University of North Texas North Texan Online Summer 2001


Summer 2001 issue vol. 51 no. 2		Direct Link class notes contact us UNT news

	In the summer North Texan, you'll read about an ozone warning program for the Metroplex, debate teams at North Texas, UNT's own version of Patch Adams and the jazz musician behind Schoolhouse Rock.

	Homecoming This year's Homecoming is scheduled for Oct. 12-13, with the Eagles playing the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in a Sunbelt Conference game Saturday afternoon. To get in the Homecoming mood (the theme this year is "There's no place like home"), check out the Eagle Tale in this issue.

Waiting to Inhale
Millions can breathe freely thanks to ozone warning program.
— By Cathy Cashio

Great Debate
UNT teams have argued their way to the top for decades.
— By Jenny McCormack

What a Quack
Nurse Ducky’s humor fits the bill for patients at home and abroad.
— By Kelley Reese

The Schoolhouse Rocker
Bob Dorough strikes a chord with grown-up children everywhere.
— By Rufus Coleman

Bob Dorough was music director for Schoolhouse Rock from 1973 to 1985.

photo by James Katz, Blue Note Records


		Do you have favorite memories of Schoolhouse Rock? Read "The Schoolhouse Rocker" feature and visit the "Fans' comments" page to add yours to the list.



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		Research Report: Watershed atlas, nursing home work teams, metallic impurities, circadian rhythms and schizophrenia, back alleyways and home values, weight training and intoxication Bookshelf: Grandparents raising grandchildren, the Wichita Indians, France in the 21st century, Galveston weather, corruption nightmare, lessons in living, food FAQs


		Read about the cost of caregiving, Texas dialect errors and "ordinary" alumni, or send in your own letter to the editor.


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North Texas alums reunite, revisiting the places and experiences that made them fast friends.

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The fountain in front of Willis Library isn't a fountain any more, but a new one is in the works. And down the corridor of years: Enrollment increases, presidents change, Leningrad celebrates and auction-goers bid on a special football.

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Photo by Stacey Cooper, Denton Record-Chronicle

New president inaugurated
Norval F. Pohl was officially installed as UNT's 13th president May 4.

System Center executive director chosen
Accounting chair John Ellis Price will guide the UNT System Center at Dallas.

Merchandising, hospitality management dean named
Judith Forney, professor of merchandising, takes over as dean of school.

New music dean selected
James Scott, director of the University of Illinois School of Music, joins UNT Aug. 1.

Interim vice president for development appointed
Dave Shrader, former music dean, steps in during capital campaign

Men's basketball head coach hired
Former University of Alabama assistant coach Johnny Jones was hired in April.

Recent deaths
John Ardoin, retired music critic of tfhe Dallas Morning News
Merl E. Bonney, Professor Emeritus of psychology
George C. Copp, Professor Emeritus of mathematics
Ernest Crystle, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures
E.L. "Buddy" Langley, former regent and patron of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

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