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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
Lively resigns,
takes job in D.C.
Nicole Balderas
Senior Staff Writer
Vice Chancellor for Strategic
Partnerships Bill Lively
announced his resignation
from the UNT system and
will soon begin working at
National Geographic Society in
Washington, D.C., as seniorvice
president of development.
"Bill Lively brought to
our leadership a vision and
an ambition for UNT to aim
much higher than we have been
accustomed to," UNT System
Chancellor Lee Jackson said.
"He asked staff, and vice pres-
idents and deans to envision
the greatest imaginable future
for each college and program
at UNT, and then he started to
show us how to recruit partners
who can help us realize these
stronger action plans."
Lively began his position at
UNT last fall with the possi-
bility of working for up to three
years. However, the National
Geographic position was not
expected.
"I didn't even know about
the National Geographic thing
until January of this year,"
Lively said. "I told the chan-
cellor and [UNT] President [V
Lane] Rawlins in December that
I would probably be staying a
year then enjoy my home in
Colorado, and then this invi-
tation came from National
Geographic."
Lively, who graduated from
UNT in 1970, previously worked
as the part-time president and
BILL
LIVELY
CEO of the
Dallas
Symphony
Orchestra
and later
CEO of the
North Texas
Super Bowl
XLV Host
Committee,
He said that his position
at UNT gave him the oppor-
tunity to serve the university
community.
"I'm not sure what I did
was any value," Lively said.
"What I've gotten to be a part
of is the team at UNT that
developed the campaign for
the university's 'Four Bold
Goals' plan. We've never had
a campaign at the univer-
sity; it will be historic and
heroic."
With the "Four Bold
Goals" campaign in place,
Lively said there should
be more funds generated
through philanthropy that
will help balance out cuts
from state funding.
"We all would have liked
to have had the opportunity
to work with Bill for another
three or five years, but it's
our responsibility to keep
the positive momentum,"
Jackson said. "There is no
one I know in our region
with Bill Lively's record of
success in building a first
class philanthropic organi-
zation where no strong tradi-
tion existed previously."
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Photo by Tyler Cleveland/Visuals Editor
"We want to talk directly to students," said Rudy Reynoso, newly elected president of the Student Government Association, answering questions from converged
broadcast media senior Lar'ri Jefferson on ntTV alongside newly elected SGA Vice President Justin Wood in the Union on Monday. The duo won 60 percent of the
vote, 2,025, compared to 1,351 for Morgan Ray and Adam Hasley.
Union vote, election results announced
Nicole Bat,per as
Senior Staff Writer
The results from last week's
UNT Student Government
Association elections were
announced Monday, with Rudy
Reynoso and Justin Wood being
named as nextyear's SGA pres-
ident and vice president and
students approving an increase
to the University Union student
fee.
The student referendum
passed 1,220 to 1,033 in favor
of the Union fee increase,
which will add up to $115 to the
current $51 Union fee starting
in fall 2014. The increase will
help fund construction of the
new University Union, which
is projected to cost about $120
million and will be completed
by fall 2015.
Union Director Zane Reif
said the next step would be the
design phase, during which he
hopes to garner student partic-
ipation.
"We're going to regroup on
Friday with the Master Plan
Committee, and during the next
two weeks we will be getting
together with administration to
move forward with the project,"
Reif said.
Reynoso and Wood won with
60 percent of the votes against
opponent Morgan Ray and
running mate Adam Hasley.
Only about 10 percent of the
student body - 3,376 students
- voted in the SGA presiden-
tial election.
"I guess as far as the
campaign itself we tried to do
a new strategy to reach out to
students," Reynoso said. "We
had two magic shows: one was
the Thursday of campaign
week, and one was the Monday
of voting week. It was a way to
get our names out there and
get others to participate in the
campaign."
See RESULTS on Page 2
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Photo by Ryan Bibb/Staff Photographer
Freshman forward Tony Mitchell drives on freshman forward Zollo Vinny of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers during the
Mean Green's 74-70 loss in the championship round of the Sunbelt Conference Tournament on March 6 in Hot Springs,
Ark. Mitchell announced he would return to UNT for his sophomore season Monday.
Mitchell announces return
for sophomore season
Brett Medeiros
Senior Staff Writer
Reigning Sun Belt
Conference Freshman of
the Year Tony Mitchell
announced he would return
to UNT for his sophomore
season at the Mean Green
Basketball Banquet on
Monday.
In his first season on
the men's basketball team,
Mitchell led the team with
14.7 points, 10.3 rebounds
and three blocks per game
in 23 games.
"Tony is truly a rare
commodity. He's one of
those guys that don't come
along very often," head coach
Johnny Jones said. "As a
player, when we go play our
opponents, their attendance
level goes up just because of
the type of player he is."
When he made his
announcement, Mitchell took
the stand and said just a few
words before he was drowned
out with cheers. All he could
do is smile at the support he
received.
"Man, I am very excited,"
Mitchell said. "As you can
see, everyone is family here. I
love North Texas. Period."
ESPN had projected
Mitchell to be an early second
round pick in the NBA Draft if
he had chosen to enter. Today
is the deadline for players to
declare their eligibility for
the draft.
"It really was not a tough
decision at all. I took some time
away from it all and got all the
info I could," Mitchell said. "It
was clear to me to come back
to school for another year. I
have no regrets, and I can't
wait for this season."
Mitchell will join a team
that for the most part looks
the same as last year's, as the
Mean Green will only lose
seniors Alonzo Edwards,
Kedrick Hogans and Tyler
Hall.
See MITCHELL on Page 2
Construction begins
on McConnell ower
Ashley Rose
Intern
Construction has begun to
repair and update the Hurley
Administration Building's
McConnell Tower.
The $121,000 construction
project will weatherproof the
tower and install a safety line
and safety railing on the roof
hatch, UNT spokesman Buddy
Price said. The safety railing on
the roof hatch is required by
the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration.
Construction is expected
to take 45 days, but recent
weather conditions could
extend construction time.
"It's a pretty standard main-
tenance project," Price said.
"It's maintenance thathas to be
done every so often. They will
be recaulking where needed,
replacing anything that needs
replacing and power washing
the stone."
The tower is being weath-
erproofed to avoid costs in the
future. As time passes, water
can have extensive damage
to buildings. Leaks are discov-
ered when damage has already
occurred, and by that point
the cost to repair the leaks
increases.
"The university always has
hadamaintenanceprogramfor
its buildings," Price said. "This
type ofworkis oftenreferred to
as preventative maintenance
and ensures that as buildings
age they continue to func-
tion properly. The most effec-
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Photo by Jordan Foster/Intern
The Hurley Administration Building's McConnell Tower, seen Monday, is being
weatherproofed and given a safety railing on the roof hatch - a $121,000 proj-
ect.
tive, cost-efficient way to prevent
[leaks] is to regularly perform this
type of maintenance."
McConnell Tower's green
lights will not be on during
this construction, but they will
be turned back on when the
construction team is finished.
Math freshman Melissa
Parks hopes the construction is
completed soon.
" The tower is iconic to campu s,
and while the scaffolding is up, it's
just not the same," Parks said.
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