An increasing amount of cigarette butt litter at Discovery Park has concerned students, who also find UNT’s current no-smoking policy problematic. The policy was originally established when the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) required all universities it finances research for to become a tobacco-free campus. UNT police
The We Mean Green Fund committee provided information for students and staff to make campus greener during its Oct. 28 Environmental Think Thank Workshop. During the workshop, committee members Delany Baum and Libby Brookshire both explained steps of filling out an environmental improvement project proposal that will benefit the campus.
Starting next semester, Texas post-secondary education institutions will have to handle hazing crimes in a new way. Due to Texas Senate Bill 38, which went into effect on Sept. 1, universities will have to be more open with disclosing incidents with hazing by releasing a report every semester. These reports
UNT faculty and staff could remain exempt from mandatory diversity and inclusion training in response to former UNT System employee Caitlin Sewell’s use of a racial slur at a public event last week, President Neal Smatresk said at the Faculty Senate’s Wednesday meeting. Instead, the president said he would like
The publication of five demands for UNT by the UNT Student Government Association, Black Student Union and NAACP about increasing inclusivity on campus has prompted other student organizations to come forward and respond to the demands, with many organizations supporting the measures SGA proposed. “I think it’s an opportunity to
UNT SGA President Yolian Ogbu called for major campus climate reforms and new diversity and inclusion programs in her speech before the UNT System board of regents at their Friday meeting. Ogbu and dozens of student protesters approached the regents on Thursday and Friday in support of several demands sponsored
As a result of the racially offensive incident that occurred at the “When Hate Comes to Campus” event last week, UNT’s Student Government Association produced a list of demands that they will present to the Board of Regents as an action point on Thursday. A petition connected to these demands was sent
With the campus cafeterias’ dishwashers breaking throughout the years, dining services is investing in new dishwashers that will use less chemicals and have controls that are variable depending on the items being cleaned, Communications Manager for Dining Services Alyssa Torrence said. When the dishwashers break, the cafeterias are unable to
UNT student leaders from the Black Student Union, the National Association for Advancement of Colored People and the Student Government Association came together and held a silent sit-in at the Board of Regents meeting on Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. The sit-it was to protest for more diversity and
To teach students about the environmental impacts of food waste, an Environmental Protection Agency representative partnered with the UNT community garden to give a presentation this past Friday morning in the Business Leadership Building to try to reduce food waste at UNT. “Producing food takes depleting resources and causes environmental
