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Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Mitchell forgoing next season, entering NBA draft
Tyler Owens
Sports Editor
Sophomore forward,
All-American Tony Mitchell -
one of the most highly touted
athletes to ever wear a Mean
Green uniform - announced he
plans to declare for this year's
NBA draft at a press conference
on Wednesday,
Members of the media, UNT
athletics staff, UNT basketball
players and coaches, members of
Mitchell's family, his high school
Coach and his fraternity brothers.
all packed Apogee Stadium's
Mercer Press Lounge for the
announcement.
"This is my dream and I've;
decided that I'm going to put
in my name and declare for the
NBA draft and go on from there,"
Mitchell said.
Mtchell was a national top-25
recruit coming out of high school
and has won numerous awards
since joining the Mean Green in
2011. Mitchell was named Sun
Belt Conference freshman of the
year last season and was honored
as member of the All-Sun Belt
team in both seasons at UNT.
Mitchell had the option to
enter last year's draft, but chose;
to stay in school, even after the
departure of former head coach
Johnny Jones, who took the head
coaching job at Louisiana State;
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Mean Green basketball sophomore forward Tony Mitchell (center) declares for the 2013 NBA draft at a press conference on Wednesday. Head coach Tony Benford and Mitchell's mother, Angie, attended the
See DRAFT on page 5 press conference with him. Mitchell spent two years at UNT and was named Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year last season.
Six-year, four-year graduating rates steadily increasing
Joshua Knopp
Staff Writer
UNT's six-year graduating
rate is above national averages,
and is increasing steadily.
A new study performed
by the National Student
Clearinghouse Research
Center found that 54.1 percent
of first-time students who
entered college in 2006 grad-
uated in 2012. According to
a recent Board of Regents
presentation,
UNT's six-
year gradu-
ation rate
in 2011 was
58.7 percent,
up from 57.4
percent in
2010 and 56
percent in
2009.
The university projects rates,
will increase to 60 percent
GEOFFREY
GAMBLE
by 2017.
UNT's four-year gradua-
tion rate is also increasing,
According to the same presen-
tation, it was 27.2 percent in
2011, up from 24.7 percent and
24.3 percent the years before,
"The university is indeed
trying to help students get
through in a timely manner/"
said UNT news promotion
manager Buddy Price.
Vice president for strategy
and operations Geoffrey
Gamble said entering GPAs
are increasing, but the trend
was due to a variety of factors.
"It's really a whole suit of
things that have gone on all at
once/' he said. "This institu-
tion has set some bold goals for
whefe it wants to go, and it%
going there. It has a dedicated
faculty that make it happen."
Price said he doesn't know
the exact reason for the six-
year rates being about 30
percent higher every year
than the four-year rates, but
guessed that more students
were working jobs.
"Part of it is a huge number
of kids work now, and abso-
lutely can't take enough
hours," he said.
Undeclared freshman
Ashley Baum said she plans
on graduating in four years,
but understands that unseen
factors could slow the process.
Baum said she also plans to
work summers.
"I'd be a little bit disap-
pointed [by not graduating
in four years]," she said. "But
you can't control everything."
International studies senior
Daniel Garcia will graduate
this year as a four-year grad-
uate.
See RATES on page 2
TAMS creates school-wide
bike sharing program
Andrew Freeman
Staff Writer
The Texas Academy of Math
and Science has developed a
program that allows students
to rent out bikes for commer-
cial use to promote a healthy
lifestyle in an environmentally
friendly manner.
"The TAMS bike share
program is a way to encourage a
healthy and sustainable way for
students to get around campus
and Denton," said Kevin Roden,
Assistant Director of Student
Life at TAMS. "We are; hoping
this can serve as a pilot program
for a larger bike share initiative
on campus."
Four bicycles at McConnell
Hall are available for checkout
by any student at any time.
They can be rented at the front
desk.
"With only four, we kind of
have this shortage because so
many people want to use it,"
TAMS sophomore; Flora Yan
said. "Getting it started was
tough, but now that it has, we
have a lot of student interest."
The program was created by
McCONNELL
Hall
Photo by Whitney Rogers/Intern
Through the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, students can checkout
bicycles at McConnell Hall to use on campus and in the community. There are four
bikes that can be checked out with plans to add more.
Naturally - a TAMS environ-
mental club.
"Being president of
Naturally, I really wanted
to make it happen," TAMS
sophomore Prathibha Juturu
said. "On a small scale, we're
reducing our carbon footprint.
It's really supporting the ideas
of sustainability."
See BIKE on page 2
Alcohol and anorexia create
potential new disorder
Melissa Wylie
Senior Staff Writer
College-aged individuals
are the most likely gige group
to partake in the hazardous
trend informally labeled as
"drunkorexia," - the combi-
nation of binge drinking and
self-induced starvation.
Noelle Mclntyre, coordi-
nator of the Meadows Center
for Health Resources, said
the habit of skipping meals
in ordef to offset the calorie
intake from drinking alcohol
is commonly associated with
;college-aged women.
Recovery Connection,
a drug and alcohol rehab
helpline, defines drunkorexia
as a behavioral pattern that
involves starving oneself
during the day, binge
drinking later in the day,
then excessively eating junk
food after consuming alcohol.
Binge drinking, "a
common occurrence among
college-aged students and
weekend drinkers, is defined
as the rapid consumption of
large quantities of alcohol
over a short period of time/'
according to the Recovery
Connection website.
The Centers for Disease
Control reports that 75 percent
of all alcohol consumed in the
U.S. is consumed by adults in the
form of binge drinking.
Mclntyre said though drun-
korexia is not recognized by
the American Psychiatric
Association as an actual eating
disorder, it could be labeled as
a disordered eating habit or an
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise
Specified, also known as
EDNOS.
"A disordered eating habit
is so restrictive, that if it goes
unchecked it could develop into
a disorder," Mclntyre said. "I
would clump drunkorexia into
that category"
Because a large number of
people are not familiar with
medical terminology, disordered
eating habits often take on street
terms, like drunkorexia and
bigorexia, Mclntyre said.
"As long as We have some sort
of tag to go with it," Mclntyre
said. "Go ahead and give it a
little credence. Let's recognize
it for what it is."
Mclntyre said that if symp-
toms are given to a label, it is
more likely that individuals
possessing those symptoms may
seek help instead of thinking
their habits lack seriousness.
UNT's Multicultural Center
and Student Health and Wellness
Center co-hoSted discussions On
how the media influences eating
disorders, Mclntyre said.
Men and women are exposed
to distorted ideas of the desired
body image through media
outlets, Mclntyre said.
"Sometimes that leads to
disordered behavior and eating
habits," she said.
A true eating disorder is
rooted in mental issues, and
concerned students should take
advantage of the medical and
psychological help available on
campus, Mclntyre said.
Students are offered eight free
counseling sessions within the
Student Health and Wellness
Center, and additional sessions
at the center and in Terrill Hall
are available for a reduced price.
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