North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Page: 1 of 10
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NORTH TEXAS DAILY
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
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FOOD FINDS
299 Oriental Express goes up against reporter's test,Student
Life page 3.
TUNE IN
NTTV relaunches the student cable
network of NT, Arts page 6.
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■ Classifieds, 10 ■ Student Life, 3
■ Sports, 7 ■ Views, 9
Conduct committee adds student position
Ryan Schuette
Staff Writer
If any NT student is caught
doing drugs in their dorm room,
they will receive an expul-
sion letter from the Office of
the Vice President for Student
Development three days later.
But this person may decide
to appeal their case to the
Center for Students' Rights and
Responsibilities, who might
decide to let them remain at
the university and finish their
degree with only disciplinary
probation on their record.
This is the exclusive role of the
Center for Students' Rights and
Responsibilities, a higher-level
adjudication committee that is
responsible for decisions in the
matter of student misconduct.
The committee is now
accepting applications for an
available student position on
the committee.
Renée Hebert, student
services coordinator for student
development, said whoever is
accepted as a new member to
the committee will be received
with a clear voice and with real
clout.
"Students need to have their
peers on committees like the
Committee on Student Conduct,"
Hebert said. "By serving on
this committee, students are
teaching their peers about
personal responsibility and their
commitment to our university
values."
The committee is responsible
for an array of student miscon-
duct violations, including plagia-
rism, sexual assault, hazing
incidents and drug and alcohol
violations.
Students may appeal final
decisions to the committee and
they will receive, as stated in the
Code of Student Conduct, "a full
and fair hearing."
The experience is satisfying on
an academic and personal level,
Having a good time
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Emily Hughes/NT Daily
Fort Worth freshmen Keandra Brewster, Essence Edwards and Shareka Randle laugh while tailgating Saturday at the
Mean Green Village.
Enrollment up
rom last year
Michael Hernandez
Staff Writer
There are a lot more new faces
on campus this fall. The NT
student population has increased
to 32,181, which is an additional
1,026 students - or a 3.3 percent
increase, according to an unof-
ficial census taken on the 12th
day of class this semester. The
number is a new record for NT.
The university will not have an
official headcount until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating
Board reviews the numbers in
November.
The Center for Institutional
Research, the registrar's office
and enrollment management
all had a hand in calculating and
certifying the figures, said Roddy
Wolper, NT director of news and
information.
"We've known for a number of
years that enrollment is going to
grow," he said.
All classifications show an
increase of at least 2.9 percent.
The freshman class skyrock-
eted by 8.8 percent, or 454
students, to 5,629 over last year's
5,175.
"We did have some really good
gains in the freshman class this
year," Wolper said.
Allen Clark, director of insti-
tutional research, said the
amount of students fresh from
high school, with no previous
college experience, climbed up
84 students, now totaling 3,625,
compared to the 3,541 during
fall 2004.
Sophomores increased 2.9
percent, juniors are up 4.6
percent and seniors added almost
3.2 percent to its class size.
Also, there are 13,845 male
students at NT and 18,336 female
students.
Females make up 57 percent of
the NT population. Males make
up 43 percent.
"It's a figure that has continued
to separate itself," Clark said.
But not every area had an
increase. The number of graduate
students decreased by 106.
One of the reasons for the
Campus population
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increase is "certainly our good
recruiting efforts," Wolper said.
These efforts include NT's
Dallas campus joining forces
with several Dallas County
Community College District
campuses, including Cedar
Valley, Mountain View and El
Centro Community Colleges.
Shelley Saltzman/NT Daily
The recruiting efforts must
have worked.
The number of transfer under-
graduate students rose 471 to
3,468, as compared to fall 2004's
2,997, Clark said.
See Enrollment on page 2
Provost chooses experienced candidate as dean
Bryan Shettig
Staif Writer
Earlier this month, a change in
NT's faculty was made: the search
for a new dean of the School
of Library and Information
Sciences failed and the depart-
ment's accreditation was set to
expire the next year.
Consequently, Provost Howard
johnson chose Herman Totten,
former executive assistant to the
president, although Totten did
not apply for the candidacy.
Totten's appointment is a
fixed two-year term, and he is
guiding the School of Library and
Information Sciences through the
process of academic re-accredi-
tation.
"I have a lot of experience with
accreditation," Totten said.
Totten served as chair of a
committee in the American
Library Association, which
accredits schools.
There are two types of accred-
itation and both are voluntary,
Totten said.
The first is general accredita-
tion for entire departments.
The School of Library and
Information Sciences is seeking
another type of accreditation
from the American Library
Association, however. It's a
specialty or professional accred-
itation for the school's master's
program that will last seven
years.
In one year, NT will present
an argument for the School
of Library and Information
Science's re-accreditation to the
association. The association will
then send a team to evaluate the
department's progress before
making a decision to grant the
school full, conditional or no
accreditation.
Totten is replacing Samantha
Hastings, who now runs
the digital imaging center in
the School of Library and
Information Sciences. She also
serves as a fellow for the Texas
Center for Digital Knowledge.
See SLIS on page 10
committee members said.
"When you're going through
the process of determining what
you want to be ... it makes you
into a better decision-maker,"
said Audrie Woody, Midwest
City, Okla., junior, who was
accepted on the committee in
September 2004.
jess Cline, Gladewater senior,
said the experience his made
him aware of his own conduct at
NT, "specifically when it comes
to writing papers."
"I'm much more likely to
double check my sources and
other materials before I turn
anything in," he said.
Qualifications include a
completion of 45 hours and a
good standing status with the
university. Undergraduate and
graduate students are welcome
to apply.
Applications for the new
position are due Friday in the
University Union, room 324.
oalition to black
students: make
your voices heard
Natalie Thompson
Daily Reporter
Not enough black students are
involved on campus, members
of NT's Coalition of Black
Organizations said Monday
at their first meeting of the
semester.
"We should be encouraging
and building each other up,"
said Ashley Hyder, president of
the coalition. "We are in this
together, no matter what orga-
nization you are in."
About 70 students attended
from 25 different organizations
on campus, including profes-
sional, dance, entertainment,
religious and national, to discuss
issues that need attention from
students.
The focus of Monday's meeting
and subsequent meetings is to
help students develop person-
ally and professionally, leaders
of the group said.
Marcedes Fuller, San Antonio
sophomore and Student
Government Association director
of relations, communications and
marketing, voiced his concerns
about the representation of black
students on campus. He encour-
aged students to attend the SGA's
general assembly meetings.
"Students pay to be members
of the SGA," Fuller said. "The
student body should be seen
and heard."
He also brought attention to
the opening of a student seat
on the NT Board of Regents
and encouraged members of
the different organizations to
apply.
Later, he presented the coali-
tion with a certificate of recog-
nition for positively enhancing
the students of NT.
"This is my second year
involved with CoBO," said Natalie
Sargent, director of service for
the coalition. "There has been
a real difference in not only the
organization, but also the people
involved. I think it's encour-
aging to see people concerned
about others."
Coalition members stressed
encouraging underclassman
representation and unity within
organizations. Another theme
was the need for professionalism
and leadership.
"We are really focused on
developing students holis-
tically," Hyder said. "Not just
encouraging leadership, but
academics, community service
and an overall sense of profes-
sionalism."
Hyder gave examples of
scenarios that addressed issues
pertaining to black students.
She explained what to do when
confronted by an ignorant state-
ment, or when denied admit-
tance to a club because of race.
She introduced the "right" and
"wrong" way to handle the situ-
ation.
Hyder said having patience
and understanding when it comes
to an ignorant statement made
by another will promote better
race relations than screaming or
becoming defensive.
Officers offered committee
membership to all attendees
and encouraged their partici-
pation.
"We have committees so
students feel they have owner-
ship in the group," Hyder said.
Committee meetings are
scheduled throughout the
week. For more information,
send e-mail inquiries to CoBO_
UNT@yahoo.com.
Design wins award
Claudia Nwaogu
Staff Writer
The NT Dallas campus is still
under construction, yet the NT
System and its building planner,
Sasaki Associates, received an
Excellence in Planning Award
for the master plan design of the
new campus.
The award was presented
during the Society for College
and University Planning's
annual conference, held july 24
in Washington, D.C.
Sasaki Associates' master plan
was selected from firms working
for other universities, such as
Oxford University, Harvard
University and Yale University.
"It's very prestigious to win
the award," said Roddy Wolper,
director of News and Information
said. "We took land that was
given to us by the city of Dallas
and converted it into a campus
that will be a great facility for
students for years to come."
The NT Dallas campus will
sit on 202 acres of land provided
by Dallas Mayor Laura Miller
and members of the Dallas City
Council, Wolper said.
Richard Escalante, vice
chancellor for administrative
services, said his office assisted
Dallas community leaders for the
development of the new campus.
Escalante was a member of the
selection committee that chose
Sasaki Associates as the designers
of the master plan.
NT paid Sasaki Associates
Escalante
$250,000 for
the company's
services, using
money from
a $500,000
grant from the
Communities
Foundation of
Texas to fund
the campus planning efforts.
The other $250,000 was paid to
Llerndon, Stauch & Associates
for project management.
Principles were outlined
for Sasaki Associates to follow
as they designed the campus,
Escalante said. NT officials and
Dallas leaders wanted the firm
to address a number of concerns
such as parking and traffic.
"We were giving them the task
of developing a campus that will
stimulate intellectual pursuits,
stimulate academic programs and
is welcoming," Escalante said.
The challenges of parking
and classroom decor were huge
questions that needed to be
answered.
"Basic things such as where
will the front door of the univer-
sity administration building be
placed needed to be figured out,"
Escalante said. "Also, how were
we to make the campus environ-
mentally friendly."
The construction of the first
building started in july 2005.
Classes in the new building are
expected to start in january
2007.
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