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Store co-owner Alicia Clay constructs “Makenna’s Masterpiece” at Charming at The Market on Sept. 14,2019. Meredith Holser
ATHLETICS
Illustration byJeselle Farias
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When senior Lauren Cox first joined the Mean
Green ahead of the 2016-17 season, she sought to
set a precedent for the North Texas women’s golf
team. Her first year correlated with current head
coach Michael Akers’ first year with the program.
Cox was signed by former interim head coach Jeff
Nieman and therefore wasn’t recruited by Akers.
Despite this, Akers kept her around.
“Like any freshman she was a little timid, and
all freshmen are trying to figure it all out and on
top of all that, I was new,” Akers said. “She didn’t
know me, so after about a semester, I would say
we found common ground and then from there we
took off.”
Cox, who hails from Orange, Texas, accumulated
a decorated resume before transitioning to the
collegiate level. The Mauriceville High School
product broke her school record in her last year
after shooting a 69 in a tournament. Cox also won
eight of the 10 golfing tournaments in her senior
year.
“She’s the type of person that if we have a day off,
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HOUSING
Six students accept UNT’s housing buyout offer
she’s going to go work,” Akers said. “She’s also the
type of person that in the summer plays multiple
tournaments to stay sharp, she’s a competitor.”
Upon arriving to North Texas, it was a gradual
upward trend when it came to improving herself on
and off the green.
“Anytime you see a good person do great things,
it’s awesome,” Akers said. “It’s awesome that
somebody that works hard and is nice and takes
care of their academics and just does everything
they’re supposed to do as a student athlete, you
love to see them succeed. I’m a believer of hard
work and hard work pays off to success. It’s exactly
what you want to see.”
Although she had talent coming into the
collegiate level, Cox has consistently improved her
tactics over the course of her time with the Mean
Green, according to Akers.
“I think her overall golf swing has improved
tremendously, I think she’s stronger,” Akers said.
“Her putting stroke has definitely improved, she
made putts as a freshman but her stroke was maybe
not as consistent as it could have been. But now she
rolls it good and her mental game is very strong as
SEE GOLF ON PAGE 4
When UNT offered students
$1,000 in exchange for their
dorm, six out of 177 students that
were offered the buyout took the
money, Associate Director for
Housing James Fairchild Jr. said.
The buyouts were offered after
there were not enough dorm
rooms for the 5,522 incoming
freshman. Along with the buyout
offers, freshman were also housed
in predominately upperclassmen
dorms and roomed with resident
advisors.
“The buyout funding came
from regular housing operating
funds,” Fairchild said. “The use of
the buyout option by Housing was
approved by the Vice President
for Student Affairs, Dr. Elizabeth
With and Associate Vice President
for Auxiliary Services, Danny
Armitage.”
After sending out the buyout
for the family. Salood’s first launch event
was held on Sept. 14 and paired Makenna
with Charming at the Market in Dallas to
make her own bouquet.
“Not only are we giving a patient the
opportunity to create something really
cool and unique, but I also want to
provide hope,” Castillo said.
Freeland and Castillo met in college
and have been friends for about seven
years. Castillo was inspired to start the
non-profit after seeing a family in an
airport where it appeared the child had
cancer. He said he thought about the
expenses associated with pediatric care,
and after doing some research, he found
that few organizations provide families
with direct financial assistance. Castillo
then met up with Freeland to bounce
ideas off of each other. Freeland said he
had a personal connection with the issue
because he was frequently in the hospital
as a child.
“I could really relate to what he
was talking about from a pediatric
standpoint,” Freeland said. “You’re being
a young, ambitious kid who’s stuck in a
hospital surrounded by adults, but you
still have that creativity in you and you’re
looking for an outlet.”
After coming up with the idea for
Salood, Freeland and Castillo spent
the last eight to 10 months bringing it
to life, researching other nonprofits
and foundations and networking with
companies and hospitals. Salood
officially became a nonprofit in June of
2019.
Finding a company willing to
collaborateisthe first stepintheirprocess.
Once Salood finds that partnership, they
seek out a patient to be their ambassador.
This patient creates their own special
product with the company, which is
released at a launch event and available
for purchase. Freeland said Salood can
also help families who don’t want to be
ambassadors in the public eye, as those
who would rather stay private are still
elligible for financial assistance.
Makenna Rodolph is Salood’s first
SEE SALOOD ON PAGE 3
offers, a total of $6,000 was
distributed to students from
the university, leaving six spots
open for freshmen on the housing
queue to claim.
According to the freshman
admissions website, a requirement
for freshmen that pertains to most
incoming undergraduate students
are to be housed in a “university-
operated residence hall, as long as
space is available.”
The buyout offers were first
sent on Aug. 2 to a first wave
of upperclassmen to try and
make more available housing
spots for freshmen. On Aug. 5,
the buyout was extended out to an
additional wave of upperclassmen,
but many students refused the
offer.
The housing queue, prior to
the fall semester, has been full
for both upperclassmen and
incoming freshmen. Giving
freshmen priority to housing,
the university made a handful of
attempts to get the issue situated.
Every seat in Charming at the
Market’s workshop room was filled last
Saturday evening. People had come to
observe a floral demonstration, watching
intently as one of the demonstrators
carefully assembled stems of basil, roses
and red zinnia into a little gold vase. She
was not a professional florist, but rather
11-year old Makenna, recreating the
floral arrangement she designed called
Makenna’s Masterpiece.
Makenna is an ambassador for
Salood, a new DFW nonprofit co-
founded by UNT alum and Las Colinas
resident Joshua Castillo and Kenny
Freeland from Dallas. Salood, which is
a spin on the word salud meaning good
health, is an outpatient and business
co-op that pairs pediatric patients with
companies to make a unique product,
and the proceeds from the sale of that
product benefit the child’s family. The
goal is to offer patients a way to express
their creativity while also raising money
“Funds were posted to the
students myUNT account,”
UNT Associate Director of News
Leigh Anne Gullett said. For
students who accepted the offer,
the offer was automatically sent
out into their financial status on
their myUNT account.
UNT requires all students
seeking to live on campus to make
a $350 payment up front in order
for their application to even be
considered for housing for the
following semester.
“Acceptance of the buyout
resulted in deletion of their room
and meal plan assignments,
reversal of all assessed charges,
release from the terms of the
Housing License Agreement,
refund of their paid housing pre-
payment, and application of the
$1000 incentive to the fall 2019
term,” Gullet said.
Christina Bridges, an
elementary education sophomore
who was one of the six students
SEE BUYOUT ON PAGE 2
Makenna Rudolph puts fresh flowers in her arrangement at Charming at The Market on Sept. 14,
2019. Meredith Holser
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