The little engine that could — Denton voters on Sept. 13 approved a half-cent sales tax to fund a plan to build a commuter rail line from Carrollton to Denton. Though a majority of voters in five of seven other cities voted against the tax, Denton County Transportation Authority officials say the plan will continue. A rail system could help UNT commuters from the Dallas area avoid traffic gridlock as they make their way to campus every day. Engines similar to this one, which was displayed in Denton prior to the vote, could be used as part of the system.

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JAMES DUBAN, professor of English and director of the Office for Nationally Competitive Scholarships, was one of several speakers to address the opening session of the National Association of Fellowship Advisors and coordinated a section on faculty nominating and mentoring committees, July 30-Aug. 3 in Denver.

National

UNT's approach to combating computer viruses is featured in the Sept. 3 Chronicle of Higher Education. KIRK KELLY, computer systems manager for housing, is quoted.

State

Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State, a new book by RANDOLPH CAMPBELL, Regents Professor of history, is reviewed in the Aug. 17 Houston Chronicle and the Aug. 3 San Antonio Express-News.

PRISCILLA CONNORS, assistant professor of merchandising and hospitality management, provides details about college freshman weight gain in the Sept. 5 Dallas Morning News.

JOHN MICHAEL COOPER, associate professor of music, discusses the music and death of Felix Mendelssohn in the Aug. 25 Dallas Morning News.

PHIL DIEBEL, vice president for finance and business affairs and vice chancellor for finance, and ROBERT A. NICKELL, UNT System regent, discuss university fund raising in an Aug. 24 Dallas Morning News article. Nickell is also quoted in the Aug. 22 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DAN EMENHEISER, equal opportunity officer in the equity and diversity office, comments on a brochure addressing sensitive gay issues such as how and when gay students should come out to their roommate in the Aug. 24 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BONITA JACOBS, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education and vice president for student development, discusses Interstate 35 congestion for student commuters in the Aug. 17 Dallas Morning News.

GEORGE W. PEPPER and C. DAN SMITH, UNT System regents, comment on tuition and fee increases in the Aug. 22 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

UNT President NORVAL POHL discusses tuition costs in the Aug. 29 Dallas Morning News.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, notes how Dallas Area Rapid Transit increased Dallas-Fort Worth property values in the Aug. 24 Dallas Morning News and the Aug. 24 Denton Record-Chronicle.

Regional

RICHARD REIDY, assistant professor of materials science, discusses integrated circuitry research in the July 30 Plano Star Courier.

RUDY RODRIGUEZ, professor of teacher education and administration, highlights the positive side of the teacher shortage for university education programs in the Aug. 7 Victoria Advocate.

Local

ROB ERDLE, Regents Professor of visual arts, comments on painters' use of color in an Aug. 31 Denton Record-Chronicle article about a North Texas Area Art League workshop.

UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON and UNT Regent TOM LAZO report on tuition and student fee increases in the Aug. 22 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MARTIN STAPLES SHOCKLEY, 95, Professor Emeritus of English who was at North Texas from 1950 to 1974, died Aug. 6 in Colorado. Born in Stuart, Va., he received his bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond, a master's from Duke University and his doctorate from the University of North Carolina. Before joining the North Texas faculty, he taught at numerous schools, including The Citadel, the University of Oklahoma, Carleton College and Evansville College. He was also a Fulbright professor of American literature at the University of Capetown in South Africa and a visiting professor of English at Sul Ross University.

Shockley, who was especially interested in the literature of the Southwest, served as president of the Poetry Society of Texas, the Texas Folklore Society, the Texas American Studies Association and the Texas Conference of College Teachers of English. He also chaired both the Texas and Southwest conference of the American Association of University Professors and was a member and officer of numerous other organizations. He wrote two widely used textbooks and published poetry, fiction, essays and scholarly articles. Among his most successful students is novelist and UNT alumnus Larry McMurtry.

Shockley was involved in various political causes throughout the century, including defending targets of McCarthyism, fighting racism and speaking in opposition to the Vietnam War.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Eliza Taylor Shockley of South Carolina; his daughter, Ellen; and his son, John. A memorial ceremony at Shockley's cabin near Allenspark, Colo., which he built in 1952, is being planned.

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

Carter Blood Drive. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 22-26, University Union, Golden Eagle Suite.

Choral Gala. 8 p.m. Sept. 23, Winspear Hall. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. Sept. 24, Winspear Hall. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Wind Symphony. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25, Winspear Hall. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Mean Green Women's Soccer. UNT vs. Grambling, 7 p.m. Sept. 26; UNT vs. Arkansas State, 7 p.m. Oct. 3. Mean Green Soccer Complex on Precision Drive. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Mean Green Women's Volleyball. UNT vs. Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. Sept. 26. UNT vs. New Mexico State, 7 p.m. Oct. 3. Men's Gym. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Mean Green Football. UNT vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 7:05 p.m. Sept. 27, Fouts Field. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Korean Music Students Benefit Concert. 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Winspear Hall. Call (940) 369-7772 for ticket information.

Staff Convocation. 3 p.m. Sept. 29, University Union Lyceum.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Multimillion-dollar bequest creates new behavior analysis research program at UNT
• UNT reaches all-time enrollment high for Fall 2003
• Legislative actions advance UNT Dallas project
• UNT celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
• Poet and essayist to speak at UNT Sept. 25
• Staff Council elects officers for 2003-04 year
• Families to share in Mean Green spirit Sept. 26-28
• Music industry supports musicians' health initiatives
• Interpretational change to holiday pay entitlement

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