October 8, 1999: Volume 47, Number 5

Worse Than His Bite

Faculty meetings can be dry affairs, sometimes more memorable for their length than their content.

So it was a refreshing last Thursday to hear a new voice, or bark actually.

It came during a report from President Roger Hull, stopping him mid-sentence to remark jokingly to Prof. Weiner, " Can you keep it quiet, Terry?"

To which Byron Nichols added, "His bark is worse than his bite."

The bark was that of Garth, a seven-year old clumber spaniel, who was killing time with owner Steve Horton before a checkup at the vet. Seems that Garth gets a little lonely in his master's office, so he came to the faculty meeting where he issued a single bark to make his presence known.

"He loves to meet people," Horton said. "He got a little excited and wanted to greet some people at the door."

No word yet on whether bringing a pet to a faculty meeting constitutes cruelty to animals.

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