Feb 1, 2011 | The Miami Student

The Miami Student VOLUME 138 NO. 35

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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In 1938, The Miami Student reported Franklin Alton Wade, an assistant professor of geology at Miami University, received the Congressional Medal for Distinguished Service to Science. Wade worked in Antarctica.

ASG censures, warns senators Low attendance concerns Oversight Committee

By Amanda Seitz Campus Editor

Miami University Associated Student Government (ASG) isn’t letting senators skip out without a public sting to their ego.

During the senate meeting Tuesday, Jan. 25, ASG censured four senators and warned another nine for excessive absences.

In order to be censured, senators had to have three or more absences. These absences included neglecting duties such as a missing senator report, failure to attend senate, community meetings or senate committee meetings.

Senator Michael Sinko, member of

the ASG Oversight Committee, said attendance was weak last semester.

“Attendance overall was not great for everyone,” Sinko said before formally censuring offenders. “You guys are senators, you’re supposed to be representing Miami University.”

President of Student Senate Carson Cowles said he felt attendance was lower than usual.

“Typically every year there are a few attendance issues,” Cowles said.

“This year we’ve seen slightly elevated attendance issues. The biggest issues we’ve seen are senators not attending community council and senate committee meetings.”

Cowles said censures normally occur in the second semester. He said

he didn’t see a notable difference in censure numbers but felt warnings were up.

“The warnings were abnormally large,” Cowles said.

The censures served as a “slap on the wrist,” according to Student Body President Heath Ingram.

No other action will be taken against any of the senators, Cowles said.

“Nothing will happen to them,” Cowles said. “It’s just a formal reprimand, a way to formally acknowledge their excessive absences.”

Some senators expressed confusion at the censure.

Senator Christian Trapp said he believed it was Sinko’s duty to remind the censured senators

of their absences.

“There’s only four people here (to censure), that’s not a lot of e-mails to send,” Trapp said.

After learning that the censures did not formally discipline the senators, Senator John Stefanski expressed the same concern as Trapp.

“So none of these things carry over, but we’re censuring now?” Stefanski asked. “My question is what did you do from August to now?”

Secretary for On-Campus Affairs Liz Kirkham also expressed concern for low attendance at residence hall community council meetings.

Kirkham said she would start collecting a list of senators who failed to attend community council meetings.

“Talk to the graduate assistants, they are the ones complaining about it,” Kirkham said in response to

expressed concerns from senators.

A few senators were minutes late to the 6 p.m. meeting. Cowles said tardiness is an issue that can be addressed in the warnings and censures.

If senators are significantly late or leave significantly early, they may be noted as having a half attendance.

Cowles said he hopes to address another conduct issue in the senate, the use of smartphones.

“We’ve never really had to deal with phones,” Cowles said. “It’s something I’ve noticed has been increasing in senate.”

Ingram said using phones during senate meetings is an uncontrollable behavior.

“We can’t really, honestly regulate that. That’s when it comes down to how engaged the person is,” Ingram said.

Break, tipping policies upset student workers

By Thomasina Johnson News Editor

Some changes to Miami University dining hall operations have several student workers confused and angry.

Tuesday, Jan. 25, student workers in Miami dining halls were told by management they would be able to get a free cup of water or soda only if they worked four or more hours.

Before the new rule was enforced, every student worker was able to have a cup of water or soda when he or she was on break. They could also bring in water bottles, according to an anonymous student manager.

“Now, you can’t get any drinks except for drinks from the water fountain,” the student manager said.

“Some people don’t like to drink from those though.”

According to the student manager, the new drink rule states that if a student works for four hours, he or she receives a paid 15-minute break and can get a cup of water or soda. If a student works for eight hours, he or she receives a paid 30-minute break and a free cup of milk or juice.

“At Panache, the entire staff has four-hour shifts, but at any other locations very few people work four hour shifts,” the manager said. “Most work three-and-a-half-hour shifts.”

The reason for beverage restriction is due to a need to cut costs, Karen Recker, associate director of Dining and Culinary Support Services, said via e-mail.

“We have not made changes to our staff’s break schedules,” Recker said. “A break drink is provided during each staff member’s break time as can reasonably be done. We do restrict juices, milk and bottled beverages due to their higher costs.”

However, some students are not happy.

“Morale went way down when people heard the news,” the student manager said. “It’s another blow from benefits.”

For some student employees, the new drink policy puts them at the risk of dehydration, especially if they are so busy working they cannot take a break.

“I’m annoyed,” said an anonymous student server at Panache, Miami’s restaurant-style dining concept.

“It’s silly you can’t get a glass of water and you can’t even bring a bottle of water. I’m working non-stop. You can’t have time to get a break. This doesn’t create good (worker-manager) relationships.”

Another area of concern for some student workers is the tipping model used at Panache. According to the student server, more servers at Panache are receiving tips thanks to a receipt system that

includes a tip line similar to the practice at most restaurants.

“It’s like a normal restaurant, they don’t have to tip, but there’s a receipt now where you can put a tip,” the server said. “Before, you never got a receipt.”

According to the student manager, servers start out at $7.85 an hour and some servers make $90 in tips in one night.

Servers at Panache can decide if they want to give some of their tips to the busers, but most of the staff does not share their tips, the server said.

Because the servers are often making more money than the student managers, who make approximately $1 more per hour than the server staff, the student manager said he feels the tipping practice is unfair unless the tips are shared with the entire restaurant.

Recker said although Dining and Culinary Support Services are currently investigating ways to share gratuities, the tipping policy is nothing new.

“Students that earn gratuities by law must report their earnings,” Recker said. “This system (Panache has) is consistent among our food service locations to increase efficiency.”

SAMANTHA LUDINGTON The Miami Student

Students renting from OXRE may pay a $30 charge if they fail to lock windows while they are on break.

OXRE landlords add inspection fee

By Leslie Scott

Senior Staff Writer

Many landlords inspect their tenants’ homes while they are gone for break. Oxford Real Estate (OXRE), however, has decided to charge tenants if certain tasks are not performed.

According to Debra Nixon, an OXRE broker, tenants are supposed to leave their thermostat at 60 degrees, empty their garbage and lock

their windows during breaks. If any of these tasks need to be performed by the OXRE inspector, a $30 charge is billed to the house or apartment.

“We don’t charge $30 for each task,” Nixon said. “It is one overall charge if multiple tasks need to be done.”

Many tenants were confused about the terms of this policy, Nixon said. Some were charged for having unlocked windows.

“We had a few inquiries about

the window charges because tenants were unaware that having unlocked windows would lead to the inspection charge,” Nixon said. “Due to the confusion, we voided eight invoices that were only based off of unlocked windows.”

According to Nixon, OXRE does these inspections for health and safety reasons to make sure everything is secure.

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Miami University plans to add Wal-Mart bus route

By Emily Glaser For The Miami Student

Miami University Parking and Transportation Services has teamed up with the Office of International Education (OIE) to determine the logistics of adding a bus route to Wal-Mart.

“We get a lot of questions from international students as to why there isn’t already a bus route to Wal-Mart and what it would take for there to be one,” said Stepha-

nie Stauber, the international student adviser for OIE. In collaboration with Parking and Transportation Services, Stauber plans to set up “test routes” to Wal-Mart during this spring to assess the demand.

Vanessa Cummings, assistant director of Parking and Transportation Services, said the testing will allow the university to determine the demand for a Wal-Mart bus route.

“The testing will hopefully help

THOMAS CALDWELL The Miami Student

Students walk past a Miami bus, which will take test trips to Wal-Mart.

us determine what the need is and when the need is,” Cummings said. “We need to see how many students are riding and what days and times they would like this route to be.”

Fabian Wennemer, an international student from Germany, is in his second year at Miami, and like many international students, does not have a vehicle.

Wennemer said a bus route to Wal-Mart would help students without access to personal transportation.

“I think it would make sense if at least once a week a bus would run to Wal-Mart,” Wennemer said.

It isn’t just international students who agree with Wennemer.

First-year Shannon Coffey does not have a car either. She usually waits to go home to stock up on groceries.

“It’s really inconvenient when I run out of food or when I want to buy stuff for socials or themed parties or extra supplies for class,” Coffey said.

Many of Coffey’s friends, who live out of state, must get their groceries at Market Street at MacCracken, which is overpriced,

Coffey said.

Stauber said she is aware of the problem and is doing what she can to promote the need for a bus route to Wal-Mart.

“We’ve done surveys and are doing what we can with our budget here,” she said. “Mostly on behalf of international students, but I think on behalf of all students we feel very strongly that it should be paid attention to.”

Stauber said the test routes will be available for all students and are expected to run one Saturday in March and one in April.

This is not the first time Parking and Transportation Services has teamed up with OIE to provide bus trips for students. During fall semester the offices planned a trip to Jungle Jim’s, but because the demand was low, they did not make the route regular.

According to Cummings, Parking and Transportation Services has never had a bus route to WalMart, and costs for students will be determined when the demand is further examined.

“When we know the dates of the test routes, we will publicize them through various offices,” Cummings said.

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Editors Stephen Bell Amelia Carpenter Amanda Seitz campus@miamistudent.net

NEWS Kosova program to continue BRIEFS

By Ashley Laughlin For The Miami Student

FYI Accounting programs continue to rank high Accounting majors at Miami University have an additional talking point for future job interviews. The undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the Farmer School of Business rank among the nation’s best at the number 17 and 25 spots respectively, according to an annual survey.

The survey by the Public Accounting Report pulls from more than 1,700 higher education educators.

Miami’s accounting programs ranked 17 and 21 in 2009 and 22 and 23 in 2008, according to past Public Accounting Reports. Among the top programs for the past three years were University of Texas in Austin, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Brigham Young University.

Bookstore unveils newly remodeled top level Missing the Miami University Bookstore? Good news, the upper floor is back in business.

The new floor re-opened Monday, Jan. 31.

Students can now shop for Miami gear, new books and stop at the newly-installed coffee shop on the upper floor. This week, to celebrate the new bookstore, Miami will offer a 20 percent sale on clothing and gifts. There will also be a drawing for an iPad at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4.

Store hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday.

MU to participate in research course This year, Miami University was selected to join the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance as an associate member, allowing the university to participate in the National Genomics Research Initiative course, a two-part, yearlong student research course.

The course will allow students to conduct research on a bacterial virus called phage, according to The Science Education Alliance, a national experiment in research and education that specializes in undergraduate genomics.

The course will be implemented at Miami in the fall and spring semesters of the 2011-12 academic year.

Despite rumors of its cancellation, the Miami University Journalism Program will still be sending students to Kosova, according to Ed Arnone, program coordinator and visiting associate professor of journalism.

This year, Miami teamed up with American University in Kosova, resulting in access to new facilities, according to Arnone.

Students will now stay in new, on-campus dormitories and attend classes in modern classrooms.

Arnone said Miami will send students of various majors to the country’s capitol, Pristina. Summer 2011 will mark the program’s fourth year, and Arnone said he plans to bring 12 students on the trip.

Kosova, located in Eastern

Europe, gained its independence only a few years ago from Serbia and grappled with a crippling war, Arnone said.

“It is a rare opportunity to watch a country being born after such a devastating war,” he said.

More than half of the country’s citizens are under the age of 25, and 90 percent of its population is ethnic Albanian, making it a unique place for Miami’s students to study, Arnone said.

He said students in the program take a variety of classes in journalism, geography and the culture of Kosova, which totals eight credit hours. “(A) major component (of the program) is being a news reporter in an independent news company,” Arnone said.

Arnone said the students work with the faculty of KosovaLive, the only news station in Kosova that is

not politically biased.

First-year Megan Berey is attracted to the program, but skeptical about its safety. “(As a creative writing major), that sounds interesting and appealing, but to be honest, I don’t think my parents would want me to go,” Berey said. “A new country definitely has its risks and they would probably worry about sending me there.”

Arnone was confident in the safety of the city.

“Pristina is actually one of the safest cities in Europe, both in terms of crime and in terms of political tensions,” Arnone said. “Kosova is a very welcoming society by nature.”

American forces helped initiate and eventually carry out the independence movement of the country, and because of that, Americans have good relations with Kosova,

Congressional earmark ban MU history course to make comeback could affect research

By Stephen Bell

“Congressman Boehner does not do Campus Editor earmarks, so the impact on Miami is not like it would be at a university like Ohio State,” With a congressional ban on federal ear- Thomas said. marks, public universities across the country Creamer agreed that an earmark ban would may begin to feel pressure as funding for re- not affect Miami like it would a bigger universearch and projects begins to run dry. sity like The Ohio State University.

Randi Thomas, director of institutional rela“Universities with high research agendas like tions at Miami University, said the university Ohio State might receive in excess of $100 milwould likely not be hurt by an earmark ban. He lion from earmarks,” Creamer said. “We might said because Miami does not rely heavily on have them, but not in excess of seven figures.” funding from earmarks the decision would not Creamer said earmarks do play a role in fundhave a dramatic impact. ing research and laboratory equipment.

“We don’t do traditional sorts of ear“Relative to most universities, we receive marks, we do things that federal funding al- a modest number of earmarks,” Creamer ready supports like roads,” said. “It’s not like (earThomas said. “We try to get marks) are a core support involved with things that we need to continue “Congressman that bring money to the something that we are Boehner does not do already (Oxford) community.” doing.” earmarks, so the Earmarks are legislative proCreamer said while a impact on Miami is ban on earmarks would visions that direct federal funding toward specific projects, not like it would be not cause any immediaccording to David Creamer, consequences, it could at a university like ate vice president of finance and negatively impact future Ohio State.” business services. research efforts.

“Typically, there would be “There will be some RANDI THOMAS requests made from congressconsequences because DIRECTOR men or senators from Ohio that historically we would get INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS have interest to receive fundsomething that would ing for a particular project,” benefit research or anhe said. other agenda,” he said.

Creamer said earmarks are based on funding “Earmarks in the past have allowed certain research or projects will provide the university scientific equipment to be purchased. Ofand state. ten it involved some sort of capital fund“(An earmark) will come through a num- ing that we would not otherwise be able ber of our legislative representatives, and it to undertake.” usually gets into a bill,” he said. “Congress Miami junior Sarah Breedlove is upset that ultimately makes the final decision as to who certain research funding could be eliminated, receives a bill.” but said she understands some of the problems Thomas said Miami rarely relies on such funding.

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Students head to President Clinton’s conference

By Carly Huang For The Miami Student

Three Miami University undergraduate students will be representing Miami for the first time at President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative Conference.

The conference will be held at the University of California, San Diego.

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) allows college students to use their ideas to help solve problems around the world.

This year, more than 1,000 students will hear Clinton speak at the three-day conference April 1 to 3. To be eligible for the conference, students must first applyand submit a “Commitment to Action” pledge.

The pledge proposes to take a specific action to solve the problems around the world.

The process was selective, with more than 3,000 applicants, according to CGI Director Keisha Senter.

Arnone said. He said Americans tend to have a misconception about Kosova’s stability because of media perspectives on the Balkan wars that occurred years ago.

Arnone said a typical day for a Miami student in Kosova entails morning classes followed by hands-on work in the KosovaLive newsroom.

“I feel that I have a pretty solid background in newscasting, and I know that I can help the students with their reporting skills,” Arnone said.

Arnone said he is happy with the way everything has turned out and that the merge with American University is a “wonderful success.”

For students interested in the program, an information session will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 in 227 Williams Hall. Students can also contact Ed Arnone at arnoneej@muohio.edu.

BY THE NUMBERS Number of liters each lifestraw filters

700

“We want to know what their plans will look like and we will ask students how many people will they be working with, details on how they are going to do it and timeframe,” Senter said of the application process.

She said the conference draws students from dozens of countries and hundreds of universities.

“This conference mobilizes and engages young people from around the world, and President Clinton challenges these people to come up with tangible action plans which we call Commitment to Actions,” Senter said.

“This action plan can be in five focus areas: human rights and

philanthropy, education and poverty, peace, public health, environment and climate change.”

The conference will consist of panel discussions with Clinton and other notable speakers, breakout sessions for discussion and a service project on the final day.

Miami senior Jonathan Lawson was the first to show the opportunity to friends and colleagues, then Richard Mollette and Krista Mollette. Together, the three decided to apply. For their team, they picked the name Dlo 4 Haiti “Dlo means water in Kreyol (Haitian Creole), we picked this name off of our student organization Lespwa 4 Haiti, which means Hope for Haiti,” Krista Mollette said. “(The) cholera epidemic is a big issue going on in Haiti right now, so we want to come up with something that we can help and address that issue on a larger issue.”

According to Lawson, the team’s plan of actions are to

respond to the cholera epidemic in Haiti. The team plans to use a lifestraw, or individual water filters. Each straw filters up to 700 liters of water, equivalent to one year’s drinking water. Next, the group hopes to bring oral rehydration salts to Haiti in order to prevent dehydration. Last, Lawson said they want to create a cholera education plan to teach in Haitian schools and organizations.

“The conference is about students who have similar passions and coming together, working together,” Krista Mollette said.

Sherrill Sellers, adviser for the students’ organization, is very proud of this group of the students’ commitment to help the nation of Haiti.

“I am blown away,” Sellers said. “Krista has the passion for people of Haiti, and she’s got great energy and enthusiasm.”

For more information, visit www.cgiu.org. The application deadline is Feb. 7.

By Hope Holmberg For The Miami Student

History buffs who also love Miami University are in luck.

During the fall 2011 semester, a class focusing on the history of Miami will be offered to students through both the American studies and history departments, according to Charlotte Goldy, history department chair.

The course was initially implemented by Phillip Shriver and later taught by Curt Ellison. It is making its return after a two-year absence in the course catalogue as History 241.

Helen Diana Sheumaker, an American studies professor, will be teaching the course. Since students have been disappointed about the absence of the course, Goldy is enthusiastic about its return.

“That course was really popular when Ellison was teaching it,” she said. Sheumaker will be putting an emphasis on her specialty, public history, in the class curriculum.

“This was a natural fit because it taps into what I teach and what I do,” she said. An emphasis will be put on hands-on, collaborative work, she said.

“We are thrilled that she’s going to be teaching,” Goldy said.

When Shriver taught the class, it was a onecredit hour course that was taught at the 100 level, Goldy said. Ellison revised it to be an upper-level, three-credit course.

Goldy said since it was a popular class, the change was important.

“It was an important aspect of keeping it on the books,” she said. “(Shriver) taught it for about 17 years and then he stopped teaching it in about 1997 and two years after that I began teaching it in the history department.”

Ellison is currently the director of the Colligan History Project at the Miami Hamilton campus.

Ellison said his class entailed mainly student presentations and guest lectures in addition to lectures made by him.

Ellison said he enjoyed the time he spent teaching the class. Mainly juniors and seniors who wanted to learn more about the campus because of the time they had enjoyed at Miami and the personal growth they had experienced chose to take the class, he said.

“As a historian, I think it’s important to be aware of how decisions made in the past develop a framework that provides conditions for what one can do in the present,” Ellison said.

Sheumaker said the class will be using the university’s archives and digitalized records for hands-on research.

“It (the class) will cover the history of Miami University, but also in more thematic ways, looking at Miami University in terms of race, class, gender, as well as sort of focusing on things like sports and the teaching of science on campus,” she said.

Sheumaker, who referred to Ellison and Shriver as “two really gifted scholars,” is enthusiastic about carrying on the legacy of the course.

Sheumaker said students will research topics they find interesting and want to learn more about.

“A historical approach to the history of the place you live is an interesting prospective to have,” Goldy said. In addition to fulfilling both American studies and history requirements, the class will be open to all students as an elective.

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OXRE

continued from page 1 “Our main goal is to clear up the confusion before next year,” Nixon said.

Miami University senior Colin Ostasiewski feels

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 ♦ 3 lucky to have a landlord who is not as strict as OXRE. “My lease is not constricting at all,” Ostasiewski said.

“We can pretty much do whatever we want as long as we pay our rent and don’t trash the place.”

Although Ostasiewski is pleased with his laid back landlord, he also does not

get inspections.

“I guess it would be nice to know that everything is OK while I am away on break,” Ostasiewski said.

Sophomore David Lipinsky agrees the $30 charge seems a bit excessive for trash not being taken out.

Lipinsky is excited to leave the residence halls and

is relieved to learn that his landlord next year will not charge him.

“I feel like I’m mature enough to take care of my own space,” Lipinsky said.

“It is nice to know that they are concerned, but I don’t know if it is necessary. I understand that they want to make sure that their property

is safe, but I think they could be a little more trusting.”

Nixon has heard some concerns from tenants about these charges, but said it is to ensure that everything remains safe when students leave.

According to Nixon, these inspections have nothing to do with insurance rates.

“We are really just trying to take preventative measures in order to avoid much bigger issues such as someone’s pipes freezing, for example,” Nixon said. “If the heat gets turned off when tenants go home for break, pipes can freeze, which is more expensive and more difficult to deal with.”

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Bill to create more snow days Proposal would increase calamity closings from three to five Lanyard helps officers identify first-year

By Lauren Karch

At around 2:50 a.m. Sunday, an employee of Brick Street Bar and Grill reportedly stopped an Oxford Police Department officer as he was walking into the department regarding a male passed out in the alley behind the bar.

The officer reportedly walked over and found a male lying in the fetal position on the back steps of Brick Street.

When the officer woke the male, he reportedly seemed very intoxicated and vomited on himself.

According to police reports, the officer found a lanyard around the male’s neck, identifying him as Miami University first-year Carlos Johnson Jr. Johnson reportedly needed assistance standing up and continued to vomit.

The officer reportedly drove Johnson back to his residence at Dorsey Hall and he vomited multiple times in the back of the police cruiser.

Johnson was reportedly taken to his room with help from another student.

Johnson was cited for underage intoxication and disorderly conduct.

Local schools may get a break on making up snow days in June.

The number of calamity days given to public schools is again up for debate in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Language in House Bill 1, passed in 2010, reduced calamity days across the state from five to three for the 2010-11 school year.

Gov. John Kasich, whose term began in January, has supported proposals to bump the number back up to five.

Rep. Timothy Derickson of Butler County, a cosponsor of the bill and member of the Ohio House of Representatives’ education committee, said House Bill 1 imposed a number of changes, and some aimed to add days to the school year.

The new bill will be specific, focusing only on reinstituting five calamity days.

“What’s behind this bill is not

Female punches, swings purse at male At around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, an Oxford Police Department (OPD) officer standing outside OPD reportedly noticed a disturbance across the street at Stadium Bar and Grille.

According to police reports, the officer noticed “a lot of yelling and cursing” when he arrived at the bar.

The officer also reportedly witnessed a female being held back from attacking a male.

The officer reportedly tried to get the attention of the female, but she broke free and swung her purse at the male’s face.

The officer reportedly pulled the female away from the male and identified her as Miami University senior Kristen Keller.

Keller reportedly told the officer that the male, who she did not know, had thrown a drink on her.

The male, who had a laceration above his eye, reportedly told the officer he had been involved in a verbal altercation with Keller’s boyfriend.

The male also reportedly told officers that Keller’s boyfriend had thrown a drink on him and a wrestling match ensued.

As a result, Keller reportedly punched the male in the face while others were holding his arms back.

Keller was cited for assault.

Patron falls off stool, employee reports assault At around 1:50 a.m. Friday, police officers responded to 3 Trees Irish Pub in response to an assault.

Officers reportedly found a male with an ice pack over a large cut on the back of his head.

According to police reports, an employee of the bar heard what sounded like a punch to the male’s face and turned around to witness the victim fall from his stool.

The employee reportedly told officers that a second male stood over the victim before walking out of the bar.

According to police reports, a second employee followed the assailant until police caught up at the intersection of Church Street and Campus Avenue. The male was reportedly identified as Miami University sophomore Kevin McCarthy before being placed in the back of a police car.

McCarthy reportedly had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and red, glassy eyes. McCarthy was reportedly read his Miranda rights and chose not to speak to the officers.

McCarthy was cited for underage intoxication and disorderly conduct and taken home.

The victim reportedly chose not to press charges for assault.

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whether kids should be in school she said. “Right now, Talawanda’s more days,” he said. “What’s be- at four calamity days, so we have hind it is realizing that the fewer to make one up.” days that are Spivey said available bethe Talawanda “Especially when cause of weather, School Board especially when lays out makethere’s public up days a year there’s public transportation, it in advance and transportation, it becomes a safety the school disbecomes a safeissue when the weather trict typically ty issue when the weather is a tacks makeis a bit iffy.” bit iffy.” up days onto Anotheraspect the end of the REP. TIMOTHY DERICKSON of the bill will school year.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE allow schools to She said make up days while a tighter in 30-minute limit on calamincrements, allowing schools ity days does ensure more days to add hours to already sched- in the classroom, additional days uled days instead of scheduling are not always the most conducive to learning. additional days.

“Of course, we don’t want to Kelly Spivey, assistant superintendent for the Talawanda School deprive anyone of those two days District, said the district typically in the classroom,” Spivey said. uses more than three snow days “But, with the make-up days, we’ve found that attendance is per year.

“The last few winters, we’ve typically low, student engagement used four to six calamity days,” is low, so it’s hard to determine the

classroom impact of those makeup days.”

Miami University senior Melanie Kleather, a middle childhood education major who recently completed her student teaching semester, said she would like to see the calamity day limit reset to five.

“Schools shouldn’t be pressured to have school on days where there is really bad weather,” she said. “With such a limit on days, safety is at stake.”

The bill will appear before the education committee Wednesday, and if it passes the committee, it will be voted upon by the full house. Derickson said he expects a great deal of support for the bill.

“I think it’ll be a popular bill, especially in a year where many schools have reached or exceeded their limits,” he said. “Here we are down in southwestern Ohio, not in the Snow Belt like some of our northern schools, and many of our schools are out of calamity days.”

Changes on the way for county clerk’s office

By Jenni Wiener

Senior Staff Writer

The newly-elected clerk of courts has some big plans for her term in office.

Mary Swain, who was elected to office Jan. 9 to succeed former clerk Cindy Carpenter, said she is mostly looking forward to the challenge of this position.

“It’s definitely going to be a big one,” she said. “It’s no secret that Butler County is going through rough times with the budget lately.

This will be the biggest immediate challenge to overcome.”

To face this problem, Swain said she is asking all employees to send her a résumé and job description.

“One of my plans is to evaluate every person and every job,” Swain said. “With the rough times for the county budget, we may have to make some rough decisions. As of now, however, I have no specific plans of change.”

Butler County Administrator Bruce Jewett said he thinks this is a good and positive way of dealing with the budget issue.

“Every time there is a change of officials, there comes a change of staff,” Jewett said. “I think Mary is doing her best to assure she has people with the right qualifications and I applaud her for how she is handling this.”

Swain said it is too soon to talk about moving any positions. She is currently still receiving résumés from employees and waiting for Gov. John Kasich to give her authority and commission for the clerk of courts.

Miami University sophomore Halle Francis said she thinks it’s unfortunate the Butler County budget is facing rough times.

“I just feel bad for all the people that have to reapply for their positions,” Francis said. “Hopefully no one will lose their jobs. That would be awful, except I understand that hard decisions might have to be made.”

One big improvement Swain is looking to make is changing the communications system for customers and departments.

“For instance, there is a telephone system, but other offices have to

“With some rough times for the county budget, we may have to make some rough decisions. As for now, however, I have no specific plans of change.” dial nine to reach this office,” Swain said. “It is not convenient that other offices don’t have direct access.”

Other changes to communications Swain wants to make are getting the office on a different e-mail system and also breaching firewall on the system.

Aside from improving the communication systems, Swain also wants to improve communications between employees.

“I just met with the general division judges to talk about meeting their needs,” Swain said. “I want to meet regularly with the regulars in the office. One goal is to determine and try to meet the needs of the employees and the

Clooney movie seeks extras George Clooney is inching closer to Oxford, and he’s looking for extras.

Clooney’s new project, Ides of March, is scheduled to film in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky during February and March.

Dare to Dream Casting will hold an open casting call for extras from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5. Dare to Dream is located at 700 W. Pete Rose Way in downtown Cincinnati.

Those going to the casting call need to bring a photo and contact information. If you have already submitted a photo and contact information, you do not need to attend Saturday.

If you cannot make it Saturday, you may email a photo with your name, home and cell phone numbers and a picture to daretodreamcastingextras@gmail.com.

Clooney is directing, producing and starring in Ides of March, a movie based on the play

by Beau Willimon. The movie revolves around a political staffer who gets a crash course on dirty politics during a presidential campaign.

Ides of March will also star Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Clooney came to Miami University to scout locations in November. Confirmation on filming on campus has yet to be confirmed.

Reporting by Bethany Bruner

MARY SWAIN

CLERK OF COURTS BUTLER COUNTY

different branches.”

Swain was elected to office over Clerk of Courts Chief Deputy Jeff Wyrick and Fairfield Township Trustee Steve Morgan.

She had to resign her position on the Ohio GOP Central Committee after being re-elected to a fifth term.

“I didn’t want to, but there are bylaws that state an elected member can’t hold that position and another,” Swain said. “I had to resign, however, I enjoyed serving that position.”

She is still holding her position on the county Republican Party’s central committee, which she has been a part of for 25 years.

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Community members enjoy a murder mystery night at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oxford Saturday.

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As a fan of Harley Davidson motorcycles, the movie The Notebook and southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, up-and-coming musician Brantley Gilbert isn’t your run-of-themill country star. In fact, run-of-the-mill doesn’t even begin to describe Gilbert, whose tunes have been steadily climbing the charts since he entered the world of country music more than five years ago.

Gilbert’s career took flight after the survival of a fatal car accident gave him a new perspective on life, and his talent has attracted the attention of high-profile country artists such as Jason Aldean.

Gilbert began his career while growing up in the small town of Jefferson, Ga. His southern roots run deep as inspiration to several of the songs from his recently released sophomore album titled Halfway to Heaven.

“There was a little chest in my room, and when I was kid my mom said that my first show was for an audience of one,” Gilbert said. “I had a little plastic guitar and when they put Garth Brooks on the radio and I went at it.”

He credits his life in Jefferson for formulating his unique southern rock and country sound. His lyrics offer an honest expression of unforgettable friendships, romantic heartbreaks, stories of successes and failures and life in Georgia.

The sincerity and liveliness of Gilbert’s songwriting is what caught the attention of Aldean, country’s top-charting artist. After he heard Gilbert’s song “My Kind of Party,” an original off of Gilbert’s debut album A Modern Day Prodigal Son, Aldean decided to cover his own version as the title track for his fourth album, My Kinda Party. Aldean’s version was recorded as a fast-paced revelry cry compared to Gilbert’s heartwarming and acoustic-sounding version.

“It’s an honor and I’m excited about it,” Gilbert said. “He has a fan base and can take things to a different level than I could. I’d sing the songs and play them in front of people I knew. In front of my fan base they heard them and know they’re mine and they’re standing behind them.”

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However, several of Gilbert’s fans view Aldean’s version as a sellout because the sound of both versions are so different. Still, Gilbert defends Aldean’s take on the song as an honor to his writing.

“To some of them it’s like a debacle,” Gilbert said. “A lot of people say some negative things. They think I’ve sold out, but that’s not the case at all. Once you release something to the public, it’s wide open. Anybody can cut it. It’s an honor to have somebody that is from Georgia that actually knows what the songs are about to cut them. It’s definitely an honor.”

Country strong Currently, Gilbert has two top-ranking music videos for his songs “Kick It In The Sticks” and “My Kind of Crazy” that have fans from all over the country excited for the singer/songwriter’s future works. He even confessed that new his single, “My Kind of Crazy,” was written about a past relationship that did not end as expected.

“That’s a little bit of a sore subject. It definitely brings back memories like every other song,” Gilbert said.

So far Gilbert has performed several sold-out shows, including one in Athens, Ga. that had an audience attendance of more than 2,000 fans. Following the national release of his sophomore album, Halfway to Heaven soared to number two on iTunes country album charts and number one on Billboard’s heatseekers album charts.

Gilbert remains humble about his rising popularity with listeners. He enjoys his travels, but often longs for the slow pace and small town feel of his home state of Georgia.

“Everything’s so big now,” Gilbert said. “I grew up in a really small town. I graduated with 66 people. Looking back, I miss it. I get homesick.”

The first show Gilbert performed was one he will never forget. A teenage Gilbert sang at the only bar in his hometown.

“I performed at a bar for the first time when I was 14,” Gilbert said. “There was only one bar in Jefferson, and when my mom walked in I was playing a Travis Tritt song. I’ll never forget it.

She walked in and caught me and she lit a fire under my ass.”

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Gilbert will be performing at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 at Brick Street Bar, following in the footsteps of other acclaimed country artists including Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Billy Currington.

According to Brick Street owner Will Weisman, Gilbert’s artistic credibility and tremendous fan base encouraged securing Gilbert for a show.

“When I asked an industry insider if there was one act that we should get now before it was too late, his response was ‘Brantley Gilbert,’” Weisman said via e-mail. “The individual said that Brantley was going to be a major force in country music and already had a massive following with over 16 million plays on MySpace and 25,000 plays every day. At that point we reached out to countless country fans to get an opinion, and the response was incredible. We were shocked at the level of loyalty to this guy.”

Miami University junior Randi Bargo, a huge country music fan, sees Gilbert’s growing success as exciting and encouraging for other new artists looking to make it in the business.

“I think he’s off to a great start,” Bargo said.

“The fact that Jason Aldean covered one of his songs is awesome. I’m excited to see what Gilbert is up to next. I just know he’s going to be big.”

Tickets are sold out for Gilbert’s show, and the buzz keeps growing louder.

“We expect a packed house, and are excited to give local fans the chance to see Brantley in an intimate setting,” Weisman said.

Still relatively new to the music industry, Gilbert urges aspiring artists to be confident in their talent no matter what people say.

“My best advice would be to start in whatever town you’re in,” Gilbert said. “When everybody tells you to stop, tell them to ‘eff off.’ Start from your small town and get some people who believe in you in your community and if it works there try the next town over and keep working it. Work and work and work. It’s a heavy leaf to turn over, but you can get there.”

As his budding career takes off, Gilbert is modestly thankful to God for his difficult past and promising future. Under the record label Average Joe’s Entertainment, Gilbert is on tour promoting his second album and reaching out to his faithful fans with songs that speak of his crazy journey to chart-topping records.

“Only the good Lord knows,” Gilbert said.

“I’m always writing something, but we’re just going to wait on what the good Lord has in store for tomorrow.”

HANNAH MILLER The Miami Student

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The following pieces, written by the editorial editors, reflect the majority opinion of the editorial board.

ASG wrist slapping won’t bring needed change T

he most recent ASG student senate meeting brought to light a number of institutional issues. At the Jan. 25 meeting, four senators were censured and another nine were warned about attendance, submitting reports and other issues. This amounts to dereliction of duty. The editorial board of The Miami Student is disappointed these senators did not see fit to perform the duties of the offices to which they were elected.

At the meeting, these senators complained they were not warned in advance that they were missing meetings and at risk of being punished. This board feels this is an absurd excuse.

Senators know when they attend a meeting and when they do not as well as the rules about missing meetings and failing to submit reports. Anyone who needs to be reminded they are not performing their duties is not qualified to hold office.

What irks the editorial board about these censures is not that senators were not warned in advance, but that the censures themselves are poorly timed and operationally meaningless.

Senators should be censured as soon as they accrue enough demerits, not in one sweeping round of discipline at one meeting.

If the senate adhered to a “censure as we go” policy, senators may have shaped up when their first colleague got the slap on the wrist. Or perhaps they wouldn’t have even noticed because the censures have no bearing on senators’ privileges in meetings.

In other parliamentary settings, a censure carries real penalties, such as temporarily losing the privilege to speak during debate or introduce business or legislation. In ASG, a censure has none of these consequences. If a censure doesn’t actually hurt, senators will continue to miss meetings and important deadlines.

Student senators seem to work hardest during elections. This board urges senators to bring just as much spirit to carrying out their duties as they did to getting elected in the first place.

Any senators who did not understand their duties when they were elected should resign.

ASG is extremely important to the student body because it controls a huge amount of money. When student senators shirk their duties, they damage ASG’s credibility and take attention away from all of the positive things ASG has done.

The executive cabinet is not guiltless in all of this. ASG cannot be run by a few people, no matter how dedicated. Good leadership means inspiring others to take initiative in their jobs, not dictating all action from on high. The cabinet should help senators better understand their duties from the beginning. When senators fail, let them know. In the wake of these censures and warnings, every student in an elected position should rededicate themselves to the ideals and hopes that drove them to run for office in the first place.

Removal of benefits unfair to dining hall employees M

iami University dining hall employees have lost the free beverages they once enjoyed during shifts after a new policy was approved to restrict employee benefits once again. The limitation on drinks is said to be intended to make working at a dining hall comparable to working at other campus jobs where drinks are not provided.

The editorial board of The Miami Student is disappointed in the recent changes in dining services and believes the removal of employee benefits is more detrimental than advantageous. Student employees in the dining halls should be treated fairly and should be allowed a drink when working long shifts.

The cost of a glass of water or a cup of soda is fairly insignificant and the focus should be on other, more constructive methods to cut costs, like examining ways to reduce the massive amount of food that is wasted every day. Miami dining options

are expensive, and with the amount of money coming in there should be enough to supply employees with one drink.

A consequence of these changes could be a reduction in the number students willing to work in dining services. For employees working in a dining hall, one of the major benefits used to be receiving meals and drinks for the shifts worked.

This perk was a major draw for many students, and the removal of those benefits could discourage students from working in dining services.

If employee health and well being is not being adequately considered, students will not be as inclined to choose a dining hall as preferred employment.

The board encourages Housing, Dining, Recreation and Business Services to continue to look for ways to reduce costs, but not at the expense of student employees.

Your rule of thumb To hot chocolate when you’re having a rough day. Some things about winter will never get old!

To the Miami Metro never being on time or dependable.

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JINGHANG HUANG The Miami Student

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Recruiting slogan confused Miami’s true philosophy After reading your editorial about the embarrassing diploma mistake, it brought to mind Miami’s new philosophy that is being advertised to prospective students (11/11/2010 issue of The Report) The new Miami philosophy states: “At Miami University, we have a simple philosophy: do well, and people notice.”

This is in connection with the university’s No. 2 ranking in teaching. Miami’s official motto (philosophy) that appears on the university seal, which is included on every diploma is “Prodesse Quam Conspici,” translated “To Achieve, rather than to be conspicuous.”

Which one is Miami’s philosophy? Could the advertisement simply have said “At Miami we have a consistent philosophy: We are humbled by our achievements?” Or, is the new philosophy saying the reason to do well is for others to notice?

Gary L. Hunter

Director Emeritus, Department of affirmative action and human resource development huntergl@muohio.edu

America must stand together to stay strong Governments are toppled in the Middle East. Economies crumble throughout Europe. Oil and food prices rise. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on. Russians are murdered in Moscow. A congresswoman sits in a hospital fighting for her life. A family lays their nine-year-old daughter to rest. The jobless rate remains stubbornly high. News of slain police officers stream across the bottom of our TVs. Russia develops a nuclear warhead that can penetrate any missile defense system. Iran seems to inevitably be on the path to a nuclear weapon. Our own economy seems to be teetering on a precipice all the while trying to shoulder the burden of a massive debt.

As violence seems to be on the rise, some may be at a loss about what to do. I don’t know if every generation feels like the world is crumbling around them, but the news has not been very encouraging lately. I can’t even imagine what our grandparents and great grandparents felt during WWI and WWII, but we can learn one thing from the recent bouts of unrest in Greece, Tunisia, Egypt and other countries. It is that the people control the situation. They set the tempo and they hold the tone. Governments may be able to quell rebellions, but what does that do besides put it off to another day? America is not immune to hardship. We are one incident away from allowing ourselves to be turned into a police state or falling into chaos. If unrest spreads to Saudi Arabia, one can only imagine what would happen to fuel prices. If some of the fears coming from the right about the dollar come true, what would happen to food prices? If we continue on our interventionist path in the world and piss enough people off, what will happen? It does not take the destruction of the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, four airplanes and the loss of 2,976 people to paralyze this country. A few well-directed attacks could bring this country to its knees if we let them.

This country can only be thrown into unrest if we let it. We as Americans need to realize that we are not like the rest of the

world. We have something different here.

We, a raggedy group of farmers, defeated the most powerful army in the world to gain our freedom. We righted the wrongs of slavery with the blood of more than 600,000 Americans. We allowed man to touch the clouds.

We beat back the armies of Hitler. We left the footprints of a man on the moon. We defeated the Soviets in a war of ideologies. We are the most successful nation this world has ever known. We do not use violence to force our opinion on our neighbor. We don’t cut off someone’s hand for his or her religious views. We do not sacrifice what others have bled for so you can have a safer plane ride.

Freedom is not easy. It does not come without sacrifice. The moment you think you are secure in your freedom is the moment it is about to slip from your grasp. America will most likely be the victim of another terrorist attack. We will most likely suffer another Great Depression. We will have hardships, but the moment that you let the others dictate your movements. The moment you sacrifice your freedom for safety. The moment that you think violence is the remedy for the problem at hand. That is the moment we have lost and the blood that has been spilled in the fight for freedom will be in vain. That is the moment that we have proven Ben Franklin right in his doubts about the ability of man to rule himself. They wish to change our lives, and we must not let them. When food and oil prices rise. When we lose lives to terror.

When the rest of the world is plagued by unrest and violence. The only way America and freedom can survive is if individuals commit themselves to nonviolence. We must ask our neighbors if they need help. We must not be afraid to join hands with those people we barely know.

As I prepare for my second deployment to Afghanistan, I pray that people understand their responsibilities to the preservation of freedom that they have here at home. The military is not the most important defender of freedom. All of the individuals who call America home are. I pray that people realize that every day they wake up they must make the conscience decision to preserve freedom.

To not fall prey to the temptations of a safer country at the expense of freedom or the ease of violence rather than discussion. The military has its own sacrifice to make. We know what we have to do, and we know the price that we may have to pay.

The people must realize what their sacrifice will be. This may be seen as a tipping point in history or it may be forgotten in a few months’ time. I pray the latter, but that tipping point is inevitable and so is the choice that we will have to make. Let’s make the choice that proves Lincoln wrong when he said “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time or die by suicide.”

Matt Reed

reedmj2@muohio.edu

Thank you, walkway heroes A great big thanks to our grounds crew people, who since November have been coming in the middle of the night in the snow and ice and bitter cold to clear our walks.

James Brock

professor of economics brockj@muohio.edu

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➤ GREEN EGGS AND SAM

➤ ORIANA’S OBSERVATION

U.S. military Democratic change starts with people Learning slowly losing key outside upper hand the classroom In early January, there were several images of a fighter plane published online that caught the attention of the international society.

The images were snapshots of a prototype J-20 fighter aircraft in a high-speed taxi test. A high-speed taxi test is one of the last steps before an aircraft makes its fight operational flight.

What was more surprising was that the aircraft seemed to be equipped with stealth technology. Stealth technology is used in a variety of military adaptations that allow certain objects to evade radar detection by manipulating the shape of its metal surfaces.

Aircraft equipped with stealth technology are considered fifth generation fighters, and the United States Air Force is the only air force known to have acquired them. They have not yet been used in conventional warfare, so nobody knows of its full implications, only speculations.

This recent development is very alarming considering the fact that the United States and China have been clashing through several disputes over the last year.

The recent U.S. government’s complaints about the manipulation of the Chinese currency and the jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate are only two of the conflicts between the two. Not only that, the U.S. military has a number of military assets deployed in the

By any objective means of measurement, the U.S. still remains a dominant military actor in the world arena now, but that seat in power will not last long because the Chinese military is quickly catching up with its powerhouse economy funding it.

East Asia region, which will be harder to defend when this J-20 fighter becomes fully functional. There is no doubt that this will be a taxing issue for a number of President Barack Obama’s military advisers because the U.S. economy is not in shape for another heavy military spending and investment.

It looks to be that the U.S. is slowly losing the upper hand in its comparative military superiority over China, and there is not much it can do to stop this recent military spending.

What is more interesting is that China is also increasing the development of its unmanned aerial vehicles.

In the Zhuhai airshow, which opened in November 2010, China showcased a stunning number of 25 models of UAVs when it was only able to showcase a handful in 2008.

Additional rumors are that China will start building not one, but two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. By any objective means of measurement, the U.S. still remains a dominant military actor in the world arena now, but that seat in power will not last long because the Chinese military is quickly catching up with its powerhouse economy funding it.

The next few months will decide whether this rivalry between the two nations will spur an arms race similar to what we saw during the Cold War. The outcomes of this competition will drive new quarrels in new areas.

Charles lee

leec2@muohio.edu

We have spent a massive amount of money and blood trying to bring democracy to the Middle East.

American policymakers circa the early 2000s thought Arab dictatorships would Sam topple like Kay dominoes following the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Eight years later, the dominoes are shaking, but not because of us.

Democracy has floundered in Iraq and Afghanistan, even with 200,000 American and NATO troops on the ground.

Our unfortunate experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan proved that you can’t create a democracy by parachuting in, kicking out the bad guy and holding elections a few months later.

The west may wax laconic about democracy, but we are cozier with undemocratic dictators than our rhetoric would suggest.

Just a few weeks ago, protesters toppled a decades-old dictatorship in Tunisia, a former French colony. The Jasmine Revolution, its success still far from assured, is nonetheless a momentous development in the Arab world as the mostly peaceful, democratic overthrow of a dictatorship.

France’s reaction was tepid at best. As the Tunisian crisis began to unfold Jan. 12, French Foreign Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie offered the dictatorship “the world-renowned know-how of France’s security forces.” France wanted to avoid casualties among the protesters, she claimed.

France’s support of the dictatorship is shameful, but America has its own dictatorial allies, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s chief among them.

For decades, Washington

has been locked in a “devil in Iran, the Obama administrayou know” relationship with tion is trying not to interfere. a cabal of Arab leaders, ev- First of all, picking a winner eryone from Mubarak to the is risky business. Choose the Saudi royal family. Donald wrong side and you’ll be in the Rumsfeld certainly has fond doghouse for years or decades. memories of his visits with Second, there is little we can Saddam Hussein. That group do to influence the outcome. once included the Shah, so it Civil liberties may have newis easy to understand why our found popularity in the Midleaders’ brows furrow when dle East, but America doesn’t. people take to the streets in Even the hint of American the Arab world. When protests backing might be enough to led to the ouster of the Shah delegitimize a new leader in in 1978, Egypt. we were Democratic change isn’t Egyptians left with will be going to come to the a hostage choosMiddle East by way of ing their crisis and an Islamic an American bandwagon future for republic in t h e m or fall out of a C-130 Iran. We selves. on its way to Bagram. may not S o , like to be Democracy is something what can allied with we do? people must claim for dictator The U.S. themselves on partners, should their terms. but we have reconbeen too sider its afraid of regional the alternatives to walk out on alliances. The Saudis may them. We are therefore only se- give us oil and the occasional rious about democracy when it terrorism tipoff, but they are is convenient. woman-hating fundamentalIt is too early to tell what ists who rule by the sword and will result from Egypt’s pro- finance our foes behind our tests. Perhaps things will settle backs. We have billions tied down and the status quo will up in investments and military abide for a few more years. aid throughout the region. We Perhaps the Muslim brother- have plenty of allies, but few hood will take control. I dare real friends. to hope a secular democracy The next time the people might emerge. If democracy of an Arab nation take to the comes to Egypt, it won’t be streets demanding civil liberbecause of us. It won’t be be- ties, let’s try to not be in the cause we invaded Iraq and it awkward position of officially won’t be because of President or unofficially supporting their Barack Obama’s historical oppressors. We should also get speech in Cairo. It will be be- over our hero complex. Demcause Egyptians wanted it and ocratic change isn’t going to did what they had to in order come to the Middle East by to get it. way of an American bandwagDemocracy cannot be won on or fall out of a C-130 on its with might and power. History way to Bagram. Democracy is has shown us time and again something people must claim that a government won by ag- for themselves on their terms. gression must be maintained If the U.S. is truly committed with aggression. Democracy to democracy as an institution, must come about through we should get over our fears of Arab democracy and stay democratic means.

As during the 2009 protests the hell out of the way.

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Open up to international students

How many of you know what happened in the Middle East? How many of you know what the unprecedented number of protesters in Egypt called for? How many of you know the tragedy that took place in Moscow’s main airport? How many of you know China’s President Hu Jintao visited President Barack Obama?

What you do know is the gossip that one of your friends has ended a short relationship, you have memos everywhere reminding you of your friends’ birthdays, you know there’s going to be an exciting party uptown Saturday night and, what’s more, you may just have time to focus on that huge pile of homework.

Miami University President David Hodge proudly announced in his 2010 annual speech that the percentage of graduates who have studied abroad has increased from 36 to 44 percent over the past four years and stressed that a global perspective is critical to our future success. We have to seriously reflect upon the real meaning of what he called global perspective.

There’s no doubt that studying abroad is the best way to achieve global sight, however, it’s not the only one. What about those students who couldn’t afford to study across countries? Although you might not have the money for it, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t pay attention to the international environment. Also, do not forget that there are a large number of international students around you.

Do not look down upon them anymore. They have taken a risk and stepped forward into a strange country far away from their home for four years or more. Stop laughing at their poor English because you may be treated the same someday in the future. Do not be cold or mean to them because you may never know if you are in a company that is coordinated with their country.

Do not use a critical tone to say that international students are not inclined to get involved in American studies. It’s true that international students are the minority here at Miami, but there’s not a strict rule that the minority has to follow every step of the majority. When you melt with them gradually, you may have a better understanding of the country’s culture and customs. You could also pick up another popular language without paying for the tuition. In a word, you could get global sight without even stepping out of your territory or comfort zone.

We are a big family with sisters and brothers all around the world. We need a harmonious environment to live in, not a campus full of hate. We want a happy and inspiring life, not complaints and sorrows everywhere. All we have to do is just to be open, respectful and tolerant of international cultures. Taking advantage of resources around you, you can easily become a global citizen.

Qiao Song

songq@muohio.edu

You sometimes get those professors who always have something to prove, getting into curriculum way above the course level, pushing their ideas as only being the right ones or just the mere fact that they need to achieve their tenure status.

It’s in your Oriana hands to choose Pawlyk your major, your Miami Plan courses and your overall course load.

So, is it the luck of the draw of getting great teachers, or is it that there’s just something wrong with the students? How eager are we to learn according to the teacher’s mandate? How eager are we to learn at all?

A new study, published in Academically Adrift from the University of Chicago Press, found 45 percent of the nation’s undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college. According to the researchers, the students studied showed no significant improvement in the key measures of critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing by the end of their sophomore years. The first two years of college just seem to be a strangely similar repeat of the high school curriculum.

Some students even got all of the way through college without learning much. The study found 36 percent of students showed little improvement even after four years.

Solitary study and more reading helped results, but social engagement and participation in the Greek system did not.

Alright, I see how these different factors can change how a student performs academically, but here’s the problem. If we’re trying to be the “most marketable” people we can be to get promising jobs and maybe retire at a reasonable age, classrooms and textbooks just don’t cut it. I believe that students are eager to learn, it’s just how and what they choose to learn sometimes becomes a flawed process.

Poor time management hinders the process. Earlier this year, two economists at the University of California found that over the past four decades the time college students spend in class and studying has decreased substantially, from 40 hours a week in 1961 to 27 hours a week in 2003. So, what are we doing with our time?

When I wrote a few articles back how students are bred for competition, with internship searches, jobs during the summer, et cetera, I wasn’t treading lightly. What you do with your time outside of academic studies molds you into the person you want to become. More importantly, it shapes how you want to grasp your own future.

It’s not that students aren’t learning anything in college. Learning isn’t just about the student-teacher relationship. It’s the friend-tofriend relationship, the adviser-student relationship and the employeremployee relationship as well.

It’s not just about the résumé builder and the high GPA. This is the time to do something for ourselves because we are in control of how we learn values and gain experience. Regardless of who tries to influence our learning process, it is ultimately in our hands.

Words of peace from the opposition in Egypt Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons.

Some would say that it is too idealistic to believe in a society based on tolerance and the sanctity of human life, where borders, nationalities and ideologies are of marginal importance. To those I say, this is not idealism, but rather realism, because history has taught us that war rarely resolves our differences. Force does not heal old wounds it opens new ones.

What has begun in Egypt can’t go back … I came today to join you on the happiest day in our lives. Today I can look each one of you in the eye. Today, as Egyptians, you have taken back your rights to life and freedom. What has begun cannot go back. We have one main demand: the end of the regime and the beginning of a new stage.

Tahrir Square, Cairo, Jan. 30, 2011

Nobel Lecture, Oslo, Dec. 10, 2005

Mohamed ElBaradei

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associated with earmarks.

“Anytime funding decreases, it is never a good thing,” she said.

“However, I understand that earmarks sometimes only serve the interest of a select few.”

One project that could be affected is the Scripps Gerontology Center, according to Jim Oris, associate dean of research and scholarship.

Oris said the center, which is dedicated to research on the aging population, could stand to

lose funding because of the earmark ban. “(The Scripps Gerontology Center) received a line item in the Ohio budget, and that money goes toward running the operation and funding research … that goes to help the state,” Oris said.

Despite possible funding issues, Oris said a ban on earmarks would likely not affect research at Miami.

“In my opinion, trying to improve labs for biology and the infrastructure portion could slow us down some,” he said. “But in terms of conducting research and getting work done in the scholarly community, it won’t affect us that much.”

Miami’s entrepreneurship department experienced a leadership shift in early January, with former director Jay Kayne stepping down from the program and Brett Smith stepping in as interim director.

The Princeton Review has ranked Miami’s entrepreneurship program in the top 25 for the past four years under Kayne.

Kayne decided he wanted to focus on teaching.

“After seven years as director, Dr. Kayne decided to spend his time in the classroom,” Smith said.

Kayne said he would continue to teach entrepreneurship for the short term.

“It has been a great seven years with the program, but I think it was time for a change, for new ideas and new energy,” Kayne said.

Since the switch occurred during an off period academically, Smith was asked to step in. “I have been working with Dr. Kayne for the past seven years while he was the interim director,” Smith said. “We have been collaborating on the program, developed a class together and share similar philosophical views.”

Smith has been the interim director of the entrepreneurship program for a month, and said the job is

already keeping him busy.

“Our main goal is to uphold the great tradition of the program since it’s founding in 1992 and its transformation by Kayne,” Smith said.

Kayne said he contributed to the program in three parts.

“First, we revamped the curriculum to make it more accessible to non-business majors, so we found a more diverse range of students,” he said. “Second, we created an introductory course for any student to test their interest in the program. Lastly, we created an LLC (Living Learning Community) directed toward those that are interested in entrepreneurship.”

Smith has already thought about plans for the future of the program.

“We plan on taking an entrepreneurial approach, using the main three guidelines that we teach our students,” Smith said. “One, to identify and evaluate all opportunities, two, to marshal resources using alumni and our own resources such as the Edun Live on Campus and three, building values of an entrepreneur.”

Smith hopes to provide the students with even more real world and hands-on experience. “Entrepreneurship is a mindset, not a job title,” Smith said, reiterating a value the program thrives upon.

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What to expect on Sunday

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ameron — If you were to tell me the Green Bay Packers would be the team representing the National Football Conference at the beginning of the playoffs, I probably would’ve told you there’s a better chance of me forgoing delivery and walking to DP Dough to get my Roni Zoni. The Pack has awed us during their miraculous postseason run, which has included wins over the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears. There is no question a huge part of this run has been in part due to the dominant performances of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has passed for 780 yards this postseason to go along with eight total touchdowns, two rushing, and a whopping 104.90 quarterback rating. However, he would be the first to tell you that it helps when you have arguably the best wide receiving core in the league. Rodgers’ favorite target this postseason has been Greg Jennings, who is coming of an eight reception, 130-yard performance against the Bears. With other targets like Pro Bowler Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson and James Jones, defenses have been having a tough time getting Rodgers’ unit off of the field.

When they haven’t been on the field, Green Bay’s defense has held its own.

Like Rodgers leads the offense, it is no question that the Pack’s defense feeds off of the play of their super sophomore linebacker Clay Matthews. With speed, size and grade-A flow that would make anyone jealous, Matthews has been giving opposing offenses migraines.

Another player who has really come up big as well in this postseason is big defensive tackle BJ Raji. Raji has been a big reason why the Packers have only allowed 70 yards rushing per game this postseason and will be a big factor in stopping Rashard Mendenhall Sunday.

While the Steelers are a great team and have knocked off superior American Football Conference teams en route to their Super Bowl berth, I think that the Cheeseheads from Lambeau Field are on a hot streak that will ride with them until they hoist the Lombardi Trophy late Sunday evening. The Packers will win 24-17.

Chris — The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the more potent teams in the NFL on both sides of the ball. The offense is built around a steady balance of run and pass and is led by the pride of Miami University, Ben Roethlisberger. On the other side, the defense is very reminiscent of Chuck Knoll’s Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s. “Bad Boy” Ben Roethlisberger is a two-time Super Bowl champion and has experience over Rodgers that could surface late in the game.

However, Big Ben is going to be forced to deal with an extremely inexperienced and inconsistent offensive line. To add to the sketchiness of the O-line, the best and most solid lineman, second team allpro rookie Maurkice Pouncey, is likely out with an ankle injury. This will limit Roethlisberger’s time in the pocket and will prevent the deep ball to Mike Wallace. Problems on the offensive line could also eliminate their run game, hurting the Steelers’ balanced offense.

Roethlisberger will be forced to come up with the amazing magic to fend off the hungry Raji and determined Matthews.

When I watch Troy Polamalu play, I feel that I am watching a Samoan version of Thor play. He is a versatile game changer and gives Defensive Coordinator Dick Lebeau so many options. Lebeau can send him on a blitz from any part of the field, and he can cover tight ends and wide receivers with the best of them.

Along with Thor, the Steelers have four scary linebackers led by LaMarr Woodley and a defensive line led by Brett Kiesel. Combined, they post the league’s top run defense. Rodgers will have to put on a big belt to succeed on Sunday.

This game looks to be a defensive battle with the top two scoring defenses going against each other, but I think the Pack will pull this one out 28-24.

MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student

Senior forward Andy Miele splits two Bowling Green State University defenders in a 3-1 win Jan. 15.

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NEXT HOME GAME: 7:35 p.m. Friday vs. University of Michigan

’Hawks leave South Bend empty handed

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

Six points stood between the No. 11/13 Miami University hockey team and a second place standing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) as it headed to South Bend, Ind. for a weekend series with the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Saturday, the team walked off the ice still looking up at the Irish and down in disappointment.

The Red and White (14-9-5, 11-7-4-2 CCHA) tied the Irish twice over the weekend, leading to a shootout win and shootout loss.

“We didn’t come out the way we wanted to either night,” sophomore Reilly Smith said. “That definitely put us at a disadvantage right from the get go.”

It was the Irish (16-9-5, 13-6-3-2 CCHA) who gained the get-go momentum Friday when they scored

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just 10 seconds into a power play on a one timer. The goal would be the first period difference, as Head Coach Enrico Blasi’s team kept steady behind goalkeeper Connor Knapp. Fourteen seconds into the second frame, senior Andy Miele found a streaking Smith for a one timer to tie the score at 1-1 in the Joyce Center.

A RedHawks power play was the source of a game-breaking goal. Senior Pat Cannone put the bread in the oven when he ripped a shot around Irish netminder Mike Johnson. Senior Carter Camper and Miele picked up assists on the play.

Irish freshmen T.J. Tynan and Anders Lee teamed up next. Lee found the small-bodied Tynan hovering in front of the goal, and Tynan beat Knapp to make the score 2-2.

The home crowd powered the next Irish score when it found net again after a loose puck found the mesh in the midst of a scramble to

make it 3-2 Irish.

Miele and sophomore Joe Harman then found Smith cruising over the blue line for a feed that the sophomore blasted by the keeper to tie the game at 3-3 with four minutes left.

Senior Justin Vaive’s eyes opened wide and his persistence paid dividends when he found net after repeatedly pounding the puck at the iron to give the Red and White a 4-3 advantage.

Camper fired at net next, and Miele gathered the rebound and slipped it by the keeper for his fourth point of the night and a twogoal ’Hawk lead.

The Irish scored twice in five minutes, with the tying goal coming from Tynan again to knot the contest at 5-5. Neither squad could end the bout in the final three minutes to send it to overtime and shootouts, where Cannone scored the clinching goal.

Saturday, Smith and junior Alden Hirschfeld registered the scores for the RedHawks, but the Irish also answered with two goals. The Irish got the best of The Brotherhood in the shootout, earning the 1-0 victory and an extra point.

Blasi said the Irish series and the looming set of battles with the University of Michigan Wolverines will truly test his squad.

“We had two good teams going at it, and it was really a battle all weekend long,” Blasi said. “Notre Dame and Michigan are the top two teams in our league, so hopefully it prepared us well.”

Smith scored three goals in the series, and Miele had a goal and four helpers. Miele and Camper lead the nation with 49 and 46 points respectively.

“We didn’t come to play the way we needed to,” Smith said. “To come out of that series with only three points just isn’t good enough.”

NEXT HOME GAME: 7 p.m. Tuesday vs. Ball State University

Broncos bash RedHawks in overtime

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

Head Coach Charlie Coles ditched his token red turtleneck for a dress shirt and pink necktie Saturday at Millett Hall, but it was the RedHawks that were on the business end of a 73-68 loss to Western Michigan University.

Coles took the blame for a second half collapse in which his ’Hawks were all ebb and no flow.

“Then it was my fault in the second half,” Coles said. “We stuck with guys too long. I keep promising that we need to get our big guys in there to do a better job … I’ll take the blame for that second half collapse. That’s on me just being stubborn. It’s hard to see past myself on this because of the way that we finished, and I could have done something about it and didn’t do anything about it. I feel terrible.”

Feeling terrible mentally is one thing, but Coles’ crew has been physically ailing as of late. After a wrist injury Thursday, senior forward Antonio Ballard learned he would be out indefinitely and require surgery. The ’Hawks will also be without guard Quinten Rollins for a while as he recovers from foot and wrist injuries.

“It’s really hard when your best player is missing (Ballard), and we knew that coming into today’s game,” forward Julian Mavunga said. “He is the guy that does everything for us and gave it everything he could. We knew we were going to be down a soldier, and we needed to fill the void of missing Antonio.

There isn’t one person on our team that could replace Ballard.”

Saturday, the RedHawks (9-12, 4-3 MidAmerican Conference (MAC)) wore jerseys from the past in celebration of Throwback Saturday, and Mavunga brought back the glory of No. 32. The number, formerly worn by forward Wally Szczerbiak, was on the lips of the sideline announcer often as Mavunga scored 22 for the Red and White.

The RedHawks stormed out to a 15-5 lead behind the home crowd early before guard Allen Roberts capped off another run with a

three to make it 23-7 at the 12:37 mark. The Broncos started to come back and reached a nine-point margin before Mavunga took over on the inside and made all of his eight first half free throws. Mavunga and sophomore Orlando Williams teamed up for a layup and a three pointer to make the RedHawks’ lead 18 points at 40-22 with just two minutes remaining in the half.

But it was the Broncos (11-9, 4-3 MAC) who brought back the momentum with a 6-2 run to close out into intermission and cut the lead to 42-28.

“The turning point of the game was the last part of the first half,” Coles said. “Walking off the floor and turning the ball over twice. We had an 18-point lead cut, so that hurt us.”

Coles’ crew claimed a 15-point lead over the Broncos before allowing them to go on a 12-1 run and get within four points. With just five minutes remaining, the Broncos battled to within one point at 60-59.

“We just crumbled today,” Mavunga said.

“We should have had this game. When we look back it will be a game of should of, would of and could of. It’s disheartening, but we know we just have to move on and just get ready for the next game.”

The Broncos hit a three pointer to take the lead before Mavunga netted a free throw to get the RedHawks close. With just 19 ticks remaining, Mavunga grabbed the rock with his back to the basket. The big forward dribbled twice, put his shoulder down and personally cleared out the paint before ricocheting the rock off of the window to tie the game at 65 and send it to overtime.

In the next frame, the Broncos took charge early. After two straight Bronco buckets, Orlando Williams split two defenders for an up and under layup, drawing the foul and making it count from the line. Williams’ drive cut the lead to one at 69-68 with three minutes remaining. The Red and White would not score again, and the Broncos scored two layups to win for the first time in Millett Hall since 1989.

“Just like I said, if I had to do it over again I would have gotten my guys in there because

MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student

Sophomore guard Allen Roberts shoots for two points Saturday against Western Michigan University. we couldn’t have done any worse,” Coles said.

“We didn’t have any energy. I looked out on the floor and there was no energy out there.

Again that was my fault, got to get better at that, just got to get better at that.”

Williams finished with 15 points, and guard Chris McHenry tallied 12 points. Demetrius Ward scored 21 points to lead the Broncos.

Other “un-retired” jerseys worn by RedHawks included Wayne Embry’s No. 23, Ron Harper’s No. 34, Dick Walls’ No. 44 and Darrel Hedric’s No. 86.

Miami will continue the home stand when the RedHawks take on the Ball State University Cardinals Feb. 1.