![Students and staff participate in a “die-in” protest Thursday at Texas Woman’s University’s free-speech space outside the Student Union.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141205213157im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20141205-drc_twudiein_1.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/DRC_TWUDIEIN_1.JPG)
Groups file to join city in courtroom
Local activists and a national advocacy group filed motions in court Thursday to join the city of Denton in defending its ban on hydraulic fracturing.
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![Jay Saunders, director of the University of North Texas One O’clock Lab Band, is joining fellow professor Jennifer Barnes in a concert that joins the One O’clock Lab Band and the UNT Jazz Singers for the first time. Saturday’s concert features jazz renditions of holiday favorites.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141205213157im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/entertainment/denton-time-headlines/20141204-12-4-dt-jazzers_saundersband2.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/12-4+DT-Jazzers_Saunders%26Band2.JPG)
Syncopated holiday
Two of the top jazz ensembles at the University of North Texas College of Music will make history on Saturday night.
![Fortify yourself with hot mulled cider and treats during Wassail Fest to ease your holiday shopping.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141205213157im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20141203-drc_113012_treelighting_4_28550921.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/DRC_113012_TREELIGHTING_4_28550921.JPG)
Kim Phillips: Wassail and spirit, secrets to happy shopping
In the Phillips household, Thanksgiving is the official start to the holiday season. The Saturday after the turkey settles, we pack up the pilgrim and pumpkin decorations and head to the attic.
![In this July 18, 2008 <137>file <137>photo, calories of each food item appear on a McDonalds drive-thru menu in New York. <137>Companies will have until November 2015 to comply. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)<137> AP](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141205213157im_/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20141126-calories-on-menus_tam-.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/Calories+On+Menus_Tam-.jpg)
Calorie count to appear with many foods
WASHINGTON — Diners will soon know how many calories are in that bacon cheeseburger at a chain restaurant, the pasta salad in the supermarket salad bar and even that buttery tub of popcorn at the movie theater.