News Briefs (10/22/10)
By Documentary exposes education system's woes | October 20, 2010Staff Students must activate e-mail accounts Students must activate their new e-mail accounts before January to transfer old e-mail messages. In Spring 2010, IT Services began offering Miami University students using MUConnect new e-mail and calendar accounts powered by search engine juggernaut Google. Students must switch their e-mail accounts before Jan. 4, 2011. Students will automatically be switched to the new system after that date, but will no longer be able to transfer e-mail messages left in the old account. Instructions for migrating messages from old accounts can be found at www.muohio.edu/GoGoogle. For any other related questions, visit the Support Desk at 103 Robertson Hall or contact IT Services at ithelp@muohio.edu or (513) 529-7900. Documentary exposes education system's woes A documentary about education titled "Race to Nowhere" will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 in the McGuffey auditorium. The documentary addresses "the high-stakes, high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children's lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth." It shows stories of students who have experienced stress-related illness and depression and educators and parents who are trying to help their children. "I wanted to expose a deeper truth about our education system," said Vicki Abeles, the creator of the documentary. "We are graduating a generation of robo-students, unable to think and work independently, creatively and collaboratively." The screening is in conjunction with National Child Health Day.