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News
Tuesday, March 19,2013
Joshua Friemel and Marlene Gonzalez, News Editors
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Hague
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"My interest in interna-
tional law was solidified with
the unraveling of the Arab
Spring," Castro said. "It was
striking to see theory and
political ideology played out
on a legal scale. At The Hague,
I hope I can further investigate
the correlation between media,
and the influence of law."
Sources from The Hague
could not be reached for
comment.
While; the students are
in The Hague, they have to
research a pre' determined
topic and write a 20 to 30 page
paper.
"Our students leave this
program and do amazing
things," Meernik said. "We
are all so proud of them."
Visits to the ICTY will
end after this year because
the last of the trials for the
Balkans conflict are coming
to a close. But Meernik
believes that UNT students
will still take trips to the
Netherlands in the future
to Study the many other
international organizations
based in The Hague.
"The International
Criminal Court will be
there forever," he said.
"Eventually they will be
reviewing cases from all
over the world, and we
want our students to be a
part of that as well."
Student
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"Being in Denton far from
her family and friends was
something new for her and
[she] always looked forward
to returning home on the
weekend," close friend
Gabriela de la Torre said.
Paulina Vazquez graduated
Mesquite High School in 2010.
She was part of the school drill
team, and was also named
Miss Skeeter during home-
coming her graduating year.
"I'm still in shock and
disbelief my best friend is
gone/' friend Arial Flores
said.
A candlelight vigil was
held Friday night outside
of the Vazquez's Mesquite
home.
"She kept any memory
of the present as much as
she could and would say
'we will laugh about this
later in life',"' family friend
Patricia Lozano said. "We
love and miss her and will
always cherish each and
every moment that we
shared with her."
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Barefoot Athletics, a shop
that carries both UNT and
Texas Women's University
merchandise, has recently
opened on the Square in
Denton.
The store was opened to
provide students with an alter-
native location to purchase
clothing with UNT and TWU
logos.
Aside from the Denton loca-
tion, stores are also located in
Fredericksburg, Huntsville*
and Stephenville, where; the
company opened its first store.
Denton store manager
Meredeth IVrsinger said they
opened a store in Denton
because it is an "untouched
market."
"There aren't a lot of places
for UNT and TWU students
to get clothing with their
school logos," Persinger said.
"University apparel stores can
get expensive. So we try to
make it affordable for college
students."
Short sleeve shirts cost about
$15 at Barefoot and hooded
sweatshirts start at about $25.
UNT's university bookstore
has shirts and sweatshirts
similarly priced, but offers
more variety including a larger
price range.
In order to sell UNT apparel,
Barefoot needed support from
the Collegiate Licensing
Company.
"Every garment is approved
by UNT first," Persinger said.
"They also get a portion of the
profit."
According to the Denton
Photo by Fey Sandoval/Staff Photographer
Barefoot Athletics located at 207 N. Elm St. is a college apparel store that serves UNT and TWU students. The two-story
shop offers shirts and other clothing items with university logos.
Rec0rd-Chronicle> the univer-
sity gets 10 percent of the
profit from both UNT and
TWU apparel.
The company got its start
eight years ago as an athletic:
apparel store in Stephenville.
"We sold every kind of
sporting apparel but shoes, so
it was named Barefoot because
without shoes, that's what you
are/' Persinger Said.
Barefoot in Denton has
been open for more: than a
month, and its apparel is no
longer sport gear, but univer-
sity apparel for the students
in the area.
UNT visitor experience
manager Jennifer McLendon
said Barefoot is "a fun company
that is really making an effort
to get involved in UNT and the
Denton Community."
The store provided T-shirts
for the workers of UNT
Preview Day, and also gave 100
free shirts for I Heart UNT Day
with the Alumni Association
and 200 free shirts for Mean
Green Pride Day, Persinger
said.
"We also try to go to campus
once or twice every two
weeks," she said. "It's still a
slow process while opening,
,So it helps to put ourselves
out in front of people to get
the word out."
General studies senior Jose
Tellez received two shirts from
Barefoot.
"They are super comfortable
and they have lots of different
styles," he said. "There's a
little bit of everything for
everyone."
The store has a different
ambiance to it. With wood
interior and an antique yet
comfortable atmosphere, old-
fashioned style and Texas
country mesh to form a unique
Denton feel inside the store.
"It's a lifestyle/ not just a
store," Persinger said. "We
wanted an atmosphere that
encourages Students to just
come in and hang out."
Visit barefootretail.com for
more information, or visit the
store located off the square at
207 N. Elm St.
Supreme Court hears Arizona's voter case
WASHINGTON (MCT) - An
Arizona law requiring would-
be voters to show proof of
U.S. citizenship seemed to
divide Supreme Court justices
Monday in a case important
to many states that want to
stiffen their own voting stan-
dards.
Conservative justices
sounded sympathetic to
Arizona's pr oOf- of-cit i ze n-
ship requirement, while more
liberal justices suggested the
measure might conflict with a
1993 law passed by Congress
Called the National Voter
Registration Act. The even-
tual ruling will define when
federal law pre-empts State
efforts, a legal determination
that accompanies political
controversies ranging from
illegal immigration to alle-
gations of voter suppression.
"Many people don't have
the documents that Arizona
requires," Justice Sonia
Sotomayor noted pointedly
at the start of the hourlong
oral argument Monday.
Sotomayor and Just S¥&
Elena Kagan, a fellow Obama
administration a p p o i n t e e j
pushed back most vigor-
ously against the Arizona
law. From the other side,
though, Republican appoin-
tees, including Chief Justice
John Roberts Jr. and Justice
Samuel Alito, pressed ques-
tions seemingly supportive of
Arizona's actions.
"The State has a very
Strong and vital interest in
the integrity of its election ...
perhaps especially when those
are elections of federal offi-
cials," said Justice Anthony
Kennedy, a frequent swing
vote on close cases, adding
that a lower appellate court
"did not give sufficient weight
to that interest" when it struck
down Arizona's law.
The Case/ called Arizona
v. Inter Tribal Council of
Arizona, is the latest Supreme
Court dispute arising from
the state's politically charged
concerns over illegal immi-
gration. Last year, the court
in a 5-3 decision struck down
portions of an Arizona immi-
grant-control law On the
grounds it was pre-empted
by the federal government's
responsibilities.
Beyond the immigration
debate, the Arizona case
also arises amid increas-
ingly aggressive nationwide
efforts to impose photo iden-
tification or other require-
ments on voters. These broader
stakes were underscored by
numerous friend-of-the-court
briefs.
Kansas Secretary of State
Kris W. Kobach, who has
made his mark nationally as a
border-security hardliner, filed
a brief supporting the Arizona
law. Kansas has imposed its
own proof-of-citizenship
requirements, effective this
year. Separately, Kansas joined
Texas, Georgia and three other
States in filing a similar brief
supporting Arizona, arguing
that "states' control over elec-
tions will be diminished in law
and in practice" if the court
strikes down Arizona's law.
Groups like the League of
Women Voters and the NAACP
Legal Defense and Education
Fund have joined in backing
the Obama administration
and other opponents of the
Arizona law.
"Thirty-one thousand five
hundred and fifty people
were rejected from voting"
by the Arizona law, attorney
Patricia A. Millett, arguing
for the law's opponents, said
Monday, adding that many
of those then "had to do the
double gauntlet that Congress
was trying to eliminate^' in
order to finally register.
The legal dispute centers on
the relationship between the
National Voter Registration
Act, passed by Congress
in 1993, and Arizona's
Proposition 200, passed with
55 percent of the state vote in
November 2004.
The federal law, sometimes
called the "Motor Voter Act,"
was passed by a Democratic«
controlled Congress whose
members said they wanted to
boost voter participation by
easing registration procedures.
"Congress .,. confronted a
situation in which 40 percent of
eligible voters were not regis-
tered, because state procedures
and burdens were standing as
an obstacle, a barrier in the
direct line of accountability
between individual citizens
and their federal government,"
Millett said.
The federal law requires
would-be voters to sign a state-
ment that they meet the voter
eligibility requirements, which
include U.S. citizenship. No
other proof of citizenship is
required, under the federal
law.
"So it's under oath, big
deal," Justice Antonin Scalia
said dismissively, adding later:
"This is proof? It's not proof
at all."
Arizona's Proposition 200
added the requirement that
voter registration applicants
include documentary proof
of citizenship, such as a driv-
er's license, passport or birth
certificate. State officials argue
the evidence is necessary to
support the simple signature
required by the federal law.
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