March 30, 2012 | The Miami Student

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VOLUME 139 NO. 50

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1966, The Miami Student reported that the Miami University Administration was developing tentative plans to build 2,600 residence hall spaces over four years. The Student reported that the first 650 spaces would be financed by a $3 million federal loan and the construction could begin within a year across the street from Stanton Hall.

Stefanski wins general election Corporan clinches VP of CAC

By Allison McGillivray Campus Editor

CANADIAN CONCERTO

RICHARD MANDIMIKA THE MIAMI STUDENT

Aziz Shokhakimov, a 23-year-old Uzbek, conducts the world-renowned Canadian Chamber Orchestra I Musici de Montreal Tuesday evening in Hall Auditorium.

John Stefanski and Lizzie Litzow, president and vice-presidential candidates for The Student Voice Party, won 60 percent of the vote in the Miami University student body general election, defeating #Revolution Party candidates Colten Kidwell and Molly Kenney.

Vice President of Campus Activities candidate E.J. Corporan of the Make it Your Miami Party will join Stefanski and Litzow on Associated Student Government’s Executive Cabinet after winning 55 percent of the vote to defeat Student Voice

Party candidate Jake Westfall.

A total of 3,327 students voted in the general election compared to 3,642 students who voted in the primary election, according to Student Body Vice President Matt Frazier.

“It was a little bit less than the primaries and that was disappointing,” Frazier said.

Stefanski said he was excited to hear he and Litzow won.

“It’s great to see that all of our hard work has paid off and that people agree with what we ran on and how we ran our

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Smith inks contract with Stars, makes NHL debut against Edmonton

By Tom Downey Staff Writer

Junior forward Reilly Smith will not put on a Miami University hockey uniform next year.

Instead, he will be wearing a Dallas Stars one.

Two days following the end of his college season, the Dallas Stars announced they signed Smith to a three-year entry-level contract.

Smith was added to the Stars’ NHL roster immediately.

“This is a dream come true,” Smith said. “Ever since I was a kid this has been my dream. Growing up, I was always a fan of the Stars.

At this point, I’m just trying to take everything in.”

The Stars picked Smith in the third round of the NHL Draft in 2009, just before he came to Miami University from Ontario, Canada.

Thanks to steady improvement during his time in The Brotherhood, he quickly became the Stars top prospect.

Smith scored only eight goals while adding 12 assists during his freshman year, but had a breakout year his sophomore season.

He had 28 goals and 26 assists while playing alongside current NHL players Carter Camper and Andy Miele.

In addition, Smith bulked up, adding 25 pounds since his freshman year and has racked up a plus-53 rating over his last 77 games.

“Confidence is huge in hockey,” Smith said. “Having successful seasons the past two years has really helped my confidence. I’ve also been trying to get bigger, faster and stronger [while at Miami].”

Smith finished his final season with 30 goals, good for second in the nation. The Hobey Baker Award finalist finished his career at Miami with 66 goals and 122 points despite playing only 121 games. Smith’s 66 goals are tied for ninth in school history.

“He has become a much more complete player, both on and off the ice,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said.

Smith’s 30 goals accounted for about 25 percent of Miami’s total goals this season. The loss of Smith will be tough one for Miami.

“We’ve gone through losing players early before,” Blasi said.

“You don’t replace someone like Reilly. You just have to move on with the guys you do have.”

Reilly joined Dallas in Calgary, Canada on their road trip that began Monday, but was not able to play while he waited for a

work visa.

The paperwork for the visa was cleared in time for Wednesday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, allowing him to make his first career appearance. Smith played about four minutes and had a shot on goal. With his appearance Wednesday, Smith becomes the fourth Miami player to make his NHL debut this year.

“It was kind of a shock to me,” Smith said of joining the Stars so quickly. “I didn’t know what was going to happen. But I’m very happy with everything that has taken place.”

The Stars have struggled at times to score this year, ranking in the BLAKE WILSON THE MIAMI STUDENT bottom half of goals per game in the NHL. They also rank 28 out of Miami University junior forward Reilly Smith shoots the puck Feb. 24 against Ohio State University. Smith signed a 30 teams in power play conversion three-year contract with the Dallas Stars Sunday and made his NHL debut Wednesday against the Edmonton for the year. Smith’s goal scoring Oilers. Smith finished his college career with 66 goals, tied for ninth in program history. ability and power play skill should help the Stars in the short term and even more in the long term. Smith had a team-leading nine power play goals this year.

Four other RedHawks inked

By Allison “It wouldn’t prevent someone course that was taken for honcontracts over the past week McGillivray from getting in trouble if they were ors credit or not honors credit or as well.

Campus Editor just drinking, it would only pre- something that was taken on any Senior defenseman Chris Widevent them from getting in trouble campus,” Sinclair said. “None of man signed a two-year entry-level Student Body President Nick if they proactively sought help for that is there.” deal with the Ottawa Senators.

Huber and Senator Lizzie Lit- someone who was intoxicated,” This bill supports the inclusion The Senators drafted Wideman zow introduced a bill supporting Huber said. of the name of the campus where in the fourth round of the 2009 a medical emergency assistance A resolution to support the re- a student took a class on that NHL Draft. Wideman will beprogram to Miami University’s structuring of the Miami regional student’s transcript. gin his career with the Senators’ Associated Student Government campuses was also introduced by AHL affiliate, the Binghamton New asg bills, (ASG). The program would offer Secretary to the Executive CabiSenators. Wideman played in 163 SEE PAGE 3 amnesty from prosecution to an net Nicholas Miller, Secretary for games as a RedHawk, third in on-campus, underage student who Academic Affairs Tyler Sinclair school history. seeks medical assistance for severe and Senator Betsy Burch.

“Chris is an offensive-minded intoxication and to an intoxicated, This bill would support the defenseman and he was a big part ASG This Week underage student who seeks medi- proposal made by the Office of of our power play,” Blasi said. cal assistance for another severely the Provost in January to turn the Miami Plan Revision: AsWideman finished his senior intoxicated student. regional campuses into their own sociated Student Government year as Miami’s top scoring defen“We want to incentivize stu- academic division, similar to the (ASG) members will meet with seman, racking up 24 points that dents to seek help,” Huber said.

College of Arts and Science and members of the Liberal Educaincluded 20 assists and four goals.

For his career, he finished with 83 According to Huber, in order the Farmer School of Business. tion Committee next week to work assists and 12 goals. for a student to receive protection This restructuring would allow on revamping the Miami Plan.

Senior defenseman Cameron they must cooperate with police or the regional campuses to have Academic Advising RestructurSchilling also signed a two-year university officials and stay with more autonomy to make decisions ing: The ASG Academic Affairs Coentry-level contract with the the person who is intoxicated until in the best interest of students, ac- alition will meet 3:30 p.m. Sunday Washington Capitals as a college medical help arrives. to work on revamping the academic cording to Miller. free agent.

While the student in need of The resolution and a 30-page advising system. The Academic However, his contract does not medical assistance may receive proposal will be presented as Affairs Coalition is now working to start until next season. He will protection from police and uni- ASG’s recommendation to the reconsider the role of academic and start with the Capitals AHL affiliversity prosecution, they still Board of Trustees at their meeting first-year advisors as well as how ate, the Hershey Bears. must pay for an alcohol education April 27, according to Burch. they offer assistance to students.

“It’s a big step to the next level,” course and evaluation.

“This [resolution] is to counter- Parking: Members of ASG Blasi said. “But both [Wideman Huber said instead of stu- act the negative feedback from the met with Parking Services Friand Schilling] have very good podents going through the Office community that we’ve received,” day March 23 to discuss student tential. It will be up to their coachof Ethics and Student Conflict Miller said. frustration over lack of parking es to decide what role they play on Resolution (OESCR), students Miller and Sinclair introduced on and off campus. Members of their teams.” would go through the Office of another bill addressing the con- ASG will continue to meet with Senior forwards Matt TomassoStudent Wellness. cern that currently there is no dis- Parking Services on this issue. ni and Patrick Tiesling signed conHuber clarified this protection tinction on a student’s transcript ASG is in session for Student Senate tracts with the Chicago Express, would only apply to students who between the Miami-Oxford cam- 6 p.m. every Tuesday in Harrison the ECHL affiliate of the ColumHall room 204. Meetings are open were in medical danger and would pus and the regional campuses. bus Blue Jackets, the equivalent of not apply to students who were “On the official transcript you to the public.

Major League Baseball’s “AA.” simply drinking while underage. cannot distinguish between a

ASG introduces medical amnesty bill

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Editors JENN SMOLA ALLISON MCGILLIVRAY

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

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Assessment challenges learning standards

By Amanda Hancock Staff writer

In exchange for the promise of a top-notch education, students invest in four years of classes, cramming and rising tuition rates. They invest because higher learning has become the norm. They invest in hopes of it paying off.

However, recent data suggests college is failing at its oldest mission — students are not learning all that much.

This is based on the Collegiate Learning Assessment’s (CLA) findings from the past year, which have been nationally recognized for potentially bringing accountability to higher education.

The CLA, launched in 2000, is a starndardized testing initiative in higher education assessment and examines an institution’s contribution to student learning. Its measures are designed to test for general

skills such as critical thinking and problem solving.

What caught the most attention were sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s use of CLA results to conclude that 36 percent of college students made no significant learning gains from first year to senior year.

With that conclusion came a storm of critiques from college leaders.

Cecilia Shore is the director of Miami University’s Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching and University Assessment (CELTUA) an organization that supports faculty and student learning.

“A standardized test, given one time and scored by a computer, is not your best estimate of what students have learned over the course of four years,” Shore said. “It’s a useful, but very narrow definition of accountability.”

As required by the State of Ohio and the Voluntary System of Accountability, Miami’s Office of

Institutional Research (OIR) administered the CLA last school year and assessed 208 first-years and seniors.

Participating students were voluntary, but randomly selected.

Miami’s participation in the assessment was comparatively much better than other schools, ranking in the 95 percentile among participating institutions, according to CLA results.

In the essay test, seniors at Miami scored 1,290 points, 75 higher than first-year students who scored 1,215.

Although this 75 point improvement may seem small as a measure of a student’s entire experience, Shore said what the score indicates is not new information for Miami.

Andrea Bakker, assistant director of Institutional Research at Miami, said these scores were expected based upon other assessments they facilitated.

According to Bakker, Miami’s results can partially be attributed to the

type of students Miami attracts.

“The scores confirm the information we already have; that students are doing really well, but there is always room for improvement,” Bakker said.

Since the assessment takes firstyear students’ ACT and SAT scores and first-year students’ CLA scores into consideration, there is not much room to improve for the high scoring first-years, the type of student Miami attracts, Shore said.

Therefore an institution’s average score on the CLA correlates with the institution’s average SAT score.

According to Shore, even though Miami scored well compared to other schools, there is a concern that a four-year experience is reduced to a single score.

Miami sophomore Caitlin McCoy said she believes this would be an inaccurate portrayal of college as a whole.

“Putting a number on something

so intangible as my experience at Miami is really upsetting,” McCoy said.

Although the CLA gauges student’s learning skills, Bakker and Shore agree there are many factors in the race to assess higher education.

“It’s a slippery slope to think we can use a single test to determine whether or not we’re helping our students learn; it’s a much more complicated picture than that,” Bakker said.

In addition to the CLA, Miami’s CELTUA and OIR programs engage in a slew of ongoing student assessments that essentially help the university learn what is and is not working.

“No single assessment is going to give us the answer, or shed light on things that we don’t see in other assessments,” Shore said. “It’s important that students see that a number of different assessments go on to help Miami to improve.”

FSB spends another year as top 25 undergraduate business school

By Nicole Weinrich For The Miami Student

Miami University’s Farmer SchoolofBusiness(FSB)wasranked 23 in Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s nationwide list of undergraduate business schools.

“While rankings do not drive our strategic initiatives, we are always pleased when others use metrics and come to the conclusion that we’re successfully competing with the best undergraduate business schools in the nation,” Dean of FSB Roger Jenkins said.

This is not the first time Miami has been featured in BusinessWeek’s ranking of business schools.

“Our ranking was very similar to last year when we were 22 overall and the seventh-highest ranked public [school business program],” Associate Dean Mike Curme said.

Many other notable institutions madethelistalongsideMiami,resulting in competitiveness that explains changes in the ranking, according to Curme. “[Pennsylvania] State [University], another public school, moved into a virtual tie with us and we dropped one spot on each measure,” Curme said. “There tends to

be a lot of movement in the 15-25 range, and we’re not sure that small changes from year-to-year convey much information,” he said regarding the move from 22 to 23 this year.

Instead of relying on these rankings to define an educational program, Curme said, “[the] faculty doesn’t spend any time thinking about rankings; rather, they spend their time trying to improve the educational experience for our students, whether it shows up in the rankings or not.”

Students also note the importance of a balance between recognition of rankings and actual learning experience.

Senior FSB economics major Matt Dobson said, “Rankings are important on the surface because they bring in new students and market our degrees, but they are nothing without a strong school behind them. In our case, there is.”

The focus for both students and faculty within FSB, as well as the university as a whole, is on the foundation that exists beneath any of the rankings.

“My professors are helpful and encouraging in my classes; as a freshman I hope they will

help me to succeed in my field,” Chandler Carroll, first-year marketing major said. “I think it’s extraordinary and exciting that Farmer was ranked 23 in the nation.”

According to Curme, students care about the rankings because higher rankings in FSB validate and enhance the value of their degree to some extent.

The focus on quality is the main goal for FSB faculty, Curme said.

According to Curme, this means, “smaller and better classes, more study abroad options, student organizations that complement the business curriculum, meaningful internships,experientiallearningopportunities and better job placement after graduation.”

While the rankings are not the driving force behind the business school, Dobson said their impact is noticeable.

“Simply walking through the Farmer School [of Business] shows that this ranking is real,” Dobson said. “You can’t walk through it without seeing professors helping students, groups meeting in every corner and employers hosting recruitment events.”

Miami establishes Greek values society

By Katie Sallach

For The Miami Student

Miami University has officially recognized a new Fraternal Values Society, a national organization originally created at Miami to help students understand the principles their Greek organization was founded on.

When Brian Breittholz first gathered a group of students in 1997 to organize the group, it remained an informal gathering. However, other universities followed Miami’s lead and formed similar groups, leading to the formation of the national Fraternal Values Society.

In addition to Miami’s Panhellenic Association, Interfraternity Council and the National Panhellenic Council, the Fraternal Values Society is Miami’s fourth Greek life council.

Unlike the other three councils, the Fraternal Values Society is not responsible for correcting and penalizing negative behavior. Instead, it focuses on helping students understand and incorporate the values most fraternities and sororities were founded on, according to Interfraternity Council President, Nick Shine.

“Where the judicial board works with chapters to govern good behavior and correct wrong behavior in the community, the Fraternal Values Society works to be a powerful

influence on maintaining the core values in the structures, programs and traditions within chapters,” Shine said.

According to recently elected society President, Ashleigh Dubois, many people associate negative connotations with Greek life, including ideas about excessive partying and dangerous hazing. She said she hopes the society will help change the reputation fraternities and sororities tend to have.

“My main goal for the society is to go back to basics and get people to understand that these values are why the Greek system was founded,” Dubois said. “I want people to learn our history and implement it now.

Greek life isn’t all about the parties and hazing, and I’m hoping the society will allow members and nonmembers to see this.”

In addition to the society’s historical ties to Miami, recent instances of hazing and misconduct among sororities and fraternities was an important factor in the decision to officially restart the society, according to the advisers of the society, Ian Prieto and Eric Gudmundson.

In response to these incidents, the Fraternal Values Society plans to bring students together to solve problems in the Greek system and to discuss their values and how they are being reflected at Miami, according

to Dubois.

According Prieto and Gudmundson, the society consists of 30-40 students involved in sororities or fraternities and recruited during Acropolis, a Greek leadership conference.

Membership is open to anyone initiated in a sorority or fraternity.

“One of the best parts of this society was bringing together such a diverse group of people,” Prieto said.

“They can learn and gain from each other and spread the word.”

According to Gundmundson, the process has been a positive one.

“It’s been really exciting to see the students really rally around this idea to better the Greek community because Greek life is such an important part of Miami.”

Sophomore member of Alpha Epsilon Phi, Lauren Levine, said having the society is a positive step.

“I think that having this society is important because issues facing the Greek community should be brought into the light of Miami’s community as a whole,” she said.

While the society is still in an early stage, the advisors and directors have big plans for its future. Issues they will discuss include hazing, diversity, inclusion and body image, and plans are also being made to collaborate with the Women’s Center and other groups to solve problems in the Greek system at Miami, Prieto said.

CORRECTIONS

It is the policy of The Miami Student to publish corrections for factual errors found in the newspaper.

In the March 27 issue of The Miami Student, Jason Paul Michel’s title is listed as library assistant. Michel’s title is User Experience Librarian. Michel is listed as a User Experience Librarian/Assistant Librarian in Miami University’s staff directory.

LISA GEHRING THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami’s Farmer School of Business was ranked 23 in undergraduate business schools by BusinessWeek.

Spectrum holds summit to facilitate GLBTQ action

By Andy Martin

For The Miami Student

After holding the first Love, Honor and Pride Summit last week along with many other events to celebrate LGBT Awareness Week, Spectrum has put together a course of action to further build a sense of community within the GLBTQ community.

With almost 40 people coming together for the event, including two volunteers from IBM to help lead, ideas were generated to figure out a way to garner a greater sense of community with each other and within the entire Miami University community.

Billy Price, co-president of Spectrum, said he greatly appreciated the IBM members and their influence on the summit.

“They were great facilitators,” he said. “Having them lead us and learning from their strategic planning, we were really able to figure out what we as a group thought were the most important steps to take for Spectrum in the future.”

The Coordinator of GBLTQ Services, Demere Woolway, described the event as a much needed opportunity to bring people together to flush out and plot a five-year plan to help better create a welcoming and encompassing GLBTQ community at Miami.

“We generated so many good ideas of where we could go in the future,” Woolway said. “With the help of the IBM volunteers we were able to prioritize ideas, narrow them down and pick five specific actions we plan to fulfill in the near future.”

These five actions included encouraging outreach toward high school Gay Straight Alliance groups to help ease students’ fears of taking the next step into a college

community, improving training for faculty and staff, having the alumni create an “It Gets Better” video to help show how far the GLBTQ community has come and where it can go from here, creating a special dinner or banquet at the beginning of each semester to welcome and bring together GLBTQ students and improving and expanding on gender-neutral housing and restrooms.

Co-President of Spectrum, Mark Noviski, said he believes Miami has successfully made a place for the GLBTQ community, but there are still steps it must take to encompass everyone.

“Miami hasn’t really fully developed a place for the transgender community,” Noviski said. “They need to have a tough conversation and flush out their policies to make everyone feel more accepting on this campus.”

Sophomore Gabi Jellison, one of three students currently living in gender-neutral housing on campus, agreed with Noviski.

“Miami has the potential to be a fantastic place for the GLBTQ community,” Jellison said. “I’ve met many members of the faculty and staff who are wonderful, passionate people that make a point to celebrate diversity. However, so much could be improved within the university structure alone. Many of my friends in the GLBTQ community are surprised that I live in a gender neutral suite and had no idea that it was even an option for them.”

Woolway said she also believes there is room to grow, and with the success of the summit under their belts, Spectrum now has a foundation of how they plan to create an encompassing sense of equality throughout the Miami community in the future.

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Editors CATHERINE UBRY LISA REYMANN

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

COMMUNITY@miamistudent.net

POLICE Moon Co-Op opens organic deli

BEAT Sorority mother shoves female at bar

Around 12:45 p.m. Monday, a victim told Oxford Police she and her former housemate were having problems.

The two females do not live together anymore but are in the same sorority so they see each other often. The victim stated her former housemate had been verbally attacking the girls living in her house and their mothers.

During the weekend at The Woods, the victim’s former roommate’s mother shoved the victim.

The victim said there was a similar incident that occurred two nights before at CJ’s Bar. The officer asked the victim if she thought her former roommate had an intention to cause physical harm and the victim said no. The victim believes it was a bullying tactic and that it may not stop.

Both girls are juniors so the police advised a restraining order so no more problems would occur in the upcoming year.

Girl suspects intruder of going through delicates Around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, a female called Oxford Police Officers about a burglary in her home. The victim claimed after work at The Woods she went home to get her things before she went to Eaton, Ohio for the weekend.

When she came home her front door was damaged as if someone had forced his or her way into her home. Inside, the rear window on the first floor bedroom was broken and the TV and DVD player were missing.

The victim stated her underwear drawer was also opened and had been looked through as if something valuable was in there, however nothing was. There are no suspects at this time.

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A new deli recently opened up in Oxford that will please Miami University students and community members interested in locally grown and organic foods.

Moon Co-Op, located at 512 S. Locust St., is a local store focusing on selling locally grown, organic produce. And, according to Barbara Stewart Smith, fresh foods manager and head chef of Moon Co-Op, the market now includes a new deli for community members to enjoy.

“Moon Co-Op has been in planning for 10 years and part of the deli as a full service deli has been planning in stages for the last few years,” Smith said. “The new deli was part of the initial plan when we opened the store but we wanted to get all of the other aspects of the store really solid before we opened.”

As Moon Co-Op waited for equipment to come in, Smith and fellow employees decided they would open the deli in phases. The first phase opened on St. Patrick’s Day this year.

The first phase entails “grab and go” deli sandwiches, according to Smith.

Smith said the sandwiches are not average “run of the mill” sandwiches most customers are used to.

“We have really interesting sandwiches; they aren’t typical and we have fun names for them,” Smith said. “One of the sandwiches for example is called, ‘The Green Goddess,’ which is a veggie vegan option. It is an organic spinach wrap with lemon, thyme, kalamata olives, house made hummus and shredded veggies.”

Smith said the ingredients used are always the freshest produce.

“We stick to whichever produce is the freshest and most available,” Smith said. “For example, for the ‘Green Goddess,’ we use the freshest fennel, cilantro, shredded sprouts, tomatoes and then Annie’s organic goddess dressing and pumpkin seeds. ” The phasing for the deli is not finished yet.

“As for more phasing, this week we will introduce a super green salad on Saturday with baby kale, greens, nuts, seeds and a black bean salsa,” Smith said. “It’s more of a salad with a southwestern flavor palate. And as we procure our equipment and it’s installed we’ll be doing hot soups, Panini’s and a full line of deli salads like fruit salads also.”

Smith hopes by Memorial Day weekend Moon Co-Op will be able to serve food in their courtyard to encourage community members to come and enjoy the food.

“I think there is sometimes a misconception that people think that they have to be members to shop here but you don’t have to be a member,” Smith said. “This is a community market; we want everyone to feel welcome and feel as though they can purchase their entire grocery list here.”

The deli and the market are available to the public, not just members of Moon Co-Op. Store and deli hours range from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to Smith.

Hillary Swift, Smith’s co-worker

Energy company hopes to add new tax on gas bills

By Lisa Reymann Community Editor

Glenwood Energy, the natural gas company servicing both businesses and residential homes in Oxford, recently submitted a request to Oxford to allow an additional tax rider on the gas bills of clients.

Glenwood Energy General Manager Keith Smith said the additional tax would be an extra charge of 22 cents per MCF used per facility.

MCF is the unit of measurement used to calculate the metered gas used to bill clients monthly.

“Our customers typically use 2-3 EMFs, or electromagnetic fields, of power a month,” Smith said. “So multiple that by 0.22 and you’ll get the additional tax charge between 44 cents and 66 cents that the customers will be billed.”

According to Smith, the tax is one of the recovery costs of the gas distributed by the company.

This tax will impact most of their clients as an assessment on gas used. The new tax relates to the assessment Glenwood Energy receives from Butler County and is authorized by the state of Ohio.

The request is currently being reviewed by city attorney and city consultant, Barth Royer, and by Glenwood Energy’s attorney, according to city of Oxford Service

Director Mike Dreisbach.

“We’re not sure if the rider is calculated properly or that it may be allowed,” Dreisbach said. “There are concerns that the current ordinance may not be allowed to have a change in property tax in liability to be passed to the customer.”

Dreisbach did make it clear that current rates charged by Glenwood Energy will not be imposed until more information is delivered to further evaluate the request. Although Dreisbach is not aware of the specifics of the timeframe, but said he would probably talk to the two attorneys next week.

Miami University junior and Glenwood Energy client Devin Beaumier was informed about Glenwood’s request.

“The extra cost can add up, but it doesn’t seem like it would matter in the short term,” Beaumier said.

While the idea of an extra cost to preexisting gas bills could be daunting, Smith emphasized the cost of natural gas is very inexpensive and has dropped considerably in the past few years.

“Natural gas is half the cost of electricity,” Smith said. “We’re predicting that price for natural gas won’t increase in the next few years due to a new processes of harvesting available gas called ‘Fracking.’

It’s created an abundance of new natural gas.”

at Moon Co-Op, is also looking forward to expanding the business with the new deli.

“I’ve known about Co-Op opening before it even opened and I’ve been working here since it opened in October … I’m looking forward to the new deli and I’m excited to have all this really healthy food available,” Swift said. “It’s great; for example all of the bread is homemade for the sandwiches and we really try to use as much organics as we can.”

According to Smith, Swift and she would like to have more vegetarian and vegan options. They would like to add juicing, raw foods and protein

packed smoothies to the menu.

“We have over 20 local products in the store and we use local products as they come in season,” Smith said. “It’s our mission to support local farmers and the local economy at the same time. This has really been a personal dream of mine. We want to be offering things that are not offered anywhere else.”

Miami sophomore Carolyn Stobbe believes the new deli at Moon Co-Op is exactly what Oxford needs.

Stobbe said, “I love that it supports the community and that it is different from other places in Oxford. I definitely want to try this deli.”

ANDREW BRAY THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami Co-Op opened a deli within the existing store

Student to hold event for global water problem

By Libby Mueller

beverages except water for 10 days and then donate the money saved to build wells around the world,” The clear streams of water that Griebner said. flow from drinking fountains, Kofenya Barista and Manager sinks and showers in Miami Uni- Joel Griggs said, “We’re hosting versity residence halls are a luxury the event and we just want to raise many people do not have. This as much support as possible for motivated first-year Miami stu- the cause.” dent Jordan Griebner to start a Griebner said she was inspired to new organization on campus: The start a Miami chapter of The Wells Wells Project.

Project because of a video shown at The Wells Project is a campus a meeting of the Christian student ministry of the Christian organiza- organization Cru. tion Living Water International, “A video at Cru showed that which provides community-based Americans spend $450 billion on solutions to the Christmas every water problem year, and it would It’s cool to be involved across the globe, only take $20 bilincluding consultlion to solve the in something that is so ing services and water crisis. That’s rooted in ministering well construction. four percent of the to people...”

Griebner started amount Ameriup the Miami cans spend during

KATIE GROTE Christmastime,” branch of The MIAMI SOphomore Griebner said.

Wells Project this past year.

Sophomore KaAccording to tie Grote said she statistics provided by water.org, a is excited to see the water cause unnon-profit company that strives to dertaken for many reasons. provide safe drinking water global“Water is something that is so ly, 3.575 million people die from a necessary,” Grote said. “It’s cool to water-related diseases every year, a be involved in something that is so number that is equal to the city of Los rooted in ministering to people and Angeles population. ministering to spiritual thirst too.

One of The Wells Project’s first We always hear about things that events is 7:30 p.m. April 3 at Kofe- are changing the world, but this is nya Coffee and will consist of a literally something that is changing free musical performance with two the world.” singer/songwriters.

Griebner said she hopes to see “The Wells Project, as a national many students show support for the organization, is going on a tour to water cause by attending the event approximately 20 other colleges at Kofenya. which participate in The Wells “It’s a really easy way to help Project, with two singer/songwrit- people that desperately need clean ers, Jillian Edwards and Johnny water,” Griebner said. “It’s someStimson, to promote commitment thing that we take for granted I to the 10 Days Campaign in Octo- think in the United States. A lot of ber, which asks students, staff and people don’t realize that people lack community members to give up all safe drinking water.”

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Oxford feels economic recession with local metal thefts

By Amelia Wester

For The Miami Student

It is no secret the country has gone through a period of economic distress in recent years. Because of this economic downturn, an increasing number of people have turned to stealing and re-selling scrap metal from construction sites to make ends meet, said Oxford Police Department Sgt. Jon Varley.

According to Varley, as more people find themselves unemployed they turn to stealing scrap metal and re-selling it to scrap yards.

Perpetrators enter the site before walls are put up to take the scrap metal. Since there is usually little

security and few people at the construction sites, many people do not get caught, according to Varley.

In addition to being able to get more cash for this metal, metal thieves are harder to trace when they sell to scrap yards, Varley said.

This trend has not impacted Oxford as much as cities such as Cincinnati or Dayton, a fact both Varley and Miami University Police Department Lt. Ben Spilman credit to the greater population densities in those places. However, there have been incidents locally.

According to Varley the new Talawanda High School has seen incidents of metal theft, as well

as at the local trailer park and vacant homes.

Spilman said the construction site of the new student center has also experienced thefts of this sort, the most recent being over winter break.

In late December, copper wire was stolen from this construction site. In January, Miami officials estimated the cost to be $3,000.

Construction companies and police departments alike have responded to the rise in incidence of this crime.

According to Varley, some companies are beginning to take the added cost of theft into account when giving estimates for projects.

“I feel like people should find a

legitimate way to make a living besides stealing scrap metal,” Miami first-year Courtney Misich said.

In order to help deter metal theft, local police departments have begun to work with construction companies to protect their sites.

“We check sites to make sure they are secure,” Spilman said. “We let the crew know if it is not secure.”

Despite their efforts, metal theft has not completely stopped in Oxford.

“We try and do what we can but we can’t make any guarantees,” Varley said. “We can’t afford to pay officers to sit and watch areas all night long.”

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Editors RACHEL SACKS SARAH SHEW

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012

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A conservative Christian choice in a liberal world: leave our beliefs alone

PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

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

ASG bill supports emergency response program Miami University Associated Student Government (ASG) introduced a bill supporting a medical emergency assistance program, which would offer amnesty from prosecution to students who seek medical assistance for severe intoxication.

The bill states if an underage student is severely intoxicated on-campus, they can call for medical assistance for themselves or another person who is intoxicated.

The intoxicated student will receive protection from university and police prosecution, so long as they cooperate with officials.

However, they must pay for an alcohol education course and

evaluation through the Office of Student Wellness.

The editorial board of The Miami Student commends ASG for taking the initiative and implementing this bill.

The board feels the safety and well-being of Miami students is of utmost importance and this bill strives to ensure that.

While we do not encourage underage drinking, we feel students should feel comfortable seeking medical assistance under any circumstance and at any time.

The university is well aware of the dangerous drinking behavior underage students engage in and we feel while this amnesty will not deter risky drinking practices,

it will ensure students can get the help they need.

We also understand that college is a learning process and that students mature and learn safer behaviors throughout their years here.

This bill also helps Miami get on the same track as the city of Oxford, which proposed a similar amnesty plan at the beginning of the academic year.

The board advises students to be responsible and to not look at this bill as a free pass to drink underage.

Students must be held accountable for their actions, but, in the end, their safety is most important.

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Let me begin this letter to the editor with a few facts about myself: I am a male, I am conservative, And last but not least, I am Christian.

Whew. It feels so good to get that off of my chest.

The reason I have begun my letter with this description is because I feel as though these attributes allow me to qualify for a very interesting position: I am part of the one group for which it remains entirely PC to make sweeping generalizations about.

Yes, I’m someone that anybody can completely bash, insult and prejudge and still get applauds from liberal figures that claim to be against such practice.

But, I digress.

I’m writing to address “A woman’s choice in a man’s world: Leave our birth control alone,” a recent article by Karli Kloss.

I’d like to thank Ms. Kloss for her well thought-out article that systematically takes every aforementioned aspect of myself and makes the most ill informed, generalized comments about them.

However, I’ll suspend Ms. Kloss’s comparison of all conservatives to Limbaugh along with her “walk a while in my shoes” address towards men, in favor of her comment about a congressional meeting that was

patriarchal throwback to the 1950s paneled primarily by men of the cloth.

Yes, clergymen presented their case to the U.S. Congress because they felt it wasn’t necessary to be forced to pay for something to which they morally object. (In this case, birth control).

Were they fighting to break into women’s homes, steal their contraception, and incinerate it?

No. As a matter of fact, these religious groups do want to leave your birth control alone; they were merely arguing that they should not be forced to pay for it.

In her article, Ms. Kloss put it simply (so us slow-reading, simple-minded conservatives could understand): “A man’s opinion has no bearing on a woman’s body.”

You know, you may have something there.

It would be unfair to take away freedoms and inhibit the rights of an entire group of people.

Furthermore, I feel as though no group should have a say in the private affairs of another group.

And I’ll make it as simple as possible for the liberal feminist base: a woman’s opinion has no bearing on a religious group’s financial affairs.

freeland Oliverio

oliverfd@muohio.edu

Response to Hawk column; Pascal argument misguided, inaccurate In Friday’s issue of The Miami Student, essayist Kiel Hawk made the claim that Blaise Pascal’s famous wager on faith is “logically unsound,” and moreover, that leading a life guided by “Christian principles” negatively impacts theworld at large from the “humanitarian perspective.”

I think this argument is seriously misguided.

First, I think it would be helpful to look at Pascal’s own words – the quote Hawk refers to: “Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing.

Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.”

Faith isn’t logical, as my colleague points out. And I think this is exactly what Pascal argues.

I contend that Pascal actually cautions man from analyzing the world with too skeptical an eye; that there is an abundance of splendor and miracle, which, as the Bible emphasizes, is the creation of an all-powerful and loving God. But the reason I write this letter is to address Hawk’s issues with Christianity, starting with the principles.

Certainly, the greatest of Christian principles is the golden rule, to love thy neighbor as thyself. Jesus stresses this law countless times throughout the Bible. I don’t see how it is destructive in the least, even from the humanitarian perspective. And although the golden rule is second of the Ten Commandments, it is regarded as the highest law – all those subsequent are simply an extension.

Second, according to the World Christian Encyclopedia, there are over 38,000 Christian denominations worldwide, many which support gay rights, use contraceptives and advocate for environmental justice.

There is no agreement on the major issues my colleague presented. They are, in my opinion, low blows.

And finally, I wish to address Hawk’s charge that Christianity does little with respect to

humanitarian efforts. I contend that Christians do more than any religious group or nonprofit to ensure the wellbeing of others.

For example, in the last decade Catholic Charities US have ranked in the top 1 percent of all international charities. Providing emergency disaster care, nutrition for the famished and support for foster homes are just a few of the services offered.

Indeed Hawk means to say that Christian funds ought to be invested in this research.

However, Christian and Jesuit research hospitals, for instance, are among the best in the world.

They are universally known for ministering to the sick and never turning them away. These institutions could not survive without the generosity of private citizens, a large majority of them religious.

I believe the author of last week’s essay overreached when attempting to interpret Pascal’s words, specifically dealing with the warning of “penalty” in the afterlife for not believing in God while on Earth.

Furthermore, I thought it to be a poor argument by evidence of his sources. The ones I found to be most troubling dealt with the destruction of human life over differences in belief, “that non-believers should be put to death.”

The examples he drew from scripture completely ignore the foundation of Christianity, which is the New Covenant.

The New Covenant, in essence, is the sacrifice of Christ for man’s sins. That means that all wrongdoing is forgiven in the eyes if God, and by virtue of our humanity we share in a perfect, unconditional love.

My colleague disparaged the Christian faith and way of life by avoiding its most important element, Jesus’ own message.

This ingredient was vital to making a credible argument.

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conkliea@muohio.edu

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ESSAY ian joyce

joyceih@muohio.edu

ty gilligan

The media is obsessed with Trayvon Martin, but concerns of race are bigger problems

Response to Pascal’s Theory: Defending Christian beliefs, values in a modern world I want to mention right away that this is in no way intended to be a personal attack, but rather a gentle and respectful defense of that which Kiel Hawk attacked last Friday in his column, mainly the Christian faith.

First off, I agree that “Pascal’s wager” of “if I am right, then I have eternal life; if I am wrong, then nothing will happen and I am okay with living as a Christian ‘in the safe’” is a weak and childish reason to believe in Christ for eternal salvation. Indeed Paul himself says, “If only in this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men” (1 Corinthians 15:19).

I understand that the objections raised in the rest of the article were objections raised under the hypothetical situation that Christ will not return and that Christianity could be false.

However, since that clearly is not the situation we are in, let’s talk about the situation we are in: Christ is still believed to be true by the Church.

“The Christian,” who believes in Christ, and is passionate to cure people’s temporary pains on earth but condemns them to eternal damnation by never preaching and teaching Christ for the cure of our personal evils should question whether they are really Christian.

I also object that focusing on the “realities of heaven” (Colossians 3:2) will de-emphasize our desire to make earth a better place.

Instead, by Christians fixing their eyes on the “author and perfecter of our faith,” (Hebrews 12:2), it is the only way that we are able to selflessly “rely on the love God has for us” (1 John 4:16) in order to love a broken world.

Without a Christian’s eyes fixed on Christ, you take away the very passion and compassion that they have known through Christ’s real death on the cross for their sins and justification in his resurrection (see Romans 4:25 and context). It would turn a people focused on living a selfless life like Christ

(Ephesians 5:1-2 and context) into even more utterly selfish beings than we inheritably are.

Finally, to say Jesus promotes Christians to keep the entire Old Testament Law by quoting Matthew 5:18 is completely out of context. In Bible interpretation, “context rules.”

A quick read of Matthew 5:17 will show what Jesus is referring to in the rest of Matthew 5-7. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17). Then in Matthew 5:18 he says, in reference to the Old Testament Law, “not the smallest letter… will by any means disappear until everything is accomplished.”

The accomplishment he is talking about is not the end of humanity — the accomplishment he is talking about is when he is done fulfilling the entire Old Testament Law in his life, death and resurrection, so that by our faith alone in him we are no longer under the obligation to carry such a heavy burden of fulfilling 613 commandments.

Indeed, in Christ alone is the Law fulfilled, and thus Christians are no longer under the obligation to obey the Old Testament regulations.

So can Christians do whatever they want?

By no means! Instead, the Christian has died with Christ on the cross, and now Christ lives inside them (Galatians 2:19-21); thus, they are dead to sin, alive with Christ (Romans 6:1-13) and will desire not to sin but to live as “children of the light” (Ephesians 5:1-20).

Since Christ lives inside them, they desire to continue to fulfill the perfect commandments of Jesus in the New Testament, no longer out of a sense of duty, but out of real, deep, love through faith in Christ.

I too write this for our well being; not just for our well being on earth, but for our well being in eternity.

Public outcry over the death of teenager Trayvon Martin over one month ago has reached critical mass, with large demonstrations occurring in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and other cities, according to the The Orlando Sentinel and The Los Angeles Times.

However, what nobody seems to be pointing out is how the media is falsely framing this story to exacerbate racial tensions within our society.

Before explaining how I feel the media is falsely framing this story, I want to make it clear that I am in no way trying to make conclusions about what happened the night Trayvon was murdered.

I was not present at the shooting, so I am in no position to judge what happened. Regardless of what happened, everyone can agree that the result was tragic.

What’s even more tragic is the media’s insistence on incorrectly framing the issue as solely a racial issue.

The main way in which the media is altering the “frame,” or the angle the story is being presented in, is by falsely reporting Zimmerman’s ethnicity. Almost every time Zimmerman’s name is mentioned he is identified as a “white male.”

The problem is that Zimmerman is not white. He is half white and half Hispanic and his mother is Peruvian, according to the The Seattle Times and The Daily Telegraph.

So why is Zimmerman’s race being reported as white when he isn’t?

Does a white man shooting a black man make for a more compelling story in the media than a Hispanic man shooting a black man?

If George Zimmerman had been black, would this story be making headlines?

Probably not.

That story wouldn’t get the viewer’s attention, so the media must sensationalize race within this story.

The second way in which the media is altering the frame of this story is by creating a sympathetic image of Trayvon. Most of the pictures being used of him, specifically the most commonly used one where he is in a red Hollister shirt, are several years old, according to the The Miami Herald, and the The Orlando Sentinel.

Many viewers are led to believe that Trayvon was 12 or 15 when he was shot when he was actually 17.

Why is the media trying to manufacture an image for Trayvon?

Would the public not be as sympathetic to a 17 year old with a mustache and baggy clothing, as Trayvon appeared in his most

innocent victim?

Why is there no outrage over Aliyah’s death, or any of the other individuals who were gunned down in Chicago?

T. Willard Fair, president of the Urban League of Greater Miami, stated, “would you think to have 40 people shot in Chicago between Friday morning and Monday morning would be much more newsworthy and deserve much more outrage?” according to The Daily Caller.

Fair and many other African American activists have expressed anger over the lack of concern for “black-onblack” crime, while there is so much attention focused on one wrongful death in Florida because

Would you think to have 40 people shot in Chicago between Friday morning and Monday morning would be much more newsworthy and deserve much more outrage?”

T. willard fAir

PRESIDENT OF URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MIAMI

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The media is trying to form an image for Trayvon that they feel viewers will be most sympathetic too, and this is disrespectful to Trayvon’s memory.

What bothers me the most is how selective the media is in reporting on the deaths of AfricanAmerican teenagers.

Two weekends ago, March 17 and 18, ten people were shot to death and over 30 additional individuals were injured from drive-by shootings in my hometown, Chicago, according to The Chicago Tribune.

The youngest fatality was Aliyah Shell, a six-year-old girl who was shot while sitting on her mother’s lap on the porch of their home, according to The Chicago Tribune.

You want to talk about an

the shooter was white There is no doubt that racism and discrimination still exist in our culture today.

However, pitting one societal group against another, in this case white versus black, is the oldest trick in the book for the media and news industry to get the viewers and attention.

The media is clearly preying on feelings of unresolved racial tension in America.

The U.S. media should want justice for EVERY innocent teenager that is killed, regardless of race.

But apparently media corporations would rather feed on society’s fear of racism.

The media should be framing this issue as guilty versus innocent.

Not white versus black.

ESSAY rachel sacks

sacksrj@muohio.edu

Know what you’re fighting for: Evaluating feminist rights, sources When we hear the word feminist, images of women running around protesting higher wages for women, burning bras and not wearing makeup, or “feminazis,” may come to mind. But these stereotypes are not entirely what the feminist movement represents.

Since the early 1900s, women have been fighting for equality with men, not more power.

Women have been looking for equality in many different aspects of life, such as fair hiring practices and affordable child and health care, establishing the right to contraceptive care and help from organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

What I believe the feminist and women’s rights movements are truly about is not just equality but also choice. That a woman should have a choice as to how to live her own life, without the direction or

consent of others.

Others believe in thirdwave feminism, the idea that a greater focus should be put on developing the different achievements of women in the country.

Women are not being treated equally in several aspects of daily life. According to the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, the majority of people in 17 countries around the world think it is justifiable for a man to beat his wife.

According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner-related physical assaults and rapes every year.

These are just facts and figures about violence against women.

There are many more injustices in

the workplace, the media and the justice system as well.

Whatever you personally believe, one thing is certain - the fight for women’s rights is not over. We still have a way to go in creating equal rights for men and women, but what we can do right now is raise awareness and educate ourselves on women’s rights.

I admit that I am still learning about equal rights and what it means to be a feminist. But I hope to share where I’ve already found a great deal of information.

One of the first places to learn more about women’s rights is here on campus. Located in MacMillan Hall, the Women’s Center focuses on supporting women and engaging the campus in understanding women’s and gender issues.

Center workers wish to empower women to impact the world, and

encourage students to challenge gender stereotypes and to make a critical analysis of gender issues present in our society. The Center offers programs such as The Clothesline Project, which raises awareness of sexual assault. The Center is open 8 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

A recent effort to raise awareness about women’s rights was the film Miss Representation. The film talks to several women’s activists and famous faces, such as Lisa Lang, Jane Fonda, Condoleezza Rice, Rosario Dawson and Katie Couric, and focuses on how women are portrayed in the media.

The film has been shown at several film festivals across the country since its release in late 2011, including the Sundance Film Festival. You can check out the trailer and get more informa-

tion on the film at the website, www. missrepresentation.org.

Other women’s rights advocates come in many forms, such as books and blogs. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan looks at women in the 1950s and 60s and is credited for beginning secondwave feminism.

Several blogs on the Internet discuss gender issues and feminism.

Try reading Rachel Hills’ blog Musings of an Inappropriate Woman, Lena Chen’s blog The Chicktionary or Jessica Valenti’s website.

There are so many different sources on the subject of women’s rights and gender issues.

With women making up 51 percent of the country, we should have a voice and be considered and treated as equals to our male peers.

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NEW ASG BILLS,

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Senator Kristina Jimenez, Miller and Sinclair introduced a bill to remind instructors to return academic assessments like tests and projects in an appropriate timeframe.

This bill was introduced as a response to the midterm grade bill, which University Senate elected not to pass. “It’s reminding professors of the specific clause in Miami University Policy and Information Manual [MUPIM], which says that they have to return assessments on time and encourages Provost Gempesaw to send out a letter to all faculty reminding them of this,� Miller said.

One concern posed by the senate was that the University Senate would not support this bill because it would potentially add new duties for tenured professors.

According to Huber, this would not add new duties for tenured professors because all professors are expected to adhere to MUPIM standards, which state professors should give feedback in a timely manner on all assessments. “This isn’t going back and adding something to a tenured professor,� Huber said. “When they signed up, they signed up for this.�

Another facet of the bill allows the future student body president to work with the Office of the Provost to make students aware of their ability to file an anonymous complaint against a professor for issues such as not providing feedback on student assessments.

ELECTIONS, FROM PAGE 1

Summer Sessions

2012

campaign,� Stefanski said.

Corporan said, like Stefanski, he was also excited to hear he won. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more happy,� Corporan said.

Corporan said Westfall did a great job in his campaign. “I’m really proud of what he did too and I want him to know that,�

Corporan said.

According to Stefanski, the next step for he, Litzow and fellow running mate Mike Trivelli is to begin transitioning into their positions.

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“Students do have rights and that’s part of our job as student government to make sure that students know that they do have rights,� Miller said.

However, students should try to meet with their professors and discuss the issue before taking serious action, Huber said.

Huber introduced a fifth bill that would support the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act, a U.S. Congressional bill that would allow tax-exempt charitable and educational organizations to make donations and grants to nonuniversity owned not-for-profit student housing entities, such as fraternity houses.

This act would make college more affordable to students at no cost to taxpayers by offering less expensive student housing than university housing, Huber said.

Student Body Vice President Matt Frazier encouraged senators to support the bill. “This is a bill that has come up every year for the past few years and this is something that Miami as a university has always supported,� Frazier said.

Senator Maggie Reinhart introduced a bill recommending the addition of speed bumps on the service drive for King CafĂŠ.

Since the service drive between McGuffey Hall and King CafĂŠ encounters a heavy amount of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic, Miami should construct speed bumps in order to ensure the safety of pedestrians, according to Reinhart.

All six bills will be discussed again at the upcoming ASG meeting April 3.

Stefanski said he would start putting his platform ideas into action. “We’ll start working collaboratively with [Student Body President Nick] Huber on some pieces and we want to work with him on the 10 issues that we ran on in the next couple of weeks,�

Stefanski said.

Corporan said he will also begin the transition process. “The next step is to start doing transitions, putting together the next executive board for [Campus Activities Council] and start to make that organization even better than it was this year,� Corporan said.

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SPORTS

Editor BRIAN GALLAGHER

sports@miamistudent.net

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 Michael Solomon

The good,the badandthe ugly

it’s never too early for Miami FOOTBALL Springtime is here in Oxford, and it couldn’t be a better time to be a sports fan. Playoff races across the NHL and NBA are starting to heat up, the MLB regular season is just around the corner and college winter sports have begun crowning champions. Here at Miami University, spring sports are starting to hit the halfway point in their seasons and spring football practice is underway.

Thursday afternoon, the Miami Athletic Department released the 2012 RedHawks football schedule. While the football season is still months away, it’s never too early to start thinking about the season and to take a sneak peek into the schedule. The fifth edition of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly will examine the 2012 football schedule for the Red and White.

A season ago, Miami had one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For a while, it seemed like 2012 would be even tougher. Enter conference realignment, and next thing you knew Miami was looking at schedule changes.

After playing the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. backto-back seasons, the Tigers were slated to come to Yager Stadium in 2012, but because of Southeastern Conference requirements, the Tigers had to schedule one more conference game than they had played in the Big 12 in previous seasons. This meant Miami was pushed off Missouri’s schedule.

In place of Missouri, Miami scheduled Southern Illinois University of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to come to Yager Sept. 8 for the home opener. While many people would have liked to see Miami host Missouri, the Salukis will offer the RedHawks a tough, but winnable contest.

Even without Missouri, the ’Hawks still have one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the country. After opening up at Ohio State University Sept.

1 in Urban Meyer’s first game at the helm of the Scarlet and Grey, the RedHawks come home to face the Salukis.

The following weekend, Sept.

15, the Red and White travel to Boise, Idaho for the second time in three years to face Boise State

University. For the final non-conference game of the year, Miami will renew their annual “Battle for the Victory Bell” Oct. 6 at the University of Cincinnati. Now, imagine this schedule with Missouri instead of Southern Illinois.

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) schedule for the RedHawks has some tough draws and a few dates stick out. Homecoming will be the fourth game of the season on Sept. 22 against the University of Massachusetts making their MAC debut after switching from the FCS to the FBS. Family Weekend for Miami is slated for Oct. 27, when Ohio University comes to Yager in the annual “Battle of the Bricks” contest.

Miami will face Kent State University Nov. 10 and Ball State University Nov. 23 for its final two home games. The RedHawks will play the following teams on the road: the University of Akron (Sept. 29), Bowling Green State University (Oct. 13), the University at Buffalo (Nov. 3), and Central Michigan University (Nov. 17).

Overall, the schedule does not look too intimidating for the Red and White. After a disappointing season last year, the second season under Head Coach Don Treadwell looks to be much more consistent week in and week out.

The RedHawks have lost some talent on both sides of the ball but bring back plenty of weapons like redshirt junior quarterback Zac Dysert, sophomore wide receiver Nick Harwell and sophomore defensive back Dayonne Nunley.

The non-conference schedule is going to be rough for the ’Hawks, but don’t be surprised if this team pulls off an upset at Ohio State or Boise State. Miami is going to be experienced, and with a new coach at Ohio State and a whole new offense at Boise thanks to Kellen Moore’s departure, anything could happen.

There’s one game on the conference schedule that should stick out to everyone: the game against Ohio. The Bobcats have had Miami’s number the past few seasons, and these two teams again look like they will be the best two squads in the MAC East Division. If Miami can get by Ohio in October, then they could position themselves for another conference championship.

NEXT HOME GAME: 6:00 p.m. Friday, vs. toledo

MU set to halt Rockets

BLAKE WILSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

Senior outfielder Bryce Redeker puts the ball in play against Morehead State University March 17. Redeker is hitting .322 with 14 RBIs and leads the team with 14 walks so far this season.

By Tom Downey Staff Writer

The Miami University RedHawks baseball team will host its first home Mid-American Conference (MAC) series of the year when it takes on the University of Toledo Rockets.

The Red and White will look to rebound after a pair of tough losses in their last series against Eastern Michigan University.

“I think we have to execute better situationally,” Head Coach Dan Simonds said. “We have to do the little things better. We can’t give teams extra outs. We’re going to get burned if we continue to do that.”

The RedHawks enter the series 13-11 overall with a 1-2 mark in MAC play. Toledo is 11-12 overall and also stands 1-2 in MAC play.

Toledo enters the series after taking the final two games in their series versus Ohio University. The Rockets also defeated Kent State University in a nonconference game Tuesday.

“Toledo has some good arms,” Simonds said. “They have three quality guys that know how to pitch.

I expect them to be a solid team.”

The RedHawks are currently in

a three-way tie for third place in the MAC East. However, Miami is the only team in the MAC with a winning record overall. Toledo is in a three-way tie for second in the MAC West.

Simonds’ starting pitchers for the series will be junior Mac Thoreson, junior Brooks Fiala and senior Shawn Marquardt.

“Hopefully the starters give the same things they’ve been giving us,” Simonds said. “They’ve been putting us in a spot where we have good chances to win. I know they’re ready for it.”

Thoreson is 3-2 on the year with a 5.86 earned run average (ERA) and has won his last three starts. Fiala and Marquardt are both 2-3 on the year, with Marquardt sporting a 3.92 ERA while Fiala has a 6.61 ERA. “Coming off last weekend, everyone on the team thought we should have had at least two wins,” Thoreson said. “I’m hoping to come out and start the weekend off with a win.”

The Red and White have played well at home this year, posting a 5-1 record so far.

“It is always a little bit easier to play at home,” Thoreson said. “We

have played some really good baseball at home and we’ve had some great fan support.”

The RedHawks are led offensively by a strong top and middle of the lineup. Senior outfielder Ryan Brenner starts off the order batting .333 with a team leading 25 runs scored, in addition to nine steals this season. The two hitter, freshman outfielder Matt Honchel, leads the team with a .379 batting average and has scored 18 times to go with seven steals. Junior first baseman Kevin Bower rounds out the top of the order in the clean up spot with a team-leading 23 RBIs and a .329 batting average.

A surprise for the RedHawks has been sophomore catcher John Crummy who has come into his own this year. After only five plate appearances last year he is hitting .366 with 22 RBIs. The RedHawks have not played the Rockets since the 2009 season when they were swept at Toledo’s Schoonover Stadium. The Red and White lost those games by a combined margin of 20-9.

First pitch is scheduled 6 p.m.

Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.

Sunday at McKie Field..

RedHawks race to UC for track meet

By JD Prewitt

For The Miami Student

Coming off a meet at Vanderbilt University where the Miami University men’s track team brought home three wins, the RedHawks now look towards the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational in Cincinnati this weekend.

At last year’s Nikoloff Invitational Miami had only one victory, by then senior Robbie Fisher in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

However, after last week’s performances the RedHawks hope to bring back more hardware this time around.

Junior Jack Spilman led Miami with a first place finish in the 800-meter run last week while also running a personal best time, helping to establish confidence in his performance for Cincinnati.

“I can focus on training and

1,500-meter.”

Also changing events this week will be senior Jordan Goffena, who finished first in the 110-meter hurdles last weekend but will be competing in the high jump and pole vault in preparation for the decathlon. Senior Brett Wagner, Miami’s best steeplechaser, will give the 5,000-meter a shot and will run alongside Eick.

However, most of the team will be in their usual events, such as senior Nathan Hoch, who will compete in the discus, and sophomore Rob Stein, who will be in the

We have finite measurements in every event and we’re trying to improve. This meet gives everybody another opportunity to do that.”

Warren mandrell HEAD TRACK AND FIELD COACH

everything but when it comes down to it, having a performance like that and just getting above that hump can put me to the point I need to be,” Spilman said. “It just gives me so much confidence.”

Since last year’s Nikoloff, Spilman has improved from a time of 1:55.98, which still took second place, to his winning time in Vanderbilt last week of 1:52.02.

Junior Jarrod Eick took first in the 1,500-meter with a time of 3:49.61 at Vanderbilt.

“It was a good time,” Eick said.

“Right around where I wanted to be.”

This week, however, Eick will be running the 5,000-meter, an event that he placed sixth in at the MAC Championships last year.

“It’s more of just getting practice from a different event,” Eick said.

“You take the distance aspect from the 5,000-meter and the speed from the 800-meter and try and meet at the

hammer throw.

Like most meets, the Nikoloff Invitational offers a chance to practice for the main stage at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships, and getting the team ready for that is the focus of Head Coach Warren Mandrell “We have finite measurements in every event and we’re trying to improve,” Mandrell said. “[This meet] gives everybody another opportunity to do that.”

Last week the Black and Gold Invitational was an “open meet” where times and distances were kept but not recorded for the NCAA. This week’s invitational will be a scored meet and Miami will be more focused as their sights begin to hone in on the MAC Championships.

The Oliver Nikoloff Invitational will take place all day Friday and Saturday at the University of Cincinnati’s Gettler Stadium.