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Hostage survivor speaks at MU

Israeli Olympic athlete recounts experience at '72 Munich games

by Michelle Scaglione in Campus

Hostage survivor speaks at MU
Daniel Alon could not keep silent for any longer. "For 34 years I stayed silent," Alon said. "I was full of anger. I'm traveling and telling the students (about Munich) because when you know it, you can prevent another Munich." Alon was a member of the Israeli fencing team during the 1972 Munich Olympic games when a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Black September, took the team hostage.…

Branch campus play spotlights homelessness

by Allison Chandler, Senior Staff Writer in Campus

Miami Hamilton Community Theatre and OxAct Community Theatre's newest production, Inside the Plastic Bag, hopes to lend a voice to those struggling with homelessness and indigence in and around the city of Hamilton. According to Bekka Eaton, director and assistant professor of theater at Miami University Hamilton (MUH), the production will follow the life stories of three individuals from the CHOSEN shelter located at 622 East Avenue in Hamilton.…

Text message fortunes to reach Miami students

by Christopher Washington, Senior Staff Writer in Campus

In an effort to make students think about their lives through fortunes, a creative writing class will venture onto campus Friday with their weapon of choice - the cell phone. This project, which sends fortunes out through text messaging to various students on Miami University's campus, is known as Projekt 4-2N and is part of a class taught by William Howe, a Miami English assistant professor.…

ASG faces resignations; org receives alcohol abuse update

Senators receive updates on task force recommendation implementations

by Kellyn Moran, Campus Editor in Campus

The chair of the President's Task Force on Alcohol Abuse Prevention, Jeff Potteiger, updated Associated Student Government (ASG) Tuesday with a report outlining what parts of the recommendation have already been implemented and which parts are in the development phase.…

Cabinet hopes to fill leadership positions in near future

by Megan Weiland, Senior Staff Writer in Campus

Twelve weeks into the semester and Associated Student Government (ASG) is already looking to fill five positions: two seats in senate, two cabinet seats in Resident Hall Association (RHA), and one executive cabinet seat in ASG. While ASG says this change is not uncommon, it will make an amendment to their bylaws more necessary.…

Profs use Silk Road journey to develop new curriculum

by Laura Houser in Campus

Profs use Silk Road journey to develop new curriculum
As a path that has been traveled on for more than two millennia, the Silk Road is once again painted in the rich shades of its cultural history with "Cocoon Dehiscence," the new art exhibit in Miami University's Alumni Hall's Cage Gallery. The exhibit, featuring hundreds of dangling square photographs, opened Wednesday, Nov.…

Human Rights Day to promote community outreach

by Laura Lepczyk in Campus

For a day, Miami University will look beyond the Slant Walk to hunger, homelessness and forced migrations. To kick off Miami University's third annual Human Rights and Social Justice Day, Xavier Benavides of Oxfam America will be presenting "Fighting for Justice in a Changing World," as the keynote speech Nov.…

MU anthropology prof receives Fulbright grant

by Jane Frye in Campus

Susan Paulson, a Miami University associate professor of anthropology and Latin American studies program director, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant, however she could not celebrate in Oxford - she is already in Panama, teaching at a university. The grant will help fund Paulson's research at City of Knowledge in Panama City, Panama and help her to continue teaching at University of Panama, where she has been since August.…

Visiting professor to share Islam's future, role in current world climate

by Laura Bryant in Campus

"In order to be a knowledgeable, functioning individual in the world, everyone needs to become familiarized with Islam," said Mary Jane Berman, director of the Center for American and World Cultures (CAWC) at Miami University. This is why the CAWC is bringing Reza Aslan, a research associate at the University of Southern California's Center on Public Diplomacy, to Miami University to speak on "The Future of Islam.…

Former Foreign Service officer to highlight human rights

by Stephanie Patton in Campus

In an attempt to understand the complexities of human rights issues in the post-September 11 political climate, Miami University students are invited to attend a speech by retired U.S. Foreign Service officer, Michael Houlahan. Houlahan, who has more than 28 years experience in foreign service, will present a lecture, "Human Rights in the Age of Terrorism," Nov.…

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