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News
Tuesday, November 27,2012
Alex Macon and Holly Harvey, News Editors
ntdnewseditor@gmail.com
DME
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It took the crew three days to
reach Long Island. They slept in
their truck the first night in New
York, but relocated to the New
Hyde Park Fire Station the second
night for the remainder of the trip.
About 60 volunteers stayed
at the fire station, sharing one
shower, overhead maintenance
foreman Craig Stastny said.
Long Island residents showed
their appreciation by donating
food to the crew. One morning,
two boxes of doughnuts and hot
coffee were waiting for the crew
on the back of the truck.
Whenever the crew ate at a
local restaurant or diner, others
would offer to pay for the meal.
One thankful resident even came
up to the crew's table, talked for
30 minutes and discreetly paid
the tab, Patterson said.
"It was nothing like we
expected," Patterson said. "The
locals are constantly asking us if
we need anything. Just a bunch
of really nice people."
A snowstorm hit while the
crew was assisting with recovery
efforts in New York.
Watts said it was the
first time the crew went out
because of a hurricane and
ended up in a snowstorm.
The group shut it down for
the night, but continued with
repairs the next day, working
in 9 to 10 inches of snow.
DME spokesman Brian
Daskam said its workers
impressed LIPA with their
versatility.
Patterson said DME
employees don't hyper-
specialize because of Denton's
small population, so the
repairs in New York were the
"same procedure but different
equipment."
Despite spending six days
driving to and back from
New York, enduring a snow-
storm and sharing a shower
with 60 volunteers, Watts and
Patterson said the generous
hospitality from the local resi-
dents was enough to keep
them going
"They already gave us the
best thank you. It wasn't the
coffee or donuts," Watts said.
"It was when the lights came
back and the residents came
out and cheered, and we are
proud of that."
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Students excel in national competition
Marlene Gonzalez
Senior Staff Writer
Eleven students in the Texas
Academy of Mathematics and
Science program at UNT have
been recognized in the 2012
Siemens Competition in Math,
Science and Technology. TAMS
fielded more winners than any
other Texas school entered in
the competition.
TAMS freshman Robert
Tung and TAMS sopho-
more George Qi were named
regional finalists for their
work researching data on
sexually transmitted diseases.
Nine other students were
named semifinalists in this
year's competition, which is
open to high school students
around the country.
TAMS Dean Richard Sinclair
said there are only about seven
universities in the nation with
a similar program, and UNT
is the only one in Texas.
Students are eligible to
apply for both high school
and college scholarships.
"The reason UNT seems to
outpace every other school in
Texas is because of the caliber
of the students," Sinclair said.
"You have the best high school
age students in the state of
Texas here at TAMS."
TAMS is a two-year program
at UNT that allows high school
juniors and seniors to complete
their freshman and sophomore
years of college while working
toward a high school diploma.
The Siemens Competition,
funded by the Siemens
Foundation and adminis-
tered by the College Board,
judges high school students'
achievements in math and
science research. It gives
students national recognition
and awards college scholar-
ships that range from $1,000
to $100,000, according to the
competition's website.
The student finalists said
they communicated with Texas
State math professor Qiang
Zhao, their research mentor,
through emails and phone
calls as they finalized their
project. They began in the
summer and submitted their
work in October.
Tung and Qi, along with
a high school student from
Austin, presented their
work to a panel of 10 judges,
"You have the best high school
age students in the state of
Texas here at "CAMS"
-Richard Sinclair, TAMS dean
displaying the project's infor-
mation on poster boards.
Qi said they studied clin-
ical data on 155 women, who
recorded sexual encounters
in a pocket-sized diary. The
students came up with an
estimate of about how long
it would take for a sexually
active individual to catch an
S I'D.
"We wanted something that
would actually matter or help
out in the world," Tung said.
Their study provides a blue-
print for other researchers
to further investigate and
explore, Qi said.
"Because in the real world
you don't know exactly when
you would get infected with a
disease, it kind of estimates it
based on what you know," Qi
said. "So we just came up with
new ways to get it to a more
accurate estimate, and it's
mostly feasible for diseases."
Each team member won a
$1,000 scholarship, which they
won't receive until they enroll
in college full-time.
James Duban, director
of the Office for Nationally
Competitive Scholarships, said
this competition demonstrates
the intensive research students
do on an undergraduate level.
Duban said students use labs
on campus to research their
topic.
"These students have
brought added recognition
to themselves, to TAMS and
to UNT through these distinc-
tions," Duban said. "The
outcome is the next generation
of America's leading research
scientists."
ongo rebels take control o key city
KAMPALA, Uganda(MCT) —
Rebels occupying Goma, in
the east of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, have been
given 48 hours to evacuate it
or face attack, warned a group
of regional leaders Saturday.
If the M23 rebels comply
with the order to depart Goma,
the Congolese government in
Kinshasa has agreed to hold
talks with the insurgents, offi-
cials from the International
Conference on the Great Lakes
Region (ICGLR) said in a state-
ment following a summit.
"The M23 rebels have been
given 48 hours to vacate the
town and the deployment
will take effect after 48 hours
from now. The Congolese
government will only talk to
the rebels after they evacuate
Goma," Ugandan Regional
Foreign Affairs Minister
Henry Okello Oryem told dpa.
The plan is a reaction to
the rebels' taking earlier in
the week of Goma, the main
city in the DR Congo's North
Kivu region.
A communique issued from
regional leaders — including
Yoweri Museveni of Uganda,
Joseph Kabila of DR Congo,
and Jakaya Kikwete of
Tanzania — told the rebels to
stop "expanding forthwith and
stop talk of overthrowing an
elected government."
Other demands were for the
M23 to "stop all war activi-
ties," withdraw from tacti-
cally important areas near
Goma and to allow police in
the Goma region to rearm so
Conflict continues
The rebel March 23 Movement, or M23, which has been
fighting the DR Congo government since April, reached the
outskirts of Goma in some of the heaviest fighting since 2008.
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• M23 rebels are
ethnic Tutsis;
mutinied after
failure of 2009
peace deal
• Believed to be
about 2,500 to
3,000 men and
well-equipped
• Calling for
immediate
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of Goma and its
airport
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they can do their job.
The group also called
for three military compa-
nies — one from a neutral
force from regional armies,
another from the Congolese
army and the third from M23
— to be deployed at Goma
airport while a battalion of the
Congolese army and national
police will be re-deployed in
Goma town
The deployment process
will be supervised by the
chiefs of defense forces of
Congo and Rwanda and be
headed by the military chief
from Uganda, the commu-
nique said
Rebels from the M23 move-
ment began attacks on govern-
ment positions in the mainly
lawless region in April,
capturing several towns on
the Ugandan border, forcing
tens of thousands to flee to
Rwanda and Uganda.
Aid agencies say that
hundreds of thousands of
others have been displaced
in the latest round of fighting.
The rebels have insisted
Graphic courtesy MCT
that they be able to retain
their position in Goma even
while they start negotia-
tions, a stance rejected by
the ICGLR.
The Congolese govern-
ment has accused Uganda and
Rwanda of backing the rebels.
Following the fall of Goma,
Congolese President Joseph
Kabila and Rwandan leader
Paul Kagame hastily flew into
Kampala for an emergency
meeting Wednesday, medi-
ated by Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni.
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Wednesday, Nov. 14
8:44 p m: Someone reported
the theft of electronics at Maple
Hall.
9:32 p.m.: Someone reported
the theft of a bicycle at the UNT
Language Building.
10:11 p.m.: Someone reported
the theft of electronics at the
University Union.
Thursday, Nov. 15
9:59 a.m.: Someone reported
criminal damage to their vehicle
in UNT Lot 17.
2:07 p.m.: Someone reported
that their unattended vehicle
had been struck in Lot 57.
Friday, Nov. 16
1:23 a.m.: A police officer
initiated a traffic stop in Lot 23.
The 20-year-old male student
driver was in possession of drug
paraphernalia and had an alco-
holic beverage in the vehicle.
The student was given multiple
citations for both possessions
and for driving the vehicle the
wrong way on a one-way street.
11:44 a.m.: A commercial
truck struck the B Wing of the
Life Sciences Complex. A UNT
police officer came, filed an inci-
dent report and notified Risk
Management Services.
Saturday, Nov. 17
6:36 p.m.: Someone reported
a suspicious person at Bruce
Hall. UNT police officers spoke
with the 18-year-old non-
student male and determined
that he had been previously
banned from the property, and
arrested him.
Sunday, Nov. 18
1:50 a.m.: The Denton Police
Department requested assis-
tance with a large party at
the Sterling Fry Street apart-
ment complex. A UNT officer
responded and helped disperse
the crowd.
Monday, Nov. 19
3:04 p.m.: Someone reported
the theft of a motorcycle in
Lot 31.
8:40 p.m.: Someone reported
a hit-and-run at 410 S. Ave. C.
Tuesday, Nov. 20
12:21 p.m.: Someone reported
the theft of a laptop computer
in Willis Library.
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