Despite the recent passing of Robert T. Pantzer, UM- Missoula's 12th president, his name lives on in a campus residence hall and in one of UM's most prestigious annual awards.

Pantzer, 90, died Oct. 28 after a four-month battle with respiratory illness. He is remembered for leading the University through tumultuous times as president from 1966 to 1974. He was a champion of academic freedom and expression and of the right of every human being to be treated with dignity and respect. Pantzer earned a reputation for being a cool-headed, fair administrator who handled the protests of the era in a low-key manner.

Pantzer earned his bachelor of business administration degree from UM in 1940 and his juris doctorate in 1947.

Each Charter Day, UM presents the Robert T. Pantzer Award to someone who has contributed to making the University a more open and humane learning environment. UM also paid tribute to him in 1995 by naming Pantzer Hall in his honor.

The Allies' technological superiority during World War II and the individuals in science, industry and politics who helped to secure victory will be the topic of the next installment of President's Lecture Series Monday, Nov. 15, at UM-Missoula.

Jennet Conant will deliver her lecture, titled "Technology and the Winning of World War II: The Story of a Hero History Forgot," at 8 p.m. in the University Theatre. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Conant also will deliver an afternoon seminar in conjunction with UM's Philosophy Forum titled "Intimate Histories: Re-Examining the Record on Robert Oppenheimer" from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. in Gallagher Business Building Room 122.

Conant is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Newsweek and The New York Times.

Christopher Muste, senior polling analyst at the Washington Post, will discuss the outcome of the 2004 presidential election during a lecture Monday, Nov. 15, at UM-Missoula.

Muste will present "The Presidential Election: A Washington Post Pollster's Post-Mortem" from 2 to 3 p.m. in the third-floor University Center Theater. The event is free and open to the public.

Muste will examine the accuracy of pre-election polls, the dynamics of changing opinions during the campaign, possible polling reforms and policy challenges facing the next president. His lecture will be followed by questions from a response panel and the audience.

UM students are invited to attend the first-ever Multicultural Training and Global Career Conference Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 15-16. The purpose of the new conference is to assist students in pursuing international careers.

A campuswide event, the conference will include more than 30 presenters from multiple departments and programs. It's also free, and all UM students are encouraged to attend.

The conference runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. All presentations will be held in the Turner Hall Dell Brown Room, except for a 7 p.m. Monday night movie in the University Center Theater.

Three one-act plays will be performed each night at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9-13 and 16-20, as part of the fall 2004 Directors' Festival lineup.

The plays, presented by the Department of Drama/Dance, are: Harold Pinter's "The Collection," Moliere's "The Flying Doctor" and Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "The Soldiers of No Country."

They will be held in the Masquer Theatre in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center at UM-Missoula. Because of adult subject matter, audience discretion is advised. All three shows can be seen for the price of one. Tickets are $7 and available from the drama/dance box office at (406) 243-4581.

A unique presentation will use the movie "The Far Horizons," a 1950s film about Lewis and Clark, to explore how the Corps of Discovery has been perceived by the public during the last 50 years.

"The Cinematic Lewis and Clark" begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, in UM-Missoula's Urey Lecture Hall. The event is free and open to the public courtesy of UM's O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and the Montana Committee for the Humanities.

The presentation will include a screening of "The Far Horizons" with a lecture by James D'Arc, curator of the Arts and Communications Archives, Motion Picture Archives and Film Music Archives at Brigham Young University.

A young group of idealistic and adventurous American teachers taught in East African secondary schools in the 1960s. Raymond Gold, professor emeritus of UM-Missoula's sociology department, discusses their exploits in his new book, "A Teaching Safari: A Study of American Teachers in East Africa."

Gold will present a colloquium about the book at 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, in UM Social Science Building Room 262. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

A collection of teapots made by ceramics students at UM-Missoula will be on display Nov. 5-14 at Liquid Planet in Missoula.

"A Teapot Collection" was created under the tutelage of art professors Beth Lo, David Regan and Tom Rippon. Liquid Planet is located at 223 N. Higgins near Broadway. Admission is free.

Soldiers in a Missoula National Guard unit are bound for Iraq later this month. But before they leave family and friends for that troubled part of the world, UM is offering a small tribute to their courage -- free tickets to the Saturday, Nov. 13, home football game against Sacramento State.

UM will give 150 tickets to members of 1-163rd Infantry Company C, which started a deployment lasting at least 18 months in July. Since then the soldiers have trained rigorously in the United States with no leave time, but they have been allowed to return home to Montana for a short visit in November before departing for the war zone.

The Sacramento State Hornets earned their first Big Sky Conference victory of the season with a 2-1 win over Montana Soccer last Friday in Sacramento, Calif.

On Sunday, Portland State defeated the UM women's soccer team 3-2 in Portland, Ore., winning the Vikings the Big Sky Conference regular season title.

With the two losses, Montana falls to a 7-7-2 overall mark and 3-2-1 in Big Sky play. The Griz finish the regular season with a third-place seed in this week's Big Sky Conference championship in Portland. Montana squares off against second-seeded Eastern Washington in the semifinals of the Big Sky Conference tournament today, Nov. 5. Match time is scheduled for 11 a.m. (MST) at PGE Park in Portland.

The Montana Grizzlies football team was shocked after being unable to recover from three turnovers, shanked punts and an early 14-point deficit to Portland State in a 32-35 loss Saturday night in Portland, Ore.

The Grizzlies dropped to 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big Sky, and fell six spots to No. 10 in the national Division I-AA football poll released Monday by the Sports Network.

Continuing their 2004 conference season, the 10th-ranked Griz will try to get back on the winning track Saturday, Nov. 6. They'll take on the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at 12:05 p.m. in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Montana Volleyball had four players finish with double-figure kills a week ago Thursday, but it was not enough to beat Sacramento State in a Big Sky Conference match in Sacramento, Calif. The Hornets defeated Montana in four games.

On Saturday afternoon, UM triumphed with a five-game victory at Northern Arizona. The Grizzlies improved to 6-15 overall and 3-8 in league play and moved into seventh place in the Big Sky Conference standings.

Montana will try to add to its win column tonight, when the Grizzlies play their only contest of the week at Montana State University in Bozeman. Match time is set for 7 p.m.