February 10, 2012 | The Miami Student

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VOLUME 139 NO. 39 TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

FRIDAY, february 10, 2012

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In 1989, The Miami Student reported that Miami University’s Clawson Hall was having its second annual condom-gram sale. The sale, occurring around Valentine’s Day, was meant to both raise funds and promote the practice of safe sex.

Miami acts to curb illegal note-sharing

By Jenn Smola Campus Editor

Miami University is taking precautions against students posting and selling class notes online.

At the end of January, Miami’s Office of General Counsel distributed a memo to administrators and faculty with instructions for faculty members to protect their class material and educate their students about the illegality of selling course material.

The memo suggests, among other things, that faculty copyright their course material, such as PowerPoint presentations.

College students sharing notes is nothing new, Chris Wilson, associate general counsel for Miami, said.

“It’s the Internet-based selling of notes that’s the new aspect of this,” Wilson said.

According to Wilson, online noteselling made a brief appearance a few years ago but then died out.

Now, however, sites like Notehall and Studyblue that give students

money for uploading their class notes are prevalent on college campuses. Wilson said professors would call about their notes being shared online by students.

“Last semester was really when we started getting multiple phone calls,” Wilson said.

Miami’s solution: professors should visibly copyright class materials.

Although no copyright notice is needed for copyright protection, it was suggested so that students would have extra notice that the material is protected. The memo also suggested that professors note on their syllabi and explain to their classes that selling course material is illegal and would not be permitted.

“Copyright is a complicated area,” Wilson said.

The office of the general counsel was trying to distribute some guidance on the topic, Wilson said.

Botany professor David Gorchov did not previously include a copyright notice on his class PowerPoint presentations but has started doing so since seeing the memo.

“I had a student sell, essentially, my notes on one of those websites,” Gorchov said.

Until then, Gorchov didn’t know the note-sharing websites even existed. When he read the general counsel office’s suggestions for protecting class material, he decided to follow their suggestions, he said.

“I put guidance in the syllabus and highlighted that at the first class meeting,” Gorchov said. “I hadn’t previously because I hadn’t been aware of the issue.”

The memo recommends that at a student’s first offense, the faculty member start with a basic conversation with the student, since many students may not realize what they’re doing could violate copyright laws.

If the problem were to continue though, it can be a violation of the student code of conduct and the law, Wilson said.

“It’s really an educational opportunity,” Wilson said. “We want people to know about this.”

Ron Becker, associate professor of communication, does not explicitly copyright his class materials.

When he heard about online notesharing services, he suspected it might become an issue in his large mass communications introductory class, but didn’t worry about it much.

“I don’t dwell on it because I don’t

else’s intellectual property,” Gorchov said.

Sophomore Abby Pautz has been in classes in which students sell notes to websites and invite their classmates to view them.

“I’ve never used them,” Pautz

I put guidance in the syllabus and highlighted [copyright] at the first class meeting. I hadn’t previously because I hadn’t been aware of the issue.”

DAVID GORCHOV BOTANY PROFESSOR

feel there’s anything I can do about it personally,” Becker said.

But Becker also said he might add copyright information to his syllabus and in lecture, especially because the topic ties in with his class concepts.

“I think students should be informed about university policy and the law,” Becker said.

Gorchov had similar thoughts.

“I think it’s important for everyone to respect everyone

said. “I think it’s incredibly lazy. The entire point was to help students who didn’t do the reading themselves.”

Pautz said, in her experience, teachers’ Power Points are often from the textbook.

“It’s not an academically honest way to succeed in classes, but I don’t think they can pinpoint who deserves the royalties or effectively monitor students who do sell notes,” Pautz said.

Reichard starts charity, impacts children’s lives

By Tom Downey

For The Miami Student

Miami University’s senior goalie Cody Reichard has already accomplished something that most people will never do throughout their life: start his own charity. Swoop’s Stoop, which Reichard began after his sophomore year, gives back to kids who have been affected by life changing illnesses at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (Children’s).

Swoop’s Stoop raised over $16,000 by the end of 2011 and continues to grow.

“It was something a lot of pro athletes do, but I’d never seen it done at the college level,” Reichard

willing to give back,” Hall said.

“The people who he chooses to bring with him are the best. They are engaging and we never have to worry about them. It is a joy to have them. It’s a great bunch of guys.”

One of the players that often visits the hospital is Reichard’s roommate, senior forward and tri-captain Alden Hirschfeld.

“It puts a lot of things in perspective for you,” Hirschfeld said. “It is awesome to be able to go down and hang out with them for a day and make them smile and help take their mind off of everything that is going on.”

When the team is at home, families are invited to Goggin Ice Center

ANDREW BRAY THE MIAMI STUDENT

SHARING THE LIGHT

The Tour of Light featuring 16 children from Uganda perform at the Gates-Abegglen Theater in the Center for Performing Arts Thursday evening. They are touring the US and made a stop at Miami between shows in Chicago and New York. First-year adviser Sarah Meaney helped bring the group here.

Miami’s first black students faced barriers

By Lauren Ceronie Campus Editor CONTRIBUTED BY SWOOP’S STOOP

Senior Miami hockey goalie Cody Reichard (left), 2011 graduate Justin Vaive (center) and current senior Trent Vogelhuber (right) visit with children at Cincinnati Children’s hospital last year as part of Reichard’s Swoop’s Stoop charity. said. “It was a way to give back to a community and a university that has given a lot to me.”

Members of the Miami University hockey team often make visits to Children’s to visit the children that the charity tries to help.

“It means a lot to me. You go to the hospital and you see some of the things those kids are going through and just how they smile and still have such a positive attitude,” Reichard said. “It puts things in perspective pretty quick. It is a humbling experience.”

Lisa Hall, a staffer at Children’s, explained how helpful the team has been with the kids.

“Cody’s always willing to help.

It’s really nice to see guys his age

to watch one of the hockey games.

The families receive free tickets, food and are recognized during the game.

“We try to give our guys the chance to give back,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said. “This is not just a hockey program, we are a program that tries to develop young men for life. What Cody is doing is taking that to the next level.”

As a result of his charitable work off the ice, Reichard has been nominated for both the Lowe’s Senior CLASS award and for the Hockey Humanitarian Award.

The Lowe’s Senior CLASS

REICHARD, SEE PAGE 5

In observance of Black History Month, The Miami Student is reflecting on what African American students have overcome here.

The experience of the first African American students at Miami is fraught with struggles and obstacles. But they – and generations since – were determined to show the university that the color of their skin did not make them inferior people or students.

While universities around the country accepted African American students as early as the 1870s, the first mention of an African American student on Miami’s campus was a sentence in the Nov. 1895 Miami Student that spoke only of a, “colored minister now taking work at the university.” Although researchers have searched Miami’s history, the name of this man remains unknown. He may have been taking classes at Miami, but it’s unlikely he received a degree.

Miami’s first full-time African American student was Nellie Craig. She was an Oxford native and enrolled in the Normal School in 1903. The next year, Miami’s second African American student, Lametta Granger, enrolled. The first recorded male African American student at Miami was Earl Kelly who graduated from the Normal School in 1910 with a diploma in manual arts.

The first student to receive a Bachelor of Arts from the university was William Hargraves and the first student to receive a Bachelor of Science from the university was Eleanor Reece. Both received their degrees in 1925.

While these students were attending Miami, the university prohibited them from living in the residence halls with the other students. In fact, the only African American students allowed to live on campus were the male athletes who were given beds in the basement of Swing Hall. Female students, both African American and white, either lived with their

parents or were housed in university sanctioned “cottages” that were the homes of Oxford residents.

In 1945, Miami’s residence halls were integrated when Myldred Boston and Arie Parks became the first female students to live on campus.

Their living arrangements, however, were unsuitable. They were given a small room in Oxford College between the smoking lounge and the furnace room. Boston was understandably appalled by the living arrangements, so she contacted the assistant dean of women who gave Boston the names of families in Oxford who she could stay with.

Parks stayed in the room but did not return to Miami the next year.

Early African American students also faced inequality when it came to social events. The largest barrier they faced was Greek life.

At the time, fraternities and sororities didn’t allow black students to become members. They did,

Black History, SEE PAGE 5

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Entrepreneurs compete to start a business

By Evan Weese

For the Miami Student

Miami University is set to host a pioneering entrepreneurial workshop the weekend of Feb. 17 to 19.

Open to all students, Startup Weekend MU is a 48-hour ‘how-to’ for starting a business. For $25, participants will learn the start-up process, network with alumni and peer entrepreneurs and receive a course credit in ESP 490B. “Startup Weekend is a microcosm in 48 hours of all of those things you would do when you roll up your sleeves and go out into the field,” said Mark Lacker, event organizer and professor of entrepreneurship at Miami.

More than 60 students are registered for Miami’s experimental twist on a proven event.

Startup Weekend, founded in 2007 and based in Seattle, is a non-profit dedicated to educating

entrepreneurs around the world.

The organization held a total of 260 events in 202 cities and 67 countries in 2011. In November, both Google and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged global sponsorship.

According to Lacker, Miami’s is to be the first Startup Weekend exclusively for students while offering course credit. Traditionally, events are set in metropolitan areas and open registration to anyone.

“We think we’ve figured out a way for it to work for a 100 percent student group,” Lacker said. “By adding in course credit and adding incredible mentors, if a student has a business idea and they’re not showing up to this thing they are missing out.”

The activities, to take place in Benton Hall, will kick-off with student business pitches Friday evening, followed by a popular vote to narrow down ideas. Participants

will then form groups to further develop the concepts and present a final product Sunday. Presentations will be judged on business model, customer validation and execution.

Over the weekend, three prominent alumni will address the participants, two will judge and 10 experienced entrepreneurs will mentor.

Miami’s own version of the program came about from a conversation between Lacker and Nick Seguin, a 2007 Miami graduate and manager of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation.

A Startup Weekend affiliate, the Kauffman Foundation backs each event by providing not only a template for the seminar, but a facilitator to attend. The facilitator for Miami’s inaugural entrepreneurial workshop happens to be Seguin, at Lacker’s request.

Seguin, who has facilitated about 40 events, looks forward to the experiential structure that he said

mimics the real world with its lack of parameters.

“It’s the reality of life pressed into a few days. No one is going to tell you who to work with, what’s a good idea, when to work, and when to sleep,” said Seguin. “We need more real-world elements introduced in a university setting.”

The Miami Institute for Entrepreneurship sponsors this year’s Startup Weekend, recognizing the potential for entrepreneurial education to change at the school.

According to Lacker, the current introductory class may be on the chopping block.

“Miami’s entrepreneurship program is really pushing the envelope in terms of what entrepreneurship education can be,” Lacker said.

“You don’t learn it out of a textbook. You learn it by sitting down and doing it and being coached by successful entrepreneurs.”

In addition to the granted ESP

490B credit, ESP 490C will be offered to any students looking to move their prototype into the launch phase after the weekend.

Both of these courses are new to the department.

Despite the close ties to entrepreneurship, the event is open to all Miami students. Megan Purcell, a senior entrepreneurship minor and event advertiser, stressed the openness to all like-minded students interested in starting a business.

“I think what Startup Weekend is, for a university, is all students, no matter what your major is, getting that experience without having an entrepreneurship minor or major,” Purcell said. “And I think it’s relevant for anyone that wants to do anything business related.”

In addition to class credit, networking opportunities and

STARTUP, SEE PAGE 3

ASG votes to divide RHA president’s responsibilities

By Samantha Callender

Senior Staff Writer

ANNE GARDNER THE MIAMI STUDENT

YOU GO GIRL

A Miami student asks Jennifer Siebel Newsom, director, writer and producer of the documentary ‘Miss Representation,’ a question before a screening of the film Tuesday.

Scholarships may lead to surprising taxes

By Kaitlin Schroeder For The Miami Student

As the tax filing deadline approaches, some students may be surprised to learn that some scholarships and grants may count as taxable income and must be reported to the IRS. Scholarships and grants that are taxable include those used to cover room and board, travel, research and equipment not required for class.

Roger Ames, visiting accountancy professor and CPA for Roger Ames Inc., said that scholarship money is tax-free if it fits IRS regulation as necessary for education.

“Scholarship money is taxable except if it is used for tuition, books and fees that all students would have to pay to take the class,” he said. “So if you have a lab fee that everybody in a zoology class has to pay, that qualifies as an exemption from taxes.”

Ames also said some scholarships count as taxable income because the recipient is expected to complete services for the money and are thus treated more like pay than

a scholarship.

“Take the Miss America scholarship for example,” he said. “That all needs to be reported.”

Brent Shock, director of student financial assistance, said he thinks most students will not need to report their scholarships from Miami as taxable income.

“In 2010, the average need-based grant award from Miami was just over $6,000, and because tuition fees are a little over $12,600 a year for instate students, most students are not going to approach the IRS limit of where you are going to have to report that as income,” Shock said.

Shock said students with questions about taxes and scholarships from Miami should see an accountant.

“In general, folks in the financial aid office are not really skilled enough to be tax experts so we generally suggest students check with a tax adviser to see whether or not their scholarship is taxable,” he said.

Ames said he thinks most students should be able to figure out what scholarships qualify as what with help from a computer program.

“Most people can use a computer program and get it figured out,” he said. “It will walk you through what you need to do. [The program] knows all the rules.”

Ames said he thinks most students don’t have a working knowledge of how to report their taxable scholarships.

“Most students don’t care,” he said. “Do they understand it? No. Do they care that they don’t understand it? No. What they’re worried is how much does it cost and where is the money coming from.”

Sara Laboiteaux, a senior, said she did not know her freshman year that she needed to report her grant.

“I didn’t report it my first year. I always report it now that [an accountant] told me to,” she said.

Ames said students should not be overly concerned about reporting a scholarship incorrectly.

“The worst case scenario is that the IRS will get back to you and tell you that you need to send in some paperwork. That’s all they really want to see is some paperwork,” he said.

Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) discussed amendments to its bylaws regarding the powers and duties of the Secretary for On-Campus Affairs at its meeting Tuesday.

Senator Cole Tyman made a motion to strike an article from the bylaws, which states that any legislation regarding residential life must be approved by the General Assembly before being presented in front of the Senate.

“The Residence Hall Association (RHA) is a separate body from the Senate,” Tyman said. “Whatever decisions we make within our body shouldn’t need approval or disapproval from [RHA].”

He was met with a rebuttal from Senator Peter Dougherty, who proposed to keep the article Bylaws.

“We need to maintain ties with RHA. Instead of striking [the article], we may consider rewording it,” Dougherty said.

“We should strike it altogether,” secretary for public relations John Stefanski said. “There are other Articles in the Bylaws that will keep RHA ties. When it comes to Senate business and our democratic rights as members, we should vote in favor of maintaining those rights.”

Ultimately, ASG voted 35-2 to strike the article from its bylaws, and the bill recommending the division of the RHA President and Secretary for On-Campus Affairs Job Responsibilities passed unanimously.

Student Body President Nick Huber presented a resolution that advocates formal consideration and design of a required first-year seminar. This resolution would support the Office of New Student Programs in developing programming and curriculum based modules that would serve as transitioning tools

for incoming first year students.

“This would help students in the college transition and allow them to know all of Miami’s resources that are available to them,” Huber said. “Most students don’t find out about the academic or career services until it’s crunch time.

This would make sure they are aware of their resources and can use them throughout their entire college process.”

The first year seminar course would be required regardless of a student’s Living Learning Community (LLC), and would be one credit hour. This, potentially, could raise graduation requirement hours from the current 128 needed to graduate from the university, to 129.

“Though these changes would be implemented along with the changed to the Miami Plan, so the curricular transition would smooth,” Huber said.

Senate will vote next week on the resolution.

Vice President for Student Organizations Meghan Wadsworth presented the final numbers from Cycle 2 funding. Overall, 25 percent of cutbacks were made from given requests, and only two organizations, the Art and Architectural History Association and the Bird Watchers of Miami, were denied funding. Senate voted to approve the Final funding results for Cycle 2.

Campus Sustainability was also on the agenda at the ASG meeting.

David Prytherch, sustainability coordinator, presented ASG with the plans for improving issues such as parking, crosswalks and university metro routes on campus.

“We realize that these are the areas in which we need to improve, as the needs of students and faculty change,” Prytherch said.

Prytherch outlined the potential

ASG, SEE PAGE 3

Miami partners with Lockheed Martin for new engineering program

By Hayley Welk

For The Miami Student

In January, Miami University joined forces with Lockheed Martin, a global security and information technology company, to launch the “Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute” with the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Louise Morman, executive director of the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute, said that the three-year program provides engineering and applied science majors with the opportunity to foster leadership and technical skills, which ultimately encourage

strategic thought, innovative problem solving and effective communication.

The program has selected 20 students for this year’s cohort, but there will be a new cohort next year.

Miami students are eligible to apply for the program after completing one year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. The Institute selects students it believes are capable of the rigorous curriculum, making the admission process extremely selective.

Students in the program will form a unique bond working collectively throughout the

remaining three years at Miami University, according to Morman.

A key theme instilled in the program is the idea of a long-term vision.

“Our goal is that our graduates will have an exceptional foundation in many crucial leadership skills that they can then build upon for the rest of their lives,” said Douglas Troy, associate dean of the Lockheed Martin program.

Morman, Troy and Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Marek Dollár have worked together as driving forces to bring the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute into action.

Student enthusiasm for the program rivals that of Miami faculty. Ryan Pelagalli, one of the 20 students accepted into the first cohort of the Institute said, “Every day has been a new lesson in the world of business.

From understanding the complexity of stakeholder management to dealing with the day to day changes of a dynamic group environment, there is a learning experience waiting at every turn.”

A unique aspect of the program is that it challenges students with “working world” situations, encouraging innovative solutions applicable in the real world.

Jessica Schmidt, another student in the cohort, said the program provides opportunities to work in small groups and communicate effectively which, “Are things that can’t really be taught in a classroom, but are just as important, if not more so, than what we learn from textbooks.”

Although the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute has been on campus for one month, Morman said that it has already proven an inspiring collaboration of industry and higher education that will nurture and encourage passionate students who will, “flourish in their careers and their lives.”

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’Hawks hope to snap losing streak

By Tom Downey

For The Miami Student

The No. 20 Miami University hockey team will host the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) this weekend, as the ’Hawks play in their final nonconference series of the year.

“We have to have a good week of practice and get back to doing what we do best and that is to get after teams and play for 60 minutes,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said. “We didn’t do that last weekend. We have to put that behind us and focus on getting better.”

The Red and White are looking to snap a two-game losing skid after being swept by the University of Michigan last weekend. It was the first time since the beginning of December that the team has been swept.

UAH is also looking to snap their five-game losing streak.

The RedHawks enter the series with an overall record of 15-13-2 and are 11-11-2-1 in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA).

The Chargers are an independent school and enter the series 2-26-1, with their only wins coming against the University of Nebraska-Omaha and against Denver University.

Miami defeated Denver earlier this year, 4-2.

Some have speculated this may be a trap series for the ’Hawks with the Chargers having only two wins all year and with the University of Notre Dame coming into town next week, but Miami believes they will be ready for this series.

“We have to focus on keeping our expectations high,” Tri-Captain Reilly Smith said. “We can’t play down to whatever the competition is. They have a hard work ethic, so we’ll have to match that. You have to keep your focus at the level as if you were playing a Michigan or a Notre Dame.

Once you let your guard down, bad things will happen.”

The sweep last weekend dropped Miami down to No. 20 in the USCHO.com poll. They also took a big hit in the PairWise Rankings, falling to No. 18. The Inside College Hockey (INCH) rankings dropped the RedHawks one spot to No. 17.

For the first time since early January, the Red and White did not receive any votes in the USA Today poll. Since the series with UAH is a nonconference game, Miami will not receive CCHA points, which means they are likely to drop even further down in the standings.

“I think it gives the guys a little more motivation knowing that we only have six regular season games left and this could make or break our playoff run,” senior forward Matt Tomassoni said. “I think guys are extra focused this week. We have to be ready to play, not just show up.”

Smith has played well over the past few games for the ’Hawks and scored his CCHA-leading 20th goal of the year against the Wolverines.

“It is good to have my confidence up like this,” Smith said. “I’m just trying to help the team; the more goals I score the better chance the team has of winning.”

On Saturday, the Red and White will be wearing a special Swoop’s Stoop Jersey to help advocate the charity that helps children in Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The jerseys will be auctioned off after the game.

Miami will be without senior defenseman Will Weber for the first game of the series as a result of a DQ he received at the end of last Saturday’s game against Michigan.

Puck drop is set for 7:35 p.m.

Friday and 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Steve Cady Arena. Fans can listen to the game on Miami’s IMG Sports Network or online at redhawkradio.com.

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Thursday, February 16 LECTURE

MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY AND THE COMING UPHEAVAL 7:30 p.m., Heritage Room, Shriver Center

Robert McChesney, Research Professor, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

Friday, February 17 SYMPOSIUM

MEDIA AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DEMOCRACY: A CALL TO ACTION 9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m., 322 McGuffey Robert McChesney, Jared Ball (Black Agenda Radio), and local journalists discuss the future of journalism and facilitate roundtable discussions.

Jared Ball, Black Agenda Radio

These events are sponsored by the Robert E. Strippel Memorial Continuing Dialogue on Justice and Human Rights in partnership with the Center for American and World Cultures and with support from the Black World Studies Program, the Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine, the Department of Communication, the Department of Educational Leadership, the Department of Political Science, the Department of Sociology and Gerontology, the Humanities Center, the Journalism Program, Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice, the Western Program, and the Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute

For more information about this program, visit The Center for American and World Cultures at www.cawc.muohio.edu/spring-events Please contact the Office of Disability Resources, (513) 529-1541, at least one week prior to the event to request accomodations such as real-time captioning or sign language interpreters.

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SOFTLY FALLS THE LIGHT OF DAY

Harrison Hall glows as the sun sets on Miami’s campus.

Student workers sign non-disclosure agreement

By Andy Martin

A training program to help show employees how to properly handle credit cards may have triggered an initiative to provide further protection against any breach of confidentiality among all student workers, according to Heather Bechtol, a personal technician for human resources.

This has led to all student employees at Miami University – even those not dealing with private information – being asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement by their managers, according to Bechtol. The agreement has been widely circulating since January.

This agreement states that any information that is seen by a student worker must be kept private and protected. Any type of private information made public can result in immediate termination of employment or possible legal action from the university.

Bechtol said the agreement depends on the type of job a student has.

“Depending on the job of the student, they may be coming into contact with BannerID numbers and social security numbers on a daily basis,” Bechtol said. “These students need to be aware that this kind of information cannot be shared or talked about.”

While not every job requires handling private information, Miami does not want to take any chances, Bechtol said.

She added that although this confidentiality agreement has been

around for several years, it is just beginning to circulate among all Miami student workers.

“It’s just in case a student happens to come across private information,” Bechtol said.

Staff Development Specialist for Housing, Dining, Recreation and Business Services, Jennifer BakerWilliams said this new credit card program is in compliance with IT services. “[IT services] came to us and asked that anyone who handles credit cards know how to handle them correctly,” Baker said.

So with this new program, Miami managers have decided to enforce a stronger sense of confidentiality protection for all student-workers.

“It’s to protect the privacy of the students, staff, parents and anyone else involved with this university,” Baker said.

Sophomore student worker Lindsay Dunkel expressed her feelings toward the agreement.

“I feel like these rules are standard business procedure which student workers already follow,” Dunkel said. “It’s a surprise to me that these rules haven’t always been in place for all student workers, but on the bright side it creates a commonality in regulations for all workers.”

Sophomore Cassie Patrick added that she believes this to be a good idea.

“It just reinforces the idea that as a student worker, you probably will have to deal with private information, and you shouldn’t spread that information around,” she said.

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changes, which included re-doing the campus’s crosswalk system in response to the numerous accidents that have happened at the university’s intersections.

“We’re hoping to create a system that will lessen vehicular and pedestrian conflict,” Prytherch said.

Expanding upon parking on the university and potentially adding more and renaming the university’s Metro routes were also on the agenda.

“We just hope to optimize campus mobility and have multiple modes of transpiration available for our growing population and needs,” Prytherch said.

Another presentation given to ASG came from sophomore Jordan Habel, who wanted ASG’s support in a movement he hopes to bring to the university called Feed My Starving Children. The Christian-based organization is a non-profit group that provides nutritional meals to children in over 60 countries who suffer wwwfrom malnutrition.

“We are really looking to get those interested in donating time and resources to help. Our goal is to raise $24,000 and have at least 500 volunteers pack 100,000 meals,” Habel said.

first-hand lessons on business start-ups, students will have the opportunity to receive seed funding. Miami’s Student Venture Fund can lend any student up to $25,000 for a viable start-up.

“I have been looking forward to Startup Weekend since Mark first told me about it,” said junior entrepreneurship major Brett Bielinski. “It is an incredible opportunity to meet like-minded people.”

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CORRECTIONS It is the policy of The Miami Student to publish corrections. In the Jan. 31 issue, a photo caption incorrectly said Andrew McMahon, the lead singer of Jack’s Mannequin, was also the lead singer for System of a Down. McMahon had been the lead singer of Something Corporate.

In the Feb. 7 story “‘Miss Representation’ producer coming to MU,” the writer was incorrectly identified as Ashley McLaughlin.

Her name is Ashley Laughlin. In that same story, the name of Arohi Bhatt, vice president of member development for Miami University’s PanHellenic Association, was misspelled in a quote box.

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editors JUSTIN REASH LISA REYMANN

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POLICE Community strives Citizens on

BEAT Middle schooler makes verbal threat

Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, an Oxford police officer met with the Talawanda Middle School Principal at Oxford Lanes. Two sixth graders reported being harassed by a seventh grader. The sixth graders told the officer that the seventh grader choked both of them and after they freed themselves, the seventh grader said he was going to “put a bullet” in their heads.

One witness said it was actually the sixth grader who threw the first punch. The officer followed up this report and contacted all families involved.

Student punches Miami Metro bus, flees uptown Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, an Oxford police officer responded to a report made by a Miami Metro bus. When the officer spoke with the driver, he said a college student punched part of the inside of the bus, causing damage. The bus driver described the student to the officer and said there were two witnesses in the bus that heard him saying that the suspect was going to Brick Street Bar and Grill.

There was a significant dent on the top panel above the side of the exit door so the officer decided to search for the male at Brick Street.

The officer found the suspect in the front of the lobby and asked him about the incident. The suspect was identified as first-year Kasopefoluwa Ayodele, 19. Ayodele said he punched the inside of the bus because he was frustrated with a friend. Ayodele was charged with criminal mischief.

to boost fire safety

By Sarah Shew

For The Miami Student

In early January, the Oxford Fire Department received a grant that will provide off-campus Miami University students with more advanced fire protection, according to Fire Chief John Detherage.

Through FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) the department got $70,000 and used the funds to purchase 4,500 photoelectric fire detectors for rental properties in the Oxford Area.

According to Detherage, the desire to pursue this grant and other precautionary measures comes from the memory of a house fire that killed three Miami students in 2005.

“These devices detect these smoldering, slow burning fires better than ionization detectors, and the goal is to have both in all of rental houses,” Detherage said.

The photoelectric detectors also have 10-year battery lives and are much less sensitive to false alarms such as shower steam, prompting Detherage to believe there will be less reason to take the batteries out.

So far 200 to 300 photoelectric fire detectors have already been distributed and installed throughout Oxford with more shipments trickling in frequently.

“It’s a fraternity and sorority initiative to assist rental agencies in the area with the installation of the new detectors,” Director of the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Jennifer Levering said. “I hope it will help students who live off campus think about fire safety in their houses.”

There is no formal program for distributing the devices yet in place but Levering hopes to have one running by the end of the semester. Currently, the fire depart-

ment distributes fire detectors to local renting agencies. However, if these agencies are unable to install them on their own, the Greek community is encouraged to help put them in their on and off campus houses.

Even though there is no official program in place, Levering believes this initiative will continue to grow.

“I did something similar to this at a previous institution, and it worked great,” Levering said.

For at least one student, fire safety is never neglected.

Sophomore Dylan Grafe has had his fair share of fire experiences, with four fires in various residences in Oxford over the past two years.

“Though my house is completely up to fire code and we all abide by the rules and regulations of the Oxford Fire Department, there are some things that those rules just can’t stop from happening,” Grafe said. “Regulation can make people use stoves correctly and have full fire extinguishers, but they can’t stop the 22 most dangerous things in the kitchen [his fraternity brothers] from constantly making me fear for my life.”

Both Grafe and Chief Detherage have similar advice for students regarding fire safety in the future.

“If people are smoking inside, put out materials, don’t fall asleep with smoking materials in hand and when people fall asleep make sure someone’s checking couches. The biggest thing is making sure someone is coherent enough to check these things,” Detherage said.

Grafe takes comfort in the new photoelectric detectors.

“I think the fire detector program will definitely subdue a few worries I have,” Grafe said.

the street

There are currently two bills in the Ohio legislature that would relax gun controls throughout the state.

We asked people for their reactions.

Andrew duberstein junior

“Personally, I’m more pro gun control.”

Michele gingras

professor of music

“I’m against carrying guns as a whole.”

katie lehmann senior

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“If someone looks suspicious, I’d want to know if they were carrying a firearm.”

Female reports lost North Face jacket Around noon Tuesday, an Oxford police officer was dispatched to S Locust St. regarding a theft offense. When the officer met with the Miami University student, they went to the location of her Chevy Blazer. The victim said that Monday, the day before, she left her car parked and unlocked outside of her apartment. The victim returned to the vehicle the next day to run some errands and locked her car at each stop. During her errands, she realized her black North Face jacket was missing from the back seat. There are no suspects or leads at this time.

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From left: Johnathan Levy, Dennis Sullivan and Alan Winkler of American Folk Songs perform at the Community Arts Center Wednesday night. Dave Edmundson not pictured

Local manufacturer to release innovative drug

“We need to be as safe as possible but I think people should still be able to carry guns.”

Council approves High Street revamp

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By Justin Reash and Sanam Sahni FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Locals who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes may have a new drug option that is manufactured in their own state.

Bydureon, which has been developed and manufactured in an Amylin Pharmaceuticals factory in West Chester, Ohio, is an injected, one dose a week drug for those who suffer from Type 2 diabetes. The drug has been approved by the FDA and will be available to the public by Feb. 17.

The drug was already approved for use in Europe in June 2011. It is the only drug that is manufactured by the company, which is based out of San Diego, at the West Chester plant, according to Vice President of Corporate Affairs Alice Izzo.

“We believe it is important that physicians have this option for their patients as it offers blood glucose control with just one dose, instead of two or three times a day doses,” Izzo said.

“It can change the outlook of the disease for the patient as it puts them in control of their diabetes.”

Even though there are many drugs that treat diabetes on the market, Izzo believes this drug is just another form

of therapy patients can take.

“For many people diabetes is progressive and over time some treatments may stop working so new therapies are important to discover,” Izzo said.

Amylin was founded in 1987 and produces two other diabetes drugs, Byetta and Symlin. The company bought an old warehouse in West Chester in 2005 and that location has been the sole source of Bydureon since its inception.

“We started thinking about this once weekly drug since the early 2000s,” Izzo said.

But it might not seem as easy as it looks.

Miami University Director of Student Health Services Dr. Gregory Calkins pointed towards the flip side.

Even though the drug might work just fine for some diabetics, it could also have a down side.

“Proper dosage and change in [the body’s] need has to be paid attention to once the drug is released,” Calkins said.

If the drug has a lasting impact on the patient, it would be very helpful for them.

“The trend has been towards longer acting drugs,” Calkins said.

It has to be kept in mind that this

drug is designed specifically for Type 2 diabetics only. This type of diabetes is usually diagnosed later on in life. Blood sugar has to be constantly maintained and healthy eating habits need to be adopted.

The other kind of diabetes is Type 1, which is common among young children and teenagers. It is often referred to as juvenile onset diabetes.

Senior Elijah Purington is a Type 1 diabetic who got diagnosed when he was 17 years old.

“There is a big misconception that you have [Type 1 diabetes] when you are born,” Purington said.

Being a diabetic, Purington is insulin dependent and has to not only inject himself but also constantly test his blood sugar, something that people find hard to do.

When asked about the new drug, Purington was curious about its price.

“If it’s an affordable drug, people are going to take it” said Purington.

Neither kind of diabetes is 100 percent curable but drugs like Bydureon would surely be something that diabetics would like to try.

A similar drug for type one diabetics would be very useful as well.

“I definitely would use it,” Purington said.

The Oxford City Council passed a resolution proposing improvements to portions of properties on High Street, Main Street, Poplar Street, Tallawanda Road and Foxfire Drive at Tuesday’s meeting. The repairs will include work to sidewalks, curbs and gutters, Service Director Mike Dreisbach said.

The resolution tries to limit the cost to property owners, Dreisbach said, adding that the city would perform the labor and the property owners would be able to pay back the cost over five years with a 5 percent interest rate.

Road repairs slated for U.S. Route 27 have been altered due to an inability to get the necessary funding, according to City Manager Doug Elliott. With a $4.8 billion deficit, the project will now only begin improvements starting at Chestnut Street and ending at the city limits, about onequarter of the total original

proposal, Elliott said.

“A second phase may occur at a later date,” Elliott said.

The project is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2014 and conclude in the summer of 2015.

A second phase may occur at a later date.”

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Current interim police chief Robert Holzworth has been officially appointed the new Chief of Police for Oxford, according to Elliot.

The appointment was announced Tuesday. “[Holzworth] brings a wealth of law enforcement knowledge,” Elliott said.

“This is an extraordinary day,” Holzworth said. “I’ve been working for the city for 39 years, and it’s been my honor to serve under two wonderful chiefs … the city is in good, good hands.”

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REICHARD, FROM PAGE 1

Award is based on four principles: Classroom, Character, Community and Competition. Reichard also is a member of the RedHawk Council, which is Miami’s student-athlete leadership council.

“He’s got a big heart,” Blasi said. “This is not something Cody has done for recognition, he does it regardless. That’s the type of kid he is.”

Saturday, the RedHawks will wear a special Swoop’s Stoop jersey against the University

of Alabama-Huntsville.

“It’s important to Cody,” Blasi said. “We wanted to pay tribute to the charity.”

The jerseys will be auctioned off afterward to raise money for the charity.

“It should be a fun night,” Reichard said. “We have a couple of families coming and hopefully we can make some money off the jerseys for the charity.”

Reichard also wears a special goalie mask designed around Swoop’s Stoop. The mask will be auctioned off at the end of the year to help raise money.

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And while Reichard may be leaving the program after this year, Swoop’s Stoop will not. He not only wants the charity to grow, but he hopes it will one day be able to help out families that are struggling with the financial costs of paying for their child’s illness.

“It’s going to stay here and hopefully live on long after I’m gone,” Reichard said. “We’ll hand it down to one of the guys on the team and we are currently in the process of putting a plan together to make sure it is sustainable and lasts for long time.”

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however, hire African American students to work at their events.

Edythe Hargraves, sister of William Hargraves, wrote about this in a paper called “How I Feel as a Negro at a White College” for the Oct. 1942 issue of The Journal of Negro Education.

“Well, I entered a white college with the determination to confront all of the white faces over there, and show them that I could be one of them scholastically even if I were conspicuous,” Hargraves said in the piece.

Hargraves said while professors always knew her name since she was often the only African American student in the class and were, in general, encouraging, some professors gave her lower grades simply because of the color of her skin.

Boston, the first female African American student to live on campus, also acknowledged in a 1991

interview with The Miami Student that she did not feel professors were fair to African American students.

She said that guidance counselors at Miami were the worst because, “they didn’t feel you could do anything anyway, so how could they guide you to a successful career?”

Hargraves also struggled in physical education class where the other female students refused to engage with her. Hargraves wrote about a time when the girls were instructed to pair off into dance partners and no one would partner with her.

“That was the time I went home and fell across the bed and cried, cried until I was exhausted,” Hargraves said. “That was the time I hated white college.”

African American students did have some support at Miami through student groups. Students formed Kappa Sigma Delta, later renamed Les Travailleurs (“the workers”) and the Interracial Club that met weekly to discuss problems facing African American students.

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LETTERs TO THE EDITOR

Students should feel bad for poor school spirit

PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

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

Miami Univeristy diversity initiatives only skin-deep so far, improvement needed Much has changed, but much has stayed the same since African American students began attending Miami University toward the end of its first century.

Despite the large amount of attention paid to diversity in recent years, the administration as a whole seems to have, at best, a shaky understanding of what it feels like to be a minority at this public university.

Having an office dedicated to diversity is a good first step, but doesn’t make things “alright” in the eyes of the students who wish to have a diverse education, experience and to attend diverse programs.

While Miami clearly doesn’t mean to discourage minority groups from attending, it is evident that it is not comfortable to be an African American student here. The usual “J.Crew U” stereotype persists because Miami students all seem to flock toward

the same style and mentality.

Miami’s student body has a distinctive social, economic and cultural identity.

This can happen for many reasons related to students’ backgrounds: their family’s income, the region they are from, or the type of community (urban suburban, rural) they are from.

Despite admirable programs such as the Miami Access Initiative, Miami tends to attract students from a relatively specific range of society: affluent, suburban and white.

Changing recruiting practices is the only way Miami can get a more diverse student body and thus make this a more comfortable place to be of a minority background.

Paradoxically, it will be difficult to recruit minority students while Miami remains an uncomfortable place for them.

As a result, we recognize that

changes in this area will take place in small increments.

Miami admissions recruiters, as well as students, should ask themselves, “Compared to other universities, how is Miami not addressing this issue? How can we fix this?”

Meanwhile, changing the environment at Miami all begins with student choices. It is not enough to not overtly discriminate. The Greek community in particular seems, at worst, averse or, at best, apathetic to diversity.

While Greeks are by no means solely to blame for Miami’s “unwelcome” mat for minority students, the Greek community would be an excellent place to drive change.

It goes without saying that the status of minorities on campus has vastly improved in the past century. However, it is not said often enough that there is still room for improvement.

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The Miami University student body should be ashamed of themselves for the way they did NOT act at Feb. 1’s Eastern Michigan basketball game.

We all know that attendance is miserable at best. Those of us who are still season ticket holders suffer along with everyone else when the team is not doing well.

However, this game gave us a good example of how the students acted and how they should act. At the start of the game, there were more than the usual numbers of students in attendance.

Then after a slow start, most of the students in the north end left at halftime. Now for the rest of the story. Miami’s comeback was one of the most exciting events in Millett Hall in years.

Those who left missed “the whole game.” But, there was a group of about 25 young kids

sitting behind the Miami basket who knew how to act. They were between the ages of second and fifth graders.

With the aid of one of the Miami cheerleaders, they became more excited and vocal than the entire of the arena. They never stopped (like the “Cameron Crazies” at Duke University) and even rushed the floor after the win. I am certain that the team noticed them and it caused them to play harder. Where were the Miami students to encourage the team?

These kids should be invited back to each of the remaining games, and maybe given an award at the post-season banquet.

Again, where were the Miami students?

Jim Bodmer

jimbodmer@juno.com class of 1960

Smoking not the worst possible health choice While we agree that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to one’s health, we take issue with the statement said by Miami University Student Health Center Dr. Gregory Calkins in the Feb. 7 edition of The Miami Student.

Calkins’s said, “Smoking is the single most harmful thing we can voluntarily do to our bodies. It is most definitively the most dangerous thing one person can choose to partake in.” We have taken the liberty of compiling a list of behaviors we believe to be significantly worse than smoking.

-Shooting yourself -Jumping off a cliff -Standing in a nuclear reactor -Standing in the path of a 65-Watt laser -Fork in electrical socket -Overdosing -Alcohol poisoning -Mixing ammonia and bleach in your face

-Shooting at the White House -Insulting Chuck Norris -Not eating or drinking for a month -Putting your head inside a hot oven and falling asleep -Sitting in your car inside a closed garage with the engine running -Going into outer space without a space suit -Drinking molten gold -Riding a Great White Shark -Taking a syringe full of air and injecting it into your blood stream -Eating McDonald’s everyday -Drinking virus vials from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention -Swallowing a lit firecracker

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It’s nice to see a student-athlete being recognized for their selfless acts.

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Spring ICE Hopefully, Miami students secured interviews for future jobs.

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PERCEIVING REALITY

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Seniors: Grab that net and catch those butterflies Before I begin, this public service announcement is really only intended for seniors. Commencement is less than three months away. Judging from how full the CIM lab is on a Tuesday afternoon, and the fact that the

this column; feel free to email me people, I even have one of those new fangled phones that lets me check email on the go.

Today, I don’t want to talk about the economy, international politics, women’s rights, emo-

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guy next to me is working away on a PowerPoint so furiously the mouse is fused to his right hand, I would wager most aren’t really thinking about the end just yet.

Sure, in a more abstract, holysh*t-I’m-about-to-be-jobless way, people are thinking about graduation. But that ticking time bomb is counting down more than just the days you have left on your parents’ health insurance — it’s counting down an era.

Being the harbinger of gloom, doom, depression and Career Services pamphlets has been my modus operandi in a number of archived essays, but I’m just not feeling it today.

Maybe it’s the fact that Ohio keeps teasing us with beautiful day-drinking weather.

Maybe nothing interesting is going on in my immediate sphere. Or maybe I’m just sick of the uptick in snidely worded Letters to the Editor regarding

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tional health or the fact that Ohio University is just jealous of us, because I’m taking a breather.

Nothing of any intellectual or commercial value will follow this introduction, so to everyone who wants to be informed about something or will get offended by an extensive list of bar specials, please close your eyes and turn the page — you’ve been warned.

Less than 12 weeks. That’s all we have left. Twelve weeks of late-nighters, late-night Jimmy John’s and sometime-time-inthe-night booty calls. All the fun we can possibly cram into our last days is happening — as well it should.

It’s not that you don’t have school responsibilities, but if you’re still freaking out about managing your course load during semester eight (or 10), you haven’t learned anything in college. Take a Ferris Bueller day now and again. Go do

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something spontaneous and nuts for no reason other than the fact that you can.

Have you been to Mt. Adams in Cincinnati? Have you gotten in those last visits to friends at nearby colleges? Have you been to at every type of sporting event held at Miami University at least once? Have you had a kickball game in the middle of your street? Have you snuck back into your first dorm to give advice to the newbies living in your old room? Have you done 14-day club? Have you “beaten the clock or had a jam sesh at Piano Man? Have you sat down to do your homework, but instead grabbed your housemates for a trip uptown at least once this week?

If you don’t know the drink specials at four establishments uptown at this point, it’s time you learned. And before I step on some tea-totaling toes (again), let me acknowledge that these events can take place sober.

If you so choose to engage in drinking during these activities, I can only say have fun, but try to leave your debit card at home.

Eat, drink and be merry. Finally, strike up a conversation with that guy in your capstone you’ve had a crush on for three semesters. Go up to the hottest girl at the bar and ask for her number. What’s the worst that can happen when you just live a little?

I’ll take one more nugget of wisdom from Wedding Crashers and say this: Rule #76, No Excuses. Play like a champion.

Aside from the fact that’s the house name of a few of my best friends, it’s advice that needs to be appreciated for its simplicity.

Economy aside, we’re going to have jobs soon, and heaps of responsibility and oodles of boredom swathed in monotony. College is four years of freedom and fun that will not be replicated again in our lifetimes — so go forth my fellow seniors and let loose, for tomorrow we dine in the real world.

Government contributes to high tuition at colleges, universities In the State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama said, “Let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can’t be a luxury — it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.”

financial stake. Universities, therefore, have little incentive to keep costs low to attract students. This has created an unintended government induced “tuition bubble” similar to how the government’s loose money policies contributed to the disastrous “housing bubble.” President Obama’s plan to increase loans in combination with an attempt to

Instead of admonishing universities, the President needs to recognize the government’s contributions to the problem and work together with the universities to reach a solutuon.

For the Obama administration, the focus for the next year will be on education and its high costs.

Rita Kirshstein, director of the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability, said most of the money that goes to schools is in the form of research funds, along with Pell Grants and subsidized loans for students. At the University of Michigan, Obama spoke about increasing funds for higher education, mostly through an expansion of federal loan programs.

While high tuition costs and student loan debt is a problem, the Obama administration will not solve it because they are not addressing the root of the problem. In order to understand the root of the problem, the question that should be asked is: if prices are so high, how are colleges still getting people to pay?

The problem is that supply and demand is distorted by government involvement and subsidized loans.

The more students have access to government loans, the more the universities can raise their tuition and other costs.

Because of the availability of government subsidies and student loans, many students are less sensitive to price increases than they would be if they had a more direct

implement “quasi-price controls” on tuition, will magnify this distortion of supply and demand, resulting in even less educational value.

The White House is calling for colleges and universities to show that they add value to a student’s education and to act responsibly in setting tuition prices. In a proper market system, this concern is selfregulating. Value is decided by the consumer (the student).

If the university does not benefit the student, the student will go to another university. This competition results in lower tuition costs as universities compete to give good value at the best price possible. In a market system, universities need to show value to the student, not to the government.

It would be enlightening to hear the universities’ perspective regarding the issue of inflating tuition and total educational costs. Instead of admonishing universities, the President needs to recognize the government’s contribution to the problem and work together with the universities to reach a solution.

I believe higher education can be a smart investment for society when market principles are correctly applied, putting the student (the consumer) in control and enabling the universities to decide how best to provide their service.

Valentine’s Day more than Hallmark holiday for everyone part II

In my last essay, I wrote about our culture’s concept of love and on the essence of what (or who) True Love is, under the impression it would be my only chance before Valentine’s Day to do so.

Luckily, I have two more opportunities, so I decided to expand a bit since there is plenty to expand on.

I ended the first article on a note that was probably unfavorable, mentioning, “our greatest feat is in saying we somehow understand True Love and need none of him ourselves, because we are somehow ‘loveable enough.’”

In what way do we often claim to understand love, True Love in particular? I am going to assume that the first mentions will break down love as kindness and, because of that kindness, forgiveness. Yet as true as these are, it is not as simple as we like to make them.

What makes love kind is that it has in mind what is most beneficial for its recipient. But how

often do we associate kindness with the word nice? Being nice is not being kind — being nice is saying something or being someone who makes another feel better.

Being kind is saying something or being someone who actually does something to benefit that person, or creates a change in that person to actually make them a better person.

You and I, well we ourselves are the benign, benevolent rulers of our little world — we “kindly” make our friends laugh (which makes them feel better) and we “kindly” hold the door open for at least one stranger a day (which certainly makes us all feel better). It is easy to fancy ourselves as such, especially when we are temporarily happy.

Yet, when our circumstances don’t happen to go our way and we become particularly sour, we certainly have justifiable reasons for snapping. It is certainly no problem with me or with my heart, but with them and with their heart

What makes love kind is that is has in mind what is most beneficial for its recipient. But how often do we associate kindness with the word nice?

— or certainly this circumstance is to blame, and my reaction need not heed any responsibility, for I am now under no obligation to make anyone better but me.

And certainly since love is forgiving, we are forgiven for these moments of “mere imperfection.”

Yet it is impossible for us to be forgiven of that which we never take responsibility for.

Imagine your dad gives you a rule that you can’t go out of the house past 10 p.m. because it is unsafe to drive. Also he will not let you go to a particular friend’s house when that friend calls at

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10:01 p.m. because it is past 10.

“Daddy is mean. He is not nice.”

Ah, but Dad is being kind. He has said, and statistics would back him up, that he is acting in what is truly your best interest. Now imagine you, frustrated that Mom agrees and that you had a terrible day at school, decide to go anyway because it isn’t that big of a deal.

Besides, your friend’s house is five minutes away. Now when you come back, and your Dad is angry, you become sour at his harshness towards you.

You object it was the day you

had at school, the frustration at Mom, which was the cause of being rebellious. “I’m sorry Dad, why can’t you accept that?” Dad refuses to accept your pitiful apology (which is different than asking for forgiveness) because you aren’t yet humble enough to bow beneath the responsibility of the actions you took as being your own choice. “Dad is not nice,” and he certainly doesn’t seem kind. Our ability to see kindness within the forgiveness of True Love depends upon our ability to see the need for such.

True Love was held up on wooden beams in deep kindness to forgive a people who not only refused to see their need for it but also willingly advocated for Him to be put on it.

True Love made a self-willing sacrifice to consider the needs of the recipients and to completely meet them. That is the ultimate display of compassion; and how I wish Valentine’s Day were filled with compassion as thus.

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The close loss to NIU gave Miami it’s fifth loss in conference by five points or less. While it seems like the ball just hasn’t bounced Miami’s way so far this season, there is still time left to turn it around before the MAC Tournament in Cleveland at the

beginning of March.

“You have to remember that you’re playing for the ultimate prize at the end of the season,” Henderson said. “Anybody can win in Cleveland and make it to the NCAA Tournament. The first thing that we have to do is get to Cleveland and continue to work on getting better. We have to make a quick turnaround and get ready for Saturday to start.”

The RedHawks are hoping to get back on track Saturday when they host the Central Michigan

University Chippewas.

Central Michigan (7-16 overall, 2-8 MAC) is led by their super sophomore Trey Zeigler, who leads the team in points, rebounds and assists.

The game will be part of an athletic triple-header involving the women’s basketball and men’s ice hockey teams.

Tip-off for the game is set for 3:30 p.m. Students can listen to the game on WMSR, redhawkradio.com, or on Miami’s IMG Sports Network.

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to see because of the improvement both teams have made since the beginning of the year,” Fantanarosa said. “At this point in the season, you have to throw the records out.”

One of the keys to the game will be the offensive balance that Miami has showcased this season. Junior guard Courtney Osborn leads the team in scoring, averaging 18.7 points per game this season, which puts her third in the MAC in scoring.

Junior forward Kirsten Olowinski along with Boyer have been indispensable contributors and are both averaging doublefigures this year at just over 11 points per game.

“The starters will need to set the tone because they’re the ones who have been putting us in a position to win all year,” Fantanarosa said. “That means they will need to be aggressive, attack the paint and control the boards.”

As a part of “Box Out Cancer” Campaign, the RedHawks will kick off a double-header at Millett Hall starting at 1 p.m.

Miami has not lost back-to-back games all season and is not looking to change that trend against the Huskies.

“We’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing and hopefully pull out a win,” Boyer said.

“I’m confident in our offensive game, and if it’s a defensive battle, then we look forward to that too.”

Fans can listen to the game on Miami’s IMG Sports Network or online at redhawkradio.com.

as the Ohio Division II High School Player of the Year in 2011, while Snowball was Ohio’s Division I co-Offensive Player of the Year in 2011.

“When you rush for 2,500 yards and score 30 touchdowns, it’s difficult to be a hidden commodity,” Treadwell said of Snowball. “Jack is a north and south kind of runner who plays at pad level, has great feet in the hole and has good vision.

The thing I like most about him is that with all of the runs he’s made, he’s never had one fumble.”

The ’Hawks also picked up key offensive linemen, including Brandyn Cook of Cincinnati, who should help to solidify an offensive-line that gave up 44 sacks last season.

In addition to their Ohio signees, Miami also had nine players from the football-rich states of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

However, as history has shown, players must ultimately prove themselves on the field. Some of Miami’s top performers were not highly touted coming out of high school, including sophomore cornerback Dayonne Nunley, freshman defensive back Brison Burris and freshman wide receiver David Frazier.

Ultimately, Miami University Athletic Director Brad Bates notes how it is important to identify athletes who will also succeed as students at Miami.

“The most important part of the process is trying to identify students who will thrive in the culture and environment of Miami University,” Bates said. “I think these [recruits] will absolutely thrive in the environment of Miami University thanks to what the coaches have done.”

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Hamilton’s career takes a left turn michael solomon the good, the bad and the ugly

There’s always a feel good story in every sport. And then there’s Josh Hamilton, who triumphed and who is now dealing with the prospect of defeat … yet again.

The Good: Hamilton’s Journey to the majors: After an outstanding youth career, Joshua Holt Hamilton was drafted first overall by the then Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 1999 draft.

The future seemed bright for the standout prospect who received a $4 million signing bonus before even touching a major league field. But the near future for Hamilton didn’t go as planned and it nearly destroyed his baseball career.

Hamilton played in the Devil Rays minor league system until the 2003 season and hoped to compete for a spot at the major league level entering the 2004 season, but he never got that shot.

Hamilton’s problems with drugs and alcohol began in 2001, but it became a real problem when he was suspended for 30 games in 2003.

Before spring training in 2004 Hamilton was suspended indefinitely from the game after failing to pass additional drug tests.

However, Hamilton was reinstated by Major League Baseball in 2006 and was selected by the Cubs in the 2007 Rule 5 Draft.

Everyone knows the story from here. Battling his drug and alcohol addiction, Hamilton finally succeeded, proving everyone wrong.

After a successful year with the Cincinnati Reds in 2007, Hamilton was traded to the Texas Rangers for two prospects.

In his four years with the Rangers, Hamilton has led Texas to back-toback World Series, been a four-time All Star, won the 2010 American League MVP and won the Silver Slugger Award twice.

The Bad: Hamilton’s Relapse: It didn’t seem like things could get any better for Hamilton heading into this offseason. Although the Rangers had come up empty in the World Series for the second year in a row, Hamilton had another unbelievable year.

Entering the 2012 season, Hamilton, in the final year of his two-year contract, was hoping for a contract extension. But just last week, Hamilton had his first relapse since 2009.

Hamilton said he had a “moment of weakness,” and apologized for the incident. Last week, Hamilton had an alcohol relapse at a local Dallas bar due to a “personal reason with a family member,” according to Hamilton. He issued an apology a few days later.

An alcohol relapse for anybody can be very dangerous when one stays sober for a number of years, and hopefully, Hamilton will not be damaged from this incident.

The Ugly: Hamilton’s Contract Extension: While Hamilton did state after the relapse that he wanted to put talk of a contract extension on the “backburner,” there has been talk this week that the Rangers should not trust him. There has been talk this week that the Rangers should not give him a long-term deal worth around $100 million.

Prior to the relapse, the Rangers wanted to give Hamilton everything, and now it seems as if they don’t want to give him anything.

Hamilton deserves the money hands down, but the issue is whether or not the Rangers want to commit a lifetime of money to someone who has had two relapses in the last three years.

Since his return to the League, he started a family, found a religion that keeps him going and revitalized a franchise that has been almost nonexistent since they were known as the Washington Senators.

Hamilton is going to get all the support that he needs from family, friends and teammates, and now he needs the support of his organization.

If the Rangers can commit over $111 million to Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish who has never pitched in the Majors, they can commit to their centerpiece Josh Hamilton.

Hamilton is too much of a feel good story to fail. Now it’s time for the Rangers to give him what he deserves: a contract extension.

NEXT HOME GAME: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, vs. Central Michigan

Miami comes up short against Northern Illinois

By Michael Solomon For The Miami Student

The Miami University men’s basketball team suffered yet another close defeat Wednesday night, as the RedHawks fell to the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Huskies 62-59 in DeKalb, Ill. Sophomore forward John Harris and senior forward Julian Mavunga led the RedHawks with 15 points apiece, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies staged a late second-half rally to come away with their third win of the season.

Down 30-29 at the half, Miami opened the second stanza on a 15-4 run, giving them a 44-34 lead with 14 minutes left.

A Harris three-pointer kept the ’Hawks’ lead at 10 with nine minutes to play, but then NIU made their run.

Over the last 7:12 of the contest, the Huskies went on a 17-5 run that put them in control for good. Miami was able to tie the game at 58 with 1:04 left after a pair of free throws by sophomore guard Quinten Rollins, but the Huskies scored the next two baskets to come away with the threepoint win.

“It’s just one of those things,” Assistant Head Coach Jermaine Henderson said. “We haven’t been able to finish games. We had a 10-point lead in the second half but we weren’t able to finish. But we have to give it to Northern Illinois credit; they fought all the way. They don’t have the greatest record, but they fought and we didn’t finish our chances.”

Harris, who hit five three pointers in the game, thought he had knocked down a sixth in the closing seconds to tie the game at 62.

But after review, officials confirmed that the ball left Harris’ hands after the buzzer sounded.

“Coach Coles drew up a great play for us,” Harris said. “It was a play designed to get the ball off

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Redshirt senior forward Adam Thomas slams home two of his six points during Miami University’s 62-57 victory over Eastern Michigan University Feb. 1.The RedHawks will look to notch their fourth conference victory Saturday against Central Michigan University at Millett Hall. fast and when I released it, it felt good. But the monitor said it was just a few seconds late.”

Four RedHawks finished the game in double-figures, led by Harris and Mavunga. Rollins finished his night with 12 points and five assists, and sophomore center Drew McGhee added 11 points for the Red and White.

The loss drops Miami to 7-15 on the season and 3-7 in the MidAmerican Conference (MAC).

Harris’ 15 points were a career-

high, and the coaching staff is hoping they can continue to get performances like this from their standout sophomore.

“John is being patient trying to make the open shot,” Henderson said. “He is doing a great job with passing and being patient, and he has been able to take good shots.

Tonight for him it was also a case of good defense leading to good

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Red and White set to Football inks 25 new recruits, third best in MAC according to Scouts.com face off against Huskies

By JM Rieger Sports Editor

The Miami University football team signed 25 players to national letters of intent on National Signing Day, Feb. 1st, including seven threestar players according to ESPN.com, five more than last year.

Of the 25 new RedHawks, 12 hail from Ohio, including nine from the Cincinnati and Dayton areas.

“Ohio was really a focus for us in seeking players,” Head Coach Don Treadwell said. “We’re really fortunate to have such a fertile area in our own back yard. These 25 outstanding young men comprise a special class who our fans will be excited about.”

Miami has the 75th-ranked recruiting class of all Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (formerly Division I) and the third best recruiting class in the Mid-American Conference, behind the University of Toledo and Temple University,

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Miami targeted a variety of positions with its new class, including bringing in four offensive linemen and three running backs after the Red and White finished the 2011 season ranked last in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in rushing.

The RedHawks also picked up five defensive linemen and three linebackers following the departure of linebackers Ryan Kennedy and Jerrell Wedge and of defensive linemen Will Diaz and Jordain Brown.

“We’re bringing in lineman on both sides of the ball who have filled our size requirements and possess athleticism,” Treadwell said. “We

have big skill position players — running backs, tight ends, linebackers — guys who have outstanding range and can run and strike you.

Unquestionably, we’ve improved our depth by bringing in young men who have the ability to jump into the two-deep right away.”

Expect running backs Jack Snowball of Wadsworth, Ohio and Jamire Westbrook of South Lebanon, Ohio to compete for the starting running back position this offseason. Westbrook is a three-star recruit who was selected by the Cincinnati Enquirer

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RedHawks finalize 2012 football schedule

By JM Rieger Sports Editor

The Miami University football team has finalized their 2012 schedule and will play the Southern Illinois University Salukis at Yager Stadium Saturday, Sept. 8th, rounding out their four-team nonconference schedule.

Miami, who was set to play the University of Missouri on Sept. 22, was left with a scheduling gap following Missouri’s switch from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The SEC scheduled the Tigers to play the University of South Carolina on Sept. 22, forcing the RedHawks to find a fourth non-conference opponent.

The Salukis, who compete in the Missouri Valley Conference, are a member of Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly Division II, and compiled a 4-7 (2-6 Missouri Valley) record in 2011.

Miami finished the 2011 season with a 4-8 record and a 3-5 mark in the Mid-American Conference.

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Coming off a tough week in which they traveled a combined 20 hours over the span of four days for two games in Michigan, the Miami University women’s basketball team returns to Millett Hall Saturday to take on Northern Illinois University (NIU).

The RedHawks are currently 12-1 in home games this year but the Huskies will certainly present a challenge as Miami looks to build on its success thus far heading into the final stretch of the regular season.

“We’re looking for momentum,” senior guard Maggie Boyer said. “We want to start building it now, especially as we get closer to the [Mid American Conference (MAC)] Tournament.”

NIU comes to Oxford sporting a 10-12 overall record and a 4-6 mark in MAC play. However, the Huskies have won three of their past four games using stingy defense and rebounding to spark a late-season run.

“Northern Illinois’ defense has been very solid recently, and

that’s why they’re winning right now,” Head Coach Maria Fantanarosa said. “[But] we’re hoping to keep the offensive tempo up and I believe that will be the difference in this game.”

If there is an element that has been essential to Miami’s success, it has been a focus on the fundamentals. The team has not wavered from its target to control the “little things” such as defense, rebounding, foul shots and taking care of the basketball.

The ’Hawks have out-rebounded their opponents by an average of 3.8 boards per game while holding teams to just 37 percent shooting from the floor.

The RedHawks enter the contest at 17-6 overall record and 7-3 in conference play, putting them in second place in the MAC East Division behind top-ranked Bowling Green State University.

While the Huskies’ record will not scare anyone, their play as of late shows that Miami cannot afford to look past this game.

“This will be a good match-up

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CORRECTIONS It is the policy of The Miami Student to publish corrections. In the Feb. 7 issue of The Miami Student in the article “’Hawks hold on to beat Cardinals” Xavier Silas was listed as the Mid-American Conference’s (MAC) leading scorer, averaging 22.3 points per game. The MAC’s leading scorer this season is Rian Pearson of the University of Toledo, who is averaging 17.4 points per game. Silas led the MAC in scoring during the 2010-2011 season.