The San Francisco Chronicle, Tuesday, March 9
Averting a major antitrust trial that was to start today in Washington,
D.C., Intel Corp. settled federal charges that it had abused monopoly power
in the computer chip industry.  Quotes James Brock (economics).

The London Free Press, Sunday, Feb. 28
The end of February is typically when some well-intentioned exercisers hang
up their shoes and fitness facilities see attendance drop.  According to
Jay Kimieck (physical education, health and sport studies), exercise
consultant for the YMCA, exercising for enjoyment and personal satisfaction
may make you keep up the habit longer than motivators such as weight loss
or disease prevention.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, March 10
Murray Weidenbaum, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the
Reagan administration, has been invited by Miami University to deliver the
1999 Firstar Bank Distinguished  Lecture.

Journal-News, Wednesday, March 10
The first Butler County Job Fair--scheduled for April 14 at Towne Mall and
April 15 at Miami University Hamilton--is designed to bring employers and
potential employees together.  Quotes Shelley Cassady, director of
placement at Miami Hamilton and one of the Job Fair organizers. The
cooperative effort to organize the event has brought together a wide range
of organizations involved in work force development including Miami
Middletown and Miami Hamilton.
And:
Just as the city of Hamilton prepared to put up $150,000 to help save two
High Street buildings from demolition the owner, Harry Wilks, has rejected
the city's offer and is asking for more money.  Led by Sherry Corbett
(sociology, gerontology, anthropology), preservation groups have for weeks
scrambled to save the buildings.

The Kansas City Star, Sunday, Feb. 28
John Edgar Tidwell (English) gave a lecture at Johnson County Community
College as part of the college's "Legacy of the Harlem Renaissance"
program.  The lecture focused on three black writers who "came of age" in
Kansas.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Friday, March 12; Daily News (NY),
Friday, March 5; Western Morning News (Plymouth), Chicago Sun-Times,
Birmingham Evening Mail, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Thursday, March 4;
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Capital Times (WI), The Baltimore Sun, Charleston
Daily Mail; Wednesday, March 3
Miami University professor G. Roger Davis (music) sued the university,
claiming his civil rights were violated when he was barred fromthe campus
aquatic center for wearing a thong bathing suit.  Charleston paper cites
Holly Wissing (news and public information).

The Plain Dealer, Sunday, Feb. 28
Northeast Ohio has in the last century spawned five of the best-known, most
highly awarded, nationally and even internationally famous black writers.
The list of those they feature includes Rita Dove (alumna).

Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, March 10
Dr. Robert T. Conley, president of Union Institute, died at his home Tuesday.

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