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Tuesday, November 22,2011
Volume 98 I Issue 51
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
Students
ace forgery
charges
Alex Macon
Senior Staff Writer
Two UNT students arrested
earlier this month face state and
possible federal charges of cash
forgery, a third-degree felony,
after trying to use counterfeit
bills they made in their dorm
room, police said.
Brent Bakewell, a business
freshman, and Keeley Dunnam,
a dance freshman, were arrested
outside of Maple Hall sometime
after midnight Nov. 7, when a
police search of Bakewell's dorm
room uncovered a number of fake
$20 bills.
Ryan Grelle, public informa-
tion officer for the Denton Police
Department, said the case would
have to go through a grand jury
before heading to trial, which
"could be months." The case
will ultimately go to the Denton
District Attorney's Office, which
will prosecute the two students
on a state level, Grelle said.
Forgery of government
currency is also frequently pros-
ecuted at a federal level, with
the United States Secret Service
handling most cases involving
forgery or financial fraud.
"The Secret Service can still
press charges if they wish," Grelle
said.
The Secret Service field office
in Dallas did not return requests
for comment.
If the two students are
convicted of the forgery charges,
they could spend two to 10 years
in prison and be fined up to
$10,000, according to the Texas
Penal Code's judgment on third-
degree felonies.
Grelle said officers originally
received a tip about the forgery
from an employee at a local
convenience store, who refused
service to Bakewell, a "regular"
at the store, when he attempted
to buy a pack of cigarettes with a
counterfeit bill on Nov. 6.
See MONEY on Page 2
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Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer
Sophomore defensive linebacker Kiante Young of Western Kentucky intercepts a ball intended for junior wide receiver Christopher Bynes in the
fourth quarter. The Mean Green lost 31-21 Saturday night at Apogee Stadium.
Just Missed
Mean Green falls to Hilltoppers 31-21
Paul Bottoni
Senior Staff Writer
The UNT football team's last
glimmer of hope for a break-
even season record has been
extinguished.
The Western Kentucky
Hilltoppers (6-5,6-1) defeated
the Mean Green (4-7, 3-4)
Saturday night for the first
time in WKU history, defeating
UNT 31-21 at Apogee Stadium.
The loss guaranteed UNT's
seventh straight losing season
- even if UNT wins its final
game of the season, the team
can finish no better than 5-7.
"We were beaten by a better
football team," UNT head
coach Dan McCarney said.
"You'd love an opportunity
to make plays to win games,
but we were not able to do
it. [WKU] made a lot more
plays."
The game was close at half-
time with the Hilltoppers
leading 17-14, but the turning
point of the game came early
in the second half.
After driving to 1-yard line
of WKU, UNT could not find
the end zone, turning the ball
over after failing to convert
on fourth down. From there,
the Hilltoppers went on a 14-0
run. UNT scored a late-game
touchdown, but by then the
game's outcome had been
decided.
"We came out kind of flat
in the second half," senior
running back Lance Dunbar
said. "The plays we had open
there were too many mistakes,
too many dropped balls. You
have to make plays when your
number's called."
Dunbar, who injured his
knee against Troy last week,
was limited against WKU,
participating in just three
plays for the Mean Green.
UNT overcame the
senior's absence against the
Trojans, but couldn't dupli-
cate that effort against the
Hilltoppers.
"We beat ourselves; it's as
simple as that," sophomore
quarterback Derek Thompson
said. "We had a great game
plan; we didn't execute."
While the Mean Green
offense struggled, the
defense could not contain the
Hilltoppers.
UNT entered the game with
a plus-8 turnover margin -
causing eight more turn-
overs than it had given away
- and ranked third in the Sun
Belt Conference in quarter-
back sacks. Against WKU, the
Mean Green tallied no sacks
and no turnovers while the
Hilltoppers notched two inter-
ceptions.
See FOOTBALL on Page 4
Bike paths
lead to new
road rules
Isaac Wright
Senior Staff Writer
Following new city and
university rules allowing for
more bike traffic in Denton,
police and other departments
at UNT are educating motor-
ists and pedestrians on how
to travel safely alongside bicy-
clists.
Both the city of Denton and
UNT have recently put in place
shared pathway initiatives that
give bicyclists the right to use
an entire lane of traffic and
mandate that motorists must
pass cyclists with at least 40
inches of distance between
them.
Despite the changes,
UNT Police Deputy Chief Ed
Reynolds said the frequency
of accidents on streets around
UNT has remained low.
"Since the beginning of the
semester, we've had about 12
accidents overall," Reynolds
said. "That's not counting the
small accidents in the parking
lots."
loe Richmond, director of
parking and transportation,
said both city and UNT offi-
cials are currently working on
a bike committee to determine
how to deal with the changing
traffic situation.
UNT Police Department
Lieutenant David Owen said
the university is currently
creating an educational
campaign to help those on the
streets around campus abide
by the laws of the road.
Owen said the univer-
sity has always had a large
amount of bike traffic, but the
recent actions by the city and
UNT have just increased the
numbers and awareness.
"The university has always
been more integrated,"
Owen said. "Not a lot has
changed."
See BIKES on Page 2
Program provides scholarships
or 'highly motivated students
Rebecca Ryan
Staff Writer
UNT is among five Texas
universities to receive a grant
of $605,000 from The Greater
Texas Foundation to fund
scholarships for early college
high school graduates.
The Greater Texas
Foundation Scholars program
will award scholarships in
$2,000 increments to early
college high school graduates
who attend UNT.
Early College High
Schools (ECHS) are high
schools located on or in
close proximity to a college
campus that allow students
least likely to attend college
an opportunity to earn a
high school diploma and
up to 60 college credit
hours, according to the
Texas Education Agency's
website.
Wynn Rosser, executive
director of The Greater Texas
Foundation said this is the
only scholarship program
of its kind.
"UNT is a leader. The school
is bold and it's courageous and
is trying something new."
—Wynn Rosser
Executive director of The Greater Texas Foundation
"UNT is a leader," Rosser
said. "The school is bold and
it's courageous and is trying
something new. To go out on a
limb to bring these early college
high school graduates in and
work with them is new, and
it's one reason UNT is getting
this grant."
UNT was selected as part
of a statewide competition all
public and private universities
were invited to join. Five schools
in the state were awarded with
grants to provide scholarships to
ECHS students. UNT has about
30 ECHS students enrolled this
year, assistant director for the
Office of Enrollment Lynette
O'Keefe said.
"We were awarded this for
a number of reasons," O'Keefe
said. "UNT has a strong
history with The Greater Texas
Foundation and we share
common goals, so naturally
we applied for the grant. We
support the ECHS model and
have actually helped many
ECHS campuses get started. I
think these are all factors that
helped us get it."
Students can begin taking
college courses at one of the
54 ECHS campuses in Texas
as early as their freshman year
of high school at no additional
cost, Rosser said.
See SCHOOL on Page 2
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Photo by James Coreas/Senior Staff Photographer
Adam Haggerty, a music education junior, was in the Army for six years and is planning to join the National Guard soon.
UNT ranks among most
veteran- riendly schools
Nicole Balderas
Senior Staff Writer
For the second year in a
row, Military Times EDGE
magazine listed UNT among
the best national four-
year colleges for veterans,
although its ranking dropped
37 spots from No. 6 in 2010 to
No. 43 this year.
Though it is ranked lower,
employees at UNT's Veterans
Center give little thought to
the ranking, and instead
focus on plans to help its
student veterans, a number
which has more than doubled
from 1,200 last year to 2,500
this year.
See VETERANS on Page 2
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