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North Texas Daily
Celebrating 100 Years of Journalism Excellence
VOL. 108 No.7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2016 NTDAILY.COM
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BRING ON THE PUNCHES
Denton boxing gym provides hope and escape for Flint native
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By Austin Jackson
Detached from the beige brick
of an unused stripmall, a sanctuary
of sweat called Jimenez’ Old
School Boxing Gym hides behind
the shadow of Duffy’s Auto
Service shop and a Chevron where
food stamps are accepted and their
slot machines, according to the
clerk, are to “win fun only.”
A step from the asphalt to the
concrete slab brings the unique
nostalgia of eighth grade P.E.
rearing back before it punches you
right in the face. But after taking a
few steps inside, the smell, like the
skill and strength that produced it,
grows on you.
The gym, built by Joe Jimenez
and operated primarily by his
son, Ben, a 22-year-old computer
science junior at UNT, is a home
away from home for many.
“They call boxing a poor man’s
sport,” Ben said. “Most people
who box are kids that go to get
off the streets. In Denton, you get
the occasional rough house one,
but most come here on word of
mouth.”
SEE BOXING ON PAGE 7
Boxer Corey Richards warms up at the gym with the punching bag at Jimenez’ Old School Boxing Gym in Denton. Originally from Hint, Michigan, Richards came to Denton and refound his passion for boxing. Sara Carpenter
Campus
carry brings
little change
After campus carry debates, this
semester has seen few problems
By Kayla Davis
Editor’s Note: Some sources in
this story are anonymous due to the
contentious nature of the campus carry
law and for their own protection.
As midterms are approaching,
students are in the thick of the semester.
But this semester is not like previous
ones.
UNT joined seven other states on
Aug. 1 in allowing concealed handguns
onto their university campuses. And
despite the heated debate from faculty,
staff and students on the campus carry
policy, UNT seems pretty quiet so far.
A criminal justice graduate student
received their license to carry in May
and has been carrying a handgun on
campus since August.
“I guess the only difference now
is that I now have peace of mind if
something was to go awry,” the criminal
justice student said.
Though the graduate student
participates in campus carry, they
said they would only pull out their
gun as a last resort, relying on
verbal communication and stunning
techniques first.
“Even if there was a situation where I
needed to draw my weapon, I don’t keep
a bullet in the chamber,” the student
said. “So as a last defense mechanism,
SEE CAMPUS CARRY ON PAGE 3
UNT’s claim to Norah Jones is trivial at best
After a weekend of covering Norah Jones, a writer opens up
By Kyle Martin
Incase you weren’t aware, Norah
Jones, the brilliant and acclaimed jazz
singer, musician and Texas native, is a
UNT alumna.
She attended UNT for a short time
to study jazz in 1997, and left Texas for
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Norah Jones performs in front of hundreds for
Oaktopia 2016 Sept. 23 in Denton. Kyle Martin
New York City in 1999. By 2003, she
was a Grammy award winner in “Record
of the Year,” “Song of the Year” and
“Best Female Pop Performance” for
her single “Don’t Know Why,” written
by American singer-songwriter Jesse
Harris. Jones met Harris during her
time at UNT after giving him and a few
of his band members a ride in her 1971
Cadillac.
From there, her career took off and
she became everything that she is today
with her roots grounded in Texas.
But is she really as grounded in the
university as she is played out to be?
When she was in town for Oaktopia, I
covered her closely. I saw her interactions
with UNT administrators, the press
and locals closer than most people that
weekend.
That week, she was invited back to
campus. Jones attended a lecture wherein
a packed, standing-room only recital hall
was filled with students and faculty for
a question-and-answer seminar over
Jones’s career. Those in attendance got
some of Jones’s insight on her time in
the music industry, what it means to be
a musician, her influences as she rose to
fame and even a little about her time at
UNT.
At the event, UNT President
Neal Smatresk presented her with a
Presidential Medal of Honor, the most
prestigious award the president is
allowed to give out.
The Presidential Medal of Honor, and
all it’s esteem, has only been awarded
to one other UNT student. George
Dunham, a 1988 graduate who worked
in radio broadcasting and commentary
SEE NORAH JONES ON PAGE 5
Denton to
change
council,
improve city
appearance
By Madison Wilie
The Denton City Council launched the
early stages of the process to review the
city charter on Tuesday.
In a previous work session, the council
held a discussion regarding potential
revisions to the charter and requested a
resolution be prepared for Oct. 11. The
charter has not been revised since 2009
and the conversation was originally
spurred by citizens’ call for a formal
ethics ordinance to be adopted by Denton
local government.
But with only one vote for a change
to the charter every two years, the
prospective changes include more than
provisions relating to ethics.
“We’re dealing with a wholesale
rewrite,” Mayor Chris Watts said.
“Potentially, on the charter, on some very,
very important decisions.”
First assistant city attorney Aaron Feal
presented the seven areas for possible
modification to the current charter
discussed during the prior meeting.
Currently the mayor and two members of
the council are elected at-large, meaning
they can be voted for by all citizens of
the city. Potential alterations will see
the makeup of Denton city government
change, with six proposed single-member
districts and one at-large mayoral district.
But in order to make changes to the
city charter, each council member must
appoint three Denton citizens to a review
committee. The 21 nominees will then be
broken into sub-committees of seven and
asked to reflect over changes formally
prepared by the council.
Council members also discussed the
progression of recruiting a city auditor
and the process of hiring a city manager.
Over the next months, the council will
meet with staff and give direction over a
series of candidates for both positions.
The brochure for the city of Denton
was approved and will pursue adequate
candidates for the position of city auditor.
The city auditor finalists will be chosen
and interviewed by the council in early
January.
The Downtown Reinvestment Grant
Program, a program that provides cash
reimbursement grants to businesses
for improvements to buildings in the
downtown area, will also see changes.
Improvements may include new awnings,
signs and utility upgrades for certain
businesses. The council will continue to
deliberate over whether the grant should
be extended to any small businesses
on Fry Street, Dallas Drive and on the
Interstate-35 corridor.
@MadisonBWilie
‘Locker room talk’ video dominates second presidential debate
By Julia Falcon
The second presidential debate
Sunday evening was a slugfest
between Hillary Clinton and Donald
Trump courtesy of the moderators,
CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Martha
Raddatz, of ABC. It’s heralded as a
political game changer.
Though there was some conversation
about the humanity crisis in Syria and
equality in the United States, much
of the hour-and-a-half town hall
debate focused on the character of the
candidates, Trump hitting Clinton with
the deleted emails and President Bill
Clinton’s sexual scandal, and Clinton
jabbing Trump on the recent discovery
of a video which shows him making
lewd comments about women.
Clinton and Trump did not shake
hands in the beginning of the debate
at Washington University in Saint
Fouis. But by the end of the exchange,
the two complimented each other,
only when prompted by a question,
ending the debate on a positive note.
The video was mentioned in the
beginning of the debate. Trump
summarized it as “locker room talk”
and reminded the nation he would
destroy the Islamic State.
“I’m not proud of it,” he said.
“I apologize to my family. To the
SEE DEBATE ON PAGE 2
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS
ARTS & LIFE
SPORTS
Special Care pg 3
The Dose: ‘Birth of a Nation’ pg 5
Midseason, Football Is Improving pg 6
The United States Supreme Court is
Preston Mitchell went to see “Birth of a
As Mean Green football reaches midseason,
hearing a case about special education
Nation,” which fell short of becoming a
sports writer Clay Massey reflects on the
rights across the nation. A story inside
masterpiece. But, he said, director Nate
season so far, and offers an explanation on
details how the law affects Denton
County.
Parker has a lot of promise in his career.
how the team is improving.
Photo Contributions | Gage Skidmore Graphic Illustration | Tomas Gonzalez
OPINION
More About Trump’s ‘P—-y’ Talk pg 8
The editors of this newspaper do not
approve of Trump’s lewd video. But more
importantly, the reaction to the video is
a big problem for Republicans and their
leaders.
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