Dayton Daily News, Friday, Feb. 5
Miami University president James Garland has recommended wrestling, golf,
tennis and soccer be eliminated to help the school comply with Title IX.
The proposal will be debated during a public hearing today at Shriver
Center, and the Board of Trustees will vote on the plan Saturday.  Quotes
Dr. Garland, Joel Maturi (athletic director) and various student-athletes.
And:
The gender equity issue is the latest in recent divisive issues at Miami
University.  Quotes Richard Little (university communications), Nathan
Estep (president, ASG), William Gunlock (former Miami trustee), Susan
Lipnickey (dean, college of education) and Dale Ritter (alumnus).
And:
Calendar item for art museum exhibits.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Friday, Feb. 5
Letter to the editor from Marion Ross of Ft. Thomas says she enjoyed John
Vankat's (botany) article about John Dome (administrator emeritus) and his
wine course, but she remembers him for the excellent photography course he
taught at Miami.
And:
Weekend events column includes Andy Bey's performance at Miami-Hamilton, "A
Royal Evening of Jazz" as part of the Middletown Artist Series, pianist
Aviram Reichert performance at the Oxford campus and the Andy Warhol and
Philip Morsberger exhibits at the art museum.
And:
Calendar item for art museum exhibits and public ice skating.

Journal-News, Friday, Feb. 5
Randy Runyon (French and Italian) will lecture on the status of the
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center at noon today in the Miami
University Art Museum.
And:
Photo of Joel Buchanan being presented with a scholarship as part of the
Mercy Hospital/Miami University Scholars program.  Included in the photo is
Eugenia Mills (nursing, Hamilton campus) and James R. Neidhard (director of
development, Hamilton campus).
And:
Singer/songwriter Andy Bey will perform as part of Miami
University-Hamilton's Artist Series Saturday.
And:
Calendar items for Deborah Orloff's photography exhibit at Hiestand
Gallery, Andy Warhol and Philip Morsberger exhibit at the art museum. Andy
Bey concert, pianist Aviram Reichert's performance, Miami Wind Quintet and
Trio di Milano.

Cincinnati Post, Saturday, Jan. 16
Two year ago, the Post profiled a dozen female corporate executives in
Cincinnati, and in a four part series are now revisiting them.  Part one
says many of the women are starting to re-examine their careers and in some
cases change their goals.  Mary Beth Price left an executive position at
Procter & Gamble to form Media That Works in 1985 and is now heading Miami
University's department of entrepreneurship.

Cincinnati Post, Tuesday, Jan. 19
The third of a four part series on corporate women says it's a good time to
be an entreprenuer.  Quotes Mary Beth Price, who launched a media company
and now holds the Forsythe Chair of Entrepreneurship at Miami University.

The Cincinnati Post, Thursday, Feb. 4
Calendar items for art museum exhibits, Performing Arts Series, Hamilton
Artist Series and Middletown Artist & Lecture Series.

Register Herald, Wednesday, Jan. 13
The first "real step" to improve the quality of education in Ohio comes in
the form of new licensure laws which are in place with the beginning of the
new year.  The new standards call on colleges and universities to improve
their teacher preparation programs, something which local universities,
including Miami University, are struggling to do.  Quotes Alan Frager
(teacher education).

Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal, Thursday, Jan. 28
Two black students who deny posting racist fliers in a black cultural
center at Miami University have pleaded innocent to misdemeanor charges.

Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch, Canton Repository, The Chronicle (Elyria,
OH) and News Herald (Willoughby, OH), Sunday, Jan. 24
Two black students accused of posting racist fliers in a black cultural
center at Miami University said they are not guilty.

Columbus Dispatch and Canton Repository, Friday, Jan. 22
Two Miami University students who protested an Oct. 30 hate-message
incident on the campus have been charged with creating the slurs and
epithets themselves.  Columbus Dispatch quotes Cathryn House (public
safety), Richard Little (university communications), William Young
(participant in the protest), Mike Gruss (editor, Miami Student) and Nathan
Estep (president, ASG).

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Jan. 23
Union Township plans to develop 300 acres of the former Voice of America
(VOA) radio relay site on Tylersville as a township park.  About 200 acres
will become a Butler County golf course and 50 acres will go to Miami
University for an off-site learning center.

Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Friday, Feb. 5
Under pressure from community leader, Gov. Bob Taft today will appoint a
black businessman to the University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees.

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