Business Courier, Friday, June 4
Few businesses in Cincinnati are sold on the "open source" software
movement, where software developers release a program code by posting it on
the Internet and programmers around the world have a chance to debug the
program.  John Fink (systems manager, University libraries) said the
stability and low cost of open software will force more businesses to
embrace it within the next few years.
And:mem
A panel of local e-commerce experts, including Mark McBride (economics),
met recently for an E-commerce Roundtable.  Includes excerpts from the
meeting and a photo of McBride.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, June 5
Ronald A. Crutcher is Miami University's new provost and executive vice
president for academic affairs.  Quotes Miami President James Garland.
And:
Lauren M. Weigl, a Lakota East High School senior, received the Edward &
Mary Rue Scholarship for 1999-2000 from Miami University.
And:
Miami University Middletown's continuing education program will offer
aerobic dance for nine weeks beginning Monday.

Journal-News, Saturday, June 5
Miami University police said officers found "what was obviously a fake pipe
bomb" in Bachelor Hall early May 28.  The mock bomb, which contained a
graded English paper about explosives, had been left in an assignment box
outside of a professor's office door to be picked up by its creator.
And:
Heath Eisele, a senior at Talawanda High School who is taking
post-secondary classes at Miami University, received the Darwin Bryan
Scholarship presented annually by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation.

Dayton Daily News, Sunday, June 6
Registration for an art and opera tour of New Mexico sponsored by the Miami
University Art Museum has been extended to June 15.
And:
A spotlight on area public radio stations includes WMUB-FM (88.5).  Quotes
Cleve Callison (general manager).
And:
1998 graduates giving advice to 1999 graduates include Daniel Levorchick,
who just finished his first year at Wright State and hopes to transfer to
the accounting program at Miami University, and Meghan Monahan, a Miami
University student.

Business Journal, Friday, May 28
Miami University's Hamilton and Middletown campuses have been recognized by
the Admissions Marketing Report, a national newspaper of admissions
marketing, for a series of television advertising spots.  Quotes Dick
Sollman (public relations, Middletown campus).
And:
Oxford's Community Improvement Corp., or CIC, has been earmarked to bring
greater economic development to the area, departing from the organization's
historical role.  The Oxford Chamber of Commerce, the Talawanda City School
District and Miami University, all represented on the CIC board of
trustees, have endorsed the CIC as the primary body to conduct economic
development activities in Oxford.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, June 7
Story about the annual Oxford Fun Hunt says it was started 27 years ago by
local residents Dick and Carol Shrider.  Mrs. Shrider said the event gave
Miami University personnel and other residents a chance to play together.

Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, June 5
A national campaign of public service announcments will begin this summer
in response to what some educators are calling a crisis in academic
cheating.  A sidebar about why students cheat says for college students
cheating no longer holds the stigma it once did.  Some educators say many
colleges and universities are paying less attention to cheating because of
growing concerns about campus safety and substance abuse.

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