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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Volume 97 I Issue 27
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UN' names parking, transportation director
Richmond promotes
transportation
alternatives
By Stacy Powers
Senior Staffer
Transportation veteran loe
Richmond was appointed as
UNT's new director of parking
and transportation March 1.
Richmond started out in
the transportation industry
as a shuttle bus driver for the
University of Texas when he
was 23 years old. He joined
Austin's Capital Metropolitan
Transportation Authority in
1985 and made his way to
UNT in 2003 as the associate
director of transportation
services.
"I was recruited to develop
the shuttle system and alterna-
tive transportation programs,"
Richmond said. "My job was to
get some alternative transpor-
tation options out there for the
university and to work with
the parking office to balance
their resources."
Richmond helped start
alternative transportation
initiatives such as the Connect
by Hertz rental cars, the E-ride
late night service, the ride
share program and making
the campus bike friendly.
"I really think that alterna-
tive transportation is really
necessary for everybody to be
able to access the campus,"
Richmond said.
Taking on the director
position, he said he plans to
promote communication and
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UNT has elected its former director of transportation services, Joe Richmond as its new director of parking and transportation.
customer
service.
"I want to
make sure
that we can
communi-
cate to the
campus
c o m m u -
nity all the
options available, be it where
to park or what kind of alter-
native transportation," he
said.
JOE
RICHMOND
The hiring process
UNT Police Chief Richard
Deter asked Deputy Police Chief
Ed Reynolds to chair a search
committee for the new position
last fall. The committee was
made up of students, faculty,
staff and some members of the
UNT Police Department.
The committee narrowed
the candidates down to the
final three — loe Richmond,
Geary Robinson from Clemson
University and David Kapalko
from Sam Houston State
University — and then met with
them through video conference,
Reynolds said. The members
gave feedback to Deter and he
made the final decision.
"From the committee's view-
point, all three candidates had
strong qualities," Reynolds
said. "I think the committee
felt that based on loe's previous
experience, [he] was the best
choice."
Ryan Ferguson, a radio
television and film graduate
student, was a member of the
search committee, He said he
was impressed with Richmond's
people skills.
"loe knows how to talk to
people," Ferguson said. "When
you talk to loe you get that he
really understands the ques-
tions you're asking him and
he really gets to the heart of
the answer."
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Icing on the cake
Photo by Berenice Quirino/Visuals Editor
Phyllis Vaughn, the assistant director of business and personnel for the University Union, and Brenda Dean, a
facility worker in the Union, frost a large cake for UnionFest, a celebration of the 63rd birthday of the Union. The
processes of making the cake began at 6 a.m. and ended around 10 a.m. It was one of various free treats offered
to the students, faculty and staff of UNT throughout the day. The celebration also included games, face painting,
free pizza and giveaways.
UNT offers acuity buyout
By Matthew Cardenas
Staff Writer
With pending budget
cuts tightening UNT's belt,
administrators are offering
faculty the opportunity to
accept a pay out and leave.
In an email to all faculty
members Monday, Provost
Warren Burggren detailed a
limited separation program
offered by the Division of
Academic Affairs, which
would give one year's annual
base pay to faculty members
whose applications are
accepted.
The program would free up
money for the university, not
clear out faculty, said UNT
spokesman Buddy Price.
"It's to reallocate funds,"
Price said.
President V. Lane Rawlins
said the program would help
redirect resources to make
UNT a better research insti-
tution.
About 350 of the more than
1,500 faculty members qualify
for the program, which limits
eligibility to those who have
completed at least 15 years of
continuous service at UNT.
Faculty members are
disqualified for eligibility
if they are on development
leave between Sept. 1, 2010
and May 31, 2011, or have
already been notified that
their contracts aren't being
renewed.
Wayne Zimmermann has
worked at UNT for two years
and doesn't qualify for the
program, but considers it a
good deal.
*'If they paid me for a
year's salaray, I'd be gone,"
he said.
Faculty must apply by
April 22. Applications will
be reviewed on a first come,
first served basis.
TWU student s threat
expedites UNT program
By Ben Baby
Senior Staff Writer
The disgruntled veteran who
caused a lockdown at Texas
Woman's University last week is
now causing changes to prevent
a similar situation from occur-
ring at UNT.
Christopher Gillette was
charged with making a terror-
istic threat in a TWU classroom,
March 1, after the 30-year-old
U.S. Army veteran became
upset during class, according
to reports. He was released
from the Denton County fail
on $25,000 bail.
UNT police issued Gillette
a criminal trespass warning
March 2 after police learned
he had participated in events
on the UNT campus last fall,
authorities said.
" It gives us a tool to where, if
we have someone on campus
that we already determined
may pose a threat, we can take
immediate action," said UNT
Deputy Police Chief Ed Reynolds
of the trespass warning, which
is indefinite.
Gillette's involvement at
UNT
If Gillette comes to any prop-
erty owned or controlled by
UNT, he will be arrested on a
criminal trespassing charge,
which is a misdemeanor
punishable with a $2,000 fine,
Reynold s said. The charge also
carries a possible jail sentence
of no more than 180 days.
Gillette, a history major at
TWU, has been involved with
the National Organization for
the Reform of Marijuana Laws
at UNT.
NORML vice president and
philosophy sophomore Nikki
Kidd said Gillette Came to about
CHRISTOPHER
GILLETTE
half of the
group's
meet-
ings last
semester.
Kidd said
Gillette
attended
a march
by the
group last
October and a subsequent SGA
meeting the group went to.
"He was really friendly to
us," Kidd said. "He was on our
side."
Kidd said Gillette vocalized
his opinions in meetings, and
she could tell that he was really
passionate about anything he
talked about.
Gillette also contacted lacqi
Serie, the director of opera-
tions for Denton Community
TV, about conducting a public
access show on the station.
Serie said the 15-minute
phone conversation took place
about two and a half weeks ago.
She said Gillette had mentioned
somebody getting hurt, and the
TWU student wanted to hold up
government documents to the
camera and ask for the resig-
nation — if not execution — of
government officials.
"He basically stated that he
was angry, and very, very mad
at the current government,"
Serie said.
UNT unveils veteran
program
Gillette had voiced concerns
about the government medical
treatment he had received for
injuries sustained while serving
in the Army, according to
reports.
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