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Fry Street has too many barsPage 4

50th bonfire set to blaze Friday nightPage 2

Play ballWeather finally allows softball team to play. Page 3

Risk of removal leads SGA to take action

Prof receives $1 million grant for plant stress research

Protesters issue ultimatum to SGA

(From left) SGA freshman intern Sean Smallwood, a psychology major, watches as members from several campus groups enter Wednesday’s SGA meeting to protest the student senate’s decision to disallow same-sex couples from running for the homecoming court. Smallwood sits beside fellow SGA freshman interns Michael Chapman, a political science major, and Jonathan Cortina, a radio, television and � lm major.

Laura Lamb, an anthropology sophomore and member of the International So-cialist Organization, storms into the SGA’s meeting on Wednesday.

PHOTO BY STEPHEN MASKER/PHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTO BY STEPHEN MASKER/PHOTOGRAPHER

Student senate passes bill to circumvent student petitions

BY MELISSA BOUGHTONSenior Staff Writer

A research project conducted by a UNT professor explores plant responses to stress, proving that students, faculty and staff aren’t the only ones who feel it.

T he Nat iona l Science Foundation recently bestowed two grants with a combined worth of $1 million to Jyoti Shah of the biology department.

Shah received the grants to help improve the understanding of plant responses to stress.

His research strives to reduce the need for expensive and dangerous pesticides by using plants’ natural defenses.

“One thing that we study is looking at how plants defend themselves against insects,” Shah said.

The f irst grant, worth $640,000, will provide money for his research during the next four years.

Shah said the majority of this research explores plants responses when insects drink from them. The insects can drink for hours or days, Shah said.

“We are looking at how plants control insect feeding and how they could control insect repro-duction,” he said.

Shah uses the plant called Arabidopsis thaliana. The plant is a model used for studying responses to various stressors, he said.

“We have already found a couple of genes which are involved in this process,” Shah said. “Some of them control both the feeding behavior as well as

the reproduction.”Shah said his research has

also uncovered a sugar-type gene called trehalose, which regulates a defense for plants.

The second grant, worth $400,452, will assist Shah and researchers at Kansas State University and the University of Missouri—St. Louis, in research to understand how the oxidation of lipids contributes to stress responses in plants.

“Jyoti does cutting edge research,” said Rebecca Dickstein of the biology department.

Dickstein said she thinks Shah’s research will benefit UNT in many ways, including the undergraduates and graduates involved in research training.

“Nationally and internation-ally, it has the ability to control insect infestations,” she said.

Jyoti Shah of the biology department is conducting research that strives to reduce the need for expensive and dangerous pesticides by utilizing plants natural defenses.

PHOTO BY MELISSA BOUGHTON/PHOTOGRAPHER

BY JOSH PHERIGOStaff Writer

Unified chants echoed off the walls as angry protesters hoisted colorful signs and rainbow flags into Wednesday’s meeting of the Student Government Association in Wooten Hall.

More than 50 students and community members voiced their opposition to the Sept. 29th student senate’s decision to deny a proposed amendment that would allow same-sex couples on homecoming court ballots.

“This issue is about oppor-tunity,” said April Murphy, an English language graduate student. “The SGA is disallowing the opportunity for a non-tradi-tional couple structure to run. It is discriminatory.”

Rally supporters said the actions of SGA were oppressive to students. Protesters stressed that the SGA must overturn its decision, or risk being removed from office.

Charles Grand, student organizer and member of the International Socialist Organization, said the 10 council members who voted against the amendment, and the eight who abstained, had failed in their obligation to represent the inter-ests of UNT students.

“Those who voted ‘no’ were scared of a few bigots who hold the university purse strings,

and those who abstained are cowards,” Grand said, referring to the SGA’s published statement that cited alumni who threat-ened to withdrawal funding if the amendment was passed. “We have 18 people that need to be removed.”

The rally began 30 minutes prior to the SGA meeting and it was held directly in front of Wooten Hall. The protesters carried signs, waived f lags, presented speeches and shouted chants that supported equal rights for the gay community.

At 5:15 p.m., 40 to 50 rally members marched into the SGA meeting room, Wooten Hall 322, accompanied by a chant of “What do we want? Equal Rights. When do we want them? Now.”

The protesters stood along the back wall of the room and continued the chant as SGA pres-ident Dakota Carter declared that those who do not follow meeting decorum would be removed from the room.

Grand addressed the members of the council after motioning for silence from his fellow protesters.

“Our demands are simple,” Grand said. “Reintroduce and pass the bill by next week.”

The chants renewed at the conclusion of Grand’s speech.

After a final refusal to main-tain decorum, the SGA passed

a motion to enact an executive session.

Carter informed protesters and onlookers that executive sessions are closed to the public. Several protestors voiced their disapproval, announcing their intentions to stay.

Three UNT police officers entered the room and peace-fully escorted the rally members out of the building, where the rally continued.

“We will keep fighting,” said Blake Wilkinson, member of the Dallas organization Queer Liberaction. “We will keep making demands until we get equal treatment at this univer-sity, in Denton, in Texas, and all across the nation.”

David Sindt, a geography grad-uate student, said he thinks rallies like this are only the beginning of a serious challenge to oppress the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered people interna-tionally.

“The action of the SGA was the last straw that really motivated us to take action,” Sindt said.

Sindt said organizers will likely start petitioning Thursday for the removal of the specific SGA members who voted “no” or abstained.

“Going up there was our warning,” Sindt said. “Either do the right thing, put it back on the table, pass it, and recognize

BY CAROLYN BROWNSenior Staff Writer

Threats of removal by petition prompted the student senate to pass a bill Wednesday making it more difficult for students to oust senators from office.

The change resulted from the angry backlash caused by the senate’s rejection of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to run for positions on the homecoming court.

“I think it’s important to protect the student senate and make sure they are free to vote how they feel is in the best inter-ests of the students,” said Drew Robertson, senate speaker and one of the bill’s authors.

Before, the constitution allowed senators to be removed from the senate by a two-thirds majority vote of the student body’s voting members if a peti-tion with 500 signatures from a senator’s college is filed.

Now, in addition to the voting procedure, senators have the chance to defend themselves before a supreme court of five students appointed by the presi-dent of the Student Government Association.

Before the meeting began,

a crowd of about 50 people from organizations including the International Socialist Organization, the GLBTQ Solidarity group and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance stood outside of Wooten Hall with banners and signs protesting the senate’s vote against the same-sex homecoming bill.

The protesters marched into the meeting, interrupting Speaker Drew Robertson’s attempts to call the meeting to order.

Charles Grand, a criminal justice senior and member of the International Socialist Organization, stated the crowd’s demands.

He said he wanted the senate to re-introduce the homecoming bill during the session and pass it next week.

Instead, Robertson intro-duced Wednesday night’s bill with emergency status, forcing the senate to vote on it imme-diately.

School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management senator Christopher Passafiume ques-tioned how his fellow senators handled the bill.

“I don’t think it was done correctly,” Passafiume said. “I believe there should be more protection for senators, but I don’t think we went about it in a proper way,”.

Robertson said he would have preferred a student vote on the bill first, but instead moved for a change to the bylaws to ensure the protections were put in place.

He said allowing a student vote first would take two to three weeks.

“By then, a petition could have been done, which if they followed through on what they were saying was going to happen would have removed all but five senators from the senate,” Robertson said, referring to student groups’ threats to remove senators via petition.

Grand said he was disap-pointed by the senate’s vote, but will not give up yet.

“We will definitely continue and fight as hard as we can,” he said.

The SGA is a group of people elected by students to serve as a connection between adminis-trators and students.

Student Senate meetings are open to the public and are held at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesdays in Wooten Hall 322.

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BY KATIE GRIVNASenior Staff Writer

If there is a large fire near the Eagle Point Golf Course on Friday night, don’t panic, it’s the homecoming bonfire.

This year marks the 50th bonfire, the largest hand-built blaze in the nation. The tradi-tion dates back to 1935, but burn bans and World War II prevented the ceremony for many of the years since.

“Watch ing t h ings bu r n down is something that we all love to do,” said Michael Maher, a history senior and Talons president.

The bonf ire w il l be set ablaze Friday around 8:15 p.m. after the spirit march.

In 1960, the Talons organi-zation was placed in charge of building the bonfire.

The bonf ire prov ides a getaway for students and ser ves as a way to unite everyone on campus, Maher said.

Talons members and alumni are only allowed to build the bonfire in one week and have been working since Friday.

The bonf ire is made of wooden pallets donated by the Miller of Denton, and hand stacked about 25 feet high or more.

Despite being exhausting, Maher said the hard work pays off.

“Once we get it done and we burn it down, it’s just the best feeling in the world,” Maher

said. “I just put so much work into this and the minute that you see it fully lit in f lames, it’s so relieving. It’s just a sight to see.”

The rainy weather has made the building process difficult, causing Talons to be in ankle-deep mud and water.

Once the bonfire is lit it will burn no matter what, rain or shine, depending on light-ning, he said.

In order to be environmen-tally conscious, the Talons use as little diesel fuel to light the fire as possible and make sure it is in a location that won’t affect active wildlife, he said.

This year’s bonfire is the largest size Risk Management Ser v ices w i l l a l low, A my Stephens, a studio art junior and bonfire director, said.

“It’s going to be as high as ever and as big as ever,” she said.

To ensure safety, Talons are required to follow a manual describing how the bonfire should be built, wear hard-hats, a nd ma ke sure t he

pallets are interlocking and stable, she said.

Danielle Chandler, a biology sophomore, said she will be at the bonfire because support from students motivates the football team.

“ T h e y s e e e v e r y b o d y coming out for the game and it gets them ready,” Chandler said. “They know that we’re all going to be behind them. I think that really pumps them up and helps with their mental game.”

For more information, visit www.homecoming.unt.edu.

BY MORGAN WALKERStaff Writer

October is half over and many are already preparing for the winter holidays.

T h e S t u d e n t M o n e y Ma nagement Center w i l l present “Planning for t he Holidays” from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Language Building 113.

Some topics the presen-tation will cover are how to avoid procrast ination and how students can set their

personal priorit ies for the holidays, such as religious or family traditions.

“C ol le ge s t udent s a r e rea l ly good at say ing ‘Oh no, Christmas is two weeks from now,’ then they try to go out and buy their gif ts at t he last m inute,” sa id D’andre Johnson, a commu-nications studies senior and student money management mentor.

W hen many students go home for the holidays, it is the first time they’ve been home since they lef t for school, Johnson said, so the group will discuss how to balance time spent with family and friends.

“This year with the economy changing, everyone’s saying that it’ll be a different holiday,” Johnson said. “Since this is our second ‘different holiday’ there are all kinds of articles out there about making crafts, cooking and spending time with your family.”

Those are good alternatives instead of always trying to buy everything, Johnson added.

Johnson also said this will be a good way of letting students k now t hat people a ren’t expecting them to buy every-thing because the economy is hard for everyone.

Taylor Valadez, a speech therapy junior, said she will go home to College Station and has a big family including 26 cousins, so she would like to know how to have enough money for al l the gifts she needs to buy.

“Norma l ly, I over-spend during the holidays because there’re a lot of good sales so I’ll end up buying a few things for myself,” Valadez said.

Students such as Bethany Nickel, a music education

senior, have to travel long distances to get home for the winter holiday.

Nickel, who will travel to Windsor, Colo., for the break, said she doesn’t know if she’ll be driv ing or f ly ing home yet.

“I’d probably ask about travel sites and where I can get the cheapest plane tickets,” Nickel said.

T h e p r e s e n t a t i o n i s designed for students but is open to the public and will cover not only gift expenses and travel planning but also cheap options for decora-tions and parties, such as the best time and place to book a party. The workshop will also include tips on how eat healthy and avoid stress.

T h e S t u d e n t M o n e y

Management Center presents this workshop twice every fall semester.

The second part of the series will be Nov. 19 for the “real procrastinators” who need to take care of last-minute shop-ping, Johnson said.

UNT’s 50th homecoming bon� re ‘big as ever’

Workshop gives tips on smart holiday spending Event will focus

on planning, balancing

D’andre Johnson, a communication studies senior, will present “Planning for the Holidays”, a money management work-shop at noon today in the Language Building 113.

PHOTO BY SUSAN MISKA / PHOTOGRAPHER

PHOTO BY KHAI HA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Students revel in the 2008 homecoming bon� re, making the Eagle Claw hand gesture. UNT’s bon� re is by tradition a large hand-built structure.

“Once we get it done and we burn it down, it’s just the best feeling in the world.”

—Michael MaherHistory senior and Talons president

Homecoming Bonfire

When: 8:15 p.m. FridayWhere: Eagle Point Golf Course, near the

old Radisson Hotel and Victory Hall

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SportsThursday, October 15, 2009 Page 3

Justin UmbersonSports Editor

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Mean Green returns to � eld with shut out win

� e Script: NFL coaching carousel will be in full swing

Record number invited to regional tournament

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Mallory Cantler, a business junior, hits a single that advances a runner to second base at Sunday’s game against Northern Oklahoma College.

Sophomore Paula Dinuta works on her serves during Tuesdays practice. Five UNT tennis players have been invited to main draw of the Texas Regionals.

BY ERIC JOHNSONSenior Staff Writer

Rung by rung, the UNT tennis program has climbed the ladder toward national recognition during head coach Sujay Lama’s tenure. The Mean Green will have an opportunity to prove it belongs with the best at this weekend’s regional tournament.

Fresh of f t wo f ina ls appearances at the Lafayette Invitational in Louisiana, the Mean Green had a school-record five players earn an invi-tation to the main draw of the Texas Regionals on the Baylor University campus.

“This is a huge win for our program,” Lama said. “It shows that we are doing the right things, and getting the right players and personnel in here to be successful. This can be a stepping stone for our girls to really put their names out there with the best in the region.”

The main draw for this weekend’s tournament consists of the top 64 Division I players in Texas. Included are UNT’s Irina Paraschiv, a journalism sophomore, and Madura Ranganathan, a business junior, returning from their trip from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American tour-nament two weeks ago.

“It was a great opportu-nity to play against such high caliber opponents,” Paraschiv said. “We really learned how to handle ourselves under pres-sure and compete with the best. We can use that experi-ence this weekend and for the rest of the year.”

Joining them will be Catalina Cruz, Amy Joubert and Paula Dinuta.

Joubert, a sociology junior, and Dinuta, an undeclared sophomore, will play alongside each other as doubles partners as well, so the Mean Green will have all four of its doubles pairs playing with the top 32 teams in the main draw.

“This will be our first real opportunity to get our top four doubles teams playing together,” Lama said. “It will be a great opportunity to see how far we have come.”

Cruz has been the star during the team’s first two tournaments, earning a trip to the consolation finals in Lafayette. She is the team’s only senior and embraces all the responsibility and pressure that the role of leader entails.

“I want to play my best, so I can set the best possible example for the other girls on this team,” said Cruz, a business senior. “I have a lot of faith in our team and in myself.”

There will be strong competi-tion for UNT, as big-name schools like Baylor, Texas A&M University

and the University of Texas all have multiple women ranked in the top 125 in the country.

“We feel confident about what we are doing here,” Lama said. “Schools like UT, A&M and Baylor are sending five or six girls, and we have five of our own going. We are gaining ground on them and we plan to prove that we can play with anybody this weekend.”

The tournament begins Friday afternoon and will run through Tuesday, and UNT will be at full strength for the first time this season.

“When our team is at its best we have talent to play with anyone,” Paraschiv said. “We trust each other, and we keep each other going. Hopefully we can bring a lot of trophies home.”

BY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer

People don’t seem to have any patience in sports anymore.

This attitude can be seen on campus at UNT, where some students support the firing of Todd Dodge after only two-and-a-half years coaching a team that would need time no matter who coached it.

As disappointing as it may be to see qualified individuals lose their jobs, the reality is that the sports world demands that its teams win now. This is especially evident in the NFL, where at least seven coaches have been replaced every year since 2007.

With a few teams already strug-gling and plenty of competent potential coaches out there, there will be some big change in the leadership in 2010.

There are at least two coaches that have a good chance of being fired before the end of the season.

One coach I’m sure will not be back is Bills head coach Dick Jauron, whose over conservative play calling may be too boring for the bland city of Buffalo. Jauron is 3-12 in his last fifteen games and is coming off a 6-3 loss to the lowly Cleveland Browns.

After adding Terrell Owens, Buffalo expected to win, but the team ranks 25th in yards per game and 26th in points per game. Obviously, the firing of his offen-sive coordinator 10 days before the seasons began hasn’t paid off.

With games against the Colts, Patriots, and Falcons remaining the Bills are almost guaranteed another subpar season.

Who knew a coach with a career record of 77-97 would get so many opportunities? Norv

Turner had his share of failures and would have been fired last season, but his team made a miraculous comeback.

Turner has been better than Jauron, but the expectations are higher in San Diego. Reaching the 2007 AFC Championship wasn’t enough for the team, which was built to win now.

Chargers fans still have sour feelings for Norv choosing to run on fourth and two against a powerful Ravens defense. www.Firenorv.com is now a popular Web site in the San Diego area.

I’m not saying the fans make any of the decisions obviously, but history tells us that fan disgrun-tlement can be an indicator of an imminent head coach firing.

Turner’s offense ranks second in passing yards per game, but with the defense ranking 25th in points per game allowed and 26th in yards allowed change is needed for this football team to be complete.

Five Superbowl winning head coaches wait in the trenches for a new opportunity.

Mike Shanhahan ran the

Broncos for 14 years, winning two Super Bowls.

Bill Cowher’s success with the Steelers is obvious, and many of the players he drafted won a Superbowl in 2008.

Along with doing some hilar-ious Coors Light commercials, Brian Billick has integrity as another coach who won it all

this decade. I’m sure people don’t want

him to leave the ESPN booth on Monday Nights, but John Gruden returning to the gridiron isn’t out of the question.

These coaches have the leader-ship skills to turn a team around, so it’s inevitable for their names to surface.

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BY SEAN GORMANSenior Staff Writer

After two rained-out games, the UNT softball team was finally able to take the field on Wednesday in an exhibi-tion game against the Grayson County College Vikings.

The Mean Green took advan-tage of its chance to play with a 5-0 win over the Vikings at Lovelace Stadium.

“At this point the scores are nothing official,” head coach T.J. Hubbard said. “The real meaning is to get our younger players comfortable with the system we have in place.”

Of fensive cor nerstones infielder Mallory Cantler, a business junior, and outfielder Mariza Martinez, a business junior, continued to hit well by providing most of the Mean Green offense.

A Martinez solo home run was the difference early on, giving the Mean Green lead in the first inning.

“When it comes to getting better, there’s nothing more helpful than playing a live game,” she said. “We’ve been

using the pitching machines for a little too long now.”

The long ball is nothing new for Martinez, who tied for the team lead in home runs last season with eight.

“The ball feels pretty good coming off the bat,” she said. “We all need to work on some things like timing at the plate but as we continue to mesh together as a team during the offseason, we’ll be sure to adjust.”

With two hits and runs batted in, Cantler made her presence felt in the second and fourth innings.

“We’re already showing signs of improvement,” Hubbard said. “We’re going to use these next few exhibition games to keep getting better, but we’re making progress.”

Despite missing 17 games because of injury, Cantler was a spark for the UNT offense, recording a .374 batting average with six home runs and 44 RBIs.

In her second game pitched this year, pitcher Brittany Simmons, a pre-mechanical and

energy engineering freshman, kept GCC in check, allowing only one run while notching a complete game.

“Today I worked on my worst pitches and tried to make some adjustments,” she said. “This entire transition has been pretty simple, but I know there’s always ways to get better.”

With the season still months away, the team is still deciding whom to start at shortstop and right field.

“We’ll see what happens,” Hubbard said. “We still have plenty of time to make that deci-sion.”

Following a 27-33 record last year with a young team, the expectations have increased for UNT.

“We have a lot of players returning from last year that I believe will keep growing,” Hubbard said. “From here I think we’re only going to go up.”

The Mean Green returns to action Thursday when they make the short trip to face the Texas Woman’s University Pioneers at 5 p.m. in Denton.

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A few weeks ago, I went to my home church. While there, I stopped by t he nurser y where I saw a young child struggling to dress a plastic doll.

He patiently and tirelessly worked for nearly half an hour putting the arms through the sleeves, adjusting the collar and ultimately figuring out the hook-and-loop closure, until, eyes shining, he held it up and said, “All done!”

I wa s t a ken aback by this feat. Not only was he working through challenges, but also with an audience. He seemed unfazed that we were watching, and did not let himself get worked up that he frequently had to redo his work.

This has stayed with me since then, and the more I think about it, the more

significant this mini-episode seems to become.

I am struck by his dedica-tion to a single task until its completion, working from beginning to end proudly, especia l ly as it stands in stark contrast with my mid-semester, do-it-tomorrow, why bother, senioritis atti-tude.

Now, with midterms, swine f lu, homecoming and all that comes with it slamming down on me like gigantic, white-topped, 40-foot waves, I feel ready to give up.

So what if I skip a class, or don’t do an assignment to the best of my ability?

This is what my self-justi-fying mind asks. It is not like you are doing anything bad.

But it is.No matter how I spin it,

giving up is not the answer

and only makes things worse in the long run.

It is in the midst of these mid-semester blahs that I think of the doll. It makes me laugh to think that I learned such a valuable lesson from someone 1/10 my age.

W hile I understand that everyone has value regardless of age, my haughty, college-educated att itude is more comfortable with this fact in theory than in practice.

With only 40 days left on the slacker’s countdown until the end of the semester, I know logically that now is not the time to stop caring.

My struggles seem rather analogous to the dressing of the doll, but at this point in the gray, dreary weather, where the rain will not stop any sooner than the work will, I have to wonder if I will ever

be able to hold up my work and announce, “All done!”

Remembering that Sunday morning helps me focus and remember that the time will come when I will be able to sit back and survey the semester, look at my accomplishments and, perhaps, pat myself on the back.

Until then, I have to remind myself that if he can do it, so can I.

Jessika Curry is a journalism junior. She can be reached at [email protected].

Ever yone who has been around Denton for at least a week knows Fry Street is infa-mous for its bars.

Give or take a couple of places to eat, anyone who is looking for a night out with friends doesn’t have to walk any further than across the street from the Language Building.

Just over the summer, a former dance club on Fr y Street, the Drink, was reno-vated into the Public House, another bar.

About four months ago, another recent addition, the Campus Pub, opened its doors on Fry Street — making it one of eight bars in the Fry Street area.

Was it rea l ly necessar y for the new additions to be bars?

Fry Street could easily be compared with the University

of Texas’s “Drag,” except the Drag isn’t just full of bars. Rather than filling the Drag with bars, developers filled t he st reet w it h clot h i ng stores, restaurants, conve-nience stores and a couple of churches.

T here’s va r iet y, g iv i ng students the choice to do something other than just barhop.

Not to say Fry Street should be molded into another “Drag,” but what if the Public House was a coffee shop or just a place to relax?

The closest coffee shop to UNT is Jupiter House, about a mile away from campus. Any student who may have a few hours between classes could benefit from a quiet place to study other than Willis Library or just outside of his or her classroom.

But what about the Fr y

Street Crawl? A coffee shop isn’t a place where a birthday shot is served — unless a shot of espresso sounds appe-tizing.

Another option would be to have a music venue. Denton is well known for having tons of music and being home to bands like Brave Combo and Bowling for Soup.

The Garage and Cool Bean’s on Fry Street have live music, but not every night. There are tons of Denton-based artists, some of them at UNT. A music venue could also be a nice change for Fry Street.

Bars bring in a lot of money, especially in a college town, so would a coffee shop or music venue work financially?

Of course, especially if it’s the only building on Fry Street that isn’t just a bar.

According to the National Coffee Association, coffee

drinkers between the ages of 18 and 24 drank 3.2 cups of coffee every day in 2008.

Seventeen percent of the adult population consumes at least one cup every day, compared with 14 percent in 2007.

A few bucks spent on a cup of coffee or cover to a show rather than a drink at the bar could yield a better time to any Fry Street attendee.

Fry Street could be a street full of variety to do some-thing other than drink a few beers.

Whether it’s a coffee shop, music venue or even a conve-nience store, change is needed for the street to give students variety.

Stephanie Daniels is a jour-nalism senior. She can be reached at [email protected].

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Some women turn to selling their own DNA.Especially on college campuses, where newspaper adver-

tisements seek to attract young, college-aged donors, egg donation has seen a marked increase.

In 1996, women in federally monitored programs donated eggs more than 3,800 times. In 2004, that number rose to more than 10,000.

The payoff for donating eggs will no doubt tempt many female college students who could use the extra money, but many don’t consider the serious emotional and phys-ical consequences.

It’s true that donors are paid well, usually getting $5,000 for their time. Compensation can even go as high as $25,000.

However, this money does not come easy. The egg donation process can take a few months, making it an involved, time-consuming endeavor. During this time the donor must inject herself with medication to control her menstrual cycle.

The drugs may cause bloating, weight gain, moodi-ness, and irritability, and there is a risk of a rare condi-tion called Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome that can cause life-threatening complications, blood clots and/or kidney failure.

In addition, the long-term risks of these fertility drugs are still unknown. A few studies suggest that fertility drugs might increase a woman’s risk for developing ovarian cancer later in life, though nothing has been proven.

Many donors also find it difficult to arrange their work and school schedules around the many required medical visits, blood tests and ultrasounds.

Egg donation also affects a person’s lifestyle, as donors are required to refrain from drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. They also can’t use any prescription or non-prescription drugs without permission.

Furthermore, donors who are in a sexual relationship must abstain from unprotected intercourse during specific weeks of the treatment cycle or risk pregnancy with a higher chance of having twins, triplets or quadruplets.

The egg removal process can also be dangerous. It is possible to damage or puncture the bowel, bladder or nearby blood vessels during the process.

In the unlikely possibility of severe internal bleeding or serious damage to the pelvic organs, major abdominal surgery may be necessary.

Aside from the physical consequences, there are also emotional issues involved. Students should seriously consider how they will feel about having a biological child they will never meet.

Egg donation can be a great thing, for both the donor and the recipient. But before students make the serious commit-ment of donating eggs, they should consider all aspects of the process, not just the monetary benefits.

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