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[Gary Payne and Nicole]

Description: Photograph of Gary Payne (right) side hugging Transportation Services Employee Nicole. Payne is a Manager of Photography and Video at University of North Texas.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Clark, Junebug
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Review] How Things Work

Description: This column reviews the book "How Things Work" by T.J. Resler for inclusion in school libraries. This review includes recommendations for teachers, content subjects, and a recommended grade level.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Review] Great Big Body Book, The

Description: This column reviews the book "The Great Big Body Book" by Mary Hoffman for inclusion in school libraries. This review includes recommendations for teachers, content subjects, and a recommended grade level.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Review] Dem Bones

Description: This column reviews the book "Dem Bones" by Bob Barner for inclusion in school libraries. This review includes recommendations for teachers, content subjects, and a recommended grade level.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Review] Fishing with Grandma

Description: This column reviews the book "Fishing with Grandma" by Susan Avingaq and Maren Vsetula for inclusion in school libraries. This review includes recommendations for teachers, content subjects, and a recommended grade level.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Monahan, Jo
Partner: UNT Libraries

Single Star of the West: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1845

Description: Does Texas’s experience as a republic make it unique among the other states? In many ways, Texas was an “accidental republic” for nearly ten years, until Texans voted overwhelmingly in favor of annexation to the United States after winning independence from Mexico. Single Star of the West begins with the Texas Revolution and examines the emergence of a Texas identity. Next, several contributors discuss how the Republic was defended by its army, navy, and the Texas Rangers. Individual chapters … more
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Date: March 2017
Creator: Howell, Kenneth Wayne & Swanlund, Charles
Partner: UNT Press

Changing the Tune: The Kansas City Women’s Jazz Festival, 1978-1985

Description: Even though the potential passage of the Equal Rights Amendment had cracked glass ceilings across the country, in 1978 jazz remained a boys’ club. Two Kansas City women, Carol Comer and Dianne Gregg, challenged that inequitable standard. With the support of jazz luminaries Marian McPartland and Leonard Feather, inaugural performances by Betty Carter, Mary Lou Williams, an unprecedented All-Star band of women, Toshiko Akiyoshi’s band, plus dozens of Kansas City musicians and volunteers, a casual… more
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Date: March 2017
Creator: Brewer, Carolyn Glenn
Partner: UNT Press
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The Web as History

Description: The World Wide Web has now been in use for more than 20 years. From early browsers to today’s principal source of information, entertainment and much else, the Web is an integral part of our daily lives, to the extent that some people believe ‘if it’s not online, it doesn’t exist.’ While this statement is not entirely true, it is becoming increasingly accurate, and reflects the Web’s role as an indispensable treasure trove. It is curious, therefore, that historians and social scientists have th… more
Date: March 2017
Creator: Brügger, Niels & Schroeder, Ralph
Partner: UNT Libraries

President Neal Smatresk speaks at Beulah Harriss Gymnasium historic marker ceremony

Description: Photograph of UNT President Neal Smatresk speaking at the Beulah Harriss Gym memorial plaque dedication. He is standing on a sidewalk near the marker, which is covered in a black cloth with a green ribbon. Other people are partially visible in the foreground.
Date: March 14, 2017
Creator: Judkins, Julie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Six Justice Court to Decide Liability of Officials for Post 9/11 Detention

Description: This report discusses a Supreme Court case regarding whether men detained after 9/11 by federal authorities can sue the individual officials involved in their arrest and detainment that was due to be heard by a six justice court due to the death of Justice Scalia and the recusements of two other justices.
Date: March 7, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Brief History of Attorney General Recusal

Description: This report lists the fifteen previous instances of U.S. Attorney General's recusing themselves from an investigation since 1989 after the announcement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he was recusing himself from and any investigations regarding President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Memorandum Regarding Precedent for the Service of Active Duty Three-Star Generals and Flag Officers as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Description: This report discusses precedents for having an active duty three-star general and flag officers as the National Security Advisor to the President after President Trump appointed U.S. Army Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster, Jr. as the National Security Advisor. It first explains the National Security Council, the policy-making processes it oversees, and the role of the National Security Advisor within the Executive Branch. It then explores these prior precedents of active duty three-s… more
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Peters, Heidi; Kapp, Lawrence & McInnis, Kathleen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Beulah Harriss Gymnasium historic marker is revealed

Description: Photograph of Elise Clements (left) and Melissa McGuire, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, (right) standing on either side of the the Beulah Harriss Gym memorial plaque after removing the cloth that was covering it. Clements is wearing a Girl Scout sash and pins; an unientified person in the foreground is also wearing a patch jacket.
Date: March 14, 2017
Creator: Judkins, Julie
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Sedentary behavior and physical activity predicting depressive symptoms in adolescents beyond attributes of health-related physical fitness

Description: This article investigates whether sedentary behavior and fitness-producing activity predicted depression in active adolescents over and above gender and fitness attributes.
Date: March 22, 2017
Creator: Farren, Gene L.; Zhang, Tao; Gu, Xiangli & Thomas, Katherine
Partner: UNT College of Education
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