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OPINION: Texas is failing its residents with a lack of preparation for natural disasters, action must be taken to protec...
08/11/2025

OPINION: Texas is failing its residents with a lack of preparation for natural disasters, action must be taken to protect the public

The current emergency infrastructure and response to natural disasters are not adequate to provide Texans with safety, relief or options as the state faces more and more natural disasters.

In 2021, millions of Texans were left without power during record-low temperatures because the state's electric grid relies on lost power. This freeze resulted in the deaths of 246 people.

Another natural disaster that proved these inadequacies was the Hill Country floods on July 4, 2025. In the early morning, devastating flooding occurred across the Hill Country, with inadequate warnings and awareness from local officials and the National Weather Service. This left people scrambling to escape the flooding, which displaced many and resulted in the deaths of 138 people.

📝: Kyson Barber
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado

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OPINION: Restricting journalists’ access to the Pentagon causes public distrust, harm and violates the First Amendment J...
08/11/2025

OPINION: Restricting journalists’ access to the Pentagon causes public distrust, harm and violates the First Amendment

Journalists across a wide array of media outlets turned in their press passes to the Pentagon rather than accept press restrictions. These restrictions violate the First Amendment and are a blatant attack against journalists.

This decision from the Pentagon is both unprecedented within the journalism field and dangerous for the American people. Journalists are a vital part of a healthy democracy as they ensure the public remains adequately informed about the military and the Pentagon’s actions.

Reporters should be allowed access to those in power in order to keep them accountable and the public well-informed. The Pentagon’s restrictions not only abridge these rights, but they actively go against the public’s right to information.

📝: Lauren Pruett
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado & Kaitlyn Kampschneider

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

THE DOSE: Visually beautiful ‘Bugonia’ presents the modern-day condition of the world in an imperfect, paranoid humanoid...
08/11/2025

THE DOSE: Visually beautiful ‘Bugonia’ presents the modern-day condition of the world in an imperfect, paranoid humanoid body

The world of “Bugonia” is controlled by aliens from the Andromeda galaxy who want to enslave the human race, or is it? Director Yorgos Lanthimos once again utilizes his distinct visual style to comment on the state of the world in the film “Bugonia,” released on Oct. 31.

After spiraling downhill on an internet full of conspiracy theories and hoaxes, Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons), a disgruntled middle-aged man, manipulates and coerces his neurodivergent cousin, Don (Aiden Delbis), to help him kidnap the CEO of a giant pharmaceutical company, Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone).

Their goal is to get Fuller to confess to being an alien and take them to the mothership so they can free Earth from what they think is the enslavement of the planet by the Andromedan race.

📝: Carson Kelly
🖼️: Thomas Trevino

Read more: https://buff.ly/zcd092D

ARTS & LIFE: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios hosts fifth annual Trans Pride Fest event On the day after Halloween, solo ...
08/11/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios hosts fifth annual Trans Pride Fest event

On the day after Halloween, solo performer June Parker, 22, knelt on stage next to an amp, playing ambient music through her bass guitar while her friend helped inject an estrogen shot into her thigh.

One of many performances, the fifth annual Trans Pride Fest took place at music venue Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios last Saturday, Nov. 1. Parker performed an improvised set of electronic noise music under her stage name New Nonsense, the hormone shot being a way for her to be transparent about her identity, she said.

“It’s on the spot, and it could be horrible, it could be really cool, but whatever it is, I just have to take that leap and do it,” Parker said. “Taking shots up on stage is like ‘This is who I’m trying to be.’”

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Katie Brackens

Read more: https://buff.ly/qB3TOUU

07/11/2025

Happy Friday! Here are some of the editorial board’s recommendations on what to read in issue 11 this week!

THE DOSE: &TEAM brought ‘Back to Life’ with ambitious but uneven Korean debut mini album J-pop idol group &TEAM finally ...
07/11/2025

THE DOSE: &TEAM brought ‘Back to Life’ with ambitious but uneven Korean debut mini album

J-pop idol group &TEAM finally made their Korean debut with their first Korean mini-album, “Back to Life,” on Oct. 28, selling over 1 million copies on release day.

Having released Korean-language versions of their songs since the group’s debut in 2022 and being artists under the South Korean music label HYBE, this mini album marks their official launch into the Korean music scene. The project consists of six original Korean songs.

With a runtime of just over 18 minutes, the group continues to prove itself a global pop powerhouse, despite an album that, at times, feels unsure how to utilize the group’s many talents.

📝: Samantha Heath
🖼️: Mekielle Vaughn

Read more: https://buff.ly/ie95HHF

ARTS & LIFE: Scary Chairy Orchard presents the talents and creativity of the Denton artistic community in annual showcas...
07/11/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Scary Chairy Orchard presents the talents and creativity of the Denton artistic community in annual showcase

In the courtyard of City Hall stood a collection of chairs, each decorated with spooky, Halloween-inspired elements such as skeletons, twisted pumpkins and giant eyeballs.

Crafted by community members, local businesses and artists, the chairs formed the Scary Chairy Orchard, an exhibit on display through the duration of the city’s 31 Days of Halloween celebration. All participating chairs were also entered in a contest, in which Mayor Gerard Hudspeth announced the winners on Oct. 29.

The Mayor’s Choice Award went to an entry entitled “We’re All Mad Here.” The chair featured colorful flowers, some with faces in the center. It also has an “Alice in Wonderland” (1951) inspired look, decorated with a metal watch, a mini top hat in black-and-white checks and a purple-and-red flurry tail.

📝: Rebecca Hsu
📸: Brendan McDonald

Read more: https://buff.ly/Gpp2tZ5

NEWS: Denton County Friends of the Family breaks ground on new family justice center Content warning: The following arti...
07/11/2025

NEWS: Denton County Friends of the Family breaks ground on new family justice center

Content warning: The following article contains descriptions of experiences of domestic violence.

Individuals gathered at the home of the future Denton County Family Justice Center on Oct. 27, where Denton County Friends of the Family broke ground on phase one of its family justice center.

Located on 3050 N Bonnie Brae St., law enforcement and city officials, donors, DCFOF staff and volunteers and citizens from across Denton County were in attendance.

📝: Lauren Pruett
📸: Marcella Anhuci

Read more: https://buff.ly/ZlvW2yc

NEWS: SNAP funding exhausted amid 35-day government shutdown The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program funding has...
07/11/2025

NEWS: SNAP funding exhausted amid 35-day government shutdown

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program funding has run out as of Nov. 1, due to the government shutdown, which has now lasted 35 days.

SNAP benefits are a federal initiative that helps lower-income individuals and households afford groceries. Around 3.5 million Texans rely on this assistance.

The United States Department of Agriculture administers the program and relies entirely on federal funding approved in the Farm Bill through congressional appropriations.

📝: Mollie Banstetter
📸: Maria Arellano

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

06/11/2025

VIDEO: Voters of Denton: residents speak on constitutional amendment election

Denton voters voted on 17 constitutional amendments and one local school district proposition for the Nov. 4 election, with polls opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m. North Texas Daily reporters went out during the voting period to ask Denton residents what issues on the ballot brought them out to vote in the constitutional amendment election.

🎥: Cooper Collins

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

06/11/2025

Daily Dose Episode 113: Enjoying that 15 seconds of fame?

🗣️: Gianna Ortner-Findlay & Aiden Gonzalez
🎥: Cooper Collins

To watch the full version: https://buff.ly/nPsw2iV

Happy Thursday! In this week's issue, check out the President's State of the University address, read our coverage on th...
06/11/2025

Happy Thursday! In this week's issue, check out the President's State of the University address, read our coverage on the closing of SNAP funding, a Trans Pride Fest event and more!

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