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Friday, December 4, 2009
Volume 94 | Issue 56
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Police charge 3
more with hazing
TERRY
LEWIS
JAMAL
PETILLO
ByT.S. McBride
Senior Staff Writer
UNT police have
charged three more
Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity members
with hazing following
an earlier arrest of
members Terry Lewis,
a graduate student, and
Emmanuel Bradford,
an engineering
junior.
Jamal Petillo, an
undeclared junior,
Charles Sneed, a crim-
inal justice senior, and
Raymond Brown, an
engineering senior,
are being charged with
one count of hazing
alongside Bradford
and Lewis, who are
being charged with
two counts of hazing
without serious bodily
injury
The charges follow
a two-week investi-
gation by UNT police,
Deputy Chief Ed Reynolds said
on Thursday.
The investigation began after
a Nov. 10 report from a student
who said Lewis and Bradford had
beaten and spanked him as part
of a fraternity initiation.
The student requested that
his identity be withheld, citing
a fear of retribution from frater-
nity members.
"After we executed the search
warrant, we were able to inter-
view the additional pledges
and fraternity members, and
the investigation that followed
resulted in us obtaining addi-
tional search warrants for the
hazing," Reynolds said.
UNT police arrested Petillo
on Nov. 24, arrested Bradford
for a second time on Nov. 25,
and arrested Lewis on Nov. 30.
All three suspects have been
released on bail. Sneed and
Brown remain at large.
The charges for Lewis and
Bradford carry a sentence of up
to 180 days in jail, a $2,000 fine
or both.
EMMANUEL
BRADFORD
with the five suspects
and 12 pledges found
in the apartment, police
issued arrest warrants
for Lewis, Bradford, and
Sneed, as well as Brown
and Petillo.
UNT Police first
arrested Bradford and
Lewis on charges of
hazing on Nov. 11 at
Lewis's apartment at
816 N. Bell St. Police
also arrested Sneed at
that time for evading
arrest.
Police said that during
the Nov 11 raid, they
believe they interrupted
the second occurrence
of hazing.
"Actually, the hazing
was in process we went
to the apartment," he
said. "And there was
evidence at the scene
to corroborate."
Among the evidence
taken was a wooden
paddle with the Greek
letters Zeta Upsilon emblazoned
on it. Zeta Upsilon is the designa-
tion for the UNT chapter of the
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
Bradford, Lewis and Sneed
were released on bond the same
day as the raid.
The results of the investiga-
tion have been forwarded to the
Denton County district attorney.
If the district attorney accepts
the charges, the students will be
tried, said Jamie Beck, first assis-
tant criminal district attorney.
The UNT Center for Student
Rights and Responsibilities is still
carrying out its own investigation
into the matter, said Maureen
McGuinness, assistant vice presi-
dent for student development.
The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
will remain suspended during
the course of the investigation.
Members of the fraternity are
barred from meeting or partici-
pating in other fraternity activi-
ties while the suspension is in
effect.
Representatives of the Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity did not return
After conducting interviews calls by press time.
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Photo by Andrew McLemore/Editor-in-Chief
The 2009 One O'clock Lab Band, shown above in a summer performance, was nominated for two Grammy Awards on Thursday for its album "Lab 2009." The
UNT group was nominated for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. The director, Steve Wiest, was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition.
O ne O lock Lab Band nets
two rammy nominations
Carolyn Brown
Senior Staff Writer
Members of UNT's One O'
Clock Lab Band will mingle
with the country's top
performers next month at
the 52nd Grammy Awards.
The group of jazz musi-
cians will attend the cere-
mony in Los Angeles next
January after netting two
nominations this week.
"It's an incredible thrill,"
Wiest said. "It's an incredible
recognition of the hard work
the students do throughout
the year, and it also sends a
clear message to the world as
to the level of our program
here."
The band's album "Lab
2009" was nominated for
Best Large Jazz Ensemble
Album and band director
Steve Wiest was nomi-
nated for Best Instrumental
Composition for "Ice-Nine,"
which is also featured on the
album.
The nominations bring the
band's total Grammy nomi-
nations to six.
About 200 entries were
submitted in each category,
and five from each received
nominations.
The band worked last year
on the album and picking
out the nine pieces for the
final product, he said.
In May the musicians
made a professional-quality
recording, which they sent to
Grammy Board in August.
The band also sent out
video footage of its time
in the studio as part of a
campaign to promote the
album.
Jason Hausback, a music
performance graduate
student and trombone
player, said that he had to
stay on his toes during the
recording session.
"It's always a little nerve
wracking because the micro-
phone's right there and it's
like, if you mess up, every-
body else has to play it
again," he said.
Hausback said he was
surprised when he heard the
news of the nominations.
"We got an email saying
we got nominated for two
Grammies and I was like,
'Oh wait, is this a joke?"'
he said. "It's just a CD and I
couldn't believe it, and I'm
still kind of in disbelief that
we're actually going to go to
California for the show."
Sam Reid, a jazz studies
senior and saxophone
player, described last May's
two-day recording session
as an intense bonding expe-
rience.
"By the end of the
recording session, it kind
of felt like climbing Mount
Rainier," he said. "The most
enjoyable part was working
with the guys in the band
and the saxophone section
to try and make something
creative as cleanly and beau-
tifully as we could."
Reid said he is looking
forward to the band's trip
and hopes to run into some
celebrities.
"I had a crush on Christina
Aguilera when I was 13, so
maybe I can meet her," he
said. "I'd give her a card and
say, 'Hey, next time you need
a saxophone player, I work
for free.'"
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Photo by Susan Miska/ Photographer
een birth rates fuel sex-ed critics
Former UNT student Gloria Castillo, 19, pictured with boyfriend Andrew Kimberlin, is among many teen mothers in
Texas. Recent data shows the state ranks third in teen pregnancies. The numbers stoke criticism of state policies that
deny minors access to birth control without parental consent and require abstinence-based sex education.
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"ree H1N1 vaccines available
to UNT, Denton community
By Lisa Garza
Contributing Writer
The Denton County Health
Department will offer a free H1N1
vaccination clinic Saturday at
Discovery Park. The clinic will
be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
will be accessible to all Denton
County residents who are part of
the high-risk population.
Preparing for the worst
The department collaborated
with UNT to organize the clinic
after it anticipated a shortage of
vaccines nationwide, said Luis
Tapia, UNT emergency planning
and management coordinator.
"We thought about different
strategies that would quickly
and efficiently get the vaccine
to students who choose to take
advantage of the vaccine oppor-
tunity," he said.
Since April, UNT Risk
Management Services has been
working closely with the health
department on H1N1 prepara-
tion and response activities. Tapia
said the clinic is one of the many
combined efforts in response to
theHlNl threat.
The number of students who
have tested positive for Influenza
At-risk populations include:
People between the ages of 6 months and 24 years
Pregnant women
People between the ages of 25 and 64
Health care and emergency medical services personnel
A has been closely monitored.
"A positive test for Influenza
A is a very strong indicator of
H1N1," Tapia said. "We thought it
was appropriate that if a student
did test positive for Influenza A
to take the precautions as if they
did have H1N1."
The vaccine will help prevent
H1N1, but there is also another
method.
"Cover your coughs and
sneezes, stay home if you're sick,
and always remember to wash
your hands," Tapia said.
Jessica Bates, a visual art
studies senior, said the clinic is a
great effort that will help many
people.
"I have a few friends who
suffered from 111X1, so it's good
that people can get these shots
free," she said. "I'm not going to
attend the clinic though because
I've never gotten the flu, so I don't
think I need the vaccine."
More vaccines on the way
A shipment of H1N1 vaccines
was originally expected to arrive
earlier this fall for the Student
Health and Wellness Center. The
order, which is distributed by the
Texas Department of State Health
Services, has not been received.
"We haven't received any
communication with regards to
receiving the vaccine before the
semester break at this time," said
Reggie Bond, the center's director,
in an email.
The county health department
will continue to receive vaccine
shipments regularly.
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