However, there are limitations to the amnesty period that could affect students who apply for the discount.
According to a press release sent out by the public safety department, those eligible for the program must have had their license suspended between Sept. 30, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2008.
Denton resident Maura Brill, 25, currently has a suspended license but said she does not qualify for the amnesty period because her license was suspended in 2010.
“I don’t think there should be a time frame on the amnesty period,” she said. “The only reason they are doing this program is because they realize how much they put people in a black hole that they cannot get themselves out of.”
Those approved for the Driver Responsibility Program amnesty will have the surcharges cleared from the applicant’s driving record within three business days. They will then be provided with a reduced amount to pay, and they can begin making payments, according to the press release.
If a full payment is not received by April 17, the surcharges are put back on the driving record and the reduction is voided.
Those interested in applying for the Amnesty Program can visit www.txsurchargeonline.com or call 1-877-207-3170 for more information.
out before they can diagnose insomnia.
“It’s more complex than two questions. You can’t find the whole answers with those ques-tions,” Pruiksma said.
The group delves into things that a student can do to sleep better but also addresses what may be keeping them from staying asleep, Roberts said.
There are certain techniques, she said, that can help prevent bad habits from interrupting sleep cycles. Many people use their bed for other activities than just sleeping, Roberts said. The bed becomes a place for reading, TV, eating and using the computer — activities that can keep the brain stimulated and prevent sleep.
The group stresses that cognitive behavior methods
work better for people than medication.
“Medicine l ike Lunesta may not help people as much as changing their behaviors around sleeping,” Pruiksma said.
D o u g S w o f f o r d , a n accounting junior, said he thinks that stress from jobs and school makes him sleep less.
“I sleep better when I’m not in school,” Swofford said. “I
“The more changes in a person’s daily emotions, the more likely
they are to have insomnia.”—Kitty Roberts,
Psychology faculty
“Anytime we can save students
money, we want to do that.”—Kathryn McCauley,Student Legal Services
lost sleep over this job inter-view.”
Swofford said he drinks a couple beers to help him get to sleep and stays away from people to relax before sleeping.
Students interested in participating in the group have until March 10 to sign up for the six sessions. Participants must pay a $30 fee to help cover handouts and class materials.
SportsFriday, March 4, 2011 Page 3
Sean Gorman, Sports Editor [email protected]
BY DONNIE PIPESIntern
UNT will host its second tour-nament of the year when it plays in the Courtyard Classic this weekend at Lovelace Stadium.
The team will compete in five games during the three-day tournament.
“We just need to worry about what we take care of on the field, and as the game progresses, we’ll make adjustments when we need to,” said head coach T.J.
UNT to host Courtyard ClassicHubbard. “We try to prepare for everyone the same.”
FridayFollowing a loss to No. 10
Oklahoma Wednesday, the Mean Green (6-6) will get a chance to bounce back against the University of Texas-El Paso Miners (9-6).UTEP is on a f ive-game winning streak, but UNT has won the last two times the teams squared off.
The second game of Friday’s doubleheader pits the Mean Green against the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (4-12).Louisiana Tech has dropped eight of its last 10 games and
is 4-4 all-time against UNT, winning its last three contests against the Mean Green.
SaturdayUNT will have another
doubleheader Saturday, facing Ole Miss (7-12) in its first game.This will be the first meeting between the clubs. Hubbard said senior first baseman and pitcher Mallory Cantler could help boost the Mean Green offense.
“I think [she] is k inda starting to get back in her groove,” he said. “So she’s someone to watch out for.”Game two will be the first of bac k-to -bac k g a me s
a g a i n s t t h e W i c h i t a S t a t e S h o c k e r s ( 4 -11) .UNT holds a 1-0 edge against WSU, with its lone win coming in a 7-6 victory in 2009.
SundayUNT’s final game of the
tournament will be the second ha lf of its doubleheader against the Shockers.
The Mean Green offense will rely on junior catcher Caitlin Grimes, who leads the team in slugging percentage.“This will be our final test before Sun Belt,” Hubbard said. “This is where we can decide what’s working and what’s not.”
BY BRETT MEDEIROSIntern
Looking to break out of a mid-season slump, the UNT tennis team will host No. 30 Tulsa at 11 a.m. Sunday.
The Mean Green has lost six of seven games, and will play as an unranked team for the first time this season.
“Right now, we are really focused on everyone getsting healthy,” said head coach Sujay Lama. “A win will be great for our morale, but it is a gradual process.”
UNT has been hampered by injuries all season, as senior Madura Ranganathan and junior Paula Dinuta have missed the last six matches because of illness.
“What we are looking for is getting as many people out there competing at the highest level,” Lama said.
T h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f Ranganathan and Dinuta is unknown and will be decided Sunday morning.
“I don’t make that call. The trainer and the team doctors will make that call,” Lama said. “I’m just thrilled they are back.”
Despite su f fer i ng back spasms during doubles play against Louisville last weekend, junior Ir ina Pa raschiv is expected to return against the Hurricanes. Paraschiv has played out of the No.1 slot in singles play with Ranganathan and Dinuta out.
“She’s playing at a very high level, and she is giving us a lot of leadership,” Lama said. “She’s everything we’ve asked her to be.”
Hurricanes come to Denton
Freshman Isabel Bos prepares for a serve in practice. The Mean Green will face Tulsa at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
PHOTO BY SARAJONES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Freshman pitcher Ashley Kirk pitches the ball last Wednesday. The Mean Green faces Louisiana Tech at 5:50 p.m. today.PHOTO BY JAMES COREAS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY CONRAD MEYER Intern
The UNT women’s golf team will travel to Nevada to compete in the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Spring Classic. This will be the first time UNT has played in the tournament.
“This is going to be the biggest challenge we have faced this entire year,” said head coach Jeff Mitchell. “There’s a really strong field [of players], and I think it will be a great opportunity for us.”
UNT finished in second place at the Islander Springs Classic last weekend, with all five of its players finishing in the Top-25. The team has placed in the top five in six straight tournaments.
Instead of playing the usual two-day tournament with 36 holes the first day and 18 the next, the team will play a three-day format with a single round
of 18 each day. “I like this [kind], because it
gives us an opportunity to relax a little bit in between rounds and practice a little,” Mitchell said. “These are something we don’t get a lot of.”
The course is medium-length and has Bent grass, rather than Bermuda. Mitchell said it provides a more “true roll” than the Bermuda grass and will provide for more opportunities to make longer putts.
Mitchell said the green speed will be similar to the course UNT played during the Islander Classic.
“The short game is a bunch of learning processes, and it is something that takes a lot of work and time to really get good at,” Mitchell said. “That’s what we are going to continue spending a lot of our time working on.”
The teams will tee off Monday in Boulder Creek, Nev.
Women’s golf visits Nevada
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Doubles play has given UNT fits recently, as it has lost the doubles point in six of its last nine contests.
“A lot of it has come down to execution,” said junior Nadia Lee. “We have had very close matches with some of our opponents, and it’s just the moments where we haven’t gotten the key points.”
UNT has st r ugg led on its home turf, losing two of three contests in Denton this season.
The Hurricanes (10-2) are riding a five-game winning streak, which included victo-ries over Wichita State Shockers and Kansas State Wildcats. The Mean Green fell to both teams three weeks ago.
Miners, Shockers to visit Denton
BY SEAN GORMANSports Editor
Before the Sun Belt Conference Tournament begins on Saturday, the conference’s leading scorer was recognized with an award.
UNT senior guard Tristan Thompson was named to the First-Team All Sun Belt Team Thursday, becoming the first Mean Green player to make the team since 2003.
“We are happy and excited for Tristan and with the acco-
lades he is receiving,” said head coach Johnny Jones. “It’s an honor to see him recognized as one of the top players in such a competitive league.”
Thompson averaged 17.2 points per game this season and can set the UNT single season record for free throws made with six more makes.
The Mean Green enters t he Sun Belt Conference Tournament as t he West Division No. 4 seed and will face East Division No. 5 seed Troy at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Hot Springs, Ark.
Thompson earns conference award
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Springs, Ark.
Keys to victory
Contain Arnika Brown: The senior forward leads the Lady Toppers in points (12.4) and rebounds
( 8 . 9 ) , a nd
w e n t for 14
p o i n t s a nd 14 rebounds
in WKU’s 69-64 win over UNT two months ago. UNT sophomore f o r w a r d
J a s m i n e Godbolt knew
exact ly how many offensive boards Brown had in that game — nine, which led to 20 WKU second-
chance points — and was not
happy. It won’t be easy, but if the Mean Green can
keep Brown off the offensive glass, it has a great chance
to get the win.Get off
to fast start and sustain it: At one
point in the first half of the Jan. 8 game
between the two teams, UNT held an 11-point lead.
The Mean Green also led at
halftime, but proceeded to shoot 25.7 percent in the second half. Poor second halves have plagued UNT all season, and the Mean Green will have to change that Saturday. If not, the Mean Green will be back in Denton before the weekend’s end.
Score: It sounds simple, but UNT hasn’t been able to do that over its last four games. Over that span, UNT is averaging 48.2 points per game, 33.5 rebounds per game and shooting 56.9 percent from the free-throw line. For the entire season, the Mean Green averaged 64.2 points a game, 41.3 rebounds a game and shot 61.1 percent from the free throw line.
Put the regular season in the rearview mirror: A regular season record of 5-24 certainly wasn’t what head coach Shanice Stephens and her team were hoping for, but what’s done is done. Every team is 0-0 right now. The regular season was a miserable mess, but UNT can forget about that and go play ball. This team is now at the point
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Sean Gorman, Sports Editor [email protected]
BY BOBBY LEWIS Senior Staff Writer
Tuesday night’s 59-46 loss to Arkansas-Little Rock made 10 straight losses for the Mean Green basketball team, but UNT is confident going into this weekend’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
A tournament victory would earn UNT (5-24, 2-14) an auto-matic berth into the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, which begins March 19.
The first step is getting past Western Kentucky (12-16, 9-7), which beat UNT 69-64 on Jan. 8 in Bowling Green, Ky.
“Tournament play is like regular season with the inten-sity doubled,” said head coach Shanice Stephens. “It’s fun to be a part of that do-or-die situa-tion. Even the preparation is fun, with trying to think outside of the box of what you’ve done all year.”
In the Lady Toppers’ victory over the Mean Green two months ago, senior forward Arnika Brown had a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Brown led WKU in both categories this season.
“My main focus is going to be on Arnika, because she had nine offensive rebounds, and I felt like I was boxing her out, but she still found a way to get around,” said sophomore forward Jasmine Godbolt. “Now, we’ve found a way to fix that. It frustrates me that she had nine [offensive rebounds], so I don’t want that happening again.”
Brown’s offensive rebounds led the way for WKU’s 20 second chance points. UNT had six second-chance points, despite 18 offensive rebounds.
Godbolt grabbed eight of the offensive boards on her way to 14
Women’s basketball prepares for conference tournament
“Tournament play is like regular season with the intensity
doubled. It’s fun to be part of that do-or-die situation.”
—Shanice Stephens,Head coach
when X’s and O’s don’t matter anymore, which is essentially what Stephens told her team at the end of Thursday’s practice. The team knows how to play. Now’s the time to show it’s much better than what it has shown
since November.
If UNT wins… Denver will be waiting, which isn’t great news.
Denver beat UNT twice this season by a combined total of 43 points. If the Mean Green advances on to face the Pioneers, the game will tip off at 12:15 p.m. Sunday.
Recent Sun Belt Tournament success: Head coach Shanice Stephens hasn’t had great regular season success since taking the reigns of the team in 2008, but her teams have found some tourna-ment success. In each of her first two seasons with UNT, Stephens led her team to a first-round win. In her first season, UNT was riding a three-game losing streak going into the tournament. This season, UNT has lost 10 straight going into Saturday’s game against WKU.
rebounds to go with 15 points.Junior guard Tamara Torru
benefitted from Godbolt’s pres-ence in the post, as she led the Mean Green in scoring with 16 points. When the game tips off, Torru will play in the fifth confer-ence tournament game of her career.
“I think they were focused in on [Godbolt] because she draws a lot of attention, and so they kind of sat back from the outside, so I just tried to take the opportunity,” Torru said.
Under Stephens, UNT is 2-0 in conference tournament first-round games. S t e p h e n s h a s
e x p e r i-ence going
into the tour-nament with little
momentum. In 2008, UNT won its first-round game despite entering the tournament on a three-game losing streak.
“With our conference, we are able to h av e a v e r y d i s a p -
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W hen t he U N T men’s basketball team and Troy met in the Sun Belt Conference Tou r na ment la st sea son, the Mean Green toppled the Trojans 66-63 in the cham-pionship game
The teams will meet again at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the 2011 SBC Tournament in Hot Springs, Ark.
The tournament champion ea rns a n automatic bert h to the NCA A Tournament, a national tournament with 68 teams that UNT qualified for
Second straight Sun Belt title in sightlast season.
“We don’t wa nt t his to end,” s a id sen ior g ua rd Tr ista n T hompson. “L a st year, we got a taste of the tournament, and we want to get there.”
T he Me a n G r e e n h a s never advanced to the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons.
If the Mean Green defeats t he Troja ns, it w i l l face Florida Atlantic at 6:45 p.m. Sunday. UNT would compete in the semi-final game at 6 p.m. Monday and the cham-pionsh ip ga me at 6 p.m. Tuesday if it wins out.
Senior guard Josh White is one of the seven UNT seniors that will try to extend the season.
White missed the regular s e a s o n f i n a l e a g a i n s t Arkansas-Little Rock, snap-
ping a streak of 114 consecu-tive appearances because of tendonitis in his ankle.
The senior guard, who sat out Thursday’s practice, said he feels good as new and his legs are fresh from rest. W hite and junior for ward Kedrick Hogans, who missed practice because of a knee injury, are expected to play Saturday.
“This injury is not going to stop me from play ing,” White said. “I’m a warrior, so I’ll do anything I got to do for my team to win, and I’m going to get out there and play. If I got to play through pain, that’s what I got to do. I’ll do anything to win this championship again.”
Injuries have bugged the Mean Green all season. UNT has four players out for the season, i nclud i ng sopho-more forward Jacob Holmen, who suffered a broken hand against Louisiana-Monroe on Feb. 19.
“Anytime you have multiple
guys [injured] is when it has a tendency of creating prob-lems for you. It’s not some-thing that’s uncommon,” said head coach Johnny Jones. “You just have to deal with it.”
The Mean Green (19-10, 8-8) fought through injuries to win its last two games of the regular season. Prior to those wins, the Mean Green had dropped six of seven games.
“ I t w a s a b i g momentum change, be c au s e we were st r ug g l i ng for a bit, and then we came through and got t wo great wins,” Thompson s a i d . “Even i n o u r l o s s b e f o r e t h a t , w e w e r e p l a y i n g some good defense.”
A win on Saturday would secure UNT’s fifth straight 20-win season. It would be the fourth time during that stretch that the Mean Green reached the mark during the conference tournament.
Jones said he isn’t worried about t he w in tota l. He’s more concerned about the big picture, which puts the Mean Green in the national spot l ig ht for t he second straight year.
“We’re sitting on 19 games,” Jones said. “Twenty is not a big difference. But if we got to 23 wins, that means we’ve won the conference tourna-ment and we’re heading back to the NCA A tournament, so that’d be exciting.”
“I’ll do everything I got to do for my team.”
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The Fry Street area is home to a colorful mix of businesses and residents.
Without venturing too far from campus, students can experi-ence Denton in all its quirky, sma l l-tow n g lor y. Fr y St reet emerged in the 1800s and was considered the cultural center of Denton.
“Fry Street has always been a l m o s t a n e x t r a c u r r ic u l a r activity,” said Jack Campbell, a Denton resident of 40 years and UNT alumnus. “It was an island in the city of Denton.”
Ca mpbel l sa id he ca me to Denton after being stationed in Abilene, and began taking art classes at UNT.
He sa id he ha s w it nessed t h e c h a n g e s D e n t o n h a s gone through for a lmost four decades.
“I k new people who were hitch hi k ing f rom Ca l i fornia, and when they stopped over in Denton, t hey stayed because it’s such a nice place to live,” he said.
Mike Sutton, the owner of Big Mike’s Coffee, said he has lived in Denton for 19 years.
He said he came to Denton to start his business, Voyager’s Dream, which was origina l ly located nea r Texas Woma n’s University.
Sutton said Fry Street used to be a place for eclectic businesses and creative people.
“It ’s one of t he few l ibera l pockets in Denton,” he said.
The upcoming development in the areas close to campus contributes to Denton losing its individuality, Sutton said.
He said he believes indepen-dent ly ow ned businesses are necessary for Denton to main-tain its identity.
Newer busi nesses mov i ng
into t he Fr y St reet a rea w i l l b e bu si ne s s e s s uc h a s a n apa r t ment complex, pa rk ing garage, and chain stores and restaurants,according to Denton wiki.
Sut ton sa id he feels t he businesses are taking over the
area.“I lost the sunrise when they
decided to build the apartment complex,” Sutton said.
Jennie Alkire, a Texas Women’s Universit y g raduate student, said she has lived in Denton for three years.
Though her time in Denton has been relatively short, Alkire sa id she is passionate about preserving Denton’s historical places.
“I could be drinking coffee on the Square, but I’m here,” she said.
Alkire, like Sutton, said she is not happy with the new busi-nesses moving into the Fry Street area.
She said she wishes there could be a middle ground between the historical areas, locally owned businesses and the larger busi-nesses moving in.
Campbell is more optimistic about the changes happening to Fry Street.
“I don’t think anyone is inter-ested in having anything that will destroy this area,” he said. “Denton w i l l a lways keep its small town identity.”
Fry Street area holds on to ‘small town identity’
“Denton will always keep
its small town identity.”
—Jack Campbell,Denton resident of 40 years
Fry Street, conveniently located alongside UNT, o� ers a wide range of attractions, including restaurants, a bookstore and a hookah bar.
PHOTO BY VANESSA REISS/INTERN
RayRobertsSCENEFriday 3.4.2011
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By Ashley-CrystAl Firstley & Brittni BArnettStaff Writer & Intern
Ten miles north of Denton, 30,000 acres are spread over a quiet secluded area. Seagulls hover overhead as gusts of wind splash spa rk l i ng blue waves against the lake’s shore.
T he ma n-made L a ke R ay Roberts has been a vacation spot for visitors interested in fishing, camping, biking, swimming and hiking since 1987.
Nick Br it t a i n ha s worked at t he la ke’s ma r ina for t wo years.
He descr ibed t he la ke a s ca l m a nd big ger t ha n L a ke Lewisville, but not well known to students.
“The people who do k now it, they love it out here,” said Brittain, an applied arts and
sciences senior. “We have people who drive up from Dallas almost ever y weekend to come out, because t hey rent sl ips out here.”
T he la ke is ow ned by t he
A r my C or p s of E n g i ne er s , which restricts building on the surrounding land. The marina, the Lantana Lodge Resort and Ray Rober ts La ke State Pa rk are the lake’s only properties,
Discovering the secrets of Lake Ray Roberts he said.
Br it t a i n s a id t he la ke i s popular among fishermen.
Some record catches logged in the marina’s books include a 53-pound Blue Catfish and a
37-pound Flathead Catfish.D a n i e l l e P e t e r s , a U N T
alumna, and Marcus Sanchez, a construction engineering tech-nology senior, said they heard about the marina at the Dam
Store, and went f ishing there Sunday.
“It’s actually closer to Denton, compared to Lake Lewisville,”
Sanchez said. The lake is home to two state
park units, the Isle Du Bois and Johnson Bra nch, which spa n
“We get people from all over the world and we love it.”
—Kayla Bakane, Front desk attendant at Lantana Lodge Resort and
biology senior
Marcus Sanchez, a construction engineering technology senior, fishes with his girlfriend Danielle Peters, a UNT alumna, at Lake Ray Roberts Sunday.
A boat at Lake Ray Roberts Marina gets drained of excess water. Owners should drain their boats to make sure water does not flood the inside.
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almost 6,000 acres, said Kelby Bridwel l, a state pa rk opera-tions trainee.
These pa rks prov ide ot her forms of recreat ion, Bridwel l said.
“I don’t know if ver y many UNT students have horses,” he said. “But I know a lot of them come here for off-road biking trails, as well as they do a lot of camping up here.”
A 20-m i le, mu lt i-use t ra i l s y stem su r rou nd s t he la ke. Twelve miles are dedicated to horseback riding, and 10 miles for hiking and biking, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website.
Bridwell said the park has 184 campsites, 115 with water and
electric hookups. “The park sells $60 state park
passes that are good for a year,” Br idwel l sa id. “Pa rks benef it the community because a lot of outside money comes in to help the local economy.”
Bridwel l said the park w i l l s o on a d d s ol a r p a n e l s t o help power t he headquarters building.
“Ot her t ha n t hat, because of t he cu r rent state budget, we really have to cut back on spending,” he said. “So there probably won’t be a ny new development per se, for the next few years.”
T he pa rk’s busiest sea son i s f r o m s p r i n g b r e a k t o Thanksgiving, Bridwell said.
Some of t he la ke’s v isitors choose to stay at Lantana Lodge Resort in Pilot Point.
Kayla Ba kane, a f ront desk attendant at the resort, said 20 to 30 percent of its visitors are there for the lake.
“We get people from all over the world and we love it,” said Bakane, a biology senior.
Bill Williams, one of Lake Ray Roberts Marina’s owners, said the lake is a better alternative to the one in Lewisville.
“[ St udents] ca n come up here, have fun and be safe,” he said. “The law enforcement is not here to harass you. They’re here to make sure you have a good time.”
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RuralSCENEFriday 3.4.2011
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By Dana Walker & PaBlo ar auzInterns
The scenic country farmland covering the west area of Denton can serve as a convenient escape from the hustle and bustle of city life.
The district is located south-west of the Interstate-35 junc-tion. The area is rich in local h istor y such a s t he Denton Airport, the UNT Rafes Urban Astronomy Center and South Lakes Park.
The city has plans for urban expansion into the area as local commerce grows, said Quentin Hix, the manager of Denton Airport.
“We’re not just an economic gateway to the community,” he said. “We’re an economic engine.”
The airport has an annual air show every June, organized by a community airfare committee. The event features aerial perfor-mances, which allows UNT avia-tion students to volunteer for the event, Hix said.
Area’s continued growthThe airport is one of the area’s
greatest assets and is a primary advocate for the city’s urban devel-opment, Hix said.
“We have about 170,000 opera-tions a year, and we are the busiest general aviation airport in the United States,” he said.
The Rafes Urban Astronomy Center is located west of the airport.
T he center wa s bu i lt f ive years ago on a few acres of land, donated by the former vice pres-ident of administrative affairs at UN T, R icha rd Ra fes, a nd his wife, said Ron DiIulio, the
Denton farmland faces area urbanization
astronomy director. The facility is used for daily
astronomy labs and contains 12 to 16 telescopes and two tradi-tional domes. It also provides an outreach program for the public, he said.
The center currently faces the lack of a direct thruway because of the airport’s runway expan-sion, resulting in the nearby roads closing down for public access, DiIulio said.
“It’s designed to be an urban astronomy center. It’s meant to be in an urban environment,” he said.
Urbanization is encouraged in that area because it help the sustainability of the center, DiIulio said.
Personal connections Expansion could lead to less
room for recreational areas such as South Lakes Park, said Julia Givens, a nursing junior at Texas
Women’s University and resident of the area.
South Lakes Park is located on Teasley Road, west of Interstate 35. Students can engage in outdoor activities such as playing soccer, hiking and fishing, said Adam Nottingham, a computer engi-neering junior.
“I personally like open spaces and less of a city feel,” Givens said. “But I guess if it’s necessary then it’s good for the schools to make more money.”
The park features around two miles of paved hiking trails and approximately one mile of dirt trails through the forest. The lake has two fishing ponds the city re-stocks with catfish and trout every Wednesday, according the city’s website.
Other residents such as Julio Medina said the city’s growth will be good for business.
“You can’t stop growth,” he said. “But you can at least try to control it in a good way.”
Phillip Vriseno, a philosophy junior, and Adam Nottingham, a computer engineering junior, ride though the nature trail at South Lakes Park on Sunday. They said it was the first time they have been to the park.
Photo by Megan Saint-John/intern
Suburban development in rural areas of Denton expand southwest of Interstate 35. Photo by anaM bakali/intern
District turns to development,
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QuakertownSCENE Friday 3.4.2011
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By Kaylah Baca & Marlene GonzalezInterns
The Quakertown area of Denton began as an African-American community located near the heart of the city between the 1880s and 1920s. It was a block of land surrounded by Withers Street, Oakland Avenue, Bell Avenue and McKinney Street.
Now, south of Texas Woman’s University, the area is known for hosting festivals and events, and keeping traditions alive.
What it used to be Laura Douglas, a special collec-
tions librarian at the Emily Fowler Central Library, said Quakertown flourished until 1921, when a peti-tion was filed to turn the area into a city park.
TWU, formerly called the College of Industrial Arts, strongly encour-aged the passing of the petition for the park, Douglas said.
By 1922, African-American fami-lies were forced to relocate, and some chose to move to a settlement called Solomon Hill. They left behind successful businesses, including a grocery store, funeral parlor and barbershop, she said.
The only African-American Douglas said Quakertown’s first public building, Fred Douglass School, was established in 1878.
The school, now Fred Moore High School, was used for town meet-ings and neighborhood gatherings, she said.
The school was a big incentive that drew people back to Quakertown,
District keeps cultural traditions alive
Photo by Kalani Gordon/Staff PhotoGraPher
The Blagg-Huey Library stands on the former site of Texas Woman’s University Dormi-tory Row. In addition to its regular collection, the library also houses a research collec-tion of the history of American women.
This stone statue in the Civic Center Park is dedicated to the women veterans of Denton County. It was donated by Girl Scout Troop No. 1034.Photo by Sara JoneS/Senior Staffer
Douglas said.“The oral histories given
by the descendents of these original Quakertown families really give you a glimpse into the history of this commu-nity,” she said.
Processing parks While Quakertown has
a rough past, the area is now filled with houses, churches and parks.
Three churches built
during the late 1800s still offer a place of worship for the community, Douglas said.
O t h e r f e a t u r e s o f Quakertown include the senior citizen center, the city hall, the Civic Center and the Denton Woman’s Club, she said.
Community gatherings were an important part of Quakertown culture, Douglas said.
The tradition continues to this day through events such as the Arts and Jazz Festival.
Rebecca Renteria, a merchan-dising freshman, said she attends various festivals at Quakertown Park, including the Arts and Jazz Festival.
She said the parks are enjoy-able and crowded with people.
Thousands of people f rom across the Dallas-Fort Worth area attend the music festival every year during the last week of April, according the city’s website.
What can be expectedWhile budget cuts have halted
construction in the area, there is a master plan for Quakertown park, said Bob Tickner, the superinten-dent of park planning.
Renovations will begin in late summer and early fall of this year, he said.
“We do have some money to make some small improvements like sidewalks and trails,” Tickner said.
He said the improvements will go a long way to make the park more accessible.
There are also future plans to improve the sewer line by routing drainage underground to create more space in the park for public events, Tickner said.
“The oral histories given by these descendents ... give you
a glimpse into the history of this community,”
—Laura Douglas, Special librarian at the
Emily Fowler Central Library
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SquareSCENEFriday 3.4.2011
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By Steph anie allen & holly harv ey Interns
Walking around dow ntow n Denton, viewers can see couples hav ing picnics, people shop-ping and children begging for ice cream.
Twenty years ago, the Denton Square was 35 percent unoccu-pied, and as travelers went east and west into downtown, it was
90 percent unoccupied. Now the Square is almost fully
occupied. Almost $40 million has poured into restoring and revitalizing the area, to breathe life to the Square while remem-bering Denton’s history, said Julie Glover, the Denton economic program administrator.
“My favorite thing about down-town is it’s so charming. It has a little bit of everything,” said Natasha Grau, the Denton County Museum specialist.
Revisiting historyThe center of the downtown
area is the Courthouse-on-the-
Downtown preserves history in the face of its futureThe Denton
Square preserves history
Storefronts at downtown show the life on and around the square.Photo by brian Maschino/intern
Square, built in 1896 and restored in 1989, according to the city’s website.
Denton is t r y ing to f ind a balance between modernizing t he a rea a nd preser v ing its history, Glover said.
A f ter restor ing t he cou r t-house, Denton became an offi-cial main street city and revital-ized 90 blocks around the court-house. This development allowed 1,062 new jobs to become avail-able and led to 241 net business starts, expansions and reloca-tions, according to the cit y’s website.
“Twenty years ago, not a whole lot was going on. It’s been a major change. Now, you can’t find a place to park,” said Willie Dees, a manager of Recycled Books.
Dees sa id Recycled Books opened 21 years ago and has seen the Square’s changes.
“I can look around the store and not see anyone I recognize,”
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Denton residents walk around the Courthouse-on-the-Square and can see the Confederate Memorial from 1896. The Courthouse is the site for the annual Holiday Lighting Festival and the 35 Conferette taking place March 10 through March 13.
Photo by Amber Plumley/Intern
“My favorite thing about
downtown is it’s so charming.”
—Natasha Grau,Museum specialist
he said. “There’s a lot of new people.”
John Heard, the manager of Denton Independent Hamburger
Company, established 33 years ago, said he has also witnessed the restoration and change.
Heard said the Square appeals to a younger demographic.
“The atmosphere on the week-ends is family-oriented — lots of kiddos sliding down the court-house rails,” he said. “At night, it’s a party atmosphere with the bars, and the college kids get to take advantage of that.”
Looking forwardCurrently, the city plans to
improve walking space and deal w ith the cit y’s biggest issue: parking, Heard said.
“Parking, parking, parking and more parking. There’s not enough for customers,” he said. “There’s two-hour parking, but nobody works a two-hour shift.”
Glover said the city plans to add more parking, in addition to the upcoming train station from Denton County Transportation Authority.
“We’re just at the beginning of grow th in this area,” Dees said.
The city also plans to improve recycling for businesses to cut
down on garbage while creating bet ter sol id wa ste remova l, Glover said.
Although the Square has gone through much change, the city wants to ref lect its historic heri-tage, Glover said.
“Dow ntow n is more of a community now than it was in the ‘50s,” she said.
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The First United Methodist church located off the Denton Square shows the distinct ar-chitectural styles of the district.
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RayzorSCENEFriday 3.4.2011
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BY SETH COHN & DAISY SILOSStaff Writers
On the 1100 block of North Bonnie Brae Street is a vast, desolate field surrounded by a towering stone fence.
Currently, the field is a 68-acre stretch of leveled out dirt.
It is the future home of the resi-dential sector of Rayzor Ranch, a development that intends to bring townhomes, condomin-iums, upscale apartments and a retirement center to the area surrounding the intersection of Interstate-35 and University Drive.
“Even without the residential community, we’re doing better business than we expected,” said Scott Finnell, the owner’s repre-sentative of the marketplace.
Business boomsThe Rayzor Ranch Marketplace,
an 800,000-square-foot retai l
Rayzor Ranch expands businesses, community
power center anchored by Sam’s Club and Walmart, was built in fall 2010.
Freebirds, which opened in September 2010, is another new addition to Rayzor Ranch. This area also includes Wingstop, Super Cuts, Game Stop and soon-to-come Yogurt Story.
PHOTO BY TARYN WALKER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“The location of Rayzor Ranch has been a highly sought-after site for the past 40 years,” Finnell said.
The coexistence of the residen-tial population and the market-place intends to form a new, distinct community in Denton, Finnell said.
Absolute Smile Dental was the first business established in the Rayzor Ranch Marketplace in August 2010, said Terry Do, the business’s manager.
The company hopes to see a growing clientele as Rayzor Ranch continues to develop, he said.
“Business has been prett y consistent lately,” Do said. “My hope is that business will double, triple, maybe even quadruple by this time next year.”
Bobby Joh nson, t he v ice-president of leasing for Red Development, said he received da i ly ca l ls f rom busi nesses hoping to fill the remaining spot in the marketplace.
“All sorts of dif ferent busi-nesses have shown interest in retail space in Rayzor Ranch,” Johnson said.
Good vibes all aroundAlongside Highway 380 is a
mural of vintage photographs contributed by Denton County Museums, according to a plaque outside of Freebirds Burritos.
T he plaque reads “T hese photos honor Denton’s r ich history of ranching, commerce and enduring spirit of commu-nity.”
Marco Gonzales, the general manager of Wingstop, said Rayzor
Sam’s Club, part of the new Rayzor Ranch Marketplace, opened in fall of 2010. The area also features a Walmart Supercenter and is located o� University.
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Ranch has a nice atmosphere and is a good spot for business.
“It ’s ver y busy here w it h Walmart and Sam’s nearby,” he said. “All the businesses in the marketplace are really close, all the employees help each other out. If we’re missing something, we borrow it.”
Coming attractionsMany residents and workers
are unsure of the plans for Rayzor Ranch since construction has not begun..
Gonzales said he didn’t know plans for building houses were underway.
“I’ve just been seeing an empty field for a long time,” he said. “I think that will definitely bring in more business.”
Finnell said the residential community will benefit the city of Denton by bringing in more business.
Within the next few months the marketplace w il l receive businesses such as Yogurt Story and Which Wich, Finnell said.
“We’re prett y conf ident in how things are working out,” he said. “Big things are coming, so we’ll be announcing different things and we hope everyone likes them.”
FoodSCENE Friday 3.4.2011
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By Kaylah BacaIntern
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, these Lucky Charms Bars will go above and beyond fulfilling that need.
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Using an 8-inch by 8-inch pan will
By Ben BaBy & corrisa JacKsonSenior Staff Writer & Staff Writer
Walking into Weinberger’s Deli, customers will get a little slice of Chicago.
If the miniature Chicago Cubs and Bears helmets don’t give it away, take a look around. The bright yellow walls are decorated with images of Michael Jordan, Wrigley Field and Soldier Field — things tied to the Windy City.
The deli, which opened on Feb. 17, should be on your checklist of local places to visit.
Wei nberger ’s Del i ha s a n ex tensive menu, so pat rons always have something to choose from.
The Summer Santa.Org is a vegetarian meal with provolone cheese, tomatoes, red onions and balsamic dressing on toasted pumpernickel bread. The sand-wich is stuffed and well worth the $6.99.
Having vegetables on pumper-nickel is a great t w ist on the u sua l veget a r ia n sa ndw ich, where the options are normally just white or wheat bread.
The red onions were crispy, so while munching on the soft bread, patrons can be surprised by the quick crunchiness.
The ot her vegetables were fresh, and the provolone cheese was a good complement.
Combining balsamic dressing and basil mayo on the sandwich is a daring move and it works.
Wit hout t hose sauces, t his would just be a salad on toast.
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3 tablespoons of butter or marga rine
5 cups Lucky Charms cereal
Thanks to Weinberger’s smart choice in mixing salad dress-ings, the Summer Santa.Org is a completely different sand-wich experience.
If you don’t know what to get, you can take a look at the board located above the counter, which lists the top 20 items.
The menu contains more than 100 sandwiches.
The deli a lso has a k id’s menu that carries meals like gri l led cheese, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, appeasing your inner 5-year old — or a n actua l 5-yea r old.
T he at mosphere, a long w it h t he food, sepa rates Weinberger’s from other places in the area.
T he coolest item about Weinberger’s is an encased bat autographed by Ernie Banks.
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EntertainmentSCENEFriday 3.4.2011
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BY ASHLEY-CRYSTAL FIRSTLEYStaff Writer
If there’s one thing Michelle Rodriguez and Aaron Eckhart have in common, it’s that they both debuted in independent f i lms. In the duo’s upcoming f i lm, “BATTLE: Los Angeles,” in theaters March 11, they play Marines who face against an alien invasion together.
BY DANA WALKERIntern
Eisley first jumped into the music scene in 2003 with “Room Noises,” la nd i ng g igs w it h Coldplay, Snow Patrol and the Fray.
After a split with the band’s record company, Eisley is back four years later with its f ifth album, “The Valley,” which hit stores Tuesday.
The melodic indie/rock band from Tyler, Texas is made up of five family members.
T he t h ree sisters Sher r i, Chauntelle and Stacy DuPree are the singers, songwriters and guitar players. They have endured many ups and downs, such as emotional relationship issues, a divorce, a broken engagement and a cruel brea kup. Accompa ny ing t he sisters in their journey is Weston DuPree, brother, on drums, and Garron DuPree, cousin, on bass.
The album reflects the struggles
the DuPree sisters endured and embodies the independence, self-empowerment and desperation a person goes through when ending a serious relationship.
“The Valley” also happens to be the name of the first song on the album.
The harmonizing voices of the sisters are back, exploring new vocal ranges and setting the album off with a bang.
The lyrics clearly convey the self-proclaimed freedom a person has when they’re fed up.
Later in the album, “Oxygen Mask” has a range of octaves and sweet melodies as the song explains the desperation and need for forgiveness. The only way Eisley is still breathing is through an oxygen mask.
The mood for the rest of the whimsical album re-introduces Eisley in a new light. The band members connect listeners with the hardships they faced.
Rodriguez and Eckhart ‘battle’ Los Angeles
Eisley hits high and lows of life on recent album
Bittersweet struggles, sung with f lowery harmonies, remind fans and listeners how emotions can translate through song.
F i n i s h i n g t h e a l b u m , “Ambulance” describes a grueling divorce and how Sherri DuPree was thrown out on the street with nothing left. Sherri DuPree could’ve used an ambulance to take her away because of heart-ache.
Eisley conveyed its overall message with the album title, “The Valley” — a low between peaks.
It’s refreshing to see Eisley back on the map, projecting its bril-liant vocals.
However, being four years out of the music world has left the members sitting in the same spot — not mind-blowing, not terrible, but memorable.
The Dai ly had a chance to hear how Rodriguez and Eckhart conquered it all.
Q: How did you prepare for your role for the movie?
A: Eckhart: By training with the military, with the Marines. We went to boot camp as a group. I also did my own personal boot camp, where I learned my weapons
backwards and forwards. I learned the training, the psychology of the Marines [and] the tactical aspects of warfare.
Q: You’ve always portrayed a tough girl image in the movies you play. This movie is no excep-tion. What is it that draws you to these strong female characters, and would you say that’s your personality in real life?
A: Rodriguez: I like projecting strength. I’d like for it to be the perfect balance between mascu-linity and femininity in a char-acter, but I’m not gonna school a bunch of writers in how to write roles for me.
Q : W hat was your relation-ship with Michelle in the movie, and how was it working with her?
A : Eck ha r t : My squad of m a r i ne s goe s i n to re s c ue some civilians and we f ind her [character]. Her unit has been dispersed. [Rodriquez is] a hard warrior, she’s got a great sense of humor. She was always cracking everybody up on set.
Q : I read on your website you’re work ing on you r ow n p r o j e c t s a s a w r i t e r a n d producer. Are your ideas related to the types of roles you play normally?
A : Rodriguez: No. It’s weird, because I make movies, but the kind of movies I make aren’t the kind of movies I go out to see. My personal taste in films really don’t have anything to do with my career.
Q : D o y o u b e l i e v e i n aliens?
A : Eck ha r t : I’ve been out there and seen the night sk y sometimes out in the desert of New Mexico, and looked up at the sky and thought I saw some-thing, but you never know. It’s not something I put too much time into, but I’m sure some-thing’s happened out there.