The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Feb. 12
About 30 students gathered at Miami University Hamilton to learn about
Adinkra printing under the guidance of Miami-Hamilton art instructor Ed
Montgomery and Jimmie Jones, director of Miami-Hamilton's office of
multicultural studies.  The print session was one of several events planned
to celebrate Black History Month.  Lists upcoming events, includes a photo
of students Gabriella Camano and Sarah Jester and quotes Jones.
And:
The Miami Hamilton Minority Action Committee and Multicultural Services
will sponsor "A Taste of Soul" Tuesday in the Harry T. Wilks Conference
Center at Miami University-Hamilton.
And:
"Get to it" column includes the opening of the Thom Shaw exhibit "Hardcore
to the Very Edge" at Hiestand Galleries.

Journal-News, Saturday, Feb. 12
The Central State University Choir will present a gospel concert at "A
Taste of Soul" at the Miami University-Hamilton campus Tuesday.  The event
is sponsored by the Miami Hamilton Minority Action Committee and
Multicultural Services.
And:
One student from each of Butler County's nine public school districts will
receive a $500 check for his or her school's library fund at Miami's
basketball game against Bowling Green.  As part of the Championship Reading
Program, students receive tickets to Miami athletic events for reading
certain numbers of books with top readers taking part in the half-time
festivities.
And:
"Everybody Has a Story" section features Badin High School English teacher
David Pollard (alumnus), who will be directing students at the school in a
play he wrote.

Journal-News, Sunday, Feb. 13
Arts column includes the recital by pianist Robert Thomas (music).
And:
Column by Journal-News publisher Bob Murphy says while compiling background
information about Journal-News reporters for the newspaper's part in a
study by the Readership Institute at Northwestern University he found that,
of the 18 reporters with journalism-related degrees, seven are graduates of
Miami University.  Murphy says the presence of Miami University in Butler
County is a great help in recruiting and retaining local people.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, Feb. 14
"Get to it" column includes the opening of the Thom Shaw exhibit at
Hiestand Galleries.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Feb. 13
Calendar items for music department concerts, the opening of the Thom Shaw
exhibit at Hiestand Galleries (including a photo) and art museum exhibits.

Cincinnati City Beat, Feb. 10-16
Calendar item for the opening of the Thom Shaw exhibit at Hiestand
Galleries and
art museum exhibits.


Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Feb. 13
Guest column by Walter Williams, economics professor at George Mason
University, says when it comes to black students colleges worry more about
the number enrolled than the number who graduate.  He says a large part of
the failure to graduate is the wrong student in the wrong college and, in
the case of black students whose record of academic achievement is below
that of the college, black college professionals ought to insist that
admissions offices not admit them.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Feb. 12
Northern Kentucky University math professor, James E. Sehnert, left almost
$1 million to the university.

The New York Times, Wednesday, Feb. 2
The chairman of the State Assembly's Housing Committee said the Legislature
would help pay to install sprinklers in all New Jersey college dormitories
that do not have them.
And:
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has redefined what constitutes
an acceptable high school course for incoming college athletes, ending more
than four years of battle with parents and school officials who complained
that the course parameters were arbitrary and often irrelevant.

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