Jon Arakaki recently presented a paper titled "The Stories That They Tell: Museum Exhibits as Communication" in Ashland at the conference for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as a paper titled "The Glint of Gold: Press Coverage of the Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb" at the American Journalism Historian Association conference in Pittsburgh. Arakaki won first place at the Western Journalism Historian’s Conference for a grad paper with "'As Substantial as the Hills': Letters of C.S. Jackson to Fred Lockley (1902-1906)."

Wendy Barger co-wrote an article with Deni Elliott titled "Journalism ethics classes: Do they make better journalists?" that appeared in Quill magazine.

Bill Cassidy has an article, "The politicizing of AIDS," in the current issue of Newspaper Research Journal.

Ph.D. student Chris Demaske has accepted an assistant professor, tenure-line position in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma.

Chris Demaske presented a paper, "Defining Community Through the Courts: A Feminist Analysis of First Amendment Jurisprudence," at the National Communication Association convention in Seattle in November.

Dennis Dunleavy presented his paper, "Images of War and the Effects of Cultural Ideology in Shaping Democratic Values," at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October.

Micky Lee's chapter, "Code-switching in media texts: Its implications on society and culture in post-colonial Hong Kong," will appear in the book Language and Education in Post-Colonial Hong Kong, which is currently in press. Also in press is a book Lee edited called In the Voices of Their Own, a collection of student essays on popular culture in Hong Kong.

Jessica MacMurray recently edited a book about urban legends called The Baby on the Car Roof, which appeared in The New Yorker book currents section. MacMurray co-wrote Take Me Out to the Ballpark, as well as editing a book on sailing, To the Sea.

Kim Mangun won second place for a grad paper at the Western Journalism His-torian’s Conference for "The Anti-Lynching Crusade of Ida B. Wells: Alternative Media, Ideologies, and Grass Roots Participation."

Jane Marcellus presented "From Anita Hill to Claudia Kennedy: 'Systematic Blind-nesses' in New York Times Coverage of Sexual Harassment," at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancou-ver, British Columbia, in October. Marcellus was interviewed by a reporter for "51 Percent," a show that airs on 200 NPR stations nationwide. The topic was an essay that she wrote for a book called At Grandmother’s Table: Women Write About Life, Food, and the Enduring Bond Between Grandmothers and Granddaughters. The program first aired on WAMC-FM in Albany, N.Y.

Randy Nichols presented a paper at the AEJMC conference in Phoenix this past August titled "Ideology and Manufactured Environments: an Analysis of the Disney Home Page." Nichols was also a presenter at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October, where he discussed "The New Shape of Music: A Political Economic Examination of Napster and the Online Music Industry."

Ashely Overbeck presented a paper titled "Globalization and its Discontents: Media Coverage of the World Trade Organization Protests in Seattle" at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October.

Christine Quail presented a paper, "Oxygen: A Study in Convergence and Control" at the Power, Democracy & Communication graduate conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October. Quail also presented a paper titled "Oxygen and the Construction of a Consuming Community" at the National Communication Association convention in Seattle in November.

Kumarini Silva presented a paper titled "Silence is Golden: Who Speaks for Third World Women?" at the National Communication Association convention in Seattle in November.

Ian Steinberg recently presented twice in Vancouver, British Columbia. Presentations included his paper "Rock On!: The Discursive Deployment of Stuart" at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in October, as well as a symposium presentation called "Discipline and Publish" for the American Education Studies Association conference in November.

Helena Vanhala presented a paper, "Terrorism Goes to Hollywood: Representation of Terrorism in the 20th Century-Fox Feature Film The Siege at the Power, Democracy & Communication conference at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October.

David Weiss' book Streetwise Sales Letters: 2500 Professionally Written Sales and Marketing Letters, co-authored with Sue Reynard for Adams Media Corporation, was published in March.

Bobbie Willis' essay titled, "The Californian," was honored as one of the top ten in Oregon Quarterly’s recent essay writing contest.