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The Denton Animal Shelter Foundation is raising money for PAWS for Refreshment, a program where participating restaurants donate a portion of their pro-ceeds to help fund a new Denton Animal Care and Adoption Center.

‘Giggles and chills’ at Scare on Square

Charity donates shoes to children

BY AMBER ARNOLDSenior Staff Writer

Storytelling blended with performance art will be the theme Saturday at the Tejas Storytelling Association’s 6th annual Scare-on-the-Square event.

Members of the association will tell traditional and original scary stories on the Courthouse-on-the-Square lawn beginning at 7 p.m.

“It’s something that will offer both giggles and chills,” event producer Ann Marie Newman said. “Children’s programming for the first hour-and-a-half will incorporate a lot of scary humor.”

At 8:30 p.m., the party will move inside the building to a courtroom for a more adult, no-holds-barred storytelling experience.

Storytellers Skip Skipworth, Betsy Mosier, De Cee Cornish and Steve McCluer will tell stories during the first segment. Stories include Dr. Seuss’s “The Pants with Nobody in Them” and local original “Mr. Peterson’s House” by Cornish, as well as many others.

“With the segment on the lawn, there are gasps but also laughter, but when you go inside the courtroom, there’s just some-thing about being in that dark-ened room that makes people think scary thoughts,” associa-tion president Elizabeth Ellis said. “You’re likely to hear gasps and jumps during it.”

It is Newman’s fourth year with the association and her first year

producing the event, which she will co-produce and emcee with Genie Hammel.

Newman has a theatrical back-ground and is the resident story-teller for the Dallas Museum of Art.

She said she expects it to be an experience similar to an old Saturday night horror show, in which she and Hammel will play the eccentric hosts and have audi-ence involvement.

Storytellers Donna Lively, Cornish and Gwen Caldwell will tell stories inside the Courthouse until 10 p.m.

The stories, which Newman said have a more sophisti-cated take on horror, include an opening story entitled “What are you Afraid of?” by Caldwell.

The association decided to do the annual event as a way to repay the Denton community for allowing them to host the annual Texas Storytelling Festival for the last 25 years, Ellis said.

“You can take almost anything you learn and trace it back to a story that was told — it’s the grandmother of everything we know,” she said. “Telling ghost stories is a tradition, and is still one of the most popular forms.”

The event is free until 8:30 p.m. when it moves inside the Courthouse, and attendees are asked to pay a $5 fee.

There is no age requirement for the adult segment. Organizers allow parents and people attending to decide, Ellis said.

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Smoke � lls Union restaurant, students evacuate buildingBY T.S. MCBRIDESenior Staff Writer

T he Un i ver sit y Un ion was evacuated within three minutes Thursday morning when a smoking bread oven set off fire alarms.

Tom Rufer, vice president of auxiliary services in the Union, said it was an exem-plary evacuation time for a building of the Union’s size.

The small fire originated on the first f loor of the building in the convenience store.

“We had people ba k ing bread in an oven in the Boar’s Head, and gat hered some smoke in the oven,” said Tom Rufer, vice president for auxil-iary services in the Union. “When they opened the door, it set off a smoke detector in the ceiling.”

St udents i n t he Un ion largely ignored the warning sirens unti l an automated voice alarm began calling for an evacuation.

“Pe ople w e r e lo ok i n g around l ike, ‘what are we supposed to do? ’ and one person got up and we a l l followed,” said Kiley Hughes, a special education junior.

By the time everyone was collected outside, the alarms had stopped and the smoke

had cleared.There were no injur ies

reported and the fire depart-ment was not contacted.

Students, faculty and staff returned as quickly as they left. Some said they thought the alarm was a prank.

“We speculated that it was probably a student tr y ing to m iss h is ex a m,” sa id Addison Day, a design soph-omore who works in the UNT Bookstore.

Steve Young, a Denton � re� ghter and volunteer at the Denton animal shel-ter, spends some time with Missy and Jackie, two dogs looking for a place to call home.

A small oven � re caused disruption 10 a.m. Wednesday at Boar’s Head, a deli in the corner store of the second level of the University Union.

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“We speculated that it was probably a student trying

to miss his exam.”—Addison Day

Design sophomore and UNT Bookstore employee

BY CALI A. THOMPSONIntern

Enjoying Denton cuisine could help homeless animals t h r o u g h a f u n d r a i s e r happening ever y Thursday evening until Nov. 12.

The Denton Animal Shelter Foundation encourages resi-dents to PAWS for Refreshment at five Denton restaurants to help raise $3.2 million for a new animal shelter.

Formed in 2006, the foun-dation is working with the city of Denton to build a new shelter.

“We feel the event is great exposure for DASF,” said Bette Sherman, chairwoman of the foundation. “People are able to learn about our mission.”

Denton’s current animal shelter is more than 30 years old with a maximum capacity of 114 animals and handles an average of 5,000 animals annually.

Members of the founda-t ion proposed the Denton Animal Care and Adoption Center to house 250 animals and make the pet adoption process more accessible.

To help raise money, five Denton restaurants are partic-ipating: Abbey Inn Restaurant a nd Pub, Burg undy Stea k a nd Sea food Restau ra nt, Hannah’s, Sweetwater Grill and Tavern, and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.

Each will host the PAWS for Refreshment fundraiser on a different Thursday night.

The restaurants will donate a portion of their food and beverage profits to the foun-dation.

The group developed the idea a f ter it approached severa l rest au ra nt s w it h brochures about the cause, Sherman said.

Abbey Inn hosted the first PAWS for Refreshment fund-raiser on Oct. 15 and donated about $440 or 20 percent of their sales that night.

“Obviously $440 is a small dent in $3 million, but it’s a start,” said Tim Trawick, an Abbey Inn associate part-nering with the foundation. “Part of the goal is to raise awareness.”

The event also drew new customers, which benefited the restaurant.

“It brought new business to us,” Trawick said. “It was definitely much busier.”

While Abbey Inn waiters and waitresses dealt with the inf lux of customers because of the fundraiser, waiters like Devin Garrett said they also profited from the added busi-ness.

“It got pretty crazy,” Garrett said. “But it was one of the better nights I’ve had.”

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BY ALBA TORRESIntern

The Thanksgiving season is fast approaching, a time when many count their blessings and consider themselves fortunate.

The Christian City Church in Colleyville said it hopes this will encourage people to dig deep for its Hope for the Sole cause.

Hope for the Sole is a fund-raising program that was born out of the Rev. Paul Cole’s concern for Mexico’s youth after encoun-tering poverty in the city of Juarez.

“The average mother in Juarez has three children and the father is absent, traveling wherever he can find work,” Cole said. “The mother usually works in a factory and makes enough money in a

month for food and shelter.” Cole traveled to Juarez with

friend and congregation member Joseph Gomez, in summer 2002.

Cole said he was surprised to find people living in makeshift homes along the perimeter of the city’s dump and felt the urge to be proactive.

He said he saw the opportu-nity to offer a helping hand after noticing that many of the chil-dren didn’t have shoes.

“Through Hope for the Sole, we strive to save the mother three months of discretionary income which can be used for other things, such as school books,” Cole said.

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Rumors of lynching surround local bridgeBy Morgan WalkerStaff Writer

A woman’s spirit wanders in search of her baby. A creature resembling a half-goat, half-man keeps watch over the woods. An apparition guards those who wish to make a safe passage across the bridge.

These are some of the many stories of Old Alton Bridge that have evolved over the years, according to the book “Ghosthunting Texas” by Denton resi-dent and paranormal investigator April Slaughter.

The Old Alton Bridge on Copper Canyon Road, about 12 miles south of Denton, was built in 1884.

Some locals know it as “Goatman’s Bridge,” a name with several possible explanations, according to Slaughter’s book.

One possibility behind the name is from the story of Oscar Washburn, a black goat farmer said to have been

lynched by Klansmen in 1937. Rumors say after the Klansmen

lynched him, they checked to see if he was dead, but all they saw was a dangling rope. Washburn was nowhere to be found.

Alton Bridge was the first place in Texas that Slaughter actively inves-tigated.

She has investigated the bridge with her husband and other groups including the Denton Area Paranormal Society.

She said she has visited the bridge during both the day and night because she is not convinced that everything happens at night. She must be patient.

“A lot of times people have a mistaken impression that ghosts will jump out and say ‘boo,’” said Lance Oliver, founder of the society. “But sometimes they don’t, and it’s just very subtle.”

Slaughter said she and her husband unloaded their equipment when they arrived. They used EMF meters, which are electromagnetic field detectors that can indicate the pres-ence of a ghost if a disruption occurs, according to the book “Haunted Texas” by Scott Williams.

In theory, Slaughter said, one can ask a “yes” or “no” question, and the meter will flash twice for “yes”’ and once for “no.”

That night, Slaughter and her husband used the meter to contact a ghost, and it flashed “yes” when they

asked, “Are you female?” Slaughter said.

When they played an audio recorder back, they heard the voice of a woman crying, “Baby.”

“We also heard something big on four legs, like a horse, running toward us on the bridge,” Slaughter said. “The noise would come right up to us and then just stop.”

Others like Holden Bucy, a fashion design graduate student, have visited Alton Bridge many times but haven’t experienced the same events as Slaughter.

“About two years ago, we’d go all the time really late at night when we didn’t have anything to do,” Bucy said. “There was always the gossip about Goatman, but we never saw or heard anything.”

Because nothing is there and nobody is around, Bucy added, it’s a good place to go for people looking to get scared.

Located in Argyle, Old Alton Bridge – also known as Goatman’s Bridge – was constructed in 1884 to suspend horses and carriages. A modern hotspot for paranormal activity, the bridge is surrounded by popular legends of abandoned vehicles, missing persons, ghosts and a murder.

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Bu rg u ndy Rest au ra nt hosted the event Thursday and Hannah’s Off the Square will host “PAWS for Refreshment” on Oct. 29.

Jeff Solomon, Hannah’s general manager, said he would donate 10 percent of the night’s

sales.The restaurant is hoping for

a big turnout and might partic-ipate in the fundraiser again if all goes well, he said.

“We hope to revisit the idea later on, perhaps in the spring,” Solomon said.

Money raised by “PAWS for Refreshment” will be used

to build the “care and adop-tion” areas of the new facility, Sherman said.

There is no specific goal for these fundraisers since they are the first ones for the foundation, but the organiza-tion already has other events planned in December to raise more money.

Restaurant hosts PAWS event

Campus organizations volunteer for ‘Make a Difference Day’

Companies dissuade shorthand language

Organization o� ers opportunity to help“The extra money buys a

pair of shoes, therefore it would take a mother three months to purchase shoes for her chil-dren.”

Although born in El Paso, Gomez was raised in Juarez and said he experienced the struggle to survive in an impov-erished environment and said he was compelled to join Cole‘s

cause. After many conversations on

the topic, both men returned to Mexico for Thanksgiving to hand out 100 pairs of shoes and used clothing to the people inhabiting the dumpsite.

Since then, Hope for the Sole has evolved to the annual collection of money and new or gently used tennis shoes.

Hope for t he Sole has partnered with half a dozen

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Joseph Gomez, a member and musician of the Hope Christian City Church in Colleyville, is a part of the Hope for the Sole charity. Every Thanksgiving for � ve years, Hope for the Sole has given thousands of shoes to underprivileged children in Juarez, Mexico, to help families that struggle economically.

Nancy Barry, author of “When Reality Hits: What Employers Want Recent College Graduates to Know,” discusses the pit-falls of social networking sites when applying for jobs during her speech Thursday.

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BY T.S. MCBRIDESenior Staff Writer

Students tempted to use “lol” with potential employers may find it difficult to get a job.

That’s one of the messages author Nancy Barry gave UNT students during her speech Thursday night in the University Union titled “When reality hits, will you be ready?”

“Communication skills are the No. 1 skill employers want in their new hires,” Barry said. “It’s also the No. 1 skill employers are saying recent college grads don’t have.”

Barry’s lecture is meant to emphasize the “soft skills” of communication.

One of Generation Y’s biggest problem is its reliance on texting shorthand like “lol” or “omg,” Barry said. She said that Generation Y has lapsed into an informal style of commu-nication.

Barry describes herself as an expert of Generation Y, which includes everyone born from 1980 to 2000.

She has spent years helping new hires adjust to the environ-ment of her corporate clients.

“It’s extremely important that every piece of communi-cation you send, whether it’s a résumé, an email or a cover letter, needs to be perfect,” she said. “Or your résumé or cover letter will end up in the trash.”

Renee Hebert, director of the Professional Leadership Program, invited Barry to speak Thursday.

The Professional Leadership Program is designed to make the transition from college to the corporate world easier on students.

Members of the program are each assigned a corporative executive to introduce them to the corporate world, taking them to business meetings, networking events or philan-thropy events.

Hebert met Barr y at a networking event through one of those corporate mentors and invited her to speak to the group last year. She said she was so impressed that she set out to make Barry’s lecture available to all UNT students.

“She’s just so great and her message is so good. I wanted to

bring it to the entire campus,” Hebert said.

Barry said she is passionate about helping the younger generation transition from school to work.

“This generation wants a sense of purpose. They want to go out into the workforce and make a difference,” she said. “This generation wants what I call life-work balance, which is different from work-life balance because in the younger generation, life comes before work. I think the older generation can learn a lot from this generation.”

Barry acknowledges that texting shorthand is increas-ingly accepted.

“But I don’t know that it will ever become the norm to the extent that Gen Y uses text communication,” she said. “Technology is great, but in the business world, you have to be more formal.”

She said young people should be aware that managers and corporate executives will care-fully scrutinize any communi-cation submitted by a potential employee.

c hu r c h e s a nd ou t r e a c h programs in Juarez and consis-tently delivers about 1,000 shoes annually with dona-tions from local and national churches and organizations.

Upon delivering the shoes, there is also a small celebration that includes eating cake and drinking soda pop, which is a rare treat for the children.

Cole said he is aware that the economic situation could affect their expected dona-tions, but he remains opti-mistic, as the program has dealt with similar obstacles previously.

“In the past we had taken groups of 20 to 30 people to help distribute, but because of increased safet y issues last year, Homeland Security advised us not to take large groups,” Cole said.

As a result he drove across the border to deliver the shoes so that they could be distrib-uted to those that were eagerly awaiting them.

As spokesman for Hope for the Sole, Gomez is giving the UNT community the oppor-tunit y to donate and w il l be placing drop-off boxes throughout campus. Hope

for the Sole is also receiving support f rom the Denton Police Department and local businesses.

“We live in a country of abundance and it’s incon-ceivable to a lot of people

that $15 goes a long way in a not her countr y,” Gomez said. “Any amount of help is welcomed,”

Hope for t he Sole w i l l continue to accept donations for the remainder of the year.

The f irst shipment will be sent on Thanksgiving, and the second will be delivered a week before Christmas.

For i n for mat ion about donating to the cause, visit www.hopechurch.tv.

CorrectionIn the Oct. 22 issue of the

Daily, the cutline for the story “Students to vote on Homecoming bill” should have stated that Student Government Association Sen. Talya Paeglis abstained from voting on a bill that would allow same-sex and gender-neutral

couples to run for positions on the Homecoming court.

In the Oct. 21 issue of the Daily, the article “UNT launches arts institute” misrepresented the size of the UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts. The facility is 2,400 square feet.

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BY GRACIELA RAZOSenior Staff Writer

More than 600 people from various UNT campus orga-nizations will spend their Saturday morning helping children, the elderly and the environment as a part of the annual Make a Difference Day.

The Center for Leadership and Service is sponsoring the day at 8 a.m. on Oct. 24 beginning on the Librar y Mall where student clubs, f r a t e r n i t i e s , s o r o r i t i e s and individuals wil l help 25 dif ferent places in the Denton com mu n it y a nd around campus.

“It is going to be a big celebration to give students the opportunity to partici-pate in service projects — big or small,” said Kenneth Oguejiofor, student coor-dinator for the VolUNTeer League .

USA Weekend Magazine bega n t he event to get people around the nation involved in their communi-ties through volunteerism — more than 3 million people nationwide volunteered for Make a Difference Day last year.

Oguejiofor, a psychology senior, said Saturday wil l be a day of fest iv it y for everyone.

In addit ion to helping

local non-profit organiza-t ions, students w i l l a lso strengthen themselves as student groups, he said.

“It gives them a chance to see dif ferent pa rts of the community and bridge barriers by meeting people they may not have met if they hadn’t volunteered,” Oguejiofor said.

Amy Simon, director of the Center for Leadership and Service, said more than 900 people signed up to volun-teer in October, and she expects many people wil l be making a big difference in the community that day.

“I think it is important for ever yone to volunteer because we’re a part of a broader community,” Simon said. “W hen you’re a part of a student organization, the real outcome is getting connected with each other and other people.”

T h e G o l d e n K e y International Honor Society is one of the UNT groups volunteering. Members will spend the day working at the Nelson Children’s Center, a facility offering group and individual therapy for physi-cally, emotionally, and sexu-ally abused children.

In addition, the Golden Key chapters from Southern Methodist University, Texas Christ ian Universit y and

Texas Woman’s University and UNT’s NAACP chapter will be lending their hands to help.

One group of volunteers will be doing maintenance repairs to the building while the other group holds a Field Day outside for the kids to enjoy activities and games.

At the end of the day, the children and volunteers will have lunch and an ice cream social together.

G olden Key president Maureen Nduta, a forensic science senior, said about 25 members from the UNT Golden Key chapter w i l l be at the Children’s Center Saturday morning.

“Just by having students from the community come out, it ’l l rea l ly help t he kids there. It’s something different for them,” Nduta said. “And for us, helping is a way of possible growth because it’s a good way to meet people and learn group dynamics.”

Si mon sa id she look s forward to a large turnout on Saturday and wants to see more days of volunteering with the entire UNT commu-nity.

“Hopefully it is not just a one-day event, and it leads to more people volunteering with their grounds and indi-vidually,” she said.

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BY JESSICA PAULIntern

For some musicians, playing in one group is enough. Kennon Talley begs to differ.

An advertising senior, Talley has played for two local bands, Western Giants and This Old House, for the past year.

“We both started around the same time, which was the beginning of last year,” he said.

Western Giants, a blend of folk rock and Americana, includes Talley on guitar and vocals, computer science junior Jordan Stephens on keys and guitar, journalism junior Hunter Faucher on guitar, business senior Aaron Stoner on bass and Josiah Hampton on drums.

Talley started Western Giants and wrote demos for the band on his own last fall, he said.

Conflicting schedules hasn’t been a problem in playing for both groups.

“It hasn’t been that bad,” he said. “We all kind of have an understanding when scheduling practices. We’ve

never really had any conflicts.”The members of Western Giants

all agreed that getting gigs and performing live around Denton was surprisingly easy.

“There’s coffee shops and people who will open up their homes for bands to come in,” Talley said. “It seems ridiculous, but it happens all the time here. It’s great.”

This Old House, Talley’s second project, which he describes as “dream pop,” includes journalism junior Ryan McAdams on vocals, Talley on guitar, Drew McCary on bass and Michael Allison on drums.

Western Giants currently has EPs and hopes to release its first album in the near future.

“We’re actually hoping to write and record sometime next year, and prob-ably have them out by the fall of 2010,” Talley said. “Our goal is to be able to do this after graduating.”

All agreed that performing live is the best part of playing in the band.

“The crowd’s reaction is usually my favorite,” Talley said.

But the band hasn’t had a perfect show every night. All agreed there have been some mistakes while performing.

“We had one show that was abso-lutely terrible,” Talley said. “Pretty much everything that went wrong with a guitar went wrong. I broke a string, and that hadn’t happened in a while. I had strings that were half a step out of tune, and it just completely threw me off.”

Western Giants has kept a posi-tive outlook on every performance, whether technical difficulties were evident or not.

“That’s where the whole mentality of ‘the show must go on’ comes into effect,” Hampton said.

Nonetheless, the band has gained many fans over the course of the year and has been successful at their local shows.

The band plays at 8 p.m. this Friday at the Syc House on Sycamore. Admission is free.

The members of Western Giants had some advice for aspiring bands

Student guitarist doubles in two Denton bands

as well.“Just do it,” Talley said. “Just find

whatever is comfortable to you and just make something.”

This impulsive mentality pulsated within all of the band’s members.

“Don’t ever think it. Just do some-thing,” Stephens said.

BY TAMARA STROMContributing Writer

One of Denton’s most popular hangouts is seeing double.

Jupiter House coffee shop will open a second location Oct. 26 on Carroll Boulevard, and owners Amy and Joey Hawkins aren’t letting the economy get them down.

“We feel very encouraged through the economy right now,” Amy Hawkins said. “Of course business has slowed a little, but we have been very blessed that people are still treating themselves to their cup of coffee.”

The new store will have a similar atmosphere to the original, featuring local artists and musicians. In addi-tion to the coffee and other drinks, the menu will include chocolate confec-tions like dipped strawberries, Jupiter

bark, pecan clusters, and others.Local artist Jon Olbock is painting

the art for the new location.Just like the original location,

the new Jupiter House will feature performances by local musicians on Saturday mornings.

The original Jupiter House is on the Denton Square, where it moved from La Di Da’s location to the present spot at 106 N. Locust St.

The Hawkinses bought the store from the original owners in October 2007.

“My husband Joey was a regular, and after a joke that he would like to buy the coffee shop, he began meeting with the previous owners to iron out all the details,” Amy Hawkins said.

Before the Jupiter House, Joey Hawkins owned multiple

Cinnamonsters, allowing him to get familiar with owning a food busi-ness.

“I’m excited that the Jupiter House is expanding their business,” North Central Texas College sophomore Aimee Speer said. “I remember the first time I went there with my church youth group thinking to myself, ‘This is where I’m going to hang out when I get older.’”

However, some people like Jason Christenson think the new Jupiter House will turn into a franchise coffee house and lose its originality.

“It’s more like a historic place in Denton where I know I can find my friends and family when I need them and where I study for my classes,” he said. “I hope the new shop will make the place an unique area of the community as the original is.”

Co� ee house opens second shop

Kennon Talley, an advertising senior, splits his time between Denton bands Western Gi-ants and This Old House. Talley said scheduling practices and performances has not been a problem for the two bands.

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By Remington BiRdStaff Writer

The Mean Green (7-15, 3-5) will hit the road for must-win conference matchups this weekend against South Alabama University (11-12, 2-8) and Troy University (11-11, 6-4).

With eight spots in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and 10 games in the regular season, UNT would not qualify for the postseason without wins against both teams.

“Every game right now is going to count, and we’ve got to go and put our best effort forth every night now,” head coach Cassie Headrick said.

While neither team boasts stellar records, both teams are also trying to make it into the SBC Tournament. Troy has only lost one game at home this year, and SAU presents a unique game plan by using 12 players in its rotation.

Defensive specialist Kelsey Robins, a kinesiology junior, has been injured most of the season with her third meniscus tear since beginning college volleyball, but finally saw some action last week and she recog-nizes the possible challenge that SAU brings to the table.

“They don’t have one star hitter. They don’t have an Amy Huddleston,” she said. “We can’t focus on one person. We have to focus on their system and what they do consistently.”

Libero Sarah Willey, a math sophomore, said issues such as Troy’s home record are not something the team thinks about, but she does not under-estimate either team.

“Both of them are scrappy teams,” she said. “They’re never going to quit on the ball, and they will get crazy things back over the net.”

The Mean Green have lost its last three games, but they were all against teams that made it

Mean Green defends first place position in Sun Belt

UNT fights for playoff spot

to the NCAA tournament last year and are ranked highly in the SBC this year.

Now, the team has these two road games before beginning a stretch of six straight home conference games on Monday against Denver.

Willey said the team has continued working on its overall game as well as being consistent and cutting down on unforced errors.

Robins said these next two

games are crucial for the Mean Green, and the team cannot split the games, but has to win them.

“If we don’t win this weekend, we’re going to make it even harder on ourselves to get to the confer-ence tournament,” she said.

The Mean Green will face off against South Alabama on Friday at 7 p.m. and then face Troy on Saturday at 7 p.m. The team will then return home Monday to start the stretch of home games begin-ning with Denver.

By Sean goRmanSenior Staff Writer

With only three regular season games remaining, the UNT soccer team (11-4-1, 7-0-1) can clinch at least a first place tie in the Sun Belt Conference this weekend with two wins.

A s t he la st rema i n i ng unbeaten team in conference play, the Mean Green will go on the road to face the second place Wester n Kent uck y University Hilltoppers and the fourth place Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders.

“Both of these games will be close,” head coach John Hedlund said. “We need our six subs to step up so we are able to play a complete game and perform at the end when it matters most.”

With the Mean Green riding a four-game winning streak, there hasn’t been a better time for key matchups all year.

“We’re just taking it one game at a time,” said forward Kendall Juett, a sociolog y senior. “It took a while for us to find our stride, but we’re as confident now as we’ve been all season.”

After struggling on the road earlier in the season, UNT

bounced back to complete a weekend sweep in Arkansas last weekend, proving it is capable of winning on the road.

“Winning t hose ga mes motivated us a lot,” Juett said. “We’re at the top of conference now and have prepared enough to win anywhere.”

It could be a historic week for goalkeeper Mandy Hall, a history junior, if the Mean Green is able to shut out both teams this weekend.

Hall has 16 career shutouts, which is one behind record holder Briana Buchanan.

“It’s not something I think about all the time,” she said. “When I step out onto the field all I think about is that cham-pionship ring.”

Middle Tennessee State (12-3-1, 6-2-0) won’t be the Mean Green’s toughest game of the weekend, but may be just as hot as UNT. After a 6-1 victory over the University of Louisiana – Monroe, the Blue Raiders scored four goals in the second half to defeat the University of Louisiana - Lafayette in a comeback 4-2 win.

“We’ve been finding ways to win on the road all season,” Hall

said. “As long as we continue to do the little things correctly, we have a good chance.”

In a game that could deter-mine first place in the Sun Belt Conference, the Hilltoppers (12-3-1, 7-0-1) will be the Mean Green’s biggest challenge all season.

Western Kentucky has over-whelmed opponents over the last month, winning its last six games and eight of its last nine.

“Most conference games from here on out will be competitive,” Hedlund said. “There’s enough balance in the conference for it to go anybody’s way.”

Action begins at 7 p.m. Friday against the Blue Raiders and resumes at 1 p.m. on Sunday against the Hilltoppers.

Backup likely to start in place of Riley DodgeBy eRic JohnSonSenior Staff Writer

The 1,800-pound brick wall that is the Troy University Trojans front seven will be lying in wait when the Mean Green travel to Troy, Ala., on Saturday.

The Trojans’ defense is f i l led with NFL prospects: L i nebackers Bea r Woods and Boris Lee, and defensive ends Cameron Sheffield and Brandon Lang will look to shut down the Mean Green’s potent rushing attack.

“They are as stacked a defense as we are going to see,” said head coach Todd Dodge. “I would put their defensive front right up there with Alabama. This will definitely be a test of how far we have come.”

With starting quarterback Riley Dodge, an undeclared redshirt freshman, likely out for the game with an upper ankle sprain, UNT will lean on its sophomore sensation, running back Lance Dunbar, a sociology sophomore.

Du nba r w i l l pace t he nation’s No. 24 ranked rushing offense that averages 190 yards per game, against that phys-ical and intimidating defense that allows a stingy 120 yards a game on the ground.

Dunbar will be joined by senior running back Cam

Montgomery, a post-graduate senior, who is returning from a two game absence with a hamstring injury.

“With Cam in the lineup we have a one-two punch that is impossible to stop,” Dunbar said. “Our offensive line is great, and with how aggressive Troy is we should find some holes and be able to gash them when they blitz.”

For the second straight week, UNT’s defense will be challenged by an NFL pros-pect at quarterback.

At last year’s meeting, the Trojans’ Levi Brown picked apart the Mean Green defense, completing 80 percent of his passes for 391 yards and two touchdowns.

The key to having success against Brown will be creating pressure, which UNT was unable to do last time. The Mean Green ranks No. 92 in the nation with just 1.33 sacks per game, and it will be difficult to find any this week against Troy’s mammoth offensive line, averaging 310 pounds across the board.

“Obviously anyone who is given all day to throw will find success,” said linebacker Tobe Nwigwe, a sociology senior. “I expect us to get pressure, and I expect us to dominate. They have a good line but we

have great athletes and we will make it a long day for them.”

Backup quarterback Nathan Tune, a business redshirt junior, will likely replace Riley Dodge in the starting lineup. Tune has been successful when called upon, completing 70 percent of his passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns. His teammates and coaches trust him to get the job done if he is needed.

“We are lucky because we have two guys who can get the job done,” Todd Dodge said. “Nathan has all the tools to be successful and we are confi-dent in him. I see Nathan Tune as the starter this week, but we will use Riley if we can.”

The Trojans have domi-nated this rivalry the last two seasons, outscoring UNT 90-24.

“Last time we played them it was a nightmare,” head coach Todd Dodge said. “But this program has progressed so much since then. We are more experienced, more talented and these players believe in themselves.”

The Mean Green will look to put its four-year losing streak to Troy, and 14-game Sun Belt Conference losing trend to rest Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Follow UNT live on espn360.com or KNTU-FM, 88.1.

Erika Palmacci, an applied sciences junior, works against the Troy University defense to get to the goal.

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By Rachel WattsContributing Writer

Twenty years ago, Denton was a different place.

The bars closed at midnight, the kids swapped mix tapes instead of files, and the Fry Street redevelop-ment turmoil had yet to surface.

Despite all of this, one thing that has appeared to remain constant throughout Denton’s shifts is the sheer volume of musicians: kids who itch for their voices to be heard and share a love of all things local — primarily music.

Like most artists, an outlet was

needed to cultivate their inter-ests, and Denton house venues emerged.

One of the newest house venues carrying the torch in Denton is The Schoolhouse, a quaint home nestled in a neighborhood near Texas Woman’s University.

“We always see people over there,” said Sean Keely, a computer engineering sophomore and neighbor. “We always know when there are bands playing because you can usually hear it. We don’t mind at all. We love being able to walk over and see who’s playing.”

House partyCharlie Hunter and John Jurado,

the proprietors of The Schoolhouse, live and run the venue out of their home at 914 Bolivar St.

“I originally thought it would be fun to run a house venue just from going to other house shows around

t o w n , ” Hunter said. “It seemed like a good way to see what’s out t here, to scout out talent for our record label, and naturally,

having a band come play in your living room is the best way to see if a band has potential.”

Hunter and Jurado said The Schoolhouse is actually the official music venue for their new record label, I Love Math Records.

So far, they have hosted five shows and begun recording a band called Spooky Folk on a four-track recorder in various spaces of their home. They hope to finish recording and pressing the album

by late this year.

“ T h e r e are so many d i f f e r e n t r o o m s w i t h d i f ferent feel-ings,” Spooky Folk violinist Petra Kelly said. “The attic has the best acoustics, and I love it. To me, this is our home, too. I think it makes everyone feel that way.”

A different kind of venueThe energy at The Schoolhouse

is definitely different than playing at any venue, Kelly said.

She likes not having to struggle to get a show, and there is a bigger cross section of people that attend house shows than the venues around town, she said.

Chris Flemmons, creative director of Denton’s annual NX35 music festival and 22-year Denton resident and musician, reflected on his memories of the house venues in Denton’s neighborhoods several years ago.

“We worked jobs that didn’t pay anything, we lived together, we were too young or too poor to drink in a bar,” Flemmons said. “We shirked any immediate interest in playing at venues because our bands weren’t getting shows at venues.”

House venues f ixed this problem.

“Our houses would become the cultural seats for our early influ-ence on what later would be going on musically in town,” Flemmons said. “We built our own culture. It was ours and nobody else’s.”

Kelly said she feels lucky to be in such a creative community, and at The Schoolhouse, nothing is for profit.

“It’s based completely on the idea that artists want an outlet or

want to showcase their music,” Kelly said. “And The Schoolhouse definitely allows that.”

The venue has been successful since its first show in July, Hunter said. In September, a writer and photographer for the Dallas Observer attended a show at The Schoolhouse and wrote a review for the Dallas Observer blog. Hunter said he hopes to use that steam to get people interested in coming out to support local music.

“Just being friends with so many of these musicians and knowing these crowds, people came out and were very supportive,” Hunter said. “One of the highlights for me was seeing nearly 90 people crammed into my attic, singing along to one make-up smeared guy with a guitar.”

The Schoolhouse is open to any new ideas or talent, Jurado said. Making money was never any goal of his, and instead, he sees it as a learning process.

Upcoming benefitThe Schoolhouse’s upcoming

event will be a benefit show on Oct. 30 for the Denton Community Food Center. The price of admission is $2 or a food donation, and all money and food will go to the center.

The Schoolhouse has booked five bands for the benefit, including The Virgin Wolves, Bleach Boys, Dear Human, Parata and Western Giants.

A live painting installation will take place between sets by two local artists, John Finn and Orville Neeley. Hot Box Pizza on Hickory

To me, this is our home, too. I think it makes everyone

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A member of the band The River Mouth performs at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5. The River Mouth will play Nov. 17 at J&J’s Pizza on the Square.

Petra Kelly, a member of the band Leatherwood, plays the violin during a house show at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5.

Local music f nds home at T e Schoolhouse

Street will donate free pizza to the cause.

For more information on The Schoolhouse, visit the venue’s Facebook page.

“The vibe is great, and every new artist I see never disappoints me,” said Brooke Day, an interdis-ciplinary studies sophomore and Schoolhouse attendee. “I am able to just sit, and listen to good bands with good people.”

Charlie Hunter

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Nicholas Thayer performs at The Schoolhouse on Sept. 5 in Denton. The venue is at 914 Bolivar St.

Giggle Party, a local band from Deep Ellum, considers itself “spazzy punk/ pop, Japanese hardcore,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

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By Graciela razoSenior Staff Writer

The experimental band WHY? is making its return to Denton on Monday with its cryptic lyrics, deep vocals and unlikely song arrange-ments.

The band’s latest “Eskimo Snow” was released in September and is WHY?’s fourth full-length album.

Frontman Yoni Wolf discusses the production process, working with his brother, Josiah, and how he feels about playing in Denton.

Q: How do you think your sound has progressed since you all first began?

Wolf: I can’t pinpoint exactly what the difference in sound is. We’ve had a lot of incarnations in terms of different members. We’ve had different ways of working. We used to be all home-recorded. We used all these B-tracks and stuff like that.

Q: How does the entire band contribute to the creative process of making the album?

Wolf: Each album is different. They have a different process to it. The last two records I sort of wrote songs. Some were more collabora-tive. But over the course of about three years, we wrote these songs, and then I made demos for most of the songs that had arrangement ideas and things like that. Then we went in and kind of went from there. We went into the studio and knocked it out pretty quick, mostly playing live.

Q: You do a cover of the Cure’s “Close to Me” that sounds nothing at all like the original. What was the idea behind doing the cover in the way that you did?

Wolf: I had really been listening to that song. I was out one time and someone DJed it. I went back and listened to it a bunch at my house, and I just thought, “I just really love

this song.” Then I started to hear it in a different way and heard how dark it really was. It’s all jumpy and happy when you hear it, but I thought about how dark it is as a song. I did it for fun. I didn’t think we would actually even put it up on the Internet. I just kind of did it as a fun little production exercise.

Q: What’s it like working with your brother?

Wolf: It’s all good. It’s cool to

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Experimental band WHY? will perform with AU and Serengeti & Polyphonic on Oct. 26 at Hailey’s.-

have someone you’ve known all your life. It’s like when we used to play with toys together, playing with our “Star Wars” figures.

Q: What was your first time playing in Denton like?

Wolf: We’ve played in Denton a bunch, and it’s always cool. It’s always a nice, rowdy crowd, generally, and good people. I like that town. Our sound guy lives there, so it’s nice going back there.

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Adrenaline junkies are used to the likes of roller coasters or cliff-diving, but tornadoes give the real rush for meteorologists and “Storm Chasers” stars Reed Timmer and Chris Chittick.

During season three of the show, which airs at 9 p.m. on Sundays on the Discovery Channel, the two said

they promise more tornadoes, more action and more adventure.

Q: How did you come to make tornadoes your specialty?

Timmer: I’ve been obsessed with extreme weather since I was like 5 years old, for as long as I could remember. I always wanted to chase tornadoes, but you really couldn’t do that much in Michigan because of the

trees. So I came to the University of Oklahoma in ’98 to study meteo-rology, and I’ve been tornado-chasing ever since.

Q: W hat is the purpose of your storm chasing?

Timmer: The whole reason why we designed a bulletproof vehicle to drive in the tornadoes is because we have a radar in the back that shoots straight up and measures the updraft wind of a tornado. They have still never been direct ly measured until this year when we drove into a tornado standing upwards and

measured the updrafts. Also, another thing we do is call in reports to the National Weather Service. This is how storm chasers more directly help on the humanitarian side. But it’s also for adrenaline.

Q: What’s going through your mind when you’re driving toward a tornado?

Chittick: It’s pretty exciting when you get close. Later in the season, we actually get in five tornadoes, and that is when it can get a little bit scary. We have a bulletproof shell we can drop to the ground with hydraulics so no

wind can get underneath. So we get in the path of the tornado, drop to the ground, and at that point, we’re no longer mobile. There was one instance where a tornado intensified right on top of us, which is our worst-case scenario. We have bulletproof windows that we manually lift up and a rock got caught in mine so I couldn’t lift mine. So I put up a regular window and then the 150-mph wind blew the window into my face. At that point, I was a little bit worried.

Timmer: I don’t know exactly because I have a lot going through my head — Is it going to zigzag? Are we going to miss it? But that’s the thing, the insanity of getting extremely close. I love it. I love the adrenaline that flows through the body. I love the feel and also just being out there trying to better understand these things that are amazingly powerful, crazy phenomena of weather.

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By Chris speight & Jeph BurtonContributing Writers

Denton County Independent Hamburger Company. It’s a name that takes longer to say than it will take for you to get your burger.

Located on the Denton Square next to Beth Marie’s, the saloon-styled exterior of this 30-plus-year-old burger joint brandishes its garish sign atop an aged wooden face.

Small-looking on the outside, a step through the doors reveals one long stretch of room.

Inside, the place is crammed full of random junk that makes the ambiance, once again, an eclectic slice of America.

You’ll find the wooden wheel of an old-timey ship, a carnival game that will tell you your romance level, cattle skulls with light-bulb eyes, street signs and old advertise-ments.

Barbecue-style table-cloths and a roll of paper towels on every table set the mood.

This place is big. However, the amount of tables almost seemed overkill because we were the only customers. We did go close to closing time, though.

Head deep into the back of the restaurant to a large bar top, over which you can catch a glimpse of fresh french fries crackling in boiling hot oil.

Burgers are prepared on the spot. Choose from one of only a few options on the menu, and the

supernaturally fast burger maestro will throw a heaping mound of meat, shredded cheese and what-ever other toppings they’ve got hiding back there — all in about 15 seconds.

Burgers don’t come with fries automatically, but for about $2 extra, you get unlimited beans and fries.

The hickory burger was pretty good. The buns, patty, onions and shredded cheese were smothered in hickory sauce. It was a little heavy on the sauce and frankly not on our top-five burgers list, but decent nonethe-less. This one will run you $4.25.

The classic fully-loaded cheese-burger includes a thick patty smoth-ered in shredded cheddar cheese that spilled out from the sides of the bun. Lettuce was literally every-where: on the plate, the table and the floor. This place isn’t afraid to lay on the toppings.

The fries were nothing special.The place doesn’t serve alcohol,

which is kind of a bummer. Beer and burgers? Come on now.

A strange thing about this restau-rant is that it is only open between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Although one may assume that having a restaurant open more than four hours a day would win more cash, the guy at the counter assured us the restaurant doesn’t have any problems with business.

Fair enough.If you’re craving a burger around

dinnertime, though, there’s a second location at 715 Sunset Drive, and it’s open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Overall, this place is decent, but nothing to write home about. It’s

The burgers at Denton County Independent Hamburger Company don’t come with fries, but for around $2 extra, patrons get unlimited fries and beans.

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HorrorSCENEFriday 10.23.2009

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By Charlie rallIntern

Tonight, hell comes to Denton.About 100 amateur filmmakers

will embark on a two-day horror film-making exploit for the third-annual 48 Hours of Hell video competition late tonight.

“You get some fake blood and go out there in the middle of the night to make a horror movie,” said Texas Filmmakers president Joshua Butler. “It’s awesome.”

The competition is sponsored by the Texas Filmmakers, based in

downtown Denton. Texas Filmmakers officials will

gather at 10 p.m. with competi-tion team captains at Art Six Coffee House for the kickoff. The partici-pants will be given four elements that their films must contain, including prop, location, theme and a line of dialogue.

Other than these basic guidelines, participants are free to make their films in any style or fashion.

Butler is excited to see the teams run rampant on the town charged with horror.

The competition usually sees a wide variety of films, from spoof comedies to dark horror narratives,” he said. Although the majority of participants are learned UNT radio, television and film majors, it’s not always the technically sublime films that win.

“Judges really go for entertain-ment,” Butler said.

An audience favorite award is also given at the end of the final screening.

The final projects are due by 10 p.m. Sunday. They will be judged by a

panel of local residents and shown at the Golden Triangle Mall beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The top film’s team will win a cash prize based on the amount of entry fees received.

RTVF freshman Rodney Blu is a member one of this year’s teams.

“I’m helping out a friend,” Blu said. “I love movies, and I think this will be a lot of fun.”

He and his team plan on spending most of tonight writing a script after

the kickoff meeting. They will begin shooting Saturday morning and piece everything together using each indi-vidual’s talents.

“We’re going to use my camera, and one of the guys knows how to edit on his computer,” he said. “We all bring different elements to the table, but we’ll work together on everything to get it all done in time.”

Although the competition begins tonight, it’s not too late to register. Teams of any size can register on the Texas Filmmakers Web site until 9:30 tonight.

Filmmakers rev up for two-day horror contest

Students get ghoulish for improvised zombie attack

(From right) Executive producer Kevin Phillips and director Brent Coble of the UNT Zombie vs. Humans attack collaborate on ideas for the uzombie invasion, which takes place today.

Photo by SuSan MiSka / PhotograPher

By SuSan MiSkaPhoto Intern

While cameramen flooded the UNT campus like a SWAT team Thursday afternoon, spectators stood in awe as they watched the rehearsal for the upcoming zombie takeover.

Out of Order, the UNT improv group behind this spectacle, will showcase a large-scale attack of zombies vs. humans today on campus.

“Everyone’s been waiting for a zombie apocalypse for years, and now it’s finally here,” said zombie actor Logan Williams, a radio, television and film senior.

The event will start today with the help of more than 200 UNT students dressed like the walking dead to the fullest extent, spon-sored by Rose Costumes.

The 200 hell-growling students w il l attack on casted zombie survivors, which include theater senior Allegra Denes, economics senior Ryan Cortez, psychology f reshma n Morga n Moss a nd for mer Nor t h Cent ra l Texas College student Max Brown, a Denton resident.

The casted zombie survivors will fight off the zombies in an improvised way.

“It ’s t a ken u s about t wo weeks to get to where we are now with pre-production,” said Brent Coble, an RTVF senior and director of the attack. “It wasn’t very hard to get people to be on board with it because when people hear the word zombies, t hey u lt i mately get excited enough to say yes without ques-tion.”

Ca mera ma n No. 2 for t he zombie attack is RTVF freshman Noah Sargent.

“It’s a pretty awesome concept, a nd ever yone has just been working really hard to get this as good as it is now,” Sargent said.

While the time and destina-tion of the event is intention-ally unknown, the group invites a l l UNT students to join the attack.

Participants will meet at 3:30 p.m. at Clark Park on Maple Street to get into f lesh-eating cha racter a nd help w it h t he zombie takeover.

“This is going to be one of the most epic things to ever happen here at UNT, at least since I’ve been here,” said Kevin Phillips, an RTVF junior and executive producer of the attack.