February 5, 2013 | The Miami Student

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1926, The Miami Student reported that a joint committee of representatives from the Student Senate and faculty voted to exclude first-year students from participating in the university’s honor system. “First year men and women … have not developed a sense of honor great enough to allow them the right to take examinations under such a system as now in operation,” the committee determined.

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DASHING THROUGH THE ... NO The Tri-Delt Sundial only tells the correct time four times a year. It is rumored that rubbing the turtles’ heads will bring you good luck.

Miami meets ‘green’ goal

By Doug Miller

For The Miami Student

Miami University’s goal of reducing its energy use by 20 percent by 2014 is right on schedule, after Ohio legislature passed House Bill 251 in 2004 requesting that both public and private universities in Ohio reduce their energy use.

Since the bill was passed, Miami has been working with constructing new buildings and keeping older buildings up to code.

This year, Miami’s energy consumption is $23.4 million or one trillion btus (a btu is an energy unit equivalent to one lit match) as opposed to $29 million in 2004.

In 2004, Ohio governor Bob Taft helped push several energy conservation bills through legislature, including House Bill 251. Since then, however, Ohio has passed fewer bills regarding energy conservation.

According to energy management engineer Anthony Ferraro, the government has rarely requested any information or data on Miami’s progress.

According to Ferraro, House Bill 251 was not binding, meaning Miami would not have been punished had it not reduced its energy use by 2014.

Yvette Kline, director of sustainability and energy conservation, said Miami has been using a system called LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, to measure how energy efficient new buildings will be.

“All new buildings must have a LEED silver rating in order for us to accomplish our goals,” Kline said.

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Both residence halls have shown a 61 percent decrease in energy consumption compared to 2010.”

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Center (ASC), for example, will use 35 percent less energy than the Shriver Center, and the new residence halls on Western campus are expected to have similar results.

Miami has managed to meet its goals of energy consumption through the first two quarters of the current year.

In addition to new buildings, older buildings on campus, such as Elliot and Stoddard residence halls,

have been renovated and changed to comply with Miami’s goal.

David Prytherch, associate professor of geography sustainability coordinator, has been heavily involved with most of the energy decisions since House Bill 251’s passing.

As a member of the sustainability committee, Prytherch works with others in determining how to make buildings more energy efficient.

According to Prytherch, Miami has gone above and beyond the bill’s requirements in setting its own goals.

For example, Prytherch said in 2011, Elliot and Stoddard residence halls were switched from coal-fired steam heat to geothermal heating and cooling.

“Both residence halls have shown a 61 percent decrease in energy consumption compared to 2010,” Prytherch said.

Miami also encourages students to turn off lights and equipment whenever possible and to conserve water using their “Energy Reduction,” posters, according to Kline.

Sophomore Andrew Dalton said he is surprised by the university’s progress.

“I remember seeing information like that last year, I just didn’t realize how well the school’s actually doing,” Dalton said.

Fall 2013 applications break admissions records, again

BY KATIE TAYLOR CAMPUS EDITOR

Miami University has received a record-breaking number of applications for fall 2013. According to collected data, the university has increased its pool of applicants by 10 percent, though the final numbers have yet to come it.

According to Director of Admission Ann Larson, the morning report she received Feb. 1, this year’s application deadline, put Miami at 21,354 applicants.

The numbers reveal an increasing trend when compared to last year’s also record-breaking number of 20,314 applicants for the fall 2012 semester, Larson said.

Larson said the recently revamped campus tours are likely responsible for part of this increase.

“The visits to campus are way up, that’s a positive,” Larson said.

“We’ve actually enhanced our oncampus visit programming; the visit to campus is so critical.”

According to Larson, the number of student visits jumped approximately nine percent with the application increase.

Larson said Miami’s notoriety has been increasing across the country, which has also contributed to the record-breaking number of applications.

“I think that national publicity, it really recognizes the strengths of the university, [which] absolutely attracts interest,” Larson said. “Last year we had applicants from all 50 states for fall 2012, this year we’re only missing Utah.”

Sophomore Meghan Joyce said she’s not surprised Miami’s popularity has increased considering the positive experience she has had as a student so far.

“Miami’s public relations is probably doing an excellent job, so it’s becoming more popular,” Joyce said. “Most of the students seem to be happy here, I know I’m happy here.”

In addition to Miami’s reputation, Larson said the unique experience the university provides students will continue to draw in a large number of applicants.

“We’re excited that Miami’s still on the radar,” Larson said.

“It’s an incredible undergraduate experience we believe, and we believe the students support that.”

Custodial staff numbers dwindle as university seeks efficiency

By Katie Taylor Campus Editor

A reduction in Miami University’s custodial staff over the past several years has led to an increase in responsibility for those who remain.

Bill Moloney, senior director for residential conference and auxiliary services said last year Miami restructured its program to differentiate maintenance and custodial staff.

In addition, the university brought in a consultant to measure the square footage of each residence hall, factor in fixtures and determine how much time it should take to clean each room.

According to Moloney, the university decreased the number of custodial staff members gradually through the process of attrition—not replacing staff members who retire or quit—as opposed to laying off individuals.

Manager of First Shift Operations Don Reed said, as a result, the number of custodial staff members assigned to each building has decreased significantly in the past several years.

“In [2004] we had three senior managers and now I’m the only one left, so I get all three shifts,” Reed said.

For him, conditions remain manageable.

“You know, I hear a lot of complaints about the benefits and things, but it’s like that everywhere,” Reed said. “It’s a good place to work. I’m still here, so I must like it.”

Others said the cut caused a chain reaction, negatively affecting both staff and students.

According to a Senior Building and Grounds Assistant who has worked at Miami for over 20 years, John Row, who asked that his name be changed to protect his job, the cut has made it impossible for he and his partner to keep their assigned residence hall clean, and its 200 occupants happy.

“There used to be four people that cleaned this building, now there’s only two of us, which is crazy,” Row said. “We feel bad, I mean we used to vacuum every other day, sometimes every day, and now we’re lucky if we do it once a week.”

According to Row, though the changes have saved a significant amount of money for the university, and staff members are currently paying the price.

Despite the lack of help, Miami’s custodial staff is asked to continue going above and beyond Row said; he feels it may not be worth it.

“If I didn’t have so many years

here, if I was new here, I would quit,” Row said.

Joe Cottman, who began working recently as a building and grounds assistant in Porter Hall recently, said hall size makes all the difference.

“I’ve only been working here a month and a half, but it doesn’t seem to be too difficult,” Cottman said. “This is a small building though, I bet larger ones would be a lot harder with only two people working them.”

According to Row’s partner, Building and Grounds Assistant Jenny Cast, who has worked at Miami for 25 years and also asked that her name be changed, students seem to notice the worsening conditions of the halls and use it as an excuse to continue trashing them.

“It’s like [the students] almost do this stuff deliberately,” Nunn said.

“It’s not all of them, some offer to help. [Others] will just walk in front of you and throw something down.

To me that’s just very disrespectful.”

Moloney noted an increasing trend in vandalism.

“We’ve had some increases in messes and vandalism over the last two or three years, it goes up a little more each year,” Moloney said. “It’s just a trend we try and educate with our residence life staff.”

According to Row, Miami’s

consultants failed to account for student vandalism when calculating the amount of time needed to clean the residence halls.

Moloney said the consultants’ formula has proven to be fairly accurate, though when issues are brought to his attention, they are addressed.

“People always loved the way things were, and we have some of that [feedback] as well, but we try to treat our staff, and work with our staff and get them the tools they need to do the job,” Moloney said.

However, Cast said many issues remain, including staff members often having to run to other buildings just to get sweepers or other necessary supplies.

Moloney said Miami is taking steps to improve conditions by utilizing a program introduced in 2010 called Leveraging Efficiencies and Aligning Needs (LEAN), which aims to increase efficiency and, in turn, make staff members’ jobs easier.

“Right now, the custodial operations in the residence halls are operating very efficiently; there’s no need to cut any more staff,” Moloney said. “There is a need, through the LEAN process, to involve our staff more … now we’re looking at how to do a better job of helping our staff do their job better.”

Moloney said a LEAN expert was introduced to staff over winter break to kickoff the program.

According to Brian Woodruff, LEAN representative for Housing, Dining, Recreation and Business Services, the program works towards enhancing job efficiency.

“Essentially we want to provide the best experience we can for students, we want to provide great service as efficiently as we can,” Woodruff said. “So, [LEAN is] looking at ways to reduce waste, to find smarter ways of doing business.”

In providing the most efficient service, Woodruff said LEAN will simplify the work of staff.

“The goal ultimately is that we make the job easier so that it can be done well, more efficiently, allowing people really to be more productive,” Woodruff said.

Moloney thanked the custodial staff, and praised them for their hard work and patience.

“I can’t give enough praise to the frontline people who are out there doing it,” Moloney said. “I’m sure that they’re frustrated at times, with how things used to be, and I wish things were like that, but they have high standards and they maintain good quality.”

Additional reporting done by Trevor Jordan.

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Fraternity introduces leadership series

By Libby Mueller Senior Staff Writer

Members of the Greek com-

munity at Miami University will have to meet the requirements of the newly developed Community Advancement Program for fraternities and sororities. But the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity (Alpha Delt) chose to go above those requirements by creating a new leadership series.

The leadership series is called the First Thursday Leadership Forum.

Alpha Delt will host the first forum, Taking a Stand: Leadership Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement, in partnership with the Office of Diversity Affairs and the Black History Celebration Committee. It will be held 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Farmer School of Business Taylor Auditorium.

Professor and faculty advisor to the Alpha Delts Rocco Manzo said the leadership series was created to meet the requirements of the Community Advancement Program in a proactive way.

“We decided to take a proactive approach and create a leadership forum that would be open to other fraternities and sororities but also open to all students on campus that would meet the requirements of the program and be interesting and relevant,” Manzo said.

The Community Advancement Program, introduced in fall 2012, promotes high standards for the Greek community in five pillars: scholarship and learning, service and philanthropy, community, leadership and values, and brother and sisterhood.

It requires fraternities and

sororities to submit chapter plans to the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and devise effective programming for member development.

Manzo said the first forum was timed to coincide with Black History Month in February. “[In the first forum] we’ll learn about leadership,” Manzo said. “The lecture focuses on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and how can we learn from them and apply that to our organization today.”

Manzo said the leadership series will also promote cooperation among the Greek community and other organizations on campus.

“A couple other goals are to increase collaboration among Greek and other students on campus,” Manzo said. “The leadership forum is inclusive of, and can benefit

all students on campus.”

President of Alpha Delt Michael Schwarz said the leadership series also helps address a problem the fraternity was facing in getting sophomores to attend programs in order to keep the second year exemption for Greek students.

“One of the things I was fighting was trying to find programs that were interesting,” Schwarz said.

“The guys are going to be interested in what is going to be said at [First Thursday Leadership Forum] as opposed to trying to schedule programs that are just meeting requirements.”

Schwarz said he thinks the Alpha Delts will benefit from the series.

“This first program, I don’t think a lot of our brothers know about black history… I think the guys will get a lot out of it,” Schwarz said.

“The second one, ‘Kristin’s Story,’

it’s a great life story, it’s a real life account, and the one we’re working on now with the head coaches, I think the guys will be interested in hearing what our coaches at Miami have to say.”

“Kristin’s Story” includes a real life account that raises the topic of rape and sexual assault prevention, entitled and co-sponsored by Alpha Chi Omega sorority, Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault (MARS) and Sigma Pi fraternity. Alpha Delta Phi will host another forum in conjunction with the department of intercollegiate athletics and will present a panel of Miami head coaches discussing leadership.

Manzo said the forum will benefit all students on campus.

“Our goal is to provide relevant leadership experience that all students can take part in,” Manzo said.

Judge drops fraternity’s suit against Miami

By Allison McGillivray Campus Editor

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit for $10 million in damages against Miami University by the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau (Phi Tau) Monday Feb. 4. The fraternity filed the lawsuit after Miami suspended Phi Tau in August.

This lawsuit came as the result of the fraternity’s temporary suspension after August 19 when members of Phi Kappa Tau, along with members of the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon, were caught igniting fireworks inside the fraternity houses and in possession of illegal drugs.

U.S. District Judge Susan

Dlott dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, which means that the lawsuit cannot be filed again.

The Phi Tau national fraternity dismissed its stake in lawsuit against Miami in September.

Phi Tau remains under suspension until August, according to Claire Wagner director of University Communications.

Wagner said Miami agreed with Dlott’s decision to dismiss the case.

“The University is pleased with this dismissal,” Wagner said.

“We had filed that it should be dismissed without merit because we went forward acting after having done an investigation through our Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution.”

The lawsuit contained six

causes of action.

The first stated that the university discriminated against individual members of the fraternity and their equal education opportunity.

The second cause of action said the university violated the Fourth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

The third cause of action claimed breach of contract. This cause stated the university violated the contract between Miami and Phi Kappa Tau National Fraternity when it revoked members’ second year live-in exemption without “just cause.”

Steve Hartman, chief executive officer of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and foundation could not be reached by press time.

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DANCE YOUR ‘HEART’ OUT

Sophomore track star Myers sprints Sexual assualt task force past16-year-old indoor track record lists recommendations Dance Theater performed Jan. 30 at Hall Auditorium at the annual Valentunes concert, which benefits Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

By Reis Thebault

For The Miami Student

By Catherine Monceaux

For The Miami Student

Miami University’s Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Assault released a report Jan. 18 that includes five recommendations.

Of the five recommendations, the initial three take precedence, calling the university to implement a campus-wide campaign to enhance a culture of safety, respect and inclusion. The task force next placed importance on implementing campus-wide educational programs focusing on sexual assault prevention and risk-reduction.

Third, it asks for an enhancement of current support for victims and judgment of perpetrators.

The last two recommendations include identifying a sustained source of funding for the programs and initiatives that are being proposed, in addition to coordinating these efforts across all Miami campuses.

University President David Hodge commissioned the the task force, which is comprised of various faculty, staff members and students, this past fall, following an incident where a flier promoting rape was found in a residence hall bathroom. Rebecca Baudry, director of student wellness and member of the task force, explained why the task force was commissioned “[The task force was commissioned] to address Miami community concerns about sexual assault and evaluate current efforts,” Baudry said. “The community town hall meetings helped serve as catalyst and as a voice from the Miami community.”

In addition, Baudry commented on its purpose.

“This is the beginning of renewed efforts and commitment to keeping Miami students safe,” Baudry said. “The effect of this

report will be the opportunity for students to be more involved in creating a culture of respect.”

Through this undertaking, the task force hopes students will hear its message and be willing to aid in the effort.

“It is a message of commitment, and that student safety is a priority,” Baudry said. “The message is that Miami leadership cares about the collective student experience as much as it cares about the individual student. The message is that when students, faculty, staff and leaders come together, we can make big change. We will have created an environment where each student can stand up to sexual assault and say, ‘not here, not at Miami.’”

Junior Kate Van Fossen, vice president of Women Against Violence and Sexual Assault (WAVES) and member of the task force, has been one of the foremost students in the effort to put an end to sexual assault on campus. She said she is especially passionate about the cause and making sure that campus awareness keeps increasing.

“I am excited to see our campuswide campaign come together,” Van Fossen said. “We are focusing on rising up against rape supportive culture and coming together as a community to take a stand against sexual assault with both a video and visual campaign.”

HAWKS Peer Health Educators put on an event, “Can I Kiss You?” Feb. 4 in an effort to change campus culture about sexually intimate relationships. Member of HAWKS, senior Brittany Walker, said the event is just one of the ways students can educate themselves.

“The whole idea is about asking for consent,” Walker said. “Today, especially on college campuses, we kind of just assume what others want, we don’t ask. Everyone should ask for consent.”

Charlotte Myers, a sophomore and burgeoning track and field star who runs the 400m and 4x400m relay races, broke a school record by .38 of a second. Her coaches expect this to be just another step in the long, successful path in Myers’ career.

The 16-year-old record was in an event that Myers rarely even runs: the 600m. The previous mark, set by Becca Williams in 1996, was 1:34.39. Williams holds several Mid-American Conference (MAC) records and boasts a national championship in the 400m hurdles. Myers clocked in at an impressive 1:34.01 on Jan. 19 at Indiana University’s Gladstein Invitational.

Assistant coach and sprints, hurdles and jumps coach Brian Etelman said Myers’ time shows natural ability.

“You have to be talented to run what she did,” Etelman said. “She did that without really training that much. She just went out there and did it.”

The 600m run is not something that Myers competes in often, as there is no 600m event at the MAC conference. However, after Etelman proposed trying it out, Myers took the opportunity.

“The [600m] wasn’t really a top priority,” Myers said. “I didn’t think anything of it and my coach gave me an option. I ran it just to see what I could do.”

According to Myers, running a longer distance than normal took a little getting used to.

“It’s more of a strategic run, so I didn’t really know what I was doing,” Myers said.

However, Myers said judging from recent, record-breaking results, she is settling into it quite nicely.

“The more I run [the 600m], the more I understand how to race it,” Myers said.

Coming into the Gladstein

Invitational, neither her, nor her coaches’ eyes were set on the record books.

“We don’t ever pay attention to [records],” head coach Kelly Phillips said. “It’s just fun when it happens.”

Etelman shared a similar attitude.

“I don’t focus on records that much because if you’re doing the right thing, they should be broken all the time,” Etelman said.

Myers has also been very successful in the 4x400m relay. She has contributed to three of the top five best 400m relay times in school history—including the top two spots—all as a freshman.

Etelman shared his theory for this success.

“She thrives with teammates around her, she doesn’t want to let anyone down,” Etelman said.

According to Myers, the challenge for her and her teammates will be to carry that success over to this season, as three of the runners on last year’s record-setting relay team graduated.

“Last year we had an awesome relay team and this year we have a ton of potential so hopefully we will be just as good,” Myers said.

While she praises this year’s and last year’s relay teams, Myers is not as kind to her own performance.

“I wasn’t as successful as an individual, in my open events, so I’m hoping that I’ll do better in my individual events this year,” Myers said.

However, her coaches are not as harsh.

“The 400m is arguably the hardest event to be successful in,” Etelman said. “In the open 400m event, you really can’t hide. She was an 18-year-old freshman, she did awesome.”

Miami first recruited Myers to play soccer, which she did, her freshman year, but after winning a 400m state championship in high school, she began to explore track and field at a collegiate level as well. She ceased playing soccer

after her first year to focus wholly on track.

“I think that last year, I didn’t excel in either of the two sports so I thought that just concentrating on one would help me,” Myers said.

“I think that I had more potential in track. I had been playing soccer my whole life and I loved it, as a sport, it was my first love but I started track when I was in eighth grade, so I’d only been running for five years and, I mean, my training in high school wasn’t that much so I knew that, with what I did in high school, I could do a lot more in college.”

From her coaches, there is nothing but praise for all that she has done in her short time at Miami, and for the way that she has done it.

“What is great about her is that no matter what is going on away from the track, whenever she comes to practice you think she is having the best day ever,” Phillips said. “She is one of the toughest competitors and always has a smile on her face.”

Coach Etelman, who coaches Myers directly, while coach Phillips oversees the team, is equally complementary.

“There is a very high level of self-awareness for her,” Etelman said. “This makes it easy to constantly be moving forward and getting better and better and she is really competitive, very accountable and very easy to coach so it kind of makes my job nice.”

While it may seem that Myers has already reached the pinnacle of track and field at Miami, there are still expectations for the remainder of her career.

“Charlotte is really, really talented,” Etelman said. “There are not many people that can do what she can do. My expectations are to get her to realize how talented she is. When that moment clicks, she is going to be a beast.

My expectations are for her to get to that point and realize how good she is. When she does that, the sky is the limit.”

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Housing, shops to replace Student on the Street vacant Walmart location What was your favorite part of

By Jenna Pilipovich For The Miami Student

The old Walmart building and vacant parking lot on Locust Street will soon be filled with businesses, restaurants and residential housing.

According to Alan Kyger, economic development director for the City of Oxford, part of the new project will entail housing that will be geared toward Miami University students as well as other commercial retail space.

The proposal calls for tearing down the current building at the old Walmart site and starting over completely. According to Kyger, the design is a “stacked look,” meaning the front buildings will

Hopefully we’ll be good neighbors to students and they can see the great value we have to offer.”

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be one story, the buildings behind that two stories and the last building three stories.

Rebecca Smith, Oxford branch manager of the Lane Public Library, said the two one-story buildings will be stand-alone restaurants. The two buildings behind the restaurants will be commercial buildings and the third building will be residential housing.

The preliminary plan was approved in 2007, but the project was put on hold after the economic downturn in 2008, according to Kyger. The first phase included the overall plan of the project, the number of buildings and location.

The second phase of the project is in progress now. This phase includes presenting the drawings for the project.

Robert Fiorita, a Miami graduate and architect for the new site, will be presenting the final plan for approval in March.

The original plan required 40,000 square feet for commercial and retail space according to Smith. Lane Library, 15 S. College Ave, is looking to move into this new site. With the addition of the library, the space will move up to 50,000 square feet of commercial and retail space.

Kyger said when the beginning stages of the project began in 2007, Level 27 apartments and Campus Courts Apartments had not been built and Uptown had

not been developed to what it is today. Over the last five years, Kyger said there has been an increase of residential units in areas geared towards students. The new site will look somewhat like Stewart Square, but with shops on the first floor and residential housing on the second.

Lane Library is working with the contractor to move into one of the commercial spaces. Smith said the library’s current location on College Avenue does not allow it to expand. The staff is exploring the option to create four-person study rooms in the library as well.

“If we do become a part of this exciting new development at the old Walmart site, we anticipate seeing a great increase to patrons visiting the library,” Smith said.

Junior Megan Ridenour said she would benefit from extra study rooms.

“King gets so crowded, especially around times for group projects and exams,” Ridenour said.

“Having another building to go to could definitely benefit students.”

If Lane Library does move to the new site, its current building will be leased. Smith said the building would be perfect for a doctor’s office, as it is a professional building.

The 48 residential rooms in the three-story housing will be commercialized specifically for college students. Kyger said there are more students looking for housing than non-students.

“Hopefully we’ll be good neighbors to students and they can see the great value we have to offer,” Smith said.

The Housing Advising Commission in Oxford met with the developer a few weeks ago.

Representatives from the Senior Committee were present in hopes to implement senior housing in the new complex. The developer has decided that it will not be economically feasible to build senior housing, according to Kate Rousmaniere, a member of City Council.

“The developer looked into funding, but at the time it’s just not possible to meet the needs of senior housing,” Rousmaniere said.

Nothing will be finalized for this project until March, when Fiorita presents his final plan to City Council. According to Kyger, generally, when the final plan matches the preliminary plan, there are no major differences and there is no issue with passing it.

“He hasn’t presented it yet so it’s too early to make any kind of speculation,” Kyger said. “Not until he presents the final plan that people will react to it.”

the Super Bowl?

My favorite part of the Super Bowl was when Ray Lewis started shouting and going crazy at the end because he won.

Geovonie McKnight First-year

I watched some of the Super Bowl but I don’t actually know who was playing… [My favorite part] was Beyonce.

Haley Smith First-year

My favorite part of the Super Bowl was the half-time show because Beyonce totally worked it.

Robert Alston Sophomore

I liked the blackout. It was enjoyable having to watch them wait to play.

Victoria Lockberg Senior

WINE DOWN

The Performing Arts Wine Tasting event, held Feb. 2 in Millet Hall provided over 100 local and global wines.

Arts center holds family movie night

By Michelle Rowley and Hannah Stein Staff Writer, Community Editor

With The Princess Theater closed, residents’ movie options are limited. Re/Max Alpha Real Estate is hosting a free familyfriendly film series at the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC) to give community members another option.

According to Caroline Crosswell, executive director of the Oxford Community Arts Center, Re/ Max sought out the OCAC to be involved in the film viewings.

“Re/Max wanted to give the people of Oxford a chance to still enjoy a family-friendly night out at no cost,” Crosswell said.

Rio will be the first film in the series, scheduled to show 6:30 p.m Feb. 6. Three more movies have been scheduled for later this year. Everyone’s Hero will be screened March 6, Aliens in the Attic will be screened June 17 and The Fantastic Mr. Fox on Aug. 7.

All movies have G and PG ratings, according to Crosswell.

At this time, OCAC is not

showing films for older audiences; however, if sponsorship can be found, the OCAC is interested in expanding their audience and showing indie and environmental films, according to Crosswell.

“If there is an organization or a group of individuals who would like to work on and/or sponsor a

I think it’s fantastic... It just brings more opportunities to the community.”

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film series we would certainly be open to exploring those options,” Crosswell said.

Senior Emily Kishler said she believes the OCAC would draw a greater audience if it varied the types of movies they show.

“I think it would be neat if they show more recent films like they do at After Dark in the Shriver Center,” Kishler said.

“Oxford lost its only place to go see movies so it would be nice if

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we had another outlet.”

David Prytherch, chair of the Oxford Planning Commission and creator of the “Save The Princess” Facebook page, said he thinks the movies are a good idea.

“I think it’s fantastic,” he said.

“It can never substitute having first-run movies, but that’s not the point. It just brings more opportunities to the community.”

Prytherch has two children and said he looks forward to attending some of the movie showings.

According to Crosswell, OCAC is expecting a turnout of about 100 people at its first showing. Although this is the first film showing, the center recently brought the Mad Cat Puppets from Cincinnati to perform a puppet show, where the turnout was about 110 people.

Crosswell said OCAC provides a number of different events yearround for families. The Re/Max Alpha Real Estate Film Festival will continue to provide movie showings and other activities for community members in the future.

Although the movies are all family-friendly, the young as well as the young-at-heart are all welcome to enjoy these free films.

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Grad. student gives voice to those battling cancer

By Christina Casano

Senior Staff Writer

A creative thesis is nothing new to a master’s candidate in the theatre program at Miami University.

In Sarah Senff’s case this meant reaching outside the boundaries of campus life and connecting to the community in the Oxford area.

In the last two weeks, Senff gave her final two performances of My Left Breast by Susan Miller. The show deals with the experiences women have when dealing with cancer and their lives after.

Senff had a social purpose in doing her research and subsequent performance.

“I want [my work] to restore the voice to people who have lost it due to cancer,” Senff said.

The My Left Breast performances were dedicated to three women in her own life who battled cancer, one of whom is in remission and just got married.

“She got married bald in a tiara,” Senff said. “She’s an amazing person.”

Her work was influenced by what

is called community-based theatre.

Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, Senff’s thesis adviser, often works and teaches community-based theatre.

According to Armstrong, a boileddown definition of communitybased theatre is theatre of, by and for a particular community, telling our own stories to each other.

“It’s a way of bringing the audience into it,” Armstrong said.

“They bring their own experiences to the story that’s being told.”

Senff used these techniques by pairing her 45-minute performance with a workshop directly following.

“The play is a way to get people into a room in order to start the discussion on how people perceive breast cancer culture,” Senff said.

One concern with doing My Left Breast in a college campus context was the question of whether or not students at this stage in their lives could relate.

“The workshop brings [cancer experiences] into people’s lives,” Armstrong said. “We realized that because the show is also about loss this is a time when people are experiencing changes in their lives, including illness and loss.”

Senff worked to expand the

reach of her show in order to make it an effective performance. She also reached out to a number of regional advocacy groups to bring in different people in the area with a range of experiences.

Using community-based theatre practices and techniques, Senff wanted to bring to people’s attention the American idea of having cancer and being a survivor.

Her purpose is to bring awareness about how not all cancer experiences are the same, or as positive as is portrayed.

“There’s a tyranny of optimism with the pink ribbon movement,” Senff said. “Not all women’s stories are linear and those women are silenced.”

Senff’s show may be over, but she hopes the message will have lasting effects.

“It’s important to be aware of [breast cancer] and get screened, but it’s also important to understand all women’s stories,” Senff said. “I’d like people to think about breast cancer awareness month and the pink ribbon movement, and to be aware of both the positives and negatives and how we move forward.”

LAUREN OLSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

JAMMING TO THEIR OWN BEAT

Sophomores Justin Woods (left) and Audrey Hoffmann (right) sing during Cabaret Night Thursday at The Woods.

APP REVIEW African children inspire Facebook with benefits: apps provide a through performances new way to meet people in your area

BY Lauren Kiggins Staff Writer

The African Children’s Choir will share passion and hope for Africa in its performance

We try to pull kids out of the most povertystricken areas and give them a chance. In turn, the children are given a solid education and are put through university to set them up for success.”

AMANDA HEALY

AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR PUBLICITY COORDINATOR

Thursday at Hall Auditorium as part of the Miami University Performing Arts Series.

The choir is comprised of children from ages 7 to 12 from several African nations, many having lost one or both parents to AIDS and poverty-related diseases.

“We try to pull kids out of the most poverty-stricken areas and give them a chance,” Amanda Healy, the African Children’s Choir publicity coordinator, said.

“In turn, the children are given a solid education and are put

through university to set them up for success. They are the future of Africa.”

Founded in 1984, the choir sets out to raise funds for its organization, the Music For Life Institute, which supports education and relief efforts for African children affected by poverty and disease.

“The African Children’s Choir concert is a unique opportunity for cultural exploration,” junior Lisa Chiu, said. “It provides Miami students with an enlightening experience while raising awareness for issues that surround Africa today.”

The choir tours yearly and has performed for such distinguished audiences as President George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II, on a soundtrack with Annie Lennox, and at the finale of American Idol Season 6, among other prestigious venues.

Thursday’s program will be comprised of traditional African dancing, songs and drums paired with a few old time American songs.

“After touring with the children for four years, I realize that there is so much potential for Africa,” Healy said. “You get to watch that potential live.”

The African Children’s Choir will perform 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $9 for students and $18 for adults and are available through the Shriver Box Office.

A CAPPELLA ‘MERGES’ SCHOOLS

By Billy Rafael

Arts & Entertainment Editor

It’s hard to believe there was a time when the only way to meet new people was to go to public places and actually interact with strangers. The technology-crazy world we now live in has all but completely eliminated that process, and thanks to all the new apps available designed to connect people textual relationships are thriving.

Exhibit A: Tinder. This newlyreleased phone app is taking college campuses by storm. For those unfamiliar, the function of the app is to help you find people in your area you might enjoy meeting.

After setting a radius and preferred gender, Tinder uses your Facebook interests and mutual friends to pull up people for you to vote on. You can see several of their pictures and minimal information about them, such as first name and age, leaving you then to simply select either yes or no.

All the while, other users are doing the same with your profile. If you and someone else both select yes for each other, only then can you begin messaging back and forth. What you choose to do after is completely up to you.

Grindr is essentially the same thing but targeted for gay men.

It doesn’t feature the same approval system as Tinder, though;

it simply shows you the other users in your area and allows you to message them.

While both apps are marketed as ways to simply meet new people, one can’t help but wonder if they can be for hooking up. The implication is there, just not explicitly.

Tinder allows us to discreetly judge a book by its cover from the safety of our phone.”

ED KRULEWITCH

MIAMI UNIVERSITY FIRST-YEAR

Cue Bang With Friends, a new Facebook app that is exactly what its name suggests. For those too scared to try the app but still curious about how it works, its website hosts a handy diagram (paired with instructions on how to put on a condom) with the simple steps: sign in with Facebook, pick the friends you want to bang, message each other, and then, well, I’m guessing you can figure out the last step.

Basically it is Tinder with more clearly stated intentions.

“It’s not so much a way to bypass going out as it is a backup plan,” a sophomore user of Bang With Friends who asked to remain

anonymous said. “At the end of the night, if you’ve struck out you can hit up your matches and see who else did.”

So it doesn’t appear that Uptown will be any less rampant with people looking for someone to spend the night with. Many of these app users actually have no intention of connecting with anyone.

“I don’t use Tinder, but I know that some of my friends use it as an ego boost,” junior Alex Busch said. “They don’t contact anyone, they just want to see who says yes to them.”

First-year Ed Krulewitch thinks that the fulfillment comes more from the act of choosing yes or no, similar to the appeal of websites like HotOrNot.com.

“I think Tinder has become so popular because it satisfies our natural need to shallowly judge others,” Krulewitch said. “Tinder allows us to discreetly judge a book by its cover from the safety of our phone.”

Whether its for an ego boost or just to kill time, it seems as if these apps are harmless as long as users are careful about who they are contacting and where they meet up with up with people, and for those with risqué intentions, remember to be safe. Just don’t forget that there’s no better way to really get to know someone than through true conversation.

DAMIEN WATSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

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EDITORIAL

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Miami’s effort to ‘go green’ involves small steps for students Miami University has reached a goal of reducing energy use by 20 percent by 2014, after the Ohio legislature passed House Bill 251 in 2004, which required that all universities reduce their energy use.

This year, Miami’s energy consumption is $23.4 million or one trillion btus, as opposed to $29 million in 2009.

The university expects the Armstrong Student Center and new residence halls to use 35 percent less energy than the Shriver Center. In 2011, Elliot and Stoddard residence halls were switched from coal-fired steam heat to geothermal heating and cooling.

The Miami Student editorial board commends the university on its efforts to reduce energy and begin using “green” or sustainable resources.

These efforts play into the much larger role of combating climate change and protecting our environment.

Over the recent years, we have seen, experienced or heard about immense amounts of flooding, wildfires, droughts and an increase of extreme weather in general.

Although it is argued that these events are not directly related to increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, science

has shown there has been a higher amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, typically not caused naturally.

Climate change and what can be done need to be addressed at the international and local levels, but different places will come to different solutions of sustainable energy.

At Miami we can focus on what can be done here and now.

People may believe that there is no point in trying to help the environment.

Although recycling one water bottle won’t save the earth immediately, we need to put aside these notions and try.

There are many small actions that when combined in a group of people, can make a noticeable difference.

Trying to help the earth and reduce our carbon footprint is not a hopeless cause, as there is evidence of past small actions building up and improving our environment.

As overwhelming as the issue of climate change may be, the problem cannot be ignored.

Just as each individual is accountable for his or her actions in the fight against global climate change, Miami University has recognized its own accountability by making great strides in its sustainability efforts. So try to “go green,” and not just for Green Beer Day.

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Post-Super Bowl heartburn We’re too young for this, but we still eat so much food on game day.

John Harbaugh Congratulations to the Miami alum and Ravens coach on winning the Super Bowl!

Winter blues Some days all you want is a warm blanket and a good movie.

Save the koalas They are too cute and fuzzy to be endangered!

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PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

LETTER TO the editor

SEAS needs to project universal school identity There’s a kitchen that’s caught some attention recently. Maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s called the “Idea Kitchen,” and it’s the very visible—and very exclusive—new territory for the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute (LMLI). The workspace occupies what used to be a public study area on the second floor of the engineering building. A lot of students, myself included, feel indignant about the whole ordeal.

The Idea Kitchen’s inception says a lot about the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). SEAS has been fostering a Lockheed Martin branding for the past two years. Regardless of who has been driving this corporate relationship, it’s obvious that the school has embraced it; logos on the website, the display in the lobby, and the new “Idea Kitchen” say it all. This school wants this corporate partnership as part of its identity.

This is understandable, as an undergraduate degree means less today than it once did. As a result, the university’s performance in job placement is important to both current and prospective students. Publicizing corporate partnerships shows

prospective students that the university takes job placement seriously, and the LMLI achieves this for the engineering school in particular.

It’s not that I believe the LMLI acquisition of a once public study space is territorially unfair. To be honest, I never used the area, and the most use it ever got was always around finals week. This new configuration is possibly a more efficient allocation of the building’s space, though others may disagree.

What really bothers me is the accumulating one-sided identity to which it contributes. There are over 2,500 students in the engineering school—40 of them belong to the LMLI. The magnitude of advertisement the program receives would suggest much larger involvement among students.

The engineering school is a very diverse place. There are experts in everything from navigation signals to nanotechnology, bioinformatics to structural engineering. There are diverse partnerships too—the Air Force sponsors GPS research, IEEE and ACM pervade ECE and CSE departments, and GE and Seimman’s have a consistent recruiting

presence. To promulgate each of these divisions and partnerships would be impractical. The school’s identity would become cluttered and logo-infested.

But identity has so much power, and the people most influenced by the identity that SEAS broadcasts are the students that walk its halls.

When I walk past the LMLI logos each day, I am subliminally annoyed because it is not part of my identity, but is projected as if it were.

The larger identity of the engineering school is one that many students embrace, but that identity is getting too closely tied to something unrelated to most of us—the LMLI. The school needs to project a more universal identity—as a place of learning, where the people are passionate about acquiring knowledge so they can make society a better place. That is the sort of identity I think we can share in equally, and even one that will make the engineering building a more exciting, inspiring, and encouraging place to prospective and current students.

BRIAN BREITSCH

BREITSBW@miamioh.edu

ESSAY

Common ingredient has drastic consequences It’s in your lipstick, your shampoo and even in that jar of peanut butter you shamelessly ate last night with a spoon. I could go on further because it pervades our daily lives. I’m talking about oil palm.

Originally from Africa, oil palm is a fruit with a variety of uses.

You won’t find it much in Africa; you will find it in Southeast Asia.

This fruit has been in use since the early 1980’s. Before then it was not very popular. A combination of cheap labor and multiple uses has since led to an explosion of oil palm production.

It is now the No. 1 export for both Malaysia and Indonesia. Combined, these two countries produce almost all the world’s palm oil.

What does Southeast Asia look like anyhow?

These two countries are hot spots of biodiversity. Thousands of tree species can inhabit a few miles.

Imagine you’re standing on a hill.

You can look left and right with a view for miles.

Now imagine a jungle with dipterocarps poking out of the canopies.

The sounds of nature are boundless in their symphony. You can hear the branches creak and crack under the stress of orangutans brachiating across the understory. Gibbons are heard singing a romantic duet. Imagine this is all cut down right before your eyes, and then burned to the ground.

What has replaced the once harmonious forest are rows upon rows of oil palm trees. Systematically organized and zig-zagging across the landscape.

From above you might have thought this was a forest, but upon closer inspection it is an oil palm plantation.

This is the reality of what Malaysia and Indonesia are becoming. To date, orangutans, one of the biggest inhabitants of the rainforest have lost 80 percent of their habitat.

Sumatran rhinos have dwindled to only a few hundred, and many others are on their way to extinction as well.

Most of this loss is due to plantations. What’s worse is due to the fast pace of production; many fields are backlogged for re-plantation. Once a tree has produced for so many years it must be cut down and replanted.

Instead of focusing on reusing fields, owners are focused on expansion.

Without seeing it in person I find it hard to grasp the devastation.

No matter how many statistics or photos I’ve seen, they don’t really convey the destruction to the jungle.

So why should you care? After all, you have your problems and who cares if some animal goes extinct.

You should care because it is our fault.

Twenty-five percent of current greenhouse gas emissions are due to rainforest destruction. The peat swamps that are destroyed in Indonesia cause their small chain of islands to produce almost as much carbon waste as we do.

You should care because America uses palm oil in over 60 percent of products.

The issue isn’t simple though: if everyone boycotted it tomorrow,

the economies of those countries would tank.

Local people are faced with the decision to sell their land to feed their family or save their rainforest.

They’re going to choose the former. Why shouldn’t they?

What do we do?

Awareness is a good place to start.

Inspect the food labels at the store.

Unfortunately companies cover up palm oil use by renaming it or classifying it as “vegetable oil.”

Awareness of the issue and the consequences we face are a starting point.

Secondly, palm oil labeled as “sustainable” helps as well. Although the term sustainable palm oil has little enforcement, it is a start.

The Cincinnati Zoo has an app for smart phones that you can take shopping to help you do this.

Lastly, investment in this issue is a critical piece often overlooked. If individuals are not invested they’re unlikely to persist and it will be another failed New Years resolution.

Instead, the best way is to find something you care about and let that be your motivation.

Regardless, it is easy for us in our Oxford bubble to forget that all the picturesque landscapes Morgan Freeman narrates actually exist, and it is up to us as the next generation to protect it.

You don’t have to be a tree hugger, vegetarian or activist, you just have to take small steps to make a difference.

aLEX MCFARLAND

MCFARLAJ@muohio.edu

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 OP ED

ANDREW’S ASSESSMENTS

President Obama’s embrace of liberalism doesn’t matter President Obama used his inaugural address to, as others have noted, tie the progressive tradition to the American idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

This was an intellectually amANDREW bitious unGEISLER dertaking, and your place on the ideological fencepost will determine whether you saw it as a successful or failed venture. But it’s simply a fact that the President’s political positioning and appointment decisions prove he’s wholeheartedly embraced left-wing orthodoxy.

Many centrists were long unwilling to make this distinction, but it’s the truth—and it really doesn’t matter one bit.

The president will lay out his agenda specifically based on the themes he drove in his second inaugural address during his State of the Union address. He’ll talk a big, seemingly politically ambitious game, talking about passing an assault weapons ban, doing big immigration reform (the only thing that could pass), and working to move us forward (said with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek) on a litany of social issues his base cares about.

President Obama has spent his time as president slowly angering his base more and more, as many presidents do. So for someone who loves to be loved, it makes sense that he’d try to appease them when his name will never be on another ballot.

But it’s important to note that anything on President Obama’s domestic policy agenda is dead on arrival in the House. This is a political fact. Roughly 95 percent of the members of the House were re-elected easily. That means there’s no reason for them to stick out their necks politically at all—especially for a president with clear disdain toward them.

And if nothing his base will like can pass the House, then it can’t make it to the president’s desk, and it will not become law.

In the modern era, president’s second terms have often been ruined by scandals and a sour relationship with the Congress. This has meant domestic policy accomplishments have been pretty bare, instead presidents have focused their attention on foreign policy, where they can make a discernable, and most importantly, unilateral difference.

The Obama administration seems unlikely to be caught up in any major scandals, but it’s been running a tutorial on how not to deal with Congress for the last four years.

From the mishandling of massive majorities in the House and Senate in the early years, to the inability to lead and broker a big deal on the debt after the midterm rebuke, it’s clear a president who did not particularly enjoy his time in the deliberative body of the best constructed legislature in the world does not understand how to move legislation through the United States Congress.

And even if he did, the basic constraints of being a lame-duck president would get in his way.

The president may actually know how little a chance he has of passing anything constructive in Congress during his second term.

It would explain why he’s chosen his old deputy national security to be his White House chief of staff instead of a classic Hill operator. It would also explain why his proposals and nominations since his victory have stunk of hubristic liberal overreach.

On the nominations front, Chuck Hagel has embarrassed the administration with his pathetic defense of himself before the Senate this week and John Brennan looks to be in for a contentious ride in his confirmation hearing for CIA director.

And as I already mentioned, Obama’s second inaugural address was chock full of phrases that had focus groups in druglegalization country salivating, but not chock full of phrases that build legitimate governing coalitions in a divided government.

For better or worse, the president has written off dealing with Congress. Our fiscal crisis certainly presents him the opportunity to buck the trend of a complacent domestic second term, but his always-terrible relations with the legislature are likely forever broken.

The only place any of us should be optimistic is on immigration reform. But that has almost nothing to do with the president. It has everything to do with the demographic imperatives that hit Republicans in the face this past cycle.

In fact, given his track record with Congressional Republicans—he should probably stay away and let the bodies work out a bill both find reasonable, then just sign it and take the win for everybody.

But I’m less optimistic than most. I figure the president will try to embarrass Republicans and insert some sort of legislative poison pill into the bill.

Something that makes it impossible for any House or Senate Republican to support it.

That would be a shame, there’s no point in blocking necessary reform just to completely destroy your opponent, but it would be the ever increasingly bitter Obama way.

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Israel’s centrist ‘Party of the Future’ has a real chance to shape foreign and domestic policy December 2010, a frustrated Tunisian man, Mohamed Bouazizi, in an act of protest doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself ablaze.

This act of self-immolation was the spark that ignited the revolutions that gripped the attention of the western world.

One after the other, the governments of Tunisia and Egypt fell to enterprising youth who harnessed the power of social media and tapped into the frustration of a marginalized group of citizens to effect change.

In the case of Libya, battlehardened rebels with the help of NATO ousted their oppressive leader through force.

With these gripping stories coming out of North Africa it’s easy to see why in 2011 all eyes were on the Arab Spring.

Still while the world watched the Mubarak and Gadhafi regimes fall, in Tel Aviv there were the rumblings of political change starting to take hold in Israel.

Thousands packed the streets calling for an end to the social injustice that had left them with higher taxes, higher housing prices and less than stellar health and education systems.

It was out of this populist movement that the Yesh Atid Party found its base.

Also known as the Party of the Future, headed by former journalist Yair Lapid, the party won 19 seats in the 2013 parliamentary elections.

The son of a Holocaust survivor and a respected government official from the secular Shinui Party, Lapid campaigned on a platform that promised to look out for the middle class and make the Israeli government more efficient.

Having performed better than expected in the elections, Lapid’s centrist party with its diverse representation is well poised to do just that.

Including an Americanborn ultra-Orthodox rabbi, a

modern Orthodox educator, a former mayor and the former Jerusalem police chief Mickey Levy, the Yesh Atid Party is now the second largest party in the Knesset.

Second only to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Consolidation Party, the centrist Yesh Atid Party and Mr. Lapid will have a real chance

neighbor to the north, as the movement of large stockpiles of weapons—including chemical weapons—represents a real threat to its citizens.

In fact in the past week, the airstrikes carried out on a weapons convoy in Syria near the capital city of Damascus were rumored to be carried out by the Israeli military.

The son of a Holocaust survivor and a respected government official from the secular Shinui Party, Lapid campaigned on a platform that promised to look out for the middle class and make the Israeli government more efficient. to shape both the domestic and foreign policy agendas of Israel as Netanyahu looks to build his governing coalition.

On the domestic side of things, this means that there will be a real push to end the military service exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox males studying scripture.

There would also be a real push to reduce the number of ministers in the government while also addressing the rising costs of housing.

The foreign side will be where things get interesting as far as the U.S. is concerned.

Currently, Israel is watching closely as Syria becomes more and more unstable, as Morsi loses control in Egypt and Iran moves closer to developing nuclear capabilities.

Netanyahu has made it clear that stopping the threat of a nuclear Iran remains priority number one.

However, in the past week there has been a growing concern about the state of play in Syria.

Currently the Israelis are monitoring the situation in its

While what happens in Iran and Syria will play out in the weeks and months to come, the most interesting potential change in policy will be how the rise of the Yesh Atid Party impacts negotiations with the Palestinians.

Even though Lapid’s stance on the issue during the campaign lacked the concrete specifics needed to work a deal, the Yesh Atid Party could help to grease the wheel.

This could lead to direct talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Only time will tell how the new government coalition formed between the Yesh Atid Party of Mr. Lapid and the Likud Party of Mr. Netanyahu will impact the state of Arab-Israeli negotiations and the numerous domestic policy challenges facing the Knesset.

One thing is clear though— the new centrist party will certainly play a vital role in shaping that process.

GREG DICK

dickgr@muohio.edu

ESSAY

Readers should explore the classics to further supplement ‘light’ contemporary literature Today’s young adults have developed generally mediocre reading taste, with bookshelves now sparsely covered, only containing dust and Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight. Although Ms. Meyer’s book is highly successful and entertaining, readers should take note that the novel is written only at a fifth grade reading level.

Reading has always been awarded the connotation of being a stimulating and enriching activity. However, reading can only be considered enlighten-

you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end.

You should live several lives while reading it.”

A classic book provides the opportunity to journey to not only a different place, but also to a different time, a different century, and in some cases, a different way of thought.

French author, Albert Camus notes, “A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.” English novelist, E.M. Forster agrees, saying, “What is

Classic novels will push readers to actually think for themselves. A book shouldn’t be a simple walk in the park, where shortcuts involve skimming entire paragraphs and only digesting the online website SparkNotes. ing when one is presented with a challenging book. And in a society in which $2 billion are spent each year on students repeating grades because of reading difficulties, we need to continue to challenge ourselves.

I propose a simple solution: we should read classic literature once in a while.

Rather than reading Cecily Von Ziegler’s Gossip Girl, one can spend their days sailing aboard the Pequod, wandering the streets of New York with Holden Caulfield, and attending a lavish party thrown by Jay Gatsby.

American novelist, William Styron says, “A classic should leave

wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote it.” Although we many not agree with George Orwell’s view of humanity in 1984 or Shakespeare’s display of the role of sex in society in Othello, we can at least say we have considered or been exposed to the idea.

Classic novels will push readers to actually think for themselves. A book shouldn’t be a simple walk in the park, where shortcuts involve skimming entire paragraphs and only digesting the online website SparkNotes.

Good books should make a reader

wonder, make them question, make them ask why, and then commence their search for an answer.

Though one will be required to search, process and look beneath an author’s literal meaning, the reward outweighs the struggle.

Deep within the context of a classic, lies a moral or theme, which the proud author generally hopes a reader will apply to their life from this day forward, or at least consider. But the difference between reading about the consequences of spreading lies and petty rumors in Gossip Girl and The Scarlet Letter is that the latter explores the lasting effects of such a rumor upon an entire town, and Nathaniel Hawthorne didn’t need to fill his novel with unneeded sex scenes and innuendos to get the point across.

Numerous city libraries are stocked with the essentials. If only we could truly appreciate this concept, then the world of literature is ours. Puns aside, our reading options are an open book.

Yet to truly utilize this privilege awarded to us, we must read intelligently. One must simply make the choice to occasionally transition from Meyer to Melville, Horowitz to Hawthorne, or Picoult to Proust.

We must still take time to read quick, simple literature, but once in a while take the challenge! Grab a well-known Steinbeck or a famed Vonnegut and delve into one of the world’s most celebrated classics.

Hailey Gilman

gilmanhe@muohio.edu

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“Our confidence is growing,” freshman guard Reggie Johnson said. “Even though we haven’t shown it with our record, we’ve been working hard. We’re getting better every day.”

Miami stepped on the gas in the second half, pushing its shooting percentage to 52 percent. The score tilted back and forth between both teams, with Central Michigan leading by as many as three. The game saw separation when Roberts ignited an 11-2 run to push Miami’s lead to 54-48 at the 5:48 mark. The cushion was threatened several more times before game’s end, but strong foul shooting kept Miami on top to close out the victory. Johnson’s eight points all came from the foul line, as he added four boards and three steals.

Miami shot 21-33 from the line.

“I was fine when I got to the line,” Johnson said. “Everything we’ve been down with — free throws, rebounding — we’ve been working at, so I felt like everybody that was in the lineup was probably confident because now everybody’s believing in each other.”

For the second consecutive game, the ’Hawks’ effort was on par with what Head Coach John Cooper wants from his team. Sullivan added six rebounds to his 24 minute, 4-7 shooting effort, in only his third double figure scoring game all season long.

“Obviously we’re happy with getting one on the road,” Cooper said. “I thought the guys stuck together. The whole team, with the exception of (Josh) Sewell, played double-digit minutes, so I thought it was a good team effort.

I thought we were competitive.

I thought we did a much better job on the boards. We had some turnovers that were a little costly, but we were able to come up and make some plays when they were necessary.”

Miami won the rebounding battle 36-34, an area it has struggled mightily in all season long.

The RedHawks also forced the Chippewas into 14 turnovers.

“I’ve accepted my role to just be a guy that kind of fills up the stat sheet, help out with rebounding, get some steals on defense,” Sullivan said. “It worked out today where I had a couple mismatches where I could take them to the paint.”

The loss is the fourth straight for Central (9-12, 2-6 MAC), who shot just 35 percent.

“We’ve talked about our margin of error being slight this year,” Central Michigan Head Coach Keno Davis said. “We didn’t make enough shots to be able to get us over the hump in a game that could go either way. I think you’re looking at a (Miami) team that has some very good veterans and did a good job defensively for keeping us to a low percentage.”

Miami stays on the road, playing 7 p.m. Friday at the University of Toledo. The Rockets are 9-10 on the year, but hold a 5-3 MAC record, second in the West Division.

Defense for the Red and White will have to be on point, as Toledo boasts junior and sophomore guards Rian Pearson and Julius Brown, averaging 18.2 and 13.6 points a game. The Rockets have also won three straight games by a combined 25 points. Miami lost both games to Toledo last season, 63-61 during the regular season and 60-53 in the opening round of the MAC Tournament.

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goal just minutes into the third, and sophomore linemate Cody Murphy added his own strike at 11:41 of the third period. Morris found the back of the net once more to cap off the RedHawks’ scoring, achieving the first multi-goal game of his career in the process and helping his team to its second straight series sweep.

Classmate Ryan McKay totaled 29 saves on the night in the 6-2 victory.

“Momentum’s huge in a game and Steven (Spinell) did make a nice pass out of the box there, and it was a lucky move and a lucky shot,” Morris said of his game winner. “That doesn’t happen often for me, I usually get the garbage goals. But I’ll take what I can get.

It was one of those games where the bounces went our way … and we’ve set ourselves up pretty good for next weekend at Western.”

Though the two goals allowed on man-down situations ended a streak of 26 straight successful kills, the 6-2 win marks the most production that head coach Enrico Blasi’s squad has seen on the year, and the ’Hawks ride a season-high five game win streak into the next series against No. 6 Western Michigan. And according to him, his players will need to continue that kind of effort if they want to finish the season strong.

“Every team’s going to be desperate now, and every team needs points,” Blasi said. “We’ve got to match them up, we’ve got to be intense. For us, it doesn’t change anything we do. We approach it the same way whether it’s game one or game twenty-eight. We’ve got to make sure we’re managing the puck well and playing good, team defense. If we can do those things we give ourselves the best chance to win.”

Miami will battle the Broncos next weekend in Kalamazoo, Mich., at the Harry W. Lawson Ice Arena. The puck drops 7:05 p.m. both Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9.

TENNIS,

FROM PAGE 10 hole after falling 4-6 in the first set against sophomore Marcela Jimenez by taking the second set 6-1. She eventually lost in the third set 4-6.

The RedHawks continued their high level of play in doubles against California (Pa.) (0-1) by winning two of the three matches.

Miami was impressive in singles play against the 8th ranked team in Division II as the ’Hawks took five matches against California (Pa.), three of which only required two sets.

Xavier (4-1) started off doubles play Sunday afternoon by sweeping all three matches against the ’Hawks.

In singles, the Musketeers took an early lead over the RedHawks with senior Katie Pleiman earning a 6-1, 6-1 win over Raymond to earn their second point of the match. The Red and White then responded with 6-0, 6-1 victory by Thurman. Xavier responded with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph by freshman Alex Brinker over Mohan. The see-saw affair would continue as Miami’s Guerrazzi defeated senior Kally Alkire 7-5, 6-3 to set the score at 3-2 in favor of Xavier, until junior Andrea Wolf earned the winning point for the Musketeers with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 decision over Costea.

Heerden got a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory for the final point of the match.

Head coach Anca Dumitrescu spoke of her team’s performance over the weekend.

“We definitely faced a lot of adversity this weekend and we have a lot to learn from it,” she said.

“I believe that we have to continue to work hard and get each player on the team to play to their potential on the same day.

I don’t think we are anywhere close to our potential as a team yet but the beauty of tennis is that you have another opportunity to get closer to that potential each match.”

The RedHawks now must travel to Huntington, W.Va. to take on Marshall University 11 a.m.

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HOCKEY

RESPECT: Deserved Both on and off the field

RedHawks sweep Alaska

SIMON SAYS

By the time this column is printed, the Super Bowl will have been decided, but that doesn’t mean I don’t already know who the loser is. The game on the field is won and lost by people with God given ability, with talent and athleticism beyond the realm of basic human comprehension. It is not the game on the field that matters.

Tuesday Jan. 29, a 15-yearold boy in Idaho hanged himself.

He did not die at the scene, but suffered until he finally gave up fighting later that afternoon.

That 15-year-old boy was teased because he was gay.

Wednesday Jan. 30, Chris Culliver of the San Francisco 49ers told comedian Artie Lange “I don’t do gay guys, man. Ain’t got no gay people on the team.

They gotta get up outta here if they do. Can’t be with that sweet stuff.” Culliver continued on when asked if he could accept a gay member of his team in the locker room: “Nah…Can’t be in the locker room, gotta come out 10 years after that.”

Culliver was chosen in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft out of the University of South Carolina. Culliver is blessed with more athletic ability in his right hand then I have been blessed with in my entire body. Culliver is about to complete a dream that’s in the minds of almost all American youngsters: to play in a Super Bowl and have a chance to win.

I am not sure if Culliver realizes the depth in which his words ring. I am not sure if Culliver even realizes what he may have done. Culliver just told anyone with a television set that it is ok to bash another human being simply for being different. Not 60 years ago, these same comments would

have been made about people with another skin color. Culliver has now given firepower to every person who wants to make fun of the kid in class because he’s confused about his sexuality. Culliver has now made it acceptable for a child to assume that someone should be excluded, regardless of natural talent, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT. I believe that Chris Culliver did not realize the impact his statement could make. I believe that Chris Culliver does not understand the humiliation he may have caused to thousands of American teens who may have just dug themselves further into the black hole of depression caused by confusion, and there may not look like there is a way out.

Culliver plays defensive back, a position that demands respect.

A quarterback may intentionally target a DB because he knows he can beat him. A wide receiver may make a stutter step because he does not respect a DBs ability to keep up.

Culliver clearly does not realize that respect goes beyond the playing field.

The fact of the matter is that there are gay people in this world. Some may not agree with the simple fact that sometimes people are homosexual, by no fault of their own. Sometimes these people who are gay have also been blessed with an innate ability to play football or basketball.

Everyone should be allowed to play. It does not matter if you’re black or white, gay or straight.

If you can play a sport, you should be allowed to play.

Period. End of story.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

’Hawks reclaim division lead in tight MAC East

By Justin Maskulinski For The Miami Student

Before the ’Hawks even tipped off Sunday at Northern Illinois University (5-16, 0-8 MAC) they were back in sole possession of first place in the MAC East.

The Miami University women’s basketball team retook sole possession of first place in the MidAmerican Conference (MAC) East with a 65-61 win against Northern Illinois University (NIU) and losses by other MAC East teams.

The RedHawks had fallen into a tie for first place following a loss to the University at Buffalo (7-14, 5-3 MAC) earlier in the week.

NIU’s rough season continued with the narrow loss to the RedHawks, as the Huskies drop to 5-16 and 0-8 in the MAC for the year.

Miami led the Huskies 27-18 at the end of the first half. The ’Hawks were led by senior guard Courtney Osborn who had 15 first half points and 25 points total.

Head Coach Maria Fantanarosa called Osborn’s performance “her best game in the past month.”

“Osborn was great today, she did everything well,” Fantanarosa said. “She kept our team on the same page with her directing.”

Junior guard Hannah Robertson, who had nine points and played all but six minutes, praised Osborn’s play as well. “[Osborn] is a phenomenal player,” Robertson said. “She’s able to do it all.”

Also leading the ’Hawks was senior Kirsten Olowinski who added another double-double to her school record with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The ’Hawks will take on the

MAC West leading University of Toledo (19-2, 7-1 MAC) at 7 p.m.

Wednesday in Millett Hall.

“Toledo is definitely a great team, one of the best in the MAC,” Robertson said. “We are excited for the challenge. It is a good opportunity for us.”

Bowling Green State University (14-7, 5-3 MAC) defeated Central Michigan University (13-8, 7-1) to allow rival Toledo to sit atop of the MAC West standings.

“We have a lot of respect for Toledo,” Fantanarosa said.

The Rockets are led by redshirt senior guard Naama Shafir and junior guard Andola Dortch, who both average 11 points per game.

Another key contributor for the Rockets is senior center Yolanda Richardson, who averages nine points and seven rebounds per game and has a 58 percent field goal percentage.

The Rockets have started the same five players in all but one game this season, and those five players combine to average 48 points per game.

Toledo’s offense is not the concern for Fantanarosa as the ’Hawks prepare for Wednesday’s matchup.

“Toledo is a very balanced team, their defense is their best part,” Fantanarosa said. “We will need to take care of the ball and pick good shots.”

Throughout the year the Red and White have taken an approach of not worrying or concerning themselves with how the opposing team is playing but Fantanarosa and the players are fully aware of the team they will play Wednesday night.

“It’s always great to play a top team,” Fantanarosa said.

“I’m ready.”

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Miami University junior forward Max Cook puts home a rebound against the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It was Cook’s first goal of the season.

By Joe Gieringer Senior Staff Writer

After a weekend sweep of Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) foe the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Miami University men’s ice hockey team sits atop the CCHA standings with 44 points.

The No. 3/4 RedHawks (17-6-5, 12-4-4-4 CCHA) moved past No. 6 Western Michigan, who they play next weekend.

The No. 20 Nanooks (12-10-4, 109-3-1 CCHA) came into Oxford the winners of six straight, having not lost in 2013. Miami ended that streak abruptly Friday night with a 4-1 win that was closer than the score indicates. The ’Hawks were the first to strike, as sophomore forward Blake Coleman scored at 12:11 of the opening frame with an extra skater on a delayed penalty.

“We had the extra attacker and I knew their guy was coming out of

the box,” Coleman said of the scoring play. “[Alex] Gacek kind of moved it down the wall and Jimmy [Mullin] was planted in front, so I just threw it on net and saw what would happen.

It went off his leg pad, fortunately, and gave us a bounce, so I’ll take it any way I can get it.”

Freshman forward Cody Murphy got in on the action, scoring for the third time in three games as he gave the RedHawks the 2-0 lead with just over a minute left in the first. The Nanooks did not go out without a fight though, and sophomore defenseman Trevor Campbell found his way past freshman net minder Jay Williams just five minutes into the second period. That was the first and only goal of the night for the visiting squad, with Williams backstopping the Red and White with 24 saves, including 13 in the third period alone.

As the clock ticked down to just over a minute in the game, Alaska pulled freshman goaltender John

Keeney in favor of an extra attacker.

Sophomore forward and CCHA leading scorer Austin Czarnik put the final nail in the coffin, scoring twice on the empty net to seal the 4-1 victory.

Saturday saw an increase in offensive production, starting with a pair of Riley Barber goals, with Czarnik assisting his freshman linemate on both tallies. The lead wouldn’t last long though, as Alaska netted a pair of power play goals to tie the game at two apiece halfway through the second period.

Miami found offensive firepower from some unlikely candidates, as they scored four straight and never looked back. Freshman forward Kevin Morris notched the go-ahead goal, burning Keeney on a glove side wrister to put Miami up 3-2. Junior forward Max Cook had a similar style

HOCKEY, SEE PAGE 8

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Red and White record 600th MAC win

BY Win Braswell Senior Staff Writer

After suffering its second fourgame losing skid of the season, the Miami University men’s basketball team finally got back on the right side of the win-loss column, beating Central Michigan University 70-61 Saturday afternoon. The win was also historic, as the RedHawks earned their 600th Mid-American Conference (MAC) win, the most of any MAC school.

“Winning’s contagious, but losing’s just as contagious,” sophomore guard Will Sullivan said. “It’s been a rough few games, but hopefully we can take this one and have it snowball into the next few.”

Redshirt junior guard Allen Roberts found his stroke, after being in a shooting slump, shooting 6-13 from the field. He led the RedHawks (8-12, 3-5 MAC) with 19 points. Redshirt junior forward Will Felder and Sullivan also reached double digits with 11 and 10 points apiece.

Miami found itself down in the early going, but caused trouble for the Chippewas defensively, along with a 9-0 run to take a 17-12 lead with just over seven minutes to play in the first half. A very static first half, which the ’Hawks lead

most of the way, ended with Miami holding a 29-24 advantage.

Miami’s so-so shooting in the first half, 9-26, was padded by a 36 percent effort from three and 7-12 from the free throw line.

The ’Hawks also established their dominance down low, posting a

10-0 points in-the-paint advantage. Defense was big for Miami as well, as the Red and White held Central Michigan to 26 percent from the floor.

BASKETBALL, SEE PAGE 8

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Miami University freshman guard Geovonie McKnight calls out a play in a previous game against Ohio University. McKnight is averaging just under five points per game.

TENNIS

Miami drops first home match in 4 years

By Jordan Rinard Staff Writer

The Miami University women’s tennis team showed inconsistencies this weekend, as it fell to Eastern Kentucky University 2-5 Saturday and split Sunday’s doubleheader with a 6-1 win over California University of Pennsylvania and a 4-3 loss to Xavier University. The weekend featured the first home matches of the season for the RedHawks (2-4).

“This weekend was really tough having never lost a home match in four years,” Junior Christiana Raymond said. “However, especially

the second day of matches, everyone fought hard. The match against Xavier came down to only a couple points. We were right there, and we know how we can improve going into the matches for next weekend at Marshall.”

The match against Eastern Kentucky (3-2) started off with the team of junior Christiana Raymond and sophomore Alix Thurman earning an 8-1 victory. The Colonels rebounded with an 8-5 decision by sophomore Melissa Gerritsen and junior Saioa Ozcoz over junior Nimisha Mohan and sophomore Christine Guerrazzi.

Miami’s freshman tandem of Ana Rajkovic and Chloe Heerden earned

the double point for the RedHawks with an 8-5 victory.

Eastern Kentucky responded in singles with a 6-1, 6-3 win by sophomore Kristina Labeja over Thurman. The Red and White answered back with Raymond’s 6-2, 6-2 victory over Gerritsen. It became EKU’s match after that point, despite the efforts from Guerrazzi and Heerden. Guerrazzi took the first set in her match against Ozcoz, but would go on to drop the next two sets by a score of 3-6. Meanwhile, Heerden dug herself out of a

TENNIS,

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