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LIFE: STUDENTS FAVOR KERRY
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SPORTS: NBA PLAYOFFS PREVIEW
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April 16, 2004
Volume 88, Issue 107
Maya Angelou
to speak April 20
Jason Goodman
Staff Writer
The NT Division of Equity and Diversity,
in partnership with the Provosf s office, will
present a lecture by Maya Angelou on April
20 in the Coliseum.
Angelou's presence at NT has drawn
national interest from sponsors like Veri-
zon Communications and Dell Computers.
People from as far away as Colorado have
purchased tickets, and the attention the
event is receiving is bolstering the division's
confidence in its ability to attract more rec-
ognizable names to the university.
"The costs of bringing somebody like
Angelou to NT are expensive," Emenheiser
said. 'That's probably why we haven't had
speakers as well known in the past, but it
definitely seems like if s going to work out
real well."
Angelou was originally scheduled to
appear at NT on Feb. 27, but inclement
weather left her bus - Angelou rarely ever
flies - stranded in her home state of North
Carolina.
"Ifs a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,"
said Dan Emenheiser, NT's director of di-
versity education. "We're fortunate that she
agreed to do this - and then rescheduled."
Emenheiser also said the university is
fortunate to have Angelou, 76, because her
See ANGELOU, Page 3
Authors appear at NT
maya angelou
If you go...
• Original ticket
holders will be
admitted early
• Some tickets
are still
available
• $7.50 for
students
Kinky riedman, Karen Hughes will
sign copies of their books at luncheon
Noor Elashi
Intern
Mystery writer and former
country singer Kinky Fried-
man and presidential adviser
and author Karen Hughes are
signing copies of their books
at the first NT System Book
and Author Luncheon today.
The chancellor of the NT
System in Dallas, Lee Jack-
son, said this luncheon will
benefit NT as well as the NT
System.
"Private support allows
NT and the NT System to de-
velop new initiatives that are
not yet receiving any state
ft
kinky friedman
or tuition funding," Jackson
said. "We will use the pro-
ceeds of the Book and Author
Luncheon to begin building
endowment through our new
Regents Cornerstone Fund
and also for support of new
ideas that need further study
before they can be imple-
mented."
t he luncheon is scheduled
for noon at the Adolphus Ho-
tel. An NT jazz band will play
before, after and during the
program.
Tickets cost $100 each
however, tables of 10 are
See AUTHORS, Page 3 karen hughes
Dinner to
commend
gay rights
activist
Amanda Carlton
Daily Reporter
A benefit dinner in honor
of a former Dallas teacher
and activist for homosexual
rights will be held at 7 p.m.
Saturday in the University
Union's Silver Eagle Suite.
This dinner is in memory
of Donald Floyd Baker, who
died of cancer three years
ago.
"His faith was an amazing
driving force as he cherished
life and all the people that
he dealt with," said Maggie
Watt, his sister and long-time
Denton resident.
A fund has been estab-
lished in Baker's name to
support the study of sexu-
alities minor, which began
offering classes last fall. It is
the only undergraduate mi-
nor of its kind at a Texas col-
lege or university.
The dinner is being spon-
sored by NT's history de-
partment and the College of
Arts and Sciences. The din-
ner will also be honoring the
judge who presided over a
court case involving Baker
in 1985. Baker challenged
the Texas sodomy law that
made the act of homosexual-
ity a crime. The case, Baker
v. Wade, was handled by the
U.S. District Judge Jerry Bu-
chmeyer. The sodomy law
was overturned.
During the dinner, George
Chauncey will be the fea-
tured guest speaker. He is a
social and cultural historian
who played a part in over-
turning the Texas sodomy
law. He wrote an amicus
brief that was quoted in the
U.S. Supreme Court's 2003
decision.
Stated in a document of
the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of
Texas, Baker's memoran-
dum opinion, which is a
written record of commu-
nication that outlines the
See DINNER, Page 4
Sing that
S wing
North Texas s jazz singers perform
a variety of classics on Thursday
UFAN/NT DAILY
Mike Solomon Williams, London junior, sings at the Jazz Singers music program in the
Murchison Performing Arts Center on Thursday night.
Jonathon Quin
Daily Reporter
The Jazz Singers, an awTard-
winning group directed
by jazz studies professor
Paris Rutherford, performed
at 8 p.m. Thursday in Win-
spear Hall at the Murchison
Performing Arts Center.
When 7:30 p.m. ticks into
place, the sounds of Murray
Morrison warming up his
chops saxophone float from
an unknown location. Ushers
start to make preparations
for the evening.
At 7:45 p.m. the doors open
to the small crowd already
gathered in the lobby. There
is all manners of dress from
suits and ties to shorts and
sneakers.
Bill and Dolores Smith, an
elderly couple from Sherman,
have seen the Jazz Singers
over 12 times. When asked
why they continue to come
the reply is simply, great mu-
sic, that's all there is to it.
David McGuire, former
head of the Music Education
Department from Denton,
rarely misses an opportunity
to see the Jazz Singers per-
form.
"They set the standard
for all other jazz ensembles
around the world," McGuire
said. "It would be hard not to
come."
William Regner, Wichita
Falls freshman, came be-
cause he heard about the Jazz
Singers on the Internet. He
brought a friend from his lab
and their teacher to see the
group.
The band's four mem-
bers settle into place as they
walk on stage, and the crowd
greets them with applause.
The house lights dim and the
audience quickly stops ap-
plauding.
The band is on stage alone
See JAZZ, Page 5
Special agent details serial killers lives
Cannabalism, profiling covered
at I'AMS-sponsored event
Alicia Layton
Intern
Thursday night, NT students
were able to gain insight into the
inter workings the minds of mur-
derers and cannibals in a presen-
tation called 'The Mind of a Serial
Killer" sponsored by the Texas
Academy of Mathematics and
Sciences.
John P. Skillestad, a special
agent for the Dallas division of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
gave the presentation and includ-
ed information about profiling se-
rial killers and cannibalism.
"I thought that the speaker was
really good," said Vanessa Guer-
rero, Fort Worth junior. "He gave
us a better understanding about
what goes on in a murderer's
mind."
Skillestad explained the process
of profiling a murderer. Profiling
is "as complete description of the
individual who committed the
crime as possible ... based on the
crime scene and the crime itself,"
he said. It peers into the physical
and psychological aspects of one
murderer. It is believed there are
35 to 50 serial killers committing
murders in the U.S. at any given
time.
Skillestad went through the
profiles of 10 different serial kill-
ers. For example, he talked about
John Wayne Gacy, who was
shown wearing a clown suit. His
nickname is "The Clown" and
was described as an admired
and well-liked guy. However, he
raped, tortured and killed 33 peo-
ple - mostly young boys and ho-
mosexuals. He disposed of their
bodies in rivers. Other serial kill-
ers he profiled were Ted Kaczyn-
ski, 'The Unibomber;" Edmund
Kemper, 'The Coed Killer;" and
Gary Ridgeway, "The Green Riv-
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fbi special agent John Skillestad discusses serial killers
and cannibals in a lecture on Thursday night.
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