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Denton residents to honor public safety organizations

Death row inmateslose last meal choice

Students struggle without health insurance

Soccer team hosts conference rivals in � rst Sun Belt games

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Denton � re� ghter Mark Fleniken runs around the station to stay in shape. Denton Public Safety Appreciation Day will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Denton Civic Center. Several organizations will be present to teach people how to prepare for disasters.

Junior forward Michelle Young runs to get control of the ball during Tuesday’s practice at the Mean Green Soccer Complex. The women’s soccer team plays Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. Friday and Middle Tennessee at 1 p.m. Sunday.

ALEX MACONSenior Staff Writer

Earl ier t his year, Chris Green, a UNT art junior, was riding his bike at 2 a.m. down a steep hill near Interstate Highway 35 and North Texas Boulevard when an oncoming car caused him to lose control and tumble off his bike.

“I couldn’t see myself, but could tell it was pretty bad since there was blood on the handlebars,” Green said.

With one eye swollen shut and his head throbbing, Green tried to walk his mangled bike to a friend’s house to get help. A Denton police officer saw Green walking and got out of his car to make sure the blood-spattered young man with the wrecked bike was OK.

“The cop said I looked pretty scary, but I told him I was fine,” Green said. “Anyways, he called the paramedics.”

One ambulance ride, 12 stitches, an X-ray scan and a bottle of painkillers later, the hospital released Green. When a doctor asked Green if he had health insurance, he said no.

A few weeks later, Green said he received the hospital bill in the mail: about $6,000.

“I cou ld n’t bel ieve it ,” Green said. “I’m in college, I have other bills to pay for, and my parents won’t pay it.

They keep sending letters, and I don’t know what to do.”

Gre en i s one of 47. 9 m i l l i o n A m e r i c a n s without health insurance, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week.

Texas leads the nation in residents w it hout hea lt h insurance w it h about 6.1 million who are uninsured.

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BOBBY LEWISSenior Staff Writer

Sun Belt Conference play begins for the UNT soccer team this weekend as the team welcomes a pair of foes to Denton for its first home games in two weeks.

On Friday, UNT (5-3-1) will begin its conference schedule against Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. and face Middle Tennessee at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Mean Green Soccer Complex.

“This is a huge weekend for us, but I like what I see,” UNT head coach John Hedlund said. “I could’ve scheduled a bunch of weak teams for our nonconference schedule and gone 9-0, but that would’ve done no justice for this team, and now we’re going to get tested right off the bat with Western [Kentucky] and Middle Tennessee.”

Starting off strongThe Mean Green will try to

start conference play with a win against Western Kentucky (5-3-0). WKU beat UNT twice last season, including a 3-0 w in that handed UNT its earliest exit ever in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

In those two games, WKU redshirt senior forward Mallory Outerbridge had an assist and two goals.

WKU senior goalie Libby Stout had a combined 15 saves in two games against UNT last season and didn’t surrender any goals.

“I think Western Kentucky probably has the two best players in t he leag ue on their team,” Hedlund said. “Outerbridge, a girl on the Canadian national team, is tremendous, so we have to watch her, and their goal-keeper is probably the best goalkeeper in the league.”

Making a statement“We used to f inish our

schedule with Denver and Middle [Tennessee] at the end of the season,” senior forward

Kelsey Perlman said. “They’re two of our tougher opponents, so now I really do think that

making a statement at the beginning of the season is incredibly important.”

Middle Tennessee (3-5-0) comes into the weekend with f ive losses, but t wo ca me aga inst nat iona l ly ra n ked opponents in No.12 Tennessee and No. 18 Dayton.

“Our thought was with a young team, we needed to get the exposure of playing on the road,” MTSU head coach Aston Rhoden said. “As much as it was tough, it was something that was needed.”

U N T l o s t t o M i d d l e Tennessee 2-1 in overt ime last season.

Opening weekend predictionCon ferenc e ga mes a re

always tough, especially two that are usually near at the top of the conference. Despite that, the Mean Green will go 1-1 to open conference play with the loss coming against WKU. UNT has a really tough time getting past Stout, so it’s hard to imagine Friday’s game will be tough.

ISAAC WRIGHTAssigning Editor

The sizable last meal requested by death row inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer on Wednesday prompted state officials to discontinue providing last meals of their choice to convicts.

Typically, the state provides death row inmates a last meal of their choice before the execution. According to a letter State Senator John Whitmire sent to Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Brewer’s last meal consisted of two chicken fried steaks, a triple meat bacon cheeseburger, a pound of barbecue and other side dishes, much of which was left untouched.

“I have long been concerned and opposed to the practice of providing a last meal of choice to death row inmates just prior to their execution,” Whitmire wrote. “It is extremely inap-propriate to give a person on death row such a privilege.”

Brewer, 44, and two other accomplices were convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after dragging a man, James Byrd Jr., behind a truck in Jasper, Texas. Brewer is the first of three men convicted of the murder to be executed.

Whitmire included in his letter a statement informing Livingston that he would seek to terminate the practice through legislation during the next legislative session.

“I have yielded to [Texas Department of Criminal Justice] in the past, but enough is enough,” Whitmire said.

In response to the senator’s

letter, Livingston responded hours later to inform Whitmire that the policy of providing a last meal to death row convicts is now a thing of the past.

“Prior to execution, death row of fenders w i l l now receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit,” Livingston said in his response.

Message boa rd s a nd comment pages of Texas news media have been a sea of conflicting opinions since the letters were released Thursday afternoon. Some individ-uals agreed with Whitmire’s assessment of the situa-tion, while many others said they believed that providing a last meal is just common decency.

Some UNT students also subscribed to this view-point. Samantha Hunt, a psychology freshman, said she is pro-death penalty, but still believes the last meal should be provided.

“It’s kind of a symbol that it’s just over for them,” Hunt said. “If they’re getting the same meal as any other inmates, it’s just like any other day.”

Niya Abrahim, an unde-clared freshman, is against the death penalty, but said the last meal is still a decent thing to do, even if the person executed is morally bankrupt.

“They’re about to die, so you might as well give them some enjoyment just a little bit,” Abrahim said. “Their punishment is coming. What that person did was wrong, but they should enjoy their last moments. If it’s by food – what they want to eat – then so be it.”

ANN SMAJSTRLAStaff Writer

The city of Denton will take a moment to thank its public safety workers when it hosts the Denton Public Safety Appreciation Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Denton Civic Center.

Twenty-six local public safety organizations, including the Denton Fire Department, the Denton Police Department, t he Fe der a l E mer genc y

Management Agency and several others will be repre-sented.

“We are proud to be a part of the Denton Public Safety Appreciation Day, which coin-cides with the annual National Preparedness Month program,” FEMA spokesperson Bob Alvey said. “All disasters are local. That means that preparedness needs to begin with individuals and families. This activity is a great opportunity to remind

all of us to be prepared for the worst.”

Those who attend the free event will be able to participate in several activities, including touring a fire truck and police car, meeting a K9 dog and “Baltic” the arson dog, receiving a free child ID kit, seeing the dedication of an artifact from ground zero, and watching a demonstration of a bomb-handling robot, among others.

The Denton Fire Department

will perform a “show and tell” demonstration, which will include the bomb-handling robot, battalion chief Brad Lahart said.

“The robot can do anything that we could send a technician in to do with a potential explosive device. The idea of having a robot do it is so that we don’t have to put a person in harm’s way,” Lahart said.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

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Romney, Perry debate illegal immigration, health care

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Kathryn Starr, a business sophomore who is uninsured, said she could barely afford to see a gynecologist to treat a bladder infection she had.

“I have to wait until I can afford it, and at that point whatever’s wrong has time to get worse,” Starr said. “That’s time that I have to live with an infection.”

Starr said she was young enough for her lack of health insurance not to be an enor-mous problem.

“It’s not a huge deal because I’m generally pretty healthy, but if something ever happened I’d have no way to pay for it,” she said.

Starr said she wasn’t familiar with the new Census numbers or the ongoing national debate over health care.

“I just don’t want to have to worry about getting sick,” Starr said.

According to the website for the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit group working

toward a more sustainable health care system, Texas’ high rate of uninsured residents hurts hospitals forced to treat patients unable to pay.

To compensate, hospitals charge more for treatment of insured patients, which causes insurance companies to raise their premiums.

Texas has the second most-expensive health insurance in the U.S., according to the Commonwealth Fund.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made law in March of last year has a provision that would require all Americans to have health insurance by 2014 or face being fined.

Legislators in Texas and other states have moved to block the reforms, arguing that the federal government is over-stepping its boundaries.

In a televised debate, Gov. Perr y blamed the federal government for t he high number of uninsured Texans.

“We know for a fact that given the freedom, the states can do a better job of delivering health care,” Perry said.

The artifact from ground zero is a piece of steel eye-beam that once offered struc-tural support to one of the World Trade Center towers.

Since 9/11, the New York and New Jersey Port Authorities have offered arti-facts from ground zero to first responders across the country who wish to memo-rialize them or put them on public display in their individual departments, Lahart said. The Denton Fire Department requested an artifact about one year ago and received the steel piece last month.

The steel will be dedi-cated on Saturday, and after the event will be on perma-nent display in the Denton Firefighters museum, Lahart said.

The event was originally supposed to take place on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, but was moved to Saturday the 24th because the city

already had several events planned for the original date, said Ryan Grelle, Denton Police

Department public informa-tion officer.

“If 9/11 had not happened 10

years ago, we probably would not be having this event,” Grelle said.

(MCT) ORL A NDO, Fla . — Rick Perry and Mitt Romney clashed bitterly over how to handle illegal immigration, as Romney charged that Texas’ in-state tuition plan for chil-dren of undocumented aliens was a “magnet” for bringing them into the country.

No, Perry shot back, the policy shows he has compas-sion. The two front-runners were among nine Republican pr e s id e nt i a l c a nd id a t e s debating Thursday.

“If you say we should not educate children who come

into our state by no fault of their own, I don’t think you have a heart,” Perry said. “We need to educate these chil-dren or they will be a drag on society.”

They’re already a drag on society, Romney suggested. The tuition policy is the “kind of magnet (that) draws people into this country and it makes no sense.”

Getting tough with illegal immigrants is highly popular a mong t he conser vat ives Romney is courting and who have been warming to Perry

lately. Perry also got blasted by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, who called him “soft” on immigration.

Earlier in the debate, Perry and Romney renewed their bit ter bat t le over Socia l Security, as Perry tried hard to defend himself against cha rges t hat he wa nts to change the popular pension program and Romney kept attacking.

Debating in a state where one-t h i rd of Republ ic a n primary voters in 2008 were over 65, Per r y sa id state

employees and retirees could have the option of foregoing Socia l Securit y and using state employee retirement plans.

No, said Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, the Texas governor wants more changes than that. He said that Perry has said that the program is unconstitutional and that federal government should not be in the pension business.

“You better find that Rick Perr y and get him to stop saying that,” Romney said.

Perry then tried to turn the discussion to health care. As governor, Romney approved near-universal health care for Massachusetts residents, a law widely regarded as the model for the 2010 federal health care law that Republicans despise.

“I believe in what I did,” Romney insisted.

He has said that each state should decide what kind of health plan fits it best. The exchange between the two GOP front-runners was the liveliest early exchange of a

debate between nine candi-dates.

T he n i ne t o ok t u r n s of fer ing remedies for t he nat ion’s a i l i ng economy. Perry was asked for details on how he’d jolt the economy. He said those details were forthcoming, but for now, he pointed to Texas’ economy. That economy, he said, got a boost from low taxes and a regulatory climate friendly to business.

“If it will work in the state of Texas, it w i l l work in Washington, D.C.,” he said.


Denton � re� ghter Chuck Howell waits for a call Thursday afternoon. Denton Public Safety Appreciation Day will take plade at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Denton Civic Center.

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SportsPage 4 Friday, September 23, 2011

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PAUL BOT TONI Senior Staff Writer

For the first time in UNT history, a team from the Big 10 conference will make its way to Denton to play the Mean Green football team.

The 0-3 Mean Green will play for its first victory when it hosts the Indiana Hoosiers at 6 p.m. Saturday in Apogee Stadium. The Hoosiers are 1-2 under new head coach Kevin Wilson and are coming off their first win of the season.

“I nd i a n a i s a muc h-improved football team,” UNT head coach Dan McCarney said. “They’ve experienced a win; we have not yet this season. We’ve got a lot of improvement to make.”

UNT’s f irst three oppo-nents – Florida International, Houston and Alabama – have a combined record of 9-0. Sun Belt Conference rival Troy is

Mean Green football team hosts the Hoosiersthe only other team to have faced a schedule composed solely of undefeated teams, but the Trojans have only played two games.

“Do I think we’ll face any team w ith the ta lent and personnel and depth and speed as Alabama? No, I don’t think that’s going to happen in t he nex t nine weeks,” McCarney said. “You don’t need to be Tom Landry to figure that one out.”

Like the Mean Green, the Hoosiers are in the first season of a new head coach under the leadership of Wilson. Wilson was the offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners last season and brought with him the fast-paced Sooners offense.

“How fast they run plays, how quick they get to the line of scrimmage, the tempo and the pace is unbelievable,” McCarney said. “I know it; I saw it; I experienced it [while at Florida]. It was a national championship game [against Oklahoma], but it was still Kevin Wilson running that offense.”

Indiana receiver Damarlo Belcher vs. UNT secondary

> Belcher selected to Biletnikoff Award Watch List> Belcher has 190 yards receiving and one touchdown in three games> UNT ranks last in the Sun Belt Conference in pass defense, allowing 331.7 yards per game.

UNT looking for first win at Apogee

UNT sophomore linebacker Zach Orr said the key to not getting caught off guard is to pay attention to what the defensive call is and react accordingly.

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and get the call from coach,” Orr said. “Houston was just as fast as Indiana is, so we’ve been exposed to this style of offense.”

The rushing yards have been hard to come by for UNT senior running back Lance Dunbar.

Dunbar has been held to an average of 40.3 yards rushing per game in the Mean Green’s first three games.

Regardless of the cause, McCarney said UNT will need Dunbar to get on track in order for the offense to click.

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The Mean Green football team readies to take the � eld during its � rst home game at Apogee Stadium. The team will face the Indiana Hoosiers at 6 p.m. Saturday at home.


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For some, duty comes before a diploma

Right: Twenty-three-year-old Mi-chael Roberts, an Army specialist, was killed in action Aug. 27, 2011, in Kandahar province, Afghani-stan. Roberts attended UNT for a semester and decided to enlist in the armed forces in 2007.

Above: Soldiers carry the remains of Army Spc. Michael Roberts, 23, during a transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base on Aug. 30, 2011.

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Corrisa JaCksonStaff Writer

Wa l k ing a lone inside t he Kandahar police compound where he lived and trained Afghan police forces, Spc. Michael Roberts noticed a car speeding toward the compound’s main gate.

The date was Aug. 27, and the moment, Roberts’ commanding officer would later tell his father, was one in which the 23-year-old soldier was forced to make

a decision. “He could either cry for help

and seek shelter, or grab his weapon and charge ahead,” said Dave Roberts, Michael’s father, remembering the Captain’s phone call. “He said, ‘Your son made the right choice.’”

Firing his weapon as he ran to meet the oncoming suicide bomber, Roberts is credited with saving countless lives in the final act that took his own. The Army

recognized his action by posthu-mously awarding him a Bronze Star – the nation’s fourth-highest military honor.

But for Michael’s family and those who knew him, Michael’s heroic death was a credit to the way he lived his life.

Before Michael was a soldier he was a son, a brother, a friend and, for a year, a student at UNT.

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These photos were taken by Army specialist Michael Roberts before he was killed in Kan-dahar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2011. Roberts, who was from Watauga, Texas, attended UNT before joining the military.

He was one of a generation of Americans compelled to forgo or postpone a college degree to answer the call of military service. For others college is the beginning of a military career or a stop on the way to one.

Cole Quarles, an applied arts and science junior, and friend of Michael, said they became friends while stationed at Fort Hood after learning they’d both attended UNT.

One day, after Quarles broke his ankle, Michael was there to take his friend to the hospital and make sure he’d be OK.

“From what I knew of Mike, he had always really been that way. Always ready to help somebody,” Quarles said.

After Roberts graduated from Richland High School in North Richland Hills, he enrolled at UNT during the spring of 2006. Early in 2007 he decided to leave school and enlist in the Army, a decision he told his family about after the fact, Dave Roberts said.

“He told me it was some-thing he felt he needed to do,” Dave Roberts said. “We always raised him to make his own deci-sions.”

From student to soldierFor s old ier s l i ke Ma s on

Smothermon who take on the roles of both student and soldier,

life is a mix of textbooks and tactics.

Smothermon, an economics senior, is in the UNT Army ROTC program and the Texas National Guard.

When he graduates from UNT, Smothermon will be commis-sioned as a second Lieutenant and begin training for a specific unit, he said.

Smothermon’s older brother is a commissioned officer deployed in Iraq. He said witnessing his brother in the Army gave him a taste of what he would learn in ROTC.

Connecting his military and college experience has been a growing experience, he said.

“I’ve seen myself develop into a more responsible person because of ROTC,” he said. “I used to be a procrastinator, and I can’t do that anymore.”

As for why he wants to serve in the Army, living in Southeast Asia for a time and then returning to the states gave him an apprecia-tion for his country.

“[It’s an] acknowledgment of what our country has done for us, and paying back,” he said.

From soldier to studentAfter Adam Haggerty finished

his militar y service, he came to UNT, where he realized he wanted to help other vets tran-sition from military life, so he became a peer mentor for the Veterans Center.

He joined the Army right out of high school in 2003 and stayed in for six years.

“It’s just like going to school, except it’s a structured, military thing,” he said.

He left the Army in 2009 and enrolled in UNT as a music educa-tion major.

Relating to people and getting involved in the college scene proved to be dif f icult, espe-

cially in his freshman classes, he said.

“Some people really thrive in structured environment that the military is, and when they get to university where there’s little structure, sometimes it can be tough to make it to class or turn your stuff in or whatever it is you need to do,” he said.

Remembering the struggle he had in finding people he could

relate to, Haggert y is now a member of the Student Veterans Association and Omega Delta Sigma, a fraternity for veterans.

“I’m more adjusted now; I have a better schedule,” he said. “Working in the Veterans Center helped with that.”

Haggerty recently enlisted in the National Guard because he wanted to continue his life of military service.

“I noticed after I got out, I missed being a soldier,” he said.

The cha l lenges of l iv ing a student and military life, sporting both UNT and Army green, are worth it, Smothermon said.

“Doing it as a student makes you stronger,” he said.

In the days since Michael’s death, Dave Roberts said, his family has been inundated with calls and handwritten letters from those whose lives Michael touched.

An active member of his high school marching band, Michael

now has a scholarship that his band director created in his name. Winners are chosen not by their musicality or scholastic achievement but rather, “if they can demonstrate that they’ve gone out of their way to help others,” Dave Roberts said.

Michael planned on finishing his degree after his militar y ser v ice wa s complete. A nd although he never got the chance, Roberts said, he received the only education he ever really needed.

“As an extension of his service, he sacrif iced his l i fe to save others,” Dave Roberts said. “We gave the Army a good kid, and the Army made him into a great man.”

“We gave the Army a good kid, and the Army made him into a great man.”

—Dave Roberts Michael Roberts’ father

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LifeSCENEFriday 09.23.2011

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A day in the life.... of an Eagle Ambassador[ ]BRITTNI BARNETTSenior Staff Writer

With a fact base that could rival the best of UNT’s recruitment catalogues, Asa Hamilton led a group of four high school students through the UNT campus on a recent afternoon.

As he walks backward in front of the group, he spills facts about famous UNT alumni, the soybean complex used in the bricks of the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, and tells the occasional joke.

“The heat hasn’t been this bad since the NBA playoffs,” Hamilton said to a few giggles from the

group. “Sorry, my jokes usually aren’t this bad.”

Hamilton, a music education senior, began working as an Eagle Ambassador, more commonly known as a tour guide, in May.

“Anyone can be trained to give information,” said Jennifer McLendon, visitor experience ma nager for t he universit y. “We look for students who are outgoing, who have a personality and who have a genuine love for the university.”

Hamilton became interested in the Eagle Ambassador position after he took his tour of UNT.

“I told myself, I could see myself

doing this job,” he said. “It’s been a fantastic opportunity for me; any way I can promote UNT because I feel I have a great sense of pride for the university.”

Hamilton is one of 20 regular EAs and one senior EA.

The Eagle Ambassadors have been around since 1998, and before then tours were given by volunteers, McLendon said.

“They did a lot of research to try and figure out how to better recruit students,” she said. “Through the research they found that students who were actually paid and highly trained would be a better recruit-ment tool for the university than volunteers showing up when they felt like showing up.”

EAs are compensated with a $2,500 scholarship that is spread out over the course of a year; $1,000 in the spring and fall and $500 in the summer. Ambassadors are also paid $ 8.25 an hour, McLendon said.

For this price, each of the

regular EAs will work about 15 hours a week giving tours, working the information desk on the second floor of the Eagle Student Services Center and holding other events.

One such event is the NorTex College Fair that UNT hosted Tuesday nig ht at Discover y Park.

Ambassadors were on hand, along with representatives from many of the departments across campus, to welcome students from local high schools and answer any questions they had about the university.

“I think I l ike tours better because you can personalize the information,” said Thomas Craig, an Eagle Ambassador and busi-ness sophomore. “Here [at NorTex] it’s a lot of repeating informa-tion.”

Eight tours that average two hours each are given Monday through Friday, with additional tours on Saturdays. McLendon

said UNT offers more tours than its competitors.

An EA will give one tour a day and is told to personalize them as much as possible, Hamilton said.

“My favorite part is to just see the reactions from people on the tours, such as when they see things like the Rec Center for the first time, or the scholarship library in the ESSC,” Hamilton said.

Alexia Aguilar, a high school senior from Decatur, said her favorite part of the Tuesday tour with Hamilton was seeing the Pohl Recreation Center.

“UNT is my first choice,” Aguilar said. “But I took a tour to just get a better feeling for it and make my decision more certain.”

In addition to their weekly staff meetings, EAs are trained for an entire week before school starts. During that week they are trained on traditions, each of the academic areas, customer service and team building.

Senior Eagle Ambassador Asa Hamilton makes phone calls to potential UNT students who have already signed up for today’s tours around campus. Hamilton began at the Eagle Ambassador program in May of this year and enjoys gaining knowledge about UNT, he said.

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PABLO ARAUZStaff Writer

Jeff Coffin, current saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band, is somewhat of an unsung local music guru. Coffin has roots here in Denton, where he graduated from UNT in 1990 and has since been awarded three Grammys for his own music as well as work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

Coffin has been touring with his newest ensemble, the Mu’tet, who will play at Dan’s Silverleaf on Saturday night. The band plays a blend of stylish improvisational jazz with fresh, modern grooves. While the band shares some similarities to Dave Matthews Band, with Coffin’s leadership it stands alone as its own musical entity.

We spoke with Coffin, who discussed his music, his new label, Ear Up Records, and gave advice for UNT music students who want to work in the industry.

NTD: How has the tour with the Mu’tet been?

Coffin: It’s been great; we just put out a new double live CD. We did some of the Dave Matthews caravan stuff. We just came back from Brazil, we were in Canada, New York, the Midwest, the East Coast, and we’ve been touring a lot. The band sounds great and we’ve been having a lot of fun.

I’d also like to mention the rest of the band: Jeff Sipe – Drums, Felix Pastorius – Bass, Mike Seal – Guitar, Bill Fanning – Space Trumpet.

NTD: You’ve recently released a couple of CDs, one with the Mu’tet and another with Jeff Sipe. How do these recordings differ from previous recordings you’ve done?

Coffin: Well, they’re sort of an extension of different things what we’ve been working on over the years. The duet with Sipe was recorded in three days in North Carolina. We had about 12 hours of music that we whittled down to about 45 minutes of recording, and it’s meant to be listened to as one piece straight through. We

A thousand words with Grammy-winning alum tie things in together, successfully so, in a way that are sort of seamless. There are melodies we base things off of but there’s improvisation in the melodies as well, sort of like a dialogue. It’s a very special recording and I’m very happy with it.

The double live CD is primarily material that I’ve recorded before, as people have been clamoring for a while for a live CD. We had two gigs we had in Chicago and one down in Austin. So earlier this year I took those three recordings and took the best of everything and put out a double live CD. I did the artwork on it as well and had a friend who put the whole pack-aging together.

NTD: What’s it like working with Dave Matthews Band?

Coffin: It’s great. It’s an awesome band and group of people to make music with. I tell people it’s got the intimacy of a small group on stage as far as musical and personal commu-nication; we just happen to be playing in front of 20,000 or 30,000 people a night. It’s a fantastic experience. I’m really happy to be working with a vocalist again also. Last time I played with the Flecktones was the end of last year, so when the DMB gig came up, I had to let the Flecktones gig go. It was very much with the support of everybody. I’m still family with the Flecktones and I know we’ll make music again in the future. It’s a new chapter with [Dave Matthews Band].

We’re having a fun time making music and exploring music together; it’s an incredible group of musicians and a real wide diversity of music. The music that I play with the Mu’tet is influenced by a lot of the world music I started listening at North Texas, including African, Gypsy, Indian, Brazilian, Funk, obviously American Jazz, folk from around the world. There are similarities between that and the Flecktones as well as [Dave Matthews Band], with Dave being from South Africa originally.

NTD: You’ve won three Grammys

with the Flecktones as well as your own music; do you have any advice for aspiring UNT musicians?

Coffin: Yes, I’ve done a lot of clinic work at about 300 clinics; I’m also a Yamaha artist. I’ve taken a lot of time thinking about education and talking with younger players. My degree is actually in education from North Texas, so one of the things that I’m always pushing is the fundamentals – you’ve got to have them together. If you go to a baseball game or basket-ball game, you see the players working on what they’ve worked on since they were very young. It’s also good to remember that music isn’t a compe-tition, and the only competition is yourself. I saw a lot of that in the school environment. It took me a long time to get away from that. I’m glad that I’m not in that thinking space anymore because I’ve realized that the only competition is with myself, as it should be with all of us. We should be able to take joy in the way that

other people play; if there’s someone who plays really well, be inspired by it. Go out there and really work on finding how you hear music and be the best you that you can be. I don’t really want to sound like anyone else; I think that’s the not the point. It’s all about how you hear music.

Another thing to remember is that at the end of the day, music is a busi-ness. You have to make ends meet. It’s important to know that part of it. It would also be great to put a mock tour together, to know what you have to do

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Burger Time Machine301 W. University Drive

Denton, Texas 76201

FoodSCENEFriday 09.23.2011

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Burger Time Machine

DAISY SILOSStaff Writer

Attention all burger enthusiasts: look no further! If you’re looking for a burger that will fill you up, Burger Time Machine is your place. These aren’t your regular-sized burgers – they’re huge. Each burger is made as soon as you order it so it’s fresh off the grill, giving it a home-cooked taste.

Although the outside of the restaurant looks run down, the burgers make up for it. The facade looks a bit shady, and the inside is poorly decorated with posters of old ‘80s movies, so it doesn’t look like a place you’d want to hang out – let alone eat. But don’t be intimidated by the appearance; things aren’t always what they seem.

The restaurant offers a variety of fried appetizers such as fried pickles, fried mushrooms and fried jalap-enos. It’s almost like you’re at the Texas State Fair.

They also have a selection of sand-

wiches like the Time Machine Philly or grilled chicken sandwich and English fish and chips.

The burgers come with a side of homemade fries that would make for a filling meal by themselves. The burgers are also available in various sizes that start at a half-pound patty and are as large as a whole pound.

For an extra $1 you can add bacon, chili or guacamole to your burgers.

The prices range from $4.50 to $8.95 for the Terminator, and yes, the burger is just as intimidating as its name sounds.

The Terminator left me saying, “I’ll be back … for the food, of course.”

This burger has two juicy patties, mushrooms, jalapenos, American and provolone cheese, with lettuce, tomatoes and pickles.

One bite out of this changed the way I see burgers, and no other burger will compare. It’s just that good.

The patties were well cooked and decorated with two types of melting cheese making your mouth water.

The jalapenos gave the burger a different kind of flavor. They added an extra bit of spiciness I don’t find in ordinary burgers.

The fries weren’t too salty and just the right amount of crispy, the perfect sidekick to the Terminator.

The Burger Time Machine makes for a great place if you’re in the mood for a tasty burger. It can also make for a pretty cool hangout spot if you look past its appearance. They have a big-screen TV to watch sports, or you can just sit back and listen to music or play a song on their jukebox. It’s open Monday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9p.m.

The Burger Time Machine is home of the Terminator, a one-pound cheeseburger, and is located at 301 W. University Drive.PHOTO BY DAISY SILOS/STAFF WRITER

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