A Moravian folk orchestra from the Czech Republic opened its tour of Texas Oct. 6 with a concert at UNT. The Petr Micka Cimbalom Orchestra tour was made possible by a $500,000 UNT endowment that supports the sharing of Czech music and culture throughout Texas. Czech National Television filmed the tour for a documentary about the orchestra and the endowment.

Photo by Li Fan

Family Weekend 2007 featured the annual chili cook-off Oct. 13. Other activities included receptions and tours, a pep rally, a 5K fun run, tailgating and the football game versus the University of Louisiana-Monroe, which the Mean Green won 31-21.

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Two new residence halls opened this fall. The ribbon-cutting for Legends Hall (top photo), on the northwest corner of Sycamore and Avenue D, took place during Family Weekend Oct. 13, and the opening of Honors Hall at the northeast corner of Eagle Drive and Avenue D, was celebrated at Homecoming Oct. 27. Honors Hall, which has rooms for 200 students, is reserved for students in the Honors College. Legends Hall, with rooms for 276 students, is expected to attract science students because of its location near classrooms for chemistry, environmental science and other sciences.

Photos by Li Fan and Mike Woodruff

Holocaust survivors William and Rosalie Schiff spoke and signed books on campus Nov. 7. The Schiffs, who were separated and sent through six Nazi concentration camps before being reunited after World War II, are now Dallas residents. Their book, William and Rosalie: A Holocaust Testimony, written with author Craig Hanley, was published this year through a collaborative venture of the UNT Press and the UNT Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism.

Photos by Vanessa Mendoza

The One O'Clock Lab Band performed with tenor saxophonist Rich Perry at the Murchison Performing Arts Center Nov. 20. Lab 2007, the band's 40th annual jazz recording, was released that day.

Photo by Li Fan