1.   Among other staff changes and additions at Tech, former sports information director Joe Hornaday has recently been appointed assistant athletic director for public relations.

2.   As Oklahoma State sports information director Steve Buzzard says, a media guide never landed a top recruit.

3.   A large part of the unifying effect of local sports revolves around collegiate rivalries, said Tim Tessalone, sports information director for the University of Southern California.

4.   According to sports information director Bill Strickland,UMass is planning to leave for New Jersey Wednesday night.

5.   But Walter D. Thueson, information technology director for the Shoshone schools, said his experience with the program so far had been good.

6.   Castlebury, now public information director for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is one of many former Bullock staffers still in state government or the Austin lobby.

7.   Clearly, Weiberg is far removed from his grass-counting days as a youthful sports information director at Wichita State University.

8.   Daves, the UW sports information director, has the job of promoting Kaufman.

9.   During a January road trip, sports information director Alvin Hollins slipped on ice and tore up his knee.

10.   Eventually he learned enough about computer systems and technology to work in different Internet companies as information technology director.