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Arts & Life
Rachel Slade
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Student paramedic juggles
school work, saving lives
By Aron Phillips
Contributing Writer
The phone rings; Benjamin
Korson hits the road.
After climbing into the ambu-
lance, he prepares himself for
what inevitably awaits him.
Upon arrival, Korson and his
team pick up the patient, get him
into the ambulance as safely as
possible and assess him from
head to foot while the ambulance
drives toward the hospital.
This is a typical run for Korson,
an Orlando, Fla. senior who
works as an emergency medical
technician for Transport Care
Services Corp., a privately owned
ambulance corporation.
"I actually did not know the
job existeduntiljan. '07,"Korson
said.
Korson said he decided to
sign up for training and was
offered a job shortly thereafter
with Transport Care Services
of Gainesville by owner Julia
Hogan.
"I thought he was a good
kid, sounded responsible and I
believed he was a hard worker,"
Hogan said.
On his first day, Korson said
Korson
turn on all
the lights and
sounds that
the ambu-
lance could
produce.
"We were
still inside
the garage,"
Korson said,
"and the resulting sound was
nearly deafening."
Because of school, Korson
cannot work standard shifts.
Instead, he drives to Gainesville
in his free time and hops into the
ambulance whenever he catches
a "run," which is one trip to get a
patient and transport the person
somewhere.
Balancing school with work
can be hectic, but Korson has
earned mostly A's in his studies
at NT
Hogan said she thinks that
neither school nor work is getting
the better of Korson.
"He seems to be balancing
really well," she said. "I can
remember college and working
being hard."
At work, Korson rides in the
back of the ambulance while it
Hogan let him transports patients and makes
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life-threatening conditions are
taken care of in-transit to protect
patient privacy although there
is equipment available in case a
life-threatening situation arises,
he said.
"When we have a patient,
I sit on the bench or the lieu-
tenant seat," Korson said. "It
can get very bumpy because
Gainesville has a lot of undevel-
oped roads."
No patients have died in
Korson's care during his time
as an EMT.
"I have been blessed not to
lose anyone so far," Korson said.
"However, I don't fool myself
into believing that I am a super
medic."
Once he finishes up his emer-
gency administration and plan-
ning major, Korson said he
would like to find a career in
disaster response or as a planner
for public involvement. He
has already earned his pilot's
license and will earn his rescue
diving certification at the end
of March.
Korson sounds cheerful when
describing the rewarding feeling
he gets from being able to help
others.
"You go to bed at night happy,
even though you don't get much
sleep with all the calls," he said,
"and I wake up happy."
NT Allies offers training to
support gay community
By Addley Fannin
Intern
The NT Allies will host a
training session Friday after-
noon for those interested in
becoming GLBT Allies, or
people who provide support
for NT's gay, lesbian, bisexual
and transgender commu-
nity.
Catherine Gonzalez, the
NT Allies faculty sponsor and
the Enterprise Information
System training, commu-
nications and adminis-
tration manager, said the
program develops "safe zone"
training.
"Basically, we're trying to
make sure that all persons,
no matter their race, religion
or orientation, have a place to
come study and feel safe and
know that they're not going
to be harassed," she said.
The training program,
being held from noon to 5
p.m. in the Golden Eagle
Suite, will feature a variety
of speakers from campus
and the Metroplex to discuss
subjects such as NT policies,
resources available to help
GLBT students, ways an ally
can actively provide support
and how to respond to diffi-
cult questions and confron-
tations.
"If you need to come and
talk to somebody just to have
support, that's someone who
can listen to you and help
you find resources to get the
"We have over
400 allies, and I
think that says a
lot about what
we're doing here."
-Catherine Gonzales
NT Allies faculty sponsor
help that you need," Gonzalez
said.
According to the NT Allies
mission statement, the
purpose of ally training is to
establish a network of visible
allies willing to support all
people, regardless of any
misconceptions about race,
religion or sexual orientation,
and to encourage tolerance.
"People in the GLBT
community, in particular,
have a hard time with being
bashed or condemned by
certain religious groups and
whatever else," said Trevor
Knox, a West senior and ally.
"When a person goes through
that kind of hardship, they
kind of see people as people
and are more tolerant towards
all kinds of people."
This year, Knox will be on
the Allies panel to speak about
his experiences working with
NT's GLBT community.
Not limited to students,
the NT Allies training is open
to anyone interested.
Gonzales said historically,
the group has had a mix of
students, faculty and staff.
Last year, the NT Allies
program was recognized by
"The Advocate College Guide
for LGBT" as playing a part
to make NT one of the top
100 academic institutions
for GLBT students, faculty
and staff.
"I think that it's one of
the things that we're really
proud," Gonzales said. "The
program started in 1999 and
we have over 400 allies, and
I think that says a lot about
what we're doing here."
Delta Gamma sells valentines for charity
By NicholeBennett
Intern
The Delta Gamma Sorority
sisters have been hard at work for
the past month selling Valentine's
Day gifts to benefit their philan-
thropy cause, "Service for Sight."
The Delta Gamma members
collected the last orders on Feb.
4 and raised more than $1,000.
Next, they will finish the baskets
and complete the orders to be
delivered next week. They have
planned special meeting times to
get together and finish the project
as a group, said Kristen O'Leary,
Denton junior and president of the
NT chapter of Delta Gamma.
"Anytime you get a bunch of
sisters together, we have so much
fun, most especially when we're
together to do something good,"
O'Leary said.
The money earned from this
project will go to the traditional
Delta Gamma main philan-
thropic cause, "Service for Sight"
in a method to be decided by the
sorority. This philanthropy is to
help the blind or visually impaired,
and it is a tradition for all chapters
of the sorority.
The saleswereaimedattheGreek
community but were available to
all NT students to purchase. The
valentines include bags of cookies,
candies, roses, sorority and frater-
nity letters and a special message
to a valentine in each. They varied
in price from $3 to $25.
Last semester, the group hosted
its annual Anchor Splash, which
also raised money for its philan-
thropic cause. The women set
up an all-day event that included
competitive relay events and swim
contests. Every Delta Gamma
chapter holds Anchor Splash and
invites other Greek life members,
as well as family and friends, to
help them raise money.
In addition to annual events,
the sorority members recordbooks
on tape, read aloud to students,
run errands and make touch-
and-feel books to aid the visu-
ally impaired. Many also volun-
teer at area community centers
including Dallas Lighthouse, which
Photo by Roberto Rodriguez / Intern
Delta Gamma members Essie Blenisand Alyssa Story prepare Valentine's Day bas-
kets sold to raise money for the Dallas Lighthouse for the blind.
has served the visuallyimpairedfor
more than 75 years.
This semester, Jackie Quintero,
the vice president of the foundation,
and Courtney Wright, the founda-
tion director, had the idea to do the
Valentine's Day sales.
"Everyone had so much fun last
semester at Anchor Splash, and
now we're all very excited to be
raising even more money with the
Valentine's sales," O'Leary said.
"We all grow so much closer with
every event we do together."
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Republicans travel to conference
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Contributing Writer
Although the Republican party
itself dates back to 1854, those
who represent it here at NT pride
themselves on being anything but
outdated.
The next generation of
Republican leaders are passionate
about bringing conservative values
to the forefront of American polit-
ical thought, and members of the
NT College Republicans are joining
them, hoping to bring conserva-
tive ideas into the liberal realm
of NT.
"I want to learn effective ways
to bring conservatism to NT, espe-
cially to the African Americans on
campus," said Cheramie Law, a
Sherman sophomore and member
of the NT College Republicans.
Ten members of the group will
leave today for the 35th annual
Conservative Political Action
Conference in Washington, D.C.,
which runs from Feb. 7-9.
"Our main goal is to link up
with like-minded individuals from
across the country and discuss the
future of the conservative move-
ment," said Kyle Schroder, an
Amarillo senior and chairman of
the NT College Republicans.
In addition to donations by
friends andfamily, the group raised
$1,500 to cover hotel reservations
and meals by selling T-shirts and
sponsoring car washes. Members
of the Denton County GOP also
"passed the hat" and donated
$572.
"For them to show their appre-
ciation by donating money for our
trip is the best feeling," Law said. "It
lets us know that they notice and
appreciate our hard work. It also
shows that they have faith in us as
the next generation of leaders."
President George W. Bush, Vice
President Dick Cheney and presi-
dential candidates Mitt Romney,
John McCain and Ron Paul are
confirmed as guest speakers at
this year's conference.
"There are so many people I'm
excited about seeing," Law said.
Presentations during the three-
day event will include "Is Hilary
Electable?," "What Do Liberals
Have Planned for Your Money?"
and "Liberal Bias on Campus: The
Challenge to Restore Balance to
Our Universities."
There will also be more than
30 conservative writers present
to sign copies of their most recent
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