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By Dave Larsen
| Thursday, September 4, 2008, 03:02 PM
Xavier University has moved the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opening lecture of the 2008-2009 Ethics/Religion and Society series to the Cintas Center Arena in response to high ticket demand.
“Ticket distribution began at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Sept. 3), and by 4 p.m. every last ticket was gone,” said E/RS co-chair Elizabeth Prem Groppe, in a media release. “We have moved the location to accommodate the demand for this lecture.”
Kennedy will speak at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 on “Our Environmental Destiny.” His lecture on global climate change previously was scheduled for the Schiff Banquet and Convention Center.
Admission is free, but tickets are required. Tickets for the new venue will be available starting Monday, Sept. 8. A maximum of four tickets per person may be obtained at the Cintas Center ticket window during weekday business hours. Tickets also may obtained by mailing a self-addressed, stamped envelope and this downloaded form.
For information on ticket availability, call (513) 745-3411 ext. 7.
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By Dave Larsen
| Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 04:31 PM
Award-winning CNN anchor Soledad ‘OBrien will kick off the University of Dayton’s 2008-2009 Diversity Lecture Series on Wednesday, Sept. 10. O’Brien will address “Diversity: On TV, Behind the Scenes and in Our Lives” at 7:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Union Ballroom on the UD campus.
The talk is free and open to the public. Guests are requested to arrive early as seating is limited.
O’Brien is an anchor and special correspondent for CNN: Special Investigations Unit and also covers political news. Most recently, she reported for “CNN Presents: Black in America,” a sweeping landmark series revealing the state of America 40 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It was the highest-rated documentary series in CNN history.
O’Brien was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a George Foster Peabody Award for its Hurricane Katrina coverage and an Alfred I. duPont Award for its coverage of the 2004 Phuket, Thailand tsunami disaster.
O’Brien is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English and American literature.
More information on O’Brien’s appearance can be found here.
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By Dave Larsen
| Friday, August 29, 2008, 08:35 AM
The Central State University Chorus will perform on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the memorial service for late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. The service will be held at 11 a.m. at the Cleveland Public Auditorium and Convention Center.
Tubbs Jones, the first black elected to the House of Representatives from Ohio and a leader in the fight against predatory lending practices, died Wednesday, Aug. 20. She was 58. The cause was a ruptured brain aneurysm that Ms. Tubbs Jones suffered Aug. 19.
The Central State University Chorus, under the direction of William Henry Caldwell, has a repertoire encompassing all periods and styles, including black spiritual music.
Central State University in Wilberforce is the only public historically black university in Ohio.
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By Dave Larsen
| Thursday, August 28, 2008, 03:45 PM
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut announced that the University System of Ohio will offer a discount on electronic books in an agreement with the nation’s leading publishers.
The University System of Ohio sponsored a symposium in April 2008 on textbook affordability as part of the stated goal in Fingerhut’s 10-Year “Strategic Plan for Higher Education” to hold down costs for college students who are struggling to afford an education.
Through a partnership with CourseSmart, a provider of electronic textbooks from the six largest commercial publishers in the U.S., the University System of Ohio will offer half or more off the print price of the majority of active textbooks from these publishers to students enrolled in public and private colleges and universities and adult learning programs.
This is the first partnership between a university system and CourseSmart, which will offer nearly all of its digital textbooks at discounts of 50 to 55 percent off the new print price list. CourseSmart currently offers more than 4,000 titles, and over time more text books will be included in the program so that the opportunity for student savings will increase.
Using http://textbooks.uso.edu, students can purchase textbooks through CourseSmart’s catalogue. Students will also have the opportunity to save through CourseSmart at campus bookstores participating in the program.
Through a separate partnership with XanEdu, the national leader in “course packs” (articles, cases, textbook chapters, and other copyrighted materials), students will also now have increased access to more digital materials that supplement textbooks.
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By Dave Larsen
| Thursday, August 28, 2008, 10:07 AM
The University of Dayton has postponed the student forum on lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18. The event, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 29, was postponed to a later date to allow the Student Government Association to be more involved, according to UD officials. The new date has not been announced.
UD announced the forum in response to the Amethyst Initiative’s recruitment of about 100 college presidents to provoke debate about the drinking age.
UD President Daniel J. Curran did not sign the initiative.
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By Dave Larsen
| Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 11:18 AM
Ohio’s college-bound seniors increased their SAT math scores by two points this year, increasing the state’s mean mathematics score to 544, according to figures released Tuesday, Aug. 26, by the College Board.
Ohio students scored 534 on the critical reading section, down two points from 2007, while the writing section score declined by one point to 521.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland applauded students’ 2008 success and encouraged educators and students to build on the state’s momentum.
“Nothing will ensure Ohio’s future like academic excellence,” Strickland said in a media release. “As a state, we are committed to providing our students with the opportunities they need to succeed in college and beyond. Ohio’s strong emphasis on math is making a difference, and I commend our students for their achievements on the SAT this year.”
Ohio students who scored higher on the SAT had completed core academic curricula and had attained an A average in their high school classes.
The scores for all of the seniors who took the test worldwide remained unchanged from 2007 to 2008, with critical reading at 502, mathematics at 515 and writing at 494. Because a much smaller percentage of Ohio’s students take the SAT than the percentage of SAT takers as a whole, Ohio’s scores should not be compared to the total group’s scores.
The college-bound seniors “Total Group Report” and Ohio “State Profile Report” are available here.
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By Dave Larsen
| Monday, August 25, 2008, 03:38 PM
The University of Dayton Police Department is investigating an apparent shooting incident on Sunday, Aug. 24, on the UD campus.
A male UD student on Sunday awoke and found a small hole through the exterior wall of his university-owned house on Stonemill Avenue. The student and his roommates contacted UD police after finding other similar holes along the west exterior wall of the house.
Officers responded and found several holes consistent with small caliber bullet holes, as well as spent shell casings outside the residence and bullets inside the house.
Witnesses reported seeing three black males in their early 20s near the house in the early morning hours of Sunday. Witnesses stated that one of the men was firing what appeared to be a small firearm into the air, then the men got into an “older-looking” full-size black car and let the area. No one reported the incident to the UD Department of Public Safety until the bullet holes were discovered Sunday afternoon.
UD students, faculty and staff are asked to report any suspicious person or activity by calling 911 from any campus phone or by calling 229-2121 from any off-campus phone or cell phone.
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