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A little from column A, a little from column B, but mostly from column A.

Another scouting opportunity for a UNT opponent. I also read off the TCU board that internet radio is www.ktcu.tcu.edu. I'll try to watch the game if I don't fall asleep....6 hours cumlative sleep in the last 2 days....stupid homework <_

While bus rides can be long and daunting, the best way to offset this is to BRING MOVIES! Anyone have any good ideas? (Also be careful if you rent, it wouldn't be cool to rack up extra viewing charges if something is late). Eric said he doesn't care about what's shown (as long as it's not porn), so I guess most anything is good. Personally, I prefer action movies. Anyone wanna watch the all-time favorite for a bus trip, SPEED?!?

Mustangs pull away Rebounds vital to SMU’s 88-75 win over Mean Green 11/30/2002 By Tim MacMahon / Staff Writer UNIVERSITY PARK — North Texas suffered an 88-75 loss Friday night to SMU for one simple reason: The Mustangs were tougher than the Mean Green. UNT was dominated by its regional rival in the paint at Moody Coliseum, which is why the Mustangs attempted more than twice as many free throws as the Mean Green. SMU enjoyed a 54-37 rebounding advantage and had more offensive boards (24) than UNT had defensive boards (19). "If a team isn’t shooting the ball that well, you can’t allow them second and third opportunities," UNT coach Johnny Jones said. "We just didn’t do a good job of being physical enough and keeping them off the offensive glass." Added UNT swingman Chris Davis, who scored 16 points before fouling out late in the game: "We didn’t get a body on them like we needed to. That determined the game." It certainly didn’t help UNT (1-1) that SMU swingman Quinton Ross produced a career-high point total for the third consecutive game. Ross scored 32 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the floor and 9-of-10 shooting from the line. He also had a game-high six offensive rebounds. "He can make a difference between a win and a loss," said SMU coach Mike Dement, whose team has beaten UNT the last two seasons. "He did that tonight." SMU forward Eric Castro chipped in with a double-double, scoring 14 points and grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds. The Mean Green spent most of the game trailing by single digits only because of the hot shooting of point guard Jerome Rogers, who scored 21 points off the bench. The 5-10 Rogers, a Dallas Madison product playing in his hometown, made six of 11 3-point attempts. UNT also got solid contributions from reserves Ron Harris (nine points, four rebounds in 18 minutes) and Unjel Masters (six points, seven rebounds in 18 minutes). "Our bench was the reason that we were still in the game." Jones said. Every time the Mean Green made a run, however, SMU responded. UNT guard Leonard Hopkins (15 points) hit a 3-pointer early in the second half to put the Mean Green ahead, 47-46, its first lead since the early stages of the game. SMU (2-1) scored the next six points. A Rogers 3-pointer brought UNT within two with 14:44 to play. The Mustangs quickly reeled off a seven-point run, which included five points by Castro. Masters and Davis hit jumpers on consecutive possessions to pull UNT within five with 5:55 to play, prompting Dement to call a timeout and apparently giving the Mean Green momentum. Not so, as the Mustangs scored 13 of the next 14 points to put the game away. "We almost caught them," Hopkins said. "Q. Ross and them just made wide-open clutch shots. They answered us every time." The Mustangs rode Ross to a 44-41 halftime lead. The 6-6 senior swingman scored 21 points on 6-of-8 shooting — scoring 14 consecutive points for SMU at one point — in the first 20 minutes. UNT opened an 11-5 advantage before the first media timeout, but SMU soon went on a 15-3 run to take the lead. The Mustangs led as many as 10, but the Mean Green closed the gap by scoring nine unanswered points near the end of the half. SMU, however, pounded UNT inside in the second half. The Mustangs had a 24-10 advantage in points in the paint after halftime. The majority of that came off of offensive rebounding. "We’re bigger than we were last year and stronger than we were last year," Jones said when asked if rebounding could present a season-long problem for UNT. "It’s just a matter of having that desire and determination to get to the glass."

Anyone know if there will be a VCR or DVD in the buses? Might make the trip seem a little shorter plus more fun.

We'll get a good look at SMU who we play this Friday night.

Too bad I'm graduating in the spring. *sighs*

Still rough at times. Looked impressive at times. I just wonder how we'll fair against higher quality teams. I don't know how many were there, but the game seemed fairly well attended since it's a preseason game.

GO MEAN GREEN!

Always free with a student ID!

Mean Green BBall Schedule The Mean Green square up against the Texas-Louisiana All-Stars in preseason action at 7pm in the SuperPit. Fisrt game of the regular season is Friday, November 22nd at Southwest Missouri. Tipoff is 7pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lady Eagles BB Schedule On another note, the Lady Eagles next exhibition game is Monday, November 18 versus the Oklahoma Flyers at 6pm. First game of the season is Friday, November 22 at 7pm against UTSA in the SuperPit.

Mean Green Basketball Schedule This Friday at 7pm is an exhibition game. I'll be there, will you? Season starts Nov. 22nd. I'm juiced, and from the sounds of things, so is the team.

Thank you, EagleChick

Here are the top 10 reasons why you should never live in Denton Texas: 10: Someone will key your car.........................................every week 9: Calls to 911 will require at least 30 minutes for a response - Plan ahead! : ) 8: 2 colleges in one town are too much 7: If you live in an apartment, your neighbors will most likely get drunk and jump on your ceiling ............. every night 6: There is a shortage of decent restuarants (probably due to #8) 5: There are homeless* people on every corner * - homeless in Denton means that they make $200 an hour standing on the corners getting money from brainless people who think they are doing a good deed. 4: At least once a month, someone will: o bump into your car o steal pieces off you car o sit on your car o throw things at your car 3: The closest Best Buy is 15 miles away 2: Anything that isn't locked down will be stolen 1: It sucks... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I found this while surfing around, procrastinating....

If the Daily wants people to think, then why is this comment in there? I'd say out of the whole article, ^^^this^^^ is the one thing that bothered me the most. To improve parking, the university must raise funds. However, students aren't very willing to pay the extra money to purchase and develop these lands. You can't build onto your home just by paying the current amount you pay on your mortgage. And the comment on the drainage system is for what? I know there was a big puddle in front of the GAB, but it's been raining off and on for something like 2 weeks now. The ground is so saturated right now, if it does rain, there's no place for the water to go. Besides, the money for campus maintenance comes from a totally different pot, not tuition or money from the state labeled for education.

It be one thing if the Editorial presented both sides of the argument and then let the reader make up their own mind, but....

How do they know acquiring the law school is too much for the university? For heavens sake, they're just talking!!! We also don't know if the state will help us out and pitch in for part of the purchase. It's comments like this that make me believe that this small portion of the student body wants to control the destiny of UNT. If certain groups could have their way, we wouldn't be getting an Engineering department, let alone the law school still in early negotiations. <_<

NT Daily Editorial Law school is too much Editorial October 29, 2002 Acquiring the Texas Wesleyan Law School is not in the best interests of NT. Although the discussions haven't lead to monetary bids, NT should not be rushing into such a financial venture. One reason that NT is looking at the law school was to bring the Metroplex a public university law school. Another reason that NT is in discussion with TWU is to bring prestige to our university by offering a more rounded academic program (e.g. the engineering school), according to Chancellor Lee Jackson. NT students should look at flip-side of buying the TWU law school. Something that doesn't often come to mind is realistic cost of buying or building a law school. The cost to acquire the school could be in the millions and the cost to manage the school would be high as well, thus hindering the progress of NT programs because of the enormous amount of money that would be needed to maintain the law school in Fort Worth. NT would have to juggle the costs of an engineering program and the law school. With the growing number of students it would seem like a feasible task, but there is no guarantee that NT will continue to grow at the current rate and many programs may be left in the cold. Some of the stipulations about acquiring the law school is that NT would first survey students to find out the best place for the law school. If and when this survey appears, the students should just write a resounding "no" to buying or building a law school until we can improve existing programs, parking and even our drainage system first.

It seems to me that the Daily is fishing for news. There's 2 columns by the staff, both having to do with apathy. I think they were expecting last spring's fiasco to bleed over into this semester, but it hasn't happened. They did seem to get some stings regarding one story, as the Clark Hall community has written several letters the Editor (all over a week old now), but I think it has died down now that the Sniper in D.C. has been caught and the game called Sniper ended Tuesday morning at 12.01am.

you misspelled 'an' in your signature.

I couldn't agree more on those comments. We do need a newer, bigger COBA building. With roughly 8,000 students, we're the 2nd largest college on campus. I too saw the light on the fact that Pohl is wanting to move away [some] from being known as a liberal arts school. We can get more money as a research school then we ever could as a liberal arts one.

Hmmmm, interesting what Pohl wants to do. Makes a lot of sense though. ------------------------------------- Ashley Womble -- NT Daily President wants NT to be recognized for engineering and science programs If Dr. Norval Pohl has his way, people won't think of NT as simply a liberal arts and humanities school for much longer. Pohl is mounting a public relations campaign focusing on programs such as engineering and science, saying the public's image of NT as an arts and music school is incomplete. "The goal isn't to shift NT's focus, but to shift people's perception about what NT is about," Pohl said. Pohl's campaign to turn attention toward engineering and science programs could mean more funding for NT. "Since most universities are evaluated on the amount of research dollars brought to the university, I think that it is important that we are strong in engineering and science since they are bringing in the dollars," Dr. John Gossett of the communication studies faculty said. Gossett warned that NT must stay balanced and must not forget its roots in the humanities and arts. "So long as science and technology don't become the sole focus, I think it is possible to become balanced as long as the university knows that there are several nationally recognized programs," he said. Dr. Jean Keller, dean of the College of Education, said the emphasis on engineering and science will give students more options. "As the university grows and becomes larger, if we have more programs, that is a good thing for students," she said. Keller said that the challenge is how to appropriately fund the College of Engineering and still keep the strong programs that NT is known for. "I think that NT is a comprehensive institution, and if the music and arts colleges maintain their excellence in their graduates and alumni, they will still bring recognition to the institution and themselves," she said. While the transition will affect colleges and departments differently, Dr. Warren Burggren, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said he expects the emphasis on engineering and sciences to be a positive thing for the college. "Since we have a half dozen science and math departments, and since science, math and engineering are all intricately linked, I think this new appreciation of the need to promote sciences, generally defined, bodes very well for improvement of this particular part of our college," Burggren said. Dr. Jack Davis, dean of the School of Visual Arts, said he hopes that [the administration] wants achieve the same excellence in science and engineering that has already achieved in arts and humanities. "Expansion is always to preserve the strengths we have and build on that," he said. Pohl said he is doing more than trying to shift the public's perception to engineering and science. NT is asking for $12 million from the state Legislature over the next six years to build a College of Engineering and purchased Research Park, the facility that will house the college, in November 2002 for $8.9 million. Meanwhile, other buildings that have been requested by NT are being delayed. Davis said that people in the School of Visual Arts was disappointed that it did not get a new building, but they understand the need for Research Park. "I think we are still on the agenda to expand, it just got delayed. An opportunity came and it would have been short-sighted if [NT] hadn't taken advantage of the opportunity," Davis said. Pohl said that if NT does not get money for the College of Engineering from the Legislature, the university will get the money elsewhere. "The plan is not to reallocate existing dollars away from other programs, " Pohl said. Pohl said that money for the College of Engineering will come out of growth, out of special funding or from donors. Gossett said that when one department gets one new building, it frees up space for other departments. "A rising tide raises all ships, if there are more dollars at the university there will be more money to go around," Gossett said.

Someone hacked a server and got EUID info, so they reset a bunch of passwords. Go to Manage from the EagleMail page and choose the Get new password from there. I called the help desk this afternoon and found out after my mail hadn't worked all day.

This should be required listening for all new students.

For those who don't know, there was a petition filed regarding the reappointment of 5 or 6 senators to SGA. The hearing was last night and 4 out of 4 judges voting were in favor of SGA. SFA'ers are all mad because they didn't get their way, despite working "within the system." In fact, they feel the system is inadequate and cannot be changed without an outside force. IMHO, it looks like SFASGA is starting to crumble, especially since several of it higher ups are quitting or are extremely frustrated. I just wish that they should realize that it is the job of a highest court, in this case the SGA Supreme Court, to rule based on the constitution, which they did. Ethics and morals shouldn't be the basis of their ruling, cause those are subjective in nature, no matter how right or wrong the situation may be. NT Daily article My biggest concern now is that there will be a movement to disband SGA, thus removing the students voice within university affairs.