March 5, 2013 | The Miami Student

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VOLUME 140 NO. 43 TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

In 1929, The Miami Student reported that Miss Hamilton, dean of women had sent letters to each of the Oxford restaurant proprietors urging them for cooperation in maintaining “high standards of dignity and conduct among students.” The letter concluded that the college would create a list of restaurants “who are interested, not alone in the food and drink they sell, but also in the conditions of the dignity and good taste which prevail in their places.”

Women’s swimming and diving captures MAC title

BY CONOR SEMPLE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University women’s swimming and diving team captured its 17th Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship in a dominant performance. It is the team’s first MAC title since 2009.

“It was our goal all year to win a MAC championship,” Women’s Head Coach David Jennings said.

“It was kind of the thing that kept us going all year and I think our team is very satisfied with the results from this weekend.”

The RedHawks won despite not taking first place in any of the 20 events. It is the first time a team has won the MAC title doing so.

“I really feel like our depth made the difference this weekend,” Jennings said. “Throughout the 13 swimming events and the diving competitions, our girls were very consistent with getting high scores which ended up helping our team out a lot in the end.”

The team’s 621 overall score gave it a comfortable 116 point margin over second place.

The RedHawks got off to a fast start and never looked back,

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as Bekka Westrick, Maegan O’Connor and Leah Thornton provided key senior leadership to guide their team to victory.

Westrick and Thornton finished in second place along with senior Maddie Kete and junior Nicole Wagner in the 200m relay and O’Connor grabbed a fourth place finish in the 100m butterfly.

“It just really shows our guts,” Thornton said. “We stuck to what we wanted to do all season which is do what we’ve always done and it’s very satisfying to see us come through with it in the end… It is hard to believe that it is all over, but it definitely feels good to get sent off on a note like that.”

Other notable finishers were freshman Aubrey Kluth, sophomore Courtney Collett and junior diver Nikki Craft. Kluth placed fourth in the 400 individual medley, Collett finished sixth in the 200 freestyle and junior Nikki Craft took home fourth in the three-meter board with a score of 331.9.

Rival Ohio University took home second place with 505 points, while Bowling Green State University finished third.

The University of Toledo, the

defending conference champions, finished in the middle of the pack in sixth place.

The team closes an impressive season having not lost a meet since its season opener against Purdue University. The ’Hawks also recorded a perfect 6-0 conference record.

Several individuals took home awards to cap off the season.

Westrick ended up getting firstteam All-MAC honors, while Thornton, O’Connor, Collett, Kluth and Wagner received secondteam All-MAC honors.

“It is definitely neat to get those individual awards and it makes us that much more special,” Thornton said.

Coach Jennings commended the senior talent.

“The seniors have really done an excellent job all year of leading this team,” Jennings said “They really worked hard and deserved this.”

Although sad to see the seniors go, Jennings is still very confident heading into next year. With the current members of the team plus the talent coming in next year, he thinks they still have a good chance to repeat as MAC champs.

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The Miami University women’s swimming and diving team earned its 17th MAC championship title Saturday.

Note to our readers: Every spring leadership of The Miami Student changes hands. This marks the last issue with Lauren Ceronie as Editor in Chief. Starting March 19, Hannah Stein will be Editor in Chief. This is also the final issue for Sarah Sidlow as News Editor, Allison McGillivray and Katie Taylor as Campus Editors, Olivia Hnat as Community Editor, Rachel Sacks as Editorial Editor, and Reid Groth as Managing Editor.

Synchronized team ties US figure skating record

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The Miami collegiate synchronized skating team earned its ninth straight national title Saturday. It is the program’s 15th national title in its 17-year history.

BY ALYSSA ZEDIKER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University collegiate synchronized skating team took home its ninth straight national title, which ties the U.S. figure skating record. It is the program’s 15th national title in the 17 years Miami has had a collegiate team.

“The collegiate team here at Miami has something really special, and we have this legacy or dynasty within U.S. figure skating, and for next year I am just ready to claim the title as our own,” collegiate and junior skater, sophomore Jennifer Stewart said. “Each year we are stepping up and showing the world how incredible this program really is.”

The collegiate team’s Rock ‘N’ Roll themed show amassed a 92.26 score for a RedHawk victory, which beat out second place by 8.51 points. The team also extended its winning streak to 11 first-place finishes, which began at the start of the 2010-11 season.

“Afterwards, when we heard our results, it was that final exclamation point on the season,” Stewart said.

“It made this season so incredible and this team such a strong force.”

The senior and junior teams also performed well, with the senior team earning a berth to the World Competition held in Boston Mass., after it earned a second place finish from its Nationals performances.

The Professional Figure Skaters Association also awarded the team’s short program.

“The senior team took the ice and they took it to win and both their programs were really fast and energetic, and they were really in the zone,” Head Coach Carla DeGirolamo said.

The Redhawks’ senior team was the last to perform Saturday evening and finished with a total combined score of 191.28. They greatly improved upon their previous seasonbest 148.33 score, giving them a 42.95 point improvement over the past month.

“Being in top form at the National Championship is crucial to qualify for the World Championship, but there is definitely more that we can do to grow, so I am excited to see where the next four weeks will take us and where we will wind up in the end,” DeGirolamo said.

They will be joined at the World Competition by fellow U.S. team the Haydenettes, who placed first at the Nationals Competition with a combined score of 206.33.

The junior team finished Friday following its long program and placed sixth overall in a field of 12.

The level at which the RedHawks competed earned them the opportunity to return to the international stage next season by earning a team USA bid.

“Getting our team USA bid back is very cool and it is something that we can do for the skaters that are coming to Miami,” Stewart said.

The team’s combined score for the competition was 132.40 and it also placed sixth for its short program with 46.12 points. Both scores were season-bests for the junior team, which earned 8.37 more points on top of its combined score from the Junior World Qualifier.

“We went in with the intention to just dominate the entire competition, and coming away from it now I feel like we did just that,” Stewart said.

“We really closed out our season in the perfect way.”

Brotherhood barrels Buckeyes to clinch final CCHA regular season title

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

It took all 28 matches of Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) play, but when all was said and done, the Miami University men’s hockey team was at the top of the standings with 59 points. It can now be said that in its final season of existence, the RedHawks were CCHA regular season champions.

Miami needed just one win to seal the first place finish, but Friday night proved tough. Nine RedHawks compiled 30 shots on goal, but it was not enough to find a way past senior goaltender Brady Hjelle, who earned a shutout in Ohio State’s 3-0 win.

As the rematch came into focus, it had all the earmarks of a classic.

Miami needed a victory to assure the regular season title, and the last regular season game in CCHA game to ever be played at Goggin Ice Center was also Miami’s senior night.

The elder RedHawks wasted no time making their presence felt, as senior forward Curtis McKenzie struck just 10 seconds into the first power play of the night.

“We weren’t too happy about last night’s power play,” McKenzie said of Friday’s 0-for-4 man-advantage efforts on Friday. “We just had to refocus tonight. Right away we got the opportunity to get the puck in front of the net, and we had to capitalize on it. It was nice getting one behind the goalie tonight right away.”

CCHA leading scorer Riley Barber added to his team’s lead halfway through the second period on a 4-on-4 chance as the freshman phenom danced his way through a pair of OSU defensemen.

“That was such a pretty goal,” McKenzie said, shaking his head as he recalled Barber’s strike. “I was going crazy in the penalty box.”

The Buckeyes wouldn’t go quietly however, as just minutes into

the third period they were handed a 5-on-3 power play opportunity off of freshman forward Sean Kuraly’s major penalty. The RedHawks killed the penalty off to thunderous applause, after which sophomore forward Blake Coleman intercepted a pass and capitalized on the turnover, giving his team a commanding 3-0 lead.

That trophy is forever ours now. It is a special, special win.”

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Sophomore forward Cody Murphy would buried a laser of a shot with just under five minutes remaining in the game to seal the game.

The Buckeyes scored twice as the clock ticked away, but it wouldn’t matter. When the dust settled, Miami

had earned its fourth CCHA regular season championship banner.

“Ohio State played great all weekend,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said.

“It feels good to win a championship, and obviously it’s a big deal. I’ve said it before that the regular season championship is a difficult one to win because you have to be good consistently for six months … if you’re fortunate enough to be in position to win one it’s pretty amazing.”

This is Blasi’s third league crown, and his first since the 2009-10 season. Being at the helm of such a young team, this one might have a special spot in the head coach’s heart.

“As far as this team is concerned, I don’t think anyone would have picked them to do anything,” Blasi said. “For them to set themselves up at the beginning of the year to just go out and play and have fun for each other, I’m so proud of them and the way they’ve conducted themselves.

That’s season one, and now we’re

getting ready for season two.”

As far as the players are concerned, this is just the beginning – and it all started with the mindset in the Miami locker room. At the beginning of the year, the team bought into the system that the coaching staff put in place, and it’s paying dividends now.

But as Blasi is fond of reminding his team, there’s a lot of hockey left to be played. The concept of The Brotherhood is alive and well in Oxford, and that’s what makes the team so special in the eyes of its players.

“That’s why we play so hard for each other,” Barber said. “All of us just love each other so much. It’s kind of cliché to say you love your brother but it really is true.”

Miami will have two weeks of practice before its second round entry in the CCHA tournament, thanks to a first round bye. The best of three series will be held March 15-17 at the Goggin Ice Center, against a yet-tobe-determined opponent.

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5 slates file petitons for student body presidential, vice presidential positions

BY VICTORIA SLATER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Five slates will vie for next year’s student body presidential and vice presidential positions for the next three weeks.

Each slate, which includes a presidential candidate and his or her running mate, submitted petitions for positions Feb. 22. The student body will vote for each slate March 27 through March 28. The following lists each slate’s background information, involvement and platform stances. Tickets are listed in alphabetical order.

Presidential Candidate Anik Chaudhry and Vice Presidential Candidate Ben Cederoth Background Information: Chaudhry is a first-year information systems and analytics major. Cederoth is a first-year accounting major.

Involvement: Chaudhry competes on Miami’s policy debate time and won the Ohio State Championship for Lincoln Douglas Debate, which involves talking about governmental policies. He is a member of Dorsey Hall community council, serving as a corridor and community service representative. Cederoth is a corridor representative in Dorsey Hall.

Platform: Chaudhry and Cederoth believe that student engagement is lacking across campus. They

plan on expanding the government in playing a bigger role in the daily lives of students on campus.

In addition, the two contend that there are many day-to-day issues that can easily be fixed through simple improvement of technology. Chaudhry said that there many open source sections of software that can notify students when a bus is nearby or tell one how long the wait is for Miami Door-to-Door so he or she can know whether or not to make a reservation.

“We believe that implementing these systems into Miami University at a low cost will improve the daily

lives of students,” Chaudry said.

Chaudhry and Cederoth hope to increase their experience throughout the campaigning process.

“There has been concern in regards to my experience and ability to lead because I’m a first-year,” Chaudhry said. “The only justifiable concern that has been voiced in regards to running for student body president is that I do not have as wide a range of contacts as other candidates. Connections are formed through personal contact with the various groups on campus, which is what I am doing throughout the campaigning process.”

Presidential Candidate Calvin Davis and Vice Presidential Candidate Brooke Shirley Background Information: Davis is a junior marketing major.

Shirley is a junior triple majoring in political science, black world studies and sports studies for the pre-law program.

Involvement: Davis is the current president for Miami’s National Pan-Hellenic Council and is an offcampus senator for ASG. In ASG, he participates in the funding and audit committees and is a member of the Oxford Tenant’s Organization.

He has served as secretary of the NHPC and secretary and treasurer of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

Shirley is president of the Miami University Gospel Singers and is press and publicity chair for the Miami chapter NAACP. Platform: Davis and Shirley said they believe real change will take place only if the campus can come together as whole.

“We are asking students to dare to believe in themselves, and to realize that they have the ability to create change in this community,” Davis said.

Davis explained that his platform is advocating an increase in safety on campus, which includes passing the

Medical Amnesty Bill.

“We feel like the safety of the students on campus is something that everyone can rally behind,” he said. “[Medical Amnesty] passed in ASG but the entire campus needs to be aware and support this program if we expect the administration to listen so we don’t continue to punish people who make the right moral decision, no matter the situation.”

In addition, Davis and Shirley are campaigning for reevaluation of the Door-to-Door system, which may include adding a second bus or supplementing it with a student-run system.

Presidential Candidate Forrest McGuire and Vice Presidential Candidate Lot Kwarteng Background Information: McGuire is a senior management and leadership major. Kwarteng is a junior political science and entrepreneurship major.

Involvement: McGuire is the president of the Havighurst Community Council, and current chief of staff for ASG. He has served at president of Chi Psi fraternity. As chief of staff, McGuire has co-authored legislation such as the Medical Amnesty Bill, attended Student Affair Council meetings, interviewed students for the student trustee position and appointed nearly 100 undergraduates to various university committees. He is also an active member of the Academic Policy Committee. Kwarteng is a current Student Trustee, a

member of the Academic Advising Council, and is a member of the Professional Development Faculty Learning Community.

Platform: McGuire and Kwarteng’s platform is founded upon the catchphrase “It’s Your Degree, Take Ownership of It.” “The phrase invokes a sense of ownership and pride that we want students to posses,” McGuire said.

“In essence we are asking students to demand more out of their Miami experience.”

Their platform includes support for the medical amnesty legislation, which they argue will increase student safety overall. They will also push for the enhancement of academic advising, with encompasses

the release of more digital DARS and a website that will provide a one-stop shop for all academic resources. Additionally, they want to increase professional development in the College of Arts and Sciences by collaborating with faculty, career services and other university entities to ensure that students develop the necessary skills needed to thrive in the labor market.

McGuire urged students to consider what is best for Miami’s future when voting this election.

“When students consider their options for student body president and vice-president we want them to think about which candidates are best able to represent them in the formation of policies that will define Miami,” he said.

Presidential Candidate Charlie Schreiber and Vice Presidential Candidate Courtney Bernard Background Information: Schreiber is a junior political science major with a history minor. Bernard is a senior journalism and strategic communications double major.

Involvement: Schreiber is involved in Men’s Glee Club and holds the position of public relations chair for Pi Kappa Phi. Bernard is a tour guide for the Office of Admissions and an undergraduate assistant for COM 143: Introduction to Media.

She is vice president of intellectual development for her sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, and has held that position for three years. In addition, she is

VP of fundraising and philanthropy for Miami University’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).

Platform: Schreiber said that his and Bernard’s platform is based on four S’s.

“Our stances revolve around scholarship, social, safety and sustainability,” he said.

Additionally, he and Bernard believe it is important to continue the agenda of the past and see value in creating new policies. They plan to make first-year advising and the Resident Assistant Program more

student-centered with a greater focus on health and wellness. In addition, they hope to enhance the student advising process.

“I’m not a member of ASG, but I am able to bring fresh ideas to the table,” Schreiber said. “I am a close friend with the current and the past presidents of student senate, Peter Dougherty and Tom Kirkham, and I have been able to understand the workings and accomplishments of ASG. And as a member of so many different organizations, I am able to connect with the wide diversity of students on campus.”

Presidential Candidate Max Swartz and Vice Presidential Candidate Alexander Nixon Background Information: Swartz is a senior biochemistry and biological physics double major. Nixon is a senior diplomacy and global politics major with a history minor.

Involvement: Swartz conducts undergraduate research in the physics department, is a supplemental instructor for a CHM 142 course and is an off-campus senator for ASG. He has participated in Campus Activities Council since his freshman year and was a member of CAC’s Global Fusion Board. In addition, he was treasurer of Hillel: Association of Jewish Students. Nixon is president of the Miami Forensics Society and is a national junior representative to the

executive council of the National Forensics Association. He was treasurer for Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha honors fraternity and served on the finance committee for the scholar leader community.

Platform: Swartz and Nixon are advocating the idea that Miami is a total experience, and that not one student is wholly defined by the group he or she belongs to or is limited by the status quo. Three key issues they are campaigning: (1) Making course evaluations, which are public information, accessible online when registering for courses. (2) A longer period for online web drops from courses. (3) Community

service academic credit as part of the changing Miami Plan. In addition, Swartz said that he will be involved with the placement of the renovated Emergency Call Boxes.

“I am orchestrating a committee of undergraduates to offer input on the placement of the new Emergency Phone Kiosks being installed by IT Services and MUPD,” he said.

He emphasized that his involvement with ASG has inspired him to continue with student politics.

“The potential that ASG has to catalyze meaningful change is what has captured my interest in furthering my involvement in student government,” he said.

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Senior Brian Smith performs in the Brown Bag Recital Series in MacMillan Hall.

MU investigates student organization’s missing $1K

BY ALLISON MCGILLIVRAY CAMPUS EDITOR

The Miami University Police Department (MUPD) is investigating a report of $1,000 missing from an account belonging to a student organization, the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).

The organization’s treasurer allegedly did not deposit this money into the appropriate account, according to Vice President of Student Organizations Michael Trivelli.

Trivelli said he was contacted last semester by the organization’s president, Emily Williams.

Trivelli said Williams asked his help to locate $1,000 that was missing from the NAfME account.

After Trivelli and Williams investigated the situation, Williams and her advisor filed a report with the Miami University Police Department (MUPD) for theft of cash, check or gift cards totaling $1,000.

It is noted in the report that the treasurer at the time of the incident was in control of the money.

Junior Paul Corbin was the treasurer during the time that the money was reported as stolen.

Trivelli said Corbin said he resigned as the treasurer of NAfME due to time commitment issues at the end of last semester.

Trivelli said Corbin confessed to MUPD to taking the money and also issued a formal apology to the members of NAfME both in person and in the form of an email and said he would return the money to the NAfME the next day.

Chair of the Music Department Bruce Murray was able to confirm

that there was money missing from the NAfME account at one time and that the money had been returned. However, as a result of ongoing investigation he was not able to elaborate on the actions being taken in response.

“There was some money that went missing before it was deposited in the appropriate account,” Murray said. “And now stuff is happening in response to that.”

Corbin could not be reached for a statement by press time.

It is noted in the report that the report is closed and the case has been referred to the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR).

Chris Taylor, associated director of OESCR, said this incident would fall under part 104 of the Miami University Student Handbook, which refers to damage, theft or unauthorized use of property.

Taylor could not discuss the specifics of the case because of FERPA. Possible penalties of part 104 range from attending an ethics seminar, restitution, probation and suspension depending.

Trivelli and Associated Student Government (ASG) Treasurer Kyle Hees will also request Student Senate to approve a cause audit of NAfME on Tuesday.

If Senate approves the audit request, the Audit Committee will investigate NAfME and determine whether any penalty should be applied to the student organization.

“ASG as a whole and especially the audit committee just is very disappointed because we believe

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MUPD charges junior with sexual assault of roommate

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Junior Miami University student Brett Hatton was charged with gross sexual imposition, assault and unlawful restraint after allegedly taking drunken, sexually aggressive actions against his roommate.

Miami University Police officers were dispatched at 2:28 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 to Elliot Hall according to Lt. Ben Spilman.

The incident occurred between 2 and 2:20 a.m., according to Spilman, who said the resident advisor (RA) had contacted the police department and put a sergeant in contact with the victim. The sergeant interviewed the victim, who described what happened.

According to Spilman, Hatton came home around 2 a.m. and started throwing objects around the room and slamming his desk. The victim said he asked Hatton if everything was okay and got no response. Hatton allegedly grabbed the victim off the bed and started hugging him in a face-to-face manner, then threw him against his bed.

Spilman said this happened two times before Hatton went outside the room. He then returned and threw the victim against his bed a third time. Hatton held the victim against the bed, rubbed himself against the victim and made a suggestive comment. The victim was then able to

get away from Hatton and go to a friend’s room for help.

The victim indicated in the report that he is openly gay, but had never shown interest in Hatton, Spilman said.

“There’s no indication that hate or bias was a factor so [this crime is] not being investigated as any type of hate crime,” Spilman said.

The victim followed up with charges, according to Spilman.

“Gross sexual imposition is a fourth degree felony,” Spilman said. “[The suspect] can be sentenced to a year or more in prison. There’s typically a monetary fine involved.”

Assault is a first degree misdemeanor with consequences including up to six months in jail and up to $1,000 in fines, Spilman said, and unlawful restraint is a third degree misdemeanor with consequences including 30 to 60 days in jail and a lesser fine.

“If convicted on these charges, [there is the] possibility of jail time and fines as well,” Spilman said.

Hatton was in court Thursday, Feb. 28 for a preliminary hearing and the case was continued, Spilman said. He said he does not have details about why the continuance occurred or to what date the case was continued.

Gerry Olson, director of the Office of Residence Life, said incidents like this are confidential and declined to comment.

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POLICE City brick project begins Monday

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BY BRIDGET SIMPSON FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

If your daily path takes you down College Avenue, you may want to start looking for a new route.

Beginning March 11, College Avenue will be closed from Spring Street to High Street for construction. The brick road will be reconstructed and flattened. The bricks have shifted throughout the years, making the road high in the middle and low on either side.

Reconstruction of College Avenue will consist of the removal and reinstallation of the current brick, removal of hazardous trees, replacement of the curbs, gutters and sidewalks and the addition of handicap ramps.

College Avenue will be open again by the start of the fall semester, with construction scheduled end July 15.

According to Mike Dreisbach, service director of the Brick Rehabilitation Project, the estimated cost of the project is $500,000. The Ohio Public Works commission will front

$400,000 in aid.

While brick roads are more expensive to construct than asphalt roads, once they are in place, they require less maintenance, according to Alan Kyger, Oxford economic development director.

According to Douglas Elliott, city manager, an asphalt street needs to be resurfaced about every ten years, but College Avenue has not been worked on since its original construction, nearly 100 years ago.

Brick streets require less maintenance and the original bricks of College Avenue are still in great shape, according to Elliott. Elliott said they are in such good condition that, while a few cracked or chipped bricks will be replaced, for the most part original bricks will be used in the rehabilitation of College Avenue. The bricks just need to be repositioned.

Although the project will be efficient in the long term, in the meantime, the construction will cause some difficulties.

“From time to time, you do

have to maintain the roads, and it does cause some inconvenience,” Elliott said.

The Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC), located on College Avenue, will be affected by this project.

According to Caroline Croswell, executive director of OCAC, May and June are particularly important months for the center, and the construction will cause parking difficulties.

However, according to Croswell, the city has worked hard to ensure everything will function as smoothly as possible during the project.

Croswell said that Oxford is helping figure out parking options for the center during its busiest months.

In return, the center is supportive of the city’s efforts to keep the road safe and presentable.

“The end result is going to be so wonderful that it’s going to be worth it,” Croswell said.

Local businesses aren’t all that will be affected by the construction.

The construction will also affect residents of College Avenue.

According to junior Jessica Saponaro, who lives on College Avenue, signs posted on the road notifying passersby of the upcoming construction were her only notice about the project.

“If they’re going to do something this big, they should notify the residents,” Saponaro said. Saponaro said it will be difficult to find a place to park and to map out a new route to go to class.

Dreisbach recognizes the inconveniences the construction will cause residents, but said it needs to be done in order to keep travel safe for drivers and bicyclists.

In the meantime, a detour route will be posted to assist travelers in finding alternate ways of reaching their destinations.

“The red bricks are an important feature of Oxford, they are a part of Oxford’s history, so it’s important to keep them in good shape,” Kyger said.

Local police prepare for Miami honors Coles for GBD with longer hours his 16 years as head coach

BY CHRIS CURME COMMUNITY EDITOR

Oxford Police Department (OPD) officer Gregory Moore sighs when asked about the department’s preparation for Green Beer Day. Moore, who has experienced 24 Green Beer Days, emphasized that the unofficial drinking holiday will be handled as it always has been.

“Our third-shifters are going to stay over a little later than they usually do and the day-shifters are going to come in a little earlier than they usually do,” Moore said.

John McCandless, Miami University police chief, said the Miami University Police Department (MUPD) also plans no exceptional or abnormal operations for Thursday. He added that while there are not necessarily extra officers on patrol, the department typically does not grant leave on GBD. “We really don’t do anything incredibly out of the norm,” McCandless said, adding he anticipates no anomalous problems this year, either.

While there is an increase in OPD manpower, there will not be vastly more officers on duty than usual this Thursday, according to Moore. Rather, the strategy is shift overlap and public presence.

“We [aim to] saturate the city with patrols, hoping that our presence will prevent some acts from occurring,” Moore said, adding there will be officers on the streets and checking bars.

MUPD officers will be doubling up and collaborating with OPD Uptown Thursday, according to McCandless, which he said is quite normal.

Moore stated that many of the issues that make GBD extraordinary come not from the acts committed but from the environment in which they occur.

“Green Beer Day is nothing but a busy Friday night dropped into Oxford’s lap early Thursday,” Moore said.

Many more bystanders and residents may be affected by drunken revelry in the middle of a working day than on a late weekend night, according to Moore.

“There are a lot of observers who don’t know what Oxford on a Friday night really looks like, so we end up getting more calls for things that normally don’t get calls on a Friday night,” Moore said.

McCandless reiterated this.

“We worry about things we worry about anyway, but it’s magnified because we’re not used to people drinking in the morning hours.”

McCandless said.

On the subject of some individuals continually drinking for an entire day, McCandless said MUPD’s greatest worry is binge drinking.

“What keeps us awake at night is the over-consuming of alcohol,” McCandless said.

Still intoxicated students driving from Oxford to their spring break destinations is a worry for MUPD as are assaults, many of which revolve around over-consumption of alcohol, according to McCandless.

Miami first-year Richard Vargas doesn’t understand the appeal of wasting an entire working day to drink.

“I don’t see why you can’t just go to class then get hammered…

Last thing I want to do at 5 a.m. is get drunk,” Vargas said. “Why not just wait?”

It’s also a risky day to go Uptown, according to Vargas.

“It’s smarter to say at a frat house during the day so the cops don’t bust you,” he said.

Regardless of anyone’s expectations, local and university police are treating the 61-year-old drinking tradition like any other weekend, perhaps a bit amplified by daylight.

BY CHARLIE CLIFFORD FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A bright moment emerged on the heels of a disappointing regular men’s basketball season Saturday afternoon at Millett Hall as Miami University honored former Head Coach Charlie Coles. Walking to center court to a standing ovation from the crowd of 2,125, Coles stole the show on an afternoon that was full of memories and laughs according to the 71year old former head coach.

“This is truly great, it is a very special afternoon for my family and myself,” Coles said after being honored at halftime of the RedHawks’ loss to Kent State.

Coach Coles began his tenure in Oxford during the 1996 season and over 16 seasons he compiled 266 wins, with 167 of those coming at the hands of MAC competition. Coles ranks first all time in MAC victories with 219 and while at Miami he claimed three MAC regular season crowns (1997, 1999, 2005).

His two NCAA Tournament appearances were highlighted by the 1999 run to the Sweet 16, a team that was led by future NBA star Wally Szczerbiak.

Coles also spoke of the current RedHawk team, which has been struggling for most of the season.

“It is tough to get over the hump when you’re in a position like this,” Coles said. “It is a process; this is a young team.”

Senior center Vince Legarza was thankful for Coach Coles having recruited him.

“He gave me my chance to be here and be around great people,” Legarza said.

Tough times were no stranger to Coach Coles either, having left Miami on the tail end of three straight losing seasons and five straight seasons without a

NCAA Tournament appearance.

However, wins and losses were overshadowed by Coles’ ability to develop young men on and off the court, and for this he was recognized with the Guardian of the Game Pillar Award of Education from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 2011.

“Charlie and I have known each other for years,” Kent State Head Coach Rob Senderoff said. “I asked him after the game to speak to our guys because he’s a legend in the MAC. [It] was special for me to have him.”

Coles, a former Miami basketball star himself during the 19621965 seasons, was inducted into Miami’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990 and became the school’s winningest head basketball coach with his 217th victory in 2009.

“Now that we can reflect, I’m glad he was honored today,” junior forward Jon Harris said. “I wish him well.”

A teacher on and off the court, Coles relished his time spent in the classroom as a teacher on campus, and he did so by teaching a “basketball lecture” on Tuesday and Thursday mornings during the fall semester. His only two stipulations were that students attend class and keep notes of basketball strategy and his favorite sayings.

“No one’s going to stay awake nights worrying about my class,” Coles once famously stated.

Coles leaves behind a tremendous legacy of excellence and class: the very two things he guaranteed in his introductory press conference way back in 1996.

Now, on one brisk Saturday afternoon in March, it was Miami’s turn to send the legendary coach out the right way.

Additional reporting by Win Braswell.

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FASHION COLUMN

Hip spring break styles

BY KRISTIN BELL

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

As spring break comes within sight, Oxford starts to look less and less appealing to the Miami University students (although it could just be the midterms we are suffering through). Either way, we are all itching to get away from the cold!

Preferably, we want to go somewhere warm and tropical where we can finally catch some rays without the fear of another winter snowstorm the next day.

On top of everything else you have to do before break, you of course have to find the time to pack too. To make your life a little bit easier, here’s a list of clothing necessities for your tropical getaway.

Ladies: Shorts – Let your legs breathe a little! After bundling them up tight in jeans and fleece-lined leggings all winter, they deserve a chance to be shown off. Tribal prints and neon hues are hot in shorts this season and would look great paired with an oversized tee and a floppy hat.

Skirts – Leave the mini skirts at home and go for a lightweight midi or maxi skirt. A hi-low skirt would be fun for either a day at the beach or a night on the town.

Dresses – Finally you are able to easily throw on a dress without having to find a pair of tights without holes or runs in them. In the daytime, choose a nice lightweight, breezy frock. If you are too hot, cutouts will allow you to stay a bit cooler.

Gents: Solid t-shirts – You’re on vacation but you still want to keep it classy. Solid tees are a stylish alternative to the obnoxious novelty tees worn by tourists, and can be worn from the beach to the bar.

Swimsuits – Duh! This is a beach vacation after all. A bikini is typically a no-brainer, but if you want to spice it up a bit try a monokini.

They are a trendy alternative to the norm, but heads up: you might get some interesting tan lines.

Chino shorts – At some point cargo shorts just need to go. They will be all over Spring Break and wearing chino shorts instead will distinguish you as a guy with style and confidence. Much more sophisticated and much more likely to be noticed.

Cover-ups – So you may be one to strut your stuff with confidence, but if you don’t want to display everything while walking to and from the pool or beach, throw on a brightly colored or printed cover-up.

Sandals – Give your feet a vacation as well and leave your skyhigh stilettos back in Oxford. Warm weather calls for relaxation and casual attire, even down to the shoes.

Oversized beach tote – While we love our leather handbags, the beach is not the place for them with the risk of being ruined by sand and salt water. Instead, choose a carryall made of cotton, mesh or raffia.

Swim trunks – Simple and wellfitting trunks are ideal. Busy prints and faded shorts are not current or trendy, they just look dated.

Choose a solid color, or even color-blocked trunks.

Leather sandals – This is a staple for any tropical vacation. Just like for the ladies, more casual footwear is called for on spring break so invest in a good pair of leather sandals. Just don’t whip out the plastic flip flops, whatever you do.

Best of luck to all those still finishing up midterms this week.

Just remember that spring break is on the horizon!

Unique GBD shirt designs win over puns

BY EMILY KETTERER

avoidable while participating in this tradition.

After months of checking the Internet and scouring stores for the best Green Beer Day t-shirts, the big day is almost upon us. Amid the sea of preppy label knockoffs and puns, a few shirts stand out from the crowd this year. Here is a compilation of some best sellers and unique standouts.

- The Hub This shirt was the top seller for the creative team of seniors Tom Revis, Ian Horwitz and Zach Ellsworth. This short sleeve v-neck features ‘GBD’ in a scrawled monogram on the front and the quote “To think that in such a place, we led such a life” on the back, along with a quirky image of Ohio with Oxford highlighted.

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- Mean Girls Sweatshirt Maley Balog, a junior at Miami University, is the brain behind the Mean Girls inspired light green sweatshirt. The front states, “On Thursdays we wear green” and the back prods, “Is beer a carb?”

“By far, my most popular design was the Mean Girls inspired sweatshirt,” Balog said. “The inspiration for the shirt came from my own love for Mean Girls. My friends and I are always quoting the film so I thought that it would be popular. The same goes for the Workaholics tee.”

- Workaholics Parody Balog’s Workaholics t-shirt swaps out honey for beer as Blake, draped in his bear coat, lounges on the front demanding the green beverage. The phrase “Let’s Get Weird” is on the back, as if getting weird was

The spirit jerseys are the best Green Beer Day products right now. The style is in and every girl wants one.”

LAUREN DELK

MIAMI UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE

The group drew its inspiration from the base of a statue located in the Hub where the quote is written, but the group of boys had a little trouble coming up with shirts that would appeal to the opposite sex.

“We had seen the quote on signs hung from graduating seniors’ houses and it’s a meaningful quote to Miami itself,” Revis said. “In combination with the

monogrammed letters, which we knew would hit the hearts of all those lovely sorority girls out there, and the nice design on the back, we were looking for a big seller.”

-Uptown Oxford The sleek Uptown shirt from greenbeerday2013.com was another big seller. On the front pocket of this long sleeve tee is a play on the Vineyard Vines logo that replaces the brand’s name with the quasi-holiday. On the back playful pink and green arrows list the bars of Oxford and their distance from a central point Uptown.

- Spirit Jersey with a GBD Twist Sophomore Lauren Delk started to sell some green swag for charity, but when she didn’t get enough initial orders she had to abandon the project. However, she says the baggy, sorority inspired spirit jerseys are the hot item this GBD season.

“The spirit jerseys are the best Green Beer Day products to order right now,” Delk said. “The style is in and every girl wants one.”

Other note-worthy shirts include a Jack Daniels label parody, a Paul Ryan “We lost, lets booze” and a shirt with the Snapchat ghostmascot saying “Oh snap! Seconds away from blacking out.”

RYAN HOLTZ THE MIAMI STUDENT

JAZZING THINGS UP

Junior Jordan Habel plays tenor saxophone as part of the Miami Jazz Ensemble Tuesday night in Hall Auditorium.

Visiting string ensemble entertains with pop music

BY CHARLES BLADES FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Lenny Soloman has been on the music scene since the late 1960s. He has had a top 20 hit in his native country of Canada and won a Juno award in 1976 for his work with his folk-pop group Myles and Lenny. Now, in 2013, Soloman is still going strong in the scene, but on a different path.

After years of playing a wide array of genres and with many talented players, in 2000, Soloman brought together a group of his colleagues to make the genreblending group that is Bowfire.

The group will perform this week as part of the Miami University Performing Arts Series.

“I thought it would be a great idea to take all of my favorite musicians after years of playing, put them in a room, lock the door, and see what came out,” Soloman said.

Soloman compares the group to river dance in some ways with its added production value and great display of entertainment.

However, he said that at its core Bowfire maintains a high level of musicianship.

“Where else are you going to see Led Zeppelin performed live today?” Soloman said in reference to the group’s signature performance of the band’s 1975 hit Kashmir.

The blending of genres is one of the group’s qualities that students on campus are looking forward to.

“It’s great to see revived enthusiasm of timeless music approached in an unprecedented way,” first-year and classic rock enthusiast Elias Demeropolis said.

Other staples renditions of the group include the Pirates of the Caribbean and James Bond theme songs as well as a mashup of Stevie Wonder hits.

“Violins have always been in pop music since the early days of Buddy Holly,” Soloman said.

“What we’re trying to do is take those strings out of the background and bring them into the foreground. We put a spin on the traditionalism usually associated with them.”

Student musicians especially appreciate this effort to bring modern string music to the public.

“What they do with a violins isn’t being done by anyone else,” first-year and multi-instrumentalist Matthew Hibbard said.

“They are not only talented but incredibly entertaining.”

Bowfire will be performing 7:30 p.m. tonight in Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $13 for students $28 for adults and are available at the Shriver Box Office.

Well-crafted GBD playlists can help keep you going all day long

BY CLAIRE KRIEGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami University’s unofficial holiday is a few short days away. That’s right, Green Beer Day. So dust off your green beads and sunglasses and make sure you have the GBD tee or jersey of your choice to don on the day.

Along with these essential green clothing items, music is a vital part of the Green Beer Day experience. For such a long day of festivities, you will need a few different categories of songs to play to fit the mood for that part of the day. Lucky for you, that’s just what I’ve got for you.

Morning songs: This first list is for when your day is just getting started. These songs will get you pumped up and ready to start your marathon of a day. Blast these songs to start your day off right.

Tik Tok (Ke$ha) Let’s Get It Started (Black Eyed Peas) Party In the USA (Miley Cyrus) Get The Party Started (Pink) Bottoms Up (Trey Songz) This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan) Jumpin’ Jumpin’ (Destiny’s Child) Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna) Party Like A Rockstar (Shop Boyz) Shots (LMFAO)

Afternoon Songs: The afternoon is a time to rally. These songs fit that theme perfectly.

Some are anthems to inspire you to keep going through the night.

You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party) (The Beastie Boys) Club Can’t Handle Me (Flo Rida) Blame It (Jamie Foxx) I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) U Can’t Touch This (M.C. Hammer)

Carry On (Fun.) Brick House (Commodores) Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gees)

Late Evening: When the end of the day comes, what else is left to do but celebrate the day and reminisce about your awesome memories? These songs celebrate life, friendship, and the promise of another Green Beer Day that’s only 364 days away.

Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)

Beautiful Day (U2)

Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)

Just Can’t Get Enough (Depeche Mode)

Friends In Low Places (Garth Brooks)

Umbrella (Rihanna) Piano Man (Billy Joel) Use Somebody (Kings of Leon) I’ve Had the Time of My Life (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes) We Are the Champions (Queen) What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) Closing Time (Semisonic)

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EDITORS RACHEL SACKS NICOLE THEODORE

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pursuit of Truth noble, but belief should be in truth A recent edition of The Student included an essay on the nature of Truth and truth.

While the author of this essay made some interesting points, I ultimately cannot help but feel he has an incorrect notion of the distinction between the two.

And, because this difference was the foundation of his argument, the entire argument crumbles without it. Thus, with a proper definition of the difference, I will instead argue for the opposite: that it is those who ardently believe their views to be Truth who are unyielding and unwilling to be wrong.

As I am first and foremost a mathematician (though, I will note that my familiarity with Truth and truth comes from having made a study of ancient history as an undergraduate), I will naturally begin with more proper definitions. The notion of Truth is a somewhat intuitive one, that there exists one ‘fully correct’ set of answers to a given set of questions, such that these answers are the only answers which may be said to be correct, and they are indisputably correct.

On the other hand, the notion of truth without a capitalized t is a more subtle notion. It is more akin to the statement that a given set of answers to a set of questions is a set of correct answers, i.e., there is evidence that supports them, and they do not contradict anything else currently known to be true. Here is the essential difference, then, between this definition of truth and the author in question’s definition:

in his article, he has somewhat confused the notion of truth with personal opinion.

At least in an academic setting, where an opinion holds no validity without some evidence, personal opinion is not wholly different from truth, but they are not the same thing. While a personal opinion may be a truth, the amount of evidence required to make an opinion valid is less demanding than that which is required to make something a truth. That is, there need only exist evidence to support an opinion, while, in order to be a truth, something must be consistent with all of the currently known evidence.

Thus, we reach the author’s main contradiction. He posits that the belief in “truth” comes so that we need not be wrong, but little could be further from being true. A truth can still be proved wrong if evidence that contradicts it comes to light, and one who refuses to take this into consideration is holding an opinion, rather than somehow choosing his or her truth selectively. It is true that two things can be true despite being apparently inconsistent, but this is fine because the nature of truth is tentative and changing.

And, ultimately, this is the value of truth. It is a notion, which allows us to say something with some authority without making it a rigid, dogmatic statement.

On the other hand, once something is claimed to be Truth, it becomes rigid and immutable because of the complete nature of

Truth as defined herein. Should one believe that something is a Truth, then he or she will naturally be inclined to dismiss any evidence against it.

This, then, is the reason that we, and by we, I mean academics who seek to acquire more knowledge, do not believe in Truth, but only in truth. It is not only arrogant to believe in Truth, but it is self-defeating to do so.

That, however, is not to say that the notion of Truth is a bad one in and of itself, only that it is arrogant to claim possession of it is, given the imperfect and everchanging state of human knowledge. Physics around the year 1900 is an excellent example of how believing that what one already knows is the Truth can be deeply detrimental to the advancement of knowledge.

In closing, I would say this. It is not a crime to seek the Truth.

No, seeking it leads to better and more complete truths. We must, however, do it in a somewhat Platonic sense, in which Truth is the unreachable ideal that we strive toward. Perhaps we will never reach it, but the pursuit of it still leads to things that are more nearly the Truth, and we do need such an ideal in our pursuit of knowledge, because the nature of the world is subjective, and so we must have some unifying principle if we are to, in such a world, still find knowledge which is true and meaningful.

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KIEL’S COMMENTARY

A fond farewell to The Miami Student; a collection of final commentary, thoughts Realizing your limitations is never a fun thing to come to terms with. It’s probably safe to say that we all tend to aspire to do things that are out of our capabilities, but maxims such as you can do anything you KIEL put your HAWK mind to, or nothing is impossible keeps some of those dreams alive. And an especially difficult thing to do is come to grips with giving up some of the things that we love because they are just not feasible or in our best interest to pursue.

One thing that I love is writing. I love to write for many reasons, not the least of which is the chance to convey ideas that will hopefully result in changing something for the better. There is also something uniquely enjoyable about composing a piece of literature. It’s like putting together a puzzle or painting a picture.

The sense of accomplishment and the beauty of the end result are both rewarding enough for me to have written for The Miami

Student over the past year and a half; a year and a half that has by far been the busiest and challenging of my life.

But while writing for the paper has been a pleasure, unfortunately, this is going to be my last article. The reality is just that trying to juggle too many things at once has caused me to invest too little energy into any particular one of those responsibilities to produce at a level that I’m happy with. Accordingly, with this dying breath I am going to briefly touch on a couple of topics, in no particular order, that have been on my To Write About list.

1. We are in trouble as a nation if we do not realize soon that one of the main sources of our political problems is our inability to judge information and decisions as objectively as possible. The birth of super PAC committees and recent trends in campaign financing have turned America into a battleground for a war between Republicans and Democrats, and the media is used by special interest groups to portray the party with opposing beliefs as evil. Consequently, each of us has seemingly joined sides with one or the other and refuses to acknowledge good ideas by the other group, or to admit to wrong-doing by

the group that we support. These lines need to be dissolved in our minds before that dissolution will be reflected in American politics.

Until then, expect more political stagnation, finger-pointing and sub-optimal policy.

is cheap and that we shouldn’t believe everything we hear, but sometimes this advice can be dismissed for one reason or another. Seeking information from a variety of sources, understanding where assertions are

I love to write for many reasons, not the least of which is the chance to convey ideas that will hopefully result in changing something for the better.There is also something uniquely enjoyable about composing a piece of literature.

2. With unprecedented amounts of information available, computing power doubling approximately every two years and media that is more interested in ratings and profit than in reporting events objectively, it is going to become ever more critical in the future for us to take the source of information into account before forming opinions about its veracity. Perhaps one of the foremost things that a scientific education has instilled in me is skepticism. We all know that talk

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coming from (understanding who funds a cable network or whether a publication was peer-reviewed, for instance) and being knowledgeable about our own biases will go a long way toward improving the quality of our decision making, both individually and collectively.

3. Finally, try to integrate your work into the grander scheme of things. The foremost reason I started writing for the Student initially is because I wanted to keep perspective of, and have

an impact on, the bigger picture.

The nature of post-secondary education, and even more so of education beyond that, is specialization. As we progressively settle into our niche, the world inevitably becomes more esoteric. This occurrence is often necessary for us to make a living and is sometimes just the result of pursuing what we are passionate about. But as this happens, it is easy to lose sight of, and stay informed about, what is going on elsewhere.

There is a need for people to specialize, but there is also a need for people to bridge the gaps. Collaborate, share ideas, involve yourself with politics, take an interest in education, and keep yourself informed. All of these things critical components of progress.

It has been an honor to write for The Miami Student, and I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to have done so. Thanks especially to those of you that have been so supportive; you have given me the motivation to spend a few hours writing an article for each deadline amid having a million other things to do. And for all of you that have been gracious enough to read me this far, thank you so much as well. I wish you all the best of luck.

NICOLE’S TWO CENTS

All students are ultimately responsible for knowing, Revisiting recent lessons learned understanding Miami’s imperfect Code of Conduct outside of the ‘Oxford Bubble’ We have all heard of Miami’s alcohol policy. Whether it came from our first-year year Resident Assistants, the orientation staff or a friend who recalled a story of being caught drinking in his or her dorm room, it’s never a surprise. But what most students fail to recognize most of the time is that they are recalling the alcohol policy that they never fully understand until they find themselves in a situation that forces them to learn it for the sake of their own disciplinary records. I would be willing to bet that most first-years today, nearly three quarters through their first year at Miami, could still not tell you the difference from an intoxication and unauthorized use violation of the Student Code of Conduct.

Obviously I do not think that every first-year should be required and regulated to read the entire Code of Conduct upon their commitment to attend Miami, but shouldn’t we all at least have some sort of sense about what we are undoubtedly going to be exposed to, and what could likely impact our records at Miami?

“intoxication” can be.

Seeing that the university does not breathalyze students upon the “discovery” of an alcohol violation, the definition of “intoxication” is left up to the “discoverer.”

Section 105B (Prohibited Use of Alcohol) is the second listed offense that students may be found responsible for at Miami.

To be brief, this section covers everything from possessing any amount of alcohol, from a beer can to several kegs, and the consumption of alcohol under the legal age of 21.

This is the only section of the alcohol policy that adheres to “city and state laws, both in residence halls and in designated facilities…” The entire section is summed up in the final statement “Underage possession, consumption…or furnishing of alcoholic beverages to any person under legal age to drink…is prohibited.”

The most interesting and perhaps, in my opinion, the most overstepping of all offenses in the Code of Conduct is the Complicity charge. Complicity is defined in an entirely separate

In my opinion, Miami redefines complicity in an attempt to discourage drinking in the dorms, due to a lack of other sucessful methodology. But in doing this redefining Miami has placed virtually every student in a “complicit” situation.

It is my belief that if students fully understood some clauses of the Student Code of Conduct they would be either less likely to engage in underage drinking or more outraged by the context of the offenses they could be found responsible of committing.

The Miami alcohol policy is not a complicated one. For starters, 2.1.E.1 of the Code of Conduct states that, “Any student who is intoxicated or exhibits negative behavior associated with intoxication after using alcohol” is in violation of Section 105A (intoxication) of the code. This is fairly straightforward, and does not have any sort of gray area, other than the fact that the university decides what “negative” behavior and

section than the other alcohol offenses (2.1M).

The university defines complicity as “Conspiracy to commit, solicitation of another to commit, aiding or abetting the commission of, or attempting to commit” any of the offenses listed in the Code of Conduct.

However, in a second line the university includes “being present in a residence hall room OR with a group of persons where the prohibited use of alcohol…is occurring.”

Now, according to State Law (The Ohio Revised Code) you need to advance the committing of a crime, or have a legal obligation to stop an offense in order to be found “complicit.”

Now why has Miami included

this new definition of complicity in the Student Code of Conduct?

In my opinion, Miami redefines complicity in an attempt to discourage drinking in the dorms, due to a lack of other successful methodology. But, in doing this redefining Miami has placed virtually every student in a “complicit” situation.

For example, if I were to go Uptown to Skippers to get a meal at 9 p.m. on a Friday, I would most likely be in the presence of the consumption of alcohol. This may not seem like a problem; however, if one of the “consumers” at Skippers was under the age of 21 and caught, I could technically be cited for complicity.

Since the Code of Conduct says “being present in a residence hall room OR with a group of persons where the prohibited use of alcohol…is occurring” it allows for virtually any location that enforces the 21-year-old drinking age.

The key word is OR. Now obviously this an unrealistic stretch of the Code of Conduct, but shouldn’t the rules that can have a significant effect on not only a massive financial investment but the four years that determine the start of our careers be subject to strict scrutiny?

Furthermore, let’s say this complicity wording was to be applied to the Ohio Revised. If someone were the witness to a crime, by being in the presence of said crime, they could technically be “complicit” in that crime. It is an extreme stretch and walks the “what if” line quite far but I think it’s an interesting paradox.

Now why is Miami allowed to do to this redefining of complicity? The simple fact of the matter is that when you are “found responsible” for complicity at Miami you go through a universityrun judicial review process, not a criminal proceeding. In some cases of more “severe” offenses this can help students, but in the most minor cases of “offenses” it can do more harm than a legal proceeding.

So if you have made it this far I applaud you, for you now know more than the average student at Miami concerning alcohol policy.

The Code of Conduct may not be 100 percent perfect, but it is the ultimate responsibility of the students who are subject to it that determines its effectiveness.

NATHAN LOMBARDI

LOMBARNM@MIAMIOH.EDU

I was raised to be tough, and to always ask questions. My parents infused my childhood with showing me how to stick out every bad or unfortunate situation that happened to me. This included sticking up NICOLE for who I THEODORE am, what I believe in, and making sure no one thought I was something I wasn’t.

I am a woman. And I am a very blond one at that. I lived in the country all of my life, with Wal-Mart being the biggest thing my hometown has ever had, and still has.

I am also a student on a good deal of financial aide, and I have come to terms with the fact that I am not a student at Miami University who is blessed with extreme wealth.

Obviously, a lot of students can relate to this as well.

Now that you know a little about who I am, the following might make more sense and help explain why I chose to write a previous column on my experience of getting robbed, and my effort to explain to students what I learned while handling that situation.

My iPhone getting stolen, as I talked about in my last column, was a huge deal to me, because I can’t afford to have it stolen, just like many other students can’t. It was also the first time I had ever been robbed in my life. It was a huge, inevitable experience for me that the “Oxford Bubble,” as I also talked about, didn’t help me prepare for.

Again, as I had expressed, this bubble in some cases doesn’t accurately depict what the outside world is like when it comes to safety. Letting your guard down can become an easy thing to do here, even while walking on High Street alone at 3 a.m.

This being said, my mother, who probably could have used that money to do more meaningful things with it, bought me this phone for my birthday. Out of the love of her heart. Not because I am a pretentious person who moaned about not having the latest technology. It hurt to know I had carelessly let the easy life of Oxford and living in such a safe place make me careless

outside of it with such a cherished gift, and I am sure many can relate to having something taken from them that a loved one had bought them.

So this is why I wanted to pass on some information from the wonderful people at Apple and Verizon on to other students who may not grasp the insurance policies of both places, and can ultimately be informed and know what to do if in fact this situation does happen to them inside Oxford and out.

I have experienced a lot of amazing life lessons, but you know what, getting a phone stolen is a negative experience that can be prevented. So why does that make my experience lesser than other ones in the “real world?” When passing on this information is obviously something we all can understand, because who doesn’t have a cell phone at Miami?

No matter what kind of cell phone it is, it’s a tough situation to have it stolen. Whether it was a phone, tips you worked for all night waitressing, or a wallet, when you are not safely prepared to handle your belongings, it is undoubtedly an experience that you can learn from.

I stick by my previous piece, and will also still assert for the most part that students here really are careless about technology, their belongings and ultimately their safety as a whole, including myself until that weekend in Cleveland.

Living in such a safe college town is amazing.

I will never deny that, and who could? But it is hard for me to sit back and not look around me and wonder: how do some parts of Oxford really prepare me for the “real world?”

I am more than thankful for the education that I would go no where else for, the professors that have impacted me, and the best friends I have made, but the “Oxford Bubble” is permanent, and has negatives just as much as positives.

If people aren’t willing to accept both, then your own biases about your love for a place may have clouded your vision. The only way to truly be informed about anything is to accept that everything has an equal balance of bad and good.

Oxford has equal parts bad and good, and people of all walks of life at Miami should understand that.

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a lot of trust is placed in student leaders on campus,” Trivelli said.

“And we just hate to see that trust we violated.”

Possible penalties NAfME might receive would be that the organization’s funding would be reduced by a certain percentage for a given number of funding cycles or that the organization would be subject to an audit every semester for the next few years, according to Trivelli.

“We do feel that we need to hold the organization as a whole accountable even though it was the act of one individual because it is important to have accountability on all levels,” Trivelli said.

As a result of this situation, ASG will have to tighten regulations on student organization accounting and funding to help prevent this type of situation from happening again, according to Trivelli. ASG is also trying to improve its audit process so fraud is easier to detect.

Trivelli said he is impressed with how Williams handled the situation.

“I think the president of this organization did a great job with following up with me and the police and her advisor,” Trivelli said.

Trivelli said it is important for student leaders to know what will happen if they are caught committing fraud.

“We [the ASG audit committee] want to convey the message that if a student leader is caught stealing money from the university they will be punished to the fullest extent possible because we don’t want this to happen ever again,” Trivelli said.

Murray said he is impressed with NAfME performance as a student organization over the years.

“This is a professional organization,” Murray said. “Our chapter has been extremely strong over the years. It has a fantastic track record.”

Murray also said NAfME will move forward from this situation.

“They’ll be fine,” Murray said.

“They are great students; great kids.

Whatever happened is unfortunate but they will move on unphased.”

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ROSS SIMON

MEN’S BASKETBALL

HOW TO CURE MY “YIPS”: BUYING A BELLY PUTTER

Kent trounces Miami

SIMON SAYS

First shot off the tee, hooked into the woods. Punch out, but catch a tree on the way out. Hit a beautiful save to within 45 feet. Putt to six feet. Putt to save bogey...miss right by four feet. “$*&%!!!”

This is my usual experience on the golf course, and it is in all likelihood the majority of people’s experiences. As much as I’d like to say my handicap is in the 6-8 range, based on my rate of play I’d estimate my handicap right now to be around 45, which is why the recent actions of golf’s rule-making bodies are so questionable.

Every golfer is looking for a competitive advantage. Sometimes it is with a style of golf ball; sometimes it is with a style of swing. But, by far, the easiest way to gain that edge is with equipment, and the golf club itself. Obviously, nothing can replace pure natural talent and a sweet swing, but golf companies are trying to make the gap between me and Tiger Woods a little bit more manageable.

The fact is there is technology on the market now that does exactly that. Clearly my precision with the golf club, my swing and my strike are in a league nowhere comparable to pros like Tiger or Phil Mickelson, or even a Miami golfer like Mark MacDonald or Brett Tomfohdre, but my equipment can match theirs.

One of the easiest ways to lower your score, and every good golf coach would agree, is to lower your number of putts. Many golfers, me included, will not only keep score of their overall strokes but also their putts. Usually on any given hole my putts range between two and 70, but that is beside the point.

Putting is the part of the game where talent can be overcome by pure mental ability. Reading greens is a skill that comes with LOTS of practice and a solid knowledge of the game, but reading greens is only half the battle.

If you address the ball and there is the slightest thought in your mind that you are not going to putt the way that you want, then you won’t. Putting is by far the toughest mental aspect of the game.

One thing that a lot of golfers go through is what’s commonly referred to as the “yips.” The yips

are a time when you have no confidence in your swing, your putting and most importantly your game.

I have unfortunately my entire life fought a losing battle with the yips and I’m finally ready to give in. I’m ready to buy a belly putter.

A belly putter is a putter with a regular head but a long shaft that you in turn “anchor” against your body. By doing so, it supposedly will give you a competitive advantage over your opponent, the golf course. The Royal and Ancient (R&A) and the United States Golf Association (USGA) have proposed rules to ban “anchoring” in 2016. However, the PGA Tour will oppose the rule change as it claims there is no competitive advantage.

If anchoring gave a true competitive advantage, wouldn’t every professional golfer have switched by now? I believe that since putting is the most mental part of the game, the true competitive advantage is in a player’s head. If they THINK a belly or long putter will help their game, then it probably will. If Tiger thinks a regular putter is better for him then that is a competitive advantage in and of itself.

The beauty of the game of golf compared to other sports is the fact that the rules remain constant for every player regardless of whether they are playing for relaxation or for a Green Jacket. The PGA Tour and the USGA, which set the rules of golf, are also considering banning the long and belly putters for play at the professional level but not at the recreational level.

This is where things get dicey.

Since the inception of the PGA Tour, the rules have been exactly the same for players all around the world. The fact is the game that Tiger plays is the same that I play at Hueston Woods, no different, and theoretically he and I could play a competitive round (you know, except the whole him being good at golf thing).

Those that govern the game of golf MUST make a decision soon, because the future of golf waits. Either the putters are legal or they are not. We cannot wait any longer.

I’ll admit it, I have the yips... and a belly putter is just what the doctor ordered.

BASEBALL

Mercer makes weekend difficult for RedHawks

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University baseball team was swept in a three-game series this weekend versus red-hot Mercer University.

The Bears (11-1) defeated the RedHawks 11-5 Friday evening, driving in nine of their runs in the fifth inning alone off of two Miami pitchers. The Red and White recuperated in the eighth with four scores of their own, the most runs they’ve scored in an inning this year, but the damage had already been done.

“We played a very, very good team, and we certainly didn’t play our best baseball,” Head Coach Dan Simonds said. “We just did not execute in any part of our game. Pitching, hitting – the defense wasn’t too bad. But even in base running, we just didn’t threaten enough to put any pressure on them through the course of the three games.”

Miami (2-6) didn’t fare much better in Saturday’s double header, which saw the RedHawks fall 9-6 and 11-0, the latter marking the first time they have failed to score in a complete nine-inning game this year. The first game of the afternoon was indeed a close one, as Miami collected 11 hits in an errorless outing. The following contest was the complete opposite, as the RedHawks were held to a single hit

in the blowout defeat.

“It was a tough weekend for us,” junior second baseman Matt Packer said. “We played a really good team and they came out ready to play.

Their pitchers came out and threw strikes and their defense played behind them, and we just couldn’t get the big hits when we needed them.”

In the face of a tough sweep, Simonds is stressing to his team what any good coach would in his situation – that they’ve got to focus their attention forward., especially this early in the season.

“That’s what this game is all about; a short memory,” Simonds said. “I talked to our captains about it and talked to our team after the games, just the importance of that. If you let things linger, they have a way of bleeding into other games. This game is very much about confidence.”

Sophomore pitcher Ryan Powers agreed too, saying this was a launching pad for a team that is still discovering who it is.

“It’s something all successful teams and players do,” Powers said.

“You can’t dwell on the past, and this has to be a learning experience for us. We’ll move and get better the next day.”

Miami is back in action today against Xavier University, before traveling to Winter Haven, Fla., for the Russ Matt Invitational.

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University junior guard Allen Roberts attempts to drive past a Kent State University defender. Roberts recorded only six points in the game, far below his 12.7 average points per game.

BY WIN BRASWELL SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University men’s basketball team let yet another close game get ugly by the final horn, in a 78-58 loss to Kent State University Saturday. The loss is the seventh consecutive and 11th in 12 games.

The RedHawks are now 8-19, 3-11 Mid-American Conference (MAC), and allowed the Golden Flashes to sweep the two game season series.

Despite Kent jumping to an early lead, due mainly to three point shooting, Miami was never down double digits until in the first half.

Both teams made runs, and although the Flashes made eight treys, Miami stayed in the game, shooting 60 percent from the field, including 4-5 from deep.

After Kent State took a nine-point lead, junior forward Jon Harris led the ’Hawks back within striking distance, scoring all six points in a 6-0 run, along with late three pointers by junior guard Josh Sewell and redshirt junior guard Allen Roberts that made the margin just four at the half, 37-33.

“We could never quite get over the hump,” Head Coach John Cooper said. “They always seemed to make some timely shots. The ability to shoot the basketball is what it’s all about. If you can shoot the basketball, you’re hard to guard. That’s a team that can shoot. Their athleticism really bothered us.”

Miami played a better first half, statistically, but allowed 11 points off turnovers, 10 second-chance points and seven points from fast breaks.

After former head coach, Charlie Coles, was honored at the half, Miami came out in the latter 20 minutes deflated, and it quickly showed.

Kent State’s senior forward, Chris Evans, continued to make his presence felt, in very emphatic fashion, finishing several high-flying tomahawk dunks that brought the Flashes bench to its feet. Evans was 7-12 from the floor, with 21 points.

Along with the continued onslaught of threes from Kent, Miami’s offensive output dwindled dramatically, as it shot just 32 percent for the second half, making only eight field goals. Despite redshirt junior forward Will Felder slamming home a dunk that cut the Flashes’ lead to 50-42 with 12:37 to play, Kent actually gained momentum, outscoring the RedHawks 9-4 over the next four minutes. Miami got as close as nine in the closing minutes, but never found an answer for Evans or the three-point barrage.

“It’s hard at this point of the year,” Cooper said. “You’ve been in a losing rut, and there’s no flowers at the end of the rainbow waiting on this team. You’re trying to get effort.

You’re trying to get guys to continue to stay locked in and to make sure that you don’t lose what you’re trying to do. You want to make sure that everyone understands that everything we do now serves us now and in the future, and that guys don’t start pulling it down.”

Felder had a team-high 18 points, as Harris tied his season high 16 points, on 5-6 shooting. This was Harris’ first double-digit game since Dec. 30. No other RedHawks scored more than six points.

“Guys just did a good job today setting me up,” Harris said.

“Coach kept calling out some good sets where we were getting some shuffle cuts and I was getting open.

I’m finally starting to make some open shots, just feeling a little more confident.”

Along with Evans’ game high, Kent had two other players reach double figures. In addition to the defensive strangle hold Kent put on Miami in the second half, the Golden Flashes drained a season-high 13 treys.

“I’m proud of how our kids defended in the second half,” Kent State Head Coach Rob Senderoff said. “I didn’t think we did a great job in the first half defensively, but in the second half, we sort of stepped that up. I think that made a big difference.”

The loss came on senior day, and Miami’s lone senior, center Vince Legarza, tallied four points and six boards.

“It’s sad,” Legarza said. “I got a little emotional after the game.

What people don’t see is the endless hours that you put in in this gym.

Luckily for me, we still have some basketball to be played.”

Miami now faces the University of Akron 7 p.m. today. The Zips lead the MAC at 23-5, 13-1. Akron has won its last 19 of 20 contests, having its 19 game win streak snapped last Saturday against Buffalo.

The Feb. 9 meeting between these two teams ended as Miami came from ahead to lose by four, 54-50. Miami wilted in the second half, after holding a nine-point edge after the first half.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

’Hawks falls to Akron, fails to secure bye

BY JUSTIN MASKULINSKI FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University women’s basketball team will host a MidAmerican Conference (MAC) Tournament game, as a result of a 71-65 defeat at the hands of the MAC East Division leader University of Akron (20-8, 11-4) Sunday.

Head Coach Maria Fantanarosa and the rest of the RedHawks (1711, 9-6) did not want this to happen; they would have preferred to have a bye week.

“To get to the MAC Championship we have to win four games instead of three games; it’s not a huge difference,” Fantanarosa said.

“We’re disappointed that we are not getting a bye,” Fantanarosa said. “It’s not that we’re just disappointed about the loss, we’re more disappointed that it came down to this scenario.”

Senior forward Kirsten Olowinski recorded another doubledouble as she scored 17 points and snatched 16 rebounds.

“We played well as a team, but our communication had a few issues,” Olowinski said.

Fantanarosa said that Olowinski

put forth a solid effort Sunday. “[Olowinski] did a great job rebounding,” Fantanarosa. “She did a great job on offense, but we need someone who can give her a rest on defense.”

Fantanarosa has often called for the bench of the RedHawks to contribute to take pressure off of the starters. Junior forward Kelsey Simon led the ’Hawks bench with five points and four rebounds.

Senior point guard Courtney Osborn scored 23 points for the Red and White before fouling out with about 3:23 left in the second half.

Fantanarosa believed that Osborn’s fouling out was a turning point in the game. “[Osborn] fouled out and we were up by five, we had four turnovers in the last three minutes,” Fantanarosa said.

Fantanarosa said that the game was “very closely called.” She also noted that fouls and turnovers changed the game for the RedHawks.

“We battled for most of the game; we fouled and turned the ball over too much, Fantanarosa said. “We had way too many fouls.”

The RedHawks committed 24

personal fouls on Sunday while the Zips were called for 16. The RedHawks average just over 14 fouls per game on the season.

“There were calls on both sides in the game,” Olowinski said. “It wasn’t bad defense or bad officiating. We have to react to the way the game is called.”

Despite the loss, Fantanarosa is satisfied with the RedHawks’ performance in recent games.

“The last four games we have given ourselves an opportunity to win,” Fantanarosa said.

The ’Hawks will travel to Athens to take on arch rival Ohio University (6-21, 1-14 MAC) in their regular season finale. Seniors Olowinski and Osborn will be playing in their final regular season Battle of the Bricks.

The ’Hawks defeated the Bobcats in Oxford Jan .17, 78-56. “[Ohio] is one of those games you can’t take for granted,” Olowinski said. “We want to go out with a bang.”

Fantanarosa wants the ’Hawks to harvest some momentum before entering the MAC tournament.

“Having a good finish against OU will be important for us,” Fantanarosa said.