All posts tagged "denton"

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    Mean Green LULAC Stands for Ayotzinapa

    Montreh Nariman-Hassana / Contributing Writer Students from UNT’s Mean Green League of United Latin American Citizens met Thursday evening for a vigil to pray for the disappearance and possible murder of 43 male rural college students in...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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  • Trans students raise awareness

    Rhiannon Saegert / Senior Staff Writer The Transgender and Intersex Alliance of Denton’s goal for Wednesday was to spread awareness of the dangers and challenges transgender individuals face as part of Trans Awareness Week, which runs Nov....

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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    Writing month motivates and challenges students

      Samantha McDonald / Senior Staff Writer While November celebrates everything from No-Shave November to the beginning of winter season, the month also marks a writer’s opportunity to turn a simple idea into an actual story. Every...

    • Posted November 17, 2014
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  • A fracking well across from Apogee Stadium on Airport Road on Sunday afternoon.
    Fight for fracking in Denton continues in court

      Dalton LaFerney / Senior Staff Writer Get ready, UNT. The battle to rid Denton of hydraulic fracturing is not over. While the hydraulic fracturing ban goes into effect Dec. 2, both sides of the debate are...

    • Posted November 17, 2014
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  • Homecoming Parade attracts hundreds

    Steven James / Staff Writer Hundreds of UNT students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters gathered Saturday around different parts of campus and the Denton Square for UNT’s 2014 Homecoming Parade. This year’s Homecoming theme was The Greatest Homecoming...

    • Posted November 9, 2014
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  • Bonfire brings students and alumni together before big game

    Hannah Lauritzen and Linda Kessler / Intern Writers Spirited chants could be heard throughout campus as masses of bundled-up students followed Scappy across the pedestrian bridge to a fiery celebration. Students, alumni, family and community members gathered...

    • Posted November 8, 2014
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    Gaming company supports Denton with app

    John Hoang / Intern Writer Little d, a Chihuahua sporting a bright red Mohawk, scurries from square to square excavating whatever treasures lay beneath the surface. As he digs for gold coins, he must avoid Cluck Gable,...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • Planned UNT convention center, hotel shut down by city

    Cameron Coates / Intern Writer The Denton City Council hit the kill switch Tuesday evening on the $25 million convention center and $60 million hotel project on UNT leased land near Apogee Stadium. Council members agreed at the...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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  • Midterm elections: Denton bans fracking, allows liquor sales

    Dalton LaFerney, Joshua Knopp and Paul Wedding UNT-led fracking ban passes Hydraulic fracturing was prohibited within the city limits after a petition lead by assistant philosophy professor Adam Briggle, making Denton the first city in Texas to...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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    Republicans to blame for polling problems

    Early voting began this week on campus on the first floor of Sycamore Hall and will finish up Friday, Oct. 31. The voter turnout is steadily increasing, but the campus grounds are not resistant to the antics...

    • Posted October 30, 2014
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