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In 1999, The Miami Student reported that a number of first-year students were living in study lounges and offices. Miami had welcomed about 3,520 first-years, 125 more than the previous year and 75 more than the average at the time.

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ID cards to replace room keys in 2011

ASG creates website for off-campus living

By Kristen Grace Senior Staff Writer

Every year, the rush to find an off-campus residence in the first two weeks of school can be chaotic and stressful, and those ready to find a house or apartment around Oxford bombard renters for house tours.

An effort to change the way that students decide where to live off-campus is on its way, according to Matt Ciccone, offcampus secretary for Associated Student Government (ASG).

ASG now offers an online resource for students to search for houses and apartments in the Oxford area listed by participating landlords.

Many students already living off campus, like senior Brittany Kaback, spent their first couple weeks of school looking for houses on foot.

“When my friends and I were looking, we went around knocking everywhere,” Kaback

said. “Some of the places belonged to non-students, some were for too few people or cost too much, but we had no idea of any of that before wandering around town.”

According to Ciccone, this is what he hopes the website will help students avoid.

“Those (first) two weeks of school are when you should be getting yourself focused on classes,” Ciccone said. “Nobody likes the situation we are in.”

The website is designed to help students locate housing by searching for criteria that may be ignored or forgotten during the rush to sign a lease, Ciccone said. The site offers searches for number of bedrooms and bathrooms, air conditioning and a number of other house amenities.

Coordinator of Off-Campus Affairs Bobbe Burke said the

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Students will no longer have to carry keys starting in the 2011-2012 school year.

The university will install an electronic lock system that will work with ID cards.

What do breakfast, the Recreational Sports Center and a football game at Miami University all have in common?

They all require the swipe of your Miami ID card, and soon, access to rooms in residence halls may revolve around this piece of plastic too.

During summer 2011, all residence hall rooms will be outfitted with electronic door locks as part of a master housing plan, according to Larry Fink, assistant vice president of housing and auxiliaries.

Fink said this change is part of a larger housing project that will span over the next 20 years.

“This is the first of many projects that we will tackle,” Fink said.

First-year Austin Card thinks the

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More students request residential services into the bag and bring them to the laundry room in their residence hall on the hall’s designated laundry day. The students receive their laundry folded, bagged and delivered to their room within 24 hours.

Jules said he dropped his laundry off on Monday and it was returned Tuesday.

“It saves a lot of time,” Jules said. “I’d recommend it to friends.”

Jules said he thinks the service could be cheaper, but for him it’s definitely worth it.

The cost of laundry services is $319 per semester. Room cleaning is $105 for monthly service and $165 for biweekly service. Charges are billed to the student’s bursar account and show up on their semester bill.

Students who sign up for service midway through a semester pay a prorated fee based on when they begin using the service, Woodruff said.

Suman said he has received mostly positive feedback from students and parents about the service. In one incident, however, a student signed up for the service without consulting their parents, and the parents called to cancel service.

The cleaning service, Suman said, includes the

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A record number of students are utilizing the residential laundry and room cleaning services this year, according to Brian Woodruff, assistant director of housing and meal plan services.

Woodruff said this is the third year the services have been offered and the number of students served has risen each year. This fall, 238 students are signed up for weekly laundry service and 159 students are using the room cleaning service.

First-year Francis Jules said he selected the laundry service option on his housing contract because he figured it would save him the extra time and hassle of doing laundry.

“It’s extremely convenient,” Jules said. “I’m just lazy I guess.”

Joe Suman, senior building and grounds manager, oversees the laundry service. He said the housing department provides students registered for the service with a laundry bag and a lock. The students place up to 20 pounds of laundry per week, including clothes, bedding and towels,

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cleaning of all hard surfaces including doors, doorframes and hinges, cleaning of appliances, changing of bed sheets (if students lay out a clean set of sheets), vacuuming of carpets, cleaning of mirrors and interior glass and removal of trash and recycling. He said the housekeepers only clean what is accessible to them without moving students’

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Senior Beryl Wallingford discovers artifacts in Spain over the summer.

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Sophomore Lauren Hall does her laundry Thursday afternoon in the basement of Richard Hall, opting out of the laundry services.

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Editors Courtney Day Hope Holmberg Amanda Seitz campus@miamistudent.net

NEWS MU limits meeting spaces BRIEFS

By Courtney Day Campus Editor

EVENTS Music and theatre begins performances The Miami University Music and Theatre Department’s will put on three theatre productions and seven musical presentations this semester.

Game On will begin the theatre season at the Gates-Abbegglen Theatre Oct. 7 and run until Oct. 10. After the Oct. 7 performance, Miami athletic community members will host a forum.

The Miami University Wind Ensemble will start the musical calendar. They will hold two performances conducted by Gary A. Speck at 8 p.m. Sept. 29 and Oct. 13 in Hall Auditorium.

For the complete guide to the Music and Theatre season, please visit www.muohio.edu/music and www. muohio.edu/theatre.

To order tickets or for more information on pricing, visit www.tickets.muohio.edu.

Book reading open to the public Novelist Ron Hansen will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 in the Leonard Theatre in Peabody Hall.

Currently a writing and literature professor at Santa Clara University, Hansen has published 10 novels. Two of his novels, Mariette in Ecstasy and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, have been made into Hollywood films.

This event is sponsored by the Miami University Creative Writing Program and is free and open to the public. It will be the first event in the program’s fall reading series.

AWARD Student receives award for achievements Senior physics and mathematics major Megan Marshall has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF).

She is one of 20 students nationwide receiving a scholarship from the foundation. Marshall was recently named one of Miami University’s 11 Provost’s Student Academic Achievement Award winners. Marshall will be presented with her award by a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame at a public ceremony Nov. 22.

ASF’s mission is to aid the United States in retaining its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major.

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

Starting this fall, the Office of the Registrar has begun to transition meetings and special events to the most energy-efficient buildings on campus.

By scheduling events in new and newly renovated buildings, the university can save a substantial amount of money on operating costs, according to Assistant Director of Scheduling and Classroom Management Marsha Walters.

“We’ve started to implement the policy for this current term on a small scale,” Walters said.

She said only about two or three groups have been relocated and the meetings they are looking to move are mainly weekend meetings. On weeknights, using classrooms for a few extra hours makes little difference, she said. Rooms cannot

be reserved past 10 p.m.

Walters said she has met with employees from the Physical Facilities Department and they have given her a list of the most energy efficient building on campus. The “first tier” buildings she schedules most readily include the Farmer School of Business (FSB), Benton Hall, the Engineering Building and the recently renovated McGuffey Hall. Also on this list are most of the rooms in Hughes Hall, with the exception of a few smaller rooms.

Energy Management Engineer Tony Ferraro said FSB is the most efficient building on campus because of its construction and operation.

“You’re looking at about half of what similar buildings use,” Ferraro said.

Walters said she does not limit the number of events and meetings

in the second tier of buildings either, as they are relatively efficient.

These buildings include Shideler, Irvin and Alumni halls as well as the Art Building along with a few other buildings.

Pearson, Harrison, Bachelor and Upham halls are on the list of buildings to avoid for room scheduling.

“Upham needs some work,” Walters said.

She said Upham Hall will likely not be on the list for scheduling until it is eventually renovated.

Walters said the university has explained their reasoning to groups that have been relocated and students seem to be understanding of the policy.

“So far we haven’t really had any negative comments about it,” she said.

Walters said the Office of the Registrar works to accommodate

the needs of groups, including requests for certain locations, room sizes and technology.

“I think it’s a smart idea for them to use the more efficient buildings,” junior Brandee Cooklin said. “I think that for me it’s important enough that even if I had to walk further it would be worth it.”

Cooklin said the newer buildings on campus often provide the best meeting space anyway because they offer more advanced technology and larger rooms.

“With Miami’s efforts to be more sustainable, it’s a smart way to deal with older buildings that have important history but are sucking up a lot of energy,” she said.

Walters said it is too soon to tell how much the university is saving on utility costs, but, “It does definitely impact the cost of operating buildings.”

Students explore Asia in study abroad program

By Lee Jones Staff Writer

Imagine having the opportunity to study abroad in Asia with an extended stay in Seoul, South Korea and several trips through China, Japan and the rest of Korea for a price less expensive than studying in Oxford.

This is not a dream, it’s a study abroad program through the Farmer School of Business (FSB) called Explore Asia. Even though this program is through FSB, it is not limited to business majors.

“We are establishing a basis for Miami to have a presence in Asia,” said Alan Oak, assistant dean of external relations for FSB. He said the school is enabling students to have a successful immersion experience because, “Asia represents an important growth in the world economy.”

Kim Sue Llau, director of the FSB international program, said the program will create further cultural understanding.

“We want to give students the opportunity to understand Asia,” Llau said.

When participating in Explore Asia, students stay in dorms at either Korea University in the heart of Seoul or Yonsei University in nearby Wonju, South Korea. One Miami course is required, taught by Sooun Lee, Miami’s director of the Higgin-Kim Asian Studies Program. Students take 12 additional course hours at Korea University as well.

Every student lives with a Korean roommate in dorms called global villages. Miami students can also sign up for a paid position as an English tutor while they’re in Asia.

The program also includes a seven-day trip through China, a five-day trip through Japan and two long weekend trips throughout South Korea.

Denny Sullivan, senior director of international programs in FSB, credits Sooun Lee with the success of the program.

“He’s really the visionary of this thing,” Sullivan said. “This is his big vision.”

A major part of that vision is also the price tag.

“If you can afford to study in Oxford, you can afford to study in Korea,” Sullivan said. “We can say that literally.”

Llau agreed.

“Korea was very open and provided a good package,” Llau said.

Miami students only have to pay tuition since the housing is almost completely underwritten by the host university.

Miami senior Kyle Schwab, an accounting and finance major, took a similar trip this past summer. He was based in China for a five-week stint, traveling from town to town, taking tours of various Chinese businesses in eight different cities and staying in hotels. His task was to observe how Chinese businesses operate as compared to American businesses.

“I think besides the cultural aspect I am a much more well-rounded business student now,” Schwab said. “I have a good start dealing with any sort of business partner from China.”

Miami to place recycling bins across campus

By Thomasina Johnson Editorial Editor

This fall, Miami University students can recycle bottles and cans in 10 bins located outside academic buildings and high-traffic areas on campus.

Dave Smith, environmental education coordinator, said the project is funded by Miami Building and Grounds.

“It’s good for students who live in dorms and want to recycle,” Smith said. “We believe it will be effective.”

Smith said there are several reservations for the new on-campus outdoor recycling bins.

“They take time and money away from the Building and Grounds budget, and there’s a worry that people will throw regular garbage in the bins,” he said.

For senior Brian Casady, the student environmental coordinator, the bins make sense for an environmentally-conscious campus like Miami.

“There may be concerns about people throwing trash in them, but they’re a part of students’ exposure to recycling,” Casady said. “Recycling will become less and less of an issue.”

Student Environmental Coordinator Melissa Mullins said bins are desperately needed on campus.

“Being an employee of the Office

of Recycling, I see a definite lack in initiative of students to recycle, but any steps the university takes toward making it easier for the student body is a positive one,” she said.

Smith said placing 10 bins was chosen because of their strategic locations in busy areas of campus.

“We anticipate they will be used, especially between Bell Tower and the academic buildings,” he said.

For Mullins, the success of the bins depends on the students.

“Ultimately, it’s up to the students to make the right choice and the effort,” Mullins said.

“If students are going to throw trash in the new recycling bins, I think it shows ignorance and laziness, but I hope they do utilize them.”

According to Smith, Miami saves over $200,000 in landfill fees and about 50 percent of its solid waste is recycled and the university makes over $20,000 a year selling the recycled materials. Off-campus students can also drop off number one and two plastics, cardboard, glass and aluminum at the 24-hour Ditmer parking lot bin, he said.

➤In the Aug. 31 issue, The Miami Student, it was incorrectly reported in the article “Task force presents findings to senate” that the chair of the Strategic Priorities Task Force is Steve Markoff, when it is in fact Chris Makaroff.

Also, in the article “FSB energy evaluation surprises officials,” the Office of the Registrar is the office that helps to schedule space, not the Office of the Bursar.

In the photo for the story “Defense keeps ‘Hawks perfect,” the goalie was incorrectly identified. Player No. 1 in the photo was Krista Pace.

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Student finds archeological remains while studying in Spain

By Hope Holmberg and Alicia Williams For The Miami Student

Summer is seen as a relaxing time to work, take summer courses or even study abroad for many Miami University students.

Beryl Wallingford, a senior anthropology major, chose a slightly different route this summer. Her summer consisted of digging for archaeological artifacts at the University Valladolid in Padilla De Duero, Spain.

“If you’re serious about archeology, you have to go on digs and learn how to treat artifacts,” Wallingford said.

After searching for field schools on the Internet, Wallingford found the University Valladolid based on her focus area and study area of interest.

“I left for the program in June and studied with nine other students from around the world,” Wallingford said.

The program consisted of daily digs beginning at 7:30 a.m. and was taught by native Spanishspeaking professors. The group was lead in study by a Spanish to English translator.

What was found during the digging time determined how long they continued digging. If items were found, they would take them to the lab in order to clean them.

The day regularly ended at 8:30 p.m. before the mandatory siesta.

“During the fourth week of the program, my partner, Dan Priore, from Loyola Marymount University and I found an ancient tomb

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Senior Beryl Wallingford searches for artifacts while in Spain in June. with cremated, skeletal remains and other items with it,” Wallingford said. “The part we were

digging was from 200 B.C. It’s hard to put it in perspective. To hold something that’s 22 hundred

years old — it so hard to imagine that long ago.”

“If you had found enough artifacts to clean and ceramics to piece back together, you would go to the lab,” she said. “(The artifact) looked like it’s from 20 years ago — you could have found it in your basement,” she said.

The artifacts collected from the excavation will be tested for gender and used in order to find out more information about the Vaccea society where the remains were found, Wallingford said.

According to Wallingford, archeological digs are always done through a university.

“I wanted to study abroad instead of going somewhere in the United States,” Wallingford said.

Padilla De Duero, the town where Wallingford resided in a research facility from June 1 to June 29, has a population of about 30 people. Her research group consisted of eight undergraduates and one graduate student from various universities in the United States, Canada and England.

During her time at the field school, Wallingford was able to have a hands-on experience with the techniques and technology use that archeology entails.

“Spanish archeology is inherently different from other places of archeology,” Walingford said.

During her time in Spain, Wallingford and her partner also uncovered a wide range of ceramics, an iron grill and shells from a woman’s necklace.

“There were just so many things that we found,” she said.

According to Wallingford, the human remains that she found were cremated. However, at that point in time, bones would fragment with heat but not make dust like they do today.

“You would find human bones throughout the soil,” she said.

Wallingford’s group did their digging in a cemetery, which is something she said would not happen in the United States.

Dr. Perry L. Gnivecki, an anthropology professor at the Miami Hamilton campus, does not know Wallingford. However, he does support her summer archeological endeavors.

“This is always critically important because we do live in a globalized world and need to see how other countries approach archeology and the study of history,” Gnivecki said.

He said it is important for students to study abroad if they have the opportunity and the financial means to do so.

“Interacting with people in the host country is very much a part of globalization and it’s also important that students and Americans are positive ambassadors,” Gnivecki said.

This was Wallingford’s first dig.

“I found out for sure that this is what I love,” she said. “I think that doing this has helped me become a better team player and to take other peoples’ need into account.

When we were digging, we had to work together. Even though my partner and I found this one, it was a collective effort to get down to that layer.”

On-campus meal plans not available for fraternity live-ins

By Andrew Nilsen For The Miami Student

For many newly active fraternity members, sophomore year may mean they have an opportunity to live in an off-campus fraternity house, but that also means they need to change their plans — meal plans that is.

Due to the second-year living requirement, sophomore men must live on campus unless they are able to live in their respective fraternity house. The students living on-campus may continue to use the diplo-

mat meal plan, while those in the fraternity houses must create an attaché or snack account if they wish to dine on campus.

“The expectations of Miami students for top quality ingredients, convenience of locations and skills of chefs and cooks to produce these menus, have caused us to have a relatively complex program, and with that, a relatively costly meal plan,” said Pete Miller, associate vice president for auxiliaries for Housing, Dining and Guest Services.

Miller feels the pre-paid fee of the diplomat plan enables greater

discounts as well in addition to easing the annoyance of repetitive foodbuying experiences throughout a given day.

Because the current point of sale technology is not yet prepared in this industry to track purchases in a helpful way, it is difficult to expand the concept of a diplomatstyle meal plan to off-campus students, Miller said.

Senior Trevor Jeske is in his third year using the attaché meal plan. He spends nearly twice as much money throughout the school year than he did in his first year. Jeske attributes

his increased spending to the minimized balance one can put into their snack account.

“It’s kind of pointless,” Jeske said.

“You can put $1,000 into you snack account, or the same into a diplomat account, but because there are no discounts on snack you feel like you’re just wasting money.”

Sophomore Andrew Truetzel finds it to be “drastically inconvenient” to have a snack plan.

“It’s like I have two debit cards now, except I can only go uptown with one of them” Truetzel said.

Pete Miller predicts that before

this year’s incoming class graduates in 2014, housing and dining services will have the capability to create offcampus plans and be able to please many more students, faculty and staff with meal plans customized and priced to their specific needs.

From surveys and from focus groups conducted regularly, Miller and his team know that debit account meal plans are overwhelmingly preferred by Miami students. While the progress with technology may be in the works, it can be assured that off-campus students will continue to establish university meal plans.

Outdoor areas, academic buildings undergo construction, repairs SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

Construction workers on Central Quad are replacing deteriorating pavers and a steam tunnel top to prepare the area for the sundial, which is currently being repaired.

By Jenna Yates For The Miami Student

A notable amount of construction is currently taking place at Miami University.

According to Laws Hall project manager Ted Christian, Laws Hall is currently going through “rehabilitation.”

“Because the building was built in 1959, Miami University tries to rehabilitate the buildings about every 40 years to make sure they’re current and energy efficient,” Christian said.

According to Christian, the rehabilitation includes the modification of Brill Science Library.

“When the project is finished, the bottom two floors of Laws Hall will be a library for science, business, engineering and psychology,” Christian said.

Senior Brad Blackwell, a business major, thinks this will be a positive change for next year’s business students.

“The business school does not have a library right now,” Blackwell said.

Having a business library for next year’s students to share with psychology, science and engineering students will be better than having none, Blackwell said.

“You won’t see it until next fall,” said Jim Clarke, an engineering librarian who works in Brill Science Library.

Brill Science Library’s move will be pretty invisible during this school year, Clarke said. Although the move does not concern the students this year, the staff is anticipating the change.

“The library staff here is very excited about the move,” Clarke said.

According to Kami Archibold, mechanical engineer and project manager at Miami, the work being done on Western campus is the third and final phase of a utility tunnel. The first phase of the construction started in 2006.

The tunnel will be used for steam distribution piping, which comes from the central steam plant behind Peabody Hall. The tunnel will also supply heat and hot water to campus buildings.

“They’re finishing up right now,” Archibold said.

According to Archibold, the work being done is site restoration.

The project that is being done in Central Quad involves replacing the pavers that were deteriorating around the sundial itself and replacing the concrete steam tunnel top that was deteriorating, said Central Quad project manager Bob Riggs.

The project is currently in its second phase. The first phase was completed by convocation, and the second phase is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 17, Riggs said.

“The sundial itself is off its pedestal right now until the project is complete,” Riggs said.

The sundial is currently in rehabilitation and sent off for repairs because there was physical damage to the artifact where pieces need to be repaired, Riggs said.

According to the Miami University Police Department (MUPD), a male subject had pulled the sundial to the ground on May 6, 2010. The subject was later arrested for criminal mischief and underage intoxication. According to police, the subject was transported to MUPD before he was taken home to Tappan Hall.

A large wooden box is located in the sundial’s place right now.

Riggs said despite the damage to the artifact, Miami will not be purchasing a new sundial, but he is unsure of when the restoration will be complete.

According to Miami archivist Bob Schmidt, the sundial was presented to Miami to commemorate its 50th anniversary. According to Schmidt, it is a centerpiece of the south campus overview.

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County to revise defense system

By Hunter Stenback

the system that the Public Defender Commission objected to because they felt the attorneys who represent criminal defendants in court shouldn’t The Butler County Public Defender Com- be beholden to the judge they appear before for mission is looking into a new, potentially cost- their jobs.” cutting system to appoint attorneys to poor According to Chris Pagan, president of the felony defendants.

Butler County Bar Association and the Butler According to Gary Sheets, human resources County Public Defender Commission, the new director for the Butler County Board of Commis- system would allow for a more independent sioners, alleged felons are currently defended by selection of attorneys. an attorney from a pre-approved list of public de“What is nice about this proposal is that it gives fenders who bill the county at an hourly rate. the Bar Association and the not-for-profit the opUnder the proposed new system, a non-profit portunity to self-regulate and govern itself and organization with a staff of salaried attorneys among the leadership decide who is going to take would be contracted out by the Public Defender the cases and how they’re going to get paid,” Pagan Commission to represent felony suspects. said. “It can be arranged in a way that really helps “The system that is being out these attorneys and their proposed to replace the atprivate practices.” torney appointment list is a If it is implemented, Pasystem that would involve gan said the proposed public the hiring of a non-profit cordefender system has the poporation who would in turn tential to cut Butler County’s hire 14 salaried attorneys,” costs significantly.

Sheets said. “Those 14 attor“The proposal is going to neys would be paid $45,000 be less than the current exa year by the non-profit corpenditure, so it would be a poration, and the County capped number compared to Public Defender Commisnow where they have to pay sion would then contract with out whatever comes in,” PaNICK STRAUSE the non-profit organization to gan said. “It will absolutely MIAMI UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE dispatch those 14 attorneys to save the county money.” various judges in the common Sheets agreed with Pagan, pleas court.” but had some reservations about the cost of some Unlike a similar proposal the county Public De- of the finer details of the proposal. fenderCommissionrejectedtwoyearsago,inwhich “It hasn’t been tried, so you can’t really evaluate the salaried attorneys would have worked for the it, but on paper it saves money because the current court, Sheets said the new proposal eliminates the system costs well over $1,000,000 and this syspotential for ethical conflicts. tem is only going to cost about $630,000 or so,” “The difference would be that the public de- Sheets said. “The problem is that it’s not known fenders in the current proposal would work for a yet whether 14 attorneys can handle the number non-profit organization that would be hired by the of cases that they’re going to be asked to handle.”

Public Defender Commission, whereas in the preAccording to Sheets, there is currently no advious proposal the judges had proposed that the ditional money dedicated to commodities such as attorneys work for the court,” Sheets said. “That’s office space, secretarial help, telephones, people Senior Staff Writer

Students report stolen laptop, television At around 1:45 a.m. Tuesday, officers met with a Miami University sophomore and junior regarding a theft from their home on West High Street.

The students reportedly told police they had left their home to go to work around 8 p.m. When they returned later in the night, a television, Playstation 3 and laptop computer were found to be missing from the residence.

When they left for work, a friend was reportedly still in the home, but he said he locked the door.

The door was reportedly unlocked when the residents returned and there were no signs of forced entry.

There are no suspects at this time.

OPD investigates suspicious card charges At 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, officers met with a Miami University graduate student regarding unauthorized charges made on his debit card by a former roommate.

According to police reports, the student allowed a friend to temporarily stay in his residence during the summer. On Aug. 1, the student reportedly noticed an unauthorized use of his debit card to purchase food items.

When he confronted his roommate at the time, he reportedly admitted to accidentally using the card. Since that incident, charges in excess of $300 were reportedly made on the card.

The student is reportedly unable to find his former roommate and has not been repaid for the charges.

Police are continuing to investigate the case.

First-year finds bike missing At around 4 p.m. Tuesday, officers met with a Miami University first-year regarding the theft of his mountain bike.

According to police reports, the red and white bicycle was taken sometime between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30 on East Church Street.

The bicycle was reportedly locked with a cable-type lock to a bike rack near a residence. The cable was reportedly cut and left at the scene.

There are no suspects at this time.

“I think it’s pretty unfair that taxpayers are footing the bill for criminals to be defended because of their own wrong doing.”

who interview witnesses or researchers.

Also problematic to Sheets is how defendants will be represented prior to being charged with a felony in municipal court.

“In the current system, the appointed attorneys get the case as soon as the alleged felon is arrested,” Sheets said. “In the proposed system that is being talked about, the attorneys who work for a judge through this contract with a non-profit would get the case when it gets assigned to a judge, which leaves the part of the process that occurs before the person is indicted unaddressed.”

According to Pagan, municipal court representation still needs to be addressed.

“We’re going to have to deal with the municipal court, so there’s going to have to be a larger appropriation to deal with cases at that point,” Pagan said.

According to Pagan, the Bar Association is proposing to have another group of attorneys whose responsibility would only be defending the felony case in municipal court, and then another attorney would have the responsibility of defending them in the common pleas court.

Miami University sophomore Nick Strause believes the proposed plan makes sense because it cuts costs, but is still an unnecessary burden on Butler County taxpayers.

“I think it’s pretty unfair that taxpayers are footing the bill for criminals to be defended because of their own wrongdoing,” Strause said. “But if there has to be a system in place, I guess it’s good that the new plan has the potential to cut costs.”

The proposed system is still in the planning stages and nothing can be implemented until a non-profit organization is formed.

“The situation right now is that there are people out there trying to put together a non-profit organization in order to prepare a proposal for the Public Defender Commission to consider,” Sheets said.

“The biggest time question is how long it will take to create a legitimate non-profit corporation and whether or not that organization can get up and be capable of doing what is being asked of it.”

Attorney General to speak at Candidates Night

By Emily Jeffers For The Miami Student

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray will be the featured speaker at the Candidates Night meeting of the Butler County Progressive Political Action Committee T h u r s d a y, Sept. 9.

The event will begin at Cordray 7 p.m. in the community room at LCNB National Bank located uptown.

“Cordray is one of the most active attorney generals in Ohio history,” said Don Daiker, president of Progressive Political Action Committee. “He has been

active in helping Ohio citizens and Ohio retirees by taking action against corporations and Wall Street firms that have been guilty of unfair practices.”

Cordray is expected to clarify his platforms for his upcoming reelection campaign and exemplify his past work as attorney general, including the eight aggressive lawsuits he pursued during his term and his advocacy for the poor.

“I expect him to emphasize his campaign for Ohio values as opposed to Wall Street values,” Daiker said.

Citizens of Butler County and Miami University students are expected to attend the event.

“You do not hear a lot about the attorney general, but the things he does on a daily basis do impact us,” said senior Stephen Kostyo, co-president of the Miami

University College Demo- Police, Ohio Patrolman’s Benevolent Association crats. “There is and the mayors a focus in Butler “Cordray is one of Ohio’s 10 largCounty that I do of the most active est cities have not think we have attorney generals endorsed Cordray seen before since our area is tradiin Ohio history.” for re-election.

Also speaktionally Republiing briefly at the can. We are seeing DON DAIKER meeting will be a sway that this PRESIDENT PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL Bruce Carter, candistrict does matACTION COMMITTEE didate for the 54th ter and we can reOhio legislative ally make a differseat (Hamiltonence in terms of Fairfield, Ross); Suzi Rubin, canthe results we will see on Nov. 2.” didate for the 55th Ohio legislaAccording to Daiker, since 2008 tive seat (eastern Butler County); when Cordray was elected Ohio Butch Carter, candidate for Butler attorney general, he has held Wall County Commissioner and George Street and other large financial corporations accountable for their ac- Stephen, candidate for Butler County Auditor. tions against Ohio citizens.

Miami University College DemAccording to Daiker, the Ohio ocrats are co-sponsoring the free Association of Professional Firepublic event. fighters, Ohio Fraternal Order of

Uptown construction changes face of High Street

BTO to-go

By Chelsea Naughton For The Miami Student

SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student

Heather Smith and her daughter enjoy BTO Yogurt Thursday in Uptown Park.

The uptown district, which extends from Campus to College avenues between Spring and Church streets, is an ever-changing facet of the city of Oxford.

Alan Kyger, economic development director, said the district has gone from an area once home to nearly all of the commercial venues in Oxford, to the area which caters most to the Miami student population.

Most recently, High Street will gain three new buildings within the next year. Current sites of new construction are 116 and 118 E. High St., formerly DuBois Bookstore and Balcony Bar, and 7 W. High St., formerly Qdoba and Cold Stone Creamery.

Scott Webb, architect for the projects, said all construction is going smoothly and has been approved by the Oxford Historic Commission.

These new buildings will accommodate both business and residential needs uptown.

“All sites will include commercial space on the first floor and will house residential apartments above,” Kyger said.

With the new construction projects will come the addition of nearly 31 apartments for approximately 110 residents in the uptown district, according to building plans.

But, despite the new apartments, Kyger does not expect to see much change in living costs for the district, which he attributed to the high demand to

live uptown.

New construction uptown also means new businesses will soon stake a claim in Oxford, accommodating both students and Oxford residents alike.

The uptown business district generally caters to the needs of Miami students, while other business areas fulfill the demands of full time Oxford residents, Kyger said.

Commercial space is already filling for some of the new buildings. 116 E. High St. will remain the home of Dubois Bookstore and Kyger said he is not worried about whether businesses will rent the remaining spaces. Cold Stone Creamery is expected to return to 7 W. High St., a return that some Miami students have expressed excitement about.

“BTO just isn’t doing it for me,” Miami senior Dan Sklenka said.

Additionally, Miami students welcome the diversity of businesses uptown, often making suggestions as to restaurants and stores they would like to see in Oxford.

“There are enough restaurants uptown, Miami senior Matt Edwards said. “I think there should be a music store put in because there really isn’t anything like that.”

Kyger said Miami students and Oxford residents tend to agree on what they would like to see put in uptown to a certain degree.

“The most common request for uptown vendors is apparel,” Kyger said.

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website will offer a platform to help students pick and choose the house that is right for them.

“I think that it would be the way to do some comparison shopping,” Burke said.

According to Ciccone, the website will also help landlords to better advertise their properties by providing pictures, Google map locations and a list of everything the house has to offer.

The price of advertising on the website is a concern for some landlords, such as CKC Rentals, which does most of its advertising through word of mouth.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 ♦ 5 “The cost would be the determining factor,” Pam Lindley of CKC Rentals said.

“Most of our properties are so popular that we don’t have a large budget for advertising.”

According to Ciccone, it will be free for landlords to have their homes listed on the site for at least the next three months. The service will always be free for students.

The site is still in its beginning stages and will continue to grow as more students and landlords begin to use it. Currently, 15 landlords, which according to Ciccone accounts for roughly 75 percent of the landlords and management companies in Oxford, are registered with the site.

Ciccone said he would like the website to eventually be the number one resource students use when looking for

off-campus housing.

Students who will find the website the most useful this year are those looking for an extra roommate or someone who is in a position to study abroad, Ciccone said.

“The roommate matching system is a part of the website [that] will be very, very helpful,” Burke said.

According to Ciccone, it is up to student use to increase the usefulness of the website.

The more students there are using the website, the more landlords will be willing to host their properties.

“It’s going to be up to us to build this from the ground up,” Ciccone said.

The website is offered through the company Living Off Campus 101, and similar sites are used at a number of Ohio schools including

Ohio University, Kent State University and University of Cincinnati, Ciccone said.

A link to the website can be found on the ASG homepage,

or visit http://muohio.loc101. com/.

Students interested in offcampus housing are also encouraged to attend the

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Off-Campus Housing Fair Wednesday, Sept. 8. Representatives from Living Off Campus 101 will be at the event promoting the website.

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personal items.

Suman said the housing department employs two laundry specialists to assist the residence hall housekeeping staff. They check to be sure items are washable and properly cared for.

Of the students who sign up for room cleaning services, 86 percent are first-year students and 14 percent are upper-class students, according to Woodruff. For laundry service, 67 percent are first-year students and 33 percent are upper-class students.

Suman said he thinks students hear about the residential service both through word of mouth and from seeing the option on housing contracts and MyCard accounts.

“We’re really happy they’re growing,” Woodruff said of the services.

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electronic door locks will be more convenient.

“We would only have to carry around one thing,” he said.

Although the locks are not a direct response to security issues, Fink said campus security is a top priority and he is confident that safety will be improved.

Lt. Ben Spilman, a member of the Miami University Police Department, said residence hall theft cases are most commonly caused by students forgetting to lock their doors.

“These locks have a lot of potential to reduce theft inside the residence halls,” he said.

“The electronic locks are a great idea.”

The new locks will run on battery power, not electricity, according to Fink, so students will be able to get into their rooms even if a power outage occurs.

Many Miami first-years are all too familiar with the pricey procedure for replacing a lost dorm room key, but the new electronic locks will eliminate this fine.

Instead of hiring a locksmith to replace entire locks, students will simply need to replace their electronic swipe card.

“A card can be replaced much more quickly,” Fink said.

Card was unaware of this fine, but said he supports any way to avoid it.

A swipe card can also be deactivated, unlike a traditional room key, Spilman said. He expects that this will tighten security.

The exact model of the lock has not been decided yet, but Fink said the point is for the doors to lock automatically.

“Keeping the doors closed is safer for everyone,” he said.

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By Leslie Scott Staff Writer

Amidst red brick buildings and carefully landscaped quads at Miami University, there is a black sheep. That is, Western Lodge.

Western Lodge sits comfortably on Western Campus (where the original women’s college used to reside) just down the one-way from Peabody Hall.

Western Lodge became affiliated with Miami once the Women’s College did in 1974.

The Office of Student Activities and Leadership is in charge of Western Lodge and its sister lodge, Women’s Recreation Association (WRA) Cabin. The WRA built the facility back when there were two separate physical education departments, according to university archivist Bob Schmidt. The WRA is off campus past Ditmer parking lot near Butterfield Farms.

“Western Lodge is nice for those who would like to do something a little different,” J.S. Cragg, assistant director of student activities and leadership, said. “WRA is a little more secluded and private, which is also appealing to a few groups.”

The Oxford Police are kept informed of when the facilities are in use, according to Cindy Fledderman, administrative assistant in the Office of Student Activities and Leadership.

“WRA is very secluded, so we like to keep the police informed in order for them to check things out occasionally,” Fledderman said.

“Also, students can feel some sort of safety if they are using these facilities.”

While classes are in session during the regular school year, only student organizations and university departments have access to the cabins, according to Fledderman and Cragg.

“It is only offered to members of the university in order for them to get first priority,” Fledderman said. “When school is not in session, private parties can rent the cabins out for $60 a day.”

All student groups can access Western Lodge free of charge, according to Cragg.

Private parties that choose to rent out the buildings are known for throwing birthday parties and wedding receptions.

“Western Lodge is great for our fraternity because we don’t have a house yet and it is a nice place for us to have chapter,” Dan Heffernan, a member of Phi Sigma Phi, said.

“Because it is more private and comfortable, people are less anxious to rush through things and leave.”

Sophomore Drew McDonell, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, used WRA for a sorority retreat.

“It was soon after I rushed that we had a

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retreat at WRA,” McDonell said. “My sorority used it as a place for us to get away from campus in order to bond with each other. It was nice because it had a lot of amenities.”

Fledderman said both cabins come equipped with some AV features (such as a VCR and a few overhead projectors). They also have limited kitchen supplies, a stove, a refrigerator, a microwave, some couches, tables and chairs. WRA also has a few bunk beds in case people plan to stay the night.

“Groups are allowed to stay overnight as long as the group adviser stays as well,” Cragg said. “If they choose not to do that, they can only stay until midnight.”

The facilities stay busy throughout the year, according to Fledderman.

“We are pretty much busy all the time,” Fledderman said. “Groups who really want to use our facilities know to plan ahead. However, if people call in for a last minute slot, it can be hard to find them an opening.”

Cragg said Miami’s website has pictures of the facilities — part of the draw to the cabins.

The cabins come with general rules, such as cleaning up afterwards and the prohibition of alcohol, Fledderman explained. However, they have never really had issues with people being disrespectful.

“We do encounter the occasional problem,” Cragg said. “However, people are mostly respectful of our establishments.”

The cabins can accommodate 40 to 50 people and housekeeping staff cleans each daily.

“If there ever are any problems, we are pretty much notified right away by the housekeeping staff or the police,” Fledderman said.

The cabins are used by myriad organizations. There is not one particular type of group that takes advantage of these buildings. The groups that are familiar with Western Lodge tend to use it more often than newer groups.

“Once a group has used Western Lodge, they mostly fall in love with it,” Cragg said.

“We have an ad in the student activities handbook, but most people find out about it through word of mouth.”

Senior Nyssa Snow, president of Miami University’s Choraliers, has booked many parties for the school choir at Western Lodge.

“I try to book our events as far in advance as possible,” Snow said. “There isn’t a mandatory time it needs to be reserved by, but I know that it can be pretty popular. We weren’t able to have our Halloween party there last year because someone else had already booked it.”

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Over the past few years, Brick Street Bar has had its fair share of performers, from Luke Bryan and Love & Theft to Chiddy Bang, Gavin DeGraw and Mike Posner. Now, who’s hiding in the upcoming line-up for the bar? The next Asher Roth, that’s who.

Sam Adams will hit Brick Street for shows Sept. 6 and 7, both of which are sold out.

Brick Street owner Will Weisman said the bar received requests from students back in the spring to bring Adams, but there wasn’t enough time to get him here before school let out for summer.

“He really fits the profile for the Miami music demographic and we are all about giving the students what they want,” Weisman said.

I Hate College Adams is just a guy who unintentionally started writing hits in his dorm room.

“I was just sort of messing around writing songs, the song ‘I Hate College,’ and then I don’t know,” Adams said. “It just sort of took off.”

Adams first attended Hobart and William Smith in New York but transferred to Trinity College in Connecticut. He kept writing and writing and getting rave reviews from his friends.

Both verses of his first hit, “I Hate College,” were written in class.

“I was just sort of messing around and I came up with the chorus in my room and I just sort of didn’t like it,” Adams said. “After I saw the responses and stuff, it started to grow on me and then gave me confidence that I could write songs that people, you know, could react to.”

Driving Me Crazy Next came “Driving Me Crazy,” after one of Adams’ best friends suggested he

Sam Adams Brick Street Sept. 6 & 7

put something together using Annie Lennox’s “Walking On Broken Glass.”

“I experimented with it for like probably three or four weeks and I like couldn’t get it right and I almost gave up on it,” Adams said.

“Then I just sort of hit the jackpot in terms of the actual composition of the beats that I wrote. Once I got into it, it was really fun to write the song.”

Senior Jess Mitchell, a huge fan of “Driving Me Crazy,” was excited to hear Adams would be in town.

“I love that song,” Mitchell said, mentioning she first heard it on the radio this summer. “I thought it was a cool jam and knew I wanted to dance to it at Brick Street.”

Mitchell didn’t find out about Adams’ shows, though, until after they had sold out. She still hopes she’ll be able to get a ticket if more are released.

“I think he’d be pretty good live,” Mitchell said. “It sounds very authentic, not like T-Pain or anything that’s digitally remastered.”

What’s up, Oxford?

Adams’ stop in Oxford is in the midst of a tour of college towns, venues that Adams said are a blast.

“The kids are just great to perform in front of, especially college towns because you know kids like to go out and drink and get drunk,” Adams said. “And so I’m like messed up for the concert, so it’s a really fun energy. Going to all these college towns, you know, it’s what we love to do.”

Between shows, Miami University students can expect to find Adams around uptown.

“I like connecting with people, especially people that like my music, people that are fans,” Adams said. Even people that don’t even know me, it’s cool to just sort of hang out.

When people don’t know you, it’s great, because you can just spread your music and people get to, like, know who you really are as a person, not just the person on the CD cover or person in the interviews.”

Though the shows are sold out, look out for Brick Street to sporadically have a few more tickets on sale or perhaps some at the door.

“We really hate to turn anyone away and at least the second show allowed us to accommodate more students,” Weisman said.

Also look out for ticket giveaways at Brick Street Sept. 3 and 4.

“The drawings will be later in the night, so hopefully we will make some students happy,” Weisman said.

Overall, Weisman hopes to make Brick Street and Miami a must-stop place for rising artists.

“Students play a huge role in this effort,” Weisman said. “Over the years, many artists have said once they come to Miami they want to come back because the students were great and made them feel very welcome.”

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Be a better online stalker

By Anna Turner Amusement Editor

Great news for all you creepers out there: stalking just got a whole lot easier! Thanks to social networking sites like Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla, you can track down your stalkees with “stalk ease.” (Get it? Stalkees with stalk ease?)

Twitter lets you know what the person is thinking, doing, feeling, thinking about what they’re doing, feeling about what they’re thinking, doing about what they’re feeling and thinking … Twitter is not only a great tool for stalkers, it can also be used as a vessel for Beliebers (Justin Bieber fans) to let the world know how pathetic they are. Furthermore, Twitter lets unintelligent people pretend to be intellectuals by tweeting about the meaning of life, the problems with society or why the flock people read Twilight.

But it doesn’t stop there. Twitter is overflowing with tweets about relation-who-cares-ships, “It’s crazy you can be so in love, you feel like you couldn’t possibly love anymore, but everyday your heart makes just a little more room ♥,” meaningless song lyrics, “Even if your hands are shaking and your faith is broken” or life advice that rhymes “Some people are busy talking, but I spend my life walking ........ Be part of the solution.”

If you’re the kind of stalker that wants to know where your stalkee is located at all times, Twitter is not always the best place for you.

Instead, try Foursquare. Foursquare’s most appealing feature for stalkers is its “checking in” interface. Members “check in,” meaning they let everyone know where they are located.

Members that like to make themselves especially vulnerable to stalkers (easy prey) can win badges for checking in multiple times at a certain location. Easy prey that check in to 10 places win the Adventurer badge, 25 places gets them the Explorer

badge, 50 places scores them a sweet Superstar badge and if they check in 30 times a month, they’re considered a Super User.

The easy prey that checks in to one location the most becomes the mayor of that location or, in other words, a complete and total loser.

Much like the Girl Scouts, Foursquare members get badges for stupid things like going to the gym, finding photo booths or checking in at four different locations in one night. Unlike the Girl Scouts, they don’t have amazing cookies. Girl Scouts: 1, easy prey: 0.

Gowalla is another site losing to the Girl Scouts (its lack of thin mints isn’t boding well), but can still be valuable to stalkers.

Gowalla users have a passport, or a log of places they’ve visited.

These passports can be used to follow easy prey around town, tracking their every step. It’s like a scavenger hunt, but you can get arrested.

Gowalla is more intense than Foursquare in that it allows you to share photos, comments and highlights from your trips as opposed to just “checking in.” In this sense, Gowalla is a good choice for the more thorough stalker.

If you’re more of a “hyperlocal” stalker, meaning you prey on fellow classmates here at Miami, you might want to look into MiamiStalk, or the Miami directory search tool on MyMiami. Once you can prove that you’re a true Miamian (log in after searching their name), you can view your stalkee’s home addresss and home phone number.

What better way to weasel your way into his or her life than by paying a visit to Mom and Dad or calling sister Debbie up to talk about her middle school’s upcoming production of “The Music Man?” The Internet has endless resources for the dedicated stalker.

So snuggle up to your laptop and shut out reality, because it’s time to creep.

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By Julie Roche Senior Staff Writer

If the era of video-hosting sites such as YouTube has taught me anything in the past few hours, it is that, for the most part, Americans are a pretty freaking insane group of people.

Not just because we see absolutely no issue with posting videos of ourselves leading a step workout to a bunch of “human poodles” (check out “Poodle Exercise with Humans”) or singing about “carloads of farts” with our faces strewn with dirt and blood (see YouTube phenom Ted Pillman), but because somehow, in those twisted and disturbing minds of ours, we actually come up with these things and then for one reason or another want the rest of the world to see them.

Since I really don’t have the legitimacy to tell you why that is, I’m going to do the next best thing by

giving you a list of either the weirdest or funniest YouTube videos I’ve discovered in the past few hours.

1. “100 Ways to Love a Cat.” At a good 35 minutes in length, this gem seems to have a hard time deciding whether it’s meant to be informative or entertaining. Listening to its catchy “one hundred loving ways” chorus a hundred times is definitely a good way to procrastinate, though.

I just want to know one thing: Who is the kitty’s mystery owner?!?!?! I’ve only seen his arms and legs!

2. “Mark Gormley – Little Wings Music Video.”

I really can’t say much about this one except that you have to see what YouTube fans have dubbed as “Gormley’s power stance” to know what I’m talking about. “Little Wings” is a song about … well, I don’t really know, but at least you get to see the singer float across the cool green screens with neon butterflies

and pretty lakes.

3. “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.”

If you’ve been disappointed with the last two, hopefully this serious online video business will please.

Watch famous actor Galifianakis on his faux interview show while he interviews and, even better, insults other famous stars like Steve Carell, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Natalie Portman and Ben Stiller.

4. “Viral Video Film School.”

Finally (you’ll have to just trust me on this), in the spirit of the American insanity, if you want to see the most complete, hilarious and disturbing combination of YouTube videos on the net, check out comedian Brett Erlich on his show infoMania. He uses the best of YouTube clips to create comedy routines like “YouTube’s Worst Parents,” “Make-up Tutorial Tutorial,” “Fat Morons in Spandex” and “YouTube’s Worst Musicians.”

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Evolution of the action hero

By Curtis Waugh Senior Staff Writer

It’s no secret. I was greatly entertained by Sylvester Stallone’s latest film, The Expendables. An incomplete film in every sense of the word, but a nostalgic throwback to true blue action cinema, which is why the fact that it’s making money astounds me in today’s film culture. Ever since the Terminator wanted to become the Governator, action cinema in its truest form has been dead. Is this switch to a more homely, unsure and relatable action hero evolution, or a nervous step forward in a changing world?

First, let’s define the action hero as witnessed by audiences in the 70s and 80s. This hero was a man’s man. He woke up, brushed his teeth with motor oil and went about his business of ass-kickery for the day. The girls loved him but never controlled him and his enemies never underestimated his power, they just tried to use bigger weapons. This action hero was the perfect representation of a nation that had just become a world superpower. Men like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Eastwood, Connery and others embodied this type of human and were loved the world over for it.

Then something changed. Going from the late 80s and into the 90s, we saw less action like we were used to (Cobra and Commando were dying gasps), which started to become replaced by a more vulnerable form of hero. I am prepared to blame a lot of this on Red Dawn (1984) and their notion of having the unlikely and pre-pubescent hero destroying Russian communism.

Coming into the most recent decade, the unlikely hero has ultimately taken over our view of action cinema. Don’t get me wrong, I love Spider-Man, Kick-Ass and Harry Potter alike, but they leave no room for the dirty, gritty action films of old. And today’s more Herculean stars are doing the genre no good. The Rock was a freakin’ tooth fairy and Vin Diesel has been lost in near obscurity. These guys are both absolutely amazing when given a good action role. The rest of the world just does not care as much as they used to.

In more modern films like these you have a hero whose female counterparts trod all over him, he is often very good at science (Stallone: “Yo, what de ‘ell are numbas?”), has the spotlight thrust upon him and is expected to save the world and the girl. These stories are just fine. They give people something they believe they can do themselves. It helps one’s morale when they see a normal nerd like Peter Parker swing above the regular world and defeat evil.

Actions in these stories have very real consequences and often the hero is the one that is most hurt by the end of the film. This is a great example of the America we live in today and the way we have to deal with outside threats.

Ambiguity makes the world go ‘round. I just think we can have our cake and eat it too.

There is plenty of room for the Michael Ceras and Dolph Lundgrens of the world. Both just need to recognize that the other exists, get together for a margarita and a glass of whiskey and learn something from each other. I think Stallone was on to something when he made The Expendables.

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

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uring summer 2011, all resi- Switching to a swipe-access system dence halls will replace all will ensure that students receive a door key locks with swipe access. replacement key quickly and easily.

This is the first of many housing Making sure the Resident Assistants projects that will span over the next have a master swipe card will help 20 years. locked-out students get access to The editorial board their residence hall. of The Miami StuThe new swipedent supports the new Switching to a swipe- access system should swipe-access locks. allow residents to Due to the success access system will ensure keep their doors open with the swipe acwithout a security cess at Heritage Com- that students receive a buzzer going off, as mons, the on-campus keeping the door apartment buildings, replacement propped open with this is a useful fist a brick is a common step for the 20-year key quickly... method for first-year housing improvement students to meet plan. Having one card new friends.

Several schools also have a to do everything from opening your room to going to the dining hall swipe-access system for their and working out at the Recreational residence hall bathrooms. The board Sports Center is simple and conve- does not recommend Housing, Dinnient, especially for students who do ing and Guest Services implement bathroom swipe-access because this not have a key ring.

Students who live in the residence will create more confusion and pohalls often lose their keys and must tential problems with any visitors purchase a new replacement key. residents may have.

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ssociated Student Government website continue to be monitored. In (ASG) now offers a website de- order for the site to benefit student signed to help students seeking available needs, there must be updates made beoff-campus housing. The site works as fore the rush to sign leases and housa search engine, allowing for ameni- ing agreements. Students need the ties such as the number of bedrooms opportunity to consider all available and bathrooms and air conditioning to options early, before deadlines to sign be specified. binding contracts.

The site is meant to serve as a starting The editorial board values all of the point for those wanting resources offered to to research off-campus Miami students includhousing options. CurStudents will ing the Off-Campus rently, only participating Housing Fair to be landlords have proper- certainly appreciate held Wednesday, Sept. ties listed online, but 8. The board esperepresentatives from the the convenience of cially favors the decisite hope that it will consion to have it held in reviewing housing early September, as tinue to grow.

The editorial board opposed to last year’s online... of The Miami Student forum held in late Sepbelieves an off-campus tember when many housing search engine is students had already a great option for students. The site of- made decisions. It is certainly helpful fers many fantastic applications includ- to have forums and necessary inforing a guide to renting a house, a mes- mation presented early to those hopsage board to find and meet potential ing to secure housing, and preparation roommates and an option to sell books is appreciated. and furniture. Students will certainly Students should take advantage of appreciate the convenience of review- all the ways to explore off-campus ing housing online and utilize the many housing, and the board is excited features offered. for the various new applications and However, it is essential that the information available.

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Miami must strive to be greener Last Tuesday, The Miami Student reported that the Farmer School of Business (FSB) is using half of the energy of comparable buildings on campus. While this is certainly something that should be welcomed and encouraged, it also must be met with skepticism as to what that means when we look at the larger picture of the green campus. While the new building saves the university money on East Quad, about a mile away, shoved into the farthest corner of the Western Campus, is a coal plant. Usually the plant doesn’t produce energy (that comes from Duke, which also burns coal), it makes the steam that heats most of campus. The water coming from showers is heated by coal, and in the winter it provides heat to the radiators.

According to a Physical Facilities brochure, over 125 tons of the black stuff is burned every day at the plant. That’s close to 50,000 tons a year, which is probably enough to fill the FSB over and over. The brochure calls what comes out of the smoke stack “clean gas,” but let’s not kid ourselves, there’s nothing clean about coal.

For one, truckloads of coal ash are taken away from the plant each day. This ash is not currently regulated, it gets in our water and food supply and it is thought to cause disease. In some places, like Meigs County, Ohio, the mounds of coal ash rival the size of the mountains.

Meigs County is home to Elisa Young, a

good friend of ours. Elisa’s home, a family farm going back seven generations, is neighbor to four coal plants in an 11-mile radius.

The rates of cancer are incredibly high and employment is incredibly low. The people of Meigs County and places like it are paying a terrible price so that we can turn our lights on.

Meanwhile, in West Virginia and Appalachia, miners are killed in explosions and collapses, the streams are polluted with carcinogens and mountains are leveled just to get to the coal so that plants can burn it, including the one on our campus.

If the higher-ups in the university are as concerned as they seem about promoting sustainability, then central to their plans must be to have a plan to stop burning dirty coal. The burners in the plant can already run on natural gas, which would be an upgrade from coal, but in the long run certainly not as clean as solar or wind power. Miami’s investment in LEED certified buildings should come hand-in-hand with a real commitment to sustainability, closing the plant altogether and embracing an energy portfolio that is truly green.

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hat do the fine arts, art history, history, English and communication all have in common? Answer: They are considered “fluff” majors by many Americans.

Not only is this term hurtful, it is very ignorant.

All majors, regardless if they are housed in the sciThomasina ences, the humanities Johnson or business, become what each individual student makes of them. We can coast by without doing independent studies, extra projects or internships. Or, we can work hard to become one of the most dedicated and involved students in our major. For example, a non-communication major recently described another friend who is a communication major as someone who “just sits back and watches TV all day for his classes.” On the other hand, I know a student who is a strategic communication major, is very involved in extracurricular journalism projects and is an honors student.

Why are these majors considered “fluff?” Perhaps it is because jobs these “fluff” students may get with their major(s) are stereotyped as not as high-paying or prestigious as those that are received by non“fluff” majors.

In our American society, where money is power, people who do not make as much as others are often considered inferior. Again, this assumption is incorrect. According to Miami University’s Department of History website, “The History major might not train you for a specific job, but it does not limit you.

In fact, training for one specific kind of job may not make sense in the 21st century. In future years, many Americans will change their ways of earning a living more than once, moving to jobs which don’t even exist now.”

However, if it’s money you seek, you may consider getting one or several advanced degrees. According to a New York Times Economix article, the average American general practitioner makes over $150,000 each year. According to payscale.com, the average American lawyer can make well over $100,000. In Miami’s Report on Faculty Salaries, the average salary for a professor during the 2007-2008 year was $101,128.

How did these doctors, lawyers and professors achieve fiscal success?

Through hard work and dedication.

They all come from a variety of backgrounds. Yes, some even majored in “fluff.” There are many, many other professions in all fields of study that can lead to financial stability. As students in a society where job-hunting can be downright scary, job security is not guaranteed and technology is rapidly changing, we must not judge each other harshly.

As we spend more and more time within our major departments, we become quick to judge other majors or schools. We’re all guilty of it. A friend may say, “Oh, I don’t have any work tonight!” and we roll our eyes and quickly think it’s because they’re a fine arts major and all they do is paint all day. Or they’re an English major,and all they do is read novels. Or the Farmer School of Business students only look at the stock market. We need to look beyond the stereotypes and realize we’re all capable of finding decentpaying jobs that make us happy. We just need to work hard and keep an open mind to make our dreams of success become a reality.

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Today, toddlers can do more than just walk.

They strut, apply make-up, get spray tans and fight for ownership of a plastic crown. The producers at TLC have created a spin-off of America’s Next Top Model for the much younger set, Toddlers in Tiaras. Thousands of Americans tune in each week to watch mothers encourage their children to get made up and fight dirty in order to give viewers a good show. This not only robs the youth and innocence from these young children, but it instills bad morals that carry into their adult lives. The popularity of this show forces the question of entertainment standards among the national community.

Kids today are growing up at twice the rate they were 30 years ago. By age 12, most kids have an iPhone and a TV in their room. Playing in the backyard and sidewalk chalk are now things of the past. This change is apparent in the “reality” show where 3-year-olds are shown getting spray tans and applying make-up. According to iparenting.com, the average girl begins wearing make-up between the ages of 12 and 14. This is almost triple the age of most girls on the show. As a kid they should be able to play outside and get dirty without having to worry about their faux eyelashes falling off.

The idea of pageantry is to judge someone based on appearance and talent. Girls who compete in pageants typically have the maturity to handle the criticism and can turn it into something constructive. Young girls who have just barely learned the word “mommy” do not understand the concept of pageantry and are easily offended. This premature enrollment in an adult event steals their childhood away and exchanges it with judgment and criticism.

In gym class kids are taught the ways of friendly competition. “If you had fun, you won” and “as long as you try your best it doesn’t matter what place you

come in,” are mantras gym teachers attempt to instill in their students. The intensity of competition is now what these toddlers are thriving on, and the joy of competing is swapped with an older, more hostile view of competition. Girls starring in this show are being robbed of their innocence because of the adult activities they engage in so young.

The result of young pageantry will have a longlasting effect on these girls. They will grow up thinking they need it to look attractive. They will look in the mirror as teens and feel it’s necessary to apply a coat of eyeliner before going anywhere. The need for winning and the obsession with competition teaches these girls terrible lessons. They will grow up believing they must always win.

The fact that there is a show at all is a sickening thought. Mothers encourage and root for their children and catfights are common. The girls take this encouragement from their mother and let their attitude spread to other areas of their life. These girls believe that fighting with and screaming at their mother will provide more entertainment. The producer who came up with the show and the mothers who push their “mini-teens” to the limit clearly had a major lack of judgment.

The success of the show forces me to question the lack of standards TV viewers have today. It seems that as long as there is a fight, some tears and a little revenge, anything will suffice as entertainment.

Witty shows with a well thought out plot such as Friends or Seinfeld have disappeared and America has been moved into a world where “reality” TV takes precedence. Hopefully these girls will one day look back on their short-lived career and see what happened to their youth.

Sarah Title

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Future of Internet uncertain I’m going to tell you the truth.

I don’t use a Blackberry or an iPhone. I use a pre-paid phone, and it feels strange when people whip out their phones to surf the Web and text several people at a time.

It makes me feel like I should be doing it, but for me it’s too costly to buy and keep up with the service fees.

Cost is a major problem not only for phones, but also for the Internet. Every time you surf certain websites and download from the Web, you must pay a premium price for a better service, like faster download speeds or access to certain intellectual materials, hence the word “freemium.” Not only that, you have to download various applications on the smart phone to gain access to the Web. It makes me wish for the days when everything on the World Wide Web was free to explore.

People say using a smartphone is a life changer, and will never go back to using analog and out of date phones. This probably is the case because those who have an iPhone or Blackberry don’t spend as much time on a desktop computer reading their e-mails

or looking at their Facebook and Twitter posts. Everything is in the palm of your hand. It is no longer a major issue for companies to be able to allow the public to gain access to information. It is how they do it; to get the pictures, readings and all those nice pretty applications in your hand, readily accessible and not make you go to a desktop computer and search for it.

It’s the corporate business model that is getting us. The Internet has been around for about 20 years and it is now an important part of life. We cannot function properly without getting online. Businesses know this and they are trying to exploit every penny of every minute we stay online. For example, the iPhone isn’t a quality product just by itself. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t have any applications on it. What makes it so nice is all the applications on it, which cost money to download, depending on the quality of the application. The Internet is now a source not only for communication, but also for investment and moneymaking.

Compete, a Web analytics company, found that only 10 websites accounted for 31 percent of U.S. page views in 2001, 40 percent in 2006 and about 75 percent in 2010. The many outlets of the Internet are becoming more centralized into bigger and more powerful networking companies like Google. We can never forget that it was Google that really revolutionized the search engine. Of course, this is obvious, as the word “Google” is now synonymous with the word “search.”

The point is that in the near future, the Internet is just going to become another obsolete aspect of technology, much like what happened to television, with people having very limited control. Current aspects of the Internet will be replaced with a system of communication that is more mobile and reachable. It is an inevitable cycle of industrialization: innovation, propagation, adoption and control. We are currently in the control stage.

Charles Lee

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Education must take place outside Current events are an important part of today’s society for many reasons. They become part of our history if we like it or not and we learn something new everyday about how the world works locally, nationally and internationally.

Even as rumors circulate about the decline of the newspaper industry, this does not mean that information itself is dead. The Web is now a very popular way of accessing information, and new apps for phones, iPads and other technologies are allowing people to absorb information quicker without turning to a newsstand or their remote.

Obviously it is impossible to know everything that happens within a day, but that does not mean it is an excuse to be ignorant.

Just last week I walked in on my two housemates talking about the Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to Miami University. They both went on and on about how each of their teachers are encouraging them to go to the event, yet neither of them a) knew who the Dalai Lama is, b) knew why he is a prominent figure in the United States and overseas and c) understood that his real name is not “Dalai Lama” on his birth certificate.

This made me curious to know, just how informed are we as students? Yes, we may attend a university to attain a degree, but the information we read in our textbooks is simply not enough.

Those who study how to report on current events (i.e. journalists) don’t always stay up to date either. Just last year, a majority of my jour-

nalism class could not name the current Secretary of State, the current White House Chief of Staff or the current Secretary of Defense.

But here’s an even more fun fact: A 2005 Businessweek survey declared, “Today’s U.S. workforce is the most educated in the world.” Five years later, a Marist poll showed that one in four Americans don’t even know who the United States declared its independence from.

The shocking thing is, in these last five years, even 10 years, the way young adults can verify information has become simpler and more accessible. So why aren’t we taking advantage of that?

It won’t hurt to pick up a newspaper or subscribe to The New York Times online version. Even Twitter can give you excerpts of information right on your phone.

It’s necessary to stay on top of current events and even become more educated on so-called “hot topics” happening all around us everyday, whether it be in a classroom, at home talking with friends or in a social setting.

So go out there, read some headlines, share links on Facebook, whatever it takes to make our young society more aware of issues at hand. Even a trivia night at Skipper’s might get those brain cells working.

Oriana Pawlyk

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he United States of America was founded as a nation where all voices and beliefs could be heard.

As a “melting pot” of cultures and ideas, America’s purpose was to be a place of respect for all people, regardless of political or religious persuasion.

However, the great Jessica nation of America Sink and its people have seemingly lost this quality of respect. While frustration with the federal government is nothing new, the discontent of the American people has reached an alltime high. According to a CNN poll in mid-February 2010, 62 percent of Americans feel that most members of Congress do not deserve re-election, showing a common feeling of dissatisfaction. This dissatisfaction has led to a great divide in America. We have become so extremely splintered that quality debates and conversations have been replaced with divisive attacks and the degradation of the beliefs of others. Everyone is in attack mode, seeking to destroy any argument that conflicts with their own.

There once was a time when people could work together, despite opposing views, toward “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” as stated in the Declaration of Independence.

Now, there is only venom and hatred toward anyone standing in the way of an individual or group agenda. The majority of the American people on all sides are critical, unhappy, bitter, partisan and angry about the current conditions of the country.

Bias and prejudice are now common themes in all areas of social, political and religious philosophy, with

Everyone is in attack mode, seeking to destroy any argument that conflicts with their own. the media being no exception. The media indeed may be biased, but so is every thinking human being. We all bring differing viewpoints to an argument based on experiences and influences. It is illogical to think that any news organization can perfectly present facts void of falsehoods or partiality. Perhaps it is time for everyone to put aside his or her own biases. Liberals should watch Fox News and conservatives should watch CNN. One cannot expect to find the truth unless many different views from many different sides are explored.

Respect has also been abandoned in the area of religion. America is a place of freedom of religion and all beliefs should be shown consideration. What is it to an atheist if I believe in God? And what right do I have to judge an atheist? I respect someone’s right to believe whatever they choose, but they should return that consideration and respect my right to believe whatever I want to believe. Whatever your opinion on religion, there must be understanding and kindness offered to all people. It is a fundamental aspect of the foundation of America. I don’t pick on you for what you don’t believe, don’t pick on me for what I do.

There are certainly extremists of all kinds in our midst, but that does not give anyone the right to judge or demean someone of a different religion, race or political stance. With so much controversy and disruption surrounding the issues of today, it is more important than ever that we stop attacking and start being open minded once again. The great leaders of America envisioned a place of freedom and equality for all people and this ideal must continue to be carried through, transcending time and challenge.

We must cease the attacking or else we will surely fall. As Abraham Lincoln declared in his famous speech to Congress in 1858, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” We need unity. Now more than ever.

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Hero

continued from page 8 He showed a hero that is everything that would make James Bond proud and also showed that these people could exist in a world outside of mayhem.

It is this struggle between what a Stallone-type character is expected to do and what he ultimately wants to do that could usher in a new wave of action cinema. Maybe if we get a non-meathead writing the script and directing, we can get a film that will welcome both ideas of this world into one setting. Stallone himself is a dying breed in that he wants to be a powerhouse action star as he nears age 65 (Rambo on Medicare, folks). I refuse to believe he wants to let this genre he loves and revels in die off or be taken over completely by a more “feminine” breed of hero.

As Americans, we have a need for action that is dirty, sweaty and not afraid to rip your head off and use it for a basketball. It is in our blood to feel like we have control over our surroundings. But let’s face it: We need the ambiguity of good and necessity in order to decide who we are for ourselves. We need new characters and stories to embody both fields of action. Rambo finally went home, Rocky retired a satisfied man, the T-800 Terminator learned to love and Jean Claude Van Damme learned to emote. The Expendables was a good start, but if we are going to get armies of bad guys being mowed down by sheer manpower again, it better be in a way that America can relate to and feel for.

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Junior Kylie Landeros powers the ball across the turf against Central Michigan Sept. 11, 2009.

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The Miami University field hockey team will travel to Iowa City Sept. 4 to take on the Brown University Bears and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.

After a successful 3-0 opening weekend in California, the team hopes to continue their winning streak.

The ’Hawks returned home from their busy weekend and resumed their regular practice schedule in preparation for their upcoming competition. The RedHawks have not taken on either team in the previous year, so it will be a fresh round of competition. Brown University and the University of Iowa are both non-conference teams.

Head Coach Jill Reeve takes each match seriously.

“The preparation is the same for league

and non-league opponents,” Reeve said.

“We study opponent tactics and tendencies, but focus mainly on our game. It’s not about who’s across the 50-yard line in the different colored jerseys, it’s about us and what kind of mark we will make each day.”

The team will begin the weekend in Iowa taking on Brown. This will be the first match of the season for Brown, giving the RedHawks a slight advantage with three games already under their belt.

The girls will then take on the number 14 nationally-ranked Hawkeyes.

Iowa is one of six of the Big Ten teams that the RedHawks will face this season known for their winning consistency and success and they are expected to be tough competition.

“Our team recognizes that Iowa has a longer stretch of traditional success, but also understands our own power as a

dangerous competitor and look forward to the challenge that Iowa presents,” Reeve said.

Many of the players on the team recognize that Iowa will be a hard competitor, but they are putting the reputation of the team aside and focusing solely on their game.

“I think our biggest challenge in the upcoming matches against Iowa and Brown is to remain consistent in our play no matter who we are facing that day,” junior Jackie Nguyen said. “Sometimes we let the name or reputation of our opponent determine how we will perform.

If we come out fast and strong from the first whistle every game, we are a hard team to keep up with.”

The RedHawks will take on Brown University at 2 p.m. Sept. 4. They will take on the University of Iowa at 2 p.m. Sept. 5.

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Elias said. “(Florida) might also throw in some ‘wildcat’ formations with one or two of their freshmen quarterbacks, and we are prepared for that as well.”

The RedHawks have been practicing on their grass practice field this week to prepare for the playing surface at “The Swamp,” and they feel prepared both for the surface and for the environment they will face in Gainesville.

“We have been practicing on grass this week to get a feel for the different surface,” Wedge said. “We have been looking at a lot of film to help prepare for this week’s game, and we feel like we have a good game plan for Florida. (Ultimately) we just want to come out and play a physical game.”

Two of the keys for Miami will be staying mentally focused throughout the game and playing a physical game against a tough Florida team.

The game will be nationally televised on ESPN at noon Sept. 4.

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Child prodigy could be next door Brian Gallagher

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iami’s football savior could currently be enrolled in an Oxford kindergarten throwing footballs around the playground like a younger, more decisive Brett Favre.

Preposterous, you might say? Not so when there is news of a five-yearold from New Jersey already being scouted by the New York Yankees.

Ariel Antigua is a fairly normal child. He goes to preschool, throws tantrums when things don’t go his way and hits 119 mph fastballs. That’s right, he hits a baseball thrown at one hundred and nineteen miles per hour. That is a conversion because Ariel actually hits 75 mph from a pitching machine that is much closer than an actual baseball mound. The reaction time needed to hit it, though is equivalent to 119 mph (it’s basic physics). Nevertheless, it is a noteworthy feat. The question now is whether this “prodigy” will become a bona fide star, or will instead end up like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront saying, “I coulda been a contender.”

I consider a prodigy to be a child under the age of about 15 who can play at an adult level. This, of course, excludes female gymnasts because they are all under 15, and that is just too many prodigies. However, the problem today is that everyone is looking for the next “great one.”

Your own parents probably thought you were a music prodigy when you stomped on piano keys. There are even websites that show the top 6th graders in sports such as basketball, hockey and baseball. How many of these kids are prodigies?

Probably none, and the ones that are have a very slim chance of making it anyway.

I see a few key ingredients that are needed to go from child prodigy to superstar. First, choose the right genes. Talent goes a long way in sports, and in the battle between nature and nurture, nature always wins.

Second, start from a young age. You can’t be a prodigy unless you’re playing a lot when you’re young.

The optional third ingredient is having crazy parents that make you practice every day.

This recipe has worked, just look at Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi and Bobby Fischer (if Nascar is a sport, then chess certainly is). My personal favorite child prodigy has to be Henry Rowengartner, whose story is told in the film Rookie of the Year. He goes from normal kid to pitching star for the Cubs after breaking his arm!

However, for every Andre Agassi, there are 100 kids who have given up on sports or who did not make it even when they were supposedly destined for greatness. Freddy Adu was signed to a seven-figure deal to play major league soccer at age 14.

And now, at age 21, he cannot even make the U.S. national team. Danny Almonte threw a perfect game in the Little League World Series and was throwing the equivalent of 100 mph.

However, once it was discovered that he was three years older than everyone else, the tag of prodigy was taken off and now he is wallowing in the minor leagues of baseball.

To summarize, bestowing the title of “prodigy” on a child can be as much a curse as a blessing. So let’s take it easy on little Ariel. Being a kid is hard enough to do without having to worry about Yankees scouts showing up at your tee-ball game.

Besides, it seems a bit silly for fans to hang future hopes on a five-year-old.

But just in case, keep your eye out for a Talawanda elementary school star. We could sign him early!

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NEXT GAME: Noon Saturday at Florida

’Hawks enter “The Swamp”

By JM Rieger Staff Writer

As the 2010 football season gets underway, Miami University is preparing to face what will likely be their toughest game this season at Florida.

Florida enters the season ranked third in the Coaches Poll and fourth in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, making them the highest ranked opponent that Miami has faced. The Gators enter the season having won 20 straight season openers, and another 90,000-plus sellout is expected at one of the toughest places to play in all of college football, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, also known as “The Swamp.”

In addition, the RedHawks have lost their season openers each of the past two seasons to Southeastern Conference opponents, losing to Kentucky in 2009 and to Vanderbilt in 2008. They will try to break that trend Sept. 4. However, despite the hype surrounding this game which will be nationally televised on ESPN, Miami is preparing for this game as they would any other.

“We have intentionally prepared the same for this game as we do for any other game,” Assistant Head Coach Bill Elias said.

“We think that it is a great opportunity to play at Florida and we are excited about (this game).”

The Gators are a 36-point favorite this week against Miami, and the RedHawks will have to protect the ball against a team that has been in the top 10 in total defense each of the past two seasons and has one of the top cornerbacks

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Pat Hinkel tries to make DeMarco Paine fumble in the Pigskin Preview Aug. 21. in the nation in junior Janoris Jenkins. Expect Miami to try to establish a running game early to take some of the pressure off of redshirt sophomore quarterback Zac Dysert and the passing game.

Dysert has been heralded as the top quarterback in the MidAmerican Conference this year by most, and will be a huge focus for Florida this week. Dysert will look to senior wide receivers Armand Robinson and Jamal Rogers, but he may also have to rely on junior wide receiver Chris Givens and redshirt sophomore wide

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receiver Andrew Cruse if Jenkins shuts down one side of the field for the Gators.

Meanwhile, the Red and White will try to contain the Gators’ offense that has been in the top 10 in total offense each of the past two seasons. Redshirt junior wide receiver Deonte Thompson and redshirt freshman Andre Debose, who has been called the next Percy Harvin by Florida’s Head Coach Urban Meyer will likely get the start for Florida. Redshirt junior wide receiver Chris Rainey will also get a lot of playing time

for the Gators after being moved from running back to wideout.

The RedHawks will look to big performances out of senior safety Jordan Gafford and from redshirt junior linebacker Jerrell Wedge, who led the team in tackles last season. Putting pressure on redshirt junior quarterback John Brantley will be key this week for Miami, as this is his first career start at Florida.

“We are going to try to put pressure on him with different blitz schemes,” Wedge said. “If we can get pressure on the quarterback, our game plan will work well.”

Look for Florida to try to balance the run and the passing game early to take some of the pressure off of Brantley and to keep Miami’s defense off balance.

In addition, Florida might also play one of their four freshmen quarterbacks to give them some game experience.

“We don’t think (Brantley) will be the only quarterback that we will see,” Elias said. “We have prepared for a lot of different looks from Florida and we have a lot of schemes and plays to account for the different sets that they might throw out on the field.”

Brantley is considered to be much more of a pocket-passer compared to Tim Tebow, but Florida may still use various reverse and option plays offensively against Miami, especially with Rainey being moved to the wide receiver position.

“We still expect them to run a spread offense, but with a few option and trick plays thrown in,”

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NEXT GAME: 5 p.m. Friday at Butler

MU to face fierce opponents

By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer

In 2010, the Miami University soccer team has not had to face much opposition, but this weekend that trend will change.

On Sept. 3, the RedHawks travel to the Butler Bowl to face battle the Butler University Bulldogs (0-4), but Sept.

5 could be the toughest test for Head Coach Bobby Kramig’s squad (3-0) when they walk in the Windy City against DePaul University (2-2) at Wish Field. The Bulldogs play in the Horizon League and the Blue Demons are part of the ultra-competitive Big East Conference.

“This weekend will be a little bit tougher with a higher level of competition than we’ve seen so far,” Kramig said. “That’s certainly by design. We realize that we have a young team here. It’s going to take time for things to come together, so our hope is that the competition level and the schedule gets a little more competitive each weekend.”

Butler finished 7-11-2 in 2009 and has yet to net a score so far this season. The RedHawk defense and sophomore midfielder Jess Kodiak want to keep it that way.

“It’s going to be a quicker game,” Kodiak said. “We’ve had some slower defenders.

They gave us more time than we typically have, so we will have to adjust to that. We have to figure out our midfielders and our runs and our offensive third and finishing.”

The Red and White won’t be spending Sept. 5 on Michigan Avenue, but will try to bag a win over the DePaul Blue Demons. Head Coach

Erin Chastain’s team was 10-9-2 in 2009.

“I think they have a better talent pool,” Kramig said. “DePaul is going to be a significant challenge. We are just kind of climbing up the competitive ladder. For us, this is appropriate. Right now we are not ready for an SEC or Big Ten team.”

Although Kramig is not tired of marking W’s on the schedule, he thinks his young team needs to get better.

“We are still making mistakes and kind of thinking through everything that we do,” Kramig said. “When we are out there on the field you can just see them go slow, and with all of these freshmen it’s to be expected.”

The meshing of old and new faces has been something fun to watch and an exciting process to be a part of for Kodiak.

“I think we’ve been working really hard,” Kodiak said.

“The coaches have just been helping us and letting us know what to do. We have a lot of younger players, but the upperclassmen are really good leaders. It’ll take time, but we’re learning and getting better with each game.”

The Red and White hope to make it out of the weekend without a scratch and chalk it up as 5-0. First touch is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 3 in Indianapolis and the Sept. 5 kickoff will be at 4 p.m.

“We wanted to put together a schedule that’s enough to challenge us, be difficult for us and as we got better the competition got better,” Kramig said. “We want to be better this weekend than we were last weekend. That’s our goal and there are specific things we’ve been working on this week to make that happen.”

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Senior Jessica Byron goes in for a pass against Xavier University Sept. 13, 2009.