2008 Woodie Awards
Tentative enrollment numbers could cement NT's place as the third-largest undergraduate university in the state, according to Troy Johnson, associate vice president for enrollment management. "[It] remains to be seen until we get the enrollment numbers," Johnson said. (0) comments
Ever since Robert Egger was 12, he wanted to work in a nightclub. Once he graduated from high school, even though his parents wanted him to go to college, he followed his dream and got a job at a club in Washington, D.C. Egger wanted to change the world with music, but now he changes the world with food. (0) comments
Students from more than 27 high schools came to Research Park on Saturday with one thing in mind - robots. NT started its Denton County Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology robotics competition Saturday with its annual Kick Off Day. During the event, the students received supplies, rules of the game, an orientation to DC BEST and an opportunity to observe the game field. (0) comments
The NT Dallas campus is taking the first steps toward establishing itself as an independent public university. In order to do this, the school needs to reach a certain level of enrollment. Under the requirements of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, when the campus reaches an equivalency of 1,000 full-time students, it can be classified as an individual university. (0) comments
The Keep Denton Beautiful street team is gunning for those who toss their cigarette butts on Fry Street. They are armed with pocket ashtrays, bumper stickers and T-shirts. The group kicked off its first Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Aug. 30. The program was designed to reduce the littering of cigarette butts on and around Fry Street. (0) comments
Lorena Sandoval, 21, a senior from El Paso died Saturday morning from strangulation, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. Officer Jim Bryan of the Denton police said Sandoval lived with her boyfriend, Sean Kresse, 24, in an apartment on Coronado Drive. (7) comments
In the wake of 21-year-old NT student Lorena Sandoval's strangulation death last Friday, NT President Gretchen Bataille reminded students that the Counseling and Testing Center is ready to help and can provide grief counseling as well as help with problematic relationships. (0) comments
Multiple West Nile-infected mosquitoes found in Denton this month triggered an increased risk level in the city, according to a Denton public health official. Denton entered level four of its mosquito surveillance and response plan Sept. 7 after James Kennedy of the biology faculty and his team found positive samplings at two different Denton locations Aug. (0) comments
A hole the size of a manhole cover emerged on the bridge of FM 407 in Lewisville last week, leaving debris scattered along Interstate 35E and forcing a lane closure, said Kelli Petra, Texas Department of Transportation spokeswoman. The bridge has no structural problems, Petras said, and she believes that maintenance issues were the ultimate cause of the hole. (0) comments
