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17/11/2025

THE DOSE: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ surprises in relatively faithful retelling

When English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was creating “Frankenstein” – also known as “The Modern Prometheus” – during the “Year Without Summer” in 1816, it was in the wake of grief.

Shelley, who originally published the novel anonymously in 1818, wrote a story about reanimation as she worked through the grief of losing her own child, and would never know the true impact her worst nightmare would leave on Gothic horror.

Shelley’s creation, “Frankenstein,” is credited as the foundation for the modern science fiction genre, and Mexican filmmaker and author Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the story, while not perfect, is a relatively faithful recreation of the book.

📝: Gianna Ortner-Findlay
🖼️: Arturo Martinez

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16/11/2025

VIDEO: University’s Turning Point USA chapter hosts Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

The university’s Turning Point USA chapter hosted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Nov. 10, in which he remembered TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk and discussed a future for young conservatives in the country.

🎥: Cooper Collins

To watch the full version: https://buff.ly/ncYImIC

16/11/2025

THE DOSE: ROSALÍA continues to innovate in newest album ‘LUX’

Whether it is modern flamenco on “Los Ángeles” (2017) or alternative reggaeton on “MOTOMAMI” (2022), Spanish singer-songwriter ROSALÍA has never been afraid of exploring new genres and mixing them.

Now, with the release of her 2025 project, “LUX,” she is further proving this with the album’s unique blend of electronic and classical music. The project featured instrumentals performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, and lyrics sung in over a dozen languages.

The project begins with the haunting yet beautiful intro of “Sexo, Violencia y Llantas.” The track starts off feeling more subdued, with piano and cello making up most of the instrumental, before it crescendos into a full orchestral piece. The track then ends as ominous as it begins, with drums rolling into the next track.

📝: Riley Morgan
🖼️: Thomas Trevino & Victoria Maldonado

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16/11/2025

OPINION: The university should work with its students to create a safer campus

Safety at the university should never feel uncertain, as everyone deserves to walk across campus without fear. Students should be able to study late without anxiety and trust that the place meant to nurture their growth also protects their well-being.

However, the number of safety concerns around the university abounds, including poorly lit pathways, reports of harassment and isolated incidents of theft, that chip away at that sense of security.

Safety should not depend on daylight or luck. It should be a constant, woven into every corner of campus life.

📝: Leyla Aktas
🖼️: Thomas Trevino & Victoria Maldonado

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16/11/2025

THE DOSE: JUSTB redefines and delivers new sound with hyperpop-driven album ‘SNOW ANGEL’

About half a year after the release of their digital-only mini album, K-pop group JUSTB made their comeback with their crowdfunded fifth mini album, “SNOW ANGEL,” on Nov. 7.

Continuing the bold, hyperpop-inspired sound first introduced in “CHEST” (2025), the group delivers an album that showcases their individuality to the industry and stands out as an ambitious project.

The album opens on a powerful note with “SWEATER,” a track built around a heavy bassline woven together with addictive vocal modulation and synthesized beats. The album’s intent to express the complicated, multifaceted feelings and nuances of love shines here, with deep, rough vocals conveying the regretful narrative of a love long lost.

📝: Samantha Heath
🖼️: Mekielle Vaughn

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15/11/2025

OPINION: Students should not sacrifice their mental well-being for academic superiority

In quest of a successful future, some students prioritize academic progress over all else, leading to 59.9 percent of university students in 2023 experiencing academic burnout — a source of severe anxiety, exhaustion and disengagement.

The mental toll the pursuit of scholastic perfection can exact is not a fair price to pay for a perfect score. This habit has created a detrimental culture of psychologically exhausted students who constantly neglect their mental well-being for consistently high grades.

This is in large part thanks to the escalating trend of striving to be an “academic weapon.”

📝: Raegan Barrett
🖼️: Ham Bergman

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15/11/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Denton artist hosts ‘Hip To Be Square’ art show

Local artist Monique McIntyre has been making art for as long as she can remember. Using “anything that’s tangible,” she says she creates art that errs on the psychedelic side.

McIntyre presented such works at her “Hip To Be Square” art show held last Friday at The Bearded Monk from 7 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.

“I need hip replacement because I have rheumatoid arthritis,” McIntyre said. “So the majority of the work I'm showing [at the art show] is stuff I've created since I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.”

📝: Noor Shaikh
📸: Trennt Rhea

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15/11/2025

ARTS & LIFE: ‘Shopping once and giving twice’: 38th annual Alternative Gifts Fair raises thousands for organizations

In the gym of Denton’s First United Methodist Church, dozens of people shopped from over 35 businesses and nonprofit organizations selling items like jewelry, clothing, ceramics and food Nov. 7-9.

All of these vendors were part of the Alternative Gifts Fair, an annual event organized by FUMC that raises money for each organization's mission. Karen Anderson-Lain, a university communications studies principal lecturer, has been a member of the Alternative Gifts Fair Committee for nine years. Anderson-Lain said she fell in love with the fair's purpose and how it supports so many impactful organizations.

“They get to tell their story, we get to support the work they do and it’s a way our church can give back our time and help those organizations,” Anderson-Lain said. “We can’t write an $80,000 check, but we raised over $80,000 last year.”

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Dilip Devanda

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15/11/2025

SPORTS: Senior golfer Malisone Chanthapanya finds early-season breakthrough, overtakes single-round program record

The smell of freshly cut grass sets the aroma around Bruzzy’s UNT Golf Practice Facility, while the crisp ring of a driver meeting a ball off the tee echoes into the still air.

Senior golfer Malisone Chanthapanya methodically checks each box of her several practice routines, a process deliberate and rooted in structure. Her pre-round rituals include a trip to the putting green for 20-30 minutes, followed by repetitions on the driving range.

Every element of her approach has purpose. Chanthapanya marks her golf balls with specific numbers, most often twos and threes. She uses only even-numbered clubs, hitting eight to 12 balls with each, always ending on a solid shot to carry positive momentum forward.

📝: Dante Longoria
📸: Mean Green Sports

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15/11/2025

NEWS: Executive director of dining services announces changes to Union’s Starbucks and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop for in-house restaurants to SGA

Peter Balabuch, executive director of dining services, announced to senators plans to replace the Union’s Starbucks and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop with new in-house concept restaurants during the Student Government Association’s Nov. 12 meeting.

Renovation to turn Fuzzy’s Taco Shop into a new restaurant called Union Burger will begin over the holiday break from December to January. A Scrappy’s Ice Cream outlet will also be added inside the Syndicate.

“Many of our contracts will be expiring. Some of them have already expired from when we first opened the renovated student Union back in 2015,” Balabuch said during the meeting. “The first place I’ll start is Fuzzy’s. We will not be resigning the agreement with Fuzzy’s. Instead, what we’ll be adding is a concept we call UB – Union Burger.”

📝: Alejandra Osegueda
📸: Maria Arellano

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14/11/2025

Happy Friday! Here are some of the editorial board’s recommendations on what to read in issue 12 this week!

14/11/2025

NEWS: Eugene Migliaro Corporon, regents professor of music and North Texas wind symphony conductor, to retire next summer

Eugene Migliaro Corporon, regents professor of music and conductor of the North Texas Wind Symphony, announced that he will retire next summer after 31 years of teaching at the university.

Corporon’s voice was filled with nostalgia as he recounted his time at the university, watching his students go from performing in class to performing for audiences of over 20,000.

“I’ve learned a lot here from my students [...] I learned how to teach,” Corporon said. “We have some of the world's best students and it’s probably now that I’m retiring that I can finally say that without trying to seem self-fulfilling.”

📝: Ty Scott
📸: Ty Scott

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