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The three-day Denton Blues Festival faced gloomy weather this past weekend consisting of thunder, lightning and plenty of rain, but that did not stop people from trekking through the mud View Full Article

While the modern age has brought both good and bad things with the invention of the internet, one of the better things it has done is revive the dying tabletop View Full Article

North Texas just pulled off what is arguably their biggest win in school history, all the while upsetting the Arkansas Razorbacks with a 44-17 score. The win improved the Mean View Full Article

UNT President Neal Smatresk spoke about student success, campus developments and funding at the annual State of the University address Thursday afternoon at the Winspear Performance Hall to a crowd View Full Article

Psychology sophomore Leslie Lopez and fashion merchandising sophomore Isabelle Vigil hope to bring a student organization to campus all about reproductive justice. They call it Reproductive Rights of Student Educators View Full Article

With several construction projects in the works at UNT, road work has been a catalyst for heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Certain streets, sides of buildings and parking lots are View Full Article

Senior Aaliyah Nolan arrived in Denton during the summer of 2017 and became the first international player in the history of the North Texas soccer program. Nolan’s road to North View Full Article

The Mean Green football team is set to face the Arkansas Razorbacks in their third straight non-conference game on Saturday, Sept. 15 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. This is the first time this season North Texas will be traveling after starting the season 2-0, the first time since 1994. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m. at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The history between these two teams goes back to 1947. Since then, the teams have met a total of nine times, the most recent meeting taking place in 2007 that resulted in a 66-7 Razorback win over North Texas. Outscored by more than 250 points in those nine games, the Mean Green have their toughest challenge of the season ahead of them. The Mean Green have struggled against teams in Power Five conferences, and since 2008 the team has lost each of the last 13 meetings with Power Five opponents. The Mean Green’s 58 points against the University of the Incarnate Word are a season-high for the team, as they now average 52 points per game and look to keep the high-scoring offense going. “I think we improved from last week, and that’s all you can ask for: To keep improving each week,” North Texas quarterback Mason Fine said. “I think we need to be more physical on the perimeter — we need to watch film to see what we need to work on and get ready for Arkansas.” View Full Article

UNT is continuing to make more classes available on Canvas before the full switch happens next semester, with 2,150 current courses actively using the platform this semester. Canvas launched in View Full Article

Hospitality management senior Brandon Nowell is not your typical college student. From running a business with his family to being a certified balloon artist, Brandon entails what it is like View Full Article

Those who utilized the Mean Green Game Day shuttle to attend UNT’s first football game of the season reported late, overcrowded shuttles. The Mean Green Game Day shuttle, which has been in use for five years, takes passengers from downtown Denton to the pedestrian bridge across from Apogee Stadium. However, on game day there were few shuttle buses running and the ones available were completely full, said Amy Fair, a 32-year-old who works in marketing and used the Mean Green Game Day shuttle to attend the UNT vs. SMU games in 2016 and this year. “We had a really good experience with the shuttle in the past and were expecting the same this time around,” Fair said. But Fair said her shuttle experience this year was the complete opposite. Fair said she waited at the Mellow Mushroom stop, the same as she did two years ago. However, this year she waited for an hour and 20 minutes at the stop, which had a sign posted reading ‘first stop.’ “But come to find out, every stop had a sign on it that said, ‘first stop,’ so that was a little confusing,” Fair said. “During that hour and 20 minutes that we were waiting, only two shuttles came by our stop, neither one of them stopped because both of them were full. So even in that amount of time we were waiting, we only saw two of the shuttles.” Fair said by 6:10 p.m. she, her husband and a couple friends had debated different options to try and get to the game from getting an Uber, waiting it out or trying to drive and find parking. But eventually they decided to go to the East Side Denton Bar to watch the game. “We didn’t even make it to the game,” Fair said. “We had to watch it on TV.” View Full Article

College is one of the things that almost every parent hopes for their child, expecting they will make a good future for themselves. For most parents, that hope for their View Full Article

The North Texas volleyball team lost in three straight sets to the No. 2 nationally ranked University of Wisconsin Badgers. The loss on Sunday marked the eighth consecutive loss for View Full Article

The North Texas football team continued its performance from last week’s game against SMU by beating Incarnate Word 58-16, giving the Mean Green its first 2-0 start since 1994. Coming View Full Article

Reaching the top of a leaderboard is an impressive feat that few are able to accomplish. Senior Karley York accomplished this in the 2017-2018 volleyball season by ranking No. 4 View Full Article

Denton’s new police chief, Frank Dixon of Austin, starts his new position in Denton Oct. 15, according to a news release. Dixon’s is currently the assistant chief for the Austin View Full Article

The UNT lacrosse team may not be as famous as the football team, but the sport is just as intense. Lacrosse at North Texas is a club sport, meaning that View Full Article

The 2018 football season marks the beginning of the last year with players from former-head coach Dan McCarney’s recruiting. Though he does not search these players out, current North Texas head football coach Seth Littrell places a lot of value in his senior group this year. “The success of any team is going to come down to how well that leadership does throughout the year of overcoming adversity and sticking together,” Littrell said. “When coaches don’t have to step in, that’s when teams really start taking off and holding each other accountable, and I think you’re going to have much more success when players are buying into our core values and start to lead themselves into being successful.” The Mean Green have a lot of talent heading into this season, but with a roster comprised mostly of underclassmen, experience is needed as well. Eleven players on this team carry experience dating back to the 2015 season, and while a lot of fans would like to forget that 1-11 season, these players are continuing to use it as fuel. After losing to Portland State 66-7 during the Mean Green’s homecoming weekend in 2015, head coach Dan McCarney was immediately fired. This caused a lot of players to question which direction this team was headed. View Full Article

It is well over 90 degrees, and the added humidity makes the air both sticky and hot, prompting most people to stay inside and blast the air-conditioner. This is not View Full Article

North Texas soccer improved its record to 4-1-1 and remained unbeaten at home as they put on an offensive showcase en route to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers. View Full Article

The Mean Green defeated the Southern Methodist Mustangs 46-23 Saturday evening at Apogee Stadium. Mean Green junior quarterback Mason Fine threw for a career-high 444 passing yards with three touchdowns, View Full Article

A person’s first arrest can be difficult to process in the moment. Have you ever wondered what they really go through? The treatment they face? The emotions that transpire? One View Full Article

North Texas volleyball is back in action for the 2018 season — they are looking to win back-to-back conference championships after winning their first conference title in program history last View Full Article

The North Texas soccer team is back in action as they try to win their fifth consecutive Conference USA championship. They’re calling it “The Drive for Five.” Only Memphis University View Full Article

Video games, like the movie industry, have systemic problems with diversity and inclusion. The main reason these issues exist is because both industries are run by mostly white men. I’m View Full Article