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Thursday, November 1,2012
Arts & Life
Page 3
Brittni Barnett, Arts & Life Editor
NrDailyArtsLife@gmail.com
niversity community
celebrates homecoming
Nadia Hill
Senior Staff Writer
Banners were hung, ribbons
were glued and wood was
stacked as students worked
together to prepare for one
of UNT's largest events of the
year.
This weekend's home-
coming events will bring
together thousands of students
and alumni to celebrate their
love of the Mean Green. From
the bonfire and pep rally on
Friday night to the parade
and game on Saturday, the
campus will be decked out in
school spirit.
"We want students who
don't normally get involved
to come out and see what we're
all about," Student Activities
Coordinator Tracy Frier said.
"It's cool to see how far the
university has come and how
the traditions have grown,
and we want students to be
part of it."
This year adds a few new
changes to the longtime tradi-
tions like the homecoming
picnic. Instead of spirit walls,
where students decorate large
pieces of plywood, the univer-
sity decided to use cloth spirit
banners to get more students
involved.
This is also the first year the
bonfire and Yell Like Hell will
be held on two separate nights.
"That night is just really
long, and it's not ideal," Frier
said. "We took a look at who
was still there at the end, and
it wasn't the general student
body. This way, even if you
miss Yell Like Hell, you can
still see a little bit of the
performances at bonfire."
Yell Like Hell, which show-
cases spirit performances from
students, was held Wednesday
night. The Progressive Black
Student Organization spon-
sored the event. Team seven,
which consisted of Delta
Gamma, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa
Sigma and Phi Iota Alpha and
team two, which consisted of
Chi Omega, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma
Lamda Gamma and Iota Phi
Theta Fraternity, Inc. won the
Greek division. The North
Texas Twisters and Steppers
for Christ won for student
organizations and Santa Fe
and Legends won the Housing
division. These winners will
perform Friday night at the
bonfire.
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Photo by Jun Ma/Staff Photographer
Business freshman Colton Kirby (left), with Delta Sigma Phi, and merchandising soph-
omore Mary Price, with Alpha Phi, dance with other performers in greek life perfor-
mance group #5 at Yell Like Hell in the Auditorium Building on Wednesday.
Friday's spirit march begins
at 7 p.m. at Fraternity Row,
with the bonfire and pep rally
immediately afterward.
This Friday marks Apogee
Stadium's first bonfire
and Talons president and
marketing senior Blair
McDermett's first time helping
build the bonfire.
McDermett and a committee
of about 60 had a month to
plan the event, as the burn
ban was lifted Oct. 1.
Starting last Friday, Talons
members began taking shifts
guarding the bonfire site 24/7
to make sure no one burns it
down prior to the big home-
coming event
The members sometimes
spend 11 to 12 hours each day
building the square pyramid
bonfire that consists of about
3,000 wooden pallets.
"It's a good bonding experi-
ence, and it's all about spirit,"
McDermett said. "Everybody
gets together, and the bonfire
sets Talons apart. This really
is our spotlight because we're
the ones that help push for
school spirit."
The annual homecoming
parade is this Saturday at 11
a.m. starting at the intersection
of Welch and Llickory streets.
There will be 18 floats total,
eight of which represent greek
life organizations on campus.
"The parade is a strong
tradition at UNT," said Katy
Miller, the assistant dean of
students for greek life. "It
keeps us engaged with the
community. Families will come
out, and we go through some
pretty popular areas w ith lots
of foot traffic."
Students began working
on the floats about a month
ago when the teams were
announced. Floats will travel
down Hickory, around the
Square and back down to
Highland Street and North
Texas Boulevard.
"Homecoming is a great
invite for alumni and the
Greeks really value alumni
support," Miller said. "They
put a lot of hard work into
these and I really appreciate
when floats have taken the
theme and really made it
creative. It's fun to see the
organization's personalities
come through."
Kickoff for Saturday's
homecoming game is 4 p.m.
at Apogee Stadium against the
Arkansas State Red Wolves.
For more information visit
homecoming.unt.edu.
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Local craftsmen to se
products at Etsy event
Marlene Gonzalez
Senior Staff Writer
Scarves, vegan handbags,
art, vintage items and other
crafts created by the hands
of Denton locals will be sold
this Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Etsy Denton
Handmade Harvest held at
The Center for Visual Arts.
UNT alumna Rachel
Aughtry said the semian-
nual event began in 2010,
after she and a friend met
at the Denton Community
Market.
They wanted to create
a friendly community for
people who sold their crafts
to come together, Aughtry
said. Austin, Dallas and
Forth Worth had their own
Etsys group and showcases,
so they figured Denton
should too.
"Denton is a big art
community, with a large
enough group to sustain it,"
Aughtry said.
Etsy is an e-commerce
website where people can
buy and sell handmade or
vintage items.
These showcases are only
done twice a year because it
takes a lot of time to orga-
nize, Aughtry said.
The first Etsy Denton
showcase included 22
vendors and about 200
attendees. At the last event,
held on May 26, about 3,000
people attended.
Saturday's event will
feature 42 vendors.
Aughtry, who gradu-
ated with a bachelor's in
studio arts, said she works
full time producing vegan
handbags that have been
compared to those sold at
Urban Outfitters. She has
made 150 bags for Saturday.
"It's a rewarding feeling,"
Aughtry said. "You're actu-
ally holding it, so you know
exactly what you're getting,
the craftsmanship and integ-
rity of your work."
Visual arts senior
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Photo by Zac Switzer/Senior Staff Photographer
James Zimmerman started painting shoes earlier this summer and has turned it into a
moneymaking trade. The art education sophomore now takes requests for designs and
sells his work on Etsy.com, a web marketplace full of handmade and vintage products.
'It 's a rewarding feeling. You're
actually holding it, so you know
exactly what you're getting...
-Rachel Aughtry, UN? alumna
Savannah Teel said she attended
the event last fall and found
innovative styles at reasonable
prices, considering the items
are handmade.
"I go moreso to get ideas for
my own projects," Teel said.
"But it's fun to give back to the
art community."
Unlike when people shop
online, buyers at the event can
pick up an object, get a feel for
what they are buying and meet
the artist who made it, Teel said.
She sells handbags she sews on
Etsy as well.
"I understand that by the
time you get an end product,
you have a part of you in that,"
Teel said. "It has helped me
value other people's work
more."
Art education sophomore
James Zimmerman began
selling shoes he designed and
painted on Etsy this summer,
after he realized he had a knack
for the arts.
"I'd doodle, and started
taking art classes in high
school," Zimmerman said. "So
after freshman year of college
I didn't want to lose what I had
learned. At first it was a hobby,
but this is what I'm good at."
Zimmerman said he's sold
about 68 pairs of shoes since he
started in May. His designs often
feature pop culture characters,
such as Zelda, Windbreaker,
Pokemon and My Little Pony.
He spends five to six hours
working on a pair of shoes and
receives two to three orders per
week. At the moment he doesn't
have any local buyers.
"I don't think a lot of them
students] know I paint shoes,"
Zimmerman said. "I'll probably
end up teaching high school and
doing art on the side as my own
thing, so I won't have to worry
about financial problems and
being the starving artist."
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