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23/11/2025

THE DOSE: FKA Twigs reinvents previous work ‘EUSEXUA’ with ‘EUSEXUA Afterglow’

Released on Jan. 24, FKA Twigs’s “EUSEXUA” was an experimental electronic powerhouse that swept dance pop fans off their feet. Just under 10 months later, FKA Twigs returned with “EUSEXUA Afterglow,” released Nov. 14.

The 11-track follow-up arrived with two singles, “Cheap Hotel” and “Predictable Girl,” and was first teased on Aug. 22 on Instagram with the caption, “hurt so good I got an afterglow.” When announcing the album on Instagram, she called it “a visceral waterfall […] hungry, raw and ready to be adored,” positioning it as the sensual, pulsing aftermath of the world she built before.

In an Instagram post, FKA Twigs described the term ‘eusexua’ as a practice, a state of being and the pinnacle of human experience. Earlier in the post, she described the album’s origin as “chicken scratch […] written on the back of my hand in a toilet at a rave in Prague,” a mission statement for its sweaty, ecstatic world building.

📝: Thomas Trevino
🖼️: Kaitlyn Kampschneider

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23/11/2025

OPINION: Lack of adequate K-12 literacy rates exposes failure of modern American school systems

The United States’ literacy problem is a slow-moving civic emergency where too many students are advancing through school without mastering the reading skills that anchor every subject, paycheck and ballot. That failure weakens the social mobility of individuals by allowing high school graduates who are unable to utilize reading comprehension to enter the workforce.

However, it is fixable if states, districts and teachers start intervening and prioritizing reading curriculum. Literacy anchors every subject in education. If an individual has high levels of illiteracy, the likelihood of living in poverty or being incarcerated increases, according to American Progress.

U.S. K-12 reading scores are falling short in schools nationwide, and the U.S. also falls behind internationally, with European schools in countries like Belgium and Switzerland scoring significantly higher. European teenagers graduate at a rate 10 percent higher than American students, thanks to higher program funding and an emphasis on mentoring rather than lecturing.

📝: Ernesto Valdez Coronado
🖼️: Arturo Martinez & Victoria Maldonado

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23/11/2025

OPINION: President Trump’s tariffs are overwhelming consumers and the economy

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the legality of President Donald Trump's tariff regime on Nov. 5. A dozen states and small businesses brought the case forward with the same goal: to get rid of the tariffs.

If Trump's goal is to lower Americans' cost of living, he needs to cut tariffs and commit to more sensible trade policies.

According to the Tax Foundation, tariffs, also referred to as customs duties, are taxes imposed by a government on imported or exported goods. The goal of these taxes is to protect domestic industries from foreign competition, influence trade policies and generate revenue from imports.

📝: Robert Trevino
🖼️: Victoria Maldonado

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23/11/2025

SPORTS: Mean Green eclipse first 10-win season since 1947 with 56-24 win over Rice

HOUSTON — Heading into the season, North Texas football was projected to win 6.5 games in its 2025 campaign, according to betting odds.

The Mean Green have not only crushed these laid-out expectations but rewrote them, achieving their first 10-win season since 1947 following a 56-24 road victory over Rice on Nov. 22.

“We’re battle-tested now,” head coach Eric Morris said. “We’ve had spurts that were fantastic, [and] we’ve had some little rolls at times this year. Our group never puts their head down or complains on the sideline. This is a super tough football team that bounces back to anything thrown their way.”

📝: Haylie Stum
📸: Ismael Beltran

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23/11/2025

THE DOSE: ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ adds very little to the decade-long franchise

Sometimes a franchise should stay asleep to lie and revel in its former success, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” (2025) is yet another example of a franchise being revived for little reason.

Over a decade ago, actor Jesse Eisenberg found a role that seemed to delight him to no end. He played J. Daniel Atlas, the charismatic frontman of the Robin Hood-esque magician group, the Four Horsemen. Surrounded by Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), “Now You See Me” (2013) became a surprise hit at the box office, grossing over $350 million worldwide in sales.

The sequel, "Now You See Me 2” (2016), came out three years later and grossed similar numbers at the box office, with over $330 million worldwide. So, a third film in the franchise was bound to happen. However, the nearly decade-long wait time was a red flag in hindsight.

📝: Carson Kelly
🖼️: Arturo Martinez

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22/11/2025

ARTS & LIFE: ‘Art in the moment’: Musicians perform original songs in 22nd annual Rock Lottery event

On Saturday evening, five bands who had never practiced together before that day performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Dan’s Silverleaf for the 22nd annual Rock Lottery on Nov. 15.

Rock Lottery is an event where 25 local musicians across all different styles, genres and backgrounds are paired into random groups of five, and are then given 12 hours to write and perform three to five songs. Chelsey Danielle, a local musician and host of Rock Lottery 22, said the concert offers musicians a chance to collaborate in unpredictable ways.

“What I love about it is that we are a community that is experiencing art in the moment,” Danielle said. “This will never happen again. These bands will never perform again.”

📝: Sophia Carbajal
📸: Sophia Carbajal

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22/11/2025

BREAKING NEWS: SGA-proposed athletic fee increase fails to pass after majority student vote

The five-day voting period for the Student Government Association’s student athletic fee from Nov. 17-21 resulted in a majority student vote against passing the fee, following the closure of the vote at 5 p.m.

SGA’s proposed student athletic fee was denied with 2,574 total votes, with 1,392 against and 1,024 for from the student body. With a majority of the votes, the proposed 40 percent increase from $17.85 per semester credit hour will not be implemented.

📝: Justin Na & Matthew Winter
📸: Ismael Beltran

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21/11/2025

NEWS: Veterans Day celebration honors Denton County’s more than 41,000 veterans

Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of su***de and descriptions of war.

Veterans and their families, public officials and citizens of Denton County gathered at Denton’s Downtown Square to celebrate and honor Veterans Day.

Among the attendees were 69-year-old Ken Horn, Sgt. Monty Slough and Senior Chief Petty Officer Mike Romanofski, who utilized the celebration to reflect on their time of service. Each of them dedicated years of their life to the United States Marine Corps, United States Navy and U.S. Army, with a combined 35 years of military service between them.

📝: Lauren Pruett
📸: Dilip Devanda

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21/11/2025

BREAKING NEWS: University Board of Regents approve construction on Phase 1 of Athletic Center Expansion

Phase 1 of the North Texas Athletic Center expansion project was officially approved by the university Board of Regents. Construction is set to start in the summer of 2026.

It is the largest dollar amount fundraiser for a capital project in department history, with funding for the $12-million goal completed earlier this year. The Athletic Center Expansion design was approved on Nov. 18, 2024 and is set to be completed in two phases.

📝: Justin Na & Hannah Everett
📸: Aiden Gonzalez

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21/11/2025

Happy Friday! Here are some of the editorial board’s recommendations on what to read in issue 13 this week!

21/11/2025

SPORTS: Review of the North Texas football postseason picture

At 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the American Conference, North Texas has already experienced a historic season, reaching nine wins for the first time since 2018. The season has led the Mean Green to sit second in the conference, with a Dec. 5 American Championship appearance within reach.

With two games left in the Mean Green’s schedule and its place in the standings, the team has become the favorite to win the championship. To control its chances to appear in the championship, North Texas will need to win its final two games against Rice and Temple, respectively.

If the Mean Green drops a single game, there is still a chance, but only if multiple other teams similarly fall to two losses.

📝: Justin Na
📸: Ismael Beltran

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21/11/2025

NEWS: Federal appeals court allows Texas to enforce drag ban following new ruling

A federal appeals court reversed a previous ruling on Nov. 6, now allowing Texas to officially enforce a ban on “sexually oriented performances,” focusing on drag shows.

In 2023, Senate Bill 12 was passed into law as a ban on sexually oriented drag performances on commercial and public property or in the presence of someone 18 years or younger. The ban was ruled unconstitutional by a district judge in September 2023for First Amendment violations.

“So I think a lot hangs on this constitutional challenge to SB 12 as to how additional anti-LGBTQ legislation might be thought of,” said Wesley Phelps, a professor of LGBTQ+ history and author of “Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Q***r Social Movement” (2023).

📝: Kyson Barber
📸: Gianna Ortner-Findlay

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