Living Christmas Card — An a cappella quartet of faculty and staff members and their spouses appeared with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Dec. 5-7. During the holidays the four UNT alumni — from left, Craig Marshall, UNT lab bands manager; his wife, Sheri, an elementary music teacher in Highland Village; Rosana Eckert, UNT adjunct in vocal jazz; and her husband, Gary, owner of GEM Productions, Publishing & Records — perform in Victorian finery and specialize in jazz-flavored carols. The rest of the year they're known as In Full Swing. Their web site is at www.livingchristmascard.com.

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JOHN M. 'JAY' ALLISON, associate professor of communication studies, directed Good Country People, a narrative theatre production of a Flannery O'Connor short story, at Northaven United Methodist Church, Nov. 14-15 in Dallas.

BRUCE BOND, professor of English, published two poems, "Host" and "Transparencies," in Vespers: Contemporary American Poems of Religion and Spirituality, University of Iowa Press, 2003.

SHOBHANA CHELLIAH, associate professor of English, acted as plenary speaker and presented "Language Documentation Through Fieldwork and Philology" at the 23rd South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, Oct. 12 at the University of Texas in Austin.

PATRICIA CUKOR-AVILA, associate professor of English, presented "'I be done lef' the windows down an' it be done rained all over it': An Analysis of Sequential 'Be Done' in Rural African American Vernacular English" at the New Ways of Analyzing Variation-English conference, Oct. 10 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

JOHN PAUL EDDY, Professor Emeritus of counseling, development and higher education, traveled to Germany in October and November, stressing the importance of treating U.S. servicemen and -women for post-traumatic stress disorder following combat. He assisted in the training of counselors from the U.S. military, governmental counselor administrators and school counselors and counseled some veterans who had recently returned from service in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was also a guest of the U.S. Army Chaplains' European Theater for two days.

JOHN HIPPLE, counseling psychologist in counseling and testing services, presented "Survivors: Those Left Facing Life After the Suicide of a Loved One" at the Texas Counseling Association Conference, Nov. 6-8 in Galveston.

COREY MARKS, assistant professor of English, served as a visiting poet for two in-class readings and question-and-answer sessions at Illinois Wesleyan University, Oct. 6-7 in Bloomington, Ill.

ALICE MATHEWS, lecturer in English, presented "Acquiring Knowledge in Paradise Regained: A Rebuttal Against Instant Gratification" at the Conference on John Milton, Oct. 23-25 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

WALTON MUYUMBA, assistant professor of English, presented "The Pleasures of Liminality: Basketball, Writing and Intellectual Practice in John Wideman's Hoop Roots" at the international conference of the John Edgar Wideman Society, Oct. 9-12 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He also wrote an article for Africana.com about James Baldwin's 1963 book The Fire Next Time.

JOHN PETERS, assistant professor of English, published "To Someone (Not to Play)" in UTNE, September-October 2003, and "Tears," "Fear" and "Trickery Song" in Quarterly West, spring/summer 2003. All were translations of Japanese poet Takamura Kotaro's poetry.

BRENDA SIMS, professor of English, presented "Writing Effective E-mail" at the Freese & Nichols home office, Oct. 10 in Fort Worth.

JACQUELINE VANHOUTTE, associate professor of English, published "Strange Communion: Motherland and Masculinity in Tudor Pamphlets, Plays and Politics," in Book, Delaware University Press, 2003.

National

KEITH SHELTON, retired assistant professor of journalism, recounts hearing the gunshots on the day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and comments on comparisons of that day to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the Nov. 21 USA Today.

State

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, speculates that the North Texas technology industry is positioned for a comeback in the Nov. 19 Dallas Morning News.

HARRELL GILL-KING, program coordinator in biological sciences, is mentioned in a Nov. 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram story. The forensic anthropologist filed a preliminary report on the possible ages of three deceased infants found by a homeowner in her Brownwood, Texas, attic.

UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON comments on college tuition increases in the Nov. 15 issues of the Dallas Morning News and Denton Record-Chronicle.

SUZANNE LaBRECQUE, vice provost and associate vice president for academic affairs, recognizes the costs and benefits of flat-rate tuition in the Nov. 18 Dallas Morning News and Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOHN MURPHY, associate professor of music, comments on the music of jazz legend Ornette Coleman in the Nov. 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, reports on a stabilized job market and technology company hirings in the Nov. 19 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Local

ABRAHAM BENAVIDES, assistant professor of public administration, comments on an area fee-based school bus service in the Nov. 12 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ANDREW HARRIS, visiting professor of dance and theatre arts, revisits the history of Oscar Wilde and W.S. Gilbert in the Nov. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

HAROLD HEIBERG, professor of music, discusses English translations of German music in the Nov. 20 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DIANNE MARKLEY, director of cooperative education and internships, provides details of her studies on job recruiters and their judgments of prospective employees with accents in the Nov. 24 Denton Record-Chronicle.

UNT President NORVAL POHL and OSCAR GARCIA, professor of computer science and engineering and dean of the College of Engineering, discuss the new Center for Advanced Research and Technology in the Nov. 11 Denton Record-Chronicle. Pohl praises an anonymous million-dollar donation to the Murphy Enterprise Center in the Nov. 19 Denton Record-Chronicle.

NEIL SLATER, professor of music and director of the One O'Clock Lab Band, praises the art of jazz great Jimmy "Little Bird" Heath in the Nov. 20 Denton Record-Chronicle.

30 years

• Diana Forson, Business Services
• Floydie Mae Lomax, Dining Services

20 years

• Sheryl Diane Cook, Facilities Administration
• Mahshid Grooms, Computing and Information Technology Center
• Carol K. Hagen, Child Development Laboratory

15 years

• Leanne Coffey, School of Library and Information Sciences
• Ava H. Gray, Science Instrument Shop
• Linda L. Holloway, Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions

10 years

• Judy DeKuehn, Psychology
• Daniel S. Forrer, Student Health and Wellness Center
• Christina Lynn Garza, Budget Office
• William John Prueter, Custodial Services
• Betty Tomboulian, University Communications and Marketing

5 years

• Dorothy J. Horton, International Programs
• Abraham P. Korah, Cooperative Education and Internships
• Jason K. Mieritz, College of Arts and Sciences
• Randall O. Peters, Physics
• Rosemarie Preston, Journalism
• Karen L. Rawlings, TRIO Center for Student Development
• Lorenzo Robles Jr., College of Arts and Sciences
• Venita K. Williams, Copy Centers

DICK WORTH BRADSHAW, 79, custodian from 1971 to 1986, died Nov. 13 in Denton.

He served in the Medical Corps during World War II, was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Senior Center and had served as an orderly at Flow Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Lilian Bradshaw of Denton; five daughters, Cathy Williams of Denton, Ann Swadley of Garland, Peggy Paez of Aubrey and Mary Collins and Laura Douglas of Denton; one sister, Viola Haley of Granbury; one brother, Ray Bradshaw of Denton; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services were Nov. 15 at DeBerry Funeral Directors in Denton. Burial was at Cooper Creek Cemetery.

JAMES V. COOKE, 98, Professor Emeritus of mathematics, who taught at North Texas from 1937 to 1974, died Nov. 20 in Denton.

He earned his bachelor's degree from North Texas in 1928 and a master's degree and doctorate from Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1931 and 1938.
He left North Texas to serve in the Air Corps during World War II and returned after the war. He was a member of the Math Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the Texas Association of College Teachers, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Delta Kappa.

He is survived by his wife, Dolly Agnes Horton Cooke of Denton; one daughter, Martha Tate of Denton; one son, James H. Cooke of Cerrillos, N.M.; and two granddaughters.

Services were Nov. 23 at St. Barnabus Episcopal Church.

MARY NADINE JONES, 82, payroll supervisor from 1964 to 1983, died Nov. 22 in Santa Fe, N.M.

She was born in Douglas, Kan., attended junior college in El Dorado, Kan., and graduated from Wichita State University. She was a member of the Christian church.

She is survived by her son, James Paul Jones of Taos, N.M.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

A graveside service was held Nov. 26 at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville.

JANE LUCAS, custodian from September 1983 to December 1995, died Oct. 17.

JUANITA TARKINGTON, residence hall desk clerk from April 1971 to November 1984, died in September.

See a full listing of events at www.unt.edu/events

A Christmas Carol. 8 p.m. Dec. 12-13, 18-20; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 14. University Theatre. Call (940) 565-2428 for reservations.

Women's Basketball. UNT vs. Houston, 7 p.m. Dec. 19; UNT vs. SMU, 2 p.m. Dec. 21; UNT vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7 p.m. Jan. 2. Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Winter Break. Dec. 24-Jan. 2. University closed.

Men's Basketball. UNT vs. Indiana, 7 p.m. Dec. 29; UNT vs. Pan-American, 7 p.m. Jan. 8. Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Other featured articles in this issue

• Regents grant emeritus status to seven faculty
• Mean Green to revisit New Orleans Bowl
• Nearly 2,000 students to graduate Dec. 13
• UNT System names Footer to counsel post
• SECC drive tops $151,000
• Faculty concerns heard at senate meeting
• UNT deans Davis and Turner stepping down; search under way for replacements
• Dangerous winter weather brings possibility for closures
• Murphy Enterprise Center awards prizes
• Getty: You can have dessert, just don't eat too much of it

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