The Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, Sept. 30
Feature on the Rec Center says in addition to students, community members
are loyal users of the facility.  Quotes Donna Boen (Miamian editor) on the
popular water aerobics class and facility administrative director Tim
Moore, who says in the mornings, 150-200 senior citizens use the facility.
Photo is of Luann Reddecliff (fitness director) in the fitness center.

Journal-News, Thursday, Sept. 30
Editorial about Miami alumnus C. Michael Armstrong says he sees bright
promise for the future and "his pledge to endow a chair in network
technology and management at Miami University is proof positive that he
believes in his message and is willing to put his money where his mouth is."
And:
Article about "Wine & All That Jazz!" says the jazz will be supplied by The
Four Professors, a jazz combo made up of members of the music staff from
Miami University.  A seminar led by Jack Keegan  (botany) called "The
Selection of Sparkling Wine and Champagne" kicks off the event.  Keegan
teaches a wine tasting course at Miami University.
And:
Letter to the editor from Mike Watson (intercollegiate athletics) warning
people of the heavy traffic this weekend for Miami's football game against
Marshall University asks people to "please be patient and understand that
we are doing everything we can to minimize any inconvenience to you during
home football Saturdays."
And:
Photo of Miami University Hamilton students Mandy Gambrell and Erin
Claypool walking to class in the rain.

Dayton Daily News, Thursday, Sept. 30
Kristine Reid has been named the new coordinator for the Buck Rodgers
Leadership Program at Miami University.
And:
Due to the research Audrey Hatch and David Sternberg conducted while
students at Wright State, they have won three-year fellowships from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue their studies at the
doctoral level.  Sternberg is continuing his studies at Miami University.
And:
Dale Huffman's "Around Town" column is about the wedding of Laura Citro
(alumna) and Matthew Edington.  Citro has been fighting cancer since she
was 20 and battled it while she attended Miami University.  She says, "I
would arrange classes at Miami so I could take off Friday for chemo, then
rest over the weekend and get back to class on Mondays."

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Sept. 18
Randy McNutt's column about Miami University's Elderhostel program says
Gary Wheeler (associate executive director, Middletown campus) will discuss
"Early History of the Ohio River Valley," and Bonnie Mason (curator of
education, art museum) will present "Artists In Nature: Beyond Landscape
Painting."
And:
Randy's column also says Miami University will start a one-year readership
program aimed at improving students' knowledge of world, national and local
events.  Through partnerships with newspaper companies, free copies of the
"The New York Times," "USA Today" and "The Cincinnati Enquirer" will be
distributed in three dining halls and one residence hall.  Cites Holly
Wissing (news and public information).

Columbus Dispatch, Sunday, Sept. 19
Editorial about the Higher Education Act of 1998, which allow some
disclosure of campus judicial records if schools so choose, says in Ohio,
Miami University, the University of Dayton and Ashland University recently
decided to put the public's right to know about crimes involving physical
violence above individuals' rights to privacy.  The Dispatch urges schools
throughout Ohio to adopt the same stance.

Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Monday, Sept. 13; Times Recorder, Sunday, Sept. 12
For the third time, Rep. Amy Salerno, R-Columbus introduced a bill to let
student trustees vote and go to private board meetings unless the other
members decide by a three-fifths vote to exclude them.  Quotes Allyson Lowe
(alumna), former student trustee at Miami University.

The Cincinnati Herald, Friday, Sept. 17
The public is invited to attend the live broadcast of "Public Interest,"
the syndicated talk show distributed by National Public Radio, in Miami
University's Center for Performing Arts.
And:
Op-ed by Rodney Coates (director, Black World Studies) condemning the
tactics used by defense attorneys for Brad Allen and Nathaniel Snow.

The Cincinnati Post, Thursday, Sept. 16
Op-ed by Richard Erlich (English) about the steady surveillance,
unavoidable propaganda, twisting of language and fear that is in the U.S.
says that even when you go into Miami University's recreational sports
center you are under surveillance by cameras.  Also asks the question, "Did
anyone compute the costs of the surveillance vs. cost of just replacing
stolen weights and repairing our infrequent vandalism?"

Franklin Chronicle, Tuesday, Sept. 7
Story about Darlene Jenkins launching her eighth annual coat and toy drive
says she is a full-time student at Miami University and a single working
mother.

Elsewhere in education:

The New York Times, Saturday, Sept. 25
Under threat by the rapidly growing online industry that help students
prepare for and select colleges, the College Board, the nonprofit
organization that administers the SAT, voted yesterday to create its
first-ever for-profit subsidiary in a move to establish a flashy
full-service Web site of its own.

The Cincinnati Post, Wednesday, Sept. 29
Northern Kentucky University is teaming up with local health agencies and
schools to tackle a host of health, educational and social problems
afflicting children from low-income families.

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