Spectacular show — It has been years since UNT was blessed with the beautiful fall colors that were seen this year, due primarily to cooler-than-normal nights and a wet autumn that allowed the trees to hold their leaves longer, according to Don Smith, associate professor of biology.

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An article by JAMES BAIRD, associate professor of English, was published in Jeffers Studies, vol. 5, no. 4. The articles are titled "Robinson Jeffers' Poetry and Prose and Scientific Theory" and "Robinson Jeffers' References to Science or Scientific Theory."

BRUCE BOND, professor of English, lectured on "Illness and Creative Transformation" and read poetry at Butler County Community College, Oct. 29 in El Dorado, Kan., and read poetry at Wichita State University, Oct. 28 in Wichita, Kan.

SHOBHANA L. CHELLIAH, assistant professor of English, and KIM R. BREWER, graduate research assistant in English, presented "Indian Identity, Indian English: An Investigation of the Use of Indian English in Novels" at the International Association for World Englishes conference at the University of Illinois, Oct. 18 in Urbana, Ill.

JACQUELINE FOERTSCH, assistant professor of English, chaired a panel for the Society for Critical Exchange, "Genders in Space: Masculinities and Femininities Across Neighborhoods and Nations," and served as an informal respondent during a question-and-answer session at the South Central Modern Language Association conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 2 in Austin.

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, spoke on "The Frontier Mentality and the New World of Texas: Time for a New Ethics?" at the Texas Energy Museum, Nov. 7 in Beaumont.

DAVID HOLDEMAN, associate professor of English, presented "Looking at Art in Bernard Mac Laverty's Cal" at the South Central Modern Language Association, Oct. 31- Nov. 2 in Austin.

Poems by MARIE C. JONES, lecturer in English, were featured in Sulphur River Literary Review, vol. 18, no. 2. The poems are titled "The Next Day," "The Mind is a Pillbox," "Diving Off Black Island" and "Progress." Jones' essay, "The Poetics of Deferment," was published in Sulphur River Literary Review, 2002.

DAVID McENTIRE, assistant professor of emergency administration and planning, was published in International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, August 2002, vol. 20, no. 2. The article is titled "Emergent Phenomena and Multiorganizational Coordination in Disasters: Lessons from the Research Literature."

CATHLEEN NORRIS, professor of technology and cognition, co-wrote the book Palm Handheld Computers: A Complete Resource for Classroom Teachers, published by the International Society for Technology in Education, October 2002. Norris presented "This Time Can Technology Have an Impact? A Talk in 20 Rhetorical Questions" at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Technologies in Education, Aug. 29-30 in Växjö, Sweden. She was one of four panelists in a virtual roundtable on "Technologies in Education — The Past, Present and Future" presented by the Heller Reports, Oct. 18 on the Heller Reports web site. She gave the keynote address, "Palm-Sized Devices Are the Personal Computers of Choice for K-12," at the Computer Using Educators of California conference, Oct. 24 in Sacramento, Calif.

An article by JOHN PETERS, assistant professor of English, was published in the CEA (College English Association) Forum, summer 2002. The article is titled "The (Somewhat) Lighter Side of the Academic Job Search." His translations of Japanese poet Takamura Kotar's poems "Winter Comes," "To Someone (not to play)," "Supper," "Catfish," "Gold," "One Who Imprisons Beauty," "Life Perspective," "Six Songs," "Misty Dream," "Elemental Chieko" and "Those Times" were published in New Orleans Review, summer 2002. Peters' book Conrad and Impressionism was selected as one of Choice Magazine's outstanding academic titles for 2001-02.

ALEXANDER PETTIT, professor of English, was one of two general editors for the five volumes of Eighteenth-Century British Erotica, published by Pickering and Chatt, 2002.

BRENDA SIMS, professor of English, presented "Writing Effective RFI's and Correspondence" for the Centrex Construction Group, Oct. 25 in Dallas.

DONALD E. STAPLES, professor of radio, television and film, presented "Anarchy and Anachronism in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" at the biennial meeting of the Film and History League, Nov. 9 in Kansas City. He was introduced as the only person who has served as president of both leading international media study organizations — the University Film and Video Association and the Society of Cinema Studies. He also serves on the editorial board of the Film and History League's publications.

National

MELODY KELLY, associate dean of university libraries, discusses UNT's Cyber Café in the Willis Library in a recent Associated Press article that was published in newspapers such as the Tulsa World and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

State

PATRICIA CUKOR-AVILA, associate professor of English, and DIANNE MARKLEY, director of cooperative education, discuss their study of the impact of job applicants' regional accents on hiring decisions in the Nov. 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

MIKE FANELLI, assistant professor of physics, comments on meteors and the Leonid meteor showers in the Nov. 14 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TED FARRIS, assistant professor of marketing and logistics, and BUD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, speak about the economic implication of the decline in local prices of goods and services for the month of October in the Nov. 8 Dallas Business Journal.

JONEEL HARRIS, associate vice president for enrollment management, discusses UNT's programs for minority retention in a Nov. 13 Dallas Morning News article about the increase in minority enrollment at local universities.

DOTTY HORTON, assistant director of international studies, talks about efforts by North Texas to ensure that international students and employees are informed about the federal government's latest requirements for registering with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the Nov. 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RON MARCELLO, professor of history, comments on his work to preserve the oral history of World War II veterans in the Nov. 9 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Reviews of a new symphony by CINDY McTEE, Regents Professor of music, are discussed in the Nov. 7 Dallas Morning News.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses tax incentives being given by Northlake to attract businesses in the Nov. 1 Dallas Business Journal. Weinstein comments on the impact of a cut in short-term interest rates by the Federal Reserve in the Nov. 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He discusses the Texas jobless rate in the Nov. 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He discusses possible reasons for the decrease in the local unemployment rate in the Nov. 16 Denton Record-Chronicle.

Local

ALEX CHRESTOPOULOS and MICHAEL SULLIVAN, assistant professors of dance and theatre arts, and KATE GESCH, box office and promotions manager for the Department of Dance and Theatre Arts, discuss the production of A Christmas Carol at UNT in the Nov. 6 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOHN MARK DEMPSEY, assistant professor of journalism, comments on a new project called "Eagle's Choice," featuring online music documentaries by North Texas students, in the Nov. 10 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JEROME L. DUGGAN, professor of physics, discusses the particle accelerators conference at North Texas in the Nov. 7 Denton Record-Chronicle. He and BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discuss the economic and scientific aspects of the conference in the Nov. 11 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD HIMMEL, UNT archivist;JACK DAVIS, professor and chair of the School of Visual Arts; and SCOTT DUMAS, associate director of Purchasing and Payment Services and Inventory, discuss a painting by Texas artist Louis Eyth depicting a historic Denton building in the Nov. 19 Denton Record-Chronicle. UNT donated the painting to the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum.

A speech on urban education given by UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON to the Oak Cliff Lions Club is the topic of an Oct. 24 Oak Cliff Tribune article. Jackson and UNT System Chancellor Emeritus ALFRED F. HURLEY are featured in the Nov. 1 Dallas Citizens Council Report.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, discusses UNT's new alcohol restrictions for fraternities in the Nov. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle.

KELLY JOHNSON, coordinator for the Peer Advisor Program, comments on the academic impact of the program on UNT students in the Nov. 11 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DAVID KEITGES, director of International Development in International Studies and Programs, wrote a guest column about the need for international education in today's American society that appeared in the Nov. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DAVID LAYTON, executive director of the North Texas Exes, is the subject of a personal profile in the Nov. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle.

PARIS RUTHERFORD, professor of music and conductor of the North Texas Jazz Singers, discusses the group's concert program in the Nov. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle.

LEW TAYLOR, professor of management and director of the Murphy Enterprise Center, comments on the awarding of the Murphy Award to Bill Winspear in the Oct. 31 Oak Cliff Tribune and the Nov. 5 Dallas Morning News.

35 years

• Milan Jan Reban, Political Science
• Gustav Leonard Seligmann, History
• Don Wiley Smith, Biological Sciences
• Patricia Ann Summers, Speech and Hearing Sciences

25 years

• Richard James Sinclair, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
• Roger M. Smith, Facilities Administration
• Herman Lavon Totten, President's Office
• Jon I. Young, Technology and Cognition

20 years

• Thomas C. Richards, Business Computer Information Systems
• Linda Jane Strube, College of Music
• Joe L. Welch, Marketing and Logistics
• Philip G. Winsor, College of Music

15 years

• Darhyl S. Ramsey, College of Music
• Emile F. Sahliyeh, Political Science
• Thomas Paul Sovik, College of Music
• Michael L. Steinel, College of Music
• Rickey Wilbur Stinchcomb, Facilities Administration
• Kenneth Neil Thompson, Marketing and Logistics
• Niranjan Tripathy, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
• Myra J. Walker, School of Visual Arts
• Neil Alan Wilner, Accounting

10 years

• Joyce Ann Rademacher, Technology and Cognition
• Alicia Re Cruz, Anthropology
• Barbara A. Rodman, English
• Barbara N. Seal, Development
• Mary Lynn Smith, Dance and Theatre Arts
• Margie A. Tieslau, Economics
• Betty J. Tuggle, Police and Traffic
• Brenda P. Wells, Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
• Susan Michelle Williams, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel's Office

5 years

• Juanita Lucille Slaughter, Copy Centers
• Joe Ray Snow, Institute for Applied Sciences
• Clifford K. Whitworth, Technology and Cognition
• Nola J. Young, Dining Services

Because so many employees have September anniversaries, those with last names beginning with A-G and H-Q appeared in the previous two InHouse isues.

SAM B. BARTON, 96, Professor Emeritus of economics, who taught at UNT from 1938 to 1973, died Oct. 17 at his home in Denton.

Barton served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 in a tank destroyer unit. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1930, a master's in 1932 and a doctorate in 1937. He taught high school before joining the North Texas faculty and served as an economist and a consultant for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

He was co-organizer and first president of the Texas Association of College Teachers. He also served as regional and state conference president of the American Association of University Professors. He is survived by nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces. Funeral services were held Oct. 20.

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

Mean Green Basketball. UNT vs. TCU, 7 p.m. Dec. 10. UNT vs. St. Edwards, 7 p.m. Dec. 16. UNT vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m. Dec. 28. UNT vs. Denver, 1 p.m. Jan. 11. All games played in the Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for tickets.

Lady Eagles Basketball. UNT vs. Indiana, 7 p.m. Dec. 11. UNT vs. LSU, 7 p.m. Jan. 2. UNT vs. Florida International, 2 p.m. Jan. 4. UNT vs. Weber State, 7 p.m. Jan. 7. UNT vs. Denver, 3:30 p.m. Jan. 11. All games played in the Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for tickets.

Service Recognition Awards and Reception. 2-4 p.m. Dec. 12, Silver Eagle Suite.

Winter Break. Dec. 23-Jan. 1. University closed.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2-4 p.m. Jan. 8, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

Classes Start. Jan. 13.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT regents approve property purchases
• Mean Green returning to New Orleans Bowl Dec. 17
• Art patron, philanthropist to speak at fall commencement
• About the commencement speaker
• Weather closing information
• SECC at UNT brings in more than $140,000
• Faculty Senate hears academic budget report, forecast for 2003 legislative session
• Staff Council chair encourages teamwork, spirit of cooperation
• Hobbits returning to theaters this holiday season
• Honors Day nomination forms due Dec. 14
• Think Green, It's Friday spirit contest winners

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