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NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
Volume 90 I Issue 56
ntdaily.com
TODAY'S WEATHER
Sunny
48/70
Former President
Ford hospitalized
&
■ The NT men's
basketball team won
for the sixth time in
seven games after a
thrilling 72-70 victory
over Denver on Monday
night at the Super Pit.
Sports, page 6
■Recycled Fashion" is
the name of this months'
Union Gallery exhibit,
as North Texas fashion
design students have
constructed innovative
clothing designs from
much more than the
ordinary fabric.
Arts, page 5
■ At least three stores
in Denton will buy CDs
from students, and each
one has its own perks.
Arts, page 5
■ After trying to remove
the bullet, the man
walked to Via Christi
Regional Medical
Center-St. Joseph, where
he was then transferred
to another hospital.
Views, page 7
Student Life
Arts
Sports
Views
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Classifieds &
Puzzles
Page 8
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Anthony Davila / NT Daily
The Campus Chat in the University Union is frequently over crowded during lunch hours.
NT contemplates
Union expansion
Demand for venues, space spurs idea
By Brandon Kilgore
Staff Writer
Since the University Union
was last expanded in 1976, NT
has changed dramatically. An
increased demand for special
event venues and a rapidly
growing campus population
have prompted preliminary
discussion of either building
a new, larger Union or reno-
vating the existing one.
Since 1976, attendance at
NT has nearly doubled from
about 17,000 to more than
32,000.
Dr. Bonita Jacobs,
Vice President of Student
Development said no definite
plans or designs have been
made to expand the Union,
but some early discussions
are taking place.
"What we are trying to do
is to get information from
the key stakeholders of that
building to see if there is
interest in exploring an option
for expansion," Jacobs said.
"The student voice will be
crucial."
Jacobs emphasized that
the most important motiva-
tion for the ideas has more
to do with space and serving
students' needs, not safety
According to Doug Welch,
Director of Risk Management
Services, his department
works closely with the
Union to ensure any safety
issues that arise are quickly
resolved.
He said his department has
found safety problems with
the Union in the past, but they
were quickly resolved.
"That doesn't mean that
there may not be conditions
that have not been identi-
fied," Welch said. "But as far
as we know, they have been
identified and remedied and
covered by the proper fire
protection systems."
Jacobs said the benefits of a
new Union would be "tremen-
dous."
She said that if student
focus groups and surveys
show that students don't see
the project as crucial, the idea
won't go any further.
Jacobs said expanding the
Union would be more about
providing students a better
connection to the univer-
sity and a better experience
overall.
NT officials have visited
other university Unions to
gather ideas.
"Some of the things we saw
when we visited... were a lot
of space where the students
can go and small rooms where
they can sit in two's or three's
and work together."
Other ideas Jacobs have are
lockers for commuters, more
food and retail venues, more
meeting rooms and more
student gathering places.
More retail and food venues
would also help pay for Union
costs.
Funding the project
would come from a variety
of sources.
"Part of the Union is funded
by Student Service Fees, but a
building like this would have
to have a huge component
of donations and university
money."
Whether or not there would
be a student referendum
depends on the extent of the
expansion.
A large-scale project or
a whole new Union would
require a student-approved
increase in fees.
According to Jacobs, in
seeking funding for a project,
the university would look
for grants and seek out indi-
viduals and businesses that
would have an interest in
funding the building.
"Naming opportunities,"
would be one method of
helping pay for the expan-
sion. Jacobs said the Union
could sell naming rights to
new meeting rooms.
Alumni, especially those
who were once involved with
the Union, would also be
courted to make donations.
orporation donates kits to
engineering technology
State of the art
tools keep NT
engineering
students up to
industry standards
By Amberlee Sterling
Staff Writer
NT's department of engi-
neering technology received
a donation of 20 of the latest
microcontroller student
learning kits through Freescale
Semiconductor's worldwide
University Program. This part-
nership not only allows students
to stay up-to-date on current
industry trends, but it grants
2006 Photo ByAnthony Davilla / NT Daily
Freescale Semiconductor's University Program worldwide
director, Andy Mastronardi, speaks about newly donated HCS12
series microcontrollers on Nov. 11, 2005.
Perry to select
new student
regent in eb.
"The student body at UNT will be
represented by a well-qualified student
regent applicant"
Jackson sends
list of top five to
governors office
By Chelsea Douglas
Staff writer
The top five student regent
applicants are waiting for a
response from Texas Gov. Rick
Perry after Chancellor Lee
Jackson submitted their names
for selection last year.
After receiving only 18 appli-
cations in September, the NT
Student Government Association
screened the applicants through
interviews in a town hall meeting
and submitted five names to
Jackson: Brittany Adams,
Mesquite junior, Elizabeth
Murphy, Garland junior, Nathan
Edgerton, The Colony junior,
Calvin Ballenger, Harlingen
junior and Shana Gooch, San
Antonio sophomore. Three of
the five applicants hold offices
with SGA.
"I really want to serve my
school better," Gooch said. "This
is a very prestigious position and
maybe having a student serve
will make other students want
to get involved, also."
Gooch is a current SGA senator
and plans to resign from that
position if selected as student
regent.
The governor has to make
a decision by Feb. 1, in which
the student selected will begin
serving their term.
"I think that by Feb. 1, the
student body at UNT will be
—Nathan Edgerton
represented by a well-quali-
fied student regent applicant,"
Edgerton said.
The new student regent will
work in conjunction with the
Chancelor
Lee Jackson
NT Board of Regents to aid in
the decision-making process
with the exception of voting and
making motions. The term will
last until Jan. 31, 2007.
In compliance with the Texas
Education Code, Jackson was to
submit the best-qualified appli-
cants to the governor's office
before Dec. 1. Jackson submitted
all five names on Nov. 15.
The Texas Education Code
requires the university chan-
cellor to evaluate the top five
applicants selected by SGA with
their names and institutions
removed from the application.
In a document submitted to
the governor's office, Jackson
stated that he could not respon-
sibly evaluate the candidates
without an interview and refer-
ences, and such a process would
be inconsistent with the legal
See Regent on page 8
Retired professor
eaves behind legacy
them a hands-on approach to
learning new technology.
"Students need to be exposed
to new changes in technology,"
said Dr. Vijay Vaidyanathan,
assistant professor and director
of electronics engineering
See Tech on page É
Christy devoted
life to family,
NT, education,
adventure
By Tony Gutierrez
Staff writer
George Christy, professor
emeritus for the finance depart-
ment of NT's College of Business
died of natural causes on Dec.
18 at his home in Denton. Fie
was 86.
Christy was known for his
passion for economics, history,
languages, literature, sports and
traveling. Fie also embraced a
physical life, taking up activi-
ties such as jogging, boxing and
calisthenics.
"He was the closest thing
to a Renaissance man I ever
met," said John Thornton of the
finance department. "It would
be very difficult to find an intel-
lectually interesting topic, that
George had not learned about,
he could discuss freely."
Christy first came to NT in
1965 from the University of
Oregon. Once in Denton, Christy
stayed on the faculty until 1985,
and remained as an adjunct
faculty until 1991 when he fully
retired.
"The professionalism and
treatment he received made
him very loyal and proud to be
a part of the school," Christy's
son, Gordon said.
Students of Christy remember
George Christy
him for his overpowering pres-
ence in the classroom. Fie would
prepare a series of guiding notes
for each class session.
"Fie was thought to be a very
hard teacher, but he was very
supportive of any student who
showed they were willing to
put forth the effort to do the
coursework," said Bob Nickell,
a member of the NT Board of
Regents.
Nickell had taken two of
Christy's undergraduate classes
and three of his graduate classes.
After Nickell graduated, he
remained friends with Christy.
He later helped establish a schol-
arship fund in Christy's honor in
1998 for finance students.
"I learned from him more than
any one single person I've studied
with in my life," Nickell said. "He
was my mentor. He definitely
should go down in history as one
of the best finance professors to
emerge through NT."
See Christy on page 8
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