Dayton Daily News, Monday, Feb. 28
Minority applications to Miami University are up 25 percent since last
year, an increase university officials believe may be attributed to Miami's
recent
$200,000-plus recruitment campaign.  Quotes Myrtis Powell (student
affairs), Harold Brown (multicultural admission & enrollment services) and
Jim McCoy (enrollment services).

PBS Newshour, Thursday, Feb. 24
Steve Waksman, (visiting history professor) author of "Instruments of Desire:
The Electric Guitar and the Shaping of Musical Experience," was interviewed
regarding Carlos Santana and the Grammy awards.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Feb. 26
Randy McNutt's column is about alumnus Weeb Ewbank's collection of personal
papers donated to the university by alumni Gerald Stout and Nick Selvaggio.
McNutt says he's impressed that the alumni cared enough to obtain the
papers and that the university wanted them, since we live in a time when
many public figures are forgotten after their death.  Cites Daniel Layman
(divisional support) and Troy Hartman (intercollegiate athletics).
And:
Miami University faculty member Jose-Luis Novo will conduct 22 Miami
University musicians and 10 musicians from the Luxembourg Conservatory of
Music when they perform Monday in Washington's John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts.  The program will feature the Oxford String Quartet,
whose members are Harvey Thurmer, Emma Rubenstein, Mary Harris and Steven
Shumway (all music), as soloists.

Journal-News, Sunday, Feb. 27
Feature on the Grail movement, which has worked to empower women by simply
encouraging them to realize their full potential, says an upcoming event is
"I Am My Body: Celebrating Women" at Miami University.  The conference will
feature speakers who will "focus on increasing women's awareness of
themselves as creative, healthy human persons and encourage them to embrace
and celebrate their bodies."

Dayton Daily News, Sunday, Feb. 27
Feature on Charlie and Delores Coles says they married while they were
students at Miami and talks about Charlie's coaching career and Delores'
singing group, the Fontones.  Includes several photos.

Journal-News, Saturday, Feb. 26
Miami University's Thomas C. Page Center for Entrepreneurship will sponsor
a one-day conference on women and entrepreneurship on April 6 at Marcum
Conference Center.
And:
Blair Kamin, architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune, will present the
David B. Maxfield Memorial Lecture Friday, March 3 at Miami University's
art building.
And:
Ray Terrell (educational leadership) will be a guest at Garfield Junior
High School's Generation 2000 Black History Celebration.
And:
Miami University-Hamilton will hold a special meeting for residents of the
Fairfield school district to discuss the possibility of Miami classes being
held at Fairfield High School.
And:
Kaplan Test Prep will offer free practice tests for the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT,
GRE and DAT from 9 a.m-noon Saturday at Miami University's Oxford campus.

The Cincinati Enquirer, Sunday Feb. 27
Editorial grading school levies says regarding Talawanda's levy, that "in
the shadow of Miami University it is prepped for an educational leap" and
Talawanda has "kept afloat with lean spending and state reimbursements for
so much state-owned, tax-abated property like Miami U."
And:
Feature story on Don Bachman (alumnus), a professional clown who donates
time and money to Children's Hospital Medical Center.  Says Bachman, "It is
a hobby, but it's one I've been at since college days at Miami."
And:
Article on Gary Griffin, who played keyboards with the Beach Boys and
helped produce the TV documentary on the group, says he attended Miami and
U.C.
And:
"Get to it" column includes "Festival on Ice" show featuring the Miami
University synchronized skating team, the Festival of Echternach Chamber
Orchestra at Hall Auditorium and new exhibit, Art/Science-Line/Design, at
the Miami University Art Museum.
And:
Calendar listing for Dennis Tobin's (art) lecture "Where is art going?"
Tuesday, Festival of Echternach concert, Hiestand Galleries and Miami
University Art Museum exhibits, The Drinking Gourd by MU Theatre, The
Chieftains concert and Festival on Ice.

Journal-News, Monday, Feb. 28
The Tower Players, who describe themselves as Miami's first, best and only
improvisational comedy troupe, stage a weekly interactive comedy show at
the Haines Food Court in Shriver Center.  Quotes Miami student and Tower
Players member Paul Luikart.
And:
Miami University's Performing Arts series presents the English Concert at 8
p.m. Saturday in Millett Hall.  Pamela Fox (dean, School of Fine Arts) will
give a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m.
And:
Arts brief about Kurt Weill's performance at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
as part of the Midday Music at Trinity Series lists several Miami
University faculty and student singers who will join him.
And:
Article comparing and contrasting farmer John Griffin and Miami University
professor John Parks, who are vying for the Democratic nomination to seek
John Boehner's Eighth District Congressional Seat.

Kristal Humphrey
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