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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Volume 95 | Issue 30

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BY SHEA YARBOROUGHSenior Staff Writer

After 46 days of waiting, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said ‘yes’ to pass the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Students and activists in Oklahoma City were dancing in the streets, crying, clapping and cheering.

“Dr. No said yes,” they chanted. “Dr. No said yes.”

Activists from across the country have camped at the Chase Tower, which holds one of Coburn’s offices, for 11 days. They were waiting for word from Coburn’s camp that he will negotiate money for the Uganda Bill, said Liz Gurney, an activist and international studies freshman.

“My phone has been blowing up with text messages saying ‘We reached a compromise,’” Gurney said.

Wit h i n 30 m i nutes of receiving those texts, Gurney had packed her bags and was on her way back to Oklahoma City to celebrate. She had returned

to Denton from her previous trip to Oklahoma on Monday for mid-terms.

“Tomorrow, we’ll be holding signs up that say, ‘Dr. Coburn said ‘yes,’” Gurney said.

For 23 years, Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army have been wageding Africa’s longest running war, said Mark Nehrenz, an activist and Oklahoma University alumnus. This bill calls for $40 million to stop Kony and to rehabilitate the child soldiers who have been kidnapped and forced to kill.

Coburn was the one senator holding up the bill, Nehrenz said.

The protesters wouldn’t budge until a compromise was met.

“The fact that Coburn is talking to us, the people on the street, means what we’re doing is working,” Nehrenz said.

Africa’s longest running war has affected the countries of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Southern Sudan, Nehrenz said. Ugandan children from 8 to 12 years old

are kidnapped, brainwashed through hard narcotics and forced to kill.

“What happens if you force someone to kill their own family?” Nehrenz asked.

Point of contactIn their attempts to make

contact with Coburn, Michael Poffenberger, executive director of Resolve Uganda, said he was told the senator didn’t have time, even though Coburn’s former press secretary, Don Tatro, said last week that “the senator is happy to meet with any of his constituents.”

“I think they didn’t expect us to last this long or to gain the momentum we have,” Poffenberger said.

They are requesting $10 million dollars for immediate relief aid in Uganda, and $30 million for the rehabilitation of the child soldiers.

However, the goal is not to add money to the budget or to the deficit, Poffenberger said.

Excitement � ows out of guards Shannon Shorter and Antwone Matlock as they celebrate with their teammates. UNT grinded out a 66-63 victory against Troy that earned the Mean Green a trip to the NCAA tournament.

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Pals With Pens

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Johanna Padron (left), Arisve Luna and Joshua Dorantes write their responses to their UNT pen pals after com-pleting their reading and comprehension practice.

Senator gives in to activists

BY LISA GARZASenior Staff Writer

School officials insist that UNT is still on track to achieve Tier One status despite the recent resignation of university president Gretchen Bataille.

UNT was deemed one of seven “emerging” public insti-tutions of higher learning by the Texas Higher Education Coordinat ing Boa rd. The university is close to meeting the criteria for being recog-nized as a national research institution.

“We are focusing very hard on developing the academic research programs that will allow us to attract what are called ‘restricted research f u nd s,’” P rovost Wend y Wilkins said.

To qualify as a “restricted” research expenditure by the

Coord i nat ion Boa rd, t he project must be properly clas-sif ied as research and the source of money must be from a restricted funds group.

Moving forward, moving on Bataille told the NT Daily in February that she is disap-pointed because all the things that were done to put UNT on the map would now “sort of stop for a while,” until there is another permanent presi-dent.

During Bataille’s presidency, she committed to build the $33.2 million, 87,000-square-foot Life Sciences Complex, which will open in June, and a $70 million 180,000-square-foot Business Leadership Building, scheduled to open in July 2011.

Inter i m President Ph i l

Diebel said he does “not see any of those initiatives changing.”

Diebel said three significant items will be completed while he is in office. He will present a strategic plan and research plan to the Coordinating Board in April. During the May Board of Regents meeting, Diebel will propose the oper-ating budget.

“Every one of those not only affects these three months that I am going to be here, but they are going to affect the future of this institution,” he said. “I am not aware of any material changes in any of those documents that would change the direction that this institution has been moving forward in.”

UNT still strives for Tier One

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BY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer

Emotion poured out of the Mean Green players as they cele-brated their 11th-straight victory, defeating the Troy Trojans 66-63 in the Sun Belt Conference tourna-ment final and officially punching their ticket to the NCAA tourna-ment.

The Mean Green (24-8, 13-5) set the single-season school record with 24 wins and will play in its third NCAA tournament, last advancing in 2007.

“We are excited about it and very blessed and fortunate to be in this position,” head coach Johnny Jones said. “We executed in the second half and made some plays down the stretch and are just so excited to be able to repre-sent the Sun Belt in the NCAA Tournament.”

UNT will learn of its first-round opponent this weekend during Selection Sunday, when the seeding and matchups of the 65 teams in the tournament are announced.

“I feel like with this program the sky is the limit.,” junior forward George Odufuwa said. “At the end of the day, there is only one champion.”

Senior forward Eric Tramiel was named the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after his second double-double of the tour-nament, finishing with 20 points and 10 rebounds.

“As a team, we remained poised, and in a big game like this teams are going to make a big run like they did,” Tramiel said. The

Excitement, joy fill new Sun Belt champions

offenses were on display early, with each team trading baskets for a total of 12 lead changes in the first half.

“They made some big shots in the first half, but I thought we played better defense in the second half once we got used to their style,” Odufuwa said.

While the offense gave the

Mean Green a small lead, the defense held the Trojans scoreless for nine minutes . Junior guard Tristan Thompson gave the Mean Green a spark to open the second half, scoring UNT’s first three baskets.

After Troy cut the deficit to four, junior guards Collin Mangrum and Josh White helped UNT pull

ahead with two-straight three-pointers.

The Trojans answered with a three-pointer of their own, and aided by a full court press defense, Troy went on a 7-0 run to even the score with three minutes left.

Following a crucial jumper by White that gave UNT the lead with less than a minute left, Odufuwa

blocked a lay-up attempt that would have tied the game, and White sealed the win with three free throws.

“I was going to the hoop the entire way. I just drove in and pulled up, and it was fortunate that it went in,” said White. “My teammates just told me to keep shooting, and I knew a couple

would fall in eventually,.”The Mean Green controlled

the game down low, as Odufuwa helped Tramiel on the block with 11 points and 17 rebounds.

Mea n Green fa ns ca n congratulate the players at a welcome-back ceremony when they arrive at 3 p.m. today at the Super Pit.

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BY KRYSTLE CANTUStaff Writer

UNT staff members in the Center for Achievement and Lifelong Learning have created a new program that offers several upcoming UNT faculty-hosted trips, with an objective to combine leisure, learning and sightseeing.

The voyages are designed to highlight the expertise of UNT’s faculty, as well as the univer-sity. Students are welcome to look into the program, but it is geared toward older individuals, graduates, alumni, donors and other supporters of the university because of its price, said Dianne Gibbons, manager of the Travel-Learn programs at UNT.

“We‘re sending notices out to the Emeritus college, alumni and anyone who’s interested in traveling,” Gibbons said. “We’re appealing to anyone who wants to take a trip and also learn while they travel.”

Gibbons said the program was originally an idea of former President Gretchen Bataille.

“Dr. Bataille wanted to offer trips to alumni and friends of the university to kind of showcase UNT,” she said. “That’s how this whole program started.”

The program currently has three planned trips: Ireland and Great Britain, Chile, and Israel. The Ireland and Great Britain trip starts Oct. 18 and ends on Nov. 1.

David Holdeman, chairman of UNT’s department of English studies, will host that trip. Its focus will be on Irish literature and history.

Steve Weist, director of the six-time Grammy-nominated One O’clock Lab Band, will also go on the trip. The band will perform at the renowned Guinness Festival in Cork, Ireland.

“I think it’s going to be a blast,” Holdeman said. “I’m really looking forward to it. Ireland is a great place to travel and learn about. It’s the perfect place for people to go and have fun, but also learn interesting things.”

The trip to Cape Horn, Chile,

which is set for January 2011, will be led by Warren Burggen, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

This will allow participants to witness students and scien-tists from UNT conduct research with the partner University of Magallanes.

Participants will watch as everyone works together to link biological and cultural conser-vation though the Sub-Antarctic Biocultura l Conser vat ion Program.

This will allow participants to witness how scientists and students from UNT and the University of Magallanes work together to link biological and cultural conservation.

They will also enjoy a four-day cruise and other excursions around Chile.

Christopher Anderson of the biology faculty will help host the travel program.

“UNT has never done these kind of trips before, where they are trying to link up people from the UNT community,” he said. “The idea is that visitors in this program get to see what the students do and get to see the research that happens.”

The Israel program will be in late March 2011. Richard Golden, director of the Jewish studies program at UNT, will host it.

Participants will have the opportunity to tour extensive ruins of the ancient Roman world. They will learn firsthand about the politics and culture of the Middle East, as well as Christian and Judaic traditions.

“The unique thing is they all have a UNT faculty member going with them,” Gibbons said. “It just kind of showcases the UNT exper-tise and what we have to offer here, all the talent we have on campus.”

Mary Jones, a geography junior, said she liked the idea of UNT showcasing talent.

“It’s giving them more diver-sity,” she said. “Instead of just studying abroad, they’re incor-porating alumni and other people into it.”

Travel program offers adventures

BY KRYSTLE CANTUStaff Writer

Denton City Council leaders are considering changes that would force developers to start providing parking when they build and develop downtown.

Though a decision has not been made, the Council has implemented a study to decide what requirements will be needed for parking changes.

“We have allowed devel-opment downtown without any requirements for parking because, basically over the last 20 years, we were just trying to build up downtown,” said Jim Engelbrecht, a City Council member.

The Council also imple-mented a 60-day, extendable interim ordinance that will force new development of more than 10 living units to provide and meet normal parking require-ments.

They have mostly accom-plished that mission, at least with the Square downtown, Engelbrecht said. It may be

time for extra requirements with parking, he said.

“If you go down there at anytime during the day, you will find that parking spaces are filled,” he said. “It’s becoming apparent that we’re going to have to have requirements now for parking and for additional devel-opment, particularly as it moves further off of the Square.”

Engelbrecht believes that if nothing is done, it may lead to potential for more activity and only a limited amount of parking. In turn, it will become a detriment to the area.

“You don’t want to wind up with a situation where all of a sudden you have a lot of folks showing up and no place to park,” he said. “We are on the cusp of that problem.”

The Council implemented the 60-day ordinance to have a temporary solution in place while the study is being conducted. Afterward, the information will be reviewed and the necessary changes will be made.

“The concern is with the

possibility of a major developer coming in and perhaps putting up an apartment or a townhouse complex that could have 100 to 300 units in it without providing any parking,” said Bob Moses, co-owner of both Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream & Soda Fountain and Elements Of Design.

His businesses are combined in a building on the downtown Square. He looks at the possibility of someday putting the second floor back on his building.

“It used to be two stories,” he said. “I might even like to go to three stories and have those top floors become loft apartments,” he said.

However, he does see a concern with development over-crowding open space, without adequate adjustments.

“A developer can come and do anything they want to in there without having to consider where people are going to park at all,” he said. “That’s a valid concern.”

Moses is pleased that the

city is deciding to implement some improvement, but he thinks it will be a while before Denton residents see any of the changes.

“Your hands are really tied when you have property right on the Square because there is virtu-ally no place to go to either buy parking or create more parking,” he said. “I personally think it’ll be more like six months to even a year before their recommenda-tions will be really reviewed and implemented by the city, but this is a good stop gap.”

Megan Lockhart, a print-making senior, said that parking on the Square is already limited, so any additional parking would be beneficial, especially with new development.

“I think that anything that supplies extra parking in Denton is a good thing,” she said. “The Square is full as it is. As long as they don’t take away from any of the green space and use the in-between alleys to put in some parking, I think that could be beneficial.”

City Council implements study for changes in downtown parking

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City Council leaders are considering changes that would force many developers to start providing parking when they build or redevelop downtown Denton.

Price: ‘UNT lags in awards, expenditures’

Competition from area univer-sities

Voters approved Texas Proposition 4 in November, w h ich g ives t he seven “emerging” universities access to $500 million for reaching Tier One status.

This constitutional amend-ment restructured the Higher Education Fund into the National Research University Fund.

To earn that money, univer-

sities must spend at least $45 million on restricted research during each of the two years that precede the state’s two-year budget period.

In North Texas, UT-Dallas spent $37.3 million on restricted research during the last fiscal year. UT-Arlington spent $35 million, while UNT spent $11 million.

“UNT lags in restricted research awards and expendi-tures because as one of the state’s most comprehensive universi-ties, with world-class music,

art, education and humanities programs, we have attracted funding, but not in the areas that

qualify,” said Buddy Price, the news promotion manager. “But we are making strides.”

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BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer

When a group of five UNT art students had a makeshift print show next door to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in December 2008, they realized they needed a permanent gallery.

UNT alumnus Michael Little, printmaking seniors Yovanny Canales and Taylor McClure, and communication design senior Nick Webber came up with the idea for the Meme Gallery to display their art and give other local artists a new venue to display work.

The owners, collectively known as Pan-Ector Industries, decided to sync their art open-ings with shows at Rubber Gloves Recording Studios, the bar next door, to bring in more viewers.

“We are just trying to keep it as a space that is beneficial to the whole area,” Little said.

This close relationship with Rubber Gloves is what makes the gallery different because it combines art with music in one visit, Little said.

The gallery’s second opening is at 9 tonight and will display work from Jenn Gooch and print-making graduate student Adam Palmer.

Patrons are asked to pay a $3 to $5 cover charge to go into the Meme Gallery, which goes toward paying for rent and util-ities.

“We’re not really doing this for

UNT students open community art gallery

Yovanny Canales print making senior, Michael Little, UNT graduate in print making, and Taylor McClure, a senior in print making, started the Meme Gallery located at 411 E. Sycamore St. to give local artists an opportunity to show o� their work.

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Campus scores moderate in GLBT climate study

Rachel Goodman, a health promotion senior, and her date Candy Vallo enjoy a good time at the “Sweet Fantasy” GLAD prom Friday in the University Union’s Silver Eagle Suite.

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BY NICOLE LANDRYStaff Writer

A new study from the Campus Pride Q Research Institute of Higher Education gave UNT a moderate score for its efforts to be inclusive of GLBT students.

The Campus Climate Index is a tool to help campuses learn more ways to improve GLBT life.

The index’s ultimate goal is to “shape the educational expe-rience to become more inclu-sive, welcoming and respectful,” according to the Web site.

“UNT has a lot of resources for GLBT people,” said Clark Pomerleau of the history depart-ment and faculty advisor to GLAD: UNT’s Queer Alliance in an e-mail. “In terms of actual spaces … and the ability to get any discrimination that might occur addressed, I think UNT is stronger than three out of

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Research Institute of Higher Education was founded in 2008 as a national center for the study of GLBT people in higher educa-tion settings.

With three out of five stars for overall campus climate, UNT is considered a moder-ately inclusive school with 4.5 stars for sexual orientation-related concerns and 1.5 stars for gender identity and expres-sion concerns.

The lowest individual scores that UNT received were in policy inclusion and housing/residence life, with 1.5 stars for both.

The reason for the relatively low policy score is because of the lack of inclusion for trans-gender students and others who don’t subscribe to the separa-tion of gender and sexuality in

campus policies, according to the study.

Pomerleau said he thinks the dissatisfaction comes from policy taking a long time to pass.

“Over the past two years, policy revisions have been winding their way through the channels to become official,” he said.

Jay Nguyen, a new media arts freshman, agrees and said that the 1.5 score should be higher.

“We have to take things one step at a time because we can only do so much,” he said.

Nguyen said he knows many people who would like to see a GLBT center in the University Union to accompany the Multicultural and Women’s Centers.

“UT has a center,” he said. “But that’s like 10 steps from where we are.”

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a profit,” Little said. “There is such a large population of artists here, which means there needs to be many options for them.”

Although the gallery was originally set up for the group’s printmaking displays, Little said they are open to show any kind of art so long as Meme stays community-oriented.

“We want to mainly show something that’s community-relevant because we want to maintain community minded-ness,” Little said.

Tonight’s art show will include Gooch’s conceptual work called “Dentonpedia” where she will give viewers a chance to add to and change Denton’s history

displayed across the gallery’s walls.

Palmer will show 40 pieces of what Little calls “whimsical and expressive” works.

Palmer’s art includes pictures of garden gnomes, ninjas and hot dogs and is meant to “make his audience feel dumber,” Palmer said.

He said he feels his art will match the atmosphere at the Meme Gallery better than other area art galleries.

“I think a lot of galleries are for a more pretentious crowd, but this is a place where people can look at art and listen to some good music, too,” Palmer said.

Because his art is considered

more unconventional, Palmer said he has a chance to show his art that he couldn’t show in a more traditional art gallery.

Alison Hall, a music soph-omore, said she will attend tonight’s art show to see the different displays, then go next door to Rubber Gloves for live music.

“Music and art is a great combination, so I think the gallery will do really well in Denton,” Hall said.

After tonight’s show, Little said the group of artists hopes people see the gallery’s importance in an art community like Denton.

“It’s still pretty new and young as a space, but we just hope people realize the neces-sity of keeping this space open, especially for UNT students,” Little said.

A s for t he counseling and health services score, Nguyen thinks it’s appro-priate.

“I definitely agree,” he said. “There a re a bunch of things of fere d w it h student fees that ever yone ca n take part in.”

M a r i s s a Ha nc ock , a n electronic news sophomore, said she thinks that UNT is pretty good about being inclusive.

“I don’t see a lot of GLBT stuff on campus, but I think [UNT’s]

good at including everyone,” she said.

Hancock said that the univer-sity should make an effort to

make resources like the LGBT Studies Program and the GLBT faculty and staff group more available to students.

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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer

Students from several UNT organizations are working to educate bilingual third grade students about college.

The st udents volu nteer as pen pals to students at Dolores Huerta Elementary School in Fort Worth as part of the Discover College Life project.

“We want to better our community, and I think this program can really do that,” said Stephanie Cisneros, an

i nterd i sc ipl i na r y st ud ies senior and pen pal for the program.

I n t he prog ra m, t h i rd graders are paired w ith a UN T st udent pen pa l to write letters back and forth discussing college and poten-tial careers.

The pen pal serves as a role model for the children, which is important, Cisneros said.

“I think that’s something that young kids need nowa-days. They need someone to show them and push them ...

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Students encourage pen pals to go to collegeso they could actually go to college,” Cisneros said.

She said her father played an important role in her child-hood as her role model.

He never made it to the sixth grade, Cisneros said, but he showed her that working could get you somewhere.

Eddie Arellano, a bilingual teacher at Dolores Huerta Elementary School and UNT alumnus, started the project 20 years ago to educate the children about college and how to get there.

A f ter g r aduat i ng f rom UNT, Arellano worked with t he Associat ion for Lat in American Students to f ind students to write to the third graders.

He said he reached out to

Hispanic organizations so the children can correspond with and learn from someone they can relate to.

The association became inactive this year, which posed a problem for Arellano.

In the past, the pen pals began w rit ing in the fa l l. However, this year, the chil-dren just received their first letters because it took him a while to find people from orga n i zat ions to pa r t ici-pate.

A t o t a l o f 21 U N T students from Students for a Future Without Poverty, the League of United Latin A me r ic a n C it i z e n s , t he Bilingual Education Student Orga ni zat ion, t he United Student Movement, Fuego

and the Hispanic Business Students Association partici-pated in the project.

Arellano said he admires t he students he found to participate.

“W hen I see them, I see myself 20 years ago,” he said. “Not only are they setting a career, they’re serving as role models and they’re taking the time to educate a child about college life.”

The project works well with the curriculum laid out by the Fort Worth Independent School District because it teaches the students about revising and editing as well as about social studies and research, he said.

The third graders will have to complete a research project

Top: Dolores Huerta Elementary school third -graders Karen Salas and Andrew Castillo discuss their pen pal letters. The students are required to quiz each other on the content to improve their comprehension skills, Eddie Arrellano said. Bottom: Jesus Ramirez attempts to answer Andrea Nevarez’s question about the UNT pen pal letters. Right: Andrew Castillo responds to his UNT pen pal. Students work with the UNT mentors’ letters in small groups to improve their language skills.

about careers and degrees they are interested in with the help of their pen pal, Arellano said.

Arellano said he hopes the Discover College Life project encourages local teachers to create similar projects for their classes, he said.

The third graders will take a field trip on April 19 to UNT and meet their pen pals for the first time.

Roxanne Meza, an entre-preneurship senior, is partic-ipating in the project for her fourth year and hopes to teach her pen pal how to salsa dance when they meet because of their shared interest in dance and music.

“I fell in love with the kids,” she said.

One of the best things about the project is the memories it brings back of her own child-hood as a bilingual student, Meza said.

“I think it’s a great opportu-nity to show them what college is about,” she said.

For more information about t he Discover Col lege Li fe project, contact coordinator Eddie Arellano at eddie.arel-lano@fwisd.org.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Athlete of the Week: Clutch hitter Lisa Johnson

Sophomore Lisa Johnson leads the team with a .425 batting average and six home runs. The team is playing the Univer-sity of Oklahoma today in Norman, Okla.

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BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer

Like a Swiss Army knife, UNT softball player Lisa Johnson can fill any role that her team needs.

The sophomore utility player has been one of the key tools in building the Mean Green softball program, and she has hammered opposing pitching this season. Johnson added five hits and her team-leading sixth home run in a weekend sweep of Centenary College.

“She is one of just a handful of players that you trust to come through in any situation,” head coach T.J. Hubbard said. “She just has this presence about her, this quiet calm, that you know at any moment she can take over a game.”

Born to be an athlete, Johnson started playing baseball at 4 years old, and after four years of dissecting the Little League teams in Sherman, she made the switch to softball.

“It did not matter if she was playing boys or girls, she was always the best player on the field,” said Roger Johnson, Lisa’s father and Little League coach. “She frustrated our opponents because she always made the play that changed the game.”

After spending two years playing for her father, Johnson joined one of the top American

Fastpitch Association softball teams in the Southwest, the Texas Glory.

Johnson sharpened her skills as a member of the Glory, leading the team at the plate and in the field. As the key piece in a cham-pionship puzzle, Johnson guided the Glory to a national champi-onship in 2002.

“Lisa played all nine positions in that championship game,” Roger Johnson said. “She always

took her game to the next level in the clutch moments.”

Johnson was a three-sport athlete at Sherman High School. In addition to success on the court in both basketball and volleyball, Johnson’s competitive fire ignited her success between the lines of the softball field.

The 5-foot-7-inch team captain carved up hitters from the pitch-er’s circle and was a nightmare for opposing coaches.

“I dreaded the day when I saw Sherman on the schedule,” said Larry Zachary, former head coach of Sherman rival Paris High School. “She was unhittable when she was pitching, she killed you at the plate and you could not get anything past her defensively.”

After being named the Sherman Herald Democrat’s All-Texomaland Softball Player of the Year and Utility Player of the Year, Johnson became a highly

recruited commodity. The calm and quiet Johnson

passed on offers from Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, Arkansas and Florida to join the Mean Green.

“I loved the atmosphere here, it has a small town feel, and it just made me so comfortable,” Lisa Johnson said. “Coach Hubbard really pushed to get me here, and I wanted to be one of the reasons why this program turned around.”

As a freshman, Johnson started all but one game and was among the team leaders in hits, batting average and runs batted in.

Johnson is a human vacuum cleaner on defense, and despite playing all over the field, she has committed only 10 errors in more than 300 chances.

“She has amazing hands,” junior outfielder Mariza Martinez said. “You know that if a ball is hit in her direction that she is going to make a play.”

The defining moment in Johnson’s young career came in March 2009 against Baylor. In the bottom half of the final inning, down by two with two outs and the bases loaded, Johnson launched a walk-off grand slam.

It is in the moments when the pressure is the highest that the 19-year-old shines the brightest.

“Coming through when everyone is looking to me is the best part of the game,” Johnson said. “When the game is on the line, I want to be the one to get the clutch hit or make the diving play to save the game.”

Sports are always on Johnson’s mind, but the business major does find time to excel in the classroom. She was named to the Dean’s List and the Sun Belt Conference’s Commissioner’s list as a freshman.

A strong work ethic drives Johnson to improve herself on and off the field.

After an off-season filled with weight training, Johnson added a power element to her game, and she has matched last season’s total of six home runs in just 14 games.

“She is an all-around player with a great work ethic, and even though she is young, she is one of the people that everyone on the team looks up to,” Hubbard said. “I knew when I recruited her she was one of those people you could build a team around.”

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Reuters reported Monday that researchers writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine have endorsed the idea to levy “sin taxes” on foods deemed unhealthy, such as soda and pizza.

The researchers analyzed the diets of more than 5,000 adults during the course of the 20-year study. They determined that a 10 percent increase in the cost of soda and pizza led to a 7 percent decrease in the number of calo-ries consumed from soda and a 12 percent decrease in calories consumed from pizza.

One thing these researchers did not seem to consider, espe-cially when it comes to pizza, is a simple economic concept known as substitute goods.

If a tax is levied on pizza and the prices increase, especially in such an apparent way like a tax, consumers will likely opt instead to eat a Taco Bell half-pound burrito or a Big Mac. So it is unclear if there will be any net decrease in total caloric intake or simply fewer calories consumed from taxed products.

Many foods considered both healthy and unhealthy contain high-fructose corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup is a refined

sugar that comes from corn, and the reason that food producers and soda makers choose to sweeten their products with the syrup over the natural alterna-tive that comes from cane or beets is because it is less expen-sive.

It is less expensive to refine corn into the syrup because the federal government spends tens of billions of dollars every year on corn subsidies. They produce so much corn now for such a low price that it is used to make the syrup and corn-based ethanol, which gets additional subsidies of its own.

While the health concerns about it are currently inconclu-sive, many studies suggest that it is less healthy than regular sugars. Perhaps this is why we are seeing a shift in the markets toward natural sugar.

For example, Jones Soda, which makes soda that is sweetened with pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup, is becoming increasingly popular, and Pepsi has recently been releasing “throwback” versions of Pepsi and Mountain Dew that are also sweetened with natural sugar.

The researchers also stated

that the government should not be subsidizing the production of corn like they are now because they consider it to be subsidizing obesity.

The federal and state govern-ments have already considered enacting legislation to create such taxes. These taxes would be a new wave of so-called “sin taxes,” like what already exist on taboo products like alcohol and cigarettes, to try to reduce the obesity problem our country is facing.

If they continue to subsidize corn, which is turned into syrup and put into soda, and then tax the consumption of soda, this will be nothing more than a tax revenue seesaw between subsi-dizing soda and taxing it.

There will be no monetary benefit at the end of the day.

No matter how you feel about the use of social engineering through the tax code, it never seems to solve the problem that it is designed to fix.

Lawmakers seem to know this because if they thought that “sin taxes” would substan-tially reduce the consumption of those products, they would not propose to use the revenue gained toward important poli-

cies like health care reform or CHIP, a children’s health insur-ance program run by the govern-ment, because there would be little revenue to spend.

Rather than using poten-tially flawed studies to guide the government on how to tax us into doing what they consider to be good for us, we should be educating ourselves about our diet.

Americans must demand a stop to government tampering with the food supply through subsidies and continue to hold food makers responsible for providing better products.

Trayton Oakes is a political science and economics junior. He can be reached at TraytonOakes@my.unt.edu.

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Nods and Shakes Student feels ready for breakEditorial

Shake: Fort Worth misses out on federal streetcar money Fort Worth and Dallas city leaders filed a joint appli-cation last fall to receive federal transportation stimulus money to pay for modern streetcar lines in both down-town districts.

The grades are in, and just like a 9th grade group history project, somebody didn’t pull their share of the weight.

Officials in the U.S. Department of Transportation received and reviewed 1,400 grant applications from cities around the country. When they looked at the Dallas-Fort Worth proposal they noticed that Dallas’ half was detailed and precise but Fort Worth’s portion of the plan was vague and at times even misleading about the nature of the projects they attached to the grant money. For example, the application failed to define an exact route for the line and even allocated money to build a bridge that is already being funded.

Ultimately, Dallas received $23 million and Fort Worth received a painful lesson about the perils of not doing your homework.

Nod: Mean Green head to the big danceThe UNT men’s basketball team beat the Troy Trojans

Tuesday evening to win the Sun Belt Championship and earn its spot to compete in the NCAA Championship Tournament later this month.

The Editorial Board congratulates the players and coaches for what has already become the most successful season in school history. Unbeaten in its last 11 games, the Mean Green blazed to an all-time high 24-win season and clinched its third birth in the national tournament.

Hmm … Can Josh White tackle?

Shake: Gil LeBreton offends CanadaIn his Feb. 28 column recapping the 2010 Vancouver

Olympics, veteran Fort Worth Star-Telegram sports colum-nist Gil LeBreton went a little too far.

LeBreton, apparently suffering from a homesick case of the red, white and blues, directed two weeks of pent-up frustration at the games’ host nation whom he characterized as not sharing their Olympic party with the rest of the world. More directly, he compared the Vancouver games to the 1936 Nazi-controlled games in Berlin. Yikes.

Not surprisingly, the Canadians weren’t pleased with the comparison, and neither was the Star-Telegram’s Canadian-born Publisher Gary Wortel who condemned the article and issued an apology on behalf of the paper. Canadian newspapers, Facebook groups and online forums have been inundated with angry demands for LeBreton’s firing. One food blogger with the Vancouver Observer even fired back with a recipe for something called “Dog-Pile Meringues,” which he said, “goes out to you, Gil LeBreton.”

LeBreton’s comparison was distasteful, and given the backlash, we’re sure he regrets it. But his argument was not, and those who read the article should be able to understand that.

The Vancouver Olympics was by many accounts a Canadian-themed frat party, complete with fake snow (Cypress Mountain) and underage drinking (Canadian women’s hockey team gold medal celebration). Many great things happened along the way, and it looked like the Canadians were having a blast.

And in his wrap-up that’s basically what LeBreton said — just in an unnecessary, hyperbolically abrasive way.

Spring break can’t get here soon enough. I know it’s only two days away, but I am in dire need of the time off because I’ve been running myself ragged this semester.

I am a “super” senior studying journalism and education. I am in my next-to-last semester and am student teaching at a high school here in Denton. Similar to high school teachers, I am there from 8:15 in the morning to 4:15 in the afternoon, Monday through Friday.

Normally, this is where the day would end for student teachers, because they are finished with their other courses and are only concentrating on certification tests, lesson plans and résumés. Not me.

I still have another class in my journalism sequence to finish, so I’m still coming to campus for that. I also signed up for a night class on Mondays to further my education, and so I would have 12 hours and still qualify for financial aid. When I’m not in

class, I’m working.I’m up at 7 a.m. every day,

home by 10 p.m. and asleep by 11 most every night. When I have spare time at work, which is often, I am creating lesson plans for my students, or I am reading and doing homework for my night class.

I don’t have a social life during the week, other than all of the games of Monopoly I play online. Please don’t take the car — that’s my favorite game piece.

Friday is always good because I’m free after the school day ends, unless I have a meeting. I still work on Saturday, but it’s an easy shift and it gives me time to do more homework or build hotels on Baltic and Mediterranean.

Sunday is my day of rest, but I’m starting a softball league soon and need to get back into playing shape. The winter break was kind to me, but I also lounged about, doing nothing but sedentary activities and am now winded going up a flight

of stairs.It’s taken me well more than

300 words to say this, but I’ve been going non-stop since the semester started and I’m elated to have a week off from every-thing.

Despite having more than seven days of free time, I already have a few things planned, none of which are terribly exciting.

I will take my Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities certif ication test Tuesday. Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day and is when my roommate returns from a three-month stay in Chile. That’s about it for me.

I know. I’m living the high life.

I don’t care if my spring break seems boring or stressful because I paid $120 to take the test and I need it to become a real teacher. I’m satisfied with having free time.

I’m content with sitting at home and being able to recharge my batteries in preparation for the last half of the semester.

Besides, I think that’s what spring break is all about for teachers, students, professors and administrators alike.

Enjoy the time off at the beach, on the road or sitting at home. I know I will because I’ll be the guy sleeping in past noon and wearing my pajamas all week. Now, if I can roll an 11, I’ll land on the Reading Railroad and will have my favorite monopoly!

Ryan Feuerhelm is a jour-nalism senior. He can be reached at Ryan.Feuerhelm@unt.edu.

New ‘sin tax’ may affect college diet

Man robs pharmacy, pays for drugs

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a phar-macy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing.

Kootenai County Sheriff Lt. Stu Miller said a 39-year-old ma n was a r rested Tuesday.

Police questioned the man at his Twin Lakes home Tuesday after getting a tip from a church pastor.

He was being held in the county jail and expected to

appear in 1st District Court Wednesday.

Investigators said a man went to the prescription counter at a Hayden-area Walgreens Monday night and asked the pharmacist for a drug.

When told he needed a prescription, police said the man told the pharmacist he was robbing her.

After the clerk handed over the drug, police said the robber tossed some money on the counter and walked out.

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