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In 1996, The Miami Student reported the Miami University Board of Trustees approved James Garland as the 20th president of the University.

Garland had previously been the executive dean of the college of arts and sciences at Ohio State University. Garland was expected to earn $195,000 for the 1997-1998 academic year.

ASG: off-campus election results valid

By Adam Giffi Senior Staff Writer

The Associated Student Government (ASG) off-campus senator election held Thursday, April 21, has been marked with controversy as concerns have been raised that many people, some completely unauthorized, were voting early and voting often.

Nick Huber, incoming student body president, fielded some of these concerns.

“The day of the election I got a few people sending me emails concerned with people’s ability to vote who may have either voted before or weren’t supposed to be allowed to vote,” Huber said.

“One of the emails I received was a friendly notice that there may have been some voting fraud, one was an urgent call to action from a candidate concerned about the alleged voter fraud and another was a request that we make sure this confusion doesn’t happen in future years.”

According to Huber, only students currently living off campus can vote in the election. Nevertheless, individuals that did not

fall under this classification have made claims their votes were counted, others feared that votes were counted multiples times and a link to voting, accessible to anyone, made its way to Facebook and through email.

Despite this, Huber said the voting process was conducted fairly.

“IT services has basically given ASG officials their word that people could not vote multiple times and the votes of unauthorized individuals were not counted,” Huber said.

Tim Hogan, current vice president of the student body, reiterated Huber’s statement. According to Hogan, unique IP addresses are used to ensure that only qualified votes are counted.

“Typically what will happen is that it will look like you can vote, but the system reconciles this eventually and make all the numbers correct,” Hogan said.

“It looks like you can vote, it looks like you do vote, but these votes are not reflected in the final numbers.”

Hogan said this is not the first time voting fraud claims have

been made post-election; similar concerns delayed the results of the general body election.

Scott Walter, vice president of student affairs, worked directly with Hogan to ensure the results were accurate.

“People had concerns. With any election you do there are concerns about something,” Walter said. “Tim and I heard those concerns and we verified that they were not true. The system is set up to take your first vote, with your unique ID and count that. If you go in and vote a second time, that vote won’t be registered. If you click on the link but are not logged in with a unique ID, your

vote won’t be counted.”

According to Walter, higher turnouts for this election and for the general body election are not sinister but rather natural.

“It’s the first year in a long time where we’ve had people outside of the circle of current ASG running for positions,” Walter said.

“These people brought a whole new faction of students to vote.

For the off campus student elections this year, we had 56 people running for 24 slots. For the same election last year we had 24 people running for 24 slots.”

Both Hogan and Huber said alternatives are being evaluated to ensure similar concerns are not

raised again in future elections.

“Whether or not students actually were able to vote in the election, I don’t want them to even be able to think that they did,” Hogan said. “Granted, yes, the numbers get reconciled. But it engages mass confusion. The system really needs more clarity and we hope we are moving towards this.”

Until then, Hogan said the newly-elected senators and Miami University students alike can feel confident about the results.

“The victories of candidates who won are perfectly legitimate,” Hogan said. “The numbers are very, very valid.”

It’s cramming time

Site enables students to grade their landlords

By Jacie Nowland

we were doing and it was very difficult to find a good realtor that would work with us and also that we Another new social networking could trust.” site is making its way to college After Smith found out about campuses across the nation. Grade the new website and all it had My Landlord was co-created by to offer she said she definitely Michael Montesano and Jorge Gal- would have taken advantage indez in order to ease the stress on of it. students entering the off-campus “I am mad I didn’t know sooner,” renting process. The two came up she said. “It probably could have with the idea in college after having saved us from dealing with a couple of a couple of negative landlord expe- awful landlords.” riences of their own.

Montesano is very excited about “We wanted the success of the site to create an aveand would like to see nue for students it continue to grow na“We wanted to to voice their create an avenue tionwide. opinions on “We are trying to for students to their landlord promote the site so that and or property voice their opinions all colleges across the experience,” on their landlord.” country can join and Montesano enjoy the benefits from said. “I think the such a unique service,” MICHAEL MONTESANO site is important Montesano said.

CREATOR OF GRADE MY LANDLORD WEBSITE for college stuSmith said she indents because tends on using the many times site prior to her sethey go into the nior year to look renting process not knowing what for properties. they are getting themselves into “It is nice to know that such a and it’s common for landlords to thing exists,” Smith said. “Although try and cheat or take advantage of I will check out what other students this inexperience.” have to say I don’t think I would According to Montesano, the personally post anything unless I website currently has up to 40 had a terrible experience.” participating colleges around the This issue of predominantly negacountry including Miami Univer- tive comments on the site frustrates sity. A student can log into the site many landlords, Montesano said.

“Some landlords are hesitant to and rate their landlord on a traditional “A” to “F” grading scale join the site because they think all in six different categories: party college students are going to do is tolerance, security deposit return, bash them and ruin their reputacontract, timeliness, kindness tion,” he said. “We are trying to change this and give students the and maintenance.

Montesano said the site also in- incentive to leave both positive and cludes listings and images of vari- negative remarks, this way it is fair ous rental properties around the for both the landlord’s and the procampus that can be rated on a one spective buyers.”

Oxford Real Estate and Rentto five star scale. He said the site has a place where students can al, a local real estate company voice their opinion and leave their not listed on the site, said that own personal comments about the website is “definitely something they are interested in their experience.

Miami sophomore Jackie Smith looking into.”

A representative from another faced some serious obstacles last semester as she and her three friends real estate business on campus, Coltried to find a place to rent on off lege Property Management, said that, “joining the site is something campus for the next year.

“Trying to find a place was so that they are unable to afford finanhectic,” Smith said. “We were on a cially right now but who knows for time crunch, we didn’t know what the future.”

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JULIA ENGLEBRECHT The Miami Student

Students prepare for finals week with marathon study sessions in King Café Thursday evening.

Suspected Morris Hall mold ‘just mildew’

By Matt Levy Senior Staff Writer

Something was growing in Morris Hall and it wasn’t just the budding academic careers of some of Miami University’s firstyear students. A black substance was found growing on a water pipe in a shower stall in a firstfloor men’s bathroom, leading to speculation it was black mold, a fatal substance when exposed to in large amounts.

According to a Resident Assistant (RA) in Morris, around the time of winter break, a resident began exhibiting signs of suffering from allergies when he would go into the bathroom, which was concerning because Morris Hall benefits from central air conditioning.

It was then the growth was discovered in the shower stall.

“We tried resolve the issue on our own,” the RA said. “We talked

wSee MILDEW, page 8

JULIA ENGLEBRECHT The Miami Student

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NEWS Incoming class size increases BRIEFS

By Hannah Stein

For The Miami Student

EVENTS School of Fine Arts to offer summer camps Miami University’s School of Fine Arts will offer summer camps for teens and credit and non-credit CraftSummer workshops in the Summer Arts Institute. Summer Teen Camps have a residential and a commuter option. Weeklong camps for commuters cost $475 to $995, while the residential option costs $725 to $1460 per week.

Camps include Miami Art Portfolio Summer Studio, Beginning Design: Architecture and Interior Design, Digital Game Design, Music and Theatre. Weekend and weeklong workshops are available June 10 to July 8. The registration deadline for these workshops is June 1.

For more information, visit SummerArtsInstitute.org.

ShareFest calls for donations from residents As the end of the year approaches, so does the annual ShareFest.

As Miami University students are moving out, they can consider donating items to this environmental effort. The items will benefit residents in need and will also be given to social service agencies throughout the region. Furnitute, appliances, housewares, clothing that is in good quality and non-perishable food are encouraged for donation.

The collection will take place Thursday, May 5 through Tuesday, May 10.

For more information go to http:// www.units.muohio.edu/saf/oxfordoffcampus/sharefest/index.html.

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Miami University admissions looks to increase class sizes each year and begins to consider what next year’s first year class will look in comparison to this year’s current first year before the May 1 deadline.

The incoming first year class of 2015 has the potential to be larger than others because of the number of applications received this year, said senior associate director of admissions Jen Herman.

“We always drive for an increase of applications,” she said.

“I also think that’s something that naturally happens when you promote your university and your reputation grows out of state.”

This year Miami received 18,483 applications as opposed to the 16,908 applications received last year.

Miami accepted 13,691 of the applicants rather than the 12,276 applicants accepted last year.

Last year about 27 percent of accepted students enrolled.

“We are not sure what the yield percentage will be yet this year,” Herman said.

“We (also) were

more selective (this year) so our acceptance rate did drop a few points. We reviewed applications the same way, it wasn’t just one factor that we were more selective with.”

While there were more applications this year, the applicants have come from fewer states than last year.

“This year we have 47 states plus (Washington) DC, missing Oklahoma, Mississippi and Montana,” Herman said.

“Last year we had 49 states plus DC (only) missing South Dakota.” Students are recruited in multiple ways and are regularly reviewed based on what works best, despite the loss of three states.

“All of these items are approached strategically and reviewed often to see where changes need to be made,” Herman said. “We employ many different methods of student recruitment … some of these recruitment activities start as early as a student’s freshman year in high school.”

Despite the techniques used by admissions to recruit students, Herman says there is no single reason why the number of applicants increased.

With the potential to be a larger class than in previous years, students feel it could take away from the individual attention that is given to each student by professors.

“In a few of my lecture classes this year, I always felt overwhelmed and intimidated,” first-year Heather Keith said.

“I didn’t ask any questions, which I think hindered my learning. So if anything, I think classes should get smaller.”

However, while some students think admissions should be decreasing class sizes, others believe they should do just the opposite.

Students bring music to orphanage

By Lindsay C. Garriga For The Miami Student

Against all odds, what started as a small idea for a couple of students to travel to India this coming summer has morphed into what is sure to be an unforgettable trip abroad for eight Miami University students.

During their trip abroad, they will have the chance of a lifetime to collaborate with A.R. Rahman, the man behind the music of the box office success Slumdog Millionare.

Rahman won two Academy

Awards for his work creating the music for Slumdog Millionaire.

Srinivas Krishnan has organized the entire trip. The journey to this summer’s trip has not been easy, but it has been a leap of faith that ended up working out wonderfully, he said.

In 1996, Krishnan founded Global Rhythms World Music Ensemble at Miami. Global Rhythms is a student organization that performs ethnic music from non-Western cultures using Western instruments.

Krishnan was organizing the Global Rhythms concert this past

fall when he conceived the idea of sending a couple of Miami students over to Chennai, India, for the summer to help teach music at a local orphanage.

Fundraising efforts at various concerts throughout the year and generous support from the Rotary Club of Madras have enabled the eight Miami students to travel to Chennai, India, according to Krishnan.

In addition to working with Rahman, the students will work in an orphanage teaching music

wSee MUSIC, page 8

Miami exceeds fundraising goals, hires 18 new staff

By Ursula Cauffiel Staff Writer

Miami University has decided to hire 18 new fundraising staff, filling nine vacant positions and creating nine new positions, to be Major Gift Officers according to Brad Bundy, associate vice president of university advancement. The main duty for these people with the university is to fundraise for Miami so that money can be brought back to better Miami as a whole.

According to Bundy, the 16 current Major Gift Officers raised $30.8 million for the 2010 fiscal year that went toward the university.

“That investment would have a huge impact on support for Miami students, faculty, staff and greatly increase the university’s endowment,” Bundy said.

Bundy went into details describing where the positions will be placed. He said the Major Gift positions that are available are divided into three categories. The first is Regional Gift Officers, who raise support from high profiled Miami alumni areas like Cleveland, Chicago, New York and California. After those positions are filled, about 50 percent of the alumni are estimated to be living in one of the regions in which a Major Gift Officer will be. The second category is constituent gift officers, who will be looking to raise money for the specific schools of Miami, such as the Farmer School of Business, the College of Arts and Science, etcetera. The last category

of officers being hired is the Central Gift OfFor the 2010 fiscal year, the goal for fundficers. They will be adding to Miami’s An- raising was $30 million. The current Gift Ofnual Giving, Planned Giving and Corporate ficers raised $800,000 over that goal, which Giving Staff. was a big accomplishment, according to Sophomore Cleary Williams said she is Bundy. Miami has upped its goal to $50 milcurious as to how exactly the Major Gift lion and is very determined to meet this goal, position works. especially with the new employees. Nine out “I am interested to see how these 18 new of the 18 positions that are being looked for people are going to go about fundraising and are brand new and this is because the new contacting Miami University alumni to get goal is so high so more people are needed such a large amount of to fulfill it. money,” she said.

“The $50 million “The investment would As of right now, four effort is specifically have a huge impact on positions have been fiaimed at increasing nalized, but the univerendowed and annual support for Miami sity will be recruiting Bundy students, faculty, staff and scholarships,” to fill at least 11 more said. “The majority of greatly increase the positions by the end of people hired will be university’s endowment.” raising money specifisummer — just in time for the start of the new cally to help meet this academic year, accordambitious effort.”

BRAD BUNDY ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT ing to Bundy.

Creamer also said no UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT David Creamer, vice student tuition or state president for finance and funding is being used to business said why these hire these positions. All people are being hired. of the funding will be coming from invest“They are being hired to increase the ment income generated by the foundation and amount of philanthropic support the univer- university endowments. sity receives each year,” Creamer said. “Such “At a time when state funding is being regifts are important to improving the quality duced and universities need to keep the cost of the educational experience for students of tuition more affordable, this is one of the and increasing funding for critical needs few opportunities for generating new fundlike student scholarships and the university’s ing that will greatly benefit our students,” academic programs.”

Creamer said.

“I think bigger class sizes (is a way for) Miami to provide a quality education with the way the budget is,” sophomore Ryan Greene said.

“We’re going to have to sacrifice in some areas and I think that’s one of them.”

The final results of what the class of 2015 will look like in comparison to the current first year class will be available after May 1 when students make their college choices.

Professor creates app for libraries

By Jenn Smola For The Miami Student

Miami University Associate Professor of computer science and software engineering William Brinkman and junior Matt Hodges have been working on an Android application designed to revolutionize the way books are shelved in libraries.

According to Brinkman, when held in front of a shelf of books, the app uses augmented reality to view the books and then displays to the user which ones are out of place. The app does this by reading a special tag on the spine of each book and then displaying a green check or a red “X,” depending on whether or not the book is in its place. This all happens instantaneously, according to Brinkman.

“Once you download it, you start the app, point it at the shelf and it just works,” Brinkman said.

Brinkman and Hodges said they started working on the project in hopes of designing a useful application of augmented reality, which more or less superimposes digital data on the real world.

“The technology of augmented reality has been around for a while, but there aren’t that many useful applications of it,” Hodges said.

Brinkman said the app would save time and money for library workers who currently have to spend a lot of time shelving books, leaving more time for working with people and research.

Getting the project up and running in libraries will be expensive, Brinkman said, noting for the app the work, a special tag needs to be generated and applied to each book. But he hopes that it will be worth it.

“In the end, libraries can’t afford to waste a bunch of money on something just because it’s cool,” he said.

Elizabeth Brice, assistant dean of digital and technical services for the university libraries, sees promise in the app.

“It certainly looks like it has some potential,” Brice said.

“Shelf-reading does take a lot of time. This could certainly save time.”

Though the app is still just a prototype, Brinkman said the hope is to have the app available for use by this coming November. The project will continue as a capstone class next semester, Brinkman said. Hodges will continue to develop the phone application while other students work on software for the book tags.

Brinkman and Hodges are designing the app to work specifically for libraries on campus, but according to Brinkman, after more development the app could be used in more places than just King Library.

“We’re going to try to extend this to work on the Dewey Decimal System,” Brinkman said.

He added that the app could eventually be put into place at bookstores as well.

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SPECIAL REPORTS

‘Strange male’ bangs head against wall Miami University first-year Luke Meissner, 19, did not seem to be having an enjoyable night around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when police saw a strange male banging his head against the wall, police reports said. Meissner was incoherent, disoriented and could not respond to any commands or questions, police reports said.

Meissner was not only unsteady on his feet, but also soaking wet and covered in mud, police reports said. Oxford Life Squad was contacted for possible alcohol poisoning and Meissner was charged with underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

Fraternity reports broken window, assault A known suspect assaulted a resident and broke a window at the Evans Scholars house Thursday around 2:45 a.m., according to police reports. The fraternity told police they would attempt to handle matters without pressing charges, but if they do not, they will pursue charges at that time, police reports said. If pursued, the suspect would have assault and criminal damaging charges, police reports said.

First-year punches off car mirror, breaks door Police were dispatched to a residence Sunday 6 a.m. because residents said a male had punched out the glass of their storm door at the front of their house, police reports said. The same male, later identified as 19-year-old first-year Derek Doerner, also punched a driver side mirror off one resident’s vehicle as he walked away, police reports said. Originally, witnesses said several people were hanging out when a guy walked up and broke the glass to the front door and then apologized and said he would pay for it, only to walk away and punch the driver’s mirror on the vehicle on his way out and a couple of guys chased him with no luck of catching him, police reports said. Later, an injured male with blood on him stepped up and told police he got in a fight with Doerner after he chased him away from the house, police reports said. Doerner had a swollen eye, was charged with two counts of criminal mischeif and said he would be speaking with an attorney, police reports said.

Uptown offers local produce Part two of a series exploring ethical food options in Oxford

By Allison McGillivray For The Miami Student

Students have two options when eating off-campus: they can either buy and prepare food for themselves or eat at a restaurant.

While Miami University may provide some organic and local foods from off-campus, uptown has a variety of options as well.

A local gathering The goal of the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown is to provide fresh, local fruits and vegetables, meat and eggs, dairy, baked goods and other items for the community of Oxford, according to three of the vendors there, Drew and Ashley Johnson of Reserve Run Beef, Brent and Suzie Marcum of Salem Road Farms and Harv Roehling from Locust Run Farm.

“If you can get up Saturday mornings and shop it is well worth it,” Johnson said. “Every single person in that Farmers Market, they work extremely hard to gain customer support, gain customer loyalty. People there work harder for a dollar than you’ll find anywhere.”

It is the hard work that each of the vendors claims makes The Oxford Farmers Market Uptown a valuable alternative to buying food from a super-market.

“You really need to get to know the person you are buying this stuff from and check out their operation,” Marcum said.

Harv Roehling agreed.

“It’s all the difference in the world to know the farmer and how the food was raised,” Roehling said.

The Talawanda Market also offers similar local food at Talwanada High School.

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For The Miami Student

Since 2008, the number of child abuse cases in Butler County has decreased. In 2007, the Butler County Commissioners released a statement indicating that the county was dedicated to improving child services, according to Butler County Services Statistical Analyst Shannon Glendon.

Looking at the four categories of abuse – physical, emotional, neglect and sexual – overall numbers have decreased. However, physical abuse still accounts for a majority of the child abuse cases.

Restructuring caseload requirements, new screening guidelines and switching the agency to a

wSee FOOD, page 9

Locust Street revitalization plans on hold

By Sarah Sidlow Senior Staff Writer

Dreams of giving the Locust Street area a much-needed facelift have been put on hold since last year’s announcement by the Oxford City Council and Planning Commission. “(The plan) is not dead,” said Economic Development Director Alan Kyger. “The Planning Commission is just going to sit on it for a little while.”

Progress on Locust Street will not start for at least another semester.

The Planning Commission gathered a wide array of ideas for the projects, Kyger said. They held public sessions to gain feedback and ran into some problems. The Chamber of Commerce and some local builders had concerns about the project.

Some members of the Planning Commission had suggested the city change the zoning of the area to allow builders to create a more streetscape aesthetic, similar to Stewart Square, where Patterson’s Cafe is located.

“The idea was, ‘Can we create a new standard, which gives us more of a streetscape look and feel when these buildings are redeveloped? Do we want another ugly building with one acre of parking and then the building or do we want to create something that makes the area look better and have a little more of an urban feel to it?’” Kyger said.

Others, like Chamber of Commerce representative and local architect Scott Webb dissented, saying if the re-zoning were to occur, it would hurt existing businesses like Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, whose current building standards would not meet the new code. This would make it so business owners would not be able to reinvest in their

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Oxford hopes to develop a plan to give this part of Locust Street a facelift in the coming years. own property, according to Kyger.

Careful to appease current business owners and community members, the committee shied away from the plan to make more adjustments.

The Community Development Department hired a group called Front Street Analytics to conduct a marketing demographic study.

This Columbus-based firm will look at how the city has positioned itself as a business community and garner some ideas on how the city should change things. Kyger said the plan would stay on hold until the Planning Commission can create new ideas from the results of the study.

Butler County child abuse case numbers decrease since 2008

By Anna Oris

President of Communications, Tyler Elliot, said knowing where his food comes from is why he prefers shopping at the Farmers Market over going to a super-market.

Senior dietetics student, Stephanie Hill, has been impressed by how well she knows the farmers.

“I talked to some of the farmers at the farmers market and they’re good people,” Hill said. “I mean why not help them out, they are working hard to bring us fresh produce?”

Drew Johnson believes going to the Farmers Market will help students become part of the community.

“For students I really think it’s important,” Johnson said. “I know it’s not really a priority. I would encourage people to come and be a part of the community.”

The Planning Commission has paid Front Street $40,000 out of the city’s economic development budget to help Oxford avoid the problem they have had attracting businesses in years past.

Miami University students are the prime consumers in Oxford, however, much of their spending is tracked back to their individual hometowns, rather than to Oxford.

This makes it difficult to track the spending power of the student population and creates an undesirable image of the power of the town’s population, according to Kyger.

Front Street Analytics is working with

Council proposes program to motivate spring cleaning

By JD Prewitt

new model may be a few of several reasons that Butler County has seen a decrease in the rate of child abuse cases, according to Glendon.

Glendon said the largest drop from 2008 to 2010 was in the category of neglect. According to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, neglect is the failure by a parent or caretaker to meet a child’s basic needs – such as love, safety, food, and warmth – in a way that affects the child’s health, development or safety. In 2008 in Butler County, the amount of reported neglect cases was 1,096. In 2010, it dropped to just 906 cases.

Glendon said a new screening document may be one reason for

the decrease. The new document used for screening cases is more universal than in the past.

“This document kind of puts guidelines in place so everyone is looking at the same information of what cases are screened in or screened out,” Glendon said.

For example, all cases must include a child being impacted by a situation. It is not enough to simply report that a mother has tested positive for marijuana, until the child is at risk from this situation.

Another change Glendon recognized was the county has switched from risk assessment models to a model that looks at safety and

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wSee LOCUST, page 9

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With the help of the Student Community Relations Committee and the City of Oxford, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) will start a cleaning initiative for student residents of the city.

Students living within the city will be encouraged to spend a few minutes picking up the area surrounding their homes, April 30.

While the effort is a new one, it is only a pilot program to gauge the amount of involvement in order to promote its use for years to come.

IFC Vice President Walt Wollet said he is excited to see where the program goes.

“Since it’s the first year we are just trying to get the ball rolling in the right direction,” Wollet said via e-mail.

Along with the other end of the year programs such as an extra refuse day given by the city and ShareFest which encourages students to donate unwanted items or those residents simply don’t feel like packing, the spring cleaning program is meant to help the city recover and stay beautiful after the school year.

“We visualize a day when everyone takes a few minutes to just dispose of accumulated litter,” Wollot said. “The philosophy being that if everyone took care of just their area, the entire city would be clean.”

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Opinion

Friday April 29, 2011

Editors Noëlle Bernard Thomasina Johnson editorial@miamistudent.net

➤ EDITORIAL

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

Locust Street project awaits new zoning laws The plan of revamping the Locust to be zoned to meet the new code Street area will be put on hold at least should not hold Locust Street from for another semester. Public sessions living up to its potential. Pizza Hut were held in order for local busi- and Taco Bell may be replaced with ness owners and officials to voice other businesses that could satisfy opinions of how to make the area Oxford’s needs and live up to the more lucrative and attractive to the zoning code.

Oxford community and Miami UniThe board looks forward to more versity students. businesses in the LoThe city has many cust Street area, espesources of input; cially in the old WalThe Planning from architecture Mart lot, which creates Commission must an awkward eye-sore, students to Front Street Analytics, a especially compared to not be shy in marketing firm. the pedestrian-friendly enacting a new The editorial Street and Stewzoning policy if it High board of The Miart Square locations. is truly going ami Student apOxford is already rich plauds the Planwith a wealth of dinto promote ning Commission ing options. Explorbusiness growth for maintaining other business and sustainability. ing strong commumodels, such as outlet nication through stores and other nichpublic sessions es that have not been and the future round table discus- filled in Oxford’s other commercial sions with Front Street Analytics. areas will encourage long-lasting Including a wide variety of voices economic growth. is very important in determining the The board suggests the Planfuture of Oxford. ning Commission continue to inAlthough bringing a firm in to re- clude a variety of voices in the assess the Locust Street situation is Locust Street planning, especially costly, the benefits are very likely to when it comes down to welcoming outweigh the price. new businesses.

However, the Planning CommisStudents are full of ideas and sion must not be shy in enacting a with Miami’s many resources for new zoning policy if it is truly go- business, urban planning and aring to promote business growth and chitecture, the board believes Losustainability. Pizza Hut and Taco cust Street can become a model for Bell are examples of popular, thriv- cooperative, interdisciplinary and ing businesses, but their inability resourceful development.

Rule of thumb School is almost done

One week left, studying for exams and writing papers.

Tornado warning sirens

Waking up at 7:45 am due to an operational malfunction or over-zealous police officer is not an ideal alarm clock.

Summer jobs

Summer is supposed to mean vacation, but getting paid is nice, too.

Last minute assignments

With finals next week, there is not justification for more work. Do teachers want us to fail? When it rains, it pours.

Warmer weather

Even though it rains at least once a day, at least we can wear shorts.

Home track & field meet

Good luck Track & Field, a large turnout in competition is expected

You

This year has been great and we’re thankful for your faithful readership.

The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826

EDITORIAL BOARD Sam Kay Editor in Chief Bethany Bruner News Editor Colleen Yates Managing Editor Hunter Stenback Online Editor Noëlle Bernard Editorial Editor Thomasina Johnson Editorial Editor

Lauren Ceronie Campus Editor Jenni Weiner Campus Editor Melissa Tacchi Community Editor Michael Solomon Sports Editor Amanda Seitz Special Reports Editor Julia Engelbrecht Photo Editor

CHAD STEBBINS The Miami Student

➤ LETTERS

College Democrats should avoid misinterpreting rhetoric In response to the College Democrats’ Op-Ed April 26, the College Republicans firstly, want to reiterate how we also support the promotion of campus-wide political issues as mentioned by the College Democrats. We admire the efforts and passion the College Democrats display in their political ideology and agree with how both organizations go about conveying these issues to the students. We acquiesce with College Democrats both Republicans and Democrats in Washington are guilty of conducting themselves incompetently by using irresponsible rhetoric, but this does not reflect the College Republicans at Miami University.

With regards to the handouts we passed out on our “Fiscal Conservative Day,” the College Republicans intended to inform students about the candidates and issues the College Democrats support, not the organization itself. We used that factual information to draw a parallel between the similar decision-making that occurred with their organization in Oxford and with the Democratic Party in the nation’s capital.

As to the comment regarding that we attacked their organization, rather than the candidates and issues they support: we mentioned Strickland and Obama in our handouts, are these not candidates the College Democrats support? The Obama Administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress have spent more money in the past two years than any other previous other Administration combined. We were simply pointing out the irony the College Democrats have incurred a debt, just as their role models in Washington have and continue to create a rather historic deficit. Considering this, our handouts were not meant to be inflammatory, but informative.

In the letter, the College Democrats stated, “Not only is this damaging to the political climate on our campus, but it is also distracting from real policy issues and what our organizations aim to achieve.” We find it contradictory to say that our organization’s purpose is to increase political awareness, but then fail to recognize the connection from the College Democrats’ debt to our nation’s debt and deficit as a political issue.

In their letter, the College Democrats accused our factual information as rhetoric and inflammatory dialogue. They went so far as to insinuate our statement as libel. Is it libel to state facts? As The New York Times stated in 1993: “To meet the Supreme Court’s definition of libel involving a public figure, a quotation must not only be made up or materially altered. It must also defame the person quoted, and damage his or her reputation or livelihood.” We have to ask: Does it not contribute to inflammatory dialogue and irresponsible rhetoric for the College Democrats to imply libel, when they themselves admitted in the opinion piece that the College Republicans were stating factual information?

At Miami, the College Republicans have continually made fiscally responsible decisions without incurring any debt. While our budget has not been substantial in the past couple of years, we have made certain to spend within our budget, even limiting our speakers and events to remain accountable to our organization’s goals.

The Miami community should ask the same of the College Democrats as the American people are asking of our federal and local governments: please detail your plan to address the debt and deficit we face. While they have a plan with ASG to pay back their debt, we wish the College Democrats would have informed the students of more definitive ways they plan to tackle their

debt instead of side stepping the issue with attacks on our character and by misinterpreting our intentions.

As two organizations extremely vested in politics and the issues facing our nation, we hope not to create a rift between us. There is no doubt that we will diverge in terms of ideology, and consequently, will vary in terms of policy and decision-making. These disagreements between us are what contribute to a healthy rivalry and we look forward to working with them in joint events in the coming year. Through this, we wanted to bring forward our intentions and show the Miami community that not only did we present factual information, but also we did it in a way to bring awareness to a real policy issue, not to berate the College Democrats as a student organization. We sympathize with the College Democrats’ burden of inherited debt and we politely invite them to declare a joint denunciation of deficit spending, in the best interests of the people and future of our beloved nation.

Brie Sakach

College Republicans Co-Chair sakachbr@muohio.edu

Be sensitive of others’ religious beliefs It is often said that one should refrain from talking about religion and politics, and generally that is sound advice. However, being an outspoken person myself, I cannot follow that rule.

But, if you are going to argue about religion in general or religious beliefs, please make sure to use discretion.

I can sympathize with people’s qualms about the downfalls of organized religion and evangelizing people. Many people do not appreciate being told that if they do not accept a certain set of religious beliefs their soul is in peril and they are not capable of being moral and good people. In fact, I completely agree with those people. No one religion, or any religion, in my opinion, is the only way to have a fulfilling and good life. However, criticism of evangelizing or feeling marginalized and disrespected by someone else is not why I am writing this.

Lately, I have heard fellow classmates attack certain religious beliefs or religion in general in the classroom and on Facebook.

Often, they have good arguments. Yes, many wars have been waged in the name of religion, and countless other terrible, senseless things, but that does not give you the excuse to completely disrespect something so sacred to so many people.

People may have beliefs that go against everything science dictates, but as long as they are not forcing you to agree with them, you need to accept that and respect their different beliefs. You absolutely have the right to have no religion, or a different religion and you should be respected and left alone for that choice.

But others who do nothing to bother or convert you deserve to not be disparaged either.

Throwing blanket generalizations on all religious people and/or religions is just as wrong as generalizations made about you for believing in something different and/or not having any religious beliefs. Agree to disagree and tolerate people with different beliefs, despite how absurd they are to you.

Erin Krumm

krummee@muohio.edu

Opinion

THE MIAMI STUDENT

➤ STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING

➤ THIS AND THAT

FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011 ♦ 7

➤ THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

‘Harry Potter’ distracts the studious Racism Nothing succeeds cripples like success politics Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg. With 275 million iPods sold, 20 million Oprah viewers and 500 million social network friends, these three are successful individuals and businesspeople by any standard. They and many others have risen to the top and for much of society; they represent the epitome Jessica of success.

Sink In almost every inspirational book, graduation card and motivational speech, there is some sort of quote about success. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” “Failure is success if we learn from it,” “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

As a society, we are molded to want to do well, to achieve great things, to succeed in life. But what really is the definition of “success?” How exactly is it measured?

Success is defined in the Merriam Webster dictionary as a favorable and desired outcome, or the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence. This definition seems pretty standard. We all want to gain recognition, and be proud of our accomplishments. Of course, we all want wealth, favor and eminence. We all want success.

However, does this definition really capture the true meaning of success?

Isn’t there more than simply achieving a desired outcome or gaining wealth?

In today’s competitive world, everyone wants to be the best, make the most and rank the highest. From a very young age, we, as individuals, are pressured to stand out above the rest.

Success is not measured by how money you make or who you know, it is about moving forward, taking on new projects and tackling new obstacles.

According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, the current college student has grown up being told they can do anything, be anyone they want to be.

Although this helps aid the development of confidence, it can also cause disappointment when things don’t quite work out as planned. Not everyone can work at a Fortune 500 company right after graduation, secure a recording deal or even marry a future king. However, that certainly does not mean failure.

Success is not about competition, about becoming the best of the best, the richest or most famous. Success is knowing who you are, setting goals and working hard to achieve them. Success is learning from each new experience.

Success is being happy.

In a competitive world with so many expectations, it is hard not to get caught up in the pressure of demands, wanting to achieve great things. Yet, sometimes, in the quest to achieve “success,” to look good or prove something, important values and dreams are forgotten or sacrificed.

Josh Groban, an American singer and songwriter, once said, “My life is an unfinished product, but instead of just saying, ‘How do I top what I’ve accomplished,’ I decided I wanted to move forward, express my growth and take a big step into the next chapter.”

That is what success is. Success is not measured by how much money you make or who you know, it is about moving forward, taking on new projects and tackling new obstacles. Perhaps success is an idea that can never be pinned down or measured. But ultimately, no matter where the path of life leads, if you are happy and content, you are successful.

As the semester draws to a close, and soon, the capped and gowned graduates make their debut, I wish them the best of luck in all future pursuits. I hope they take the lessons they learned here at Miami University wherever they go and never forget their roots. I hope they achieve their dreams and goals. Most of all, I hope they find success. Even if they don’t sell 275 million iPods.

This is the time of year when final projects you’re doing and take some time for yourself, are looming, exams are hanging over your so you don’t end up crashing and burning from head and plans are being made for summer all that you’ve taken on this year. It doesn’t jobs and internships. help that the rainfall here could rival that of It’s the time of year when the rainy seasons in tropical climate and we’ve you’re too busy to eat, you been cooped up in doors. don’t have time to sleep and Perhaps its nostalgia reminding me of simyou feel like your head is go- pler times when I was younger and started ing to burst open in front of reading the books. Looking back on how easy everyone at King Library. grade school was almost makes me want to go Caffeine back there and start the whole Potter series over again. binges are Chris I remember waiting for the what’s keepWhether it’s your DeNicola latest books to come out so ing you from favorite movie or I could read what happened falling apart book or childhood next.

When the movies came at the seams after pulling out you were able to see what rounds of all nighters just so game, or maybe cinematic magic can do to you can catch up on the work even a friend’s bring the world alive.

Whatevyou didn’t get done during the house you used to er it is I just find myself thinksemester and cram for the exhang out at over the ing about it rather than trying ams you have. to study.

It’s brutal all the work that summer, chances I’m sure a lot of you are in goes into the last weeks of are you’re trying the same boat. Not necessarily school and it doesn’t help to suppress your with the Harry Potter thing. that the rainfall here could thoughts of But many of you are probably rival that of the rainy seasons looking back on simpler times in tropical climate. nostalgia too. and wishing you could go All in all I know my schedule back to them especially in the is full with things that need midst of realizing how close we all are to the to get done and yet all I want to do is watch real world.

Harry Potter.

Whether it’s your favorite movie or book or Yes, I said it and I realize I risk being childhood game, or maybe even the friend’s made fun of, but it’s true. The final Harry house you used to hang out at over the sumPotter movie has been taking up more space mer, chances are you’re trying to suppress on my mental hard drive than most of my your thoughts of nostalgia too. classes recently.

Honestly, I’m not quite sure what it is Maybe it’s the idea of escape into some I’m trying to say.

Maybe I’m saying to just place so ridiculous that you can really get let yourself daydream in the middle of all away from all the stress in school. Maybe it’s your work. the fact that I just want to see how the end Maybe I’m trying to say don’t sweat all the plays out on screen (after reading the books I stuff you have going on. Or maybe I’m just know what happens). rambling because once again, I’m finding my Or maybe Harry Potter is really just my mind wandering from my work. Whatever it subconscious telling me that sometimes you is, I’m over it.

I’m sure I had a good point. have to take a step back from everything

➤ GUEST ESSAY

Shriver is an example for all I learned of Dr. Shriver’s passing this last ried history of Miami, it was the passion with week, while at a family vacation home in Lake- which it was taught. This man was teaching side, Ohio. It was fitting because Dr. Shriver this class with the energy and excitement of a also had a home in this small vacation com- first year professor’s assistant. His knowledge munity on Lake Erie. I was quite saddened, was unquestionable, (he never once had to look but not surprised, as I knew his health was in at that blackboard of notes). But his passion decline. In Lakeside, I would always walk by was unmistakable. his home to see if he was on his front porch. I I had all the desire and motivation to write got the chance to speak to him twice and you a letter to him. I wanted to let him know that always knew he was there if the Miami Uni- after three and a half years of going between versity flag was flying. being somewhat inspired in my courses to reI only took one course from Dr. Shriver. ally just trying to get it over with, I was finally It was a “blow-off” senior year course oth- moved and more importantly, I learned and I ers told me to take because it was easy and enjoyed it. Of course, I never wrote the letter. pretty interesting. I only I got lazy and settled with my heard the “easy” part. The memories of the class. And I alcourse was called the “HisDr. Shriver should ways felt ashamed for not letting tory of Miami.” I had two be an example to all him know what it did for me. other friends join me in That was, until about five years educators, not just ago, in that little vacation haven the class as well. From Dr. for his enthusiasm of Lakeside. I walked by his Shriver’s first words, he had us hooked. It was shocking to teach, but also for house, and I saw the flag flying, really. The teaching assisthe possibility that and I could see this man sitting tant would write notes upon inside, white hair, balding - unyour students might mistakable head. I knew I had notes on every pane of the acutally be learning to say something. I walked to blackboard before class and we would look on it daunted something from you. the porch door, and he was off to think we had to write all his chair before I could knock. of this down. Then Shriver He and his wife came outside to would walk in, stand at greet us. “Dr. Shriver, so great the podium, look at the class and begin his to meet you, I wanted to come by and say hi. story. It was always a story with a begin- I’m a Miami University alumnus; all four of ning, middle and an end. Every class was my siblings are as a matter of fact. I took your always entertaining. course on Miami my senior year, and I just I remember an entire classroom in tears wanted to let you know ... ” I just kept talking, when he discussed Miami during World War and gushing, blathering and gushing. And he II. It was interesting on so many levels, but just listened and listened and smiled. mostly, because of the way he told it. I had had The looks on my wife and family’s faces good professors, bad ones and all points in be- were priceless, since they had never really tween, but this was on another level. This was seen this side of me or heard this story. Afa man who was there only to teach and watch terward, he offered a simple, deep, gravelly, students enjoy it.

“Thank you son,” and offered a gentleman’s He opened the first class with a story of handshake, with a pat on the shoulder. Maybe Robert Hamilton Bishop, laying the ground- I saw his eyes tear up a bit, but that may have work of the university as its first President been wishful thinking. His wife however, was – the Ivy, the bricks, the slant walks and him in tears. She pulled me aside, hugged me and wanting Miami to be the “Yale of the West.” said, “You have no idea how much this means Shriver closed his final class with the words, to him.”

“And if Robert Hamilton Bishop were alive I had some idea. It meant the same to me to today, a smile would come to his face as he be able to tell him. looked around this great university, for Miami There are very few feelings better in life than had truly become, the Yale of the West.” With being acknowledged for something you are so that, my best friend and I stood up and just passionate about. like out of a cheesy sports movie, we started Dr. Shriver should be an example to all eda slow clap. Somehow, we just felt compelled ucators, not just for his enthusiasm to teach, to do it. The whole class joined in as every- but also for the possibility that your stuone stood. We got in line to shake his hand dents might actually be learning something and I truly had to hold back tears as I offered from you. my thanks.

Congratulations to Dr. Shriver on an extraorWe walked out of class and walked back to dinary career and thank you for creating such a our house in silence. I had never had this feel- brilliant lesson plan for us all to strive toward. ing of enlightenment before.

A simple, easy class on the history of our Rob Snow school and here I was moved beyond words.

Class of 1995 It wasn’t the lessons we learned or the stothesnows20@yahoo.com

I’m writing this column on April 27; a day that will forever be remembered as the day Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate, finally letting America breathe a sigh of relief that our President is a naturalborn citizen. Oh wait, it’s not that at all. It’s actually just another in a long line of days Alice that intelligence caLadrick ters to stupidity while everyone else rolls their eyes. I’m reminded of a game my friends and I sometimes play called, “Why I Could Never Be Elected.” It’s what in life have you done to keep you out of public office. Bill (names changed) will talk about having had inhaled. Ted will mention his various Facebook pictures and status updates.

Even if you don’t agree with his policies, we should all be able to recognize that President Obama is a very smart person. He received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law. He taught law at the University of Chicago for 12 years. He’s very smart.

I can’t even imagine the frustration of pretending to care about everyone’s opinions; even ignorant racist opinions perpetuated by reality TV celebrities.

I think this is another thing that we should all be able to agree on; the “Birther Movement” is nothing more than ignorant racism. Suddenly, when faced with a president who’s not white, a frighteningly large percentage of Americans demand proof he was born in this country.

If his name doesn’t sound of European descent, he must be a secret Muslim, hell-bent on overthrowing our freedoms.

I wonder how disheartening it was for President Obama to have to “prove” is citizenship, all-the-while knowing the exact reason for these suspicions.

But he did. He gave in to the idiocy and produced his long-form birth certificate. Some Birther blogs claim fraud; that the certificate is obviously Photoshopped. Others claim that his Kenyan father also disqualifies him from presidential eligibility (apparently forgetting about other presidents with foreign-born parents, but, hey, it’s not like Andrew Jackson is on any currency or anything).

Still others make the concession that he’s a secret Muslim hell-bent on destroying the country he was born in.

Of course, using the blogosphere is setting up a straw man for an argument.

Mainstream politicians would never stoop to assuming our President was a malicious imposter based solely on his race. Sarah Palin, the 2008 GOP vicepresidential candidate, wondered “why President Obama would’ve spent $2 million not to show his birth certificate,” according to www.mediaite.com. Donald Trump, who, in many legitimate polls, is trailing only behind Mitt Romney for the 2012 GOP nomination, has won most of his support by loudly espousing Birther theories.

Trump, after congratulating himself and subtly seeding doubts of legitimacy, seamlessly moved on to his next ignorant and racist attack against President Obama: that he didn’t deserve to attend his Ivy League schools and was admitted solely because of Affirmative Action.

His proof for this: he “heard he was a terrible student,” according to www.politico.com. That’s proof enough for me, how else could a non-white person get into the Ivy League? And don’t think Donald Trump doesn’t know a thing or two about unqualified Ivy League admittances, the book, The Price of Admission, was written about the $2.5 million it cost to get his unqualified son-in-law his admittance to Harvard, according to www.salon.com The saddest part about all of this isn’t the blatant racism being accepted into mainstream political discourse; well, that is the saddest part, but the second-saddest part is that Obama can’t tell people what he really thinks. To watch the President in one of his speeches is to watch a quick-witted person with a razor-sharp sense of humor. I would love to hear the amazing comebacks to Trump or Palin that he’s suppressing. I can only imagine the unspoken thoughts he has about the 56 percent of Republicans who refuse to believe he’s American because he doesn’t look like them.

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‘Welcome Week’ to replace ‘First Year Institute’ fall 2011

By Jennifer Perpar For The Miami Student

Those first four days of freshman year were the best, no classes, meeting new people and exploring the university that would be called “home” for the next four years. The First Year Institute (FYI), a four-day program that allows firstyears to get acquainted with the university, is undergoing some drastic changes this fall.

The FYI will not continue this fall as it did last year. Instead, Miami University will be hosting Welcome Week.

“The name ‘Welcome Week’ is more transparent,” said Director of New Student Programs, Elizabeth Buffy Stoll.

“It’s a concept that a lot of schools use.

You know what it means.”

Stoll is in charge of the planning and preparation for Welcome Week. Instead of hosting a four-day program for

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The students will leave for Chennai July 25 and return Aug. 17.

Junior Sean O’Neill has been the team leader for this project and said he is very excited to begin work in Chennai.

“What is really amazing is the connections that can be made between all of us as a team and to other cultures through music,” O’Neill said.

Going abroad and being in an unfamiliar place helps students find themselves, Krishnan said.

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The whole process of going abroad helps stimulate intellectual growth, he said.

Director of International Education, David Keitges, said he feels that studying abroad or going abroad at some point is crucial in the development of student identity as well.

“Stereotypes about what life should be explode when students go somewhere where everything is completely different than the United States,” Keitges said.

A student’s identity is completely challenged when they are immersed in a different culture for a long period of time, he said.

“When you go abroad you stop hearing the music from home and start hearing the local music, and you start to see how other people see the world,” Keitges said.

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an industrial hygienist and radiation safety officer. The team investigated the shower stall in question Thursday morning shortly after a meeting with this reporter.

According to Johnson, what was found on the water pipe turned out to be just a simple case of mildew.

Johnson speculated the problem was caused by a malfunctioning exhaust fan and the trapped moisture led to a small buildup of the mild irritant.

“If those fans aren’t operating properly, you can’t get the moisture out properly,” Johnson said. “It’s a bathroom and you’re going to get mildew. (The water pipe) is a nonporous material not unlike a sink or a bathtub. If it gets mold on it you just clean it and move on.”

According to Frericks, repair requests and building safety concerns should be requested on MyCard. Because none had been filed from Morris Hall, there had been no investigation.

“If students see mold, they should report it to MyCard directly,” Frericks said.

“There’s a misconception that going to the RA or the cleaning staff is the best link. We work closely together, but we’re two different entities, so that’s why we emphasize from the beginning of the year that you have to go to MyCard so we can see it,” Barden said.

According to a phone call placed

by Johnson after the investigation, the water pipe in question was quickly cleaned and restored to good order, but the fan will require more attention.

Morris Hall is one of the residence halls slated to be partially renovated over the summer.

audience according to Stoll. Second-year Kamkwamba, a current sophomore at students are also encouraged to attend Dartmouth University. The book is about events throughout Wela boy who grows up in come Week as all first-year an impoverished town of and second-year students Malawi where there is no “I think it’ll be will be given calendars nice for first-year electricity. Kamkwamba of when and where each produced energy for the students especially town using wind in this inevent will be taking place. because it will give spiring story, and it should Ultimately, Stoll said she hopes second-years an opportunity to be a novel the first year will be able to find their meet new people.” class will enjoy reading niche and activities to get explained Stoll. involved in.

Although Kamkwamba CAITLIN MCGILLICUDDY “Having second-year will not be coming to MiFIRST-YEAR STUDENT students getting involved ami to speak at convocawith Welcome Week is a tion, international students great idea,” Kourtni Battig, will talk to the first-year a current first-year, said. “I definitely plan students about their experiences at Miami on going to some of the events because I and how coming from a foreign country think as an upcoming second-year, I know has impacted them. what I want to get involved in now.”

After, the class will be broken off The incoming first-years will read The into groups where they will have a Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William book discussion.

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to our original housekeeper, Donna.

Patty (Patricia Stewart, Morris’ building and grounds manager) talked to her housekeepers in the building. Finally, Patty relayed the message to her boss. It took a long time for it to get back to us.”

The RA thought the delay was too long and too little was done to address the situation.

“The housekeepers did a thorough cleaning of the bathroom and said they didn’t know what we were talking about,” the RA said. “At some point you throw your hands in the air and accept that it’s not going to be cleaned.”

The RA expressed concern the issue of possible black mold was never addressed by the university.

“If they would have brought in an expert who looked me dead in the eye and said it’s not black mold or mold of any kind, I’d sleep easier at night. I love my residents and if they got sick from mold, I’d feel partially responsible,” he said.

The RA asked to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions from the university.

However, at the instigation of this article, a small committee was quickly put together by Bill Moloney, senior director for hospitality and custodial services. Included were himself, Jay Barden, senior residence hall manager of Heritage Commons, Anderson Hall and Porter Hall, Matt Frericks, senior director for construction and facilities and auxiliaries and Jeff Johnson,

first-years, Welcome Week will be a 10-day long program that will include the activities from move-in-day, all the way until Mega Fair.

“I think it’ll be nice for first-year students especially because it will give an opportunity to meet new people,” Caitlin McGillicuddy, a current first-year student, said.

The first four days will be almost identical to those in the past with events such as convocation and the party at Yager Stadium still taking place, according to Stoll.

Many of the facilities on campus will be hosting their own welcoming events as part of the program. King Library, the Recreational Center and the Student Health Center are just a few places among many that will be putting on events according to Stoll.

Welcome Week isn’t just for firstyear students, although that is the target

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Ethics at the Farmers Market Drew Johnson, Roehling and Brent Marcum, all agree raising animals humanely is a primary concern at the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown.

“I tell people that I would gladly trade places with one of my cattle because they’ve got it a lot better than we do,” Johnson said.

“I want my animals raised on grass,” Roehling said. “I don’t want them in feed lots and I don’t want them raised on corn and so this market allows me to select those growers who do it in my mind correctly.”

Marcum said his wife, Suzie, uses ethical practices when raising their cattle.

“She inherited a 60 head herd of black angus beef,” Marcum said. “She has converted them all over to grass fed, grass finish, no hormone, no antibiotic and they are always on pasture, they are never confined or fattened on grain or anything like that which is a whole lot healthier” Johnson said Reserve Run Beef uses similar practices when raising their cattle.

“We let our cows grow at their own natural pace,” Johnson said. “I don’t really feel it’s ethical to push a cow as far as weight gain. I understand that modern technology can slap on three pounds a day, but I don’t feel right feeding my cattle something that they wouldn’t walk up and just eat on their own.”

This humane approach to raising animals fits with Elliot’s opinion of where people should purchase meat.

“I am really against the big industries, like Tyson, anyone who produces meat on that scale treats the animals,” Elliot said. “If you are going to eat meat you want to have meat that comes from at least a humane and a non-hormone injection kind of facility.”

Healthy living According to Ashley Johnson, president of the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown council, one advantage of the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown is it provides

healthier food.

Salem Road Farms has grown to supply produce to Kona Bistro, Stella 12 Beech, Morning Sun Café and even Miami University in the past.

The locality of the food at the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown also helps protect people’s health, according to Marcum.

A lot of the recalls caused by e-coli outbreaks are the result of large manufacturer systems, Marcum said.

“You may have produce

from 20 or 30 or 40 different farms coming to one location,” Marcum said. “It will all be handled and sent out and packed by someone all at the same time so everybody gets a piece of the pie whether they want it or not. It’s the same way with ground beef, you can have a thousand different cows in one hamburger.”

a benefit for growing the best possible product.”

The Oxford Farmers Market Uptown has adjusted to the growing number of students, according to Suzie Marcum. Now, the market takes “greenbacks,” a type of market money, as well as MU Bucks.

The economy of food

In addition to the Farmers Market offering ethical food and supporting the local economy, many people find the food at the Farmers Market tastes better than the food they can buy at the grocery store.

“I don’t know how many times I hear from people eating our beef ‘Wow’ is their first remark, that’s what it used to taste like at my grandmother’s,” Johnson said. “We aren’t doing anything different. We have been doing it the same way for 70 years but everything else has changed.”

Several of the restaurants uptown also seem to enjoy Reserve Run Beef’s product.

Reserve Run Beef has supplied to Kona Bistro, in addition to Quarter Barrel Brewery and Pub and Arabian Nights.

Hill said she prefers the produce at the Farmers Market to the produce at Kroger.

“They taste better too, the apples that I got from the

Most of the criticism for farmers markets comes from the belief that they have higher prices, but according to Johnson this is often not the case.

However, when market prices are more expensive the products are well worth price according to Johnson.

“That whole dollar goes to the farmer,” Johnson said. “It’s not going in between five or six middle men.”

According to Johnson, the market creates competition between vendors to provide the best product instead of the cheapest one.

“The farmers market allows for healthy competition,” he said.

According to Johnson, when a customer goes to a super-market they can usually only choose one product from one vendor, but at the Farmers Market there are five or six vendors selling

continued from page 4 Miami now to gather some information about the student population.

By looking at things like the students’ zip codes, the firm can get a better estimate of what kind of backgrounds the students come from and can use that information to determine the purchasing power of the student population, as well as the types of commodities they purchase, Kyger said.

Front Street should be finished with their study by the end of the semester, according to Kyger, but the study might have to run into the fall semester, because the firm cannot conduct an accurate study when much of the student population is gone from Oxford during the summer months.

This report will belong to the people, Kyger said. The data will be disbursed to all of the development companies and real estate companies in town, so they can use this information to recruit outside businesses.

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“We look at safety,” Glendon said. “We focus on what is happening to this child to put them in immediate danger.”

Miami University senior family studies major Christine Uhl said she believes the numbers may have dropped because of the

farmers market were far beyond Kroger’s produce,” Hill said.

A changing supermarket Kroger has also responded to customer demands for food from ethical and local sources over the past five years, according to Rachael Betzler, Public Relations Manager for Kroger’s Cincinnati and Dayton division.

These new innovations make Kroger a good alternative for

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the same product. The vendor with the best product will make the most money.

“You have to be the cheapest to get the bid from the grocery store, so the grocery store can make the most profit,” Johnson said. “When you drive your producers to make the cheapest product you can handle, obviously the quality is going down, so if you are going to spend your whole dollar, I would rather that whole dollar go to the person who grows because they have

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students if they cannot make it to the Farmers Market.

“Kroger offers many organic and locally grown products in our produce department,” Betzler said via e-mail “We also offer a wide selection in our Nature’s Market department with products that are all natural from cereal to vitamins.”

According to Betzler, Kroger offers Don & Popp Honey, a local Oxford company, as well as organic beef, butter and milk, as well as cage-free eggs.

“Kroger works hard to establish relationships with local farmers that can serve a few stores or our 110 stores in the local Cincinnati and Dayton marketing area,” Betzler said via e-mail.“We work with several well known in the Ohio area for produce such as Fulton Farms in Dayton, Michael Farms Inc., in Urbana, GroCo Family Farms in Jamestown and Buurma Farms Inc., in Willard. Other local suppliers for meat include Laura’s Lean Beef from Kentucky and wines from Valley Vineyard in Ohio & Vinoklet Vineyard in Cincinnati, Ohio.”

Another new innovation is HarvestMark traceability.

“Kroger also began offering HarvestMark traceability on its corporate brand (Fresh Selections & Private Selection

by Kroger) packaged salad, tricolor peppers, mushrooms,

carrots, cut vegetables and more,” Betzler said via e-mail.

“With HarvestMark traceability, shoppers can enter the unique code on each package of produce at www.HarvestMark. com and find out where it was grown, when it was packed and whether or not it is under recall.

Shoppers can also use their iPhone to trace the product”

Uptown dining According to Tom Elliot of Kona Bistro, Kona has used ethically produced food items from their start.

“It’s something we’ve done since day one,” Elliot said. “Offering organics and fair trade items where you can and local and sustainable items where you can is something that is important to us.”

Elliot said offering organic items has become a more viable option.

“It’s gotten a lot easier to do over the last couple years because demand has increased so certainly supply has increased as well,” Elliot said. “Pricing used to be outrageous and we couldn’t afford to do a lot of things that we wanted to do just because a customer wouldn’t want to pay what they would have to for that difference.”

Kona is supplied by a main line supplier, but also buys a lot of local product, Elliot said.

“We work with the Farmers Market here in Oxford as much as we can,” Elliot said.

One of Kona’s suppliers is Reserve Run Beef.

“It’s not organic, but it’s all grass fed and naturally raised and free range as well,” Elliot said.

Kona uses cage free eggs, hormone free meat and dairy as well as free-range chicken as much as possible but is sometimes forced to use alternatives in order to maintain their prices.

“We do whatever possible,” Elliot said. “Some areas, from a business standpoint, there is only so much you can charge for certain items and have people buy them.”

We try to offer those items in specials because we can’t guarantee we are always going to have them available, Elliot said.

Some other items Kona Bistro offers include organic beers, wines and even a local organic vodka, as well as Fair Trade coffee.

can get out of this report and use it to our benefit,” They also recommended curb extensions which would Kyger said. allow for on-street parking and pedestrian safety. Their The Community Development Committee is hoping idea to expose the stream that runs by Locust Street was to use this information as well, so that they can gain met with positive feedback from the committee. some insight and direction to move forOf course, this vision of Locust is an ward with the project on Locust Street. idealized concept that would probably “We are hoping that through this require widening of both the road and “Can we create a process we can learn something about sidewalks, among other costly meanew standard which the what features Locust Street needs to sures. While opinions may differ on what gives us more of a have in order to be attractive,” said should be done about the future of Locust streetscape look?” Street, it seems to be a consensus that the Community Development Director Jung-Han Chen. people of Oxford want to give the area a The Community Development Comsense of place.

ALAN KYGER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT mittee is also gathering input from Chen has asked for a copy of the stuDIRECTOR FOR CITY OF OXFORD Miami students. dents’ presentation so the commission Evan Craker, Kiley Mass and can look at what elements and features Richelle Viles took on the task of redethey would like to expand upon. signing Locust Street for their architecIn May, the Oxford City Council will ture capstone course. They presented hold a round table discussion with Front their vision to the Planning Commission on April 12 for Street Analytics and merchants from each quadrant: feedback. They said the city of Oxford wants the Locust U.S. Route 27 North, Uptown district, Stewart Square Street area to be a gateway into the city, but right now and Locust Street, as well as potentially some representhe space lacks accessibility. They suggested placing a tatives from the other businesses in town like Johnny’s boulevard with trees down the center of Locust, which Deli and SDS Pizza, to get their thoughts, according to would slow down traffic and increase sustainability. Kyger. No specific date has been set.

overall awareness of the issue.

“There have been more prevention and treatment programs that people have become aware of,” Uhl said.

Awareness may be key because Butler County’s decrease in child abuse cases has led the county to be chosen as one of 33 pilot counties to test out a new program called Differential Response (also called Alternative Response) this summer.

Glendon said Differential Response is a different way of

servicing families that have abuse and neglect referrals, mainly focusing on low-risk families. It is mainly for neglect issues and the county will not identify perpetrators or victims, which is very different than the county’s normal model.

“We are just going to families and being transparent – asking what there is that we can do,” Glendon said. “This program will never replace what we do, but will just be in addition to what we do.”

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’ve done a lot of thinking about this column. I thought about using it to reminisce about the highs and lows of the last four years of Miami University athletics. I could have written about the can’t-miss Miami sports experiences. Heck, I could have even used it to gush about why I love the Miami RedHawks, you know aside from the fact that I, and all Miami students, help pay for them to compete and thus should feel some semblance of loyalty to the teams. But I’m not going to do that.

I’m not going to talk about how in 2007 I got to cover the Mid-American Conference Championship football game in Detroit as a freshman and watch the Central Michigan University Chippewas stomp a hole in Ford Field the size of the RedHawk football team. I’m not going to talk about how it became apparent to me at that point the Miami student fan base lacked a certain spirit in the sense that the majority of students in the stands were members of the marching band.

I’m certainly not going to bring up the miracle turn around Mike Haywood spurred this season, taking the 2010-2011 ’Hawks back to the postseason, in the form of the GoDaddy. com Bowl, for the first time since 2004. I’m not going to talk about how I think that Don Treadwell is going to keep this team there and how happy I am that a Miami man has taken the reigns.

I’m not going to talk about hockey. If you ask some people on this campus, I clearly know nothing about the sport. So I’m certainly not going to talk about how the last four years have been a great leap forward for a program that went from being a perennial underdog to a championship favorite in just a few years.

I’m not going to talk about how the 2008-2009 post-season run was the most amazing and horrible sports experience of my life. I wont talk about the disappointment this campus has experienced since then and how it’s unacceptable that some people on this campus seem content with not being on top.

I’m definitely not going discuss the Miami basketball team, who has only seen an increase in its pool of talent since I’ve been on campus. I won’t talk about the potential for next year’s team to make a run through the MAC and how they have the potential to even make it to the NCAA tournament. I won’t talk about how they not only need, but also deserve, to have better, consistent student attendance than they’ve had the last few years. I won’t talk about how rushing the court following the last-second comeback by the Red and White against the Xavier University Musketeers to kickoff the 2007-2008 season. And I promise I won’t mention that it was the greatest college sports experience of my life.

I won’t talk about how, although it lacks the same success or prominence of the bigger sports at Miami, watching RedHawk baseball is a fantastic experience that should be had by every student before they leave Oxford.

I won’t say how there’s nothing quite like sitting at McKie Field and grabbing something off the grill (which you can pay for with your meal plan) and watching guys who play our national pastime for the sheer love of it rather than a paycheck. I absolutely won’t mention how there’s no better sports venue at this school than Hayden Park.

And since I won’t do any of those things, I think the only thing I have left to do is say thanks for reading and goodbye.

SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

Junior outfielder Ryan Curl beats out a throw to first base in Miami’s 10-2 win over Xavier University April 13.

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

One of the most non-conventional road trips was one of the best yet for the Miami University RedHawk baseball team. The Red and White recovered from a non-conference triple-header by heading to Bloomington, Ind. Tuesday to battle the Indiana University Hoosiers in a non-conference bout.

But after the trio of tight games, the ’Hawks were able to breath in a 13 hit, 10-3 Bloomington blasting. The win extends the RedHawk winning streak to five games and capped off a 4-0 road trip.

“We have to keep the confidence and never get too high,” senior Ryan Kaup said. “We are playing hard and working everyday. This is a good team so we

shouldn’t be learning a lot new.

This is expected.”

A Hoosier error spotted the first RedHawk run in the third inning.

Kaup – who tallied three hits – singled through the middle and was sacrificed to second base. A low throw got by the third baseman as Kaup stole the base and he sprinted home to make the score 1-0.

The Hoosiers (25-16) responded immediately with three runs in the bottom of the inning. In the top of the next inning, the RedHawks jammed the bases before Kaup returned to the plate. With a chance to blow the game open, the senior dug in and belted a pitch to the fence for a bases clearing double and a 4-3 lead.

“Hitting is a weird thing,” Kaup said. “It takes a couple hits and it’s easy. I’m trying to hit the ball hard

and luckily today the ball found a hole.”

Junior bat Bryce Redeker homered in the fifth frame to bring home two runs with two outs. The Red and White (23-18) added on to the lead when senior Jon Edgington slapped an RBI single.

The scoring spree continued in the sixth with a two out triple by junior Ryan Brenner that bagged two ’Hawk runs.

“They definitely made some adjustments at the plate,” head coach Dan Simonds said. “They threw a lefty at us who was pretty decent. We hit the ball pretty well and banged out a couple big hits.

Ryan Kaup and Ryan Brenner both had big hits for us. Shawn Marquardt did a very good job out of the bullpen against a good hitting team.”

Marquardt turned the 9-3 lead into a victory in a relief appearance. Another Hoosier throwing error ended the scoring at 10-3 RedHawks as senior Brad Gschwind scored from second base in the ninth inning.

“We need production there (seven-nine hitters) and those guys are starting to come around,” Simonds said. “They went through a bit of a funk.

That’s going to be big for us, with those guys putting pressure on it helps. All nine giving us quality at bats is very important for us.”

Senior Kyle Weldon held a hot bat with a 4-for-5 day at the plate and a run scored. Kaup finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Redeker and Brenner both plated two RBIs for the Red and White.

UMass finalizes move to the MAC

By Chris Hopkins For The Miami Student

The University of Massachusetts (UMass) held a press conference April 20 to announce their move to the Mid-American Conference (MAC) for football.

UMass will play their games at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., the same stadium the New England Patriots of the NFL play in. Having the Minutemen play at Gillette Stadium will help the team financially but also help to develop a big-time college football program in the region.

This is one of the main goals in the move to the MAC. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft echoed these views when he was asked about lending his stadium out to UMass for their home games.

“Hopefully they’re going to build a program that’s exciting for us in this region,” Kraft said. “I think this is the one area of the country that’s lacking in big college football.”

UMass is moving from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) to the Football Bowl Subdivision, which will mean that they are now playing with the top competition in college football and they are eligible for bowl games. Before the move, UMass was a member of the Colonial Athletic Association.

The 2011 season will be the Minutemen’s last full season as an FCS team but they will not be eligible for any postseason play. In 2012, they will join the MAC but play a mix of FBS and FCS teams. They will not be eligible for postseason play. The Minutemen will become a fullfledged member of the MAC in 2013 and will become eligible for postseason play that year.

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The move will only involve UMass’ football program. They will join Temple University as the only other school to only play football in the MAC, while having their other sports play in different conferences.

The addition of UMass will allow the MAC to create two seven-team divisions. At this point, there has only been speculation as to who is going where and if they’re going to keep the divisions East and West.

MAC Commissioner John Steinbrecher touched upon this point at the UMass press conference.

“Divisional alignment has not been determined yet, we’ve had no formal discussions at this point and we hope to come out of our spring meetings at the end of May with a decision on that,” Steinbrecher said.

UMass will enter the conference with their rivalry with Temple intact.

However, outside of the Owls, UMass does not have a history with most of the other MAC teams. Miami and UMass have never played each other on the football field.