Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1999
While the legal right to refuse medical treatment is clearly established
for adults, for minors it's mostly unmapped territory. When minors are
making such decisions, it's important "to look into the real family
dynamics, without being intrusive," says Terry Perlin, an ethics consultant
for hospitals and a professor at Miami University.

Columbus Dispatch, Monday, Feb. 8
Potpourri section says as good as Title IX has been for women's sports,
there's something wrong when Miami University is forced to dismantle
established men's programs in order to bring an institution within the
recommended guidelines.  Show me a school that is dropping men's sports in
order to improve the ratio of men and women athletes and I'll show you a
school where athletic department fund raisers aren't doing a very good job.

Ch. 19, Monday, Feb. 8
Miami University plans to erect a memorial to the three civil rights
workers slain in 1964 following Freedom Summer training at Western College
for Women.  Quotes Vanessa Cummings (president of Oxford NAACP/public
safety).


Dayton Daily News, Tuesday, Feb. 7
Editorial says there is another way for Miami University to get out of the
Title IX mess.  First, own up to the years of neglect that led to the
inequality and then vow to fix it but not by cutting men's sports.  One way
is to ask alumni and fans to create endowments for the most popular sports,
such as football, and then use the savings to shrink the inequities in
women's sports and save the men's sports.  Editorial lists money spent in
men's and women's sports for scholarships, operating budgets, recruiting
and coach's average salaries.

Journal-News, Tuesday, February 9
Hamilton residents are being asked if the city should construct a central
aquatic center.  With help from Miami University, the Hamilton Parks and
Recreations Department has launched a community survey in which researchers
will phone at least 375 residents, asking them which of two recreational
facilities options they prefer.  A team of Miami accounting students will
help study cost options.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, Feb. 9
Three video productions by Miami University staff have been recognized with
the Communicator Awards.  Those included are Craig Rouse (applied
technology), Ann Glaser (communication) and Claire Wagner (news and public
information).

The Cincinnati Post, Monday, Feb. 8
Miami University officials doubt they'll be able to raise enough money to
save four men's sports programs from elimination on April 16.  Quotes Miami
President James Garland.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, Feb. 8
Marjorie Managhan (alumna) will star in a new TV series called "Rescue 77."

Middletown Journal, Sunday, Feb. 7
Two courses focusing on safety in th workplace are being offered in March
by Miami University-Middletown's Office for Continuing Education.


Elsewhere in education:

Dayton Daily News, Monday, Feb. 8
The slaying of two people last month near Ohio State University is
prompting the community to focus on crime in neighborhoods near the school.

The Wall Street Journal, Friday, Feb. 5
A federal grand jury in Boston has been conducting a criminal probe in
connection with the work of a Harvard professor and a former Harvard legal
expert who stewarded the U.S. government's flagship assistance program to
Russia.



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