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students.
Officials say Denton well-prepared
against terrorist attacks, disasters
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cation plan in place for
several years," he said. "It's
a trafficking plan to keep
people moving. If cars break
down we will tow them out
of the way to keep traffic
flowing."
Abbott said the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency Region IV headquar-
ters located on Loop 288 is
one of several locations that
can act as a second White
House in case of disaster.
"The FEMA center is a
huge underground bunker,"
he said.
Even with Osama bin
Laden recently releasing a
video message, Abbott said
there is more of a threat
only because of the anni-
versary
"There's probably more
activity because of the
anniversary because some
of al-Qaida members are
looking at the anniversary,"
he said.
Abbott said days like
April 19, which is the anni-
versary of the Oklahoma
bombing, the assault on the
Waco compound and Adolph
Hitler's birthday, also cause
heightened security and that
officials will not overlook
domestic terrorists.
"We are mindful certainly
of the date and hope that
everything will be business
as usual," he said.
According to the Homeland
Security Advisory System, the
nation and Denton County
are on a yellow level alert,
which means that security
is elevated.
Along with the color alert
that Homeland security puts
out, Denton has its own alert
system for any type of disas-
ters ranging from four to one,
with four being the safest
alert, Penaluna said.
"We were on a level four
[Monday] morning for the
rain we received," he said.
"We went to a level three for
the floods."
This past April the alert
system went as low as a level
two for massive flooding in
the area, Penaluna said.
September is National
Preparedness Month, and
the North Central Texas
Council of Government has
made the Web site www.
knowhat2do.com in order
to educate people in case of
any type disaster, he said.
"The main thing is to let
people know what to do
and where to get help," said
Penaluna.
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Women inspire N students
By Laura Gimenez
Contributing Writer
After 500 hours of overtime,
Roseanna McGill knows a thing
or two about working her way
to the top.
Every person needs to "have
passion for something because
then you don't mind working
hard for it," she said. She worked
the extra hours to get to her
position as founder and CEO of
PrimeLending.
McGill, along with several
other prominent women in busi-
ness, kicked off NT's first Women
in Business week yesterday.
The College of Business
Administration is presenting a
lecture series with several prom-
inent women from around the
area to come and inspire students
throughout the week.
When the College of Business
Administration decided to host
this event, the goal was to present
women who had significant
accomplishments in their busi-
ness careers as well as stability
in their personal lives, said Julie
Willems-Espinoza, external rela-
tions officer in the college.
Most of the presenters are
"very interested in education
and giving back," she said. "These
women are able to show students
you can do it all."
This program is really a way
to give back and be a mentor
to students, said McGill, an NT
alumna.
The students will benefit from
knowledge and networking after
graduation, Willems-Espinoza
said.
Many of the women plan to
speak about seeking out mentors,
which is extremely helpful in the
business world, she said.
This lecture series is intended
for graduates and emphasizes the
opportunities for female gradu-
ates, Willems-Espinoza said.
The series organizers wanted
to showhowthese women operate
in male-dominated industries,
she said.
A 2005 study done by Jay
Arekere, a professor at Texas A&M
University, shows that females
earn, on average, 80 cents to
every male's dollar. Also, in all
Fortune 500 companies, women
account for 2 percent of CEO
positions.
The guest speakers believe
that overcoming these statistics
is possible, Willems-Espinoza
said.
The gender gap in business "is
getting better but not going away;
it is somewhat dependent on the
industry," she said.
Areas such as finance, real
estate and engineering are
male-dominated and still have
significant gender gaps, Willems-
Espinoza said.
Having balance between
work and home life is not just for
women anymore. In this genera-
tion it is becoming more for men
too, she said.
Speakers McGill and Fran
Eichorst, vice president of human
resources and general manager
of Fidelity Investments, gave tips
for entering the business world
concerning students' resumes,
work attire and presentation of
abilities to potential employers.
They believe the little things help
you stand out in any field.
When working for a company
that expects a lot from its workers,
they tend to work harder. The
more that is expected of someone,
the more he or she will strive to
get there, said McGill.
Coming up, there will be a
Professor for a Day program held
in various classrooms, as well as
the distinguished lecture series.
September 11 and Sept. 13 will
feature guest lecturers in the
Professor for a Day program,
and Sept. 14 will wrap up the
series with Laura Wright, Chief
Financial Officer of Southwest
Airlines speaking at 10 a.m. in
the University Union.
Johnson speaks of segregation tribulations
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superiors asked him if he would go
to officer's school, but he declined.
He only wanted to be in the army
for two years, so they put him
in radar school. He was the only
black member of his training
battalion. However, he stood out
most because of his grades, which
kept him near the top of his class,
he said.
"That was my first experience
in an integrated classroom situa-
tion," he said. "I knew then that I
could compete with other students
in an integrated situation."
When Johnson began classes
at NT, he was well-prepared for
the treatment he would receive
from white students. For black
students who were used to segre-
gation, starting school at NT was
a "hardship," he said. Fie real-
ized that once the white students
discovered how smart he was, they
would stop ignoring him and start
asking him for help.
"Being more mature [than the
other black students] by the time
I got [to NT], I knew what the
score was," Johnson said. "I knew
they were looking at me. We were
paving the way, although we didn't
know it."
He credited his determination
to his generation's trailblazers —
black soldiers who faced the inte-
gration of the armed forces during
World War II and paved the way
for black students who would face
integration a decade later. Fie also
gave credit to his grandfather, who
went from being an orphan raised
by slave owners in Mississippi to
a minister in Dallas and founder
of Texas College in Tyler.
With his closing words, Johnson
looked both to the past and to the
future.
"So you see," he said. "I stood on
the shoulders of my grandfather.
And I hope that Julian and all of
you will do the same."
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