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SPORTS: North Texas wins first bowl game since 2013 against San Diego State in 49-47 thrillerALBUQUERQUE, NM — Previous ...
28/12/2025

SPORTS: North Texas wins first bowl game since 2013 against San Diego State in 49-47 thriller

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Previous head coach Eric Morris, coined the art of the bowl game as “elusive” following the team’s 34-21 loss to Tulane in the American Football Championship. It is a matchup the program has struggled to secure, with a 3-12 all-time record in bowl games.

Before he left for Oklahoma State University, Morris said the next step for North Texas was to bring home a bowl victory for the first time in 12 years. Under interim head coach Drew Svoboda, the Mean Green did just that, outlasting San Diego State 49-47 in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 27.

“It's a feeling that I’ll never forget,” senior safety Will Jones II, who earned the Defensive Most Outstanding Player award, said. “[For] 11, 12 months, we've been in the trenches together, bled here together, building a brotherhood. Just to see that clock hit zero and everybody smiling and celebrating things like that, it feels good.”

📝: Haylie Stum
📸: Aiden Gonzalez

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27/12/2025

SPORTS: Three things to know before kickoff of North Texas’ matchup with San Diego State in the New Mexico Bowl

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SPORTS: No. 25 North Texas prepares for Dec. 27 New Mexico Bowl under interim head coach Drew Svoboda Minutes after Nort...
11/12/2025

SPORTS: No. 25 North Texas prepares for Dec. 27 New Mexico Bowl under interim head coach Drew Svoboda

Minutes after North Texas football’s 34-21 American Football Championship loss, former head coach Eric Morris said the team still had an “elusive bowl game” to win that the program has failed to capture in its previous seven appearances.

While Morris has since officially departed for Oklahoma State, interim head coach Drew Svoboda said the program’s mission remains the same heading into the 2025 Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 27.

“It’s about team 110,” Svoboda said. “We’ve done a lot of ‘first’s.’ First team to do this, first team to win this many games in a row, first team to capture this opportunity. We want to be the first team to win 12 games.”

📝 : Justin Na
📸 : Mean Green Sports

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SPORTS: Neal Brown promotes ‘relentless pursuit of better’ in introductory press conference as new North Texas head coac...
10/12/2025

SPORTS: Neal Brown promotes ‘relentless pursuit of better’ in introductory press conference as new North Texas head coach

Recently hired North Texas football head coach Neal Brown addressed fans and administrators at his introductory press conference on Monday, Dec. 8, officially kicking off his tenure as the new leader of the Mean Green program.

Jared Mosley, vice president and athletic director, spoke during the conference as well, stating how he believed very early on in Brown’s vision for the program.

“He just did a phenomenal job outlining his vision and the things he feels we can be successful here at [...],” Mosley said. “These jobs are hard enough, you don't want to work with people who are difficult to work with. Immediately, and I think that's the reputation Coach Brown has at every stop he's been, he's a partner in what we're trying to accomplish.”

📝 : Ian Pfaffenberger
📸 : Katie Brackens

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SPORTS: Head coach Eric Morris confirmed not to coach North Texas’ bowl gameJared Mosley, vice president and athletic di...
09/12/2025

SPORTS: Head coach Eric Morris confirmed not to coach North Texas’ bowl game

Jared Mosley, vice president and athletic director, announced Dec. 9 in a press release that head coach Eric Morris will not coach North Texas in the Isleta New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 27.

Associate head coach Drew Svoboda will serve as the interim head coach for the Mean Green’s finale to the 2025 season, making Morris’ final game with the team last week’s American Football Championship on Dec. 5.

Svoboda has worked alongside Morris since his arrival in the 2023 season, with collegiate coaching experience since 2018. In his eight years at the college level, Svoboda coached special teams under former University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

📝 :Haylie Stum
📸 : Trennt Rhea

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08/12/2025

SPORTS: New head coach Neal Brown and athletic director Jared Mosley spoke during Brown’s introductory press conference on Dec. 8, where they provided insight on the hiring process and the future of the program.

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OPINION: Americans should reconsider who they buy from this holiday seasonWith the annual festivities around the corner,...
07/12/2025

OPINION: Americans should reconsider who they buy from this holiday season

With the annual festivities around the corner, many people are struck with the impulse to buy without thinking of whose pockets they are lining. Serious reconsideration of consumption is needed this holiday, as big corporations continually prove they do not deserve Americans' hard-earned cash.

The recent government shutdown has left civil servant households struggling to regain their financial stability, despite the government’s reopening on Nov. 13, after over a month without receiving a single paycheck from federally funded jobs.

Even outside government positions, citizens have reported worsening economic instability since the current Trump administration took office, leading to a rise in the “paycheck-to-paycheck” culture.

📝: Raegan Barrett
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado

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THE DOSE: 6 sweet and savory treats to make at home with family and friends The holidays are here: a time for cooler wea...
07/12/2025

THE DOSE: 6 sweet and savory treats to make at home with family and friends

The holidays are here: a time for cooler weather, heavy coats, warm fires and spending time with loved ones. This season is also the finest for baking sweet and savory treats.

From scrumptious cookies to mouthwatering sandwiches, here are six of the best treats in no particular order to make at home with family and friends.

📝: Janese Mashell
🖼️: Janese Mashell

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THE DOSE: Failing to hit the highs of the first film, ‘Zootopia 2’ is still a fun animated time at the theater In a worl...
06/12/2025

THE DOSE: Failing to hit the highs of the first film, ‘Zootopia 2’ is still a fun animated time at the theater

In a world that features a wide range of animals, “Zootopia 2” (2025) is expectedly a mixed bag of a film. Not as successful or innovative as its 2016 predecessor, it still offers an entertaining enough experience to make it worthwhile.

Being the first ever bunny and fox police partners in the history of Zootopia, expectations from the force are high for Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman). For “Zootopia 2,” they have once again uncovered a region-wide case of fraud that could shatter the city from within.

Just like the first film, “Zootopia 2” has a breathtaking world. The central idea of the franchise, combined with its animation, offers boundless creativity. That creativity shines in moments and is not really there at other times.

📝: Carson Kelly
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado

Read more: https://buff.ly/t0OEShR

ARTS & LIFE: Freshman designer turns passion into patchworks When freshman marketing major Morgan La Penna submitted her...
06/12/2025

ARTS & LIFE: Freshman designer turns passion into patchworks

When freshman marketing major Morgan La Penna submitted her T-shirt design for her high school’s competition, she never imagined it would turn into a brand that could be found all over the country and in the closets of 14 NFL cheerleaders.

La Penna, the sole operator of Stitched by BloxZ, works around the clock, fulfilling orders from her home and shipping them from her dorm room.

“I just submitted [the design] for fun, didn’t really think anything of it,” La Penna said. “Once I found out I won […] I was like, ‘Wait, I could maybe try to start something with this.’”

📝: Caitlyn Ybarra
📸: Gianna Ortner-Findlay

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SPORTS: Senior forward Dylan Arnett embraces new opportunity with North Texas men’s basketball On Nov. 9, North Texas pl...
06/12/2025

SPORTS: Senior forward Dylan Arnett embraces new opportunity with North Texas men’s basketball

On Nov. 9, North Texas played Loyola Chicago in a scene resembling a family reunion for senior forward Dylan Arnett. In the stands sat his immediate family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, childhood best friends and high school coaches all in attendance.

The Ramblers just drove to the rim for a game-tying layup with 3.7 seconds left to play, with the score sitting at 62-62. With North Texas electing to forego using their last timeout, sophomore forward Reece Robinson sped up the court and found Arnett near the foul line as the final seconds elapsed.

Contested by two Loyola defenders, Arnett elevated and fired a 16-foot jumpshot without hesitation to sink a game-winner at the buzzer for a 64-62 victory. The shot sent his teammates, coaches and supporters into a frenzy as they celebrated Arnett, the moment and the win.

📝: Dante Longoria
📸: Ismael Beltran

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SPORTS: Playoff hopes crushed as North Texas drops conference championship to Tulane 34-21 NEW ORLEANS — North Texas fan...
06/12/2025

SPORTS: Playoff hopes crushed as North Texas drops conference championship to Tulane 34-21

NEW ORLEANS — North Texas fans daydreamed of their team hoisting the American Football Championship trophy after an 11-1 regular season record made it a feasible reality.

With a 34-21 loss to Tulane on Dec. 5, the Mean Green’s wonders of what it would feel like to win the conference title changed to wondering what could have been.

Coming into the game, the Mean Green stood as the fourth-best team in scoring in the red zone in the Football Bowl Subdivision, putting up points 94.3 percent of the time. Against Tulane, North Texas only scored 50 percent of the time.

📝: Haylie Stum
📸: Hannah Everett

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

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