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News
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Paul Bottom and Valerie Gonzalez, News Editors
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SGA
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Staff from the Recreation
Center highlighted upcoming
activities for the spring, such
as its first ever trip to Palo
Duro Canyon next week.
The Recreation Center will
be closed for maintenance
March 17 through 19, but will
reopen for free yoga, cycling
and other exercise classes
March 20 through 24.
SGA had planned to
debate a referendum to
update and redraft its
constitution but failed to
meet the required thirty
senators present to vote.
Proposed changes to the
referendum included
changing the Senate elec-
tions to only happen in the
spring and removing the
summer Senate.
Project to be voted on after break
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A decision on the approval
of three students' project to
place two solar panels on the
roof of McConnell Hall will be
made by the subcommittee of
the "We Mean Green Fund"
when it meets after spring
break.
Texas Academy of Math
and Science juniors Amanda
Quay and Alee Burmania
and TAMS sophomore Alex
Prybutok came together to
work on the project last fall
after Quay began planning
it last summer. The group
submitted its first proposal
in October.
"The committee has asked
them to go back and pull in
some more information,"
said Mendie Schmidt, assis-
tant director of outreach at
UNT Sustainability. "These
TAMSters are working on
creating a presentation and
hopefully getting some poten-
tial bids from companies on
what it might cost to install
something like this."
The "We Mean Green Fund"
would fund the project if
approved. The fund contains
about $360,000 from student
fees to use for environmental
"Essentially we're hoping
to have two dorm rooms
totally off the grid," Quay
said. "Two of the dorm rooms,
one guy's and one girl's, will
be powered solely by the
panels."
Solar panel const ruc-
"The committee has asked
them to go back and pull in
some more information "
—Mendie Schmidt
Assistant director of outreach at UNT Sustainability
projects.
The panels would use the
sun's energy to power two
dorm rooms. When the sun is
not shining, the rooms would
be powered by conventional
energy methods.
tion is an expensive project
that will take a long time
to accomplish, said Chris
Walker, a member of the We
Mean Green Fund subcom-
mittee. The construction cost
is expected to total about
$25,000, Walker said.
Schmidt said she wants
students to know that anyone
can propose an idea to the
Office of Sustainability on
their website.
"Our office works with
whoever proposed the project,
and we will help them flush
it out a little more," Schmidt
said. "It's a process, and
we are constantly pulling
in collaborators and infor-
mation through this whole
process up until the proposal
is approved."
For more information
on proposing an idea, visit
the Office of Sustainability
website at http: //sustainable.
unt.edu.
Editor's Note: This story is a
follow lip to a story including
two factual errors. The previous
story had said the "Mean Green
Fund" had already approved
the students' proposal and that
costs for construction would
total $5,000.
E-ride
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"The thing that makes our
program special is that we're
really friendly," Park said. "We
are always looking for volunteers
and people to help raise money
because we literally are always in
danger of not running anymore
because this is a nonprofit."
UNT's late night transportation
service, e-ride, offers students a
safe alternative to walking late at
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IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A
PUBLIC HEARING
The University of North Texas will hold a
public hearing to discuss the following:
PROPOSED CHANGE IN
TUITION PAID BY STUDENTS
' he hearing is scheduled for:
Thursday, March 15, 2012
University Union
One O'Ciock Lounge
3:30 p.m.
UNT
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH TEXAS"
night on campus from 9 p.m. to 2
a.m., seven days a week.
"Sometimes I have to wait in
the parking lot, and it's dark and
it's scary," history and studio art
freshman Hailey Britton said.
E-ride acts as abus-style escort
service for students anywhere
on campus, according to Ginny
Griffin, associate director of
parking and transportation
services.
E-ride is only available to UNT
students and travels to the UNT
campus, Discovery Park and
Victory Hall.
Kinesiology freshman Alex
Miller uses the e-ride system
three times a week.
"I live in Victory and I would
be stranded without it"
E-ride driver Will Mathis, a
radio, television and film soph-
omore, said e-ride receives more
calls for service on weekdays.
"About every 5 to 10 minutes
I make a stop; on Saturdays it's
a lot less frequent. It might be
30 minutes between each call,"
Mathis said.
Safe Ride and e-ride will not be
available during spring break.
7 live in Victory,
and I would
be stranded
without it "
—Alex Miller
Kinesiology freshman
Students can contact Safe
Ride at 940-565-7433 and e-ride
at 940-565-3014.
Photo bv Tyler Cleveland/Visuals Editor
Students work on computers Wednesday in the General Academic Building. Recently, Facebook has developed a new
social app called BranchOut that is similar to Linkedln and allows users to connect professionally through their Facebook
accounts.
Linked-in
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While social media sites can
be tools for students to use, the
effort that it takes to update
and manage sites like Linkedln
requires the user's time.
"I recommend spending 15 to
30 minutes a day on these sites,"
Lumzysaid. "lust enough time
that you can manage and keep
your resume up to date."
In addition, many students
are still unaware of the
features that sites like Linkedln
offers.
" I know of a lot of people that
use it, but I don't really use it,"
finance senior Sara Lorusso
said. "I just haven't really seen
all that you can do with the
site."
Blagojevich gives final
speech before prison
CHICAGO (AP) — Prison-
bound former Illinois Gov.
Rod Blagojevich says he has
faith in his appeal and that
his legal saga "is not over."
Blagojevich spoke to
reporters outside his Chicago
home Wednesday, less than
24 hours before he's due to
report to a Colorado prison
to begin serving a 14-year
sentence for corruption.
With his wife by his side,
Blagojevich said preparing to
leave for prison is the hardest
thing he's ever done.
The 55-year-old Blagojevich
was convicted of 18 crim-
inal counts during two trials,
including charges the tried to
sell or trade an appointment
to President Barack Obama's
vacated U.S. Senate seat.
Prison authorities haven't
confirmed where Blagojevich
will be imprisoned. But he
asked to go to the Federal
Correctional Institution
Englewood in suburban
Denver.
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