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Friday, March 9, 2012
Volume 99 I Issue 32
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North Texas. 3 Daily
News 1, 2, 3
Sports 4,5
Classifieds 6
Games 6
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
UNT student
reported
missing
35 Denton estival plugs in
Brief
Nicole Balderas
Senior Staff Writer
UNT Police began an inves-
tigation on 18-year-old UNT
student Rebekah Arenaz after
she was reported missing
March 2.
Arenaz is about 5-foot-4
with dark brown hair and
"bluish-green eyes," according
to Calaia Jackson, business
senior and friend of Arenaz.
"We received a report on
her regarding she hadn't been
heard from in several days,"
said Ed Reynolds, UNT deputy
chief of police.
Police received informa-
tion stating Arenaz might
be in Laredo, Texas, which
is believed to be her home-
town. Police spoke with a high
school friend of Arenaz as well
as her boyfriend.
"Her friend said she saw her
in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and
indicated to us that she was
fine," Reynolds said.
"It is my understanding that
none of her family members
have commu-
n i c a t e d
with her,"
Reynolds
said.
A full
i nve s t ig a -
tive report
REBEKAH is still under
ARENAZ review.
Photo by Patrick Howard/Staff Photographer
Members of the punk band Final Club Brenndon Abalos, Chris Pickering, David Broderick and Anthony Manganaro perform at The Labb as part
of the first night of 35 Denton, a four-day walkable musical festival, Thursday. Final Club blends a sound of psychedelic rock with punk influ-
ence. Other artists featured at 35 Denton include Bun B, The Mountain Goats, Best Coast and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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Photo by Tyler Cleveland/Visuals Editor
Pre-psychology freshman Elizaveta Loran picks up her mail Thursday in the Eagle Express, Room 215C of the Union. UNT's mail system is managed by private
company Pitney Bowes, not the U.S. Postal Service, meaning the budget cuts and closures would not affect the UNT post office.
UNT post office avoids USPS cuts
Brief
Nicholas Cain
Intern
UNT's post office will not
be affected by proposed U.S.
Postal Service budget cuts and
branch closures.
A plan was proposed in
February that would see
USPS lay off more than 35,000
employees as well as consoli-
date more than 200 branches
nationwide.
The proposal is pending, and
the changes have not become
official.
"Due to mainly faster ways
to communicate such as email,
many of our services are not
being used, and in the past few
years we have been noticing
a significant drop-off, espe-
cially in First-Class Mail,"
USPS spokesman Sam Bolen
said.
UNT's mail system is
managed by private company
Pitney Bowes, not the USPS,
meaning the budget cuts and
closures would not affect the
UNT post office.
USPS has noticed a decline
of about 25 percent in the use
of First-Class mailing services
throughout the country since
2006, according to Bolen.
"We will be changing service
standards, hoping to produce
many more efficient ways
to better meet the needs of
their customers," Bolen said.
"There will be no more over-
night delivery anywhere in
the country, otherwise there
should not be any delay in
mail."
Eagle Express
Mail Center
Located in:
University Union
Room 215C
Open;
Monday-Saturday
(hours vary)
Contact:
(940) 369-8567
UNT Legal Services
saves students fees
Haylee Howard
Contributing Writer
UNT's Student Legal Services
sees 20 to 25 students per week,
but SLS hopes to increase that
number.
In an effort to reach out to
students, the office has been
taking some creative approaches,
including each member of the
office taking turns updating
the center's Facebook page and
participating in videos posted
online about what the center
offers.
"We want students to know
who we are and send them on
an 'ask quest,'" attorney and SLS
director Kathryn McCauley said.
"We guide students through
the legal process, and we also
want to provide them with some
education."
SLS has saved students an
estimated $1.25 million in legal
fees in the past nine years,
with $130,000 saved in 2011
alone, according to McCauley.
Assistants help students break
leases, go through divorces and
create wills.
McCauley has 18 years of legal
experience and has spent 11 of
those years presiding over the
Student Legal Services at UNT.
"We like to think we are doing
[the students] a service with the
fees they pay, because itis basi-
cally free," McCauley said.
McCauley said students with
landlord issues make up the
majority of who comes into the
office,
"When I see a pattern, like
landlords who are egregious,
I get them to see the light,"
McCauley said. "1 feel legally
and profes-
sionally obli-
gated to take
action. Our
rationale is to
deter future
bad behavior
[of land- KATHRYN
lords]." McCAULEY
Administrative coordinator
Llannah Clark has been working
at Student Legal Services since
2008 and decided to stay after her
December 2011 graduation.
"Working here has given me
"We want
students to know
who we are..."
—Kathryn McCauley
Student Legal
Services director
a newfound appreciation for
lawyers and the legal practice,"
Clark said.
Merchandising junior
Courtney Gordon said the office
helped her get out of her lease.
"I had an awful landlord, and
he really wasn't holding up his
end of the contract," Gordon said.
"Iwentto [Student Legal Services]
and the lawyer went through the
lease with me, and I was out by
the end of the month."
The UNT Student Legal
Services is available for appoint-
ments or walk-ins Wednesdays
1:30-3:30 p.m. and Thursdays
10 a.m.- noon.
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