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ARTS & LIFE: Local performers raise money at Denton historical festival
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VIEWS:
GOP debate brings positive attention to campus
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CnAIITf Women's basketball team loses in final seconds
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Haiti Relief
I Students and Red Cross
partner to bring aid
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Tuesday, January 19,2010
Volume 95 I Issue 1
72°/56
North Texas Daily
News 1,2
Arts&Life 3,4
Sports 5,8
Views 6
Classifieds 7
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Fraternity members disturb neighborhood
By Lisa Garza
Senior Staff Writer
Loud partying, underage
drinking and parking viola-
tionsare some of the complaints
againstsixUNT students living in
aCorinth subdivision, according
to police reports.
Problems began when the
group of men, each members of
the Sigma Nu fraternity, moved
into acul-de-sac house of Forest
Hill in early August.
The students living in the
home, a private residence not
affiliated with the fraternity,
declined numerous requests to
comment. Neighbors said they
have had enough.
A long list of complaints
Tracie Holms lives in the
house next to the students.
She said she was initial ly hesi-
tant to speak about the situation
because of her concern of nega-
tive publicity to the university.
"However, the young men
residing in the house next door
to me are the ones responsible
for the publicity that is a detri-
ment to their school and to their
fraternity," Holms said.
Philip Carter, a kinesiology
senior, told the Denton Record-
Chronicle two weeks ago that
the problems stemmed from
one neighbor.
However, Holms said that is
not accurate.
"Until these young men
moved in, our neighborhood
was generally a quiet and safe
place to live and raise kids," she
said. "For months now, we have
had to worry aboutwild parties,
drunkdriversand parkingprob-
lems."
Carter told the Record-
Chronicle that the Corinth house
allows them to get away from the
daily parties and drinking that
occurs on the campus house.
However, neighbors said there
have been numerous parties
since the men moved in. One
resident contacted the Corinth
Police Department in August
to inform them of a large party.
When officers arrived, they
issued several citations for
underage drinking and made
one arrest for public intoxication.
According to the report, contact
was made with one of the house
residents who stated they were
Photo by Marti® Teeviho/Photogeaphee
On the afternoon of Jan. 16, the residence at 4116 Waveriy Road in Corinth looked like every other house in the neigh-
borhood. The property is occupied by six Sigma Nu fraternity membersand has been the subject of a number of formal
complaints by neighbors.
having a UNT Rush Party.
Lanny Gardner, one of the
residents in the cul-de-sac, said
he has seen people urinating in
the frontyard at 3 a.m. and up to
23 cars parked three rows deep
filling the cul-de-sac.
"I witnessed a car come up
there, popped the trunk and
started pulling beers out and
passing them around to people
that are sitting in their cars," he
said "They were havi ng a tai lgate
party in front of my house."
Gardner also said he
witnessed three men in the back
of a pick-up truck smoking in
front of his driveway. He said
it did not look like a cigarette
because they had to re-light it
every time they passed it.
"I was a smoker for 30 years,
when you light a cigarette, it
stays lit," Gardner said.
City considering options
A group of residents gath-
ered at a Nov. 5 Corinth City
Council meeting to state their
grievances.
Four neighbors spoke about
the disturbances and asked the
council for help. Woodcrest
Capitol, LLC is the property
leasing company for the house
where the students live.
Meghann Young, leasing
manager, said she had no
comment on the matter.
Mayor Paul Ruggiere said
the city is aware of the neigh-
bor's concerns and is reviewing
several possible responses.
"We are reviewing with our
attorney the possibility of
putting together an ordinance
that would limit the number
of non-related adults living
in a single-family house," he
said.
It is unknown how long the
process will take because any
ordinance produced must be
in compliance with federal and
state housing laws.
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Photo by Cebty Amgulo/Staff Photogeaphee
Republican Texas Governor candidates Debra Medina, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Rick Perry participated in the Texas De-
bates at 7 p.m. on Thursday nightat UNT's Murchison Performing Arts Center.
GOP Candidates duke it out
at UNT Murchison Center
Byt.S.McBride
Managing Editor
There were no clear winners
in Thursday's gubernatorial
primary debate, which UNT
political science professors char-
acterized as long on style and
short on substance.
"I don't think anybody really
won it There was nobody who
scored a home run," polit-
ical science professor Valerie
Martinez-Ebers said, echoing
the opinion of political science
chairperson John Todd.
The top three Republican
candidates for Texas governor
squared off in a lively debate
that never strayed too far from
the central theme of tax cuts
Thursday night from 7 to 8 pm.
at the Murchison Performing
Arts Center.
The debate marked the first
time in years that allRepublican
primary candidates for Texas
governor participated in a
debate.
At one point as incumbent
Rick Perry, 59, and challenger,
Sen. Kay Eailey Hutchison, 65,
argued about whether Perry
had reduced taxes, the moder-
ator, KERA News Director Shelly
Kofler, cut them off.
"We'll have more opportu-
nity to talk about taxes," Kofler
said.
"Hope so," said Hutchison.
She was not disappointed.
"No government has cut taxes
more than we did," Perry said.
"We cut the business tax from
4 percent to 1 percent."
However, Hutchison
continued to reiterate thatPerry
had raised taxes on small busi-
nesses.
While none of the candidates
made any glaring factual errors,
the debate had little substance,
Martinez said.
"Neither was completely
accurate. Neither was
completely wrong,"she said. "It
was a debate of a lot of rhetoric.
There were really no specifics
given."
The gubernatorial debate
was hosted by UNT and orga-
nized by KERA. Panelists
Dave Montgomery of the Star-
Telegram and Maria Renee
Rari lias of KUVN joined Kofler
in questioning the three candi-
dates.
Questions were also taken
from selected audience
members. Candidates were
given one minute to answer
questions and refute oppo-
nents' points at the modera-
tor's discretion.
Debra Medina, 47, who
joined the race on a platform
that promised to eliminate
property taxes and protect
Texas sovereignty, was often
shut out of the discussion as
Perry and HuchisonHutchison
traded barbs, the former's often
directed at Hutchison's asso-
ciation with Washington big
government, the latter at Perry's
fiscal policy.
Eefore the debate, Medina's
low poll results had excluded
her from a second debate,
scheduled for Jan. 29.
However, as of a Jan. 10
Rasmussen poll, she has
improved her standing to 11
percent and will participate in
the next debate.
Martinez said that of the
three candidates, Medina gave
the best performance, but given
her low standing in the polls, it
would not amount to much.
She's polling between 3
and 7 percent and she has low
name recognition," Martinez
said. "She came across as very
prepared. She could have come
across as a sideshow and she
didn't. I don't think she was a
star, but she definitely wasn't
a sideshow."
Voters responding to
Medina's message are more
likely to cut into Perm's slice
of the pie, said Todd.
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Community organizes Martin
Luther King Jr. Day march
By Melissa Boughton
Assigning News Editor
Hundreds of students
and community members
marched Monday for a
Martin Luther King Jr. cele-
bration from the University
Union at UNT to the Martin
Luther King Jr. Recreation
Center.
The Denton community
organized the celebration,
said MariaDenison, interim
manager at the center.
After the march, the
attendees participated in a
number of events including
speeches, musical selec-
tions from the UNT Voices
of Praise and flag foot-
ball.
The UNT chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha marched in
the parade and volun-
teered to serve food at a
free dinner.
"We do it to commem-
orate the life and legacy
of MLK Jr.," said Shanel
Brown, an elementary
education senior. "It's a
greatway to unite students
of the university and make
a statement to the Denton
community that MLK Jr.'s
dream is living on through
us."
Martin Luther King Jr.
was a civil rights leader and
is best known for leading
the march on Washington,
D.C., and his speech given
in 1963 titled "I have a
dream." His birth date was
established as a U.S. federal
holiday, known as Martin
Luther King Jr. Day.
Many groups from
UNT participated in the
march including the
UNT Democrats and the
International Socialist
Organization.
"The march is a good
way for people to make a
political statement as well,"
Brown said.
Prominent businesses
throughout Denton also
sent volunteers to repre-
sent them at booths in the
center.
Representatives from
"Everything that this day
represents has an impact
on all of us."
—Maria Denison
Interim manager of the Martin Luther
King Jr. Recreation Center
Denton County Transit
Authority, The Legends
Academy and more were
present, handing out
pamphlets about their busi-
nesses.
"We thought the celebra-
tion was fantastic and we
had a great turnout," Denison
said.
The halls of the center were
buzzingwith voices at the end
of the day as guests headed to
the cafeteria for a full meal
and cake for dessert.
"Everything that this day
represents has an impact on
all of us," Denison said.
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Photo ev Meiksa Boughidh/Assighihg News Editor
Chrissy Payne, a math education junior and UNT Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
sister volunteers her timeat the Mar tin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center during
a MLK celebration.
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