February 28, 2012 | The Miami Student

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1930, The Miami Student reported that the International Relations Club would bring Hungarian statesman and journalist, Tiber Eckhardt, to campus to speak to students at Wells Hall. Eckhardt was an attaché of the High Commissioner for Transylvania during World War I and later became one of the principal organizers of the Hungarian National Army.

Hidden costs of vandalism burden budget

by Lauren Ceronie and Jessica Tedrick FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

For months, a list of “Things that make me happy” was scribbled on one wall of the women’s bathroom in Harrison Hall. The list included mittens, cuddling and oatmeal.

On Campus Avenue, a peace sign is etched into the sidewalk. Red paint is smeared across a bench on South Quad.

These remnants of vandalism and criminal mischief dotted around Miami University’s campus may seem inconspicuous, but they can cost the university a surprising amount.

By law, vandalism is property damage that costs over $1,000, Miami University Police Department (MUPD) Chief of Police John McCandless said. While Miami sees plenty of vandalism cases every year, cases of criminal mischief are

more common. Criminal mischief is damage that has a lower cost and punishment is no more than 60 days in jail or a $500 fine.

Damage that some students may think is criminal mischief may classify as vandalism, however. One act of vandalism that has a surprising cost is the common practice of writing in wet cement. While the act may seem like an innocent prank, the cleanup can cost thousands of dollars.

A male student arrested by MUPD for signing a patch of wet cement had to pay nearly $5,000 in restitution, according to MUPD Det. Sgt. Jim Bechtolt.

“That student paid five grand just to write his name in the sid0ewalk,” Bechtolt said.

On Feb. 19, about a dozen acts of vandalism were spotted around Miami’s campus, according to Bechtolt. The vandalism included swear words and other phrases spray

Miami’s spirited students: ‘going green’ since 1952

by Lauren Ceronie Campus editor

Green Beer Day. The one day of the year when Miami University students are happy to wake up before dawn. The one day of the year students aren’t judged for having green-stained lips and wildly inappropriate shirts. The one day of the year that gives faculty and staff at Miami and law enforcement officials in Oxford a headache worse than the hangover students will experience March 2.

To many students, Green Beer Day is a holiday that is as set in stone as Thanksgiving or Independence Day. However monumental Green Beer Day seems to students now, it was not the original greenbeverage holiday at Miami.

The first mention of greencolored beer at Miami was in the March 14, 1952 issue of The Miami Student in reference to St. Patrick’s Day. “Monday, Oxford restaurants will mark the anniversary of his [St. Patrick’s] death by selling the traditional dark green beer which is sold all over America on this holiday,” The Student reported.

According to reporting in The Student, students 50 years ago were just as zealous in their pursuit of green beer for St. Patrick’s Day. “Somehow directions for getting uptown to that green beer always appear on slant walk,” the March 17, 1964 issue of The Miami Student said. “One year a green stripe up the walk led the way and last year shamrocks miraculously appeared as guideposts for the thirsty.”

A few years later, The Boar’s Head, a bar in Oxford at the time, ran an advertisement in The Student saying it would open early to, “combat the infamous Monday morning blahs” The Purity, another bar in Oxford at the time, also ran an advertisement saying they would open at 6 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Even in 1969, Oxford officials called the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations a “huge headache.”

The first time students celebrated with green beer before spring break was in 1977. In the March 8 issue of The Student that year, The Purity ran an ad saying, “It’s already time for St. Patrick’s day at The Purity and the College Inn… a wee bit early due to spring break.” The ad also said the bar would open at 5:30 a.m. to sell green beverages.

In the 1970’s, the university

This is part of a series The Miami Student is running about the University Archives.

All information in the following article was obtained from the University Archives with the help of University Archivist Bob Schmidt. switched from quarters to semesters, causing St. Patrick’s Day to fall over spring break on a regular basis.

Not to be deprived of the greenthemed holiday, students began celebrating St. Patrick’s Day early.

But, the celebration wasn’t called “Green Beer Day” until the 1980’s.

In the March 9, 1982 issue of The Student, CJ’s bar had an ad for “Green Beer Day.” Miami’s disapproval for the day remained even though the holiday underwent a name change. The 1986 Recensio reported on the university’s disapproval.

“If Miami’s administration has their way, Green Beer Day 1986 will be the last of the early morning celebrations,” Recensio reported.

The university sent out requests to the bars asking them not to open at 5:30 a.m., but the bars refused to comply.

So, while the tradition of drinking green beer was solidly in place by the mid-1980’s, other traditions didn’t spring up until later.

At that time, green doughnuts and green SDS pizza was the food of choice, not green eggs. Students also didn’t begin selling t-shirts to commemorate the day until the mid-1990’s.

In 2000, Miami put out a public notice saying, “Miami University does not support Green Beer Day in any way.” The day was also met with disapproval from the Irish American community at Miami who thought the day, “fueled stereotypes” about the Irish.

In a letter to the faculty, former Provost Jeffrey Herbst said, “Like you, we have no patience with the bars that sponsor the events or the media that typically makes this event a regional news story.”

They also discouraged professors from canceling classes on Green Beer Day. While Green Beer Day may not be a tradition Miami University embraces, the holiday remains close to the hearts of many students.

ANNE GARDNER THE MIAMI STUDENT

Graffiti found on Swing Hall Feb. 19 is one instance of vandalism that has increased property damage costs for Miami University.Vandalism cases are defined as incurring costs in excess of $1,000. painted on buildings, benches and fences around campus.

The more obscure cost of vandalism comes from the labor that goes into cleaning it up, McCandless said.

“The thing that’s tough to calculate is the cost of cleaning,” McCandless said. “There is a true cost to cleaning that up.”

When vandalism or criminal mischief is spotted, the Physical Facilities department is in charge of the repairs.

Cody Powell, assistant vice president of operations in the physical facilities department, said that the students who are found responsible for the vandalism are held accountable and have to pay to fix the property. “[The vandals] are frequently caught and expected to pay for anything from broken windows to spray paint,” Powell said.

He did say, however, that many criminal mischief cases, including bathroom stall writing -- the most

common form of criminal mischief -- do not usually result in any party being found responsible. In cases where no party is held accountable it is up to the university to fund the repairs.

“There is part of the university’s budget that goes towards that,” Powell said. “[The money used] is not directly from student fees.”

Bechtolt confirmed that most criminal mischief cases are not solved but said MUPD catches about 75 percent of perpetrators in vandalism cases.

Proposal calls for use of quotas in hiring

By Allison McGillivray SENIOR STAFF WRITER

By reinterpreting affirmative action, the US Department of Labor may soon change hiring practices at Miami University.

In Dec. 2011, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposed changing a section of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a law associated with affirmative action to prohibit discrimination of people with disabilities when applying for a job, to require employers’ applicant pools to include at least 7 percent persons with disabilities.

Douglas Ledford, associate director of the Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (OEEO) for compliance at Miami University, said he is against these proposed changes on the basis of requiring a quota.

According to Ledford, the quota system the OFCCP is requesting is against the law.

The idea that current affirmative action hiring policy is a quota system is a misconception, Ledford said.

“A lot of folks think that [affirmative action] is quotas for minorities or females, but in actuality the law states that you must hire the most qualified employee,” Ledford said.

“The idea is to get a very diverse pool of very qualified individuals and select the best qualified person for your position.”

Contractors of the OFCCP, like Miami’s OEEO, were allowed to comment on the proposed changes from Dec. 9, 2011 until Feb. 21, 2012, Ledford said.

“All of us as contractors get to write responses to that of what we think about it and of course we are all responding: don’t go with this set figure because how can you say that every job group we have there is 7 percent availability of people with disabilities,” Ledford said.

Now that the comment period has ended, the contractors must wait to hear if there is a policy change, Ledford said.

The Columbus District of the OFCCP said they could not comment on the proposed changes to the sections.

Affirmative action is valuable to students, Ledford said.

“We want to try to diversify our faculty and staff as much as we can, because in the end that’s very valuable

to our students; it’s valuable to our existence as a university,” Ledford said.

Senior Annalea Thompson said she is against affirmative action because it characterizes a person based on something they cannot control.

“I think you need to evaluate people based on skill and what they have to offer rather than a somewhat trivial characteristic that is effectively a lottery in birth,” Thompson said.

Junior Justine Furbeck said that affirmative action is good in theory, but may have complications when it is practiced.

When there is an open position at Miami, OEEO looks at the other members of the staff in the job group that that position falls under to determine if that area is ‘underutilized,’ meaning there are fewer women

the most qualified candidate. The department will then recommend that candidate for hire.

Once the department makes its recommendation, the OEEO reviews the process to make sure that no qualified candidates were discounted due to discrimination.

If no discrimination can be found, then the OEEO will support whoever the department decides to hire, Ledford said “It doesn’t matter if that’s a white 30 [year-old] male; if they are the most qualified they’re the most qualified,” Ledford said. “However if you have a pool full of diverse candidates you will probably have to really prove that to us.”

Thompson said she thinks that candidates should be hired blindly.

“It just makes me think how

We want to try to diversify our faculty and staff as much as we can, because in the end that’s very valuable to our students; it’s valuable to our existence as a university.”

DOUGLAS LEDFORD

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

and minorities who have been hired who are capable of working in that discipline, Ledford said.

When underutilization occurs, the OEEO and the department with an open position begin a search with hopes of attracting a diverse pool of applicants, Ledford said.

Thompson said there should not be set percentages for applicant pools.

Furbeck said she thinks 10 percent of applicants in any applicant pool should be non-white, non-disabled, non-veteran males.

“I think there should be a set percentage of people who aren’t male or white but to say you have to have so many disabled people, women and other minorities does make it more likely that someone will be the token minority and getting a position because you are a minority is the same thing as not getting the position because you are a minority,” Furbeck said.

Once that pool is developed, the department with the open position narrows the applicant pool down to

certain teachers at Miami, they grade their tests blindly without knowing whose tests they are,” Thompson said. “I think that’s a really wonderful thing because I think that’s equal when you are not evaluating by one standard.”

Another proposed change would put more focus on hiring veterans.

If a veteran applies for a position with an employer and is found to be unqualified for that position, this change would require the employer to search through all of their available open positions to determine if that veteran is qualified for any other open positions, Ledford said.

“This is the exact opposite of what they do for minorities and females,” Ledford said.

Currently, in order for a person to be considered for a position they must apply for that position, Ledford said.

Ledford said even though there are some problems with the proposed changes, it is important to help veterans and those with disabilities find employment.

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The Fray to bring ‘Scars & Stories’ to MU

By Jenn Smola Campus Editor

Miami University’s Concert Board and the Performing Arts Series announced that The Fray will perform at this year’s spring concert.

Concert Board, a division of Campus Activities Council, is excited to bring the band to Oxford, according to senior Blake Johnston and junior Lauren Fedders, co-chairs of the board.

“As a board we felt it would be a great band,” Johnston said. “We know they put on good shows.”

According to Johnston, The Fray has been generating a lot of hype lately.

“They’ve been playing a lot of big gigs,” Johnston said, including playing at Madison Square Garden. “With their new CD there’s been a lot of excitement.”

The Fray’s new album, Scars and Stories, was released in early February.

Johnston and Fedders said the board agreed that The Fray will bring a fresh type of concert to Miami’s campus.

“The board as a whole thought it would be a good change

As a board we felt it would be a great band. We know they put on good shows.”

Blake johnston CAC CONCERT BOARD CO-CHAIR

compared to previous shows,” Fedders said.

In the past two years, Concert Board has brought in Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco. Concert Board is hoping to attract lots of different audience members to see The Fray, Fedders said.

‘Ask Archie’ administrator under investigation following alleged violations of university policy

By Jenn Smola Campus Editor

Archie Nelson, a familiar face for Miami University’s regional campuses, is currently on leave following allegations that he violated university policy.

“He is on paid administrative leave for allegations from another employee that he violated

university policy,” Claire Wagner, associate director of university communications said.

Nelson, regional director of admission and financial aid, was featured in the regional campuses’ advertising campaign “Ask Archie” for the past few years until September, according to Wagner.

The process for situations

includes an investigation, appeal and hearing, Wagner said.

“We’re within that whole process right now,” Wagner said.

The Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity is carrying out the investigation, she said.

Wagner said the investigation and the following steps may take several weeks to complete.

University combines academic and residential Internet, increases bandwidth

By Kaitie Espeleta For The Miami Student

Miami University’s IT services combined the residence and academic Internet pipelines for a better Internet connection for students in late January.

There will be a larger amount of bandwidth for students to use at all hours of the day in both academic buildings and residence halls, Cathy McVey, senior director of strategic communications and planning, said.

Originally, there were only two Internet services: one for state and academic buildings and one for residence halls, McVey said.

The separate sources of bandwidth were treated individually, due to the fact that ResNet was funded by two different sources: students who pay on campus housing fees and by the Miami Education and General (ENG) budget, McVey said.

In the past few years, IT Services noticed a trend where students used the Internet more during the day in academic buildings and used the Internet more at night in residence

halls, McVey said.

IT Services decided to fuse these different pipelines together to offer double the bandwidth to the entire campus, instead of the original amounts that are only offered to specific buildings, McVey said.

This allows better quality of Internet access to students throughout the day.

Sophomore Josh Sewell said he has been frustrated by a slow Internet connection at Miami in the past.

“Not having a consistent Internet connection during necessary times can be a bit of an obstacle because it takes so much longer for me to complete online assignments and research,” Sewell said.

The only potential problems that could happen are if the trends of what times students use the Internet change drastically, but the department doubts this will occur. The only potential problems that could result would be that the Internet would be just as slow as before.

ResNet Turbo is still the premium bandwidth option and will not be affected by this change because it

receives bandwidth from a different source. It will continue to receive at least 2 GB per second, no matter what is changed throughout the process.

Senior Tony Baldrick said he noticed a change in Internet quality after the pipelines were fused.

“I noticed a change this semester but I didn’t know what it was from,” Baldrick said. “The Internet hasn’t given me any problems in the classrooms so far since the joining of these.”

Combining the two pipelines was the result of student feedback about Internet problems, McVey said.

“One of the things that we really ask students to do, is if you have a problem connecting or maintaining a connection, make sure you contact the support desk, because if we don’t hear where there are problems, we can’t fix things,” McVey said. “It’s been the feedback we’ve gotten from students that’s led us to make the changes we have, and the more we hear, the better we can respond.”

“It will appeal to a lot of diverse, different groups,” Fedders said. “Like people in the community, people from other schools and parents.”

According to Johnston and Fedders, there has been a positive response since the concert was

officially confirmed and announced late last week.

“We’re really, really excited about it and it seems the rest of campus is too,” Fedders said.

The concert will take place 8 p.m. April 18 in Millett Hall.

Pre-sale tickets for students go on sale Wednesday through the Miami University Box Office for $35 until noon Friday, when tickets for general admission will go on sale for $40.

Students can visit the Shriver information desk to draw a number for a spot in line for the pre-sale.

College political groups weigh in on GOP race

By Emily Glaser

For The Miami Student

Primary season is heating up and one thing is clear: it is a tight race.

Miami University students have various opinions on the four remaining GOP candidates: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich.

Chelsea Kiene, communications chair for College Democrats, outlined the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate.

“Romney, who was initially assumed to win, definitely has the managerial experience under his belt being a former governor,” Kiene said. “Former governors often make good presidents. But a major weakness is the thing with healthcare. A lot of Obama’s healthcare plan is based off Romney’s.”

Kiene said a weakness of Santorum’s is he has not talked much about the economy, though some would consider his strong stance on social issues a strength. Gingrich has a wealth of experience and did a lot of work as Speaker of the House, but people question his moral character, Kiene said.

While Ron Paul is not expected to win, he is admired for his consistency and although he has a small base, the base he does have is very loyal, Kiene said.

Briana Sakach, co-chair of College Republicans, agrees with Kiene that each candidate has pros and cons and she personally endorses Mitt Romney.

“I feel that [Romney] can carry out the conservative ideals that I’m looking for in a presidential candidate to beat Barack Obama,” Sakach said.

While Sakach and her co-chair both personally endorse Romney,

she said the College Republicans would not endorse a candidate as an organization so as not to speak on behalf of everyone in the group.

Sakach and Kiene agree that whoever gets the nomination should focus on jobs and the economy, both issues people will vote on.

Junior Eric Kellett said he identifies himself as an independent, and he agrees that candidates should focus more on fiscal issues than social issues. He endorses Ron Paul.

“I think Ron Paul would be the best candidate because he is the only person who might offer a firm stance on the issues, rather than cave into the pressures of his campaign donors and lobbyists,” Kellett said.

Kellett said he would like to see other issues discussed in the debates.

“Some of the debates really frustrate me,” Kellett said. “Instead of talking about foreign affairs, they will discuss gay marriage, something that’s usually left up to state legislators.”

Whether Democrat, Republican or independent, Kellett, Kiene and Sakach agree that this year’s primaries have been fiercer than usual and individual votes are counting more than ever.

“I find it interesting how much conservatives are attacking other conservatives,” Sakach said. “I think it is a lot more intense than it has been in the past.”

Kiene cautioned students to look beyond attack ads and focus on issues.

“Do your own research about the candidates,” Kiene said. “I encourage students to talk with their friends, but in the end you have to pick the person that most closely aligns with your views.”

Obama nominates alum as ambassador to Croatia

By Ashley Laughlin For the Miami Student

Miami University alum and ambassador to Haiti Kenneth Merten was nominated Feb. 10 by United States President Barack Obama to be the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia.

Merten graduated from Miami in 1983 with a degree in diplomacy and foreign affairs. In 2010, Merten was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Miami.

Miami political science professor Patrick Haney praised Merten for his work.

“It’s great for him, to be sure, and reflects on the kind of foundation that he built as an undergraduate diplomacy and foreign affairs major at Miami,” Haney said.

According to Haney, this major was constructed specifically with the Foreign Service Exam in mind.

Required courses include political science, among other courses. The major is now called diplomacy and

global politics.

Junior Emily Champion, a diplomacy and global politics major, reflected on Merten’s nomination.

“Having an alum nominated for this position shows how well Miami’s Diplomacy and Foreign Politics [major] prepares its students,” Champion said. “If an alumnus has been nominated for such a prestigious position, he must have had a good foundation of knowledge to build on his career.”

Haney said there is a lot of student interest in working in and around government, both in domestic and in foreign affairs. He noted a strong interest in the Peace Corps and in Congress.

“There is a healthy Miami alum crowd in D.C., to be sure,” Haney said. “Programs like our political science, diplomacy and global politics and public administration majors all aim to develop a foundation of liberal education, with an emphasis on the study of politics,

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RICHARD MANDIMIKA THE MIAMI STUDENT

Members of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company performing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Tuesday evening at the Art Building.

CORRECTION In the Feb. 24 issue of The Miami Student, Kate Stoss was listed as a member of the Unlcassified Personnel Advisor Committee in the article “Miami avoids layoffs with retirement plan.” However, Stoss is not a member of the committee but works in the human resources department as director of compensation, employment and technology.

Also in the Feb. 24 issue, names of members of the Harvard Sailing Team on a front page photograph were incorrect. The correct names are (from left) Adam Lustick, Faryn Einhorn, and Chris Smith.

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Fashion Week struts its stuff

By Emily Ketterer For The Miami Student

Millett Hall was transformed Friday from basketball court to elegant fashion runway for a dramatic end to Miami University’s Club of Fashion and Design (MUCFD) and Up Magazine’s Fashion Week 2012.

Every year MUCFD puts on a fashion show of club members’ own unique designs, but this year they partnered with Up Magazine to expand the show to a full week of fashion related festivities.

“A couple of girls here thought it would be fun to start Miami Fashion Week because girls here on campus are pretty stylish,” junior Stephanie Dixon, MUCFD’s public relations director said. “So we [MUCFD] teamed with Up Magazine to create Miami Fashion Week for the very first time.”

The organizations started off last week with a launch party complete with freeze modeling (a type of modeling where models are frozen like mannequins) uptown at The Woods Bar. Up Magazine’s Marketing Director, Kelsey Olsen said they decided to do freeze modeling because they wanted to bring a taste of a big city to Oxford, Ohio.

“I think that the freeze modeling was really interesting to everyone who came because its something

that you usually see in a big city but we decided to bring it to Oxford,” Olsen said. “Basically girls stood intermittently on the tables and held poses, and every few minutes they would change.”

Last Tuesday, the two organizations were inspired by the website Pinterest.com to hold a DIY day in the Shriver Center where people could bring their own materials to create a headband or bracelet.

Wednesday they held a trunk show to supplement Oxford’s limited shopping options with corporate retailers like Victoria’s Secret and local boutiques and companies from Ohio. Finally, on the day before the big event, they hosted speaker Alexa Conkey to talk about the fashion industry in general.

“We chose [Conkey] because she was a past president of [MUCFD] and is now a buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue,” Dixon said.

Fashion lovers gathered Friday in four rows of meticulous white covered chairs accenting either side of 100 feet of runway (one of the largest runways Miami has ever seen).

Senior Stacie Testaguzza was in the audience and was amazed by the difference between last year’s show and this year’s.

“Last year I went to [the fashion show] at Shriver and there weren’t

enough seats for everyone,” Testaguzza said. “Parents and friends had seats but there were a bunch of us that just stood around the edge of the room. But this year is so crazy, I feel like I am at a professional fashion show.”

Despite Miami not having a fashion program, volunteer students fuel the show, from the planning, the designing and the modeling to its actual execution.

Sophomore Melissa Krueger, one of 14 designers in the show, said that preparations for the show started a year before the next fashion show and she was excited all year round.

“I get the most nervous right before my first model hits the runway,” Krueger said. “I’m nervous about the reaction of the audience.

[I am] always hoping it will be a good reaction.”

The show started fashionably late at 7:15 p.m. Friday. All of Millett’s lights were shut off, save for a few focused on the runway that made it glow.

Commanding sheer, white floorto-ceiling curtains framed the runway and stood in front of a massive screen that flashed images of the show’s inspiration, “vintage prep.”

Music alternated in between collections and ranged in genre from classical to The Verve’s “Bitter

Sweet Symphony.”

The first item to grace the runway was a striking blue, floor-length gown by senior Tyler Rice.

Unlike a New York show, in which the audience is mostly silent, audience members participated in the show by yelling in approval.

One particular dress by senior Emma Gregory stunned the audience. The flowing white ruffle floor-length dress in combination with the white of the runway and the brilliance of the lights created a dazzling, ethereal effect.

After the show, designers, models and MUCFD members glowed backstage with satisfaction of another successful year.

Senior Lauren Pax, editor-inchief of Up Magazine, sat in the V.I.P. front row and was amazed by the show.

“I couldn’t believe that it was Miami students who were designing these outfits and making them because I literally wanted to wear them out,” Pax said. “Each collection had its own unique style.”

Olsen said the organizations want to continue Miami Fashion Week in the future.

“Hopefully in years to come it will only get bigger and we can continue to make it grow and get better every year,” Olsen said.

Euphonium player premeires work with students’ aid

By Billy Rafael A&E Editor

The Miami University Wind Ensemble gathered a large audience Wednesday night as they teamed up with world famous euphonium player Adam Frey to premiere new work in Hall Auditorium.

After starting the concert with Roger Nixon’s triumphant Centennial Fanfare March, the ensemble members quickly set up for the main event, the world premiere of Eric Knechtges’ “Aporia”, which featured frey as a soloist.

“You are about to hear euphonium playing like you’ve never heard before,” conductor Gary Speck told the audience before welcoming Frey to the stage.

Donning a white, Chinese Mao suit jacket, Frey entered to roaring applause and snaps from members of Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI), the music fraternity that played a major role in getting Frey to come to Miami. Of particular importance

was senior Shannon Reed.

“I had been speaking with my chapter of SAI and we wanted to bring in an artist to do a residency since it’s the year of the arts,” Reed said, who plays euphonium in the Wind Ensemble. “We wanted to give people an idea of what life as a performer is like. Adam Frey is one of my favorite artists, so I got in contact with him and things started coming together.”

“Aporia” began with a big disjunct explosion resolving to an ethereal, droning accompaniment by the ensemble as Frey came in over chiming bells.

From that point on, it seemed as if his fingers never stopped moving. His delicate performance entranced the audience throughout the final chimes that ended the piece, leaving the entire auditorium in complete silence before erupting in applause.

Knechtges was able to attend the performance and stood for his fair share of recognition at the end but could not stop

clapping himself.

After both the soloist and conductor left the stage Speck quickly returned, much to the

It really isn’t hard to do this sort of thing.

As soon as everyone agreed, it went pretty spectacularly.”

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confusion of the ensemble and the audience alike.

“Would you guys like to hear Adam play something else?”

Speck asked the audience, receiving confirmation through the thunderous applause.

Frey’s encore was what he described as a rock and funk piece that allowed him to imitate an electric guitar on the euphonium.

As he held the final note he produced a soft whistle through the

instrument, garnering a chuckle from the audience.

The remainder of the concert was a collection of works by Percy Aldridge Grainger. Of particular interest were “Children’s March”, which featured members of the ensemble singing a subtle tune during the piece, and “The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare,” beginning with an offstage, muted horn solo.

While the collection was a pleasant conclusion to the concert, it was clear the piece the audience would be talking about afterwards was “Aporia.”

According to Reed, Frey’s visit was made possible through Associated Student Government funding and “Aporia” was a donation to Miami from Knechtges.

“It was a long process but overall, as long as I made sure deadlines were met, everything worked out really well,” Reed said. “It really isn’t hard to do this sort of thing.

As soon as everyone agreed, it went pretty spectacularly.”

Three 6 Mafia returns to Brick Street for GBD

By Lauren Kiggins For The Miami Student

CATHERINE COURETAS THE MIAMI STUDENT

A TASTE OF CANADIAN HARDCORE Shane Told of Candian band Silverstein rocked the stage at Bogart’s in Cincinnati last Tuesday.

Brick Street Bar and Grill is hosting Academy Award-winning rap group Three 6 Mafia 2 p.m. Thursday to mark the halfway point of Green Beer Day (GBD) celebrations.

GBD has been a tradition in Oxford since 1952, celebrated annually on the Thursday before Spring Break.

Brick Street has added to the tradition by booking annual concerts on GBD. The bar initially invited artists to help with slow periods throughout the day, trying to catch bands passing through Ohio on tour.

The Ying Yang Twins performed last year and remained uptown after their performance to celebrate, according to Brick Street employee David Coffey.

“It’s cool to be able to see a famous artist come to Miami to mix things up a little bit from the usual party and bar hopping,” Miami University first-year Duncan Walsh said.

Three 6 Mafia performed at

Brick Street for the first time in March 2010.

“The whole atmosphere of Green Beer Day is fun and drinking,” Brick Street employee and Miami junior Kristi Lanman said. “You want to bring in a group that wants to influence that.”

Brick Street will open 5 a.m. Thursday morning and will remain open until 2:30 a.m. Friday.

“It’s hard to find people that want to work because it is such a long, hectic day,” Lanman said.

“Usually we don’t have many problems, except for the few people that didn’t pace themselves and had one too many beer,” Coffey said.

He has worked Brick on GBD for the past five years.

Four years since their last album, Last 2 Walk, the Memphis-based group is expected to drop their new album later this year. They will follow the performances of Mike Stud and Kelley James.

Tickets are $25 and are available online at brickstreetbar.com and at Brick Street.

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fun. album strikes the wrong chord

By Brian Sopher

For The Miami Student

It does not take more than a minute for fun.’s new album, Some Nights, to emerge with huge choral fanfare, punctuated with bits of opera, as singer Nate Ruess wails like an admittedly impressive Freddie Mercury impersonator.

The entire album, in fact, plays like a lost collection of Queen B-Sides, dug up from a musty studio in the back roads of England.

But as Some Nights proceeds, song after song, it becomes more and more evident that those lost tapes would be much better served if they had remained collecting dust. fun. is the indie pop project of Nate Ruess (formerly of The Format) and a few friends, a New York group whose very name suggests kitschy exuberance.

Such a suggestion is incredibly accurate, to the point of somewhat tempering the listening experience – “I’m listening to ‘fun.’! Ha ha!

Get it?!” Given that their audience is bubble-gum pop aficionados, the amount of Queen (among other things) that they wear on their sleeves is a peculiar thing.

Some Nights opens with a vocal harmony hook of easy ’70s vintage, as the song pounds along with huge, militaryesque drums and piano stabs, distorted guitar finding its way into the mix in brief, uncomfortable bits until it erupts in a solo.

Admittedly, the song has an undeniable swing to it, a palpable and honest energy, but somewhere between its bombast and infectious thump is its sickly sweet core, like garlic cloves interspersed in a bowl of caramels.

If this metaphor is helpful, the rest of Some Nights is much more garlic than candy. Horns, more guitar solos, vapid refrains and indie-rock clichés that died in the mid-80s all dot the subsequent songs.

Every song occupies an awkward middle-point, attempting to be more turgid than it already is, and, at the same time, retracting from its own turgidity in a terrible embarrassment.

The lyrics oscillate between overblown maxims (“We are young!” and “It gets better!” and “Carry on!”), insincere nostalgia and kitschy half-sarcastic references to hanging out with friends and girls and so forth.

That sort of juxtaposition does not limit itself to lyrical content – for the bittersweet “All Alright” and the tongue-in-cheek eight-bit-infused jangle of “All Alone” appear right next to each other.

There is nothing wrong with variety, but the mixture here embodies a sort of awkward ambiguity, where fun. precisely takes themselves too seriously and is exposed as the farce that it is.

Yet, these tracks by themselves would sound formulaic – loud and “fun” in the most unimaginative way.

The problem with this album is roughly that it is resurrecting stadium rock in all the wrong places – for the wrong people.

The crux of stadium rock is a sort of escapism – a larger than life persona and sound and experience that subsumes the boredom of bourgeois society if only for a night, for a moment, in a rush of chorus and reverb.

The crux of bubble-gum indie-pop is a sort of sublimated aesthetic – something like “the beautiful in everyday life” or some other such nonsense. This is the stuff that colors your iPod commercials and Starbucks lounges (and the car rides between these).

There is a sort of awkward crossover between these two, the larger-than-life and the subtly, smilingly mundane.

At least on their own they can be enjoyed with a modicum, if not with irony and suspended-disbelief. Such a thing is impossible here.

Queen had their time and much of the time after that has been full of imitators. But what could be worse than an insincere grasp at retro?

Trying to force that retro(active) impulse into a foreign sound. This is exactly what Some Nights accomplishes, effectively injecting Queen into Foster the People with a dirty syringe.

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Editors JUSTIN REASH LISA REYMANN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

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POLICE AAA starts ‘anti-text’ campaign

BEAT Drunk man attempts to steal house sign

Around 2 a.m. Saturday an Oxford police officer observed three male subjects walking in the north and south alleys behind 212 University Ave. The three males backed up when the officer turned on his cruiser lights and told them to stop.

One of the males dropped a sign that read “Pretty ’N Pink” and started running. As the subject started running, the other two males fled the scene and the officer threw the subject to the ground. The officer brought him back to the sign where it was dropped and the officer made the boy point out the house from where he took the sign.

The officer knocked on the door and asked if the victim knew the subject. The victim said they did not know him and that her roommate had heard noises earlier. The subject was identified as Miami University sophomore Griffin Dulany.

He said he ran because he was scared and he did not know what to do. Dulany said he did not know how much he drank and all he knew was that it was cheap vodka.

Dulany was getting food when he went to steal the sign and he said he only made the stupid decision because of alcohol. Dulany was cited with theft, obstructing official business, and underage persons and was taken to Butler County Jail.

Student in handcuffs flees from officer Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday officers were conducting a bar check at Heavy Hands Bar. When they arrived, they noticed a male with a beer who turned around immediately after seeing the officers. The male walked away from the officers but the officers caught up to him soon.

The officers asked for an ID and the male walked away again.

The male was then handcuffed and taken out. The officers saw a fake drivers license, which stated the male was from Peru and he was born in 1988.

When the officers asked where his real license was, the male said it was in his wallet. He was identified as Miami University sophomore Austin Brune. The officers attempted to take him inside when Brune took off in his handcuffs. Brune went 75 feet and lost both shoes before the officers caught him. The officers got him inside the police car and took his wristband for evidence.

Brune told the officers there are better things for them to worry about than his drinking. Brune was cited with underage drinking, possession of a fake ID, and was taken to Butler County Jail.

Catherine Ubry

For The Miami Student

AAA is launching a new campaign aiming to end distracted driving and texting while driving throughout Butler County.

Kimberly Schwind, Public Relations Manager of AAA Ohio Auto Club, said, “AAA, in addition to being 24/7 roadside assistance, is North America’s largest leisure travel organization and strives to be motorists’ most trusted advocated in regards to travel safety.”

Schwind also explained the placement of the ads.

“The first billboards are in Butler County, mainly because AAA already has many billboards in that area, so we decided to start there,” Schwind said. “We’ve been trying to end texting while driving for years.

We’ve been trying to get bills passed statewide to ban texting while driving. Several communities around Ohio have already taken these bans upon themselves to implement.”

Schwind said that the issue of texting while driving and distracted

driving has been an ongoing issue for years. After looking at trends in the cell phone industry, AAA noted that texting is certainly growing in popularity, along with texting behind the wheel, part of what prompted

Distracted driving is the cause of one-fourth of all traffic crashes.”

KIMBERLY SCHWIND

AAA SPOKESWOMAN

the campaign.

“Distracted driving is the cause of one-fourth of all traffic crashes,” Schwind said.

Ohio House Bill 99, which would ban texting while driving in Ohio, was passed last June in the Ohio House of Representatives.

The bill is now in the Ohio Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and although hearings for the bill have been held, the bill is not

GBD poses opportunities, challenges for businesses Jasmine Hayes

For The Miami Student

Green Beer Day (GBD) is a celebration held every Thursday the week before Spring Break when students take over the brick streets of the uptown district and many businesses prepare for a long day full of tradition and festivities. Some stores have extended business hours and others will incorporate green menu items to add to the fun of the city’s unofficial annual holiday.

“There is a special shift schedule for everyone on staff for Green Beer Day,” said Kevin Irizarry, an employee at Bagel and Deli. “We’re open for 24 hours on that day, so all hands are needed on deck.”

According to Irizarry, the main goal for Bagel and Deli is to get everyone their bagel and handle GBD the same way as the typical late night weekend shifts, which are crazy and crowded.

Deliveries from the popular sandwich shop will not be made on GBD because of the increased amount of business the restaurant will receive.

While the most popular bagel at Bagel and Deli is the Crunch and Munch, Irizarry said, many people from past Green Beer Days favored a turkey sandwich on a green bagel made with food coloring.

Sophomore Tiara Welch said, “This is my second year participating in GBD and I’m really looking forward to the green bagels. The thought of it sounds nasty but I bet they are just as good.”

Irizarry highlighted the level of activity Bagel and Deli will expect.

“Green Beer Day is pretty crazy for obvious reasons,” Irizarry said.

“People are having a good time and some forget exactly where they are.

People order the bagels and demolish them at the counter looking like

complete fools.”

Jimmy Johns will also have a full staff ready to satisfy the needs of the mass numbers of expected customers. In preparation of Green Beer Day, Jimmy Johns will open up at 6 a.m. to begin to serve the hungry crowd.

“We’re gearing up to be pretty busy that day and anticipate high sales. Last year’s Green Beer Day was a really good day for us,” Assistant Manager at Jimmy Johns, Brian Cunningham said.

Cunningham said the beginning of the afternoon will have the highest number of customers present ordering either the Turkey Tom or the Italian Night Club.

“Green Beer Day is pretty much nonstop with so much traffic in and out,” Cunningham said. “It is sort of a like an organized frenzy situation.

Nothing ever gets too out of control and we have fun with it.”

The gift shop Wild Berry has been selling GBD t-shirts and other apparel that can be used for the festivities.

According to Wild Berry manager Karen Vaught, shirts designed for GBD have been placed in the windows of the store for the past few weeks, including an Irish Tuxedo shirt.

“I’ve had to work Green Beer Day in the past years and the customers are pretty comical,” Vaught said.

Wild Berry will be open on Thursday during the normal weekday hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will provide students with a lot of different items to complement their green attire.

These businesses are just three of many preparing for chaotic activities and extended hours to meet the needs and wants of the students celebrating Green Beer Day.

Knolls staffer finds stranded OSU student

By Christina Lundin For the Miami Student

An alleged hazing incident in Oxford, involving 22-year-old Ohio State University (OSU) student,Justin Baltzer remains under investigation through the Oxford Police Department (OPD) at this time.

According to OPD reports, Sgt. Geoff Robinson and Patrol Officer Ryan Sikora were dispatched Feb. 18 to the Knolls of Oxford, a retirement community located one mile from campus, to attempt to locate a male subject that had entered the nursing home building.

Executive Director of Knolls, Tim McGowan, said staff spotted Baltzer around 4:30 a.m.

“When we asked what he was doing, he said he was looking for Miami University,” McGowan said.

“He was very polite.”

According to McGowan, Baltzer was escorted off the premises by security and greeted by Oxford police near the Contreras Road entrance to the Knolls.

“Nothing like this has ever happened,” McGowan said.

According to McGowan, no residents were disturbed by the early morning intrusion.

“Baltzer was very confused, disoriented and cold,” Robinson said in his report.

Upon further questioning, Baltzer told officers he was brought to Oxford by a member of the fraternity he

moving forward right now, according to Schwind.

“There has been no movement with the bill recently,” Schwind said.

“We will continue to monitor this bill and lobby. We believe that in order to

was pledging.

According to the report, Baltzer told police that upon arrival to Oxford he was blindfolded and driven around with other OSU fraternity members until he was dropped off at an unknown location at an unknown time.

According to the report, Baltzer said he wandered around for a number of hours before finding the Knolls.

He said he went inside the nursing building looking for a phone or help.

According to Robinson, Baltzer did have an odor of alcohol om his breath but did not seem intoxicated.

Baltzer’s association to an OSU fraternity has not been confirmed at this time, according to the OPD report.

change driver behavior though, we also need an education campaign.”

AAA has taken on the responsibility of creating and distributing the “Text-free driver Pledge” where drivers promise to drive safely without texting.

The pledge is brought to different events and even was recently distributed to Talawanda High School in order to involve students with the new campaign. More than 3,100 drivers have signed the pledge since it began in July, according to Schwind.

The campaign will be made up of more than billboards. Several 15-second public service announcements will also be heard on the radio throughout Ohio, urging drivers to drive without distractions such as texting, according to Schwind.

Schwind said one billboard reads, “SIRSLY, DNT TXT AND DRV,” and the second reads, “Enough about me, eyes on the road.”

“I went to Miami [University] as well and I know that there are a lot of country roads in that area,” Schwind said. “There’s not a lot of room for

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High Street construction to begin over spring break

By Katie Mark

For The Miami Student

When Miami University students return from spring break, uptown’s High Street will be in the process of rehabilitation.

The red bricks on High Street will be stripped in order to repair a waterline. A new 12-inch iron water main will be constructed between Main Street and Campus Avenue, according to Mike Dreisbach, City of Oxford service director.

“The existing waterline is reaching the end of its useful life,” Dreisbach said. “It needs to be replaced now so that if there should be a failure in the future it wouldn’t force us to tear up the street we are about to build.”

The waterline repair project will begin March 5 and will take about four weeks to complete, according to Dreisbach.

The first part of the project will take place during Miami’s spring break. According to Dreisbach, the materials for the water main will cost approximately $200,000.

There will be times when parts of High Street will be closed but detours will be posted, according to Dreisbach.

“The sidewalks will remain open so people can still get to businesses uptown,” Dreisbach said. “Parking will be a little bit tighter because street parking won’t be available.”

Without street parking, Dreisbach does not think this will have a major impact on businesses. The parking garage will remain open and there is municipal parking between Church Street and Main Street.

“Whenever there’s construction in front of a business, it will be disruptive to the business,” Alan Kyger, Oxford’s economic development director, said. “Whether that’d be right now, in the middle of the

summer or winter, you can’t pick a time to do work in front of a business that is a good time.”

Red bricks will be removed from Main Street to Poplar Street for the waterline repair. The Oxford City Council has already approved a construction contract with Prus Construction using July 15 as a deadline for the project. The brick reconstruction will then begin after graduation on May 7, according to Dreisbach.

The street between Poplar Street and Campus Avenue is currently asphalt. After water main replacement, the street will be repaved again with asphalt this summer, according to Dreisbach.

Kyger said the upcoming project is the third section of High Street to be done.

“We are now moving into areas that are more populated with businesses and more residential so it’s more of a high impact area,” Kyger said.

With waterline replacement taking four weeks to complete, noise can be a major concern for students living uptown.

Junior Abby Schiller lives in an apartment above Chipotle Mexican Grill and said she did not notice the brick rehabilitation that already took place outside Fiesta Charra and Morning Sun Café.

“I never heard any noise with the current brick replacement so I understand the need to repair the waterline,” Schiller said. “But, hopefully, this construction will also not have distracting noise.”

Construction is expected to take place between the typical 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. hours, according to Kyger.

“Work will be done during daytime hours,” Kyger said. “We also realize that the daytime hours for one segment of the population is different from the other.”

Violence surges over weekend

By Justin Reash Community Editor

Three separate assaults occurred Sunday.

Around 1:20 a.m. a female student walked outside during a party at 521 S. Poplar St. and was suddenly attacked by an unknown male. He used her purse strap to choke her and hit her in the face.

He proceeded to command her to be quiet and dragged her to a nearby field 20 yards away.

Before he could inflict any more harm on her, he was startled by a moving deer and fled. She obtained contusions and abrasions on her forehead. Oxford police are currently looking into one person of interest.

Later that night around 2:35 a.m. officers responded to a

reported assault in the alleyway between Mac and Joe’s Restaurant and Saloon and CJ’s Bar. They met with the victim outside of Brick Street Bar and Grill and noticed he had a bloodied lip.

The victim said after he left MIA Bar he walked north through the alley towards High Street when three men jumped him.

The victim said the men claimed they were members of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and were attacking him because the male was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. The victim had his head pounded into the ground and then the three men fled. The Oxford Police Department currently has one suspect.

ASSAULT, SEE PAGE 8

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Editors Noëlle Bernard ORIANA PAWLYK

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

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PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

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Foxconn factories grossly Affirmative action initiative inappropriate violate rights of workers fix for veterans, people with disabilities The following pieces, written by the editorial editors, reflect the majority opinion of the editorial board.

This week, an old piece of legislation regarding affirmative action returned to the limelight. The amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 proposes a 7 percent quota of applicants who have disabilities in employment pools and has implications to benefit veterans in the job search process.

If passed, the order would force employers to search other available jobs for veterans if they are not qualified for the one they apply for.

This initiative seems to negatively affect the affirmative action process, as specific and regulative quotas do not benefit employers when selecting applicants.

The Miami Student editorial board does not find it appropriate to force employers to regulate their applicant pools by requiring

Employers and companies should hold a standard of looking into other jobs for all qualified applicants without being required by law.

7 percent of applicant pools to be persons with disabilities, or by searching their companies for another job for a veteran if he or she is unqualified for the job they apply for.

We fully support our returning veterans and respect those individuals coping with disabilities, but feel that this initiative goes against the spirit of the actual executive order.

Companies and employers should hold a standard of looking into other jobs for all qualified applicants

without being required by law.

Furthermore, we believe that this is a half-hearted, somewhat political attempt to support people with disabilities and veterans.

Specifically designed job search initiatives, career centers, as well as housing and medical care programs would better serve people with disabilities and veterans.

Everyone deserves an equal chance to obtain a job, and employers also deserve equal access to all applicants, without the restraints of quotas or mandated initiatives.

Students should keep their eyes on the road, not on their cell phones AAA launched a campaign in Butler County to discourage texting while driving, hoping to spread the message throughout Ohio. This campaign began when House Bill 99 passed in the Ohio House of Representatives in June 2011 and is currently in the Ohio Senate Highways and Transportation Committee.

The bill prohibits driving a vehicle while writing, sending or reading a text and requires driver education courses to include instruction in the dangers of texting while driving. The two billboards AAA has already set up in Butler County have simple messages.

One is written in texting language saying, “DNT TXT & DRVE” and another simply states, “Don’t look

at me, look at the road.”

Several communities in Ohio, along with many other states, have already taken action against texting and driving, including the city of Columbus, which enforces a ban on using a cell phone while driving.

With reports that texting is more harmful than driving while under the influence of alcohol, AAA will soon begin producing public service announcements for radio.

The editorial board of The Miami Student commends AAA in its effort and campaign to eliminate texting and driving. But while this is an admirable effort on the part of AAA, the sole purpose of the campaign is to eliminate distracted drivers from the road. Billboards tend to catch our eye and

reading the message on one may itself also be a distraction. If the bill does pass in the Senate, the editorial board is concerned that it will be difficult to enforce. The board believes Ohio should follow the lead of other states and ban talking on cell phones all together while driving.

We as students are guilty of sending a quick text or updating our Twitter from our smartphones instead of giving the road our full attention. In our social media obsessed world, it is hard not to tear our attention away from our phones. But for our safety and the safety of others, we should put down our phones while driving or take a second to simply look both ways before crossing the street.

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I find it despicable that somehow Mr. Watkins thinks that everything seems to be only a little bit less than normal in the Foxconn factories.

When you examine the opinions he has proposed, he says that the factories actually provide stronger income, expanded women’s earning power and a place to work “inside” in opposition to workers’ power.

Unlike Mr. Watkins, I have followed the Foxconn factories for the past year or so. They abuse their workers and when they try to strike or protest, their union representatives are given money under the table to shut up and calm down the workers.

Many workers have committed suicide by jumping off the buildings where they work, so much that they had to install safety nets so the workers couldn’t kill themselves. The workers also do not get breaks for their 12-hour shifts that they work six to seven days a week.

He even goes on to say that the Fair LaborAssociation can give a good answer to how bad things are. Yet, if he had done his research, he would have seen that major corporations such as Apple, Nike and Adidas fund the Fair Labor Association.

If someone gives you $1 million to inspect their factory, chances are you will not give them a bad report.

This shows not only a major lack of research done on the part of Mr. Watkins but also an attitude in America that needs to change, and honestly, the rest of the world as well: the attitude that all jobs are good and that is all we should fight for.

These jobs do not provide workers power or income. Why do we have to fight for jobs anymore? Why aren’t we fighting instead for good jobs, jobs that strongly support the

rights of the workers?

I know many students who are from poorer backgrounds and have to work two to three jobs while going to college full time in order to get by.

I know students who will not have jobs when they get out of college.

Many people might use the excuse, “Well, we are going into business and marketing and accounting and things that will give us a greater opportunity.” Yet what they don’t understand is that a factory worker builds their car, a construction worker builds their houses, schools and offices, a farmer grows their food, a truck driver brings their resources and laborers make up the majority of society.

When you anger workers, they strike. The solution is not to create more jobs. The solution is to assist the workers who are downtrodden.

This is something Mr. Watkins casts aside for the sake of good corporate operation, saying that Foxconn isn’t that bad.

They are bad. They are terrible.

They caused people to commit suicide. They treated their workers terribly. They were greedy, selfish and did not care about the workers in the factory.

This isn’t a lone problem. This happens in America and Ohio as well. In the end, you can ignore the problem all you want, but remember who teaches your children. Remember who fixes your roads. Remember who makes your suit and your iPods.

Remember who fixes your plumbing and your electricity. Remember who builds your buildings, pumps your gas and puts your food on the table.

It sure isn’t the CEOs of those corporations.

Dan Volkman

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Rule of Thumb CAC booking The Fray We cannot wait to be ‘in over our heads’ at the spring concert!

Coach Coles’ hospital release We’re glad you’re home safely, coach!

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Kenneth Merten’s ambassador nomination Congrats to the Miami alum for being nominated by President Obama as the new Ambassador to Croatia!

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The classic fairytales of our childhood portray a ‘Grimm’ reality Popular ‘Blackface’ video is offensive to black community For many young children, fairy tales provide exciting journeys into a world of fantasy: lands of candy and cake, talking animals, fairy godmothers and frogs that transform into princes. Little girls in red capes skip innocently through forests and ultimately, goodness and kindness wins over evil. Everyone lives happily ever after.

However, in the original Germanic folktales, there are very few little girls in red capes. Well, there’s one, but she gets eaten.

In the 1800s, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, commonly known as “The Brothers Grimm,” set out on a mission to preserve their Germanic heritage through the compilation of classic folktales for children. This was the first real attempt to preserve many of the stories we know today.

Before they were written down, the survival of these tales through the ages depended merely on oral recitation; they were told and retold from generation to generation.

Their first book, Children and Household Tales, was published in 1812 and contained 86 German fairy tales, all edited by the brothers. Six more editions were compiled in their lifetime, with over 200 stories published.

The work of the Grimm brothers provide the basis for many of the modern tales we recognize today: “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” “Snow-White,” “Rumpelstiltskin” and countless others.

However, the original works and adaptations in the Grimm collection are far more violent, frightening and grotesque than their modern counterparts.

In “Snow White,” the evil stepmother is forced to dance in redhot iron shoes until she falls down dead, and in “The Goose Maid,” a treacherous servant is stripped, thrown into a barrel studded with sharp nails and dragged through

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Shielding a child from fully understanding the dangers of the world can ultimately hurt rather than help them; happily ever after is never guaranteed. It is nice to read stories where good triumphs over evil and little girls with red capes skip happily to and from grandma’s house. In real life though, as the Grimm stories show, sometimes the ending is not so nice. the streets.

Based on its inclusion of raw violence and “uncivilized content,” many protective parents, religious figures and teachers rejected the Grimm collection after its publication. With this public in mind, the Grimm brothers softened and refined the tales into stories more like the ones we know today: cruel mothers transformed into stepmothers and the princess kissed the frog instead of smashing him into a wall.

Almost two hundred years later, the influence of The Brothers Grimm still permeates popular culture. There are numerous Disney versions of the folktales and a multitude of television shows.

Yet adaptations with sappy, happy endings seem to mask what could be important life lessons of the original stories.

Originally, folkloric tales had been designed as teaching tools, attempts through allegory and symbols to warn children about the dangers they might face in the world. Even if it was harsh, preparing children for life’s challenges was important.

A July 2011 article in The Atlantic identifies research suggesting that parents today are increasingly emphasizing to their children that they are entitled to a perfect life and immune from the challenges of the world. While it is important to nurture children, the article argues that too much nurturing can create extreme feelings of depression and anxiety when

life disappoints.

Extremely overprotective parents and the security they provide can limit the ability of young adults to make independent decisions in life.

It is natural for parents to want to protect their children from the dangers of the world, particularly pain, disappointment, rejection and failure.

Nonetheless, there is a difference between keeping children safe and neglecting to educate them on the realities of the world. A child should not be so scared that they never want to leave the house and of course it is a parent’s responsibility to filter hurtful things. However, it is also their responsibility to adequately prepare a child to be an aware, accountable adult.

The original Grimm stories are not necessarily appropriate for young children. Equipping a child with skills to succeed in life doesn’t mean exposing them to horrific, depressing stories.

Still, shielding a child from fully understanding the dangers of the world can ultimately hurt rather than help them; happily ever after is never guaranteed.

It is nice to read stories where good triumphs over evil and little girls with red capes skip happily to and from grandma’s house. In real life though, as the Grimm stories show, sometimes the ending is not so nice.

Life is hard, and sometimes you are going to have to pay the piper. Literally.

As Black History Month winds down, one must reflect on the visuals that have been cast throughout the month. With the deaths of Etta James, Don Cornelius and Whitney Houston, the black community lost pioneers from the entertainment world. As we celebrate the accomplishments of these legends, other recent spectacles have risen that should be frowned upon.

I recently watched a YouTube video about Brigham Young University (BYU) and their knowledge, or lack thereof, of Black History Month. What is labeled as a, “Black History Month Comedy” is actually a disgrace. The video shows stand up comic David Ackerman dressed in blackface walking around campus interviewing students about what they know about Black History Month. The responses were appalling and disgraceful, along with Ackerman dressed in blackface.

While the point Ackerman is trying to make about black awareness is understandable, it is also important to understand the moral background of dressing in blackface. There is much to be learned about the sensitivity needed when addressing race related issues and dressing in blackface is one of them.

Blackface was used for many years in the early 19th century for the enjoyment of white viewers in a way that was not positive. Blackface was a way to show exaggeration of black characteristics as well as ridiculing the race as a whole, and for this sole purpose I see the concept as ill-judged. Blackface in the 20th century is not only showing the insensitivity to the racial oppression and misconception that blacks have been faced with for decades, but also casts a dark shadow on present American culture.

The content of theAckerman video was shameful for the BYU students.

With only 14 percent of its campus population considered minorities, only 176 students at BYU are black.

Throughout the video multiple students proclaim false dates of when Black History Month is celebrated, as well as say they celebrate with fried chicken and grape drink.

The most appalling part of the video is not that actual black students who are interviewed didn’t know much about their own culture. I was most appalled by the response of girls who said a black guy acting white is more classy than a white guy acting black. It is demeaning to say that black guys who act white are classy, and the overwhelming response to people’s comments on the video were unsettling.

As the video made its way around Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, I laughed and was appalled at some of the commentary. One of the most interesting comments came from an acquaintance that blew me away.

“Why should there even be a black history month? We don’t have a ‘White History Month?’”

Although I do believe that black history is American history and there are more progressive ways to recognize it, the discerning bias against having a Black History Month at all was alarming to me.

While I am expected to have common knowledge of when Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein made a creation, I am not equally required to know about the advancements and achievements of my own heritage and race, and that is upsetting.

Black history is just as important as any other common knowledge history that we are required to know.

Until that is recognized, we as a race can never be seen as progressively equal because our contributions to American culture are not seen as such.

We have come a long way in our journey but spectacles such as Ackerman’s video have proven to us that we still have a long way to go.

Here’s a link if you want to watch the video yourself: http://youtube/ XGeMy-6hnr0.

Presidents’ Day diminishes legacy and importance of nation’s leaders

Presidents’ Day, celebrated on the third Monday of February, originally began in the late 1800s, when Congress declared Feb. 22 a federal holiday and named it “George Washington’s Birthday.”

Later many states celebrated Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12. In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill to move federal holidays to Mondays, which would make for convenient long weekends. Eventually, Presidents’ Day combined the celebration of both presidents and included all presidents.

I think the inclusive title of Presidents’ Day dilutes the contributions of Washington and Lincoln. I do not think it is necessary to celebrate each birthday separately, but instead to make ‘Presidents’ Day’ exclusively named for Washington and Lincoln. The general name of Presidents’ Day not only dilutes their contributions but also discourages learning about their individual contributions and acknowledging their importance. Imagine if Martin Luther King Jr. Day simply became Civil Rights Leaders’ Day. Wouldn’t that disrespect and diminish

Dr. King’s contributions?

Washington and Lincoln are distinct because they exhibited true leadership and an understanding of America’s potential. There are numerous attributes to revere about these presidents, but I will focus on their leadership and their founding of American principles.

A good leader is competent, forward-looking and has a sense of self-awareness. Ron Chernow, author of a biography of President Washington which won the Pulitzer Prize last year, described Washington’s life, shows “the importance of clarity of vision, of tenacity of purpose and character and how much can be accomplished in life if you keep your sights set on your ultimate goals.”

This sums up the qualities of a great leader. Chernow also writes that although Washington had a temper, he mastered self-restraint and exercised power wisely, which shows Washington’s selfawareness and intelligence.

What I admire most is Washington’s integrity. His actions matched his values. His integrity is imprinted on the foundation of

The exceptional leadership, dedication and vision of both Washington and Lincoln enabled the American experiment to endure and flourish and we should recognize this by having a day honoring each of them, reminding us that this experiment is still running.

America and contributes to what makes America unique. Washington believed in and recognized the importance of the idea of natural law that no man has the right to rule over another without the subject’s consent and wrote, “the power under the Constitution will always be in the people.” He acted on this value and refused to become king after the Revolutionary War. This was exceptional indeed.

Throughout history, it seems that no leader ever willingly gave up power. Napoleon Bonaparte became “First Consul” of the French Republic, only to crown himself Emperor five years later.

In China, during the 1911 Uprising and the attempt to establish a republic, Sun Yat-sen offered a provisional presidency to Yuan

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Shikai as long as he promised to implement democracy. But in the end, Yuan began a dictatorship.

Not only did Washington refuse to become king, he also stepped down from the presidency after two terms, setting a precedent for future presidents.

On March 15, 1783, Washington’s army was gathered and angered that they were not yet compensated for their military service. Washington spoke to them and urged them not to act rashly and violently. In his speech, he revealed his vision of America’s importance, potential and future place in history.

America was the great experiment for mankind an experiment which tested whether a free people can successfully govern themselves. If violence occurred

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among them, the principles that they fought for in the Revolutionary War would be destroyed, and the world would see the American ambition for freedom proven impossible.

Lincoln exhibited the same qualities of leadership and the same vision for America. The eloquent and succinct Gettysburg Address reveals his vision and ‘tenacity of purpose’: “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

The exceptional leadership, dedication and vision of both Washington and Lincoln enabled the American experiment to endure and flourish and we should recognize this by having a day honoring each of them, reminding us that this experiment is still running. We cannot let a government of, by and for the people, natural law or individual liberty perish from the earth.

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breaking barriers: a part of miami sports history In sports, the idea of breaking barriers is synonymous with success.

When Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile mark, he proved that one would not die from exhaustion after that kind of physical effort. Babe Didrickson showed how capable women were in sports, excelling at everything from golf to track and field. She has been called the, “9th Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century” by the Associated Press. But one of the toughest barriers to break in sports is the color barrier.

Those who broke down the barriers of race in sports, such as Jackie Robinson in Major League Baseball, Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton in the NBA and Kenny Washington in the NFL are often celebrated, especially during Black History Month. But the question of “who broke the color barrier at Miami University?” would leave all but the most ardent Miami historians stumped.

The answer is Don Barnette ’56, who came to Miami in 1952 from nearby Middletown, Ohio and became the first African-American athlete to wear the Red and White as a member of the men’s basketball team. He played on Miami’s 1954-55 Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship team and was named to the all-MAC team while earning an all-American honorable mention during the 1955-56 season, his final year.

In a school with a long history of basketball prowess, it may be easy to take Mr. Barnette’s success for granted. But at the time of his arrival in Oxford, many schools still would not admit African-American athletes, let alone allow them to play sports.

The Texas Western College basketball team, depicted in the movie Glory Road, gained fame for being the first team to win a national championship with five African-American starters in 1966. And Adolph Rupp, the head coach at the University of

Kentucky, which lost to Texas Western in the championship, did not even recruit an African-American player until 1969 when he signed Tom Payne, fourteen years after our own Barnette had graduated.

I might be remiss if I wrote about sports but failed to mention Jeremy Lin, who happens to be the hottest topic in the sporting world right now.

Lin has recently become a household name because of his play and because of the New York media, but also because of his race. As an Asian-American, he was not expected to succeed in basketball, and many scouts passed him by simply because they had no one of his race to compare him to.

Two ESPN employees even resorted to racial slurs to describe “Linsanity” and have since been fired.

But while this was certainly reprehensible, it is only a small part of what Barnette and other AfricanAmerican athletes had to endure back when integration was a swear word in many communities.

Civil Rights struggles are often just topics in a history class, but Barnette dealt with them first-hand.

Many times, he was not allowed to stay with the team during away games or he was forced to sit on the bench during a game lest he incite a riot at a visiting campus by playing.

But he overcame these cultural hurdles while competing through taunts, jeers and other forms of racism that could have felled lesser men.

Barnette went on to play for the Harlem Globetrotters for four years where he was known as the “Dribbling Wizard,” and was elected to the Miami athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.

He also paved the way for RedHawk greats such as Ron Harper, Wayne Embry and Head Coach Charlie Coles. And his contributions as a pioneer at Miami should not be so easily forgotten.

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(From left) Stacy Clagg, Bekka Westrick, Maddie Kete and Leah Thorton celebrate after tying for first place in the 200-meter medley relay at the MAC Championships in Akron, Ohio Friday.

RedHawks sweep OSU

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Ohio State University’s Nick Odo can only watch as Miami University redshirt senior forward Patrick Tiesling chases down the puck during Friday’s game. Tiesling was one of 10 seniors honored as a part of senior night.

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The Miami University RedHawks swept the Ohio State University (OSU) Buckeyes with a 3-0 win on senior night at the Goggin Ice Center and a 5-1 win in Columbus, Ohio. With the sweep the team moved into fourth place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and earned a first round bye in the CCHA tournament as well as home ice during their second round match-up against Michigan State University (MSU).

“Any senior class is special for any team, but this class has put Miami hockey in a good spot,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “One of our key statements in our Brotherhood document is to leave it better than you found it and this senior class has been through a lot, some highs and some lows. But they’ve done it with class and with effort and love of Miami and love of their teammates. You can’t ask for anything more than that.”

Senior goaltender Connor Knapp continued his stellar play with another great series against OSU. He finished the series with 50 saves and only one goal allowed, which came on an OSU 5-3 power play. His shutout on Senior Night gave him 12 career shutouts, which ties the

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and you want your team playing well.” Blasi said. “We’ve probably played some of our best hockey the past few weeks.”

With the pair of victories, the ’Hawks jumped into a tie for eighth in the PairWise Rankings, which reflect the process of determining who gets into the NCAA Tournament. That would put the RedHawks right on the edge of getting a No. 2 seed in the 16-team tournament.

MSU is currently in a tie for 11th in the PairWise.

The RedHawks enter the CCHA Tournament as the No. 4 seed and will have next weekend off. The team will then host the No. 5 seed Spartans at Goggin. The RedHawks swept MSU in East Lansing, Mich. earlier in the season.

“We had a tough battle up there in East Lansing,” Blasi said. “They’re playing well right now and have been all year. Our focus will be to prepare well and be ready to play our best hockey.”

The best of three series will be played March 9-11 in Oxford.

The Miami Student will live blog the three-game series against Michigan State University. RedHawk fans can keep up with the action online at www.miamistudent.net.

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school record. Fellow senior goaltender Cody Reichard shares the record with Knapp. In his past five starts, Knapp has yet to allow an evenstrength goal.

“It’s a nice accomplishment for both of us but you’re not worried about shutouts,” Knapp said. “The biggest thing at this point in the season is the wins, so I’m just happy to get the win tonight.”

Junior forward Reilly Smith had two great games; he scored twice in the first game and had another goal as well as three assists in the second.

His goal in the first game tied the single-season record for game-winning goals. He now has a CCHA-leading 26 goals this year.

“Reilly’s one of those special players that finds ways to get open, finds ways to hang onto the puck and make plays,” Blasi said. “He’s one of those guys that we need in order to move on and continue to play well.”

Freshman forwards Jimmy Mullin and Austin Czarnik also had stellar weekend performances. Mullin had two assists in both games and added a goal in the second. Both he and Czarnik set career highs for points in a game with three each.

Czarnik had an assist in the first game and then had two goals and an assist in the second for his first career multi-goal game.

“I think it’s a fun time of the year

In a clash between two MidAmerican Conference (MAC) East Division titans, the Miami University women’s basketball team (20-8, 10-5 MAC) was unable to overcome a plethora of fouls and fell to Bowling Green State University (BGSU) 64-55 Saturday.

Despite out-shooting BGSU from the floor, 38.5 percent to 34.1 percent, the RedHawks sent the Falcons to the free throw line 41 times where Bowling Green (23-5, 13-2 MAC) capitalized by hitting 34 of those attempts.

“Our defense was good except for the fouling,” head coach Maria Fantanarosa said. “We just fouled them way too many times and that was the difference.”

Junior guard Courtney Osborn led the scoring attack for the ’Hawks, pouring in 21 points, 19 of which came in the second half.

Junior forward, Kirsten Olowinski added 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for her third straight double-double, as well as the 29th of her career. Miami also received contributions from senior Rachel Hencke, who came off the bench to score 13 points. The ’Hawks, however, were without starting sophomore

guard Hannah Robertson who had been averaging 9.9 points per game while also providing a spark on the defensive end.

“In a physical game like this, being able to drive the lane is crucial and Hannah is one of our best drivers,” Fantanarosa said. “We missed her tonight but we also need that extra inch from everyone on the team.”

Both teams got off to a slow start in the first half as the Falcons led 13-11 after 10 minutes of play. While Miami held the rebounding advantage for the first half, the ’Hawks were plagued by nine turnovers, which led to 10 BGSU points.

Despite shooting just over 30 percent in the first half, the RedHawks were still in the game at halftime, down only 26-18.

Fouls and turnovers began to get the best of the RedHawks as Bowling Green was able to push its lead to 50-35 with just 6:01 remaining.

But Miami still had some fight in it as Osborn and Olowinski teamed up to score 14 of the ’Hawks’ next 16 points, bringing the BGSU advantage down to 58-51 at the 1:27 mark.

That was as close at it would get though as the Falcons pulled away en route to their 14th home victory of the season.

“We need to be more aggressive throughout the entire game rather

than just when we’re down,” Olowinski said. “What we need to do now is focus on getting back to our game, not fouling and seeing what that creates.”

The RedHawks return home to Millett Hall for their final game of the season to face the Ohio University Bobcats in the “Battle of the Bricks” at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The last time these two teams met in Athens, Ohio, Miami came away with a 67-47 victory to cap a 10-game winning streak.

Tuesday’s contest will be the final game in Oxford for three RedHawk seniors: Hencke, forward Lillian Pitts and guard Maggie Boyer. The team will honor them prior to the game as a part of senior night.

“For the seniors, they just want to get a win and they don’t want to make it about them,” Fantanarosa said. “And every player on our team wants to win but also play well for the seniors in their last game at home.”

Having secured the fourth seed in the MAC Tournament, Miami is scheduled to play its quarterfinal game at noon Thursday, March 8 in Cleveland. Tickets are still on sale as the ’Hawks look to add another banner to the rafters and grab their first MAC championship since the 2007-2008 season.