The Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, March 18
J.K. Bhattacharjee and Gary R. Janssen (both microbiology) have received a
$150,000 grant from The National Science Foundation to continue summer DNA
cloning workshops for high school teachers.
And:
Front-page story features Miami's Wally Szczerbiak and Kentucky's Scott
Padgett.
And:
Story about the pep rally at Millett Hall yesterday.  Includes photos.
And:
Story on Wally Szczerbiak says he is outgrowing the "Miami cocoon."  Quotes
Jim Paul, alumnus and former starting center.
And:
Miami University Hamilton encourages students to call the campus
Weatherline for class cancellation rather than the university's general
information number.

Dayton Daily News, Wednesday, March 17
John Dome, former Miami University professor who died in January, has left
a $1 million bequest to the Oxford Community Foundation.

The New York Times, Thursday, March 18
Feature on Wally Szczerbiak includes a photo from Wednesday's pep rally.

Dayton Daily News, Thursday, March 18
Antioch College will hold a public forum Friday and a five-member team will
discuss their experiences from the Ohio Regional Model Arab League
competition held at Miami University.
And:
Story about the pep rally includes photos.
And:
Feature on Wally Szczerbiak.

Journal-News, Thursday, March 18
Front-page photo of Charlie Coles speaking at yesterday's pep rally.
And:
Story about Kentucky fan Michaele Gravey, who watched her son play for the
team and now her grandson, is not above giving compliments to Miami.  She
thinks Charlie Coles is a wonderful coach, and Wally Szczerbiak isn't just
a great player, but also seems like a great person.
And:
Ercel Eaton's column about the Miami-Kentucky game says she was raised to
be a Kentucky fan but it's also a thrill to see Miami do so well.
And:
More than 4,500 fans gathered at Millett Hall for the pep rally.  Includes
photos.
And:
Mike Wolf (sports information) asked the men's basketball players to fill
out a questionnaire with specific questions about themselves prior to the
start of the season.  Some of their answers are listed in the paper.
And:
Charlie Coles, after recovering from cardiac arrest last year and his team
making it to the Sweet 16 this year, says "I just feel blessed.  But I
would have felt blessed regardless because I get a chance to spend time
with kids I truly love."

USA TODAY, Monday, March 15
Front-page photo of Wally Szczerbiak celebrating after Miami beat Utah and
made it to the Sweet 16.

The New York Times, Saturday, March 13
Front-page story about Wally's 43-point game and Miami's win over Washington.

The Columbus Dispatch, Monday, March 8
Editorial says the memorial Miami is going to build for three civil rights
workers murdered in 1964 will be a fitting symbol of what occurred.

Logistics Management Distribution, Sunday, Feb. 28
Story about the performance of Enterprise Services, a division of computer
giant Sun Microsystems Inc. quotes Tom Speh (director, Warehousing Research
Center).

Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wednesday, March 17
A survey by The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at Harvard, asked
undergraduates about something that many of them  seemed to be too busy to
think about: their happiness.  Among other things, it found that 64 percent
of the students said they stayed in their rooms at least every other
weekend to do homework, with about 45 percent saying they would like to
stay in less often.

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