UM journalism Professor Clemens P. Work will read from his book “Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West” at The Bookstore at UM from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5.

“Darkest Before Dawn” explores the assault on civil rights during times of war when dissent is perceived as unpatriotic.

In the book, Work tells the little-known story of how Americans were punished for what they said during World War I. His book takes to task Montana’s 1918 sedition law that shut down freedom of speech in the state. The Montana law became a model for the federal sedition act passed that year.

The reading is part of the Faculty Author Series at UM. Work is the director of graduate studies at the School of Journalism.

A book signing for “Darkest Before Dawn” also will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, at Barnes and Noble on Reserve Street in Missoula.

The U.S. Forest Service has presented this year’s Excellence in Wilderness Stewardship Research Award to Steve McCool, a professor of wildland recreation management at UM.

The award is given each year to an outstanding scientist who works closely with wilderness managers to apply research to real-world situations. McCool received his award earlier this month at a meeting of the World Wilderness Congress in Anchorage, Alaska.

McCool earned the award for his studies of wilderness visitors and using the Limits of Acceptable Change planning framework in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness Area. The LAC process uses citizen involvement to decide how much human-induced change is acceptable in wildland areas.

Peter Bulger, a junior majoring in journalism at UM, has received the $5,000 Jim Murray Memorial Scholarship, named for the legendary Los Angeles Times sports columnist who died in 1998.

Bulger won the award on the basis of his academic performance and an essay he submitted to the Jim Murray Foundation. The foundation invites applicants from 27 colleges that the board of directors believes offer the best journalism programs in the nation.

He and six other national winners will be honored Dec. 11-12 in La Quinta, Calif., at a reception that kicks off the Jim Murray SilverRock Alumni Golf Challenge.

Bulger, of Missoula, is the son of Tom Bulger and Peggy Schlesinger.

Art Professor Beth Lo will present the next lecture in the Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Series at UM.

Her slide lecture, “Family, Race and Tradition: Redefining Identity Through Art,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the University’s Music Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

During the presentation, Lo will show the progression of her ceramic and mixed media artwork over the past 30 years and how she has been able to incorporate familial issues into her work while drawing on Asian influences for inspiration.

Lo, who teaches ceramics, sculpture and drawing at UM’s School of Fine Arts, was the recipient of the school’s Distinguished Faculty Award in 1996 and 2002. She also received a National Endowment for the Arts award in 1994.

Her work has been showcased in American Craft Magazine, Artweek, Ceramics Monthly and the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

A community dance for hurricane relief will be held Saturday, Nov. 5, in the University Center Ballroom.

The event will feature easy-to-learn folk dances for singles, couples and groups. A beginners’ workshop kicks off at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will run from 8 to 11 p.m.

Admission is $4 for UM students and members of the Missoula Folklore Society and $6 for the general public. All proceeds will benefit hurricane relief efforts.

Live music will be provided by the Sleeping Child String Band. Dance sponsors are the UM President’s Office, UM’s Environmental Studies Program and the Missoula Folklore Society.

A current exhibit at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture presents a lesser-known side of Missoula artist Dirk Lee.

“The Beauty in Her ... Works by Dirk Lee” will be in the Meloy Gallery of the museum, located in UM’s Performing Arts and Radio/Television Building, through Dec. 21.

The exhibit features Lee’s oil paintings depicting female portraits and female nudes that are done in a style reflective of surrealism and mannerism.

At noon on Thursday, Dec. 8, Lee will speak in the gallery about his work. The exhibit and the artist’s talk are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

In honor of Halloween, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at UM has a new display in its lobby.

"Strange but True: The 'Horror' of Government Documents" features unsettling items from the library's collection. The display will be on view through Nov. 7.

The ninth-ranked Montana Grizzlies defeated the third-ranked Cal Poly Mustangs 36-27 Saturday afternoon in UM's Washington-Grizzly Stadium in a key non-league Division I-AA match-up.

Junior running back Lex Hilliard rushed 34 times for 237 yards, both career highs, against one of the top defenses in I-AA. For his efforts, Hilliard was named the Big Sky Conference offensive player of the week.

The Grizzlies moved up to No. 5 in national rankings. They continue their 2005 Big Sky Conference schedule this Saturday, hosting 20th-ranked Portland State. Kickoff is 1:05 p.m. in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

Junior Lindsay Winans recorded a pair of goals to lead Montana Soccer to a 2-1 win over Idaho State in Big Sky Conference play last Friday in Missoula.

The Grizzlies snapped a six-match losing streak with the win. Montana was led offensively by Winans, who has accounted for three-fifths of the team's goal scoring this season. The forward from Tigard, Ore., scored her fifth and sixth goals of the season against ISU.

Sunday afternoon, Weber State beat the Griz 1-0 in Big Sky Conference action in Missoula. The loss drops the Grizzlies’ overall record to 3-12-1 and their league mark to 1-4. Montana was led offensively by freshman Britta Bourne, who recorded a team-best three shots -- two of which were on goal. Four other Grizzlies managed one shot in the contest.

Montana is at home this weekend for one match, a Sunday afternoon contest against Portland State at South Campus Soccer Field. The Grizzlies host the Vikings at 1 p.m in their regular-season finale.

The UM volleyball team lost to Big Sky Conference-leading Sacramento State Friday night at home in West Auxiliary Gym.

Saturday night, juniors Emily Sakis and Claudia Houle both had a team-high 16 kills to lead the Grizzlies to a 3-1 victory over Northern Arizona.

Montana improved to 12-11 with the victory, 2-7 in Big Sky Conference play.

The Grizzlies remain at home this week, facing Montana State last night and North Dakota State tonight at 7 p.m.