What's Been Happening

Time and Media Markets, edited by Alan B. Albarran, professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film, and Angel Arrese with the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.). A volume in the publisher's communication series, this collection studies how the media industry makes decisions based on considerations of time. Specific topics include a philosophical look at the concept of time and its application to media markets; the impact of increasing media industry consolidation on managerial effectiveness; approaches to time by CNN and its various news channels, in a managerial context; and the exchange of time and money in the television market for advertising.

Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast by Guy Chet, assistant professor of history (University of Massachusetts Press). In this study of military tactics and strategy before the War of Independence, Chet challenges the belief that conditions in the New World and the success of Indian tactics forced colonists to abandon European methods of warfare and develop a new "American" style, combining firearms with guerrilla-like tactics. His study shows that the colonies' military successes, even during the War of Independence, resulted from a reliance on European military conventions.

The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction by James Alex Baggett ('72 Ph.D.) of Dacula, Ga. (Louisiana State University Press). Baggett's book, named a History Book Club Selection in March, uncovers the genesis of scalawag leaders in the former Confederacy. He compiles profiles of 742 scalawag Republicans, analyzing the information by region, and follows the life of each before, during and after the war. Baggett is the retired dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Union University.

Employer's Guide to Discrimination Law: Race, Sex, Age, Disability and Other Types of Discrimination, edited by Maureen F. Moore ('80) of Dallas (LexisNexis). This guide provides supervisors, business owners and human resource professionals with a concise overview of federal discrimination laws and includes a CD-ROM with useful employment forms and a training presentation. Moore has practiced labor and employment law for 20 years.

Other Media

Something Good is Going to Happen to You by Baboon (Last Beat Records) — Steve Barnett ('00) of Garland, drums; Andrew Huffstetler ('93) of Dallas, vocals; senior Mark Hughes of Dallas, bass; Mike Rudnicki ('94) of Dallas, guitar. The "noise rock" band brings melody to the dozen cuts on this CD, its second on the Last Beat label. Christopher Gray of the Austin Chronicle calls it "a stunning album, at once tender and tenderizing."