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20 years later: Looking back at UNT’s golden era in college football, from underdogs to 4-time champs

Some of the best players of the last 25 years of UNT football played during the Mean Green's four-year run as Sun Belt champs from 2001-04. Hear from the greats as we count down to the fall season.

 

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TWU’s work with first-generation college students helps land the university in national network


FirstGen Forward, an organization that supports first-generation college students, has named Texas Woman’s University as one of its 80 new members for 2024-25.

Colin Allred keeps Kamala Harris at arm's length as he makes a play for the center


On a recent appearance on MSNBC, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred was asked how Vice President Kamala Harris’ presumptive rise to the top of the party’s ticket was affecting his campaign in Texas to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Allred’s response was polite, but muted: “Vice President Harris was a member of the congressional Black Caucus and I’ve known her for some time and I support her nomination.”

Texas gymnasts secure gold and bronze at Paris Olympics — and the competition’s not over yet


Texas was well represented at the men and women’s gymnastics team and all-around events, which concluded at the Paris Olympics this week. Freelance journalist Dvora Meyers spoke with the Texas Standard about the Texas gymnasts in the Olympics, pressure-fueled moments and what’s still ahead in gymnastics and what to look for from a Texan in the new breaking competition.

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College football: Eric Morris points to reasons UNT’s defense can make big jump during kickoff event


UNT coach Eric Morris pointed to experiences earlier in his career as a reason for hope that UNT can turn a corner defensively this fall during the program's annual kickoff event Saturday at DATCU Stadium.

Higher education: Title IX changes expanding LGBTQ+ protections go into effect — but not in Texas


The Biden administration’s changes to Title IX — the 1972 statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex — went into effect nationwide last week. But the changes won’t go into effect in Texas and 20 other states that are challenging the new rule.

Book Talk’s wide-ranging tour of summer reads: Mysteries, Parisian eats, Japanese cats and barbecue


Summertime, and the reading is easy. No rules, no theme — see what Denton Public Libraries reader Jean Greenlaw picked up this season.

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👀 In Case You Missed It ...

• Campaign finance records show that multiple Denton council candidates, including the mayor, received donations from development executives with active projects in the city. The donations raise ethical concerns about potential conflicts of interest.


• The Denton Fire Department's Fire Station 9 boasts new designs that will be incorporated in the reconstruction of other fire stations. Take a look inside, from their dorms and gym to new trucks and facilities.


• Coalitions of minority groups cannot band together to claim that political maps constitute discriminatory gerrymandering, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a Galveston County lawsuit.


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