May 06, 2014 | The Miami Student

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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014

VOLUME 141 NO. 52

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1958, The Miami Student reported residence halls, fraternities and sororities had begun planning for the annual Mother’s Day weekend festivities.

Complementary continental breakfast in the University Center Ballroom, interfraternity singing under the Upham Arch and residence hall parties in every quad were among the half-dozen events on the agenda.

Dolibois leaves legacy of service

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Upon his retirement from Miami, Ronald Reagan appointed Dolibois as the Ambassador to Luxembourg, a position he held from 1981 to 1985. He was the first person to be appointed and serve as the ambassador of his birth country.

Dolibois has a penchant for leaving a lasting mark: the American embassy residence in Luxembourg is now called the “Dolibois House.”

After leaving his post as ambassador, Dolibois and his wife Winnie Englehart Dolibois (’42) returned to Oxford for retirement. Until recently, Dolibois was a staple at alumni events and spoke frequently to students and other organizations.

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John Dolibois (’42), the namesake of Miami’s European Luxembourg program, passed away Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 95 years old.

“It is difficult to adequately describe John and his accomplishments,” University President David Hodge said.

Dalibois, his friends and family said, was a man of extreme loyalty.

“He was loyal to Miami, loyal to his country, loyal to his family,” one of Dolibois’ sons, Bob Dolibois, said.

A native of Luxembourg, Dolibois served as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Army during World War II and the

Nuremburg War Trials.

“The role he played at Nuremberg is amazing,” Hodge said.

He was the last surviving interrogator of some of the highestranking Nazi officials, including Herman Goering, Julius Streicher and Rudolf Hess.

After his service and a brief stint at Procter & Gamble, Dolibois returned to Miami in 1947 and became the university’s first director of alumni affairs and development.

Twenty years later, he was appointed the first vice president for development and alumni affairs and, later, served as vice president for university relations.

During his tenure at MU, Dolibois was instrumental in the founding of the John E. Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg.

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Design divas: Students strut their stuff at fashion show

BY ABBEY GINGRAS FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

A flurry of activity bustles behind the looming black curtains in Millet Hall as makeup artists and hairstyles put the finishing touches on models.

Meanwhile, designers inspect their collections one last time as the workers double check and triple check their to-do lists on clipboards.

This was the scene during Saturday’s fashion show, which was hosted by the Miami University Club of Fashion and Design and UP Magazine. After months of long hours and what seemed like endless planning, students involved in all aspects of the show finally got to see their development come to life.

“It’s been really great to see how much the show has grown and de-

veloped, along with fashion week as a whole,” senior Sally Stearns, editor-in-chief of UP Magazine, said.

“We have really been trying to market it and make it more upscale. People haven’t known in the past that fashion week was happening, and we were happy to see that change.

This is what I love to do and I was so proud to watch it come together.”

Students worked tirelessly all day Friday and Saturday to get Millet set up perfectly, from chairs to lighting to gift bags. The production takes hundreds of people to put on, but the finished product is nothing less than what would be expected at a professional fashion show.

“UP and MUCFD have weekly meetings between our two executive boards all semester to prepare,” Stearns said. “We plan all the events

of fashion week together between our two staffs. This year we were able to have an after party for both organizations, which was a great way to celebrate each other and all the hard work that was put in, not to mention fashion.”

The show this year was the 8th production Miami has hosted, and the event has grown a lot since it’s founding. What started as a small event for club members has blossomed into an event for the whole university and community with seats for 600 people, including VIPs. This year’s fashion show was especially meaningful to the designers, who now have the opportunity to study fashion design at Miami thanks to the efforts of MUCFD and UP who worked with university officials to install a fashion program.

MU mumps: Female sent home with viral disease

“Seeing my designs on the runway was overwhelming,” senior Kasey Goedeker said. “To see months of hard work being presented to my friends and family in such a great way was really the cherry on top of an amazing year. The fashion minor will only enhance the show in future years.”

MUCFD and UP are proud of where their fashion week has come from and where it is headed. Both organizations hope to see the program grow larger each year and continue to become an event that all of campus looks forward to participating in.

When the lights were shut off in Millet on Saturday night, fashion week for this year was over; but the planning for next year was just beginning.

ROBERT DONATO, ABBEY GINGRAS THE MIAMI STUDENT

(Left) “Beewash,” junior Bryan Washington, strikes a pose for the crowd during the fashion show put on by Miami University Club of Fashion and Design and UP Magazine. (Right) Sophomores Allie Whitaker and Alli Robben assist senior Elizabeth Nie with her wardrobe backstage.

Miami University Student Health Services confirmed a case of mumps in a female student on campus May 2.

Mumps is a contagious viral disease of the respiratory system spread through saliva or mucus when someone coughs, sneezes or speaks. Director of University News and Communications Claire Wagner said symptoms can mirror those of more common and minor viral infections, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness and loss of appetite. However, a noticeable characteristic of the disease is swollen salivary glands beneath the ears or jaw.

“Incubation period can be a few weeks,” Wagner said. “That is why it is important to get the word out, because it can look like a cold at first, but can progress into something much worse.

We want students to be aware.”

Symptoms last on average between seven and 10 days and serious complications are rare, but could amount to infertility or meningitis.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mumps was once a common illness in children and young adults, but has become relatively rare since the creation of the measles-mumpsrubella vaccine (MMR) in 1963, which is now widely used. The vaccine is usually administered in two doses to children — the first when the child is around 12 months old and the second before the child attends kindergarten. Further doses of the vaccine are generally not recommended.

Those who did not receive the vaccination are susceptible to developing mumps.

Mumps outbreaks are popping up throughout the state, with 265 cases confirmed in central Ohio, according to USA Today.

The first case was reported at The Ohio State University Feb. 11, and 176 cases have been reported there since.

To prevent the spread of mumps, Student Health Services advises students to wash their hands well with soap, avoid sharing food or utensils, clean surfaces that are frequently touched, minimize contact with those who are sick and cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing.

Those with concerning symptoms or seeking more information about mumps and how it is spread can visit the Health Center or call 513-529-3000 to make an appointment.

Survival of the busiest: Oxford businesses lean on locals, summer events

BY DANA HUMEN

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

With college students making up nearly half the city’s population, Oxford, Ohio has earned its title as a college town.

According to the city of Oxford’s website, “over 44 percent of Oxford’s population is between the age of 20 and 24 due to the strong influence of Miami University.”

From mid-May until late August, however, classes end and

many students return home for the summer. With students gone, local business owners must find ways to adjust to the slower summers.

“Summertime is about survival,” said Andy Amarantos, coowner of Skipper’s Pub. According to Amarantos, owning a business in Oxford offers about eight months to make a good living, while the summer months are about making enough money to pay bills and make payroll. Amarantos owns Skipper’s

with his brother Terry, and said they generally don’t get paid over the summer.

Although business is slower, Amarantos said between outside visitors, the locals and students spending the summer in Oxford, he is able to run a consistent business.

“For as many years as we’ve been here, we’re pretty steady,” Amarantos said. “Of course the numbers aren’t what they are during the school year, but we know everybody around here.”

Co-owner of Bagel and Deli Shop Gary Franks also said there is enough going on in the summer to keep business going. According to the two, Miami does a good job of bringing different events to Oxford. “[Business] decreases but there’s a lot going on in the summer too,” Franks said. “There’s a reunion weekend in June, orientation goes all of June and almost every weekend there’s a wedding because a lot of Miami alumni come back and get married.”

Roger Perry, the owner of Bruno’s Pizza, said although business slows, Bruno’s still has a lot of local customers that return once the students leave Oxford.

“The summers, they are bad, but they are not as bad on us as they are on businesses that are strictly catered to the students,” Perry said.

Franks said it is not until the last few weeks of summer —

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EDITORS JAMES STEINBAUER EMILY TATE

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014

CAMPUS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

Scholarships abound, students achieve

BY ALISON BLOCK

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

When it comes to scholarships, students often settle for what Miami initially gives them when they enroll. That should not be the case, as Miami has a multitude of scholarship opportunities for current students, usually based on a combination of merit and financial need. In 2013 alone, Miami gave $53 million in scholarships.

Miami’s financial aid office reviews student records when choosing to award scholarships for the upcoming semester. The criteria for many of these awards are often related to students’ Miami GPAs. For donor-created scholarships, criteria can be based on other, more specific factors, often dealing with aspects such as financial need or the student’s major, Director of the Financial Aid Office Brent Shock said.

“Miami looks for some level of academic achievement, but they are also based on a level of financial need,” he said.

Students often receive these awards without applying for them, but there are many additional scholarships students can seek out and apply for as well. Shock said a smart place for students to start looking for scholarships is within his or her own department at Miami. Colleges, departments and

programs within the university often have annual scholarships for which their students can apply. For more information about these scholarships, students should check with the department chair, his or her academic advisor, the administrative staff that work in the department or even on the department’s website, Shock said.

Students can also visit the Office of Financial Assistance in the College Avenue Building (CAB) for help with scholarships.

Miami publishes a list of trusted outside scholarship opportunities on the Financial Aid website, and there are useful search engines that match students’ criteria to outside scholarships, such as schoolsoup.com and iefa.org. Students should be wary though, Shock said, as scholarship searches should always be free and anonymous.

“Never, ever pay for a search service,” he said.

The Office of Financial Aid also assists students in compiling applications for scholarships with more extensive requirements.

“We do our best to provide help,” Shock said. “Counselors are available every day, Monday through Friday, except Wednesday mornings. Students need to know what they’re looking to apply for when they come in.”

He also encouraged students to

utilize other resources at Miami when preparing applications.

“Use the Howe Writing Center,” he said. “It’s a great resource to use for essays.”

In addition to scholarships, Shock mentioned several other ways students can alleviate the financial burden of college expenses.

He stressed the importance of planning ahead, working and saving and creating and sticking to a budget.

“Every choice has a dollar associated with it,” he said.

There are also many options for students studying abroad. Associate Director of Global Initiatives Karla Guinigundo explained how students can make their study abroad experiences affordable.

“One of the keys to making study abroad as affordable as possible is to really plan ahead,” she said.

With the help of her office and Miami’s study abroad advisors, students have several resources available to help them do this. There are multiple scholarships available for students going abroad, both from endowed scholarships within Miami as well as outside scholarships.

Miami offers a variety of scholarships, usually by academic departments or the student’s study abroad program itself.

“We have some scholarships available that are specific to some departments or programs,”

Guinigundo said. “The Luxembourg program has scholarships, for instance; the Farmer School [of Business] has pools of scholarships that are just for Farmer students. We have some scholarships that are specific to exchange programs, which are a specific type of study abroad program, and then we do have some that are general and can be used on different types, like the Havighurst minority scholarship, the Moloney, Ostberg, and Saylor Scholarships, and the Western College Alumni Association also has some support available from time to time.”

The Global Initiatives office provides a list of common non-Miami scholarships students apply for and receive, as well as recommended scholarship search sites students can utilize, found on the “financing” tab of the Study Abroad website.

Guinigundo encouraged any students preparing to go abroad to come to their office, where advisers can work with them directly to maximize the students’ chances of receiving a scholarship.

They have done this already: nine Miami students have been chosen for the Gilman International Scholarship this coming summer, which Guinigundo said is a major achievement.

“It’s absolutely phenomenal,” Guinigundo said. “Miami students actually do win these.”

Scholarships

Available Fulbright

Online application opened May 1, 2014.

Foundation for Global Scholars

Application open for fall semester from May 19 to June 27

Rhodes Scholarship Application opens in July, due first Wednesday in October

MU’s Classics Dept Eleven scholarships available

Study Abroad

Airfare grants available

Roxford music fest rocks Uptown Park

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

FRANKIE ROSKAM THE MIAMI STUDENT

BRING MAY FLOWERS

As the month of April came to an end, Miami and the surrounding trails in Oxford erupted with flowers, like these Blue Phlox in Silvoor Woods.

WARNING:This university may contain traces of gluten

BY ALEXIS CLIFTON

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Getting dinner with friends on Miami’s campus is no easy task for first-year Siv DeBoom. For her, every meal comes with frustration, impatience and uncertainty. DeBoom is one of many Miami students on a gluten-free diet.

It is estimated that 25 percent of the allergies registered through Miami’s Culinary Service are glutenfree. Whether it be a minor sensitivity to gluten or celiac disease — a condition that affects one in 133 Americans — these students have found eating on campus to be one of the most difficult adjustments to college.

“One time I went to get lunch at Armstrong between classes,” DeBoom said. “When I went up to the guy at the pizza place to see if they had gluten-free pizza crust, he said he did not know what gluten-free was so he did not have any.”

Gluten is a protein found in mostly wheat, barley and rye.

When consumed, those with the allergy get very sick. The only treatment for both sensitivity and celiac disease is to be on a completely gluten-free diet.

Someone with gluten sensitivity will find themselves with cold-like symptoms, headaches, stomach aches and vomiting, whereas a person with celiac disease has a condition which triggers an autoimmune attack in the small intestine. The attack damages the villi, which will then prevent the absorption of nutrients into the body.

With such costly and undesirable symptoms, students with the allergy try very hard to avoid the substance at all costs. But many, like DeBoom, are having very little luck at Miami.

“A lot of the student workers are not educated enough to make glutenfree food,” DeBoom said. “They do not know to change their gloves or use a separate knife to cut things

because of cross contamination, which then leaves me sick for days because of a simple sandwich.”

At the start of the school year, student workers in the dining halls are not fully trained for their jobs until halfway through the semester. With more and more students in need of gluten-free options, student workers must have as much knowledge as managers about the dietary differences.

McKenna Meath, a first-year recently diagnosed with gluten intolerance, has found the same troubles of living a gluten-free lifestyle at Miami.

“I had a student worker not know what gluten-free pizza crust was, so they put the cheese on a flour tortilla instead, which still is not glutenfree,” Meath said.

As for the student workers, serving gluten-free can be just as difficult for them. In Phil’s Deli, if the bread is frozen in the freezer, the student must thaw it out and toast it. This process can take up to several minutes, creating a long line of hungry students and a particularly impatient gluten-free student.

“When the lines start to get really long, we are trying really hard to move as fast as we can to make it less crowded,” Scoreboard studentworker Maili Morales said. “Asking for gluten-free breads at busy eating hours makes it harder for us to follow all the protocol of handling gluten-free food.”

Gluten-free students have found it is easier to avoid eating on campus all together with so few options.

Walking into Martin Dining Hall, the gluten-free options provided up front at every meal are grilled chicken breast and white rice.

“Eating grilled chicken and rice for every meal gets really redundant, and the few options they have

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Students ringed the Uptown Park Friday night, perched on the curb with legs sprawled and heads nodding to the music. A small throng of people watched and danced on the grass. Students and locals smiled as they passed on the streets, lingering to listen to the live music floating on the cool May air.

The free concert in Uptown Park was Roxford Music Fest and featured local musicians Corey Bush, RED samantha, LΔst Lights and Crossinova. The inaugural event was hosted by the Miami University Audio Engineering and Music Production (AEMP) organization.

Sophomore Spencer Wood started the organization last year, and already it has worked with local artists to record their music and participate in campus events such as Battle of the Bands.

AEMP plans to host Roxford Music Fest annually, according to booking agent Julie Mullen, who deemed the concert a success.

“We had four great musicians and they all performed really well,” Mullen said. “The people who were there seemed to be having a great time. We plan to make the Roxford Music Fest an annual event. We hope that it will grow and get more bands and more fans.”

Singer and guitarist for RED samantha Joe Murray said the Friday concert was fun for him. RED samantha is a fairly new alternative rock band, so Roxford Music Fest was a good way to gain visibility on

the MU campus.

“We’ve been playing together in that arrangement for just about a year, but we’ve been friends since kindergarten,” Murray said.

RED samantha likes to write music that speaks to issues many college students face.

“A lot of it is stuff that’s happened in the past that seems to be fitting for people in our age group,” Murray said. “Relationships, changes in lifestyle going from high school to college, dealing with being on your own and interpersonal relationships that either get stronger or fade away.”

The people ... seemed to be having a great time.

We plan to make [it] an annual event.”

JULIE MULLEN BOOKING AGENT FOR RMF

RED samantha will be recording music this summer and playing near the University of Cincinnati (UC) May 10 and June 14 at The Mad Frog.

For Murray personally, a love of music was born far before RED samantha. Murray said his inspiration for playing music came from his father, who was in a rock band growing up. Now Murray cannot imagine life without music, he said.

“He learned how to play guitar when he was young and he taught me how to play,” Murray said. “I

think it’s a big enough part of my life now to where I don’t think there will ever be a time it’ll be put on the shelf.”

Singer-songwriter Corey Bush, who also began playing music at a very young age, was another performer at the concert Friday night.

“Overall, I think it went really well,” Bush said. “I was glad to see a lot of people come out and support the artists.”

Bush played a mix of original songs and covers by artists such as Matchbox Twenty and Daughtry.

Bush said Daughtry is one of several artists he looks up to as a musician.

“I really look up to the lead singer of Lifehouse Jason Wade. That’s probably the biggest influence,” Bush said. “And Daughtry. I love Chris Daughtry. They are big influences on my sound. I kind of learned from them.”

Bush will graduate from MU at the end of May. Moving forward, he said he hopes to gain more experience performing his music.

“My goals would probably be getting more experience playing in front of a live audience and getting as much exposure as possible,” Bush said. “I would love to get signed by a record label and form my own band.”

These local artists are only some of the many talented musicians in Oxford and surrounding areas: singer-songwriters, bands, DJs and more. As AEMP wraps up its first successful concert, students who enjoyed the live music Uptown will eagerly anticipate future shows featuring these and other artists.

TAYLOR WOOD THE MIAMI STUDENT

HOME STRETCH

Selam Endalew and Anna Miller soak up the sun on Cook Field Sunday., taking advantage of the last few sunny days before finals week begins.

COMMUNITY

EDITOR SAMMIE MILLER

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014

COMMUNITY@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

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Intoxicated female can not remember her age At 1:52 a.m. Friday, an OPD officer observed a female spewing vomit into a trashcan outside Brick Street, 36 E. High St. The officer approached the puking sophomore, her head buried in the trashcan, as a friend held back her hair.

The officer said the female was unsteady on her feet and smelled of alcohol. When asked her age, the suspect, wearing a bar wristband, said through slurred speech she was 21. The officer asked to see her ID, and she said she didn’t have any. The officer saw the female carried a wallet and noticed it contained a driver’s license. The officer retrieved it and again asked the female her age. She then said she was 18. She was 19, according to OPD. The suspect was arrested and charged with sales to and use by underage persons and disorderly conduct. She was released to a friend.

King found unconscious on porcelain throne At 12:22 a.m. Saturday, Brick Street, 36 E. High St., employees called OPD in reference to a male passed out in the restroom.

The suspect was found slumped over on a toilet, unconscious and reeking of alcohol. Like Egyptian doorframes, the suspect’s hands bore telltale marks. Officers said it appeared as if the suspect had attempted to rub off the underage marks. Such attempts were unsuccessful.

As attempts to wake the suspect were equally unsuccessful, officers called the Oxford Life Squad. While inspecting his limp body, officers found a fictitious ID on the male. His real license identified him as 19 years old.

The suspect was charged with sales to and use by underage persons, certain acts prohibited and disorderly conduct.

Mac & Joe’s: ‘You break it, you buy it,’ even toilets At 4:16 p.m. Saturday, OPD responded to Mac & Joe’s, 21 E. High St., to investigate a complaint of property damage in progress. Bar employees were detaining a senior male, whose front was thoroughly soaked when police arrived. However, police initially noticed bar employees sweeping large amounts of water out of a door into the alley.

The noticeably intoxicated suspect had entered the establishment with two females, also significantly intoxicated, according to OPD. Shortly after, a loud noise was heard from the second level men’s bathroom.

When employees investigated the bang, they found the suspect standing in the restroom, soaking wet, as water shot from a recently exposed water pipe, hitting the opposite wall.

The water pipe had been attached to the urinal. The male initially denied causing the damage, then emphatically repeated that he would pay for it, OPD said. According to bar owners, the water leaked through the first floor ceiling and down a wall onto which were mounted three brandnew flat screen TVs. The suspect was charged with vandalism and transferred to Butler County Jail. According to OPD, he will have to pay restitution for damage caused to the walls, first-floor ceiling and possibly three new televisions recently purchased by the establishment.

CONNOR MORIATY THE MIAMI STUDENT

TWENTIETH CENTURY ROX

“RED samantha” performs Friday night in Uptown Park during the Roxford Music Festival hosted by Audion Engineering and Music Production.

27 construction to cause delays

BY DYLAN SPARKS

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, a two-yearlong construction project, which seeks to improve U.S. Route 27, has begun and is scheduled to last until May 31, 2015 and is expected to cost $7.5 million.

Modifications to the roadway will begin at the top of the Chestnut Street and Patterson Avenue intersection and extend to Southpointe Parkway.

According to the Butler County Engineer’s Office website, the U.S. 27 construction will include the addition of center turn lanes, and the widening of the existing road lanes.

The project is also scheduled to add full shoulders to the roadways, replace the bridge and add new traffic signals.

Mark Wilson, area engineer and administrator of the construction project for the Ohio Department of Transportation, explained the construction’s effects on daily traffic.

“The travel lanes will be reduced in width, which will cause traffic to

slow down,” Wilson said. “There may be brief times where traffic will have to be held up, but we try to schedule those activities to avoid the morning rush and evening rush hours.”

The construction project also runs along the entrance to Talawanda High School (THS) on University Park Boulevard. According to Holli Morrish, Talawanda School District employee and co-chair of the Miami and Talawanda Partnership, the construction has already affected students and bus drivers.

“We have advised our students to take alternate routes to Talawanda if possible, so they can avoid traffic and delays,” Morrish said. “Some employees have begun to come in earlier to avoid traffic altogether.”

Morrish also said the construction traffic and delays are expected to worsen.

“We just received a memo that informed us that construction is now going to begin at 7 a.m. and not 7:30 a.m.” Morris said. “The construction will only allow the highway to operate on one lane of traffic, which

will obviously cause problems for students.”

Victor Popescu, engineer for the City of Oxford, said there were issues with the current speed limit in the construction zone.

“Our biggest concerns are maintaining traffic on the road, which will be shortened in width from 12 feet to 10 feet and getting the speed limit down from 45 mph to 25 mph in the construction zone,” Popescu said.

“As of now, the construction will be going on at the speed limit of 45 mph, but I guarantee we get that down to 25 mph to ensure better safety.”

Oxford City manager Doug Elliott said the project should ensure safety for more drivers and pedestrians.

“If your car breaks down there is no shoulder to pull over to without blocking traffic,” Elliott said. “By adding sidewalks to both sides of the route from Chestnut to Southpointe, the construction project will make the route much safer, which is important with the new high school [THS] there.”

Miami University sophomore Ele Contreras frequently uses U.S. 27

to journey from his Oxford home to Miami-Hamilton throughout the week.

“Sometimes there are five to 10 minute delays that will cause the trip to take a little longer than I’d like,” Contreras said. “So far the construction has not been an inconvenience for me, but since it will be going on for another year, I will have to figure out the times when traffic is slow and work around it.”

According to Sharon Smigielski, public information officer for District 8 of the Ohio Department of Transportation, another goal of the project is to improve the visibility of the roads so drivers will be able to see the around the bends and curves of U.S. 27.

“This is a project to add turn lanes to U.S. 27 …. as well as to correct the vertical profile,” Smigielski said. “There are some dips and valleys, and they’ll be straightening out the roadway to improve sight distance.”

The Ohio State Highway Patrol website reported four fatal car accidents on U.S. 27 since 2010.

Tea Party candidate drops out of today’s primary race

BY CHRISTINE ANNARINO

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

In a surprising change of events last week, Tea Party member Matthew Ashworth withdrew from Ohio’s District 8 congressional race to back fellow Tea Party member Eric Gurr, who is attempting to unseat House Speaker John Boehner in today’s primary.

Ashworth said he is supporting Gurr so they do not “split the vote,” and to ensure whoever opposes Boehner can secure a large portion of the votes.

The Ohio Democratic Party endorses Miami University education professor Tom Poetter, Democratic contender for the District 8 seat. He recently ramped up his efforts in Oxford ahead of the primaries with local meet-and-greets and canvassing events.

However, District 8 is historically Republican. Boehner has occupied the seat since 1990, for the last 12 elections. The

majority of eligible District 8 residents have voted Republican across the board for many years.

“People have also felt fed up with the lack of leadership in Congress,” Miami art professor Tracy Featherstone, a Poetter supporter, said at a March 10 meet and greet.

A University survey taken August 2013 indicated 59 percent of Ohioans do not approve of House Republicans. They see Boehner as inadequate, with 37 percent in approval and 34 percent in disapproval.

Gurr and Ashworth seem to agree. Gurr, a 48-year-old CEO of a West Chester computer consulting firm, has criticized Boehner’s compromises with Democrats while in office and believes he has been there too long.

Gurr said on his website he, “would delve deeper into cuts for the EPA, agricultural subsidies and even the Department of Education. All of these agencies have poor track records recently

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TAKE A HIKE

KIM PARENT THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students participate in Hike for Heart, an initiative that encouraged students to get outside and moving and raised money for scholarships for Nepalese children.

Mother’s Day runners to show mom love in Loveland

BY MACKENZIE CLUNE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

An estimated 200 friends and family members will come out to Loveland, Ohio to participate in Cincy Nation’s 2014 Mother’s Day Race. The organization’s owner Jeff McMahon founded Cincy Nation Run in 2012.

In 2013, Cincy Nation Run hosted a mud run and has progressed over the past year, hosting four races this

year to benefit local charities and promote togetherness.

“I didn’t want our races to just help one cause at a time, I want our runners to know that by participating in our races they are helping many causes all at once,” McMahon said.

We are a one-stop shop for helping out our local community. We wanted to focus on teams of three or more to help families work together to finish the race, for a team of athletes to band together and cross the

finish line as a unit. Also to incentivize people to bring their friends to enjoy our races.”

The Mother’s Day 5K is centered on the slogan, “Nothing is more important than your family!” Students at Miami who plan to participate in the race said they are looking forward to spending quality time with their families.

“My mom and I have always run together; it’s our thing. We are so excited to run together in honor of

Mother’s Day, on Saturday,” Miami sophomore Ally Ferran said.

The race will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 10 at Nibet Park, located at the intersection of Karl Brown Way and Harrison Street in Loveland, Ohio. Registration is $30 for adults and $15 for children 13 and under.

Other participants were motivated

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ARTS & EVENTS

EDITOR LAUREN KIGGINS

ARTS@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Documented:’ a personal story powerfully told

BY EMILY CRANE

GRADUATING NEWS EDITOR

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Jose Antonio Vargas’ film “Documented” when I attended a screening here at Miami last Monday. I knew he would be using the film to generate discussion on the topic of immigration reform, probably drawing somewhat from his own personal experiences growing up as an undocumented American. From what I knew of him personally, I guessed much of his passion would probably seep onto the screen and I knew he wouldn’t dance around messy subjects. I anticipated something powerful and poignant, but “Documented” was more than that; it was intensely personal.

There are a dozen different ways Vargas could have gone about raising the issues facing undocumented Americans, but he chose to do so by turning the camera on himself and telling his own story. Some might argue a journalist couldn’t possibly tell his own story while maintaining any semblance of objectivity. And they would be right.

But Vargas doesn’t pretend to be objective. He’s real and raw and unfiltered.

“Documented” follows Vargas’ story from the time his grandfather paid a smuggler to bring him to the U.S. from the Philippines at age 12 to the present, where he continues to live without any form of U.S. identification and no path to citizenship in the country he calls home. He tells of the years spent living in fear and hiding after he discovered at 16 that his green card and social security number were forgeries, all the while rising in fame and prominence as a Pulltizer Prizewinning journalist.

He brings the camera into his grandparents’ modest home in California to show us his grandmother in curlers cooking in the kitchen and to hear her speak of

the devastation and fear she felt when she heard of his decision to “come out” as an “illegal.”

And he documents the pregnant silence on the part of the Department of Homeland Security after he announced in a column in the New York Times that he had come to the U.S. illegally as a child.

But where the film truly shocks is when Vargas allows his audience to look in on his personal relationship with his mother whom he has not seen since she bid him goodbye at the airport two decades ago. He crosses a line, bringing the audience into moments so intimate they’re uncomfortable. I couldn’t help but squirm as I watched the tears stream down his mother’s cheeks the first time she saw his face over Skype. I felt as though I were intruding. And I was shocked

by Vargas’ candor as he told the camera of the ways in which his separation from his mother all these years has wrecked him emotionally.

By the end of the film, Vargas has laid all bare, he has held nothing back from his story of what it is to be undocumented, and the viewer is left shaken by the rawness of it all. To see so deeply into a stranger’s heart and life is a jarring thing. It’s a powerful thing. It accomplishes what Vargas set out to do: force people to have uncomfortable conversations. It takes a political talking point and turns it into a personal narrative.

There are a dozen different ways Vargas could have chosen to spread the message of “Documented,” each with its own merit.

This choice was unconventional, unexpected and at times, downright unpleasant. But all who watch it, either in theaters over the next few months or when it premiers on CNN in June, will not leave the same.

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CONNOR MORIARTY THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Best Buddies Choir, led by sophomore Tanner McClellan, joins Miami co-ed a cappella group, Just Duet, in a concert Saturday in Armstrong Student Center’s Wilks Theater.

Summer at the cinema: must-see movies

BY BRITTON PERELMAN STAFF WRITER

One of the best things about college is not having to do any summer homework, and the movie theater is the perfect place to spend all that extra time. With plenty of movies in every genre hitting theaters this summer, there’s bound to be something at the box office for everyone.

The summer movie season, typically chalk full of blockbuster superheroes and explosion-filled actions, kicked off last weekend with the release of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx. It’s a sequel to the 2012 hit and a remake of the 2004 version.

If, like me, Spider-Man isn’t exactly your favorite superhero, “XMen: Days of Future Past,” will hit theaters May 23.

And, though this summer offers at least eight superhero or action movies, including sequels from the “Transformers” and “Planet of the Apes” franchises, Disney will be offering its own brand of thrill when “Maleficent” hits theaters May 30. With Angelina Jolie in the lead role, Disney reinvents the classic tale of “Sleeping Beauty” and delves into the story behind one of its most intriguing villains.

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Or, if you loved the 2012 summer hit “Ted,” you won’t want to miss Seth MacFarlane’s newest comedic venture, “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” which also comes out May 30. MacFarlane stars alongside a packed cast that includes Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried and Neil Patrick Harris. It looks both ridiculous and absolutely hilarious. Other comedies coming to theaters this summer include the sequel “22 Jump Street” June 13 and “They Came Together,” a quirky rom-com starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler.

If you need a break from hardcore studying for finals, check out “Neighbors” on May 9. It stars Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as new parents who are in for a surprise when they move in next to a frat house run by Zac Efron.

Fans of a certain youth adult novel by John Green will want to check out “The Fault in Our Stars” June 6. Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort are the cancer-ridden star crossed teenagers who fall in love after meeting at a support group. I’d be sure to pack the tissues for this one if I were you.

Personally, I always look forward to seeing the indie films from summer festivals like Sundance, Tribeca and Toronto.

Art opens seniors’ minds

BY AUDREY ZIMMERMAN

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Get ready for finals week at “Finals Preparation,” a workshop with an all-encompassing look at studying and test taking. Register at http://tinyurl.com/finalspreparationrlc2 for the 5 p.m. event at 13 Campus Avenue Building.

WEDNESDAY MAY 7 The Miami University Symphony Orchestra will close the 2013-14 season with a concert at Hall Auditorium featuring the winners of this year’s concerto competition: Phoenix Deng, violin; Bobby Fisco, trombone and Lizabeth Malanga, voice. The 7:30 p.m. performance is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY MAY 10 The Oxford Farmer’s Market will be open Uptown from 8 a.m. to noon, offering fresh, local food and cooking demonstrations.

THURSDAY MAY 8 Explore the basic principles and practices of Taichi through Beijing Short Form at The Oxford Community Arts Center. The $10 class begins 10 a.m.

SUNDAY MAY 11 A capstone film presentation, “Blood Is Thicker Together,” will show 7:30 p.m. in Irvin Hall Room 40. The free event is open to all faculty and students.

FRIDAY MAY 9 The Oxford Community Arts Center is hosting Second Friday, a celebration of the arts, starting at 6 p.m. This free event features live music from local musicians, new art exhibits and one-of-a-kind artwork for sale.

MONDAY MAY 12 Kick off your week at “The Art of Yoga,” focusing on relaxation and deep release through the mind and body awareness. The $10 class begins 10:30 a.m. at the Oxford Community Arts Center’s North Parlor.

The late Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final two movies “God’s Pocket” and “A Most Wanted Man” will be released May 9 and July 25, respectively. Both are dramatic thrillers that have garnered praise for Hoffman’s last roles.

Out May 9, Jesse Eisenberg stars in “The Double,” a comedy/drama/ thriller about a man who comes face-to-face with his exact double.

It’s intriguing and looks just as dark as it does funny. “Third Person,” another drama I’m looking forward to seeing, stars Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, James Franco and Olivia Wilde. Slated for a June 20 release, it weaves three love stories together in a way that looks much like “The Words” from two years ago.

Finally, perhaps the most anticipated indie film of the season will hit theaters on July 11, after being in the works for 12 years. Director/ writer Richard Linklater wrote a story about a young boy, and continually hired the same actors for the 12 years he spent filming. The result is a moving portrait about what it means to grow up, featuring the actual coming of age of the main actor Ellar Coltrane.

Whether you’re seeing a box office smashing action or a heartfelt indie, I hope you spend some of your summer at the movies.

Monday afternoons begin with an apron, art supplies and a 3:30 p.m. meeting at a local retirement community for students in the Opening Minds through Art program at Miami University.

Opening Minds through Art, or OMA, is an intergenerational art program for people with dementia. It is offered as a servicelearning course through the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami and gives students the opportunity to help elders create pieces of abstract artwork, while earning credits toward their degrees. However, many of these student-volunteers have realized that OMA goes much deeper than just being a fun way to fulfill course requirements.

Miami University senior Jeremy Ferlic is paired with Marge Mackey at The Knolls of Oxford in Oxford, Ohio.

“I can honestly say that OMA is the reason I now look forward to Mondays instead of dreading them,” Ferlic said. “Helping Marge isn’t hard work, but it makes a difference, in her life and in mine.”

Once a week, Ferlic – along with 14 other student-volunteers – spends an hour and a half with his partner, helping her create her own artwork and getting to know

her better over the course of the semester.

“She’s very quick to pick up on my emotions and how I say things,” Ferlic said. “When I’m excited about the art project, she feels it too and it translates into her attitude.”

Student-volunteers aren’t the only ones who notice the meaningful partnerships OMA creates.

OMA’s Assistant Director and Senior Research Assistant Beth Rohrbaugh is actively involved with several of the volunteer sites in the local community and observes the friendships that form between students and elders.

“Many students enroll in the class expecting to fulfill a credit obligation or with the intent of giving of their time and talent to another individual, but they come away with so much more than they ever expected,” Rohrbaugh said. “In addition to learning about people with dementia, students get the opportunity to experience a real relationship with the elderly, something so many of that generation don’t have.”

OMA was founded in 2007 by Dr. Elizabeth Lokon and now serves 200 pairs of elders and volunteers annually at several locations in nearbycommunities.

“Through their service to people with dementia, students’

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EDITORS ABBEY GINGRAS AMANDA HANCOCK

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2014

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EDITORIAL

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

Intoxicated students should steer clear of windows and rooftops The sun is shining, the birds are singing and for many students in Oxford, this sounds like the perfect scenario for day-drinking and spending time with friends.

Enjoying the weather and consuming alcohol usually includes college students sitting on balconies, rooftops and porches to soak up every minute of the last few weekends in Oxford. However, these activities lead to potentially dangerous situations.

Early last Wednesday, sophomore Caroline O’Donnell fell from a third story window to the concrete below, and was admitted to Miami Valley Hospital in serious condition. She is now listed in fair condition.This event is yet another on a long list of tragic accidents relating to student drinking and disregard for safety. O’Donnell simply should not have been able to fall out of a window.

It is the opinion of the editorial board that these incidents should not be happening on any college campus, and students should be actively preventing scenarios such as O’Donnell’s by closely watching friends who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Miami University is not the only college campus to see these sorts of incidents. In late March, an Arizona State University firstyear fell 10 stories to her death from an apartment balcony. In November, Penn State student Conor MacMannis died after falling from a ninth floor apartment balcony. Then, in January, another Penn State student suffered injuries after falling two stories.

According to a 2010 analysis by major fraternity insurer Willis, slips and falls from heights make up 19 percent of all fraternity liability claims. These data only includes one insurance company

gathering information on fraternities, so one can only imagine how high that percentage would be if it included sororities as well as nonGreek students.

A recent article in The Atlantic noted, “Far from being freakish and unpredictable events, fatal and near-fatal falls from fraternity house roofs, balconies, windows and sleeping porches are fairly regular occurrences across the country.”

With the number of off-campus houses and apartments that Miami University students inhabit, it’s remarkable that these falls haven’t been occurring more. How many times have we seen 20 or so individuals sitting on the roof at a house party, clearly intoxicated?

Typing “student falls from balcony” into Google will give you thousands of results from across the country and around the world, and we do not want Miami to be another one of these tragic news pieces.

O’Donnell is fortunate to be alive after her fall, but perhaps the next student to fall will not be so lucky. We encourage students to not engage in these high-risk situations, especially when under the influence of drugs or alcohol that will alter your judgment and reaction times.

Accidents can happen, and alcohol only increases their likelihood. Miami students should take the initiative and learn from incidents such as Caroline O’Donnell’s in Oxford, Conor MacMannis’s at Penn State and those of the numerous other students across the nation with similar stories.

We need to use what has happened and become a campus where accidental injuries and deaths that could have been prevented are avoided at all cost.

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PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Continuing the discussion on affirmative action I was very interested to read the Weighing Opinions feature in the May 2 issue. Affirmative action is a complicated topic, and I wanted to add another perspective to the discussion. One of the arguments made was that if race and gender were not considered on college applications, then all applicants would have an equal chance of being admitted. As a former high school teacher, I disagree.

I taught high school science in a small rural high school in South Carolina. Most of my former students were AfricanAmericans. They would not have an equal chance if race were left off the application for many reasons. First of all, the high school I taught at offered no AP classes and did not have an International Baccalaureate (IB) program.

Even if it had, many of my students would not have had the

money to pay for the AP tests, as 74 percent of the students at the school qualify for free/reduced lunch. AP and IB classes and tests look great on college applications. A student who has high grades but no AP classes won’t be able to compete with a student with high grades and AP classes.

Second, the extracurricular opportunities at the high school I taught at were limited. There were very few clubs and activities for the students to participate in. Furthermore, many of my students did not have the time for after-school activities because they had to work to help support themselves and their families.

Third, most colleges require students to take either the SAT or the ACT, and some colleges require both. Students who come from more economically advantaged backgrounds can afford test prep classes and tutors.

Most of my students could not, nor could they afford to retake the tests to get a better score. Research also shows that standardized tests such as the SAT are biased against women and racial minorities. My African-American students would not have the same chance for success as white students.

There are many more reasons that my former students did not have an equal chance when compared to most white students, but I hope I have made my point. It is true that affirmative action is not a perfect system, and does not work as well as it should. However, it does help those students who would not otherwise have a chance (much less an equal one) at going to a great school.

SARA NIELSEN

GRAD STUDENT, CHEMISTRY NIELSESE@MIAMIOH.EDU

Greek Spring Cleanup Uptown is shining a little brighter thanks to fraternity and sorority members’ annual cleanup event.

Netflix Watching countless episodes of our favorite shows is good, but getting distracted from work is not.

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Correspondents Dinner The White House’s annual dinner gave our world leaders a chance to show off their humorous side.

Mumps A reported case of the mumps on campus is cause for concern among students. Try to stay healthy, folks!

Last week of classes Summer is right around the corner, but finals are still standing in the way.

Orchestra concert Three students will showcase their musical talents Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. as they perform live with a symphony orchestra.

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COMMENTARY

EMILY’S ANTICS

Traditional masculinity among male students contributes to rape and violence in college

For students,‘hookup culture’ leaves much to be desired

Traditional masculinity is still prevalent on many college campuses, and sustains environments tolerant of rape and violence.

Last week, a series of explicit email conversations between members of a “secret fraEMILY ternity” were ELDRIDGE leaked to students and, consequently, the press. Members of Epsilon Iota at American University used their Listserv of all things to joke about rape, talk about sexual harassment and promote underage drinking.

To ensure you understand how incredibly repulsive the conversations are, I pulled a few wordfor-word examples from the screenshotted e-mails: Sam Stern writes, “Someone needs to stuff a dick in that [name redacted] girl’s mouth with the quickness.”

Milain Fayulu explains why he hit a girl: “She assaulted us repeatedly, alongside with calling the entire brotherhood a rape gang and worthless pieces of shit after what she eventually got slapped back, very softly, slipped and fell in the bushes … I think if my goal was to beat her, first of all she would have been in the hospital.”

Daniel Bellows attempts to clarify why it is important to get girls drunk. He writes, “Get the bitches in the right state of intoxication so that plows will be raining all over the place.”

Lastly, Philemon Dawit writes, “She has a friend who got raped at our house? I would like to meet this lying c*nt and show her how African men treat their woman.”

Though extreme, these e-mails are an example of what traditional masculinity looks like in a college setting. The brothers of this secret fraternity encourage each other to view women as

Why are so many BuzzFeed and Facebook articles written about how “men aren’t real men any more” and how “dating in college is dead?” And why is Tinder so popular? I think the answer is simple: Our relationships lack sustainability.

Men aren’t real men for what reason? Because they don’t treat women with respect, is a typical response. When men are convicted of this, however, I’ve found it primarily exists within the context of hooking up. Dating is dead in college? Dating is an ongoing process and one that demands consistency. If there isn’t consistency in whom you’re dedicating yourself to, then is it really even dating? You could make an argument either way, but it isn’t sustainable.

In all the main components of our lives, we seek sustainability; we like knowing with what group we’ll hang out, knowing our progress toward our degrees and so on. Most every part of our lives is structured — a certain degree of predictability is not just welcome but consciously sought after. Why, then, do we cheat ourselves and not translate that same effort to attain sustainability in romantic relationships?

Now, I understand not everyone is looking for that “special someone” — that’s fine. But when pursuing love while operating in the hookup culture, people are only going to end up frustrated. Hooking up leaves no one really knowing what’s going to happen next. Perhaps there is a bit of excitement in going out and not knowing what could happen — we like a little mystery, don’t we? But does it leave us fulfilled, as love does? Perhaps for some, but I’d argue they constitute a minority. “Is he going to call?” … “Does she like me?” … “Are we just friends?” These are all thoughts that have plagued men and women alike. Not knowing in the short run can be a sexy notion, but not knowing in the long run ruins relationships.

Now, I’ve likened “sustainable” to “predictable,” which sounds a lot like “boring,” but sustainable relationships don’t have to be boring. Having a predictable relationship in this context simply means generally knowing what’s going to happen next: “He is going to call.” …

“She does like me.” … “We’re an established couple.” We don’t like having mystery in our friendrelationships, do we — what’s the point? Friendship offers comfort in always knowing, which leaves us constantly satisfied. But isn’t it (shouldn’t it be) the same in romantic relationships? Why do we suddenly allow there to be ambiguity in those relationships?

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commodities, to get them as drunk as possible, to shove them around and put them in their place.

When a man does so, he gains the respect of his brothers. This is something the majority of men are socialized to pursue.

But there is a fine line between being a man and being one of the jerks quoted above. Traditional masculinity, or as sociologist R.W. Connell calls it, hegemonic masculinity, guarantees the dominant position of men and the subordination of women. Stern, Fayulu, Bellows and Dawit are the clearest examples of hegemonic masculinity I have ever seen.

Belittling women, endorsing rape and violence and scheming ways to get girls the drunkest in order to get laid — I can’t imagine encountering these kinds of human beings.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies Dr. Fauzia Ahmed said, “Such emails are a symptom of a deeper malaise: a hegemonic masculinity that is supported by patriarchal ideology and structure. We need to think of ways in which this masculinity can be transformed.”

You see, the thing about hegemonic masculinity is that it relies on something referred to as “emphasized femininity” to exist. It relies on the compliance and subordination of women who accommodate to the interests and desires of men.

Even in 2014, there are a lot of women who represent emphasized femininity. For example, a University of Maryland student writes an intense e-mail to her sorority sisters that reads at one point, “Newsflash you stupid cocks: FRATS DON’T LIKE BORING SORORITIES. Oh wait, DOUBLE F*CKING NEWSFLASH: SIGMA NU IS NOT GOING TO WANT TO HANG OUT WITH US IF WE F*CKING SUCK.” The young woman who wrote this e-mail encourages her sisters to make their “match up” fraternity, Sigma Nu, happy by doing whatever they

possibly can to please them.

The two e-mails I included in this commentary, though extreme, are clear-cut examples of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity; they put on display the often-toxic social dynamic between men and women that enables things like rape, violence and dangerous drinking habits.

The only way traditional masculinity will disappear is if progressive-thinking men can encourage their friends to stop treating women as commodities.

Dr. Ahmen said, “There are many men who do not conform to this type of masculinity. It is time for them to speak out as well.”

At AU, many students spoke out. Students started a petition to have those young men expelled from school. The petition received 500 signatures, both men and women, within the first 24 hours. Choosing not to be a bystander is so important in cases like this.

Miami University junior Derek Hessler said, “I definitely do not believe that these types of behaviors and beliefs are true among all men, considering I am one and I don’t think this way.” He adds, “Hearing about what was happening at American University was horrible, but what made it even harder to handle was reading texts and emails from these guys actually saying these things — it made it so real.”

In both the AU and Maryland examples, there was a lack of respect all around. Men need to respect women. Women need to respect women. And men need to respect men by encouraging each other to treat women like equal human beings. Shifting away from traditional masculinity and femininity will create a safer, healthier environment for young women in college.

SENIOR, STRAT COMM ELDRIDEG@MIAMIOH.EDU

COMMENTARY

Income inequality: Disadvantaged students try extreme ways to afford a college education Ryan Scanlon didn’t initially join the Army for patriotic reasons. He believed in the war in Afghanistan and liked the idea of being a soldier, but his motivation for enlisting at the age of 17 was an education.

The Army National Guard covers a soldier’s full tuition and the federal government pays war veterans for living expenses while attending school.

Scanlon was raised in a typical Midwest family. They could afford to feed themselves and buy nice things on Christmas, but paying for a four-year degree was outside their reach. He knew he would have to get creative in order to pay for Miami University’s tuition.

“My family couldn’t afford to help me and [working at] Taco Bell probably wasn’t going to be good enough,” he said.

Like many students, Scanlon wanted to avoid getting wrapped up in debt. And with loans out of the question, Scanlon was left with only one option: he joined the Army National Guard.

“It’s something I’m really glad I did,” Scanlon said. “I even liked it so much I trained to go into Special Forces.”

Through his quest to pay for school, Scanlon risked his life on multiple occasions. On Scanlon’s deployment to Afghanistan in 2012, Taliban fighters attacked his unit.

Both of his legs were amputated.

He is currently in physical therapy.

It’s easy to dismiss these kinds of stories as an obligatory rich vs. poor narrative.

But that’s what this is.And it’s important. The privileged rich attend school uninterrupted while young people from less fortunate backgrounds have to seek unconventional ways to pay for school.

Average student debt in the U.S. was nearly $30,000 for graduates last year, up from the $20,200 average student debt in 2008, according to a study done by the U.S. Department of Education.

Outstanding national student debt is $1.2 trillion from federal and private loans, and more than 7 million borrowers are in default and unable to pay for their loans, according to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Student debt is now the second highest consumer debt in the country, just behind mortgage debt.

The rich keep getting ahead and are able to easily access education, while more obstacles are being put in poor people’s way.

This is a large piece of the income inequality puzzle, according to Robert Reich, a UC Berkeley Professor of Public Policy, who also served as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton.

Reich cites the falling support for higher education by the federal government and tuition hikes as reasons for the shrinking middle class.

We’re getting more news about college students across the country going into prostitution, stripping and pornography.

A 22-year-old female student spoke with “The Huffington Post” and reported to be making $3,000 a month from providing “company” to wealthy men in order to pay her crippling student debt.

She is using a site called SeekingArrangment.com, which is for wealthy men looking for the company of young college women.

About 350,000 college students have profiles on the site, according to CNN. Both parties make profiles

similar to most dating sites. What makes this site different is that the “Gentlemen” write what their lifestyle budget is and the “Sugar Babies” report what lifestyle budget they’re expecting.

Essentially, a legal way of negotiating paid sex.

Last year, 30 percent of Miami University first-years reported their family income to be greater than $200,000 per year.

Fifty-four percent of Miami students are using loans. The average student is $27,200 in debt, according to Brent Shock, director of financial assistance at Miami.

In the class 2012, 69 percent of students across Ohio graduated with debt.

While Miami students have less debt than average, overall tuition is higher that other Ohio schools.

Miami University has a reputation of most students having a privileged background.

The public needs to demand fiscal accountability from universities and the government.

Education is a valuable tool and was responsible for the “golden age” of America in the 50s through the 70s. As education becomes more privileged, the middle class will shrink even more and the economy will become more and more unstable.

It’s the responsibility of the government and schools alike to allow easy access to education, so future generations can sustain families and solve the world’s problems.

STEVEN BEYNON

SOPHOMORE, MEDIA AND CULTURE

BEYNONSM@MIAMIOH.EDU

sustainable. Similarly, the best friendships are sustainable. Yet, when it comes to romantic relationships, we sacrifice lasting fulfillment on the altar of temporary satisfaction (lust). I had Tinder for a while and often when I would talk to a girl, it quickly became apparent she had been deeply hurt in the past. They came to Tinder seeking that same quick, but temporary, gratification. They came for attention, if only from strangers; they came for love, if only superficial; and they came to feel special again, if only for a little while.

Tinder reflects our hookup culture. As with Tinder, when we hook up, we seek immediate gratification, and when one “resource” has been used up, we simply go onto the next. It is a cycle with an addictive quality whereby we temporarily attach to others in an attempt to find that true satisfaction — an attempt that inevitably and invariably proves futile. And when it fails, since we don’t know where else to turn, we go deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole, becoming more and more disconnected from reality. At that point, we don’t — and almost can’t — wait for relationships that are conducive to deep, constant fulfillment, so we instead continue to create superficial relationships that at least give us consistent temporary satisfaction. It’s the ultimate sustainable system of true unsustainability.

But why does this matter? College is supposed to be a time for reckless indiscretion and having fun, right? I mean, we’re only in college once, right? There’s nothing wrong with having fun, and there’s something to be said about the value of learning from mistakes, but what many fail to realize, or even think about, is that who we are coming out of college is roughly who we’ll be for the rest of our lives. If we’ve only known jumping around from relationship to relationship, how well do we think that will prepare us for marriage?

This culture of casual hookups has led us astray from constant satisfaction in romantic relationships. Before we can be truly satisfied in these relationships — that is, being constantly fulfilled mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and not just physically — we have to at some point exit the cycle of unsustainability. If we don’t, we shouldn’t be surprised when he or she doesn’t call. But what should really get us thinking is what effect this will have on possible future relationships — what does it mean for marriage?

ERIC NIEHAUS

JUNIOR, PSYCHOLOGY AND MARKETING

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once summer school is over — that business gets really slow. In order to cope with less business, Skipper’s, Bruno’s and Bagel and Deli all adjust the size of their staffs and shorten their hours.

Amarantos said his summer staff is cut by at least 50 percent, if not more, and Franks said he has around half to a third of his normal staff working during the summer. Rather than closing at 2:30 a.m. on weekends during the school year, Skipper’s cuts its hours in the summer and closes food around 10 p.m. on weekdays and around 12 a.m. on weekends.

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on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. While Bruno’s is open until 3 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during the school year, Perry said he closes around 10 p.m. in the summer.

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“If you happen to have one or two good nights a week, it’s a good week,” Amarantos said.

“It’s a steady summer, but it is still summertime.” for just how much something as simple as time can mean to someone,” Ferlic said.

As the week’s session came to a close Miami University senior, Bryn Wilkin, spoke and laughed with her partner - Knolls resident, Flora Burrows.

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and have seen their budgets bloated beyond any reasonable level of growth.”

Gurr wants to defund Obamacare and said, “It takes years to become a doctor. So the first portion of a serious bill like this would have been to delay for eight years while you fund an increase in the number of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers and equipment.”

While Gurr said he sees compromise as weakness, Poetter said he hopes to make preventative health care a priority, bring more competitive jobs to Butler county and bring education reform to Ohioans through open dialogue with Ohio State Legislatures.

He plans to work across the aisle as a necessity, if elected.

Poetter sees Boehner as the real opponent. Fundraising is a real roadblock for Boehner’s competitors. He outnumbers them with a net worth of $1.7 million.

Poetter supporter Danielle Mann held a campaign event last month at her home.

“The meeting was somewhat geared toward fundraising, but

it was never mentioned,” Mann said. “We’ve invited him back to our annual bocce tournament May 24. There will be at least 150 people there, so we wanted to offer him a larger audience.”

Gurr said money is the ultimate challenge.

“Speaker Boehner can only bombard the voters with so much information,” he said. “I’ve figured I’ll need about $300,000 to make a serious challenge. Although it sounds like a lot, the reality is if I can get a few thousand people to donate $25 – $50 I’ll be in a strong position. With a solid drive and $100,000 or so, I think I can pull that off.”

Ryan Heinly of Boehner’s campaign office reports that Boehner runs his campaign the same no matter how many competitors there are.

“Every time he acts as though he’s running it as if he had the hardest campaign.” Heinly said.

A Democrat has not held this congressional seat since 1936 and it is going to be a tough race for Poetter to win.

“People are seeing their needs go unheard, especially in impoverished communities within the district,” Poetter said.

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to run in the Mother’s Day 5K after learning the donations will benefit local charities.

“In high school, I was the President of Blazers Against Cancer — a club that advocates the progression of cancer research,” first-year Bela Bacidore said. “Running the Mother’s Day 5K will be very rewarding knowing that nonprofit organizations backing cancer will be supported in the process.”

Bacidore has a close family friend who is a breast cancer survivor, making nonprofit organizations, such as The Dragonfly Foundation, one of the 10 charities involved, that much closer to her heart.

Founded in 2010, The Dragonfly Foundation strives to bring ease and happiness to children and young adults fighting cancer and other blood diseases. The foundation selected the dragonfly to represent their mission as it embodies the

qualities of living life to the fullest by symbolizing survival, the richness of life and victory.

“Our general feeling toward Cincy Nation Run is that they have great intentions,” said The Dragonfly Foundation’s Community Relation and Event Manager Brandon Davidson. “The idea of bringing Cincinnati-based nonprofits together in effort to raise funds and awareness is truly a wonderful idea. As with any new organization, Cincy Nation Run may take some time before the city gets fully behind the race. I can see hundreds of people participating in Cincy Nation Run races in the future.”

Another organization which inspired a student to register for the race is League for Animal Welfare, a no-kill, nonprofit shelter in Cincinnati. League for Animal Welfare is the most prominent and first established adoption center and no-kill shelter in the Cincinnati area.

“I have volunteered at local animal shelters for several years in

Chicago,” Miami first-year Lindsey Mata said. “I love this event because I know a shelter will greatly benefit from the participation.”

Cincy Nation’s mission is to “Give where you live,” which applies not only to the local nonprofit organizations, but also to the members of the community. In hopes of creating an environment of camaraderie and bringing loved ones together, participants are strongly encouraged to sign up in teams of three or more people.

“A group of five friends and I are planning to run in the Mother’s Day 5K this Saturday,” Mata said.

In hopes of encouraging kids to participate and stay active within the community, teams with four or more people are eligible to win a $300 gift card to Dick’s Sporting Goods.

“We figured if we had prizes great enough, that people would want to bring their friends--because the more people we get at our races, the more help we can do in our community.” McMahon said.

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Miami senior Charles Zubrod (5) delivers a pitch during Miami’s 5-0 loss to Bowling Green Sunday, the RedHawks’ senior day. Miami seniors (top right, left to right) Dan Walsh (7), Alex Brown (19), Charlie Suich (22), Seth Varner (32) and John Crummy (27) were honored before Sunday’s game with their families. Zubrod and Nathan Williams (35), a redshirt junior, joined the group following Sunday’s game.

JORDAN RINARD RINARD’S RUNDOWN

TENNIS PROGRAM AT THE TOP OF MIAMI ATHLETICS Riding high after yet another Mid-American Conference title in a 4-2 victory over Eastern Michigan University, the Miami University women’s tennis team will represent the school for the second consecutive year in the NCAA Tournament against Northwestern University May 9, the second time it will do so in the program’s history. This unprecedented dominance in the sport is only rivaled on Miami’s campus by the impressive exploits of the synchronized skating team and far surpasses the performance of every other team here at Miami.

The RedHawks have been guided by fourth-year head coach Anca Dumitrescu, a three-time MAC Coach of the Year whose four MAC titles (regular season and tournament) are tied for second place in program history behind Wendy Sweney’s five titles. Sweney won those titles while going undefeated in conference play during her tenure at Miami. Dumitrescu is 30-2 in MAC contests as head coach of the RedHawks. The program has had a history of dominance within the MAC as it has a record of 211-35 all-time in conference play and boasts 21 MAC Championships.

As far as the team is concerned, there have been 33 All-MAC First Team honorees to play for Miami, with senior Nimisha Mohan picking up the honor for a second time this season by going 16-10 overall and 5-3 in conference in single matches while going 12-4 and 7-0 in the conference with freshman Andreea Badileanu in doubles play. Badileanu became the fifth player in program

history to earn the distinction of being named MAC Freshman of the Year following a season in which she went 28-9 overall and 5-2 in the MAC in singles action.

The women’s tennis program’s dominance is coming at a time in which few of Miami’s teams are actually competing for conference championships year-in and year-out despite Miami marketing itself as a “Culture of Champions.” In the 2013-2014 season, only two in-season sports claimed championships: the aforementioned synchronized skating team with its tenth straight national title and the field hockey team with its second straight MAC title. Women’s tennis has been one of the few that has lived up to the university’s self-promotion and looks to be the standard-bearer for all Miami sports programs.

As the RedHawks look to take down an opponent in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history, it is important to acknowledge the team for what it is: one of the best teams that Miami has to offer.

But is it the best? While other teams have a winning history that is more embedded into the public consciousness (football, men’s basketball and ice hockey), the women’s tennis team has sustained its domination from its inception in 1974 and onward. That is something the synchronized skating can’t say as it has only been a varsity program since 1996. So, in other words, yes, the women’s tennis is atop of Miami athletics and it is hard to see how it is ever coming down off its lofty perch.

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You can only try to step in as an upcoming senior and just do your part. You can’t replace seniors ever, I think, on any team.”

Sophomore Jack Sparling also played well, shooting 13-overpar for the tournament and finishing tied for 23rd overall.

Freshman Greg Conrad shot Miami’s lowest individual round of tournament, as he shot twounder-par in the fourth round and finished tied for 35th overall. Sophomore Daniel Schwarz rounded out the ’Hawks lineup in a tie for 37th place.

Kent State University won the nine-team tournament. The Golden Flashes slipped to three-overpar as a team after a 15-over-par final round.

Although the RedHawks’ just season ended, Zedrick is already looking ahead to the fall.

“We’ve got the potential to have a really, really good year next year,” Zedrick said. “We’ve got to get more consistent, we’ve got to do a better job of dealing with pressure, but I’m pretty amped up. I’m pretty amped up, I wish it was August already.”

FROM PAGE 12 contend for a championship.”

Senior Mark MacDonald finished tied for 31st place overall and was satisfied with his last round as a RedHawk.

“While I was playing today it kind of crept into my mind that it was the last round I’d be playing,” MacDonald said. “It was definitely good to end on a good note, both for me personally, and also the team played well today.”

Though MacDonald had played his last tournament Sunday, he was not ready to believe it.

“It really hasn’t sunk in yet,” MacDonald said. “Miami’s been a great place for me and they’ve done a lot for me. It’s been a great journey.”

Cahill said he has learned a lot from MacDonald and senior Austin Kelly.

“You can probably say it with any team in any sport,” Cahill said. “Seniors are invaluable to a team. Everything that they bring to the table, you can’t replace.

BASEBALL, FROM PAGE 12

proved that they were good enough to beat us today. We didn’t do a whole lot to keep them from beating us.”

Miami senior ace Seth Varner (6-2, 2.38 ERA) continued his impressive season Friday, throwing 8 innings and allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and a walk.

“Just wake up in the eight inning when Varner’s pitching and see what the score is,” Hayden said. “He’s about as automatic as we got on our team. He has been unbelievable.”

He struck out eight batters, but received a no-decision after junior Ryan Powers (6-3, 4.48 ERA) blew the save by allowing two runs in the top of the ninth.

Powers got the win though, as Russo bailed out the RedHawks with a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the 10th. Freshman second baseman Steve Sada started the inning off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by senior third baseman Dan Walsh. Bowling Green then intentionally walked sophomore outfielder Chad Sedio, who had one hit in his last 17 at-bats, to put runners on first and second with one out for Russo. Russo lined the first pitch of the at-bat deep into left field for the walk-off hit.

“It was definitely dramatic,” Hayden said. “It was good one to win. That would have been a tough pill to swallow if we’d lost that one.”

Hayden said he likely would

CLIFF’S NOTES, FROM PAGE 12

Zac, “The most humble player I have been around since I joined the staff. He took care and respected everyone from his coaches to the equipment guy.” Dysert claims the biggest thing he misses about Oxford is the late night food. He’s simply a great, small town Ohio guy who is going to get a chance to do big things on Sunday’s in the future.

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GLUTEN, FROM PAGE 2

in the back kitchen for gluten-free students is all the same, we either get pasta or a bagel,” first-year Julie Blumenfeld said.

When planning to eat in the dining halls, gluten-free students are asked to call the kitchen an hour in advance if they want something prepared from the back. The chefs can prepare gluten-free pasta, grilled cheese, bagels, waffles or pancakes if ordered in advance.

With several options to choose from, students are still having difficulty eating at these dining halls.

Beverley Rambo of Miami’s Demske Culinary Support Center suggested students make appointments with culinary support in order to talk about providing and finding gluten-free foods on campus.

have walked Sedio if he were managing BG, as that is the “by-thebook” move.

“I probably would have done it the way they did it,” Hayden said. “But, it’s a much more comfortable dugout over here when you’ve got Gary Russo up with a guy on second then it is over there when you’re trying to get Gary Russo out. I wouldn’t trade places with them.”

Russo said aside from an intrasquad walk-off hit this fall, he can’t remember the last time he’s had a walk-off hit.

“I couldn’t tell you,” Russo said.

“I’ll definitely remember this one though, that’s for sure.”

Miami took the second game of the series behind an impressive performance from junior Nathan Williams, who bounced back from a rough game in his last outing when he gave up eight earned runs in just 2 2-3 innings.

Williams went 8 2-3 innings against the Falcons, allowing one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out seven.

“I don’t know what happened last week, but that’s the Nate Williams we’re used to,” Hayden said.

“That’s pretty fun to watch when he’s pitching like that.”

Miami picked up its third run of the game in the bottom of the seventh inning, thanks to an RBI-triple from junior shortstop Ryan Elble that almost didn’t count. Elble hit a deep fly ball off the top of the right field wall that was incorrectly ruled an out and later a double-play by first base umpire Jon Milesky.

Hayden quickly left the dugout to

argue the call.

“The umpire just made a mistake,” Hayden said. “As soon as I went out there and asked him, he said ‘Oh my god, I blew it.’ He made a mistake… He knew it right away and they ended up making the right call. So that was good.

It happens.”

Elble was perplexed by the call.

“I was more confused than anything,” Elble said. “I know I saw it hit off the fence, so I didn’t really know what was going on. [Third base coach Jeremy] Ison just said ‘Stay at third and you’ll be here,’ so I was glad they were able to figure it out and get it right.”

The ball bounced straight up off the very top of the wall, meaning the hit should have been a home run, not a triple and certainly not a double-play as was originally called.

Miami failed to pull out the sweep on senior day, as Lacinak shut down the Miami bats in the Falcons’ 5-0 win. The RedHawks recorded just five hits to BG’s 15.

“We did not swing the bats near good enough to win a baseball game,” Hayden said. “That was a bad offensive day for us. Sometimes you tip your cap to other pitcher and sometimes they look better in the batter’s box than they do from the dugout. But I couldn’t figure out why we didn’t put better swings on them today, but we didn’t.”

The RedHawks head to Columbus to take on Ohio State University at 6:35 Tuesday. Senior Charlie Suich is the probable starter for the RedHawks.

Ravens Head Coach (‘84): “Nothing has changed about CJ’s since I left,” said Harbaugh.

The man speaks the truth. No more evident than in his Cradle of Coaches Induction – turned pump up speech two weeks ago in Oxford.

Any person that can flawlessly bundle religion, college, a superbowl victory and CJ’s into one interview is a dream interviewee. What a guy.

He is a proud ambassador of Miami football and comes from now what is the most prominent football

coaching family in America. His induction ceremony is something people around here will be talking about for a long time. More importantly, he is a face to the new era of Miami football.

My conclusion is that if a 2014 Miami graduate works even half as hard as any of these alumni above, odds are that individual is going to reap great success in the “real world.” Thanks to sports editor Tom Downey for keeping the train moving, it’s been a blast!

Making appointments helps the student and dining hall staff become familiar with each other and the foods they request. By reaching out to culinary support, students can also request personal gluten-free items that culinary support will get at local grocery stores, Rambo said.

“Food services say that they will prepare gluten-free students anything students want, but the kitchen is always running out and not restocking in a timely matter,” Blumenfeld said.

Meath shared similar frustrations, specifically with the call-ahead protocol for gluten-free students.

“Calling an hour in advance for food is one of the biggest problems about eating at dining halls, I do not know an hour ahead of time when I’m going to eat,” Meath said. “If you ask for the food from the back when you are at the dining hall, they get really angry, making me not want

to eat at all.”

Despite the chaos of being glutenfree free on Miami’s campus, students have one go-to that never fails: MacCracken Market, located in Central Quad. The market is sacred to gluten-free students. The market keeps stock of an endless supply of gluten-free granola, pretzels, frozen meals, fruits and vegetables.

“The options at MacCracken are endless,” DeBoom said. “I can get a huge variety of food without the contamination, waiting, and frustration by the dining halls.”

To the culinary services at Miami, Meath offered some suggestions.

“Miami needs to improve the way in which it serves gluten-free students,” she said. “They need more variety and a better strategy for serving students at busy hours. Even though we are gluten-free, we still have to eat.”

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EDITOR TOM DOWNEY

TUESDAY, MAY, 6 2014

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RedHawks grab last spot in MAC Tourney

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Sitting at 11 in the Mid-American Conference standings entering the weekend, the Miami University softball team had little room for error as the RedHawks tried to snag a tournament berth. A 5-3 loss to Eastern Michigan University in the first game of a doubleheader put the ’Hawks (22-16, 9-11 MAC) in a hole. However, Miami won out with a 3-2 victory over the Eagles in nine innings along with 3-2 and 3-0 decisions over Central Michigan University.

The wins gave the RedHawks the eighth and final seed in the tournament over the University of Toledo, who dropped two games during the weekend.

“We put everything together [against CMU on Sunday],” senior second baseman Kristy Arbour said.

“Our pitching and our defense was great, and we somehow managed to get three runs on the board. We’re proud of how we performed. Doing this on senior day means everything to us.”

The doubleheader against Eastern Michigan had an began ominously as the Eagles had a 5-0 lead after scoring two runs in the second inning and three runs in the fourth before Miami responded with a RBI from junior shortstop Kylie McChesney in the bottom of the inning.

The home team continued to fight as sophomore designated hitter Jenna Modic delivered a home

run in the sixth and senior first baseman Allie Larrabee recorded an RBI single in the seventh, but that would be last of the scoring for the ’Hawks.

Modic also put in quality work in relief as she only allowed three hits in 3 2-3 innings.

The Red and White got on the scoreboard quickly in the second game as junior outfielder Bree Lipscomb connected on an RBI double in the first, but EMU tied the game in the seventh to force extra innings.

The away team took the lead in the ninth with an RBI, but senior catcher Kayla Ledbetter took the first pitch in the bottom of the inning out of the park before junior outfielder Taylor Shuey hit a game-winning RBI-double. Sophomore pitcher Amber Logemann had the best game of her career, going nine innings and allowing two earned runs on four hits while striking out a career-high 12 batters.

The RedHawks jumped out in front of Central Michigan in the third with an RBI from Ledbetter while Lipscomb and Larrabee drew walks with the bases loaded to take a 3-0 lead. The Chippewas retaliated in the fourth with a two-run homer, but that was as close as they would get as Modic was lights out in relief, allowing only a hit in 3 innings of work to pick up her fourth save of the season.

Senior pitcher Paige Myers put together a quality start, going 4 innings while allowing two earned runs on four hits, three of which came in the fourth inning.

The ‘Hawks got the job done in the second game as junior outfielder

CHARLIE CLIFFORD CLIFF’S NOTES

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH, TWO OUTS IN OXFORD

What a town. Oxford may not be ‘The’ ideal sports town for an aspiring sports broadcaster, but who says any town can’t be fun?

I am guessing you do not still have the GoDaddy.com bowl victory over Middle Tennessee State on your TiVo from 2010. Maybe you did not tune in for the broadcast of the near upset of John Wall’s 2009 No. 4 Kentucky squad. You weren’t at Yager Stadium at all last season.

And that goes for all of you.

Let’s face it, not every school can mirror an Ohio State athletically. However, former Miami RedHawks are out there in the professional sports world doing big things. I tried to catch up with as many of them as I could in the last year. As you enjoy your final trashcans and beer towers of the year, here are some of the highlights …

Adam Eaton – Chicago White Sox Outfielder (‘10): Eaton is one of the gutsiest outfielders currently in the major leagues. At 5-foot-8, 185-pounds, he is no doubt poundfor-pound one of the toughest players around. He took his wife, former Miami softball star Katie Osburn Eaton, to Smokin’ Ox for their first date. He officially debunks the myth that first dates need to be overpriced at Kona. He drives a 430-horsepower white-hot Chevy Corvette. His typical afternoon on the South Side of Chicago consists of running full speed into the centerfield wall and hitting baseballs further than any 5-foot-8 person on Earth. While you were Uptown stumbling around the last four years he managed to become an all-star at every level in the minor leagues and reach the majors in just 28 months after graduation. Not bad for a 19th round draft pick. The Miami baseball team worships him.

Senior Pitcher Chuck Zubrod sums it up best, “The guy is a boss.” If you aren’t rooting for him already, please start. I can promise you it will not be boring.

Ron Zook – Former Florida/Illinois head coach (‘75): “Just Win Baby!” Many Miami teams have said that over the years, but Zook’s Miami Redskins teams of 1973, ’74

and ’75 did it the most. Zook came to school as a walk-on. A record of 32-1-1 and three consecutive Tangerine Bowl victories is what Zook rolled out of Oxford with. Zook’s most impressive coaching feat is taking the irrelevant Illinois Illini to a Rose Bowl in 2008.

On his Miami Redskin teams: “We by no means had the most talented roster,” Zook said. “But what we did have was a group of highcharacter guys whom cared about nothing other than winning.”

John Buccigross – ESPN (Non Alumni): And we have our first exception to the list. Honorary degree from the College of Arts and Saucy Mitts is awarded to the Bucci-Mane. For those of you who watch SportsCenter, he is the ambassador of College Hockey in the States. An absolute beautician that happened to be in town for the inaugural NCHC hockey contest against North Dakota. The man loves Oxford. He also believes the hockey program here is turning out some great talent to the pros. Did not get former RedHawk Reilly Smith (‘12) on the phone, but anyone who has been paying attention to the Boston Bruins 2014 postseason run, knows what Buccigross is talking about. Overall a great guy who made time for some punk college journalist who “accidentally” bumped into him at the Goggin will call window.

Zac Dysert – Denver Broncos Quaterback (‘13): Dysert skipped career fair at Millet and still ended up with the coolest job. Who would have thought?! After graduating last year, Miami’s all-time passing leader opted not to head to “The Big Four” but rather for work under “No. 18:” Peyton Manning. The seventh round draft pick brought his blue collar, Ada, Ohio work ethic to Denver and impressed general manager John Elway enough to make the Broncos one of the few NFL teams to carry three quarterbacks on the active roster. Student assistant coach Joey Bowen calls

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Tiyona Marshall drilled an RBIsingle in the fourth, Larrabee served up a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Ledbetter dished out a RBI-single of her own. The Chips were unable to fire up on offense as the tandem of Myers and Logemann allowed two hits each with the sophomore being the workhorse for five innings.

“This weekend, I’ve seen resiliency, fight and heart from this team,” head coach Clarisa Crowell said. “They laid it all out there. We probably need to go 3-1 at least to have a chance at the tournament. We competed all weekend and did what we needed to do. We never gave up, which we’ve done all season, and continued to compete. Our pitchers stepped up [against CMU] which was good since with Central Michigan’s pitching we couldn’t allow five or six runs. There were a lot of emotions for senior day and we handled it well. We have a senior class that’s been great for the program and we’re all feeling good.”

Miami is set to begin play in the MAC Tournament 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday against No. 1 seed Ball State University. Earlier in the season, the Red and White had a chance to upset the Cardinals on the road but fell in a 2-1 loss and fell victim to one of the best offenses in the MAC in a five-inning 9-1 defeat.

“Our backs were against the wall this weekend but we pulled it together,” Ledbetter said. “It was BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT great to get a win on senior day, but hopefully we’ll be able to play a few Miami junior second baseman Kristy Arbour fields a fly ball during Miami’s more games.” homestand against Eastern Michigan University and Central Michigan Univesity.

BASEBALL

MU takes two from BG, moves into sole possesion of third place in MAC East

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Miami freshman second baseman Steve Sade drops down a bunt against Bowling Green State University.

Sada scored the game-winning run during the RedHawks’ 5-4 win over the Falcons Friday.

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The Miami University baseball team was tied for third place with Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference East standings entering a three-game weekend series, but the RedHawks seized third place outright by taking two of three from the Falcons.

The RedHawks (22-25, 12-9 MAC) are a half-game back of second place in the MAC East and

two games back of first place. The ’Hawks won the series opener 5-4 Friday thanks to a walk-off hit by sophomore designated hitter Gary Russo in the bottom of the 10th inning and took the second game 3-1 Saturday after a dominate performance by junior pitcher Nathan Williams. The RedHawks were unable to sweep the series, as the Falcons (21-22, 11-10 MAC) got a complete five-hit shutout from redshirt freshman Andrew Lacinak to win 5-0 Sunday.

“If before the weekend you said we won two of three I would have said that was a good weekend,” manager Danny Hayden said. “It’s frustrating that I think we let one get away today [Sunday]. I don’t think that kid [Lacinak] was good enough to beat us. I don’t think that team is good enough to beat us. But, they showed us they were today. They

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GOLF

’Hawks finish fifth at MAC Tournament

BY JUSTIN MASKULINSKI how good of a team we can be,” Miami with a 10th place finish, SENIOR STAFF WRITER The Miami University men’s golf team concluded its season last weekend as the RedHawks placed fifth in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

The RedHawks surged into fifth place with a team score of one-under-par in the fourth round. “[The final round] shows us

head coach Zac Zedrick said.

“They play four rounds for a conference championship for a reason, and that’s to see definitively who the best team is. We were the best team for a day; we just weren’t consistent enough to get it done for four days.”

The ’Hawks had struggled all season to put their best golf into an entire tournament.

Junior Scott Cahill, who led

is confident the good rounds will appear more often next season.

“We didn’t necessarily have any tournaments where we put it all together,” Cahill said. “But there wasn’t a tournament that went by where we didn’t have one or two exceptional rounds.

We’ll back next year, ready to

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