March 14, 2014 | The Miami Student

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 2001, The Miami Student reported City Manager Jane Howington announced at a city council meeting smoking would be banned from all Oxford

buildings as of April 1. A supporter and councilmember Ted Beerman was not surprised, saying, “The trend to no smoking is inevitable. I don’t think there’s going to be a lot of controversy about it.”

Credit union to close main Oxford branch

BY CHRIS CURME COMMUNITY EDITOR

LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

‘SNOW’ WAY! From sunny and 70 Tuesday to 30 and snowy Wednseday, Ohio weather has students itching for spring break.

The Miami University Community Federal Credit Union (MUCFCU) will vacate the Miami University-owned Wells Mill complex, where its main branch is currently located, in a year’s time.

The move comes as Miami has broken its lease with both MUCFCU and the American Classical League, the two non-Miami companies at Wells Mill, to make way for an expansion of the Demske Culinary Support Center, currently occupying roughly half of the complex.

“The move kinda came as a surprise, but it will be good for us and our membership,” MUFCFU CEO Rick Parker said, adding he has no complaints. “We were given a reasonable heads up that it was likely the university was going to need our space.”

Parker said the credit union will consolidate the majority of its operations into its existing community branch at 5120 College Corner Pike, first opened to serve the greater Oxford area. According to Parker, as it becomes the primary location, MUCFCU is considering seven-day-a-week operation or extended hours.

“It is state-of-the-art, high tech, and it’s going to become our main office,” Parker said. “We built our community branch so we’d have a location to serve our

community as a hedge against [losing the Wells Mill lease]. That transition, in the short term, will take an adjustment.”

MUCFCU currently serves about 60,000 members, according to Parker, and has roughly $58 million in assets. The credit union employs around 20 people, including full-time, part-time and student intern staff.

“Are we going to keep the same number of employees? I’d say close,” Parker said. “We’re considering [opening] seven days a week. We’d certainly keep all of our employees then.”

While MUCFCU caters specifically to the Miami employee, they have the right to serve the greater Oxford community: including anyone who lives, works or attends school in Butler County. However, Parker added, when dealing with Miami students, MUCFCU gives preference to First Miami Credit Union, Miami’s student run credit union.

In the long term, Parker said, the entire banking and credit union industry is moving to online access. Need for physical space is reduced, but an increase in activity at the College Corner Pike branch should prevent a significant workforce reduction.

“We have 40 percent of our membership using some aspect of our online services,” Parker said.

“With everyone doing everything online, [the branch closing] is

probably—long term—not a bad thing.”

MUCFCU, founded in 1969 with Miami’s sponsorship, has moved three times in those 45 years as they have either outgrown their space, the university has required it or both.

“We knew when we entered into our lease here—the way the university was growing—we were at risk for the university needing our space,” Parker said.

Then located in Gaskill Hall (now a portion of the Armstrong Student Center), MUCFCU moved into the Wells Mill complex July, 2001.

“We’re very thankful to the university for having provided this space to us,” Parker said. “Since 2001, we have grown significantly.”

The American Classical League, an educational nonprofit that serves the needs of Latin and Greek teachers around the world, is also vacating. The Wells Mill location is the League’s headquarters and only office, where four people are employed.

“We’ve been on and off the Miami campus for 70 years,” league administrative assistant Sherwin Little said. “There’s a provision in our lease that says if Miami needs to do something that services the university’s greater good, they can break our lease.”

“If there’s suitable space at a suitable price, we’d like to entertain the idea of staying in Oxford,” Little said.

Blacked out: Crossed wires cause chaos JANUS forum to debate proper role of government

BY EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

Classrooms, dorms and stoplights went dark as the power went out across Oxford and Miami’s campus Wednesday morning, leaving students, faculty and community members sitting in the dark for up to four hours.

Director of Building Maintenance for Miami’s physical facilities department Jeremy Davis said the culprit behind the blackout was not the inclement weather but simply an old, faulty insulator on Spring Street near Irvin Drive. Insulators are pieces of hardware that attach power lines to electric poles, Davis explained.

When the insulator broke, one live wire fell onto another in a grand display of sparks and hissing and then poof— lights out all over town.

“When the lines got crossed, they created a short-circuit,” Davis said.

“And we have a number of security

LET THERE BE LIGHT

measures in place so that it all shuts down if that happens. Everything did its job and it all tripped out, cutting power everywhere.”

While students across campus reached for their smartphones to begin the barrage of #miamiblackout tweets, Miami’s physical facilities department leaped into action.

Within 45 minutes, they had identified the source of the problem and developed a plan to resolve the issue in coordination with Duke Energy, Miami’s energy supplier.

“The equipment that failed was on their end and they made the actual repair,” Davis said. “But we worked together collaboratively on the whole thing.”

When they realized it might be as long as two hours before power could be restored, the physical facilities department decided to fire up the “peaking” generators near the steam plant on Western Campus and use them to send electricity to keep certain pieces of critical equipment operational.

“A lot of buildings have emergency generators for egress lighting and maybe elevators,” Davis said.

“But we also have a few really large generators, ‘peaking’ generators on Western Campus … that we used to send power to critical buildings like Pearson where they have environmental growth chambers that can’t lose power.”

Another such building where power was critical was Hughes, home to the NMR 850 mhz magnet, one of the most powerful magnets in the world. Under the supervision of eminent scholar and professor of chemistry and biochemistry Michael Kennedy, students use the two-story magnet to look for early signs of pancreatic cancer. Keeping the magnet powered despite the blackout became Hughes’ top priority.

The emergency backup generators kicked in as soon as the power

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LAUREN OLSON PHOTO EDITOR

Students Shannon Kernan and Stacey McKinney sit amongst classmates in Culler Hall. Though the lights were out, natural light through the windows in their classroom allowed class to continue.

JONAH GOLDBERG

BY LAUREN OLIVER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The JANUS forum is returning for the third time to Miami University. The debate, which allows students from all over the political spectrum to engage in a constructive discussion, will be held in the Armstrong Student Center’s Wilks Theater at 6 p.m.

Wednesday., March 19.

The two speakers at the event, who were chosen by Miami students, will be bestselling author and columnist, Jonah Goldberg and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Eugene Robinson. Each speaker will debate his view on the proper role of the government in a free society.

According to the American Enterprise Institute, Goldberg is the founding editor of the National Review Online, and was named one of the top 50 political commentators by the Atlantic magazine. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times and contributed to Fox News, as well as USA Today.

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Robinson has had a threedecade career at the Washington Post, with jobs such as city hall reporter, city editor and foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, according to the Post. He has also provided political commentary on MSNBC shows such as “Hardball,” “The Rachel Maddow Show” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

In the past, the JANUS forum has been a successful event on Miami’s campus. Patrick Haney, interim chair of the Political Science department, said he believes it is a great opportunity for students.

“Not only will there be one great high-profile speaker, but there will be two, and these issues are the lifeblood of our democracy,” he said.

Haney said political debates are key factors in charting the future and that it is important for students to not just stand on the sidelines.

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Harry T. Wilks dies at 89

HARRY T. WILKS

BY EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

By the time they graduate, most students will almost surely have sat in, learned from or listened to something in which Harry T. Wilks had a hand. After all, between an endowment for Miami’s primary leadership institute, a $3 million-donation toward the new state-of-the-art theater

in the Armstrong Student Center, the establishment of a lecture series and scholarship fund as well as five years of service on the board of trustees, Wilks had his hands pretty much everywhere on Miami’s campus.

The 1948 alumnus died Tuesday—the day of his 89th birthday.

After nearly a century as a resident in the Hamilton community, he is sure to leave a mark, President David Hodge said.

“Harry leaves an enormous legacy at Miami and in the Hamilton community,” Hodge said on the Miami news website. “He was one of the most creative and imaginative people I have ever met, and he lived life with an irrepressible joy that inspired everyone around him. He will be greatly missed and long remembered.”

One of his most prominent marks on Miami’s campus is the Wilks Leadership Institute, founded in 2002 on Wilks’ belief that student

leadership could be a cure for many of the U.S.’ biggest economic and political problems.

“He believed a lack of leadership could be blamed for a lot of our country’s biggest problems,” Wilks Leadership Institute Director Eric Buller said. “He believed that in endowing the institute, he had found a way to cure an ailment in the U.S. He believed in transformational and ethical leadership.”

Wilks drafted a memorandum of understanding to guide the terms of use of the endowment but largely left the day-to-day operations of the institute to the university, Buller said.

He would nonetheless call or email Buller regularly to discuss issues he hoped the institute might address or ideas he had for speakers they might bring to campus.

“One thing he really wanted to

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IT’S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

A Delta Chi member acts as Simba from the “Lion King” during his fraternity’s perfomance at Puttin’ On the Hits (POTH). POTH, a Greek life philanthropy dance event, took place Wednesday in Millett Hall.

Cha-cha for charity: Miami Fashion students strut to Czech Republic holds fifth annual MUThon

BY ALLISON GNAEGY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Dancing all night is an activity usually reserved for the bars. But this weekend, members of Miami’s largest philanthropy will be dancing the night away at Millett Hall for the fifth annual MUThon.

The event begins at 6 p.m. and ends the following morning.

Formerly Dance Marathon, MUThon is the largest student-run philanthropy on campus. Students pay to dance for 12 hours to symbolize the struggle of the children and families MUThon supports.

All proceeds from the event go directly to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Children’s Miracle Network.

The Children’s Miracle Network treats children regardless of a family’s ability to pay. Passionate volunteers and organization directors live by their motto, “For the Kids.”

Junior Rachel Novick, MUThon’s Vice President of Development, is in charge of planning fundraisers, accounting and reaching out to regional campuses to make them aware of MUTHon. Like most MUThon participants, Novick has a personal reason for dancing.

“I am pre-med and want to become a pediatrician,” Novick said.

“So anything that helps children is a great organization for me.”

Last year, MUThon raised its personal record of $40,092.39.

This year, MUThon has a goal of $50,000, and to reach that goal, the organization is doing a few things differently.

“We went through an entire rebranding of the organization from ‘Dance Marathon’ to ‘MUThon,’” senior MUThon board member Ryan Boes said. “This was a strategic move to create a sustainable brand that is more of our own as a university.”

In addition to the traditional dancing, performances and speakers, dancers can expect a new element of competition at this year’s event aimed at encouraging fundraising among competing teams.

All of the activities for this event have been planned for months in advance, and participants say they do it all, “For the Kids (FTK)!”

“We raise each number in our total one at a time until we get to that seventh digit,” junior Tori Fitzmartin, MUThon director of fundraising, said.“It’s such a great feeling when the crowd erupts and that final number goes up.”

Traditionally, the event has taken place at Withrow Courts on North Campus, but this year’s MUThon will be taking place more toward the center of campus at the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion.

Students who are not registered for the event can donate at www. mudm.org/support, live stream event on their website and purchase items from the MUThon “Miracle Auction.”

she looks forward to be a part of Miami’s first fashion workshop in the Czech Republic.

“It will give me a unique perspective on American fashion and show me how trends evolve from Europe to America,” she said.

As an interior design major, Hurley has been involved in MU Club of Fashion Design (MUCFD) since her freshmen year. Since Miami had no formal fashion proCONTRIBUTED BY LUCY HURLEY gram until this semester, the club Sophomore fashion student Lucy Hurley struts her stuff during MU Club of was the main outlet for students Fashion Design’s fashion show last year. interested in that type of arts.

“It’s composed of a group of students who share a passion for

BY AMANDA HANCOCK Humphries will be codirecting and fashion and every spring we host FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT teaching portions of the workshop. a huge fashion show that features Humphries said overcoming all student produced designs,” the language barrier will provide a she said.

For students with Project RunThe club has been working hard learning experience. way-esque aspirations, it is an exto get the fashion minor approved, “It’s unique to have an internaciting time to be at Miami. Along and Hurley said she’s happy it is tional community this open,” he with a recently-launched fashion finally up and running. One of the said.

“I think students will gain the minor, a brand new study abroad positive features of the minor, acability to communicate their ideas workshop will allow students to cording to Hurley, is that the curricthrough making objects to an interbring their designs to life. ulum incorporates a variety of difnational students.”

Miami’s fashion minor will offer ferent types of art classes coupled Humphries taught in the Czech its inaugural International Fashion with fashion-focused courses.

Republic last summer with all interWorkshop in the Czech Repub“The arts are very complementanational students and said its youthlic this summer. For the month of July, a group of about 15 students ful culture will lend itself to learn- ry of one another and therefore, the will study apparel, jewelry and shoe ing as well, as students will travel to integration of these classes creates design along with an advanced stu- Pilson and Prague, with excursions a deeper understanding of design principles which will build stronger dio art option. By partnering with to museums and galleries.

“The Czech Republic is still a relUniversity of Western Bohemia, designers,” she said. students will be taught by interna- atively new country, so they’re still Humphries said this makes tional professors and take part in an defining who and what they are,” the minor and the workshop all already established program. At the Humphries said. “The students you the more unique. end of the month, a runway show meet and study with have an inter“A lot of universities have fashwill present all the finished prod- esting perspective; they are in the ion design, but Miami is the only ucts, complete with professional modern age, but they are building one that I’ve heard of that built a the first generation of this country.” minor out of a grass roots movephotography and a catalogue.

Sophomore Lucy Hurley said ment by the students,” he said.

Associate Professor John

Campus research gets the skinny on eating disorders

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

BATTLE OF THE BRICKS: ROUND THREE

JASON CHOW OHIO UNIVERSITY POST

Miami senior guard Quinten Rollins backs down an Ohio defender during Miami’s 63-55 loss in the second round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament. The loss was the third of the season to Ohio and the seventh in a row to the Bobcats. The loss also ended Miami’s season. See page 10 for a full recap.

In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a significant eating disorder during their lifetime, which includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder or an eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). From heart irregularities and failure to fainting and fatigue to shame and withdrawal, eating disorders sink their claws deep into a person’s very essence.

In extreme cases, an eating disorder can go so far as to claim a person’s life. In the U.S., mortality rates for anorexia, bulimia and EDNOS hover between four and five percent, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.

Despite popular belief, Miami does not have a higher percentage of students with eating disorders than other colleges and universities.

Dr. Rose Marie Ward, a professor in the Kinesiology and Health department, has conducted studies on disordered eating tendencies at Miami to address the misconception that Miami has a disproportionately

high rate of eating disorders.

“For years, I heard that Miami had higher eating disorder tendencies,” Ward said. “There are stories and myths like one in five Miami students have an eating disorder, which is not true. There is cultural mythology about Miami and the Miami image and eating disorders.”

One study Ward and her colleagues did focused on first-year women at Miami.

“We got primarily freshmen,” Ward said. “We had 215 women fill out a survey at the beginning of the fall semester and about a month and a half into the fall semester. Although you can’t diagnose eating disorders with a survey, what we traditionally find is that our rates of eating disordered tendencies are very similar to the national averages.”

Miami participated in the Healthy Minds Study, a national survey that compiles college students’ reported mental health status, in 2007, 2009 and 2012.

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POLICE Disney delivers an intern’s dream

BEAT Urine, Ur‘out’: Peeing man kicked out of bar

At 12:43 a.m. Wednesday, an OPD officer was dispatched to Brick Street Bar & Grille, 36 E. High St., in response to a report of an uncooperative male.

When officers arrived, bar employees said the male in question was seen urinating inside the bar patio by another patron who complained to staff.

When employees told the Miami University first-year to stop and leave, he refused and was forcibly removed. Once outside the bar, the male resumed urinating on the patio, now from the sidewalk, and staff told the suspect if he did not leave they would call the police.

The male responded by yelling, “f**ck the police” and continued urinating. An employee restrained him until the officer arrived. When the officer asked the male for his ID, he presented a Maryland driver’s license that indicated he was under the age of 21. The male was unsteady on his feet, wore an over 21 wristband and reeked of alcohol, the officer said.

When asked how much alcohol he had consumed, the male said he was sober. He quickly admitted to having consumed alcohol inside the bar. The officer noticed another license inside the male’s wallet and asked for it. The Illinois driver’s license made the suspect over the age of 21. The male said he had no idea how it got in his wallet.

He was taken to OPD where he began to vomit. The male continued vomiting and asked to be taken to the hospital. He charged with sales to and use by underage persons, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct: public intoxication. He was taken to McCulloughHyde Hospital.

Oxford police say arrest was ‘warranted’ At 1:31 a.m. Thursday, two OPD officers were driving west on College Corner Pike when they noticed a male sneaking through a hole in a fence around an apartment building.

The officers stopped the male and asked where he was going at such an hour. He said he was on his way to his friend’s house.

When asked for ID, the male said he did not have one, but officers noticed a chain attached to his pants, seemingly leading to a wallet. They asked to see it.

The search did not yield an ID, however, the male provided his name and the officers ran it through their database. The search returned several active warrants for the male’s arrest and when the officers informed him of this, the male began to run.

He was caught, arrested, and upon a search, the officers found two white pills and a small amount of marijuana. When asked about the pills, the male said they were Vicodin, which a lab test confirmed.

The male was charged for resisting arrest, drug abuse and drug abuse; marijuana. He was transported to Butler County Jail.

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When the most magical place on earth started recruiting for interns, Miami University students quickly jumped in line.

The Disney program is a semesterlong internship opportunity for students of all grades and majors that allows students to work within the Disney brand and gain experience and connections.

Career Services director Mike Goldman said student ambassador Sarah Chapman deserves full credit for connecting Miami students to this program.

The program recruits out of Bowling Green, but the amount of accepted Miami students already outnumbers the members from Bowling Green.

“In less than a year, 18 students have committed to the program,” Goldman said. “It’s an attractive opportunity because of the Disney brand, the immersive experience of semester-long internships, and the fact that it’s cross disciplinary.”

The Disney program serves as a continuation of a childhood dream for Miami senior Morgan Lanham, who was accepted to the program earlier this year, after wanting to apply since her freshman year.

“I first went to Disney when I was 18 months old, and my family loves Disney and has gone pretty much every year since,” Lanham said. “I was there four times last year and every time I would go down, I would talk to people who worked there and every person I talked to said it was the best experience of their life.”

A history and international studies double major, with a lusophone studies minor, Lanham said she put off applying to the program until her senior year because she felt she never had the time to do it before now. She is grateful the program offers so many opportunities to students of all ages, even seniors, and has so many different areas that students can be a part of.

“During my interview, I was fortunate to have my international studies background because I was able to talk about all the countries I’ve traveled to and how I communicated with people there even if I didn’t speak the language,” Lanham said.

“Disney has a very international focus because so many people from all over the world come there, so having that skill really benefitted me.”

Lanham said the sense of the camaraderie the workers described to her was something that really inspired her to look into the program and pursue it. However, it wasn’t until one of her bosses asked her if she had considered applying to the program that she actually pursued getting involved.

Once in her training, Lanham said she will find out exactly which ride she will be working with, since she already knows she will be placed in attractions. She hopes to be placed in an attraction like the “Jungle Cruise” because of the opportunity to involve patrons and make their experience better.

While her initial interest in the program was inspired elsewhere, Miami’s Career Services programming did help Lanham as she entered into the application process.

“Last fall I went to one of the programs that was hosted in FSB that was talking about this Disney program, and although I already knew I wanted to be a part of it, it was really helpful to ask them questions about when to apply and what to put on the application,” Lanham said. “They were good about being there to help people succeed at being apart of it.”

Informational sessions like the one hosted in the Farmer School of Business are only a few of the resources Career Services provide to students to help them find the perfect opportunities for them, Goldman said. Miami’s CAREERlink is another excellent resource for students searching for job or internship opportunities.

“Last year, employers posted more than 4,000 jobs on CAREERlink,” Goldman said. “Then of course we have our two career fairs which are still primarily oriented towards business and engineering students, but we are doing our best to change that.”

Goldman said while the career fairs are usually very business and engineering focused, students need to understand it’s not personal against other majors, but that different majors have different recruiting methods and cycles.

“We need to expand the definition of an internship,” Goldman said. “We put an unnecessary burden on many of our students because they thing they need to have a traditional internship. When in fact there many other experiences, with Miami, and away from Miami, that have the same attributes that employers value.”

Some of the other experience

Goldman suggested included high-impact student jobs, servicelearning centers, faculty supervised research, studio projects and leadership opportunities with student organizations.

Career Services offer many resources on their website for all majors to find opportunities within their field’s, but Goldman said the biggest challenge for students is learning to articulate, particularly if not in the business or engineering fields, the value of the skills they have acquired at Miami in their resume and in their interview.

“Meet with your career advisor, come to career services programs in your first and second year, never hesitate to talk to your faculty who have their own networks,” Goldman said. “And most importantly, be engaged.”

Disney is just one example of a new employer and their approach to recruiting new interns, Goldman said. Another company recently added to campus is Amazon. Based out of Seattle, they held a web information session with about 40 students where they had the opportunity learn more about Amazon, the internship and ask questions.

With all the resources provided, and Career Services’ dedication to maximizing students opportunities, it is up to Miami students to be proactive and smart about their career futures. The alumni network is always a tool, Goldman said, and a Miami education has obvious value.

Companies are noticing the Miami difference, and Disney especially is beginning to realize the value of a Miami student, Goldman said.

Mellow masseuse melts Fitness instructor trains the migraines, relaxes backs strong-willed, determined CONNOR MORIARTY SENIOR STAFF WRITER

In a fast-paced college life filled with difficult classes, tough jobs and stressful social lives, Bonnie Jo Piper said she believes Miami University students need all the relaxation they can get.

Piper is a licensed massage therapist who owns Bodywork By Piper on South College Avenue.

Though she may show up to her office every day, she hardly considers massaging work.

“It’s therapeutic for me,” Piper said. “I get just as much out of each session as my clients do.”

Piper, who uses her given last name as her first, was born and raised in small towns across Ohio.

After her divorce, though, she began to look for security and stability for her and her three children.

“I needed to have careers in place in order to raise my children,” Piper said.

So Piper made the decision to achieve independence and to attend both massage and nursing school while looking after her two boys and daughter. She said she received help from her loving parents, but when she looks back on all she accomplished, Piper still has a hard time understanding how she did it.

“I went to massage and nursing school while rearing three young

children, and it was for them that I was motivated to do that,” Piper said. “I did what I had to do. I didn’t view it as an option, just as what I had to do.”

Today, after two of her children have graduated from Miami, Piper has opened her own massage business and works as a part time psychiatric nurse at The Lindner Center of Hope in Mason, Ohio.

Since then, she has not questioned either decision.

Piper said she agrees with the cliché saying, “If you love what you do you won’t work a day in your life.”

If asked about her work, she talks about nursing—massages simply do not fall in that category.

“Massage is my passion,” Piper said. “I feel bad accepting people’s money because I really want to give them massages and I get just as much relaxation and meditation out of it as they do.”

Piper said she believes her talent for massages comes out of her passion for the practice.

“People on the massage table realize I’m good at what I do because they know and can feel that I love what I’m doing,” Piper said.

The main reason Piper said she loves massage is because she knows after each and every client has

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CRIME STATISTICS: March 8 - March 14 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED: 19 TOTAL CRIMES: 39 TOTAL STUDENTS ARRESTED: 15

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Kelly Halderman has been teaching fitness for 23 years. v

BY JANE BLAZER COMMUNITY EDITOR

Kelly Halderman has no sympathy when it comes to a workout.

At 47, the fitness instructor has been whipping people into shape for about 23 years.

“You have to treat exercise like flossing your teeth, you may not enjoy doing it but you have to and frequently,” Halderman said. “I came to realize this more as I age and I can really tell if I quit working out for a long period of time.”

Halderman currently teaches “cardio and abs,” “spin and abs,” “total body tone” and also works as a personal trainer at Miami University. She teaches a total body resitance exercise (TRX) at the YMCA in Eaton, Ohio, and even offers personal training out of her own home. However, it was a long path for Halderman to get where she is today.

Halderman grew up in the Butler County area, where she attended grade school and high school. After graduation, she attended Bowling Green State University, where she pursued a degree in mass communication with an emphasis in radio, television, and film.

Halderman started working for radio stations when she was 14, and continued to work on and off in the business until she graduated college. She then moved to Phoenix, Ariz. for two years, where she worked at a local newspaper and eventually in a magazine publishing house.

Kelly said working for the

media wasn’t easy and she never held a job for long.

“Because it’s media, it had this change in hand,” Halderman said.

“A whole group of us would get fired and you couldn’t take it personally, but after awhile it starts to eat away at you, and you loose your drive.”

Kelly said she loved living in Phoenix, but had to move back to Eaton, Ohio when she received a devastating call from her father.

“I was in Phoenix and my dad called me and said my mom had ovarian cancer,” Halderman said. “There was a 17 percent chance of surviving, so I packed up and moved back here because she started chemo, and it didn’t look good.”

She returned to Ohio in the early 90s and began working for a local newspaper, radio station, and eventually, the YMCA in Middletown as a group fitness instructor.

“I was taking group fitness classes and the girl quit and somebody asked me if I would start teaching her class, literally, that day,” Halderman said. “I took the group fitness classes from this girl. She was teaching step classes on a wooden box. They [YMCA] would come in and look at the classes, so I guess they figured I had some right foot from left foot knowledge. I could keep a beat.”

Halderman met her husband, Mike, a few years after moving back home on a blind date set up by a friend from high school.

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BAKING UP SMILES

First-years Andrew Cannata, Allie Bokar, Alyssa Meler and junior Deanna Norwood sell baked good to benefit Relay For Life in The Farmer School of Business.

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have was a presidential debate here,” Buller said, chuckling. “That tells you something about the grandeur of the ideas he had for what Miami should be. That’s the way he thinks about Miami and the impact it should have, not only on this region but on the entire nation.”

Wilks’ belief in Miami translated into over $9 million in donations and endowments over the years, but also into a deep level of commitment to its students that came out in a number of forms.

“Every conversation we ever had was a conversation about students,” Buller said. “He cared from the students of this university. As a trustee, everything a conversation came up about raising tuition or fees, he was the most vocally against it. He really cared about [how these issues] affect students.”

Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts. Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio— and perhaps his passion for the arts. Wilks’ love for Miami and its

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walked out her door, their life has improved in some way because of her.

“I see a noticeable difference in each person when they leave my office, and they look forward to coming back,” Piper said. “That is so rewarding.”

Associate Professor in the College of Creative Arts Pansy Chang has gone to Piper for massages on various occasions. As a cellist, which can be as physically demanding as a sport, Chang goes to Piper to pinpoint problem areas and to make sure her body is prepared to play an instrument. “[Piper] helps keep my body working the way it should,” Chang said. “She finds and fixes problem areas that I didn’t even know I had.”

According to Chang, what is different about Piper is she is personal. She asks about her life, asks questions about her stress, and focuses the massage based on that information.

So when Miami students come to Piper for help, she is thrilled.

Whether it’s a girl letting out some stress, or a guy getting the kinks and knots out of his neck, Piper said she can help them all.

“Girls come in upset and stressed about their boyfriend cheating on them, and they talk to me while I help them relax,” Piper said.

“Guys aren’t nearly as vocal, but I can see how much better they look when they leave.”

Piper said she believes without a doubt massage is one of the

students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts.

Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts. Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio— and perhaps his passion for the arts.

Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts. Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts.

Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts. Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio— and perhaps his passion for the arts.

Wilks’ love for Miami and its students came second only to his love for the people of his hometown of Hamilton, Ohio—and perhaps his passion for the arts.

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healthiest and most efficient ways of staying healthy, especially for a college student.

“It hurts me to see, young college students especially, in pain, both physically and mentally,” Piper said. “I have had students come in and tell me they’ve had pain for years, and after the massage they tell me that that one massage made a bigger difference than years with a chiropractor.”

Piper said because of her loving nature she has gotten from raising her three children, she wants to be a “mom” for Miami students.

“I build relationships with my clients based on great connection and trust,” Piper said. “I provide an optimistic, positive and loving environment and I think my clients really enjoy that.”

Through that environment, Piper continues to be shocked by the connections she makes with some of her clients. During the massage, while both Piper and her client are doing controlled breathing and thinking together, her client will say they were thinking exactly what Piper was thinking, word for word. According to Piper, meditative states such as that are more than normal.

“There’s a cool transfer of energy during a massage that I still don’t completely understand,” Piper said through a smile.

According to Piper, she is more than happy with where her life is right now and hopes it continues this way into the future.

Piper’s massage studio is open for anyone to come, and she offers various forms of massage, including therapeutic, medical and group massage.

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Three percent of Miami students reported having been diagnosed with an eating disorder, according to Student Counseling Service (SCS) Director Kip Alishio.

Fifty percent of Miami students reported that body shape and weight are among the most important things. Nine percent reported eating binges at least once a week; however, 18 percent reported they needed to be thin to feel good about themselves and nine percent of females reported having lost a period due to low body weight.

“The report gives us Miami data, national data and a statistical analysis to show if there is any significant difference,” Alishio said.

“For the 2012 data, none of the data had significant differences, which was a little surprising to me because there has been a myth or belief that there are more Miami students with eating disorders than elsewhere.”

Trends from the 2007 and 2009 data show that Miami fairly consistently aligns with national averages on disordered eating behaviors or body image-related issues. Both at Miami and nationally, the responses to binging at least once a week and

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They had two kids, Burke and Brennan. Burke,18, is currently a first-year at Miami studying mechanical engineering, and Brennan, 14, goes to Eaton Middle School.

In 1996, Halderman started working for Miami, a few years after starting at the YMCA. She said it was a tough process to get the job, but wouldn’t stop until she was hired.

“I pestered the girl who was in charge of group fitness to audition me and she said ‘no.’ She didn’t need anybody, and man, I really pestered her,” Halderman said. “I wanted the membership here, and I wanted to be able to workout here and get paid. It took almost a year of pestering her to audition me and finally she hired me.”

Halderman’s main source of inspiration when it comes to her tough, motivating workouts is her dad, who has a background in the Navy, and her mother, a survivor of ovarian cancer. She teaches her class in a strict, disciplinary way.

“Neither one of my parents are quitters, they don’t understand ‘quit,’” Halderman said. “My dad is pretty hardcore, pretty disciplinary with a military background and firefighter. And my mom was much more of a gentle individual, but if you were going to do something, they were very, very supportive, but they wanted 100 percent and you couldn’t back out.”

When asked about her method of teaching, she responded she

“feeling fat” have decreased.

Alishio said he thought the myth that a higher rate of students suffer from eating disorders at Miami than other colleges and universities would prove statistically true.

“We find so many women in particular over the years who feel very much internal pressure, if not external pressure, to look a certain way, to look thin and attractive,” Alishio said. “Also the demographics that tend to be more at risk of eating disorders coincide with a large proportion of the demographics of Miami students: EuropeanAmerican, upper middle class, high achievement orientation and somewhat perfectionistic.”

Although Miami students do not appear to struggle with eating disorders in higher numbers than other colleges and universities, eating disorders pose immediate and longterm health consequences and can prove fatal. Students wrestling with disordered eating behaviors should seek help, Alishio said.

Senior Audra Smith suffered from anorexia and bulimia before coming to Miami.

“I always felt the pressure to fit in and be thin, ever since I was in middle school,” Smith said. “As I grew up and matured, that manifested itself in an unhealthy way. I’m not

really sure where it all went wrong.

Throughout middle school and high school, I found that by restricting what I ate and binging and purging, I could lose weight. It became like a wildfire and spun out of control.”

Smith said the shame was so great, she did not reach out to friends or family for help.

“There’s such an element of shame with eating disorders,” Smith said. “You don’t want anyone to know.”

Smith said since coming to Miami, she has conquered her past struggles.

“I never really struggled with eating disorders during my time at Miami because thankfully, the people here and resources were really helpful in my recovery,” Smith said. “But this campus is very aesthetically focused. I would be lying if I said I didn’t have thoughts about eating disordered behavior. I hear conversations all the time about people wanting to lose weight.”

Smith has found relative peace with her body.

“Something I’m learning is, why should I care how I look as long as I feel good and healthy and I’m confident and happy in who I am?”

Smith said. “A lot of times we’re really focused on looks and fitting it.

Sometimes it can be too much.”

didn’t like quitters.

“Like I said, both of my parents aren’t quitters, so I don’t like ‘wimpiness’ or wining…My dad always said ‘if you want to cry, I’ll give you something to cry about.’”

Halderman said her philosophy is you get what you give, little effort results in little results. When it comes to personal training, Halderman said she think’s it is best to start from what the client enjoys, and then progress from there.

“If you like to go out and walk, but you want to loose weight and walking’s not doing it, then maybe you need to be carrying some weights with you or throwing in some lunges in or a few sprints,” Halderman said. “You have to start with that foundation of what do you like to do. Cause if you don’t, you’ll loose it. It would be like eating broccoli when you hate it. You can’t do that.”

Halderman creates all her own workout routines for all of the classes she teaches.

“I make up a lot of my stuff, and I’m also a little protective of it because this is all I do,” Halderman said, “and I think about what I do, and I think about what muscle groups we are working, and I know it probably sounds like too much attention to small detail, but it takes pride in getting people really good workouts, so I don’t want to give away everything I got.”

Halderman doesn’t only have to be physically flexible; she also has to be mentally flexible due to her overwhelming schedule.

On average, Halderman works

at the REC every weekday, and has clients throughout the week.

On Tuesdays, she teaches TRX, a cycling class and family fitness at the YMCA. Halderman’s schedule is always different.

“It sounds like a short day, but it isn’t when its physical,” Halderman said. “It’s exhausting…people say ‘oh that’s such a short day, you don’t work full time’, well no, I don’t, and a monkey could do it, but physically, it’s very draining.”

Halderman said she treats the workout the same at the YMCA and Miami, but there are differences in both, with an obvious age difference, but also a difference in the environment and communication.

“People that are community aged out of college, they’re much more vocal, verbal, they talk during class as far as they interact with me,” Halderman said. “There is a lot more eye contact, there is a lot more get to know you, there is a lot more feedback. While here [Miami Rec Center], they’re [college students] a lot more inhibited, I think, being younger.”

Halderman has a long, physically tiring day, however, she said she loves her career and like her parents taught her, doesn’t plan on quitting.

“Well, I definitely feel myself exercising in the future. I don’t see that stopping. As far as leading group fitness, definitely the age will be changing as I deteriorate physically. I would like to teach more different types of classes, more unique workouts such as a hula-hoop class.”

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Courtney Bernard, vice president of the student body, will moderate the forum and is looking forward to hearing the two experts reflect on such an impactful issue.

“We hope to challenge and possibly alter how students think about government, democracy, and the American way of life,” she said.

Bernard said she believes the topic should interest students, as it is “extremely relevant” and has been widely discussed throughout the media within the past year.

Sophomore Taylor Avery, a Psychology major and Spanish minor, said she is looking forward to educating herself on the topic at hand.

“Personally, I know myself and I know that I am not into politics, so it’ll be a good eye-opening experience to hear the opposing views of the topic that is

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presented,” she said. “I think this is a great opportunity for me to formulate my own opinion.”

When the forum concludes, the two speakers will break out into small groups so that students will have the opportunity to engage in discussion. Following, there will be a big reception with a variety of food.

“I’m hoping the students who come will stick around,” Haney said.

The JANUS forum developed from the sponsorship of alum,nus Thomas W. Smith, and is organized by Miami students. Last year’s JANUS forum featured former governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, and former U.N. ambassador, William Kristol.

The two shared their views on the United States’ role in the world for the future.

Required tickets for the upcoming JANUS forum are available at the Miami Box Office in Shriver. However, tickets will still be available at the Wilks Theater the night of the event.

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outage began, but the building staff soon realized they would not be sufficient to keep the magnet powered until the physical facilities department was able to divert power to the building from the “peaking” generators.

“When we realized that, we started to mobilize our mobile generators and soon we had power to the building from the ‘peaking’ generators,” Davis said.

Meanwhile, in less critical buildings, staff scrambled to respond to meet student needs despite the blackout. In the Armstrong Student Center, Executive Chef Scott Rous was determined not to let the lack of electricity keep him from serving students their lunch.

He and his staff replaced the vegetable bar at the NAME with buckets of ice loaded with a variety of cold sandwiches, fruit cups and bottled beverages.

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With the registers out, the staff jotted down students’ banner ID numbers to charge them for the food once the power was restored.

Lights began flickering back on around 12 p.m. but it was 2 p.m. before power was fully restored to all buildings on campus. Though the actual repair only took around one hour, the process of switching from the main power supply to the “peaking” generators back to the main power supply took a considerable amount of time as there is a specific sequence that must be followed for safety reasons, Davis said.

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

Sharing login info with significant other will hurt, not enhance trust When asked, many of us would say trust is the crux of any relationship.

Especially in college environments where good-looking guys and girls who seem to always be in “go-mode” surround us, it isn’t always easy to control a wondering eye.

Why stay with someone if you’re constantly worrying about what they are doing, who they are talking to?

Some couples are taking steps to build this element of their relationship even more by sharing passwords — passwords to email, social media accounts and even banking credentials.

According to a recent Pew study, 67 percent of Internet users in a marriage or committed relationship have shared the password to one or more of their online accounts with their spouse or partner.

Though a small portion of Miami University students are actually married, a significant amount of young adults in committed relationships are sharing their social media or e-mail account passwords with each other. Why? To increase trust, the study reports.

Though couples may believe sharing passwords with each other will boost trust in their relationship, The Miami Student editorial board challenges that idea.

To some of us, trust is defined as being comfortable enough to know — or at least believe — your significant other isn’t going to do anything to violate your trust; two people who trust one another do not have anything to prove.

That is why the concept of sharing passwords with your significant other under the guise of trust doesn’t make sense to us.

Social media is literally becoming an extension of our lives, and that much is pretty much irreversible at this point.

With that said, Facebook password sharing, for example, allows someone to see your

private interaction with other people online.

As humans, we need some amount of personal space and privacy, especially in a world where that privacy is becoming less available.

Social media passwords are almost like the last frontier in online privacy.

To have a functional, healthy relationship, couples need somewhere or some way to be alone, even if it’s as simple as logging on to Facebook with a key combination no one else knows.

Being okay with that is trust and sharing passwords is not indicative to a trusting relationship.

There is a hierarchy when it comes to account passwords.

For instance, sharing your Netflix password may not be as serious a feat as, say, sharing your Facebook password.

And sharing your Facebook credentials is a lot less serious than giving out your bank account pin.

The editorial board has noticed that this day and age couples are constantly trying to “take the next step.”

Especially in college, when many of us are in relatively serious relationships, couples who seem to want to take that next step but don’t really want to move in together or get married, think that password sharing could suffice as that step.

But in reality, we think that complicates things.

A line should be drawn when it comes to privacy and trust in a relationship.

The editorial board thinks sharing passwords, with the exception of Netflix of course, crosses that line.

Independent, mature and happy people make the best partners and that does not depend on knowing each other’s passwords.

Even though at first it may seem like refusing to give out a social media password may hinder the relationship, it will actually just hurt it more.

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Leftism vs. Americanism is real issue with students The following is a response to the commentary titled “Liberals as lesser men: Debunking the myths behind the stereotype of men from the left.”

Thank you for sharing your ideas with those of us on and offcampus. I am interested in what young people think. May I respond with respect: America is in a culture war. Thankfully it is non-violent. It’s a war between the values of leftism and American values.

Of course you may be a patriotic leftist college student or professor, but not necessarily hold American values. Most young people are highly attracted to leftism. Most abandon it when they grow, get married and get out into the world and then understand how wise were the values of our American founders.Your concerns are classic leftist. You say, “The conservatives attack President Obama’s domestic agenda.” Of course we do. He and the Democratic Party he leads hold intense leftist values.

Such values attack every part of the core of American values. Our country was formed to be a sea of liberty with islands of government control. America is about the freedom of the individual to run his life as he sees best. Leftism is about government running our lives and spreading its vision of justice among the citizenry. Mr. Obama is essentially saying: “After a certain point, you’ve made enough money and I, enlightened politician, will come and take what you don’t deserve and give it to others who deserve it more.

I, a kind and compassionate politician with my 15,000 pages of laws and regulations will now tell Keary and Jason when, why, how and with whom they will have healthcare on their brains and kidneys, livers, reproductive organs. I am

the enlightened State.” Karl Marx couldn’t have said it any better.

Such values steer us fast to Europe with their weak and demanding entitled citizens and their utterly failing economies.You young people, and I say this not to be mean, seem unfortunately very naive and uninformed about Americanism and its understanding of the proper role of government to the citizen. By college, you should understand our values rather than mock them. Our college kids are yawning while staring them in the face is the massive-sized government soon to reach into your wallets and demand for your whole life repayment on massive debts of this welfare state we’ve created. You shrug at the notion that the government has become a Leviathan and will control huge swaths of your lives at home and work. You cheer when this leftist government makes and celebrates millions now dependents on social welfare. You text and tweet while viscous religious fanatic tyrants in Iran are about to get ahold of a nuclear bomb.

Remember also Keary and Jason, the government has no money, so you’re cheering on 50 million people who are on food stamps. Keep clearly in mind the American and moral implications of that. 50 million people are ordering their neighbors to go out each day and work and then hand them part of their earnings. For a tiny few, this is just, but for 50 million? Please, this is weak, character-destroying raw leftism. This is also a massive inequality of power between the citizen and state. This is not Americanism.

And yes, Keary and Jason, toughness, power and strength are vital in foreign affairs. A key value of leftism is a naive childlike view

of the world. The argument is all men are basically good. Our leftist citizens will argue, “If you talk and extend a hand, people will come around.” Americanism is the value system of adults and realists.

Those with American values understand people are not born good and evil will always be with us, and talking and open hands often get one killed by very evil guys.

Americanism understands the best way to fight evil and avoid war is to be powerful and resolute. The powerful American Army freed the concentration camps of Europe, not leftist peace activists.

In foreign affairs, leftism, headed by our president has unleashed the forces of darkness into the world from Libya, to Egypt, Iran, China, Russia, Syria and Venezuela. Yes, President Obama exudes weakness because he holds leftist values. Tough, murderous tyrants like Vladimir Putin and the Mullahs in Tehran, and the dictators of China know it, see it, feel it and laugh at it. Our allies, from Britain to Canada to Taiwan, Japan and Israel are appalled. You may feel all warm and comfy in your dorms, but darkness not fought by strong men and women holding American values will eventually come even to our cozy dormitories, just as it did to our cozy office buildings on 9-11.Check out some American values. Whether you continue to cheer on leftism is your business, but at least make your BA degrees meaningful and become more educated. I’m happy to read anything you’d like me to read to support your notions that leftism is and has been good for the world.

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Bread you eat at Subway isn’t what you think: HPV vaccine article shows a North American food laws trying to kill you strong bias and only one side I’m not the biggest fan of major food companies. Over the years, I have become an okay cook, or at least by the standards of a typical college male. I often elect to eat at home. My meals are cheaper and healthier that way.

One place I would sometimes order from is Subway. Not that it’s the greatest place in the world, but they build the illusion of having healthy options.

Subway is also the only food chain where I can finish a meal and not immediately feel like I’m going to die.

It was recently revealed that Subway’s method of “dough enhancement” was a chemical called azodicarbonamide. I know that’s a big word. It’s usually a rule of thumb that if you don’t recognize an ingredient or can’t at least pronounce it, you shouldn’t eat it.

Azodicarbonamide is a component in plastic production. This “foaming agent” is also used in rubbers to make flip-flops and yoga mats. It’s used in the food industry to make dough rise faster.

This tongue-twisting chemical is popularly referred to as the “Yoga Mat Chemical.”

A big concern is this chemical is linked to skin problems and allergies.

It hasn’t been adequately tested on humans according to experts despite being approved by the FDA. Another concern is that I don’t want mystery plastic in my sandwich.

Subway isn’t the only place to use

this. The Yoga Mat chemical is used at McDonald’s, Arby’s and dozens of brands found in grocery stores such as Sara Lee and Smucker’s.

Who doesn’t use it? The entire European Union. The Yoga Mat chemical was banned in 2005 for use in making plastics that are likely to come in contact with food.

Yes, you read that correctly, it was banned from products that have a chance at simply touching food.

Here in the good ol’ Red, White and Blue, it’s a component injected into foods you likely eat a lot.

Bread is made from water, salt, yeast and flour. That’s it. It’s a simple recipe that has worked for thousands of years and is seemingly a food that every recorded civilization has managed to make. Somehow North America is screwing it up.

North America is the only continent that doesn’t force food companies to label genetically processed food. Countries like Ethiopia, China and Kazakhstan all have laws in place that attempt to protect and inform the consumer on what they’re eating.

A lot of foods served in restaurants and sold at your local grocery store would be illegal in most industrialized countries on other continents.

We live in a country where antifreeze and jet fuel are ingredients.

Europe currently doesn’t allow importing most U.S. and Canadian crops in fear of health risks and environmental contamination. Europe is also host to the world’s healthiest

countries like France and Norway.

This adds to the explanation of how the U.S. is ranked 37th in the world for quality of health care.

Robert Kenner, director of Food Inc, a documentary that chronicles our food problem, hypothesizes that the millennials will be smaller, weaker and have shorter life spans than their parents.

They mean smaller in terms of height and muscle mass. We’re still on track to have over 33 percent of our population becoming obese.

The meat industry is ran by only a few companies, all of which have major political swing. If you don’t believe me, just look at the geography of food distribution and food law.

Companies like Tyson distribute food across the U.S. and Canada and have major political power in both countries.

North America is the only continent that allows the Yoga Mat chemical in food.

Even poverty-stricken African countries won’t feed their people foods that we graciously serve at the dinner table.

China has so much smog, kids can’t go to school some days, they make workers slave away in iPod factories for a dollar a day, but they won’t feed them a yoga mat.

STEVEN BEYNON

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I am responding to the editorial “Leading HPV vaccines are not entirely effective, consumers should remain aware” published in The Miami Student by Nicole Theodore on March 7.

My response aims to highlight the one-sidedness of the argument presented in the piece. To begin, the article references a Dr. Diane Harper, who gave a speech that “shocked the audience” at the International Conference on Vaccination in regards to the effects of Gardasil and Cervarix.

What the author failed to include was the fact that the International Conference on Vaccination is hosted by the National Vaccine Information Center, a well-known anti-vaccination organization. Clearly, this speech must have not been too “shocking” if it was being presented at an antivaccine conference.

In regards to Dr. Diane Harper, the apparent “lead researcher” of HPV named in the article, it seems that both sides of her story were not considered. Yes, she has spoken out against the use of the HPV vaccine in regards to its effectiveness, but she also authored several papers in scientific journals describing the vaccination as “safe” prior to her later contradiction. In an interview with CBS she even implied that the risks of the vaccine are actually quite small by saying, “if we vaccinate 11 year olds and the protection doesn’t last... we’ve put them at harm from side effects, small but real, for no benefit.”

This leads to the third part of Nicole’s article that is not fully telling of the truth. The side effects and reported deaths of the HPV vaccines are not verified, including the reports of Gullian Barre Syndrome mentioned in the article. All vaccine adverse effects are reported through a service called the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The adverse effect reports for vaccines are made public, but it must be made clear that these reports are unverified. On the VAERS website, it is stated that although the data is

made public, “the report of an adverse event to VAERS is not documentation that a vaccine caused the event.” All reports are evaluated by the CDC, which ultimately determines through strict procedure if a cause-and-effect relationship exists between the vaccine and reported effect.

Katie Couric, an anchor for CBS news, aired a story on her show “Katie” regarding the HPV vaccine controversy. The episode focused primarily on the adverse effects of the vaccine. After the show, Katie Couric authored a blog post in the Huffington Post about the segment stating, “We simply spent too much time on the serious adverse events that have been reported in very rare cases following the vaccine.” She then went on to discuss the benefits of receiving an HPV vaccine.

Put simply, Nicole’s story was not an accurate representation of what is really going on. There is a plethora of data supporting the use of the Gardasil and Cervarix vaccines as a way to prevent HPV infection and cervical cancer. The vaccine has been deemed safe by the CDC, which actively monitors all adverse event reports. If the vaccines were not safe, they simply would not still be on the market. The evidence to suggest that the vaccines are not safe is quite unsubstantial.

Nicole should not be faulted for the article she wrote. Many anti-vaccine activists and organizations flood the airwaves with inaccurate information everyday.

However, vaccines are essential to keeping the community safe. It goes without saying that immunization has changed the world in regards to disease control, and the CDC has been more than an avid participant in this effort. We must not discredit the CDC due to misleading anti-vaccine information. I respect Nicole’s opinion, but it is necessary to represent both sides of this controversial story.

BEN MEACHAM

JUNIOR, MICROBIOLOGY, MEACHABP@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Dual citizenship of America and Australia provides insight into two unique cultures I remember the way the air smells the first step you take after getting off the plane. Fifteen hours in the sky and your legs feel like an uneven blend of wet cement and jell-o, but you barely notice because the atmosphere your nose inhales is VICTORIA so crisp, laced SLATER with the scent of eucalyptus trees and salt water.

For foreigners, the perfume would be labeled as “Australia.” For me, it has always been, and always will be “home.”

My family, composed of a father, a mother, three daughters and one tiny niece, follows a long lineage of Australian heritage that takes us back to our Irish ancestors that ventured Down Under to escape the potato famine in the 1850s. In 1993, our little family of five took permanent root in Columbus, Ohio, leaving a handful of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins behind. Today, I boast dual citizenship and a right to vote unlike my parents and sisters, but I yearn for the deep blue waves, dry, arid heat and koala-dusted forests that is Australia.

Not only is it a place to escape in my dreams, far away from the hardships of divorced family and college classes, but that is where my life began, before I was even conceived.

I will never forget them, the somewhat unfamiliar faces of the relatives I have seen only a few times, or it, the land I couldn’t navigate to save my life. It is my home, and I want to go back.

My entire life, I have been

immersed in two cultures. Born and raised in America, I rock the accent, the fashion, the love for college football Saturdays and summer BBQ picnics with the neighbors. But a daughter and sister to Australian immigrants, I say “gone off” instead of “gone bad,” I eat plum pudding on Christmas day, and I thoroughly understand why koalas aren’t, in fact, bears. I will always identify with each culture and, I suppose I am very lucky in that I will always have a love for each culture.

Americans, seen from an Australian perspective, are wealthy, rude, pretentious and overweight. I suppose that makes sense, but in reality, both you and I know our culture is a bit more dynamic than that. We live in a large country, a growing population that dominates one of the largest spans of land in the world.

Our government is flawed, too small for the country it manages, and the economy is dwindling.

We are taught from a young age to fight, to compete, to be the best of the best and leave the losers out to dry. We crave success and will not stop until we achieve it. Because of that, only a few actually succeed in a monetary sense.

We live in small family units, leave our parents young to attempt to thrive in the financial world, marry, make our own children, and the process starts again. Once our parents age, we either take them in, or more often than not, put them in the care of nursing homes.

We tend to stray from aunts and uncles and cousins, only uniting a few times a year for family reunions and large holidays.

We, as defined by sociology, are an individualistic culture.

Our lives revolve around televisions. We stay indoors and

underground. We are up to date with national news and popular culture.

We boast the strongest military in the world.

We are technologically advanced, always first to announce the latest iPhone or comprehensive medical procedure. It is ironic, however, that we know barely anything about the outside world. We are oblivious to the just-as-powerful nations that surround us. The ones we call our allies.

However, we are full of freedoms. We dare to be different; we are encouraged to embrace individuality, spirituality.

We love our country and those that live in it. We gather on a hot July evening each summer to observe parades and fireworks in honor of the country we call our home. We will protect it to the very end. We love ourselves.

Australia’s culture, in many ways, is similar to that of America. Western and individualistic, Australians are also taught at a young age to compete for success.

However, as a much smaller country, supported by a strong iron and mining industry, Australia boasts a sturdy economy and job growth is fervent. Perhaps this explains the easy-going nature of Australians. The culture there is relaxed, optimistic, and leisurely. They enjoy ironic and sarcastic senses of humor. This could also be because the population flocks to the coastlines so they bask in warm and sunny weather—the middle desert regions are too hot and dry to be habitable.

Like Americans, Australians attend university in their late teens, and many go on to further their education to gain PhDs or Masters.

However, a large difference exists here in that Australians are much

more family-oriented.

Instead of moving in to dormitories on their college campuses, most college students stay at home with their parents until they are old enough to afford their own apartments or they get married.

Grandparents tend to live with their children and grandchildren until death. Families are much less spread out, so they are much more close-knit.

Australians are much more in touch with nature than Americans. Citizens here are relatively unfamiliar with air conditioning: their houses—with wide windows and open doors—can easily withstand temperatures as they climb into the 100s.

Even if summer thunderstorms produce flooding downpours, meals are taken outdoors on roofed verandahs. Any drop of rain is precious to an Australian, after a long span of winter drought. America and Australia also differ geographically in that Japanese immigrants to Australia are like Mexican immigrants to America.

Like Americans, Australia was colonized by England, however it was over 200 years later than when America was founded. We share a common language, a fundamentally Christian population, and similar democratic government; yet, Australians did not fight a revolutionary war, so they are still under British rule as a Commonwealth. Their government is run in majority by the prime minister.

Too many Americans are unaware that Queen Elizabeth reigns over Australia and Canada. I find this ironic when my Aunt Lizzie, who lives in Australia, knew the score of the NCAA Basketball National Championship

before I did.

While the rest of the world is so connected, I find America in this kind of isolationist bubble, lacking insight into how the globe really works.

This is the largest difference between America and Australia.

The importance of America and Australia’s similarities lies in the ability for a person from each culture to easily relate to one another.

While the language may differ in idioms and dialect, it easily understood across cultures. Prominent religions and holidays are the same.

Technology and an emphasis on education are the same. An American could journey to Australia and feel perfectly content and comfortable in Australia, only having to adjust to the time change, different currency, and toilets that spin backwards.

I believe the most important difference between Australia and America is Australia’s strong awareness of different cultures and ways of life.

As America is such a powerful and prominent country in the world, I find it strange and disappointing that so many are unaware of the goings-on and current events outside our coastlines. We control so much of the world, we should know what is happening in it.

Even a small and far-away country like Australia understands who we are and what we do, as well as many other countries time zones away.

We should follow their lead in this kind of global education, in order to increase respect, relatability and cohesion amongst all of the world’s countries.

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56 RBIs and 18 stolen bases on the season.

The offense has also done some nice things in regards to getting runners on base as Ledbetter, Reed and Larrabee all have an on-base percentage exceeding .400. However, the Red and White have not been efficient in driving runners in this season, registering only six home runs and 56 RBIs, while stranding 102 on base.

“We need to improve our hitting with runners in scoring position,” Ledbetter said. “We also need to work on our bunts, especially sacrifice bunts, since we sometimes bunt to get hits. We need to work on moving runners and hit with runners in scoring position under pressure. It’s easy to hit in the third inning with no outs and no score, but what about in the seventh when you need a run?”

Sophomore pitcher Amber Logemann has been lights out on the mound in her last two outings as she threw 12 innings

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“It’s our rival and I don’t like losing to them,” Cooper said.

“We have to face the reality of where we are as a program; we were not where they were. Now did we compete our tails off for three games? Yes we did. Did we put ourselves in a position to win? Yes we did. We did not close it out. The first part of that responsibility has to fall on me.”

Despite the disheartening loss, Moore said he will have fond memories of this season, particularly of the graduating seniors. “[I] played with a great team,” Moore said. “Giving it their all, being coachable. We just tried to help the seniors out. We’re going to miss the seniors a lot. We just have to get back to it starting this year.”

against Austin Peay and Canisius College and only allowed three earned runs while recording 10 strikeouts in the games. The pitching staff has been inconsistent as a whole this season with a 4.13 ERA, 63 strikeouts and 13 homers allowed.

The defense has made strides recently since it has made two fielding errors in the past four games and has improved its team fielding percentage to .961, which is higher than its opponents’ .959 up to this point in the season.

“For our defense, we need to continue to build off our play last weekend and our offense needs to pick it up,” Crowell said. “We need to work on getting timely hits. We put ourselves in good situations but we just can’t find that one big hit. Our pitching needs to eliminate the long ball and the big, clutch hits.”

The RedHawks take on Maine at 9:30 a.m. and Seton Hall at 11:45 a.m. Friday before taking on Connecticut at 9:30 a.m. and Boston at 2:15 p.m. the following day. The team wraps up play with a 9 a.m. meeting with St. Joseph’s Sunday.

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NO ONE WINS WITH A TIE IN A CHAMPIONSHIP

Last Saturday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) boy’s ice hockey championship game ended in a tie.

Yes, you read that correctly.

A championship game ended with “co-champions” after the game finished its seventh overtime.

Coaches from both St. Ignatius High School (Cleveland) and Northview High School (Sylvania) agreed player safety was an issue.

Of course, players have every right to be tired after a game that lasted nearly five hours. The game began at 2 p.m. and didn’t end until 6:40 p.m, according to OHSAA.org.

Why can’t the two teams meet up at a later date and decide a champion then?

I wonder what would have happened if a semifinal game would have been called short; you have to send someone to the championship game.

Moving away from hypotheticals, the players must be livid.

When a team works together, sweats together and bleeds together to earn the right to play in a championship game, you either come out on top, or you lose: there is no tying in championships.

Although there must be some amount of pride in tying a state championship, who wants to walk around saying that they are co-champions?

People have been murmuring online that the USA is becoming soft; that we are living in a society where everyone gets a trophy and your best effort is just fine. While I believe there is some truth to that, my biggest question is: Why can’t they just reschedule the game?

Unless there were injuries, it will be the same two teams and then a champion can be decided.

In a postgame press conference St. Ignatius coach Pat O’Rourke said that a group of adults made the decision to call the game after toying with the idea of playing two more overtimes.

I’m sure no player from either Wildcat team (both teams are nicknamed the Wildcats) is happy they were named co-champions in an epic battle that was cut short.

The craziest statistic about this state championship game is that it is the longest game on record.

One game was longer, in 2007, as it was decided after eight overtimes.

After so many overtimes, one team will inevitably make a fatigueinduced mistake and allow the other team to take the crown.

Sorry if this sounds too philosophical, but in life, there are winners and losers.

For example: when you apply for a job, you either get it or you don’t.

It’s rare that both candidates would be thought of so highly that two positions would be created. It doesn’t work that way.

You either win or you lose. That is how life works most of the time.

I thought it was how sports worked too, until Saturday.

If you win, it’s great. If you lose, it’s not so great, but you take lessons from your loss and move forward, trying to better yourself.

When everyone gets a trophy, nobody truly wins.

Everyone that does not attend the respective schools will get over this game rather quickly, but the hard working teams that will forever be known as co-champions will never forget.

Miami looks to improve play in next tournament

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Miami senior catcher Kayla Ledbetter prepares to swing during Miami’s 7-2 win over Austin Peay Saturday March 8.

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University softball team enters the Michelle Smith Spring Break Tournament this weekend coming off a two-win weekend in its first homestand of the season. The RedHawks (6-10) take on the University of Maine, Seton Hall University, the University of Connecticut, Boston University and the University of St. Joseph’s this weekend.

“We saw a glimpse of what kind of team we can be last weekend,” head coach Clarisa Crowell said. “We played with a lot of heart, energy and emotion on Saturday [against Austin Peay State University]. We just need

HOCKEY

to play that way every day. Our attitude and demeanor this week has been awesome and we look to get back on track against some good teams.”

Senior catcher Kayla Ledbetter said Saturday’s effort was much better than Sunday’s.

“It was two completely different teams [on Saturday and Sunday],” Ledbetter said. “We need to find that team that played on Saturday. We were aggressive with our hitting, we were confident, and we played hard with a sense of urgency.”

The offense for Miami is starting to improve as it now has six players batting at or near .300.

Ledbetter currently leads the team

with a .345 batting average with two home runs and five RBIs. Senior second baseman Kristy Arbour senior first baseman Allie Larrabee, and sophomore first baseman Hailey Reed are not far off the lead with respective averages of .327, .325 and .300.

They have accounted for 18 of the team’s RBIs. Sophomore third baseman Remy Edwards and junior right fielder Taylor Shuey are close to breaking .300 with averages of .294 and .283, respectively.

The ’Hawks currently bat .261 as a team with six home runs,

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RedHawks hit road for NCHC tourney ’Hawks end season with loss to Ohio University

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

If it seems like the Miami University hockey team abandoned all hope for an at-large bid into the national tournament months ago, it’s because it did. The final few weeks of the season have been a formality, really, with Miami locking up last place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. However, none of that matters to them. It’s playoff time, and any hockey fan worth his or her salt knows anything can happen.

The RedHawks have drawn a doozy of a first round competitor in the St. Cloud University Huskies.

The Huskies are No. 4 in the USCHO poll, regular season NCHC champions and are attempting to reach the Frozen Four in consecutive tournaments. They knocked out the ’Hawks in last year’s regional final.

The Huskies (21-8-5) are juggernauts, averaging 3.7 goals per game and converting on just over one-fourth of their man advantage chances. The second-highest scoring team in the country boasts eight players with 20-plus points, including their top forward line of sophomore

Jonny Brodzinski, senior Nic Dowd and sophomore Kalle Kossila.

Brodzinski leads the pack with 39 points and 20 goals, while the other two have 36 points apiece. Neither junior Ryan Faragher nor freshman Charlie Lindgren has been particularly powerful between the pipes for St. Cloud, but then again they haven’t had to be. The former has gone 19-7-4 with a .909 save percentage and a 2.67 goals-against average in 2013-14.

“They really have no weaknesses,” head coach Enrico Blasi said in a press conference Tuesday. “Their goaltending is solid, their defense is solid and their forwards top to bottom are really good and their wellcoached. We’re going to go, try to play our best, and if we have some success, it means we’ve gone there and played really, really well because that’s what it’s going to take to beat St. Cloud.”

While at first glance, the contest might appear lopsided on paper, these teams split both regular-season series, including a home win that was Miami’s lone “W” in a ninegame, six-week stretch. Junior forward Blake Coleman said his team

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has gained confidence following the last regular season game win over Denver last Saturday.

“Yeah, everybody seemed upbeat about the win,” Coleman said.

“I think that was something that we needed after our struggles recently.”

Coleman has netted a team-high eight goals in the past three weeks since returning from an injury that sidelined him in December. He sits third in the RedHawk scoring race despite missing 11 games this year. The only two players ahead of him are junior forward and captain Austin Czarnik and sophomore forward Riley Barber. Czarnik, who was just announced as a finalist for NCHC Forward of the Year, is tied for conference leader in points with 43. It will take all three of them and then some to go toe-to-toe with the Huskies in this best-of-three series, which kicks off Friday night.

“We’ve got to go out and play hard, play the right way and not cheat the process,” Blasi said. “The team that does it the best will move on.”

Friday night’s puck drop is set for 8:37 p.m. Saturday’s contest will begin at 8:07 p.m., as will Sunday’s potential rubber match.

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Miami third baseman Dan Walsh prepares to take a cut during Miami’s 6-5 loss to Xavier Tuesday.The RedHawks scored four runs in the final two innings, but their comeback bid fell short. Miami plays a doubleheader Friday at 3 p.m.

BY ZACH MACIASZEK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The season has come to an end for the Miami University men’s basketball team.

The No. 8 seed RedHawks (13-18) lost to No. 5 seed Ohio University (23-10) 63-55 in the second round of the MidAmerican Conference Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena Wednesday.

It was the third time MU faced the Bobcats this season and it was the third time they came up short against their rivals.

Sophomore guard Willie Moore recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman guard Jaryd Eustace was the only other RedHawk to score in double-digits, amassing 15 points and adding seven boards.

Senior guard Nick Kellogg led the Bobcats with 20 points. He also recorded seven rebounds and dished out four assists with no turnovers. Junior guard Willis Javarez followed him with 13 points.

The RedHawks were in foul trouble soon after the opening tip, as three of their starting five found themselves on the bench for large stretches of the first half.

Senior forward and leading team scorer Will Felder and sophomore guard Geovonie McKnight each earned two quick whistles in the game’s first four minutes.

Senior guard Quinten Rollins was saddled with three fouls in the opening period.

The foul trouble forced Miami head coach John Cooper to dig deep into his bench and play little-used reserves like sophomore forward Brian Oddo and sophomore center John Hawkins.

“We really struggled in the

first half with foul trouble,” Cooper said. “I looked down at the court and at one point we had two walk-ons out there, guys that haven’t played and one of them steps up and knocks in a big shot for us.”

Left to pick up the scoring slack, Moore did most of his damage in the first half, scoring 14 of Miami’s 23 points in the opening 20 minutes.

After a Moore bucket at the 9:46 mark, MU took a 14-12 lead. After that, the Bobcats went on a 9-0 run over the next three minutes. After building a 27-19 advantage with just over three minutes to go in the first half, Oddo hit a three and Moore split a pair of free throws to pull MU within four heading into the locker room, 27-23.

Miami chipped away at the Ohio lead in the opening minutes of the second half. Felder sored two quick baskets to tie the game at 27 with 17:34 remaining. The ’Hawks took their first lead since the first half on a McKnight layup with 13:36 left on the clock, 38-36. The Bobcats regained the lead 51-47 off a pair of 3-pointers by junior guard Stevie Taylor with just over five minutes left.

The ’Hawks got back within a point, 56-55, with 38 seconds left after a pair of free throws

by McKnight. It was as close as Miami would get however, as the Bobcats scored seven straight points to close the book on the game and the RedHawks’ season.

Cooper said it was difficult losing to the Bobcats three times in the same year, especially considering the RedHawks held the lead in the closing minutes of the second half in all three contests.

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