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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 2000, The Miami Student reported two online student-startups had made it big, at least within the university community. With the annual pre-spring

break bash just around the corner, fifth-year Patrick Shore launched Greenbeerday.com. Two weeks after its release, he had already sold over 900 t-shirts.

Preserving the past: 3D printer recovers artifacts

EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

Professor Jeb Card shows off a color replica of an effigy vessel from Costa Rica, stolen from Upham in June.

BY EMILY CRANE

But the lessons and knowledge it contained are not. Students will continue to be able to hold it, analyze it When the anthropology depart- and learn from it—well, a replica of ment was burglarized in June, one it, that is. of the many priceless artifacts to Last spring, Card chose to scan be lost was a painted vessel from this artifact using the university’s the Greater Nicoya region of Costa new 3D scanner before the artifact Rica—not worth much monetarily, was stolen, collecting and safely but impossible to replace, anthropol- storing all the information on the arogy professor Jeb Card said. Despite tifact’s dimensions and coloring on ongoing attempts to recover the ar- his hard drive. tifacts, officials have yet to catch so And last week, using the B.E.S.T. much as a scent of them. The vessel Library’s new 3D color printer, he is most likely gone forever. was able to recreate the vessel in its exact dimensions and color.

“We’re not giving up on the original artifact but we can restore some of what has been lost,” Card said.

“The material [of the artifact] is important; we don’t have that anymore. We couldn’t sample it and say where it comes from. But we can do stylistics analysis.”

Unlike other 3D printers on campus that print items in plastic with hollow, honey-comb interiors, the color printer in the B.E.S.T. library prints by putting down layers of Gypsum powder and coating them with ink from inkjets.

The final product is denser and more costly to produce, but preservers far more detail than the plastic replicas produced on regular 3D printers, senior library technician John Williams said.

CONTRIBUTED BY JEB CARD “I can do a lot with NEWS EDITOR

this printer,” Williams said. “For instance, I could print full-color topographical 3D maps. It has a much bigger build bed so I can print bigger objects.”

And the printer is not only reserved for librarians and archaeologists—every student on campus can utilize this 3D printer, paying 25 cents per gram for the final product.

Williams said it was an honor to work with Card in bringing the lost artifact back.

“It was a privilege to be able to recreate an object that was stolen,” Williams said.

And though Card said he too was glad to be able to use the new color printer to recover some of what was lost in the robbery, he is more excited about the possibilities of his scanner. “[The replica] will look good on exhibit but for me, the digital aspect is way more exciting,” Card said. “I have literally e-mailed artifacts to people and they printed them out. In this case, it helps us recover from a robbery which is great, but the everyday uses possibilities are even more exciting.”

Thanks to the 3D scanner, academics and amateurs alike can access artifacts from around the world with the click of a button. Card enthusiastically spoke of the possibilities of creating “virtual museums” online where entire catalogs of artifacts would be available for download.

As the technology catches on though, Card said he expects to see it muddy some waters that, until now, have been fairly clear.

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Women’s hockey wins CCWHA championship

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

A Miami hockey team is heading to the national tournament after winning its conference championship, though it’s not the one some might expect – in this case, the women’s program is leading the charge for Miami’s first-ever ice hockey national championship.

In just their third year of existence, the RedHawks have established themselves as a hockey powerhouse playing in the CCWHA; that is, the Central Collegiate Women’s Hockey Association. This year’s record of 26-2-2 is the best in the country and Miami will almost certainly hold onto the top seed in the American Collegiate Hockey Association women’s Division-I rankings heading into Newark, Del. Senior forward and captain Nikki Stancampiano is tied for seventh among RedHawk scorers with 19 points, which speaks to the deep talent that runs through the roster.

But the reason for her team’s success, according to Stancampiano, is much more than just skill.

“The relationships we have on the team are so strong,” the Fairport, N.Y. native said. “We’re such great friends off the ice, and … I’m real proud of everyone individually and our team as a whole.”

The RedHawks will catch a few days of down time before preparing for their final weekend.

“It’s really exciting, but right now we’re going to rest a little bit and take a day or two off,” senior goaltender Dana Lovin said. “Then we’re going to get right back at it and try to fine tune some of the things, and making sure we stay in

shape so we’re ready to go when we get there.”

Though she gave credit to her defense as the primary reason for Miami’s dominant play in the CCWHA tournament, Lovin was spectacular between the pipes. In five games, she recorded four shutouts, including the 2-0 winning effort in the championship matchup against Adrian College. That’s a 0.4 goals-against average over her last five starts.

Head coach Scott Hicks, who is still a few months shy of 30, said he cannot stress enough how proud he is of his team, which consists almost entirely of freshmen and sophomores, and how hard they’ve worked all year to position themselves as a favorite. That status was apparent after the way they bowled through Ohio State University, Grand Valley State University, and Adrian in Flint, Mich. He was complimentary of the goaltending and in the leadership displayed by Stancampiano as well, but his enthusiasm and appreciation of the overall team effort was apparent.

“We were fortunate to get a good draw,” Hicks said. “But we played a full team effort, and we only gave up two goals in five games … these girls deserve a lot of recognition and a lot of support from their fellow students. Women’s hockey isn’t the brand that the guys are, but these girls put the time in on and off the ice and they deserve the accolades for sure.”

Miami travels to Newark to compete March 13-16 for the National Championship. You can check out the RedHawks’ progress at www.muwomenshockey.com or connect with them on Twitter @MiamiWHockey.

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

SERVING UP SUCCESS

Women’s Club Volleyball A Team finished fifth this weekend at the qualifier for Nationals in Reno, Nev. this spring.

Ukrainian students keep watch on developments in Kiev from Oxford

BY KAILA FRISONE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Ukraine experienced the deadliest violence the country has seen in decades this past week, with at least 88 people killed since the violence began Feb. 18. The protests turned violent when anti-government protesters clashed with riot police in Independence Square of the capital Kiev.

Miami University sophomore Anna Tumenok moved to the United States from Kiev in 2004 with her parents. The rest of her family still lives in Kiev, and she returns every summer to visit. Tumenok said her family and friends support the protesters but are not getting involved. At this point, she said she might not return to Kiev this summer.

The protests began in November 2013 after President Viktor

Yanukovych’s government rejected the European Union Association Agreement in favor of stronger ties with Russia. To many Ukrainians, the EU Association Agreement was a step towards economic progress and ensuring Ukraine remain independent of Russia. The crisis escalated Dec. 17 when Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to loan Ukraine $15 billion and provided cheaper gas supplies.

The Ukrainian Parliament passed anti-protest laws Jan. 16.

The laws, which the opposition considered “draconian,” did not stop the protesters from occupying the streets of Kiev. The first fatalities occurred Jan. 22, and prosecutors confirmed the two protesters died from bullet wounds. In the following weeks, protesters occupied government buildings in western Ukrainian cities and protests also expanded east.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his cabinet resigned January 28. The opposition, which supports developing stronger ties with the EU and remaining independent of Russia, strongly disliked Azarov, whom they accused of mishandling the economy and not stopping corruption.

Sophomore Nester Semenyuk lived in Lviv, Ukraine until 2000 when he moved to the United States. Semenyuk said he was not surprised by the violent outbreak on Feb. 18.

“That’s what happens when people are mad at the government,” Semenyuk said.

His family, similar to Tumenok’s, wants Ukraine to continue to be independent from Russia and align itself with the European Union. He said some family members have ventured to check out the protests, but no one has been

injured or killed to his knowledge. “[My family] is worried the government will continue working as it does now,” Semenyuk said.

Ivan Ninenko, a political science instructor from Moscow, said nationalism is the backbone of these protests. He was not expecting the situation to come to this quite so soon.

Senior Keary Iarussi said he was very surprised by the events on Feb. 18. As a Diplomacy and Global Politics major with a focus in Russian, Eastern Europe and Eurasian studies, Iarussi had his own predictions as to how the crisis in Ukraine would turn out.

“Yanukovych is just a thug,” Iarussi said. “He doesn’t care about governing, the economy or people’s lives. I was really surprised because his MO [modus operandum] has always been to wait everything out. I thought he’d just

let the protest dissipate and that would be it.”

Since the violence broke out, Yanukovych was dismissed as president and parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchynov was named interim president. According to the new acting interior minister of Ukraine, Yanukovych disappeared Friday.

“By now, there are no supporters of Yanukovych,” Ninenko said.

“Even those who were against the opposition would see Yanukovych as weak for running away and not being a good leader.”

Yanukovych’s lack of support in regions like Crimea, a historically Russian city, does not mean the people are fond of the new government in Kiev.

Ukraine now faces a deepening political divide across the country as it heads into a crucial time of transition.

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EDITORS REIS THEBAULT VICTORIA SLATER

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

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Student entrepreneurs suit up for startup event

BY VICTORIA TERSIGNI FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

From Budapest to Hong Kong to Sydney, Startup Weekend has been taking the world by storm. What started as a mere non-profit in Seattle has blossomed to an international competition held in 200 cities all over the world—a competition now returning to Oxford for the third time.

More than 100 students will be competing in Miami University’s third annual startup competition, beginning Friday, Feb. 28.

The event is open to students of all majors, but is especially geared towards students who are interested in entrepreneurship.

According to Miami’s Startup Weekend website, whether students are itching to propose their own ideas or are looking forward to the teamwork aspect of the competition, they have the opportunity to sharpen their entrepreneurial skills by learning what it takes to start their own business in just one weekend.

Students will pitch their startup company ideas, form teams, develop business concepts, listen to guest

speakers, create prototypes for their projects, receive help from peer mentors, develop their presentations and present their ideas before judges in a merely 48 hour process.

After the weekend is over, students will walk away with one hour of course credit by completing ESP 102: Startup Bootcamp and have the opportunity to meet with successful entrepreneurs, mentors and alumni.

Students are also able to network with other members of the Miami community interested in starting their own business and can walk away with their own free customized business cards.

Jessica Reading, assistant director for the Page Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, is actively involved in organizing and funding Startup Weekend.

She explained that Startup Weekend is a non-profit organization, so their funding comes from ticket sales and any kind of sponsorship they raise.

Reading said they received a generous donation from an alumnus, Bill Kling, to help pay for some of the costs while the rest of the costs are

covered by ticket sales. Tickets are generally $100, but students receive a discount for $25.

Reading said she enjoys how natural the process is and how quickly ideas can turn into potential startup companies.

“It is a very organic process. After the students pitch their [startup] ideas, they are written down onto separate, large postage papers and we post them all around the room,” Reading said. “The students get to pick what their favorite ideas are, and what team they might want to be added to. From there, the mentors and coaches help them to form teams.”

Reading said no students are allowed to work alone because a large part of this process is collaborating with peers, which is a crucial skill to have in the workplace.

Working on projects without any guidance can be difficult, Reading said, which is where coaches and peer mentors come into play.

Jon Leist and his partner Connor

STARTUP, SEE PAGE 5

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

HIPS DON’T LIE

Students from the American Culture and English (ACE) program get salsa instruction in the Shriver Multi-Purpose Room. ACE offers students a chance to participate in social events and program while improving their English skills.

Not so kosher: Strict religious diets Coach wins players’ hearts, may present challenges for students earns five-year extension

BY OLIVIA BRAUDE

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Despite more than 25 on-campus dining options at Miami University, keeping Kosher and Halal diets is a challenge for religious students.

The university’s Demske Culinary Support Center puts a lot of research into understanding the diverse dietary needs of the student body, Beverly Rambo, a culinary specialist at Miami, said. Rambo works with students who have specific diets, including students who have religious dietary restrictions, such as those who eat Kosher and Halal foods.

The Kosher diet of the Jewish religion is based on commandments given in the Torah, the written and oral law central to Judaism. There are variations in the practice of keeping Kosher among different sects, Marcy Miller said. Miller is the executive director of Hillel, the premier Jewish organization on campus.

Miller said the three main laws pertaining to what is or is not Kosher have to deal with the meat, the poultry and the fish. The meat must come from animals with cloven hooves that chewed cud, the poultry must not prey on other animals and the fish must have fins and scales and cannot be scavengers.

In order to run a certified Kosher kitchen, a supervisor — a Mashgiach

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— must be present to ensure the establishment is maintaining the laws of Kashrut, or adhering to Jewish dietary law, Miller said.

“In order for something to be deemed Kosher, according to the laws of Kashrut, foods have to be supervised in the growing, preparation, slaughtering, the whole nine yards,” Miller said.

Miami has no space designated as a Kosher kitchen, and therefore, Rambo said, the institution cannot technically prepare Kosher meals.

However, Miller said she thinks the university’s Demske Culinary Support Center works hard to meet the needs of individual students.

“I have been very pleased that the staff in charge of that department have been as accommodating as they can be. They work with me, they work with the students, they really strive to do what they can within their own limits,” Miller said.

One of these limits is the low number of Jewish students who keep Kosher on Miami’s campus. Around 1,000 Jewish students attend Miami, Miller said, but only a small percentage of those students keep Kosher.

“If there were a lot of Jewish students who were coming to forefront and requesting Kosher food I have no doubt the university would address the issue more directly,” Miller said.

Rambo said her office does not

get many requests for Kosher products but that they continue to make an effort to provide packaged Kosher foods at the markets. She points specifically to the chalkboard at Market Street at MacCraken where students can post their food requests and the manager will try to meet them.

“There’s another outlet for them to go to,” Rambo said.

A Kosher product has an insignia on it — a hechsher — that certifies the product meets Jewish dietary standards. This small symbol, often located on the bottom corner of packaged foods, is the only visible difference between Kosher and regular food, Miller said.

Besides buying foods for the markets, the university purchases special cooking utensils only used to prepare Kosher meals, Rambo said. They are also willing to setup accommodations for washing to avoid cross-contamination.

Still, it remains difficult for traditional or observant Jewish students to keep Kosher and eat hot meals.

Hillel offers a solution by providing a free hot Kosher dinner at Shabbat, the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath and “day of rest.” Shabbat services start at 6 p.m. and dinner is served at 7 p.m. on Fridays throughout the school year.

KOSHER, SEE PAGE 5

PHILL ARNDT THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Naturals, a male a capella group from Marquette University in Wisconsin, perform at the A Capella Invitational Saturday night, hosted in Armstrong Student Center’s Harry Wilks Theater.

CONTRIBUTED BY MU REDHAWKS WEBSITE

Field hockey coach Inako Puzo recently earned a new five-year contract.

BY SADIE MARTINEZ FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Intense. Passionate. Dedicated.

These three words have been used by the Miami University field hockey team to describe head coach Inako Puzo.

Puzo recently signed a contract extension for five more seasons at Miami University.

“This team needs consistency and I think that with Ianko signing his five-year contract, it helps the team mentally to know that he is not going anywhere,” sophomore Camerin Colby said.

Puzo began his coaching career more than 16 years ago, when he arrived in the U.S. from Barcelona, Spain.

“I was playing the game and started coaching kids in college and coaching in schools,” Puzo said. “I started coaching kids 14 and under and 16 and under until I got invited to start coaching 21 and under. After that I just kept moving up.”

Colby said Puzo is one of the greatest coaches she has ever had.

“To be honest, Inako does not even compare to any of my past coaches,” Puzo said. “He pushes the team in ways we have never been pushed and teaches us to break out of our comfort zone in order to achieve our goals. He is the best coach I have ever had, and I know many of my teammates could say the same.”

First-year Jenna Kapsar was out of her comfort zone when she came to Miami and had a male coach for the first time in her life.

“In high school I had a female coach, coming to Miami with a male coach was a lot different,” Kapsar said. “He is a lot more intense than my coach in high school, he makes you work harder.”

Colby said Puzo is demanding, but all of his actions have a purpose.

“Seeing someone so dedicated to the sport and passing down his ideas and opinions through us makes every player better on and off the field,” Colby said.

Puzo said he strives for excellence both on and off the field.

“Our commitment is to keep helping them to be successful in the classroom and on the field,” Puzo said.

Seeing someone so dedicated to the sport... makes every player better on and off the field.”

CAMERIN COLBY FIELD HOCKEY PLAYER

Prior to his coaching at Miami, Puzo was an assistant at the Ohio State University and the University of Virginia. Puzo said he received the call that Miami was interested in hiring him while he was at Virginia.

“I was the head coach at UVA, when I got the call to coach at Miami three years ago,” Puzo said. “They were very interested in talking to me about becoming the head coach.

I knew this place because I was at Ohio State for seven seasons and we would play Miami all the time. I got very excited because I knew this was a great place to build a program and a family.”

Puzo has led Miami to MidAmerican Conference titles in each of the past two seasons and has high expectations moving forward.

“In the next five years I hope we can move forward at least one or two rounds in the MAC,” Puzo said.

EDITORS JANE BLAZER CHRIS CURME

COMMUNITY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

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POLICE Olympic dreams in the trashcan

BEAT An OVI after a long, hard day of ‘work’

At 2:11 a.m. Saturday, an OPD officer was traveling south on South Poplar Street toward East Spring Street when she noticed a red sedan that appeared to be speeding eastbound on East Spring.

She followed the vehicle onto South Campus Avenue, where she stopped and clocked the car’s speed at 35 mph, confirming her suspicion that the driver was not observing the posted limit of 25, OPD said.

The vehicle, alone on South Campus Avenue, quickly accelerated right onto Chestnut Street and hooked a hard left onto Arrowhead Drive. The officer followed the car into the first parking lot off Arrowhead where it had stopped, according to OPD. She activated her overhead lights and stopped behind the car, which was left in reverse.

When speaking with the driver, the officer immediately noticed his speech was slurred.

The 35-year-old man, residing on Arrowhead Drive, claimed he was returning from work, OPD said. He later amended this, and said he had finished work an hour prior, but had stayed to fill out paperwork. At this point, the officer noticed a six-pack of beer perched on the back driver’s side seat.

The suspect said he had consumed one beer, and agreed to take field sobriety tests. He failed, and was taken to OPD where he submitted to a breath test. His BAC was measured at .139. Had he truly only consumed one beer, his BAC should have been in the neighborhood of .02, according to OPD. He was cited for speed and OVI, according to OPD.

BY DANA HUMEN

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

There was no shortage of red, white and blue in Oxford last Friday as hundreds of Miami University students packed into the Uptown bars to watch the USA vs.

Canada Olympic hockey game.

Last weekend, Brick Street Bar and Grille opened its doors at 7 a.m. for the USA vs. Russia Olympic hockey game and received great publicity after a video of the event went viral. The video, which featured the crowd’s reactions throughout the game, was featured on totalfratmove.com and Channel 5 Sports in the days following. With beers flying, bar-wide “USA” chants, and a reenactment of the 1980 “Miracle” speech before the game began, Brick Street was deemed “The most American bar in America” across LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR the Internet.

Brick Street crowds grow at 11 a.m.

Friday as patriotic fans gather for the U.S. vs. Canada Olympic hockey game.

After an exciting win against Russia, Miami students were more than ready to head back to Brick with her friends at 11:30 a.m. the blue coloring are you sure its because it was too crowded and he Street this past weekend to watch on Friday morning for the game “blue coloring?” that is signature couldn’t see the TV screens. team USA take on Canada. While against Canada. in Trashcans.

“New Bar [The Woods) was the doors opened at 11 a.m. for “Hockey’s my favorite sport, Seniors Mark Woerner and quiet at first but it picked up at the noon game, some students and Miami’s a school of hock- Matt Herbst were at the bar for 1:00 p.m.,” Stanifer said. “By were there as early as 9:30 a.m. ey, which is why I came here,” both games, and Herbst described third period it was pretty crowdto ensure they would find a good Sandberg said. the crowd for the USA vs. Can- ed and by the end of the game it spot in front of one of several flat By the time the game started at ada game as “10 times as big was packed.” screen TVs at the bar. noon, Brick Street was so packed as before.”

With team USA down by one Sporting hockey jerseys or pa- that there was little room to walk “When we got here we couldn’t point in the final minutes of the triotic apparel, with American around, and students were saying move, but last game we got a table game, the atmosphere in Brick flags in hand, students gathered it could take up to 15 minutes to right away,” Herbst said. Although Street was full of nervous excitearound the screens as they waited be served at the bar. the bar was crowded, both Woern- ment. Although the United States for the game to begin.

Plenty of pitchers of beer and er and Herbst described the rowdy ultimately couldn’t bring in a win Junior Alex Sandberg was Brick Street’s famous mixed atmosphere as awesome. on Friday, beers still flew and the not able to make last weekend’s drink, “the Trashcan,” were still First-year Peter Stanifer arrived patriotic afternoon continued as USA vs. Russia game, but as sold, however, so many in fact at Brick Street around 12:30 p.m., students left the bar, American an avid hockey fan, she arrived the bar temporarily ran out of but left for The Wood’s soon after flags held high.

The little engine that couldn’t: Train breaks apart

BY CHRIS CURME COMMUNITY EDITOR

Mirror, mirror, on the ground: Gimme a ride At 4:14 a.m. Saturday, dispatch received a 911 call from a resident in the 500 block of Sandra Dr., claiming an unknown person was ringing their doorbell.

By the time of arrival, OPD had received an identical complaint from a resident down the street. The suspect was described as a blonde female in her early 20s, wearing a black skirt.

As the officer spoke with a resident, he heard a loud breaking sound from Glenview Drive.

Through trees, he saw the OPD cruiser parked on Glenview had been vandalized.

The cruiser’s driver’s side mirror hung flaccid, dangling by electrical wire, and the windshield wiper was bent up and out at a 90-degree angle, in some perverse salute.

He recognized the first-year female matching the description given, and asked what she was doing. She said she was trying to get into the car, and needed to get someone’s attention to get home.

The officer found her Miami ID sitting on the cruiser’s hood beside her iPhone. Her New York driver’s license confirmed her identity and age of 19.

The female was scraped and covered in mud. She wore a green wristband from CJ’s bar and seemed disoriented, speaking through a heavy slur, according to OPD. She was unambiguously intoxicated and was found in possession of a fictitious Maine driver’s license.

She was cited for vandalism, sales to and use by underage persons, prohibited acts and disorderly conduct: intoxication.

She was carted off to Butler County Jail.

KYLE HAYDEN THE MIAMI STUDENT

A truck approaches the Spring Street railroad crossing.

A CSX train traveling through Oxford Saturday evening broke apart and stopped, causing a traffic headache at nearly every in-town crossing that lasted for nearly an hour and a half.

According to Oxford Police Department (OPD) sergeant Jon Varley, OPD dispatch received a 911 call reporting the train had struck and completely rolled over a vehicle.

“It came in as a car versus train call,” Varley said. “Officers walked the entire [twomile] length of the train and found nothing.”

The caller had heard an enormous bang and screech, which he assumed was a vehicle being struck, Varley said. However, that was not the case.

“The train was just passing through town like normal, and I guess the couplings in the cables

were, for whatever reason… pulled apart,” Varley said.

The train’s sensors detected this break and brought the two-mile long locomotive to a stop.

“The train actually came unhitched around the South Main [Street] crossing,” Varley said. “It came to a stop over by the Central Avenue crossing.”

Most of the operation was executed by CSX, a private company, as the locomotive was private property on CSX’s track.

OPD could only advise residents via their Twitter account to avoid railway crossings.

“It blocked up those crossings for about an hour and a half before they were able to get backed up and moved out,” Varley said.

While not particularly dangerous, Varley said crews must be careful when starting a train from a full stop, as there were workers on the train’s cars, which violently jerk into motion as the train pulls out.

Curb your enthusiasm: Routing a safer course: City Thaw means more tickets moves on widening Rte. 27

BY CHRIS CURME COMMUNITY EDITOR

As the snow, which has become a fixture of Oxford, begins to melt, the community becomes reacquainted with green grass and yellow curbs. According to Oxford Police Department (OPD) sergeant Jon Varley, when snow blankets streets and covers curbs, lines of parking legality are blurred.

“We kind of leave [cars] alone if the curbs are covered,” Varley said, confirming the suspicions of many Oxford residents.

While snowy roads may incentivize drivers to more strictly obey traffic laws, such as the posted speed limit, they also encourage a bending of parking regulation.

“We don’t expect people to dig through the snow to check [for yellow curbs],” Varley said.

“However, once the snow starts melting and the curb becomes

fairly visible, it’s all fair game.”

Students and residents alike have noticed more cars than usual lining their street, when all curbs are white. “[Drivers] tend to know we’re not going to enforce the yellow zones as strictly because of the snow,” Varley said. “I think there are people out there who will take advantage of this: people who live in the area and know this curb is actually yellow, but will park there because it’s not visible.”

Some may lament and say they have received a citation while parked alongside a snow-covered curb.

“If [the police] are going to hold us accountable for parking in these areas, then they should be responsible for cleaning the streets properly,” sophomore Reis Thebault said.

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BY KATE GROTON

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Oxford City Council recently passed an ordinance to start the US Route 27 construction project, which will improve safety to the route.

Scott Otto from Oxford’s Service Department said the project will be administered by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

According to Oxford City Manager Doug Elliot, work will commence in March of 2013.

“The project’s main focus is widening roads so that there will be a center turn lanes as well as larger paved break down lanes along US 27,” Elliot said.

Elliot said the expansion of the route will take about one to two years.

“The project will span from Chestnut Street to Southpoint crossing,” Elliot said. “It will

begin in March and will take two construction seasons, therefore being completed in August or September of 2015.”

Otto said they have started to move utilities to the road sites where the construction will take place, but nothing has been started.

According to Otto, the project’s main goal is to improve safety.

“By adding sidewalks and wider shoulders along the road, it will make it much safer for not only drivers but also walkers,” Otto said.

Miami University sophomore Maura Fawcett frequently drives in the area that US 27 construction will take place.

“It will make the drive a lot better, having a center turn lane will help improve traffic flow, and also having a break down lane will make the roads much safer,” Fawcett said.

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ARTS & EVENTS

EDITOR LAUREN KIGGINS

ARTS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Family struggles of the 50s rehashed on stage

BY CHRISTINA CASANO SENIOR STAFF WRITER

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Donors to the Miami University Performing Arts Series sip wine for a good cause Saturday at the 24th Annual Wine Tasting Gala.

BEN’S BOOMBOX

Audio euphoria at ASC The voice is one of the most interesting musical instruments used on stage.

Picture for a second an auditorium.

Let’s make it empty except for one person: you. As you stand in the spotlights BEN staring at the MEINKING empty seats, you belt out the last song you heard on the radio. In the midst of your happiness, something doesn’t sound right.

You look around and realize once again, you are alone. A cappella is a hard skill to master. It takes a good ear and a pleasant pair of lungs to reach and sustain clarity.

As you stand on stage, you hear footsteps. Turning around, you see your friends; those who have stood by you in countless practices, all for this moment. They help you create the audio euphoria that is harmonizing.

Then there is a beat that adds the glue to the masterpiece. Each part of this creation is by the vibrations of vocal chords.

This past Saturday, I was a member of the audience awaiting the performances of many stunning “a capella” groups. There was a collection of songs amongst the genres as

each show was better than the last.

Participating groups were Miami University’s own The Treble Makers, Miami Misfitz, and Just Duet.

The invitational also had some travelers amongst the crowd: The Naturals from Marquette University in Milwaukee, The WittMen Crew from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH, and Freshly Brewed from Butler University in Indianapolis.

The concert was a show indeed.

Each group brought uniqueness and did not disappoint with their song selections. There was even a Kanye West medley and a R. Kelly remix. Legit.

If you ever find yourself on stage with the spotlight blaring down on you as you stare into the empty seats, remember that it can be a lot more satisfying when the seats are filled.

The Wilks Theater at the Armstrong Student Center housed the concert and the building looks as amazing as it sounds. The acoustics are set just right. At one point in the show, the microphones wanted to voice an opinion about how loud they can be by creating a loud malfunction in the speakers. Because of the room design, the groups carried on with their routine and the dynamics were anything but a blunder. Check out the next concert that falls upon your calendar. The shows are great, the people are awe-inspiring, and the voices couldn’t connect any better.

Sandwiches and Mozart

BY EAMONN WALSH FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A benefit of college is the abundance of student-driven performances. But what if you do not have time to make it to a big, formal performance? What if you are worried you won’t get a ticket?

Luckily, the Miami University Department of Music is bringing back the Brown Bag Recital Series after a semester hiatus to make music and student performances more accessible to the student body.

Every Wednesday this semester there will be student performances from 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the Shade Family Room at the Armstrong Student Center while students come and go and grab a bite to eat. The performances are different from the standard performances at Hall Auditorium or Souers Recital Hall in the Center for Performing Arts, as the Brown Bag performances are informal and designed to reach a large number of students, according to Christopher Tanner, music professor and associate chair of the music department.

“The [music] department hopes to reach members of the Miami University Community who may not regularly attend performances in our standard venues,” Tanner said.

The Brown Bag Recital Series distinguishes itself from traditional performances in its number of performers. Unlike recitals and concerts that feature a single performer or group, the Brown Bag Recital Series will present several performers per recital.

“For example, our first Brown

Bag recital featured five different students performing works for piano,” Tanner said.

In the future, Tanner and the music department hope to incorporate a variety of instruments or media into these performances, combining for instance, a pianist a violinist and a flutist, rarther than featuring three pianists. This versatility and originality add dimension to a series already breaking the standard performance mold.

With students always on the move, the Brown Bag Recital Series allows audience members to unwind, put their feet up and truly enjoy their lunch breaks. Because of the casual nature of the venue and the performances, there is no need to be worried about staying seated or using a phone. The audience is free from the restraints placed on its shoulders if the performances were being held in a reserved setting. The liberated audience will allow the music the background to create a relaxed ambience that will make a lasting impression on the listeners in attendance, Tanner said.

The Department of Music hosts hundreds of recitals and concerts each year, yet there are people on campus who remain in the dark.

Tanner hopes the Brown Bag Recital Series will shed light for students and faculty members in the department.

“Our students are tremendously talented and they work very hard to excel at their craft,” Tanner said.

“We encourage everyone at Miami to take note of these performance; they represent an easy, relaxed way for people to enjoy great music.”

Miami University’s Department of Theater continues its season with a coming-of-age story, “Crumbs from the Table of Joy,” opening tomorrow on the GatesAbegglan stage.

The play tells the story of two sisters whose mother dies and whose father gets remarried to a German immigrant after their move to Brooklyn from Florida, according to director Paul K. Bryant-Jackson.

The characters include the sisters, Ernestine and Ermina Crump, their father Godfrey, their Communist aunt Lily and their father’s new wife Gerte.

Jaime Coaker, a senior theater major, plays the younger daughter Ermina.

“Lots of outside factors that affect the family – racism, communism, World War II, death, sexuality. But to be clear, it’s about the family and how we see the family dealing with all these things,” Coaker said.

“Crumbs” is a memory play, drawing on the main character Ernestine’s experiences and ability to recall her family, reflected in the set design by Mari Taylor, a senior theater major.

“I was trying to see how Ernestine would see it in her memory.

It’s skewed; memory is uneven.

There are a lot of areas for her to step out, reflect on what happened, connect to the audience,” Taylor said.

The function of the memory play is important to the way the story is told.

“It’s about fragments, putting together a narrative from a distant point, trying to give meaning to a series of images,” Jackson said.

“It functions under the assumption that everyone involved has a meaningful experience, in that memories are ritualized.”

The script is very difficult, Jackson said, because of the material it deals with and the emotional lives of the characters.

“It’s a journey for all involved,” Jackson said.

One of the most important

aspects of the play is that it deals with the struggle of an African American family in the 1950s.

“I think it tells an important story of what it means of struggles that people had, which we seem to forget about,” Jackson said. “It’s about how people succeed, or don’t succeed, and how they survive.”

Coaker discussed her experience working on the show as an actor.

“It talks about things that no one wants to talk about. We understand with our brains how real [the struggle] is, so we should be afraid to jump, but we are scared,” Coaker said.

The cast includes Miami alumnus Vonzell Carter playing the girls’ father Godfrey.

“He’s an inspiration to all of us.

He’s shared his gifts, brought to the part a beating heart making it both beautiful and painful and he’s made this experience meaningful,” Jackson said.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. from Feb. 26 to March 1, and at 2 p.m. March 1 and 2.

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The Tenors fill Hall Auditorum with lyrics in the languages of love as part of the Performing Arts Series .

ARTS & EVENTS CALENDAR TUESDAY FEB. 25 The Miami Wind Ensemble and Men’s Glee Club will host a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. at Hall Auditorium. Repertoire includes a commissioned piece for the glee club and Julienne Work’s “Autumn Walk.”

WEDNESDAY FEB. 26 Miami Libraries and the Howe Center for Writing Excellence will celebrate National Black History Month through the 25th Annual African American Read-In at 11:30 a.m. at first floor King Library. The read-in encourages readings from all literary genres, and the display of art, music and dance.

SATURDAY MARCH 1 The 48th Maple Syrup Festival kicks off at 8 a.m. with an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at Hueston Woods Lodge.

Learn more about morning’s no.

1 condiment through maple syrup tours, which will run from noon to 4 p.m.

THURSDAY FEB. 27 “African Art: Confronting Assumptions, Challenging Values Symposium” will explore the studies of six Miami students at 5:30 p.m. at the Art Museum.

SUNDAY MARCH 2 Catch the Miami Trumpet Ensemble’s concert at 4 p.m. in Souers Recital Hall, Center for Performing Arts.

FRIDAY FEB. 28 Wake up with donuts at the Study Abroad Donuts and Discussion at 7:30 a.m. in Macmillan Hall 212 to learn more about study abroad opportunities at Miami.

MONDAY MARCH 3 Ronda Brulotte of the University of New Mexico will host “Oaxacan Mezcal: The Making of a Transnational Indigenous Commodity” as part of the Lectures in Contemporary Anthropology series at 4 p.m. in the Shriver Center Heritage Room.

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KOSHER, FROM PAGE 2

Miller said Hillel has a Kosher kitchen and is in the process of having it certified by the Ohio Department of Health. Certification will make it more feasible for Miami to use the kitchen to provide Kosher meals to its students.

“I think one of the key issues here is that the university and Hillel work together to provide for Kosher students,” Miller said.

The Halal diet is easier to accommodate than the Kosher diet, Rambo said.

The Demske Culinary Support Center is able to purchase Halal meat and buy special cooking utensils used only to prepare Halal food, Rambo said.

Halal food is prepared according to Islamic law. Miami graduate student Hussein Abu Jeib said the name of God is said over the animal during slaughtering.

Some Islamic scholars say that if Halal meat is not available, it is alright to eat not Halal—sometimes called Haram—foods. Pork and all pork products are Haram.

Fish is considered neither Halal nor Haram so, Abu Jeib said, most of his friends who eat Halal turn to Miami’s seafood options.

“I eat the meat here and I know it’s not Halal,” Abu Jeib said, “I would like to have Halal instead.”

In his first year at Miami, Abu Jeib said he asked about Halal options but was told the university did not have Halal meat. He did not press the issue further.

The lack of follow-through from students with special dietary

needs is one of the challenges the Demske Culinary Support Center faces, Rambo said.

She said several students make arrangements with her but then decide they can handle the diet on their own with the options available in the dining halls.

This is the case for first year Rami Abu-Attiyeh, who found eating Halal at Miami was not difficult.

“I never usually run into issues with eating something Halal,” Abu-Attiyeh said.

He still takes precautions and reads food labels carefully. Muslims, much like Jews, do not eat pork or pork products. Pork gelatin is a common ingredient in packaged foods and this further restricts Abu-Attiyeh’s options.

Despite this, Abu Jeib said it is not too difficult to find a similar product that does not contain pork gelatin.

“If you are looking for cheese and you look on the label and it says ‘pork gelatin,’ you put it back but you can always find another cheese without it,” he said.

The effort made by the university is evident, but Abu Jeib said if there were one place on campus that served Halal meat, the Muslim student community would be better accommodated.

“I’m pretty sure if there’s the option for a Muslim student to eat Halal food they would choose that over what’s offered,” Abu Jeib said.

While Miami has made no mention of building a dining facility that serves Halal meat, Rambo stressed their desire to

accommodate all students’ diets on an individual level.

If students have special dietary needs, they should call the Demske Culinary Support Center to set up an appointment to meet with a culinary specialist-usually Rambo-and discuss their needs.

It is important for students to take the initiative, Rambo said, because the school does not have a large inventory of Kosher and Halal foods, but will purchase them for meal plan holders who need them.

“We really do take it on an individual basis,” Rambo said.

The Demske Culinary Support Center encourages students to explain exactly what their needs are using specific brand names of foods and to provide the school with recipes they enjoy. Once this is sorted out, the Demske Culinary Support Center goes to a food purchaser to determine what products can be bought.

They usually designate the dining hall closest to the student’s residence hall to train the staff and prepare the student’s meals at no extra charge.

“If you live on campus and have a meal plan it is our job to assist you,” Rambo said.

The Demske Culinary Support Center has seen an increase in the number of requests for special diet foods and continues to try to meet the needs of all Miami students.

“People just have to be willing to work with us and understand that we can’t do this overnight but we take this quite serious,” Rambo said.

STARTUP, FROM PAGE 2

Kohlenberg placed second last year with their project and are peer mentors this year.

“Jessica [Reading] reached out to myself and one of my partners to be peer mentors [for this year],” said Leist. “Our responsibility is to help these groups, whether it’s playing devil’s advocate or just being an extra resource for them.”

Leist and Kohlenberg conceived their project idea, BasketBeam, in their ESP 201: Introduction to Entrepreneurship class. Their project focuses on a system that projects basketball court lines onto any surface. They said they are still working towards making their concept a reality today.

According to the Startup Weekend website, while sometimes new companies do not form from the process, some continue after the weekend is over.

“Approximately 55 percent of Startup Weekend participants continue working on their idea with all of their team, and 23 percent with only some members of their team,” she said.

Leist explained that being a part of Startup Weekend really “pays off” and people whoplace well in the competition receive benefits to further their potential companies.

“Students get different services that are donated by other mentors and coaches,” Leist said. “I know last year one of the prizes was a free consultation while some offered services like a website development. And there’s also fun little prizes like gift cards to places Uptown or some Miami gear.”

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Mark Lacker, a John W. Altman clinical professor of entrepreneurship at Miami, is responsible for the Institute of Entrepreneurship’s Startup courses, co-curricular programming and internship initiatives.

He will be one of the coaches for Startup Weekend.

Having 20 years of entrepreneurship experience and being involved in three startup companies himself, Lacker said he was excited for students to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

“I am excited about the momentum that has occurred around Startup Weekend in the last three years,” Lacker said. “We were the first university to run an undergraduate-only Startup Weekend, and now that we have seen that this traction has occurred, it says a lot about the interest in entrepreneurship from our Miami students.”

J.T. Fox, a junior at Miami and president of the co-ed Professional Business Fraternity Delta Sigma Pi, was one of the first-place winners of Startup Weekend last year. Fox and his team, Samantha Von Hoene, Steven Zid, Justin Fox and Brandon Holvey, took home the gold with their idea of a water bottle filter, which could be especially useful for study abroad, called TransFill.

Fox will be competing again this year, and he raved about the experience he had last year.

“I learned so much through Startup Weekend,” Fox said. “It was an awesome experience for me. I encourage all Miami students who are interested in entrepreneurship or want to get a broader scope of the business world in general to take advantage of this unique opportunity.”

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EDITORS EMILY ELDRIDGE NICOLE THEODORE

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

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

Miami needs to take reshaping the financial aid system seriously Gray, windowless walls surround a small waiting room equipped with four chairs cast off to the side and two desks with unsmiling Miami employees saying, “How can I help you?” over and over like a broken record. Students wait in line, their hands in their pockets, checking their phones nervously, at times even leaving the gray office with tears in their eyes their pending questions still unanswered, or not in the way they had hoped.

Welcome to the Financial Aid Office, an overlooked service in which the university does not seem to place a lot of value.

For the 76 percent of Miami students who require financial aid to make four or five years at Miami work, life isn’t always easy when it comes to trying to keep up with one of the most expensive public schools in the state. What makes it harder for this 76 percent of students is dealing with their financial aid and scholarship issues in an office that handles these issues publicly, in front of everyone in the room and with few smiles and little helpful encouragement.

A service that should be an intricate part of Miami’s core seems to be cast aside. For a university that prides itself on diversity and making sure all students have access to all of the amazing amenities it can provide, why are the services and overall environment of the financial aid office so unpleasant? The cramped office sits quietly in the basement of the Campus Avenue Building (CAB), full of students embarrassed to talk about their money problems and financial aid issues in front of a room full of unfamiliar faces.

Most of Miami’s services and operations have inviting rooms, full of couches and separate rooms equipped for private conversations between a student and a faculty member or an employee.

The Study Abroad Office is one to note, with large pillars and warm, smiling faces always waiting to greet a potential study abroad student. This makes sense since Miami is consistently no. 1 in study abroad programs.

It only makes sense that since more than half the school has some sort of financial aid, the administration should provide an office worthy of its students, equipped to help them engage in tough and complicated financial aid conversations in an informative and pleasant way.

The Miami Student Editorial Board believes the reshaping of this service in its infrastructure and overall methods should be an immediate priority.

First, there is the issue that students are not able to set up individual, private appointments.

Then, there are the bureaucratic ambiguities between the duties of the Bursar’s Office and the Financial Aid Office. And more often than not, a trip to the basement of the CAB building leaves students feeling alone and upset in a process that should be dealt with genuine care and sympathy by those who

specialize in it. Since the Bursar’s office and Financial Aid do not function seamlessly together, even though the offices are a couple rooms away from one another, a student must contact both offices to figure out what is going on if there is an issue holding up their aide.

The Bursar’s office can only disburse aid and scholarships when it receives the funds from the Financial Aid office, and when both offices claim the other service needs to be contacted, it is pretty exhausting, confusing and tiring.

An online Miami Student Poll asked, “Do you think services at the financial aid office are helpful?” to which 7 percent of students answered yes, 14 percent said the office could sometimes be helpful but needs improvements, 62 percent answered no and 17 percent said they were not sure. When we tried to contact the Financial Aid office seeking a comment on this poll, we got no answer the first time we called and were kept on hold for 10 minutes the second time, only to eventually hang up in frustration.

Even though we appreciate all the recent beautiful additions to our campus, the administration should not forget about the core services on which students rely every single day. The Financial Aid office is one of these services that should not be forgotten, especially since students are less than happy with it.

Needless to say, the first round of winter term scholarships and financial aid did not go great for students who needed it. Even though federal aid could be applied to winter term, this money would come straight out of money students could receive for the following spring term. A student would then have to make up the remaining cash one way or another to pay for tuition or books. Trying to study abroad in the summer isn’t a walk in the park either for those who can’t afford a $10,000-20,000 trip on their own. Financial aid should be working more closely with the Study Abroad Office in an effort to make sure students who don’t come from families who can afford to send their kids abroad still get the chance.

It also shouldn’t be a process that leaves students fighting to get their aid disbursed in time to buy books and other supplies before they fly half way across the world.

The timing is awkward with aid disbursement for most and students have to basically figure out how to front the money in order to go and then sit around and wait for the aid to come.

Students have even had to worry about being dropped from a program because their aid hasn’t gone through to pay for their tuition in time.

The board believes this is a system that will continue to have some flaws, but it should be reformed. After all, with 76 percent of its students using financial aid services, it’s about time the office and the system went through some significant improvements.

PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Gun violence a moral issue, not a legal issue I read your editorial on guns in the Feb. 4 paper, and generally speaking, with the exception of Reis Thebault, it was not too bad.

Reis’s statement implies he is not a history major or even using his intelligence that GOD gave him.

In the mid-1930’s Hitler banned all guns under the adage that Germany would be safer and the police more efficient. We all know how that went for the 6 million Jews, and the 8 million Christians who were killed in WWII. I would like to hear Reis’s comments on the DHS purchases of 2 billion rounds of ammo (enough to shoot every person in America 5 times), 7000 AR15s, 2700 urban tanks, 500,000 caskets and FEMA concentration camps (as seen on “60 Minutes Show”) all to be used on Americans in America.

The only thing keeping this administration in check is the 2nd amendment. Whether there are shootings at colleges, schools or malls, you have failed to identify who is doing the shootings. Most, if not all have been

liberal democrats or brought up in a house with those teachings.

If anything needs banning it is the liberal democrat.

Now I offer you the solution that will put an end to gun violence. Think back when this country was formed and founded, it was formed around GOD and the 10 Commandments.

This country has declined in moral integrity and respect for others. We have strayed away from GOD in the name of political correctness and let the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) destroy our morals.

GOD has been forced out of schools and we are being attacked as Christians. I place blame on parents who want to be “friends” and not a parent. Parents do not teach love, respect, integrity and honesty. Parents and schools need to teach these traits again. Teach the “Golden Rule” that is “Do unto others as you want done to you” and I promise you the country would be a better place.

This country has been so tied up with political correctness and

racism that it has taken our country apart. If I come to your house I respect your rules and policies and I do not try to change you to my standards or wants. America believed in GOD and based on Christianity and you are welcome here as long as you learn our practices and ways.

We also have to vote for America and not our ethnic origin, our skin color, our heritage or anything else except what is good for America.

In summary, put GOD back in schools, teach love and respect, act as Americans (not black, Jewish, Hispanic, white etc.), deport illegal immigrants, learn the language, remove corrupt politicians, treat mental illness and we will all prosper and guns will not be an issue.

This letter was written to your staff as a challenge to dig deeper and put the blame where it belongs and not on the gun. A gun never killed anyone, it was the person holding the gun.

CLAYTON WERDEN CWERDEN04@AOL.COM

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Public must demand more accountability after innocent civilians are killed by drones It’s a Friday evening; classes are in the rearview and an ice cold Shock Top sounds good.

Adorned in a red Miami hockey hoodie, a few buddies and I make our way Uptown to our favorBRETT ite establishMILAM ment: Skipper’s Pub. The big screens in Skipper’s make it the perfect viewing location for the best college basketball games. Add in a quarter pound of savory cheeseburger and tonight is going to kickstart a great weekend.

Permeating the loud chatter and music at the bar is a sound unfamiliar to Miami students: A buzzing overhead. If Skipper’s was located in the most remote tribal areas of Pakistan, the accustomed would be fleeing in desperation. Instead, I take a swig of Shock Top, my mind on the cute girl at the end of the bar.

Then there’s a whirring followed by an explosion that obliterates the Top Deck at Skipper’s. The large tree in front falls down, cutting through

the middle portion of the bar. The burning flesh of survivors smells like charcoal, as they pour through the broken doors, bleeding and confused.

There is no love and honor here – just chaos.

In the aftermath, seven people are dead and scores more wounded.

The Miami community is in an uproar to find answers: Why did this happen? Who was the target? The families of the victims go before the Parliament in Yemen to testify. Their son or daughter wasn’t a terrorist; they were not guilty of anything.

Why did they have to die? Nobody gives an answer.

National reporters in Yemen pick up on the story and want to ask President Hadi, “why did this drone bombing occur on apparently innocent civilians in a college town in Ohio?” No answers. Hadi will not even acknowledge it occurred.

The only recourse is to turn to the Yemeni public. But the public doesn’t care, either. Some collateral damage is the price of war.

All of this may seem like an absurd scenario, but it serves to illustrate what it would be like if the roles between the United States and Yemen were reversed in the operation of drones.

COMMENTARY

Such an action did happen to 16-year-old Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, an American citizen born in Denver. In 2011, Abdulrahman and his teenage cousin were eating dinner at an open-air restaurant in southern Yemen when they were killed by an America drone, along with nine other civilians.

Two weeks prior to his son’s death, Anwar al-Awlaki, born in New Mexico and affiliated with al-Qaeda, was killed by a drone strike also in Yemen. It’s the first known case of an American president ordering the assassination of an American citizen.

Some may scoff at the death of Anwar, saying, “He’s a terrorist, who cares?” What about his 16-year-old son? By every account and report, he was innocent.

Even despite talks from President Obama and senior administration officials about more transparency over the drone program, just two weeks ago, reports surfaced that the president was considering a drone strike on another American citizen thought to be living in Pakistan.

Last year, the Obama administration confirmed four American citizens had been killed by drone strikes, only Anwar’s was intentional. Why does that not incur more outrage

from the American public? If President Bush or a President McCain or a President Romney had ordered the assassination of an American citizen, would they get a pass from Democrats, too?

Will Democrats be back in the streets protesting robust executive power and drone killings once a Republican is doing them?

We should absolutely want to know what the legal standard is to target an American citizen for death.

Naureen Shah, advocacy adviser at Amnesty International U.S.A, believes little has changed since Obama promised more transparency.

“The public and most members of Congress are still completely in the dark about where the U.S. claims authority to strike, the legal rules and the identity of those already killed,” she said.

The Presidential Policy Guidance, which outlines the conditions for lethal attack, states no attack would be ordered without “near certainty” that no non-combatants would be harmed or killed. Has that “near certainty” been upheld?

Nobody knows if such a standard is being upheld, according to the New York Times, because there is still a tight security blanket

over the data.

And even more problematic is that the Obama administration considers all military-age males killed by drones as militants. Still, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that total civilian casualties since 2004 in Pakistan alone have ranged from 416 to 951.

It is not just American citizens; the men, women and children that have been killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Mali and other countries should concern us.

Sure, President Obama did not launch a preemptive war against a country under false pretenses, like Bush, but he is claiming a power even Bush didn’t conceive of: The ability to assassinate an American citizen without due process.

While it does appear drone strikes have stalled in Pakistan at least, past and continuing drone strikes and the power claimed to use them should not be acceptable to the American people.

In the name of the innocents killed on our behalf, we should rein in the executive branch and demand full transparency.

SENIOR, PHILOSOPHY MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

‘House of Cards’ adds to the Marijuana debate stems back to the Bible, God RE-legalized cannabis (marijuana) literally the very first page of the Bible. cynicism of U.S. political scene overColorado a year ago and the sky hasn’t fallen (Budding A sane or moral argument to continue caging reIf you haven’t already binged on the 13 newest chapters of “House of Cards,” go ahead and do yourself a favor – don’t. In fact, consider those 12 agonizing hours I just saved you a down payment on another show you’ve been meaning to watch.

With twisted sex scenes, coldblooded killings and a little bit of animal cruelty thrown in for good measure, the second season of the Netflix original is not only downright disturbing, it’s also misleading.

It paints a picture of D.C. and the American political process that is both inaccurate and cynical.

While annoying, I can live with little oversights when it comes to parliamentary procedure and process. But, then again, as a friend of mine rightly pointed out, would it have really been that hard for Beau Willimon, the show’s creator and producer, to share a copy of the script with someone in the industry?

“The West Wing” did this for the better, having people like Lawrence O’Donnell, Peggy Noonan and Frank Luntz serve as writers and consultants throughout the show’s run.

But I guess Beau Willimon wasn’t too concerned about this since, as he put it in an interview with the Daily Beast, “House of Cards” is about power, plain and simple…you are either exercising power or someone is exercising it on you.”

And that right there is why I have a problem with the show. It’s not the little inaccuracies or lewd scenes (although I could do without those), but the cynicism which is pedaled at a time when we have too many cynics.

The show takes everything that is good and positive about politics and perverts it.

It takes handwritten letters from school children learning about their government and turns it into a fourth wall breaking Kevin Spacey who says, “I despise children.”

It reduces the dedicated public servants who send their condolences to grieving constituents and turns it into confrontation and manipulation while at the church pulpit.

Sure, the show wouldn’t have been the same if it focused on those things or the lighter side of politics, but with a Congressional approval rating of just 12 percent and 64 percent of the public saying the country is headed in the wrong direction, we certainly didn’t need more cynicism.

Maybe I am wrong. In fact, the early numbers would suggest I probably am. According to Variety, 16 percent of Netflix’s 31 million users have now watched at least some or all of the show.

Clearly there is something that I am missing.

Still I like to think that the real people missing something are the folks out in Hollywood. The same people who produce movies and shows like “House of Cards” or “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Shows and movies that lack any sense of morality.

Right now the country sure could use a little more Gregory Peck and Jimmy Stewart on the silver screen instead of the corrupt politician amassing power or the Wall Street crook living excessively.

And, hey, since I saved you 12 hours of watching “House of Cards,” go ahead and watch “Twelve O’ Clock High” and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.”

GREG DICK

JUNIOR, POL. SCIENCE DICKGR@MIAMIOH.EDU

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movement to legalize, Feb. 14, 2014): Ohio will likely witness the same results.

Another reason to end cannabis prohibition that doesn’t get mentioned is because it’s biblically correct since God (The Ecologician) created all the seed bearing plants saying they’re all good on

sponsible adults who use cannabis doesn’t exist.

STAN WHITE

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COMMENTARY

Not what Putin bargained for with Ukraine What transpired in Ukraine last week was nothing short of remarkable; after three months of mass protests against the decision of their president Viktor Yanukovych not to sign a deal which would have brought Ukraine and the European Union closer, Ukrainians humiliatingly forced him to step down.

But they didn’t stop there, demanding and getting snap presidential elections, a return to an earlier, more democratic constitution and the release of prominent political prisoner Yulia Timshenko. When Vladimir Putin, Russia’s strongman president, cajoled and bribed Yanukovych into turning down the EU deal in November, he certainly didn’t have this in mind.

A series of closed-door meetings between the two heads of state were forced on Yanukovych because Moscow threatened to raise Ukraine’s gas bill and limit Ukrainian exports to Russia.

In addition, as a result of the corruption of Yanukovych and his regime, Ukraine was in desperate need of a financial bailout.

Putin made an offer Yanukovych couldn’t refuse; what amounted to a $15 billion loan and a 30 percent discount on Russian natural gas, contingent upon closer ties between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the possibility of the latter’s entry into Russia’s corrupt and authoritarian version of the EU, the Eurasian Customs Union.

Whether the last scenario would happen or not is academic; Ukrainians were alarmed at the prospect of living any longer under Putin’s model (i.e. less democracy, more cronyism and economic stagnation). Predictably, they took to the streets.

Putin’s worry was evidenced through Moscow’s actions. First, the screws began to tighten at home, featuring a crackdown on more independent Russian media outlets. Next, the idea that those protesting in Ukraine were “fascists,” conspiring with the West to undermine Russia, began to gain traction in Russia at the Kremlin’s

behest, perfectly embodied in a documentary, titled “Biochemistry of Treachery,” that premiered in primetime on Russian state television a week ago.

This was more below the belt than you might think since some Ukrainians fought with the Nazis during World War II against the Soviets.

Finally, a campaign was waged by Moscow to change the dynamics of the situation in Ukraine. Putin’s right-hand man and chief propagandist, Vladislav Surkov, was dispatched to Ukraine, followed by Russian security advisors.

When the protests in the Ukrainian capital became violent and spread to other areas, primarily Ukrainian-speaking regions in the west of the country, more proEuropean than the primarily Russian-speaking, pro-Russian east, a paramilitary group appeared in the latter to support Yanukovych and “cleanse the country of fascists.”

An article in the Russian government daily, “Rossiyskaya Gazeta,” confirmed this.

Then there were the reports that groups of Russian special forces were clandestinely operating in Ukraine, attempting to break the protests.

They say desperation is a stinky cologne, and indeed it stunk when Putin’s aide, Sergei Glazyev, publicly called on Yanukovych to “suppress the insurgency, which is provoked and financed by external forces [read “the West”].”

Even more so when an assistant to Russian deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, tweeted the link to a video released on Youtube of a conversation between the US Ambassador to Ukraine and the Assistant Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, where the latter can be heard uttering, “f*ck the EU.” The consequences of the recent developments in Ukraine deeply trouble Putin.

For one, it’s axiomatic that whoever governs Ukraine next will be less pro-Moscow than

Yanukovych, meaning closer relations with the EU because, as we have seen, this is a non-starter for Putin. Consequently, wrangling Ukraine into the Customs Union will be nearly impossible, effectively rendering the project dead. Moreover, the notion of Ukraine, which Putin described in 2008 as “not even a state,” charting a different course than Russia is a deep shock to Moscow.

Most concerning for the Kremlin is the example the events of the last few months in Ukraine have set; that is, sustained peoplepower can topple unresponsive regimes in the post-Soviet space with minimal violence.

The fact this occurred in Ukraine, a place with deep historical and cultural ties to Russia, makes it all the more threatening. While unlikely because of the deep structural nature of the political and economic reforms needed in Ukraine, the possibility that it could shed its Soviet past and become a ‘normal’ European country represents Moscow’s worst nightmare.

As the Olympics wind down, Putin will be forced to face reality; while his power appears safe for now, there is an economic storm on the horizon because of his statist, kleptocratic policies.

This, combined with Putin’s failure in Ukraine, only mean greater and harsher repression in Russia. An ominous example of this was the February 21 decision by a Moscow court against eight individuals who took part in mass protests in Russia two years ago in order to intimidate would-be protesters.

In short, the future of Putin’s Russia and what will come after it look substantially bleaker after the Ukrainian people’s success.

The author is a junior fellow at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies.

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“This raises the issue of who has the right to copy and scan artifacts,” Card said. “This is going to complicate things, but in a good way. […] It undermines certain kind of business practices in museums. For example, a museum with cool artifacts but crap exhibits will lose out.

But a museum with great exhibits will be fine.”

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Thebault was recently given a ticket for a yellow zone violation by the Miami University Police Department, though he said the curb was completely disguised by snow.

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“To hear the pipe was stolen was quite disheartening,” Meyer said. “Almost like someone stole a painting you’ve devoted hours to in order to create it. But to have Dr. Card be able to re-print the object thanks to the 3D printer was awesome. While It may not be the real object, the essence of it is still there.” value judgment when considering how a car is parked in snowy conditions. “There’s [usually] another violation, beyond the curb, that will fit your offense.”

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yet again, as two quick goals within 1:22 of each other on two of St. Cloud’s first three shots put the ’Hawks in a hole early. Miami never was able to recover from that pair of defensive breakdowns, and a goal by Huskie senior forward and captain Nic Dowd in the latter half of the third period buried the Red and White.

“Tonight we did the opposite [of Friday],” Blasi said. “We keep playing this little dance here of a step forward and a step back.

Until we decide we want to take two steps forward, we’re back to square one.”

Junior goaltender Ryan Faragher made 33 saves in the shutout effort for the Huskies. The loss drops the

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Wright said. “We weren’t able to stay in reach of them and keep it competitive.”

The RedHawks fell short in the rebounding battle in consecutive games, as Kent State outrebounded the Red and White 29-27.

The Golden Flashes dominated the paint, an area where the RedHawks have been strong this year.

Kent State tallied 28 points in the paint, while Miami had 14.

“We allowed them to get position low and get too close to the basket,” Wright said. “[Kent State] has some pretty good size and they were able to hit shots.”

The RedHawks were fundamentally sound in taking charges Sunday; taking more than five charges in the game.

“We definitely do drills in practice centered around [taking

RedHawks to 11-16-3, though the series split is an encouraging sign for the ailing squad.

Miami remains the basement dwellers of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, standing seven points behind Colorado College with just 17 points and a 5-14-1-1 league record. With the weekend split, St. Cloud moves into a twoway tie for first place in the NCHC with 39 points. Even with four wins in their final four games, the RedHawks will still likely finish last or second to last in the conference, pitting them against now-familiar opponents in the University of North Dakota or St. Cloud in a first round matchup.

For now, however, the ’Hawks will play their final home stand against the University of Minnesota-Duluth this coming weekend. charges],” senior guard Haley Robertson said. “We want to have that advantage for our defense.”

The RedHawks were led by Robertson, as she scored 11 points. Senior forward Erica Almady scored nine, while junior guard Courtney Larson and senior guard Hannah Robertson each had eight points.

The ’Hawks will have a few days off before returning to northeastern Ohio for a Wednesday night game against the University of Akron Zips (17-8, 11-3 MAC).

“I would say we have some things we need to refocus on,” Robertson said. “Within the next couple days we need to work on playing together.”

Miami’s final regular season road game is set for 7 p.m. After Wednesday, the RedHawks will wrap up their regular season with three home games against MAC East Division opponents.

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within one, 25-24 with 4:11 remaining in the first half. Two 3-pointers from the pair of Australian freshmen – forward Josh Oswald and guard Jaryd Eustace – helped Miami build a 35-25 lead heading into the locker room.

Bowling Green made several key adjustments in the second half that got them back into the game.

The Falcons made a concerted effort to pound the ball inside and take advantage of Miami’s lack of size.

BG held the advantage in points in the pain 38-22 for the game.

“They were looking to exploit us,” Felder said. “We’re obviously a small team, even when I’m in there on [senior center] Cameron Black, I’m pretty undersized compared to him in the post … to try to offset the size [difference], we have to box out and rebound as a team.”

Black had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Despite Miami’s deficit in size,

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Senior designated player Allie Larabee recorded the only hit for the ’Hawks in two at-bats and the pitching staff as a whole struggled as it allowed six earned runs on eight hits and recorded only two strikeouts.

Bradley struck first in the game Sunday with a five-run top of the second, but the ’Hawks responded with a RBI double from junior outfielder Shanyn McIntyre in the bottom of the inning. In the third, Miami had three runners on with one out, but could not do anything with it as the inning ended with a strikeout and a groundout. The Braves tacked on two more runs

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they still competed on the boards, being outrebounded only 39-36.

Another second-half change the Falcons made was a switch to their zone defense. The ’Hawks had trouble penetrating the zone, converting only five field goals for the entire second period.

Despite their struggles in the second-half, the RedHawks were able to hold on the rest of the way, never relinquishing their lead.

In search of a spark for his team, head coach John Cooper inserted Moore into the starting line-up.

Moore has struggled for most of the season, shooting only 37 percent on the year. It was his first career start at Miami.

“We’ve sort of been trying to find some energy, trying to find someone who can bring different things for us and help us out,” Cooper said. “We called Willie’s number and I thought Willie did a pretty solid job.”

Moore, who added three assists and six rebounds to his team-leading 11 points, handled point-guard duties for large portions of the game.

“He hasn’t run the point a ton for us,” Cooper said. “Still, he remembered just about everything and was able to keep us in offense and made pretty good decisions in transition, which is what I was looking for.”

The RedHawks certainly hope Moore’s improved play is a positive trend that will continue for the rest of the season, starting with their next game against Akron University (1710, 9-5 MAC) Wednesday.

MU lost its first meeting with the Zips 59-52, in a comeback bid that fell short. Felder led all players with 16 points in that contest.

Akron has lost two games in a row, giving up valuable positioning in the Mid-American Conference standings. The Zips are paced by senior forward Demetrius Treadwell , who leads the team in both scoring and rebounding at 14.7 points and 8.8 rebounds. Treadwell recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the first matchup between these two teams.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Millet Hall.

in the fourth. The RedHawks kept on fighting as senior catcher Kayla Ledbetter had an RBI double in the bottom of the fourth and Modic drove in a runner in the seventh in a failed rally attempt.

Ledbetter had a solid outing, going 2-3 with an RBI and a walk while sophomore outfielder Taylor Shuey also went 2-3 with a steal.

After the seven runs were given up, Myers did a great job in relief, going 3.2 innings without a score and two strikeouts.

“This week, we need to keep it simple, have our defense make routine plays and have our pitchers step up,” Crowell said. “I don’t question our girls’ effort, and they’ll come in next week with a good at-

titude and we talked after the game [Sunday] about getting the train back on the tracks. We did see some good things.”

Second baseman Kristy Arbour, who went 2-4 against Bradley, echoed her coach’s sentiments about the weekend.

“We opened well, but we couldn’t find hits,” Arbour said. “We couldn’t find ways to drive in runs. We need to work on swinging at good pitches and fielding the ball cleanly.”

The RedHawks return to action this weekend in the Saluki Invitational as they face Murray State University and Southern Illinois University Saturday and take on Western Illinois University and the University of Kansas Sunday.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

HOCKEY

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EXPECTING THE BEST FROM UNITED STATES HOCKEY

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games have been over for a few days now, and the hearts of many American hockey fans are still hurting.

And why wouldn’t they be? The amount of heartbreak experienced in three days for this fanbase is unheard of for those who aren’t Cleveland or Buffalo fans.

The women’s hockey team fell to the Canadians during the preliminary round, 3-2, and the two teams met again the gold medal match.

The thought running through my head as I refreshed Twitter for score updates of the gold medal game rematch was, “don’t blow it again.”

(Disclaimer: As a Buffalo sports fan, this mentality is ingrained in me, no matter the sporting event or team.)

Sure enough, my thoughts went unheard, and the gold medals went to the country up north.

It is insane to think about how close the women’s team was to winning the gold medal. They had a 2-0 lead with under 3:27 to play. Less than 240 seconds.

That’s 44 seconds shorter than Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

While I was hoping MU-Wireless wouldn’t disconnect, Canada didn’t stop believin’ and scored with 3:26 remaining to pull within one goal of tying the game. Three minutes and 26 seconds is not a lot of time.

An even shorter amount of time is 1 minute and 35 seconds. At this point, Canada pulled its goalie, and began to look for the tying goal.

With 55 ticks remaining, they found it.

Before that happened, the Americans were inches away from an empty net goal that would have all but knocked the Canadians off their Olympic throne. The clearing attempt that was aided by an in-theway referee looked like a sure goal before it swerved to the left and hit

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the post.

Canada, as you know, then scored a goal in overtime.

Now, on to the USA men’s hockey team.

They took on the Canadians last Friday, a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2010 Olympics.

Canada won the game 1-0.

This one was not nearly as exciting from a fan’s perspective.

Canada dominated play while the Americans struggled to maintain offensive pressure. The better team (at least on that day) won the game, plain and simple.

After the loss, a feeling of emptiness surfaced.

Canada ripped the hope from the proud hand of American fans (and players) twice in two days. This sounds dramatic, yes, but the way the men’s team played in the bronze medal game confirms the impact of the loss.

I’ll be 100 percent honest: I did not watch one second of the bronze medal game. Why? We had already lost in my mind.

The bronze game is exactly what they call it, a consolation game. A way of saying, “Great job, but you fell a little short, so battle it out for third place.”

USA didn’t even get the shiny brown medal, as it fell to an old, but talented Finland team 5-0.

Mentally, you’d have to be one incredible athlete to forget just how close you were to playing for gold, turn around, and play for bronze less than 24 hours later.

Both USA teams went into the tournament with one thing on their mind: gold medals. Optimism is a great personality trait to have, but no one can convince me that any of the players are happy with the way things ended up.

There is a big difference between happiness and acceptance. And until 2018, that’s all we can do; accept

RedHawks split series with St. Cloud State

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The Miami University hockey team broke out of its tailspin in a big way Friday night, besting No. 4 St. Cloud State University in a 4-3 home victory. The ’Hawks ultimately split the series with the Huskies, as they were blanked the following night in a 3-0 loss.

Despite allowing an early goal in the opening game, the Brotherhood (11-16-3) bounced back with three unanswered tallies, starting with junior forward and captain Austin Czarnik, who extended his scoring streak to six games. The biggest story of the night, however, was

the return of junior forward Blake Coleman, who has been out of the lineup with an injury since Dec. 6.

Coleman potted the final two goals to boost the RedHawks to their first win in nearly a month.

“I had a lot of fun,” Coleman said. “I was just trying to get my legs back under me more than anything. But the team stepped up, there was a lot of belief in the locker room tonight.”

The much-needed win comes at a crucial point in the RedHawks’ season – they need any and all the momentum you can get.

“I felt like our team took a step forward tonight,” head coach

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Enrico Blasi said. “They’re [St. Cloud] not a top team in the country for nothing … we played hard.

I thought our demeanor was good tonight. Sports is funny, isn’t it?

You can be down in the dumps one night and the next you can get results.”

Friday’s optimism gave way to Saturday’s reality, when St. Cloud came back with a vengeance and played a complete game, dominating the RedHawks in all three zones.

Spotty play cost the RedHawks

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Miami knocks off BGSU ’Hawks drop fifth straight MAC game FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University men’s basketball team (10-15, 6-8 MAC) halted a five game losing streak Sunday, toppling Bowling Green State University (11-16, 5-9 MAC) 55-52 at Millet Hall.

The Falcons’ Jehvon Clarke)came up short on a 3-point heave from half-court as time expired. Falcon sophomore forward Spencer Parker scored a game-high 18 points in the losing effort.

Senior forward Will Felder and sophomore guard Willie Moore led the RedHawks with 11 points apiece.

The ’Hawks were shorthanded, as senior forward Bill Edwards was out with a hamstring injury.

Felder said it was a relief for Miami to pull off the win, its first in three weeks.

“It feels great,” Felder said. “It’s never a good thing when you have back-to-back losses because that can do a lot for your morale in terms of pushing it down. This win is definitely a turning point for us.”

The Red and White came out strong to start the game, going on a 15-6 run in the opening five minutes of play. MU employed its full court press from the onset, forcing several turnovers that led to easy baskets.

For the game, Miami held an 18-5 advantage in points off turnovers.

Bowling Green fought back to

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The Miami University women’s basketball team lost its fifth straight game Sunday, as the RedHawks fell to Kent State University 67-51.

The loss was the sixth in seven Mid-American Conference (MAC) games for the Red and White. The RedHawks (7-18, 3-11 MAC) have four regular season MAC games remaining.

The Golden Flashes (6-19, 2-11) earned the victory by shooting 53.5 percent from the field and 50 percent from behind the arc. Entering Sunday’s game, the Flashes were shooting 37 percent from the field and 27 percent

from 3-point range.

Miami head coach Cleve Wright said the RedHawks tried to change their defense to adjust to the Golden Flashes high percentage shooting.

“We tried to play zone a little bit,” Wright said. “We tried to get in the passing lanes and [Kent State] did a great job of being patient.”

The two teams battled back and forth for the opening eight minutes of the game. At the 11:09 mark of the first half the Golden Flashes went on a 9-0 run that lasted over four minutes.

Kent State led 22-12 at the 7:06 mark and the ’Hawks were unable to regain the lead for the rest of the game.

The RedHawks began shooting in the bonus with 9:35 remaining in the second half, down 53-40, but the Golden Flashes continued to answer every Miami scoring possession with one of their own.

Four of the five Kent State starters finished the game with four fouls.

The RedHawks struggled from the field, sinking just 16 of 48 shots for a 33.3 percent field goal percentage. The ’Hawks shot 4 of 15 from behind the arc, making 26.7 percent of their 3-point attempts.

“We weren’t putting the ball in the basket on our end,”

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SOFTBALL

MU drops last three games in Spring Fling

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Miami freshman forward Joshua Oswald goes through his free throw routine during Miami’s 55-52 victory over Bowling Green. Oswald sank the free throw

After kicking off the Hilltopper Spring Fling 2014 with a 5-0 victory over Canisius College Friday, the Miami University softball team dropped its last three games of the tournament. The RedHawks (3-5) fell 5-3 to Belmont University in the second game of the Friday doubleheader, 7-0 to Western Kentucky University Saturday and 7-3 to Bradley University Sunday.

“The weekend was disappointing,” head coach Clarisa Crowell said. “We would have liked to win more games. We need to play more games, have our hitters see more pitching. We’re learning lessons, but we need to be on the dirt and it’s hard to prepare when you can’t be on the field because of weather.”

Miami started out strong in its doubleheader Friday, as it downed Canisius 5-0 off a complete game, three-hitter from senior Paige Myers and junior shortstop Kylie McChesney’s career-high five RBIs. Things did not come so easily in the game against Belmont, as the ’Hawks found themselves down 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth when the Bruins broke the game open with three runs. The Red and White kept on fighting as a double by sophomore designated player Jenna Modic brought in a runner and junior outfielder Bree Lipscomb had an RBI double to make the game 4-3 in the top of the sixth. Belmont responded with another run in the bottom of the frame and the RedHawks managed to load the bases in the following inning, but the Bruins sealed the game with three consecutive outs.

Modic had a strong evening for Miami as she went 2-4 with two RBIs. The pitching staff was inconsistent, giving up eight hits, six bases on balls and six strikeouts.

The sluggers started slow Saturday against Western Kentucky, as the Hilltoppers exploded for three runs in the bottom of the second with two outs. The RedHawks avoided a disaster in the following inning when the host team had the bases loaded with one out, but Myers got out of the jam with a strikeout and foul out.

The RedHawks stranded three runners in the top of the fourth with two outs, while the Hilltoppers tacked on another run in the bottom of the inning and put on another three runs in the sixth.

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