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	Legendary Mean Green head coach Hayden Fry (waving) and some of his former Mean Green players were honored at halftime of the UNT game against UTSA in October. Fry led the football team from 1973 to 1978, during which time the Mean Green had four straight winning seasons, including a 10-win season and a national ranking in 1977. (Photo by Michael Clements)
 

 


	
	UNT students painted sugar skulls as part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration on campus Oct. 31. The festival in the University Union featured altars with ofrendas made by different student organizations. (Photo by Kara Dry)
 

 


	
	American flags were installed around the Eagle statue near the Hurley Administration Building Sept. 11 as a memorial to those who lost their lives in 2001. (Photo by Ahna Hubnik)
 

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