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30/10/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Thin Line Fest hosts short horror film competition

Inside the Big Top Tent on a Sunday evening, teams of filmmakers watched as a dozen or so horror films were played back-to-back. Some were terrifying, some funny, but all were made by the attendees present in the crowd.

The teams of filmmakers created each horror short film in just 48 hours. One of these teams, a group of six university students called Pineapple Pizza, spent hours between jobs and classes to create their film. Junior and new media art major Gracie May served as the group’s main videographer.

“This whole competition has resparked this creative flame in me, and I hope by challenging myself with these competitions, I can keep that flame going,” May said. “The joy of adrenaline rushes and experimental filming is too good to pass up.”

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Sophia Carbajal

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30/10/2025

SPORTS: Mean Green softball develops chemistry in fall season with new coach, play style

Twenty-two girls shuffle into one room for the sole purpose of singing “Happy Birthday” to one of their own. If someone sends dinner plans in the team group chat, many jump at the chance to get together. When they have the time, one can often catch them at one of their teammates’ apartments, whether it is 9 a.m. or 5 p.m.

These may seem like small gestures to some, but in the culture of a collegiate sports team, they go a long way. For this year’s revamped North Texas softball team, the art of showing up for one another is shaping a fresh look to the program.

“We're just bringing so much energy,” head coach Cody White said. “[...] We're seeing our players start to do that. They're having a lot more fun and just flying around.”

📝: Haylie Stum
📸: Katie Brackens

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30/10/2025

Happy Thursday! In this week's issue, check out the North Texas Daily's voter guide, read our softball feature, a horror film competition and more!

30/10/2025

SPORTS: North Texas football faces Navy in high-stakes conference matchup

Following a record-setting performance against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1-7, 0-5 American Conference), North Texas football will face the Navy Midshipmen in a match with major implications in the American Conference Championship race.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Drew Mestemaker put on a show for the ages against Charlotte, throwing for 608 yards and four touchdowns. His passing total set both North Texas (7-1, 3-1 American) and American Conference single-game records, and ranks as the 17th highest mark in a game in Football Bowl Subdivision history.

“I think Drew just continues to become a phenomenal story all across America, and rightfully so,” head coach Eric Morris said. “I mean, here’s a kid that continues to get better each and every week, continues to grow, and so it was definitely his best passing performance.”

📝: Ian Pfaffenberger
📸: Ismael Beltran

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30/10/2025

NEWS: North Texas Daily’s Denton voter guide to constitutional amendment election

Seventeen constitutional amendments and one local school district proposition are on the ballot for the Nov. 4 election. Early voting began on Oct. 20 and will run until Oct. 31.

The 89th Legislative Session wrapped up in June. Lawmakers passed joint resolutions by a two-thirds majority, calling for voter approval on 17 amendments to the Texas constitution.

Registered voters in Denton can vote at their designated polling location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on election day. Voters can look up their polling location and view a sample ballot on the Denton County Elections website.

📝: Hannah Everett
📸: Hannah Everett

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30/10/2025

NEWS: SGA passes proposed athletic fee 12-2, moves to student body vote in November

The university’s Student Government Association voted 12-2 in favor of a proposed 40 percent student athletic fee increase. While SGA approved the referendum, it now moves to a student body vote, to be held Nov. 17-20, to determine whether the fee increase will be enacted.

If passed, the new athletic fee would increase from the current $17.85 per credit hour to $20 per credit hour starting in the 2026-2027 academic year. In the next three years, the fee would increase incrementally until it reached $25 per credit hour at the start of the 2029-2030 academic year.

“It’s pretty significant [that] we give the opportunity for all the students now to cast their votes and decide whether they want to increase the fee or not,” SGA President and senior aviation logistics major Rutwik Duggireddy said. “That’s our biggest thing. We always want to hear student voices and today we accomplished that.”

📝: Justin Na, Gianna Ortner-Findlay & Aiden Gonzalez
📸: Aiden Gonzalez

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30/10/2025

BREAKING NEWS: SGA passes proposed athletic fee 12-2, moves to student body vote in November

The university’s Student Government Association voted 12-2 in favor of a proposed 40 percent student athletic fee increase. While SGA approved the referendum, it now moves to a student body vote, to be held Nov. 17-20, to determine whether the fee increase will be enacted.

If passed, the new athletic fee would increase from the current $17.85 per credit hour to $20 per credit hour starting in the 2026-2027 academic year, with annual incremental increases until the fee reaches $25 at the start of the 2029-2030 academic year.

“It’s pretty significant,” SGA President Rutwik Duggireddy said. “We gave the opportunity for all the students now to cast their votes and decide whether they want to increase the fee or not. That’s our biggest thing. We always want to hear student voices and today we accomplished that.”

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26/10/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Mean Green Hoedown creates a space for unity and connection through dance

More than a hundred students were circled on the dance floor at the Spirit Bash: Mean Green Hoedown on Friday, Oct. 17, wrapping up an entire busy week of events with a dance, step and a clap.

The hoedown, which was the last event before the university’s 2025 homecoming football game, was organized by the University Program Council and lasted from 6 to 9 p.m.

The event served as the completion of this year’s country-western themed Homecoming week, “Mean Green Round Up.” Business management junior Daniela Aceituno is the vice president of campus engagement at UPC and has been planning the Mean Green Hoedown since the summer.

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Katie Brackens

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26/10/2025

THE DOSE: TWICE celebrates 10th anniversary on ‘TEN: The Story Goes On’

Just three months after the release of their fourth full-length studio album, “THIS IS FOR,” TWICE has returned with “TEN: The Story Goes On,” a new special album celebrating the group’s 10th anniversary.

The album is made up of 10 songs, including one song with all nine members and nine solo tracks, one for each member. Despite the album’s release on Oct. 10, the group previously teased the tracks in June and has been performing the songs on their current tour, “This Is For World Tour.”

The project opens with “ME+YOU,” which includes every member. The R&B-inspired production is something out of the ordinary for the group, but it works well. The song’s lyrics are sweet and feel like a love letter from the members to their fans.

📝: Riley Morgan
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado & Ham Bergman

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26/10/2025

OPINION: Defunding journalism will have consequences on news production and democracy

The stripping of already allocated funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a nonpartisan private entity that disperses public broadcasting funds to local radio and television productions, deals significant damage to local newsrooms and broadcast stations.

Major funding cuts took effect on Oct. 1, leading to significant budget changes in local newsrooms. The defunding of public broadcasting will lead to the demise of local newsrooms and a lack of accountability in local governments. These cuts include a decrease in funding allocated to National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service and their local member stations.

Public broadcasting is funded through several different avenues, like donations, grants and federal funding through the CPB. The CPB receives a specific amount each year from the federal government — $535 million, as provided in 2025 — that is then distributed to local newsrooms and broadcasters. This funding makes up, on average, 15 percent of the funding local broadcast stations receive.

📝: Kyson Barber
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado

Read more: https://buff.ly/O1o6cfc

25/10/2025

THE DOSE: Skullcrusher’s ‘And Your Song is Like a Circle’ captures the quiet ache of autumn

Helen Ballentine, singer of Skullcrusher, released her sophomore album, “And Your Song is Like a Circle,” on Oct. 17 — a fitting soundtrack and perfect companion as the air turns crisp and the season settles in.

“And Your Song is Like a Circle” lingers long after it is over. The album grows progressively more melancholic as it goes on, and just as the year leans into the end of summer and fades into fall, the album reflects this.

The album opens with “March,” a beautifully haunting song with lyrics that leave little to the imagination. The production is purely piano, layered with unnerving, drone-like synths and orchestral vocals that make the listener feel as though they are ascending — a true strength of Ballentine’s.

📝: Thomas Trevino
🖼️: Kaitlyn Kampschneider & Victoria Maldonado

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25/10/2025

ARTS & LIFE: University students celebrate homecoming week at Yell Like Hell dance competition

Hundreds of students gathered to watch their peers dance, stomp and yell as part of the university’s homecoming celebration in the university’s coliseum, The Super Pit, for two hours together.

Yell Like Hell is an annual homecoming week event hosted at the university coliseum. Every year, teams take to the stage and compete through dance. Any group is eligible, but only one winner will be selected in each of the four categories.

One of the winning teams from this year, the university’s North Texas Sweethearts, performed to a mix of country songs and hip-hop beats.

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Marcella Anhuci

Read more: https://buff.ly/J11HaOc

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