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He seemed like a politician that you never heard anything bad about; apparently that kind of public servant.

You'll be selling t shirts to raise funds for the sky raising project.

We, as the mean green nation, need to realize the sky has fallen to dangerously low levels, and we must work smart and hard to raise it back to its previous levels and even higher. We have smart people in environmental science and business who could work together, if they will, to do the scientific analysis to achieve the best sky raising method, along with the business acumen to raise the sufficient funds to complete this important project.

The ESSAT is a great building, and an example of what modern architecture can be, especially when compared with the brutal modern look of the GAB and some others. I believe the Rec Center is also quite nice, but have never been inside it. Kudos to him for involvement in such.

Dodge needs to rethink everything. How much do you really want your qb to be out running in the open field? We need some designed qb plays to gain a few yards in critical situations; what we have now, with our starting qb running frequently, carrying the ball loosely, and fighting to "make things happen" seems to be part of our problems, not necessarily a solution. I think the others, even Tune, have enough mobility to get extra time to pass, and to run for an occasional first down or even td on short yardage. Build an offense around 2 or 3 quarterbacks, not just one, if we are realistic about the tendency of quarterbacks in general to sustain injuries.

Prove it.

My thoughts at this point: 1. Promote Gandy to OC (Dodge probably called the plays, and will continue to do so). 2. Take the position and whatever salary is left after giving Gandy a nominal raise, and hire the best FCS special teams coach from last year who is able and willing to coach here.

Well, it doesn't look like Leach will become HC anywhere this year, McNell would certainly create some buzz by making him an offer.

That's how politics works; repeat something until it becomes accepted as fact. So, is that 17 days a state law, or required by the University?

Maybe you are getting close to the truth; my understanding though, is that McWilliams was unsuccessful as HC at Texas, figured that out, and found a niche for himself. Dodge must have been able to communicate with some people at some point. Honestly, not everyone can reach young men of college age in a diverse student body such as we have at UNT.

My experience as a public servant is that once a journalist gets into your workplace, you never really know how anything will come out; anything may sound harmless enough, but if context is removed, any statement can sound completely different than intended.

Oh, it's a mountain...of good publicity for the music program. Football wise, hardly a blip.

I think you've pretty much summed things up. I honestly think said high school coach would probably make a good person to be head of an athletic foundation for North Texas, like David McWilliams became for UT. Fundraising is the key to our future.

Well, I think you've hit on something; she and the alma mater she wrote are much more recognizable than the rest. Obviously Leon Breeden is a hero to many of us (I can remember his conducting the North Texas Men's Chorus, of which I was then a member, in a performance of a song written by UNT music school grad "Blue" Lou Marini). Still, although he was a musical legend as a band director and jazz educator, Julia Smith was a creative force, and "Glory to the Green and White" is a tune that becomes burned into our individual and collective memories. Maybe my outrageometer is set at a different level than yours, but I don't see Morris Martin as being the story here; the story is North Texas Music; that article you reference in the DMN is the only one I've seen there which has produced only positive responses, and only positive feedback to those responses. Am I going to let what I see as a throwaway line by a guy who was otherwise just kind of talking in an encyclopedic manner about a library's collection ruin my happiness about seeing my college get some highly favorable and well received publicity (it took Kram1 to point that out by the way)? No. Maybe you could send a letter to Mr. Martin and ask him why he said what he did about Julia Smith. His music degrees are from North Texas (yes, people with North Texas degrees, especially music degrees, do get hired at North Texas), and he has worked in his present position since 1971, so he probably has some feelings for our school. Rick, I've said this to my wife, who said "good Luck with that", and I'm sure I'll say it again; my goal for North Texas football is for it to become as world class as North Texas music. By the way, did you check out that website for Rhett Butler?

Those who aren't kooky seem even more so by comparison with other creatives. Maybe this Julia Smith had a good attribute: the ability to be her own critic.

None of us, whether GMG members, UNT football coaches, or a teenaged composers of her college's alma maters turned famous composer and advocate for women composers, should rest on past accomplishments. By the way, here's the TSHA online bio for Julia Smith (as many of you know, the Texas State Historical Association is now headquartered at UNT): Julia Smith Bio from TSHA

I'd rather see this discussion than the rather embarrassing obsession with all things SMU.

And, the author died in 1989, so, as far as my knowledge of intellectual property rights goes (not very far), that makes it public domain, it's ours baby! Also, the house where the ghost of Julia Smith's mother resided has been demolished, so neither Julia Smith or her mother's ghost can keep us from enjoying it! Link to the ghost story, for fans of the paranormal: The legend of Smith Hall: Julia's mother's ghost Hey, when it comes to performing artists, are they offended to be considered "eccentric" or "weirdoes"?

Colt McCoy says he'll be ready for the combines.

Probably insider humor from someone who's been spending a little too much time following SMU football.

Is this lowering expectations or what, to ask people to be satisfied with 2 minutes of fame?

I found myself fascinated (don't really know why) by your question. To me, the crux of the matter isn't, "why did the librarian report this", but "why did the composer feel this way, if she did". I would suggest that someone trying to be taken seriously by the New York City musical world, especially those involved in "serious" music, as a composer of operas would supposedly aspire to, might spend some time working to overcome the image of being a woman from a small Texas city, and graduate of what was probably a little known music program at the time (1930). I have to think she considered herself as somewhat of an advocate for female composers, and recently, a woman criticized a prominent New York (from the Herald Tribune) music critic for his differing treatment of women (going on for some length about Julia Smith) and men composers. Hey, you may not want to hear all that much about feminist struggles, but maybe you could have a little empathy for a Denton women coming of age in the 1930's and trying to make her mark in the larger world, who might not want her earlier, "less serious" compositions to be fodder for such critics. Here's the link to the criticism of said critic: Critic criticized for his criticism of Julia Smith, among others But Rick, have you ever been at a concert, such as I and my wife have been (or at any public event for that matter), when the performer told the audience that (in so many words), if they had any child wishing to pursue music, that, just down the road in Denton, they could get as good an education as anywhere in the world"? The guy who said that, whose website I'll link here is Rhett Butler, who I heard saying that at a concert he gave (brilliantly) at the City of Euless public library. This is a fellow who does not shy away from his love for North Texas and Denton (one of his songs is "A Drive to Denton"). Here's the link: Rhett Butler, UNT music grad's website Hey, once your at Rhett's website, maybe you could order a box set of his music (only if you like excellent instrumental guitar). All the proceeds are going to pay the expenses for his brother's (successful) fight against cancer. And don't forget to check out the "tour dates"; he'll be playing at Unity Church of Arlington Jan. 31, and again at the Euless Public Library of Feb. 8; he is a real joy to see and hear live. Well, all that seems a long way from North Texas football, but you asked a question.

I think someone here must work for UNT, know someone who does, or otherwise know some actual source of information about this "rule". Maybe they could inform us, or, maybe some real North Texas football story will come along that will take us beyond guessing over personnel rules and starting threads about SMU football as well as threads about how those SMU threads generate more buzz than threads about North Texas football.

We need one of them "clubs".

Here's a link to an article about Beaty's recruiting at Kansas. David Beaty, recruiting DFW area for Kansas