Update thesis layout and front matter handling

Add geometry package with explicit margins and remove manual page
dimension adjustments. Enable double spacing via setspace and switch to
myheadings pagestyle. Redefine \frontmatter to start roman numbering at
page 4. Modify \maketitle to set page 3 and use singlespace for the
title page. Remove the explicit \frontmatter call from thesis.tex.

thesis/buthesis.cls

@@ -10,20 +10,30 @@
 \setboolean{@twoadv}{false}
 \DeclareOption{numbib}{\PassOptionsToPackage{numbers}{natbib}}
 \DeclareOption{twoadv}{\setboolean{@twoadv}{true}}
+
+\renewcommand\frontmatter{%
+    \if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
+    \@mainmatterfalse
+    \pagenumbering{roman}
+    \setcounter{page}{4}
+}
 \ProcessOptions\relax
 %
 \RequirePackage{bm}
 \RequirePackage[square]{natbib}
 \RequirePackage[bf,hang,small]{caption}
-\pagestyle{headings}
+\RequirePackage{geometry}
+\geometry{
+    left=1.5in,
+    right=1.0in,
+    top=1.0in,
+    bottom=1.5in
+}
+\RequirePackage{setspace}
+\doublespacing
+\pagestyle{myheadings}
 %\markright{}
 \setlength{\parskip}{0.2in}
-\setlength{\topmargin}{0.0in}
-\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.5in}
-\setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.5in}
-\setlength{\textwidth}{6.0in}
-\addtolength{\textheight}{0.4in}
-%\setlength{\footskip}{1.0in}
 \newcommand{\advisor}[1]{\newcommand{\advisorname}{#1}}
 \newcommand{\advisorb}[1]{\newcommand{\advisornameb}{#1}}
 \newcommand{\chair}[1]{\newcommand{\chairname}{#1}}
@@ -31,7 +41,6 @@
 \newcommand{\butitle}[1]{\newcommand{\titletext}{#1}}
 \newcommand{\degree}[1]{\newcommand{\degreename}{#1}}
 \newcommand{\acknowledgments}[1]{\thispagestyle{myheadings}\markright{}
-                                 \setcounter{page}{2}
                                  \mbox{}
                                  \vspace{1.5in}
 
@@ -69,15 +78,18 @@
                     \thispagestyle{myheadings}\markright{}
                     #1
                     \pagestyle{headings}}
-\renewcommand{\maketitle}{\begin{titlepage}
+\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+\mbox{}
+\newpage
+\begin{titlepage}
+\setcounter{page}{3}
+\begin{singlespace}
 \mbox{}
-\addtolength{\textheight}{1.0in}
 \begin{center}
-\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2}
 \large
 {\bf \MakeUppercase{\titletext}}
 
-\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.}
 \normalsize
 \vspace{0.1in}
 
@@ -129,6 +141,7 @@ Approved: \hspace{0.2in}\underline{\hspace{2.5in}}\\
 \mbox{\hspace{1.0in}}\underline{\hspace{2.5in}}\\
 \mbox{\hspace{1.3in}}\chairname\\
 \mbox{\hspace{1.3in}}Chair of the Department of \departmentname}
+\end{singlespace}
 \vfill
 \end{titlepage}}
 \endinput

thesis/thesis.tex

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 \advisorb{Brian King}
 \chair{Alan Marchiori}
 \maketitle
-\frontmatter
 
 \acknowledgments{
     (Draft Acknowledgments)