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North Texas Daily
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Tuesday
January 28,2003
Volume 88, No. 9
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NT needs $8 million budget cut
Administration will
enact hiring freeze
to start cutbacks
Alicia Laytox
Staff Writer
An $8 million budget cut
looms for NT after state offi-
cials announced Friday that
they would require an imme-
diate 7 percent reduction of
the budgets of all state agen-
cies.
The mandatory budget
cut will affect all state uni-
versities, to alleviate Texas'
$1.8 billion deficit. Budget
cut plans from agencies are
due to the Legislature Feb. 6
for final approval.
NT's $408.5 million budg-
et for 2003 will have to be
trimmed, despite any
adverse affects it may have
on the university.
Dr. Norval Pohl, NT pres-
ident, plans to send a letter
to faculty and staff members
today announcing the cut-
backs, which will include a
hiring freeze. Pohl said he is
uncertain if the changes will
be permanent and hopes the
reductions will be lifted as
soon as possible.
NT officials are waiting to
hear from Texas' Lt.
Governor David Dewhurst
to finalize which areas will
be cut.
"What we will do is issue
a general freeze and ask
everyone to justify each case
that they bring forward,"
Pohl said. "I am intent on
providing our students a
quality education, while con-
tinuing to support important
student services. Equally
important, I do not foresee
NT officials plan to begin budget trimming with the
initiation of a hiring freeze. Plans to reduce travel
and operating costs, as well as other extraneous
spending, are also in the works.
University of North Texas...
$8 million
Information compiled by Aligia Laytqn
Dr. Norval Pohl, NT
president, said that
while a hiring freeze
was unavoidable, he
said he did not fore-
see the laying off of
faculty and staff in
the near future.
in the immediate future a
reduction in currently
employed staff and faculty."
There are currently 50
faculty positions open, but
that number changes on a
daily basis, said
Administrative Services
Officer Donna Mohon.
See BUDGET CUTS, page 4
NEW STYLES EXPOSED
Models of Style Exposed looks or members with style
Victor Obaseki
Staff Writer
With hip-hop music booming, aspirants
strutted across the floor of University
Union 418 Monday night in hopes of
becoming the next member of NT's Models of
Style Exposed.
The officers of the 30-
member fashion-modeling
group watched and judged as
about 25 men and women
gave their best catwalk.
The organization's presi-
dent, Adolphus Nolan, said
that the panel of judges con-
sidered the candidates' looks,
confidence, attitudes and cre-
ativity.
"It's open to everyone,"
Nolan said of the tryouts
which will be again at 7 p.m.
today in Union 418.
Most of the applicants had
no experience and said they
were doing it for fun.
"It's something new,
something I have never done
before," Mesquite freshman
Erica Carson said before the
tryout.
In spring 2002, Nolan
took over what was then In-
Style Productions in hopes of
building a model group that
got jobs and exposure with-
out the high costs of model-
ing agencies.
Nolan said a former NT
student started In-Style
Productions as an on-campus
modeling group to expose
her event-planning talent.
Now the organization
offers photo shoots for about
$75 while most modeling
agencies charge up to $700.
The group also added stu-
dent photographers and fash-
ion designers in the fall.
Four fashion design stu-
dents brought portfolios to
the tryouts Monday, hoping
to join two of their fashion
design peers in the group.
"It's about getting the
models work; that's why we
call it Models of Style
Exposed," Nolan said. "It's
about making sure they stay
happy about modeling."
The group plans to have
fashion shows in April and
invite modeling agencies,
department stores, clothing
representatives and fashion
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VALAR IE 0NTIVER0S / NT Daily
About 25 men and women auditioned Monday night in the University Union for Models of Fashion Exposed.
design firms to market their
group, vice president Equilra
Donahue said.
This semester, the group
hopes to model an exclusive
clothing line for the sixth-
month-old Igloo Denim
clothing company.
At 7 p.m. Wednesday, the
organization will have a
meeting to announce their
new members. The organi-
zation will play host to J.G.
Penney Co., Inc. representa-
tives with aspirations of mod-
eling their clothes.
"We are trying to get a
feel for the new ... models
here, and trying to give
insight and possibly have
some work for [the organiza-
tion] as our line progresses,"
Tee Williams, Igloo Denim
clothing merchandiser, said.
Nolan said the fashion
organization is also dedicated
to community service and
plans to work with churches,
clothing drives and women's
shelters.
Iraq did not
follow U.N.
restrictions
Faculty predict
findings strengthen
Bush's war case
Tyler Tamplw
Staff Writer
Despite the possibility for
future United Nations
progress, Dr. Emile Sahliyeh of
the political science faculty
said the administration is head-
strong on
open con-
flict with
Saddam
Hussein.
Sahliyeh
said the sus-
t a i n e d
deployment
of scores of
U.S. mili-
tary person-
nel to the
Gulf is a
sign of the
White
House's war
objective.
"You
cannot
bring these
troops with-
out using
them," said the Jerusalem-born
associate professor.
Pentagon officials report
personnel strength in the
region will soon exceed
100,000.
Chief U.N. weapons inspec-
tor Hans Blix reported on
Monday that Iraq had not fully
accepted the organization's
insistence that it disarm in
compliance with guidelines set
forth after the 1991 Persian
Gulf War, the Associated Press
reported Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell said Iraq's time to
avoid war is "coming to an
end."
President George W. Bush
will deliver his State of the
Union Address at 8 p.m.
tonight with Iraq expected to
be a topical issue in the speech.
Sahliyeh deemed it essen-
tial for U.N. support in the
See BLIX, page 4
U.N. REPORT
ON IRAQI ARMS
• Iraq did not
comply with the
United Nations'
guidelines for dis-
armament after
the Gulf War,
according to U.N.
Chief Weapons
Inspector Hans
Blix.
• Colin Powell,
U.S. secretary of
state, said that
Iraq's time to
avoid war is
"coming to an
end."
• President
George W. Bush
will give his State
of the Union
address tonight at
8 p.m.
LINK plans for
commuter rail
Shekeira Gillis
Intern
Remember the Jetson family? You know,
George, Jane, Judy, Elroy and Astro? Hopefully
you also remember the flying space cars they
drove.
For Denton, nonpolluting space cars, howev-
er unrealistic, would be a step in the right direc-
tion.
Instead, the Denton County Transportation
Authority is preparing a service plan that
includes a commuter rail, more buses, trolleys
and vans to solve the growing problems of traffic
in the county.
The authority was created with the approval
of the public in the November 2002 city elec-
tion. Under the legislation, counties surrounding
large metropolitan areas with a population of at
Y0SHI0 KURAMITSU / NT Daily
More buses, a commuter rail, tolleys and a van serv-
ice are all ways that the Denton I ransit Authority aims
at reducing traffic and polution in the city.
least one million are able to create their own
transportation authority
According to John Cabrales, Jr., public infor-
mation officer, 74 percent of the city approved of
the authority.
"Our intent is to provide relief to environ-
See TRANSIT, page 4
illarreal: itle on track
Department plans
to add women's
softball stadium
Pablo Gaete
Staff Writer
NT will satisfy Title IX by
fall 2003 by hiring several
female coaches and the addi-
tion of new facilities, Athletics
Director Rick Villarreal said.
During the summer of
2002, the university hired a
female assistant track and
field coach, diving and swim-
ming instructors and a
women's softball coach to
equalize representation in
NT's athletics department,
Villarreal said.
The athletics department
also promoted Assistant
Women's Soccer Coach Ileana
Moschos to a full-time posi-
tion. NT is currently looking
for a new women's diving
coach to fill the spot left open
by Tracy Bonner, who left dur-
ing the regular season to join
the traveling entertainment
troupe Cirque de Soleil.
In addition to new hires,
NT plans to start building a
woman's softball stadium in
Spring 2004 on land occupied
by the Liberty Christian
Elementary School, Stacey
Segal, woman's softball coach,
said.
NT did not have a woman's
softball team before Segal was
hired.
The team of 12 recruits and
one player who already
attends NT will practice at
North Lakes Park until the
stadium is completed, Segal
said.
Segal said she anticipates
her players that perform at a
high level despite this being
their first season.
"I think we'll have the
opportunity to come in and be
extremely competitive in our
opening season," she said.
The team will play scrim-
mages with other colleges
until the season begins this
spring, she said.
NT also added a female
soccer field in Summer 2002
on the corner of Bonnie Brae
Street and Interstate Highway
See TITLE IX, page 4
Ne
A first glance at today's news
Former Admissions
Counselor Cristina Reyna
has been hired to be
director of programs for
the Hispanic Heritage
Awards Foundation.
Page 5
Dr. P.R. Chandy of the
business administration
faculty gives students
the information they
need about the money
they spend. Page 6
Local hip-hop outfit, the
Caretakers are nursing
Denton's hip-hop scene
and promoting rap without
any of the "bling-bling"
that so pervades main-
stream hip-hop. Page 7.
Because of remote sur-
veillance, illegal down-
loading of music and
other intellectual prop-
erty is no longer a prob-
lem on the NT campus.
Page 7.
Guest violinist Taras
Gabora will perform with
Dr. Pamela Mia Paul of
the music faculty at 8
p.m. today in the Recital
Hall of the Music
Building. Page 7.
Despite a season-high
29 points from senior
guard Chris Davis, the
Mean Green lost 76-71
at South Alabama
Saturday night. Page 7
The Lady Eagles defeat-
ed the South Alabama
Lady Jaguars 74-67 in
overtime on Saturday at
the Super Pit. Page 8
Weather
MyOMs
Today:
High 71
Low 40
ndex
Briefs
Commentary
3
News
4,5
Business
6
Beat
7
Sports 8
Editorial: SGA should not
allow senator appointments
COMMENTARY, Page 3
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