Um Life Til Turning of That Conviction in "You Will Begin to See Yourself As Rubin Carter Speaks Openly 1985
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• t Oldest eollege newspapell in the l!Jnited States, established 1826 Fltlday, March 23, 2001 Miami University • Oxford, Ohio , um life til turning of that conviction in "You will begin to see yourself as Rubin Carter speaks openly 1985,. which saved him from the you've never seen yourself electric chair, before," CAMPU S But CaJiter's speech wasn't He went on to describe his the about rraciSm, judicial system about that film. It was about a ories, spending the most time on By Nlcr< Hiltunen 'Going the Distance,' "When I val)iety of topics, including "the three words that hypnotize The Miami Student walk down the street, people stop Faeism, the U,S, judicial system, the human race" - time, racisr!1 and say 'You don't look like 01'" life in prison, global tribalism and and freedom. Rubin "Muooicane" CRliteJT does~ Carter said with a laugh as he his theories on life, which he said Time, Carter said, doesn't exisL n't look much ~ike Denzel paced behind the podium, truly began to form in solitary "Time. Is there such a thing as . Washiqgt@n, Carter was refBrring to the confinement, or "the dwkness of time?" Carter said. "When you "If anyene came here tonigh~ movie based on his life, starJ:1ing dal1k," are sent to prison for (a triple life with the e~pectati0n of fiindi~g Washington, which chronicled his "If you spend enough time in senttmce) ... you've got to come (Washington),'1 ap@logize," wrongful conviction for Wiple that kind of daJ1kness, you will to terms with this thing called Cartel1 told his audience at Millett murder and subsequent 20~year see, " life more vividly than time, " There is no time because . Rail taat n_got, in a speech called imprisonment before the over~ you've ever seen before," he said, See HURRICANE, page 6 On a ron Mill Plofessor leceb,es. MU seeks removal Ptulltzeli nomination IBnglistl professer Jim Reiss is of tuition cap recef::lnized torr his aeok ef fl)eetr;v Ten Th(r)usana Gopd Mornings, By Maggie Malone See full story, page 2 ifile Miami Student tftii.tat. ·~ tultlon ltat88 - CITY STAT E 1F01l0wing the' l~adset by Ohio Miami $6~462 State Uniwt}[sity, Miami lalawanda seniols lU'Oiversiny js actively lobbying li<em~Stste . $&,085 the state legislature to remove the Bowling Green $5,,.84 suspelld~d for 1bre~ts curorent six percent cap on annual IA Talawanllla teaohell!,s resJ!)onse tuition increases. 0fuie Wrnlver.sit¥ '.~O85 -In his JanualT)' budge~ proposal, to a student s threat snows how vio Ohio €Jov. Bob Taft supported Ohio State $4,383 lence In scheols carnillappen 0108e the OSU ex.empti@n request, te heme, See full stOIlY, page 4 \ . which would raise tuition at OSU , ~A tuitien liaise) bas its good fuy newly ~ 9 lPeI1cent fuy 2003, and bad qualities, \i>ecause they - OSliJI ~tans tID use eXltFa tuilii(\)n !!i{i) g ~~e mare sd~{t)larshiJi>s when dollats to imp110ve research - tthey [norease tuition," sOJ!'homm:€ Eaci litlles, Leia Manos said, "But some Miami, which has long been scholarships are hard to get." ~gainsn a tuition cap, argued that If the legislature passes tbe an allowance for extFa 'funds proposed tuition cap lift, Miami would keep i~ competitive among could poten ~ ially raise its tuition other "public ivys," more than six percent within the "It would in many ways put us next year, on a level playil\g tfiielcl," MiaJilli Currently, Miami's $6,462 in 'Director 0] Communications state tuition is the highest among Rtohard Little said. Ohio public universities. It is also He added tha~ a tuition pise compruratively higher than many would potentially-mean increases schools that it wishes to compete in financial assistance, with on a national level. l1he avel1age financial aid The University of Virginia, for paokage at_Miami is $5,889, but example, receives about 22 per the average package at some cent 011 its budget from the state, DAN MU basketbaJi teams' compared to Miami's 25 percent, schools with whieh Miami com~ Henry Rollins speaks to a crowd Wednesday night behind the Shriver seasons come to close petes is 11.eauly twice as much, . and has a $4,160 in-state tuition, Little said: but its out-of-state tuition is near Center as a part of AWESOME week. Rollins, an activist, addressed social B0th the -meR s and women s ly $4,000 more than Miami's. justice issues as well as what the world would be like if he were president. teams fell to Kent State University in MAC tournament play, See full story, page 16 A]lcity buildings to ban smoking Stu~ent dies WEATHER 8y Katl. Lee and , initiative, . thing," Ned Stephenson, owner dtIrlIlg break Rob Phillips "The trend to no smoking is of Bagel & Deli said, The Miami Sb,ldent inevitable," Beel1man said. "I "(Council) was trying to cross a Miami University sophomore don't think there's going to be a line they shouldn't cross." Jason R. Shively passed away in City Manager Jane lot of con- Council members, residents his hometown of Troy, Ohio on Howington announced at troversy and students in favor of the pro- March 14. Tuesday's council meeting that "City Council about it." posed ordinance were left sorely Shively, a management infor But con- disappointed. mation systems major, went jog Today{ Partly cloudy with a high of 62 smoking in all city buildings has indicated troversy "(I am) obviously disappoint- ging around his home, grew and a low of 21, There is a 40 percent will be banned as of April 1, they would chance of showers overnight. just one meeting after Mayor over regu- ed about the outcome of the tired and stopped to rest at his Bill Snavely'S effort to create like to see lating ordinance," Snavely said in his church. He fell asleep and Saturday Sunday non,., smoking sections in smoking in closing words of the meeting, never regained consciousness. OXf0I1cl's uptown restaurants voluntary uptown He then encouraged the few An aneurysm or blood clot i went up in smok~, compliance restaurants restaurant owners who remained believed to have been the proba Although council .was against with a was an at the meeting to attempt to ble cause of death. regulating businesses, they issue at implement non-smoking areas Funeral services were held in hoped to set a precedent by non-smoking council's even without a city mandate. Troy on March 17. voluntarily putting an end to policy for March 6 "You're literally throwing A counseling session orga smoking ill city buildings. meeting. away a big portion of your nized by the directors of re i public areas," Oxford potential customer base," Campus 2 "City council has indicated dence life at Miami was also they would like to see volun City Snavely said. held Wednesday in Port r Hall. City/State 4 tary compliance with a non JANE HOWINGTON Coundl Other supporters were opti- where Shively lived during hL Classifieds 14 smoking policy fo1' public CITY MANAGER defeated the -mistic about the outcome of time at Miami. Editorials ~O mIle ~tu~ellt an~as," Howington said, proposed events. Student inrere !:lt.ed in meeting Features 8 . online: non-smoking ordinance, 4-3, "We see this as a positive with a counselor can set up an www,mustudent. Council member Ted, Beerman Sports 16 muohlo,edu is also suppOl'bive of the during the highly- attended ~ step," Tracey Carson of appointment with th Student Municipal Building's smpking meeting. Coun e1ing Servic at 529--+63-+. Volume 127; No. 36 "I think they did the right See COUNCIL, page 9 THE MI A PAGE ~ Dana Erickson and Jenny Donahue. Friday Editors 529·2257 March 23, 2001 ~ Caroline Casper. Assistant Editor CE contini "Th study : mone) accom r said. Son place i Reiss' latest book to compete guishe of COl Funeral s.ervices held danoe for graduate student for 'prestigious writing awal1d dance, By Dan Prazer Reiss, who has taught clteative sian, ~ Molly McCool, 2'7, a pal C 'JIhe Miami Student wl~bing ut Miami since ~ 965, time graduate student ill the said Ile has tided to avoid gettiing Sohool o ~' Education and Allied A Miami Univel'siliy IEl1glish his hopes up. P,110fessiol1s, died Reb. 28. pllofessOll 's mos~ teceov book 011 "My wOlK is mo]'(i~ rou,gh and McCool, also a teaoher at poetl'y has been nominated fOJl tumble than what WillS the lBel'FY Middle School in the 2002 Pulitzer Prize. PulitzeF PI'ize," Reiss said. "It's Lebanon. Ohio, is survived by James Reiss's book Tei? a jOUl!nalism pIJize." her husband, Andrew D. Thousan.d Good Mornin.gs. Reiss's colleagues seCll\ more Hlrl MoCooL. Molly was the daugh~ released in February, WaS nomi optimistic. tel' of Oolleen WUblwl~gbt, nated for the award by Reiss's "We all think it's great, and direotor of the ohildLcnre oenter editor at. the Cal1negje Mellon we wish him luck," said William on the Middletown oampus. University Press. The editor H.ardesty, director o~· undeJ;gr:ad Sellvices were held MaJ'oh 3. ohose the book more than ~ 5 llate studies f~fr tile English other books he edited in 2000. depalitmenti. "It's a marvelous Schl.,mer named' new Any author 01' editor can nom honor for him to be reoognized dean of education i1\ate a work fot' the PU),itlZlW t'OF his talents and contl!ibutions 1 ~l1ize, which o:lffel1s cOlUl?etitiollS to Amel'ican liteFatUlre." Bmburu R.