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Smart Project construction underway
By Loryn Thompson
Staff Writer
An army of chain-link fences,
bulldozers and yellow hard hats
greeted returning students in
lanuary — evidence that the
UNT Smart Project gained
momentum while campus
closed for the holidays.
The project, which began
Dec. 1 and is expected to
continue through February
2013, focuses on upgrading
utilities to increase sustain-
ability and lower maintenance
costs, said Charles lackson,
UNT's executive director of
facilities.
"We have old, old systems in
buildings," lackson said.
UNT officials negotiated a
performance contract with
Schneider Electric, which guar-
antees the utility costs saved
over 20 years will exceed the $42
million spent on renovations,
lackson said.
The most extensive portion
of the project, and the reason
the area around the University
Union is ripped up, requires the
updating and ad dition of chilled
water loops, whichlackson said
are an efficient way to cool many
buildings from a central loca-
tion.
The project plans to add a
second chilled water plant — to
be located in the new parking
garage—and integrate almost all
of the non-residential buildings
on campus into the system.
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buildings.
Photo by Jordan Shedd/Intern
I circulate cool water around the campus to cool off the
Photo by Jordan Shedd/Intern
The construction around the Union and the General Academic Building is not in
vain. It is part of the Smart Project to install a new chiller system.
"There's no specific time-
line," Jackson said. "[The
current construction] is the
major portion that will take the
longest."
The water chillers project is
separated into phases, Jackson
said. Phase I began in front
of the Hurley Administration
Building and construction
will continue spreading until
it ends in phase V near the
Gateway Center.
Current construction
includes parts of phases I and
II, Jackson said. The project is
waiting for permission from
the city to dig under city
roads including Avenue C and
Highland.
"Although we're behind
where we want to be ,we're
really not behind schedule,"
Jackson said. "It won't yet delay
completion of the project."
Campus construction else-
where
The Smart Project is only
the most recent construc-
tion venture on campus. Two
long-term projects, the new
stadium and the Business
and Leadership Building and
its adjoining parking garage,
are both running smoothly,
Jackson said.
"I don't know if they're
ahead of schedule, but they're
definitely not behind," Jackson
said. "There are no roadblocks
to having [the stadium] avail-
able for that first game next
fall."
In an email statement, UNT
President V. Lane Rawlins
said the stadium and busi-
ness building have been in the
works for years.
"We need new buildings,"
said Rawlins, who cited a
recent study that found UNT
was one of the only Texas
institutions with no room for
growth.
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Photo by Zac Switzer/Intern
Students across campus are preparing for the freezing weather as a cold
front moves in. Temperatures are expected to be in the teens until Friday.
Snow to hit Denton
By Seth Cohn
Staff Writer
After a mild-weathered
weekend in North Texas,
Denton residents can expect
to see a change today, as an
arctic front sweeps through
with freezing temperatures,
heavy rain, wind and the
possibility of snow, meteo-
rologists said.
The rain is expected to
turn into to a mixture of
sleet, freezing rain and
snow by early morning,
said Joe Harris, a National
Weather Service meteorol-
ogist.
Anticipating the prob-
lems inclement weather
could pose for the 29
percent of student
commuters, university offi-
cials canceled classes and
closed the UNT-Denton
campus today.
Thirty states and more
than 100 million people are
expected to be affected by
the winter storm set to last
from Monday evening to
late Wednesday.
The storm is predicted to
develop in the Texas south
central plains, where it will
continue northward through
the Midwest, up toward
Chicago, and across the
Great Lakes into New York
and the rest of the Northeast,
leaving a path of sleet and
freezing rain, Harris said.
nternational enrollment grows
By Isaac Wright
Senior Staff Writer
The number of international
students studying at U.S. colleges
and universities reached its
highest point ever last fall, an
increase that included a large
jump in the amount of Chinese
students receiving higher educa-
tion in America.
The 2009-2010 academic year
saw a 3 percent increase in the
number of international students
enrolled at U.S. institutions of
higher learning, according to a
report released by the Institute
of International Education. This
puts the amount of international
students in this country at an all-
time high of more than 690,000.
The HE also reported that the
number of Chinese students
studying in the U.S. grew by 30
percent to more than 120,000,
making China the leading
country of origin for interna-
tional students in the U.S.
"We've certainly seen that at
UNT as well," said Mary Beth
Butler, director of communi-
cations for UNT International.
"That's been very big. China is a
growing source of students."
International student enroll-
ment at UNT in the fall of 2010
rose to 2,667 students from nearly
2,500 the previous year. China
overtook India as the top foreign
country of nationality for students
enrolled at UNT as well.
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Photo by Nahum Lope/Intern
Afnan Aldebaneand Fadelah Almanasef, international students of Saudi Arabia,
in front of the University Union.
Chinese students at UNT
jumped to 275 in fall 2010, up
from 230 in 2009. Butler said
many Chinese students are
coming to the U.S. for their
education as a method of getting
ahead in their chosen career to
benefit the Chinese economy.
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Authorities search Denton area for fugitive
By Matthew Cardenas
Staff Writer
Law enforcement authorities
are looking for a man who may
be hiding in Denton after he
escaped from a Houston area
halfway house Jan. 24.
Timothy Rosales III, 39, was
under electronic monitoring
at the house where he was
serving out the remainder of
a 25-year sentence he received
on two counts of aggra-
vated sexual assault in 1987,
according to a Department of
Public Safety press release.
Authorities are targeting
their search in Denton and
Amarillo, because Rosales —
one of the 10 most-wanted
fugitives in the state —
reportedly has family in those
cities.
He is wanted on felony civil
commitment and parole viola-
tion charges, reports said.
Denton Police Department
spokesman Ryan Grelle said
there have been no tips or
leads to suggest Rosales is in
the area, but said he does have
family living in Denton.
Rosales is described as 5
feet 7 inches tall and weighs
about 165 pounds. He has
brown eyes and a shaved
head. Rosales has scars on
both arms, on his right wrist
and on his back, chest and
head. He has tattoos on his left
shoulder, arm and leg, and on
his back and chest. His right
arm is discolored.
He is considered armed and
dangerous.
The DPS has raised the cash
reward from $5,000 to $7,500
for information leading to
Rosales' arrest, releases said.
Anyone with information
on the whereabouts of Rosales
or any of the other 10 most
wanted fugitives is asked to
call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-
252-TIPS (8477), text the letters
DPS followed by the tip to
CRIMES (2724637), or email a
tip through the DPS website.
All calls, texts and emails are
anonymous.
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