The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826
VOLUME 138 NO. 5
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
In 1982, The Miami Student’s front page reported changes to alcohol consumption laws. The legal drinking age was changed to 19, which put hosts of open parties at risk of supplying alcohol to minors. Violators of the law could be fined as much as $1,000 and faced a six-month jail sentence for a repeat offense.
Retire/rehire program may face changes
‘Boston’s Boy’
By Erin Fischesser News Editor
Miami University retirees may soon miss out on a valued benefit. The Strategic Priorities Task Force has recommended the retire/rehire program be evaluated and possibly changed in order to reach its proposed $43 million budget reduction. The program, which allows tenured professors who retire from Miami after at least 30 years to return for one semester per year for three years, has been seen as a guaranteed benefit by most of Miami’s faculty for some time. “It’s pretty much considered a right,” economics professor Rich Hart said. Hart retired from Miami and is now beginning his first year of teaching under the retire/rehire program. According to Hart, retirees receive approximately 47 percent of their last year’s salary per semester during the rehire period. The benefit is provided to teachers at Miami along with their benefits from the State Teacher’s Retirement System, which Ohio teachers pay into in lieu of social security.
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SAMANTHA LUDINGTON The Miami Student
Sam Adams performs Monday night at Brick Street Bar to a sold out crowd. This is the first time Adams has performed in Oxford.
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Income tax increase to appear on November ballot MU renews By Bethany Bruner Senior Staff Writer
A new issue on the November ballot would increase the earnings tax in order to fund emergency medical services (EMS) and fire services in Oxford. Issue 15 would increase income tax by 0.25 percent from 1.75 to 2 percent. The increase would cover operational costs for the Oxford Fire Department and EMS, according to Oxford City Manager Doug Elliott. Elliott said the increase in operating costs was due in part to changes in the training requirements for firefighters and EMS workers. Another cause is the change from an all-volunteer fire and EMS division to a combination of volunteers and paid part-time staff. Since the change from a volunteer staff in 2006, operating costs for fire and EMS have more than tripled, according to Elliott. While costs may have gone up, Elliott said response time has been cut by nearly 40 percent
because more staff is available. “We have cut response time by about three and a half minutes, which is critical when responding to emergencies,” Elliott said. “It’s easier when you don’t have to come from home and go to the station to get a vehicle before responding.” Currently, the City of Oxford employs three part-time firefighters with EMT certification, along with the full-time fire chief. They work 12-hour shifts and the station is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Elliott credits the staffing changes with the reduction in response times, but knows improvement has come at a cost. “Revenues have been declining due to the economy, but we’ve increased spending,” Elliott said. “We want to continue to fund improvement and hopefully we could make additional improvements as well.” Issue 15 could generate as much as $1 million in revenue for the city if passed, which would be designated for fire and EMS.
Luxembourg campus lease
By Matt Levy Staff Writer
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WINE & DINE
Sushi Nara will hold a wine tasting and benefit September 23.
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According to Elliott, if Issue 15 does not pass in November, the city will have to look at potential cost-cutting measures.
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Local children have the chance to care for their own caterpillars.
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KNOCKED OUT
Hear one woman’s story of how a concussion changed her life.
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Oxford firefighters participate in a search and rescue training exercise May 24 in an unoccupied home on Main Street.
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The FBI has given a new name to what may have been considered a burglary.
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SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student
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Those measures could include making cuts and eliminating the
Miami University’s John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC), located in a 14th-century château in Differdange, Luxembourg, is to remain at that site until 2017. With the current lease ending in 2012, talks are underway to keep the program there until at least 2017, according to Raymond Manes, assistant dean at MUDEC. Plans were underway to integrate with a new university being built by the Luxembourgish government by 2012 when the global economic crisis hit, forcing the postponement of the project, Manes said. “MUDEC has to look for an option to stay beyond 2012 and thus thought about renewing, re-conducting the lease for another five-year period, which leads us to 2017,” Manes said via e-mail.
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PHOTOS: WEEKEND IN REVIEW Check out our photo slideshow of this weekend’s goings-on.
BLOG: McMILLAN’S MUSINGS Senior Chris McMillan gives an update on life in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Editors Courtney Day Hope Holmberg Amanda Seitz campus@miamistudent.net
FBI reclassifies burglary NEWS BRIEFS By Abigail Smith
For The Miami Student
EVENTS Career Fair training sessions to start Miami University students are invited to attend Career Fair 2010 Sept. 22 from 2 to 6 p.m. in Millett Hall. All majors are welcome and students will be able to explore job and internship opportunities with both national and regional employers. More than 170 hiring organizations will be seeking to fill a variety of positions. Students will have a chance to distribute resumes and speak with employers. Employers often use this annual event to identify the best candidates for interviews. Some employers will hold interviews on campus the following day. More information about the event, the employers and Career Services can be found at www.muohio.edu/careers. Students who will be attending Career Fair for the first time are advised to attend a training session at 6 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Shriver Center MPR.
MiamiUniversitystudentsmay notice less campus crime alerts flooding their e-mail inboxes this year. In July, revisions were made to campus safety and security reporting requirements. The FBI has reclassified the definition of a burglary. Now, many incidents that would have previously been considered burglary are classified as larceny, according to Miami University Police Department (MUPD) Chief John McCandless. According to the Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting, written by the U.S. Department of Education, if the intent of a forced or unlawful entry is not to commit a felony
or theft, or if the intent cannot be determined, then the occurrence is classified as larceny, not burglary. “I think it’s a more realistic clarification,” said Claire Wagner, Miami University Associate Director of University Communications. Miami must report burglaries in compliance with the Clery Act, which doesn’t require larceny to be reported. This change may impact students’ perceptions of crime at Miami by reducing the number of alerts they receive. “Safety is number one,” Wagner said. “It just absolutely is. We already go above and beyond (the Clery Act) by reporting the off-campus instances.”
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ERIN KILLINGER The Miami Student
Regional dean adjusts to job
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ASG to host off-campus information session Second-year students are invited to attend the Associated Student Government (ASG) Landlord Fair. The free event will take place in the Shriver Center Heritage Room Wednesday, Sept. 8. Students are welcomed to attend from 12 to 4 p.m. During the event, landlords will bring information regarding renting properties. Information available will include a listing of properties and copies of lease agreements. ASG encourages students to attend in order to make an informed decision about their living arrangement for the following year. For more information, students can visit http://community.muohio.edu/secondyear/ or contact Mike O’Neal at (513) 529-4038 or oneallm2@muohio.edu.
FYI Contest to name new MU website service Students, staff and faculty can enter a contest to name the Sakai service that will replace Blackboard as a learning and collaboration tool. The Miami Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) Naming Contest winner will receive a $200 MU Bookstore gift card. The contest will begin Sept. 7 and the entry deadline will be 5 p.m. Sept. 24. Miami is looking for a name that “reflects the power and flexibility of the new CLE (Sakai) and the collaborative, engaged learning environment at Miami.” Students, staff and faculty can learn more about the contest and register at www.muohio.edu/sip/naming_contest.
By Kristen Grace Senior Staff Writer
THOMAS CALDWELL The Miami Student
First-year Ryan Moore relaxes after a stressful week by playing ultimate frisbee Saturday on Cook Field.
Study abroad numbers continue to rise By Courtney Day Campus Editor
In 2009, 44 percent of Miami University students studied abroad before graduation. During the 2008-2009 school year, 1,932 students from Miami studied abroad. This puts Miami among the top public universities in the nation for study abroad participation. The Institute of International Education publishes a formal report in mid-November each year. The report, called Open Doors, documents the number of international students who studied in the United States and the number of American students who studied abroad in the previous academic year.
The Open Doors report for 2007-2008 lists Miami with 40 percent of students studying abroad. Miami anticipates that the percentage for 2008-2009, which will be published this November, to be 44 percent. Miami Director of International Education David Keitges said although last year’s numbers are not in yet, 2009-2010 appears to have been a better year than 2008-2009. “What’s exciting is we believe the university is now the 3rd or 4th public university in the nation (for study abroad),” Keitges said. “The university is really close to reaching the strategic goal of 50 percent.” said study abroad adviser
Richard Menard. Because Miami’s study abroad rates are increasing faster than the rates of other public universities, Keitges said he believes when Miami reaches 50 percent it will be the leading public university for study abroad. Keitges said there has been a drastic increase in the percent of students who study abroad before graduation in the past five years. Five years ago, he said, 28 percent of students studied abroad. “I’m pleased and surprised that this is happening,” Keitges said. He said this increase is surprising given the
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Miami University’s three regional campuses are now under the supervision of one dean. The newly appointed dean, Michael G. Pratt, started oversight of the Miami University Hamilton, Middletown and Voice Pratt of America Learning Center campuses in July. According to Pratt, the decision to combine the role of three separate campus deans into one was made after two reccommendations suggested the campuses would function “more efficiently and in a more coordinated manner” if they were under the management of a single dean. Pratt is already familiar with Miami. He spent his first year in school at the Middletown campus before relocating to the Oxford campus to finish his bachelor’s degree. “I’ve sort of had, from several different directions, an understanding of how people proceed through a university system in a non-traditional way,” Pratt said. It’s through his personal and professional experience that Pratt said he is able to relate to the traditional and non-traditional students on the regional campuses. “The regional campuses provide a number of different pathways for a wide variety of students to achieve a degree that they want,” Pratt said. “And what we’re trying to do is make that
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Piracy regulations force university compliance to avoid loss of funding By Andrew Duberstein For The Miami Student
Legislation in the Higher Education Opportunity Act demands universities to follow certain restrictions regarding piracy on campus. Universities may face loss of federal funding if they fail to meet the regulation requirements. The document says the university “has developed plans to effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material” in order to avoid losing the federal funding. The law, which has been in effect since July 1, could have targeted funding for a public institution like Miami, but the university has adapted to the new legislation, according to Director of Institutional Relations Randi M. Thomas. “Realistically, we already had procedures
in place before the requirement was in place,” Thomas said. Digital piracy threatens the structure of multiple media industries, with movies, music, software and books translated into readily mobile bytes of data. According to the Institute for Policy Innovation, music piracy alone cost $12.5 billion in economic losses in the past year. A January 2010 New York Times article said the recording industry as a whole experienced a 30 percent decline in revenue from 2004-2009, the majority attributed to illegal downloads via peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. These networks use a number of computers globally that each host pieces of a file in order to speed up a download compared to a direct download from one computer. Specifically, Miami uses two network security appliances to curb P2P abuse on campus:
an intrusion prevention system to identify P2P exchanges and a traffic shaper, a program that reserves portions of bandwidth for certain packets of data exiting and entering Miami’s network, Security Information Officer Joe Bazeley said. “For instance, on the Miami network a certain amount of network bandwidth is reserved for the Voice over IP phones to ensure that Miami phones will always work on our network,” Bazeley said. The traffic shaper minimizes the amount of bandwidth available for P2P programs so that few items can travel through Miami’s network, according to Bazeley. “The battle between the copyright holders and the infringers is an arms race,” Bazeley said. “When Napster, which used one central server to house all of its files, was successfully sued and taken offline, P2P programs
were changed so they no longer required a central server.” Bazeley described how infringement programs are constantly updating to evade security. “It will be interesting to see how things play out in the next few years, but each time one side makes a gain, the other side will begin working on a counter-measure,” he said. Chris Wilson, associate general counsel in the Office of the President, said the university must consistently keep up with the ever-changing landscape of technology in order to prevent piracy abuse. “Who would’ve foreseen 10 years ago that Apple would become largely a music-making company rather than a computer company?” Wilson asked. “Technology is evolving so rapidly that I don’t think anyone knows where the future lies.”
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Nourish International sends financial aid to Guatemala By Noëlle Bernard Senior Staff Writer
During its first year on campus, Miami University’s chapter of Nourish International made a significant mark on the community by raising over $5,000 to support impoverished women in Guatemala. In fall 2009, Nourish was introduced to Miami by co-founders senior Sama Alkalaf and junior Ashley Miller. The chapter is part of a national non-profit organization promoting poverty awareness to college students in an effort to eradicate poverty. Guatemala was the first country the group targeted. According to Sama Alkalaf, Nourish tries to find projects that promote long-time sustainability for communities. “Our goal is to help communities survive,” Sama Alkalaf said. “It’s not just to donate money, it’s to provide them with resources, finances and a plan for the future so that once our financial aid is gone they can survive in a better way and have a better standard of living.” Miller said Nourish wanted to find a project where they could directly impact a community whose economy is
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stricken with poverty and lacking resources. They chose to help women in Guatemala. “It really interested us because you could really see the direct impact of it,” Miller said. “What we were going to do was go and help these women who are largely uneducated set up a business doing eco-weaving, making purses and jewelry baskets. It really interested us because we could see that it would really last them for years versus just giving them a bunch of money.” The group’s plan was to raise money and travel to Guatemala during summer 2010 to help jumpstart the community of women and their new business. However, the organization was unable to physically go on site because they could not get enough people to go. “We didn’t actually get to go (to Guatemala), but we were able to send the women the money we had raised and communicate with them through Skype and e-mail to help them set up their business from afar,” Miller said. “We basically did everything we would have done except we just physically weren’t there.” According to International Project
part-time or working during the day and are limited to when they can take classes, Pratt said. Cathy Bishop-Clark, associate dean of the Middletown campus, said these changes will occur slowly. “I think the change is going to be more incremental rather than instantaneous,” Bishop-Clark said. Pratt agreed. “The process of creating a regional system out of three different sites, two of which have operated independently for almost 40 years, is going to take time,” Pratt said. So far, according to BishopClark, the regional campus communities have been very receptive to the change. “I think overall it’s been very positive and Dean Pratt has come in with a lot of good ideas and I think that fresh perspective is very important to have,” Bishop-Clark said. According to Pratt, he has been doing his best to spread his time evenly between all the regional campuses. So far, it’s been a positive experience for him as well. “For me that’s been fun — to get to see how the campuses work and meet the people,” Pratt said. But it’s not just the campuses Pratt is becoming acquainted with. “Those regional campuses have strong ties to their communities, so I’m sort of becoming involved with all the communities as well,” Pratt said.
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Co-Director senior Sally Alkalaf, the organization is always striving to find new ways to raise money and find new projects. This year, Nourish is looking into working with impoverished local communities and becoming an even more active organization in the Miami community. “We think it’s really important to address local issues,” Sama Alkalaf said. “We are looking into working at soup kitchens and we are also going to host various speakers on poverty awareness this semester.” The organization is also striving to stay connected with the women of Guatemala and finding another summer project they will physically be able to visit next summer. “We want to definitely physically go on a project this year,” Miller said. “We also want to stay in contact with the women of Guatemala because we have such a good connection with them and we really believe in their project and tracking their progress and helping them out whenever we can.” The group is looking to encourage interested college students who want to be involved in the community and learn more about their upcoming ventures and projects.
Puggin’ around
SCOTT ALLISON The Miami Student
First-year Elizabeth Latta and sophomores Aaren Henry and Kevin Bisbing play with Jim, a five-month-old pug puppy Saturday afternoon on the band practice field.
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The Ohio Revised Code still requires that larceny events be classified as burglaries and included in university crime statistics. “We will still carry a crime stat saying that a burglary occurred.” McCandless said. “We just won’t launch a crime alert.” All university crime statistics and crime alert archives are available on the MUPD website. McCandless said in instances of larceny, the statistics will show that a burglary occurred. However, the crime alert archives will not reflect the larceny act because a
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HILLARY DANIELS The Miami Student
Sophomore Victor Fisher and Senior Tedora Kusmanovic cool off in the hot weather behind Shriver Center.
“When I was a freshman, I knew I wanted get involved, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do and how I could be a part of Miami,” Sama Alkalaf said. “During applications and interviews, they asked me, ‘What has been your greatest achievement or what are you most proud of at Miami’ and it’s definitely Nourish.” Nourish International will host their first general meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 in the Psychology Building room 131.
current financial crisis, but he said there are programs affordable for everyone. According to Keitges, the fastest growing segment of study abroad students is those going through non-Miami programs and earning transfer credit. At the same time, he said many Miami faculty members are taking students abroad and the Luxembourg program is thriving. The profile of the typical study abroad student is also changing, Keitges said. Traditionally, study abroad was utilized mostly by students trying to develop foreign language skills, but now business majors go to learn about the global market or for a variety of different reasons. Keitges said about half of Miami students who study abroad choose to do so in their junior year. The remaining half is mostly split between sophomores and seniors. It is uncommon, Keitges said, for institutions to require study abroad
crime alert will not be sent out. Of the 10 campus crime alerts sent out last year, seven were associated with on-campus burglaries, according to the archives. Senior Kelly Heinichen said she felt if the overall number of alerts could be reduced, it is a real possibility that those that are sent out might have more weight “I feel like since we get so many, some people overlook them,” Heinichen said. McCandless said students may become more aware of crimes on campus with less notifications. “Maybe if we put out less, people won’t become desensitized to seeing them over and over and over again,” McCandless said. “That’s kind of our hope. If we could get to a point where our community knew that when they
get these crime alerts they really should take a look at them.” MUPD still encourages students to communicate to their office and report any incidents they feel uncomrotable about. If students notice a suspicious trend or potentially threatening situation, McCandless said he still hopes to see these issues reported to MUPD. “We judge each incident on the potential for a threat to safety,” Wagner said. The university also sends out information bulletins if there is perceived threat to students’ safety, according to Wagner. “I would hope that the students will pay more attention because it will be a more rare occurrence,” Wagner said.
for certain degree programs as Miami does. These requirements impact the numbers. Also, Miami offers an airfare grant to help defray travel costs for students who receive financial aid. “Nobody else does that,” Keitges said. Keitges said the Office of International Education tries to offer students programs that fit their financial and credit needs and also challenge them. “We want people to discover themselves,” Keites said. He said students who push themselves to go beyond their comfort zones to stay for a semester or to do a program outside Western Europe often learn the most because they don’t view their time abroad as tourism or vacation. “Our goal is to have at least half of the people who study abroad go longer than a summer,” he said. Menard said the Office of International Education is trying to start reaching out to other departments to let students know what is available to them. He said education and engineering students often think they do not have time to study abroad, but that most students can find programs that fit
their credit needs and allow them to graduate on time. Keitges said he encourages all students to consider study abroad because it aids in personal and professional development. “We just don’t think you should be graduating in this year without study abroad experience,” Keitges said. Senior Chris Maltbie spent summer 2009 studying Arabic in Jordan. Maltbie said his language skills progressed as much in two months abroad as they had in an entire academic year prior to his trip because being forced into conversations with native speakers accelerated the learning process. “If you really want to learn a language, you have to go to a native-speaking country,” Maltbie said. “You can’t just learn it in a classroom.” Maltbie said he would recommend study abroad for any student who has the opportunity, whether they are studying a language or not. Learning about a culture is as important as learning the language, he said. “The world is changing,” he said. “(Study abroad) helps you relate to people.”
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Teen unemployment rates rise By Castle Arnold For The Miami Student
Students assault officers at Brick Street At around 1 a.m. Saturday, a male and female officer in plain clothes were conducting a bar check at Brick Street Bar when the female officer approached an apparently underage male, later identified as Miami University first-year Michael Huebner, 18, holding a cup of beer. The female officer reportedly identified herself and asked Huebner to provide his ID. Huebner reportedly told her he did not have any ID on him as she handed the beer to the other officer. Huebner reportedly told the officer he was 21, but when she said it did not appear true he admitted he was 18. The officer reportedly told Huebner he was under arrest. As she attempted to place handcuffs on him, he reportedly pulled away and ran toward the front door of the bar. The female officer reportedly grabbed Huebner’s shirt, but it ripped when he continued to pull away. She reportedly fell to the ground, injuring her head and her knee. Another male in the bar reportedly dumped a cup of beer on her back also. The male officer reportedly took Huebner to the ground as a crowd gathered around them. The officer reportedly continued to identify himself as an unkown male reportedly punched him in the face and ran away, causing an injury to his eye. The male officer was reportedly assaulted several times by members of the crowd while he was on the ground. One male was reportedly on top of the officer trying to pull him off Huebner. Huebner was eventually taken into custody and cited for underage possession of alcohol, resisting arrest and obstructing official business.
First-year confuses hospital and residence hall At around 3 a.m. Friday, officers observed a male pulling on the locked dock doors of McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital. The male, identified as Miami University first-year Christopher Ralston, 18, reportedly appeared intoxicated. When the officer asked Ralston what he was doing, he reportedly said he thought he was at McFarland Hall to visit a friend. Ralston was cited for underage intoxication.
Female attempts to enter church, passes out on lawn At 1:15 a.m. Friday, officers observed a female leaning on the wall behind Brick Street Bar. She was reportedly having difficulty standing and had to steady herself on a street sign to walk to Poplar Street. The female, identified as Miami University first-year Alysa Jo Dorsten, 18, reportedly staggered north on the sidewalk and went up the ramp to the Oxford United Methodist Church. Dorsten reportedly pulled on the doors as the officer approached. When the officer asked her what she was doing, Dorsten reportedly said, “I’m Catholic and I’m trying to go inside to see God.” Dorsten reportedly told the officer she didn’t have a driver’s license, but provided a Miami ID and said she was a junior. She reportedly had black X’s on both of her hands, the odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath, bloodshot eyes and was unsteady on her feet. According to police, she was unable to answer questions coherently. Dorsten reportedly told the officer she had consumed one or two beers and was taken to Oxford Police Department, where she vomited several times. When she was taken home, she reportedly passed out on the lawn of her residence hall, requiring the life squad to be called for treatment. Dorsten was cited for underage intoxication.
For teenagers, finding a part-time job won’t be as easy as it has been in the past. Over this past year, teen unemployment rates have been going up, and one of the main factors contributing to this is the federal minimum wage being raised last year to $7.25 an hour. In many work settings, minimum wage jobs that would usually be filled by teenagers are being replaced with fewer, more qualified individuals, according to Cody Hefner, assistant general manager of Brick Street Bar. “I did a study with David Macpherson over this past summer to look at how the federal minimum wage has affected employment rates, and it reduced employment by 7 percent,” Bill Even, Miami University economics professor, said. Even and Macpherson, a former Miami University faculty member now at Trinity University in Texas, used data on minimum wage hikes in all 50 states and looked at how it affected teen unemployment. Ohio was lucky enough not be impacted as
much as other states because Ohio’s minimum people regardless. We have to increase prices on wage is higher than the federal minimum wage, drinks and food and that’s one way we can try according to Even. to keep up to engage the higher “The current economic climb minimum wage.” “The current has caused a lot of teens, as Miami University senior Erin economic climb well as others, to lose their Patterson worked at DuBois jobs,” Even said. “We aren’t has caused a lot of Bookstore over the summer saying that all teenagers are and is currently working at teens, as well as losing jobs because the miniLa Mia Cucina. others, to lose mum wage went up, but com“It definitely affects me betheir jobs.” pare what happens in a state cause since I’m in college, I like Ohio where the minimum need to have a part-time job,” wage went up a couple years she said. “I didn’t realize that it BILL EVEN MIAMI UNIVERSITY ago to a state like Texas where was so hard for a lot of teenagECONOMICS PROFESSOR over the last three years, the ers to find jobs, so I’m grateminimum wage has gone up ful I was able to have one this by $2.10.” summer and school year.” Hefner said many businesses in OxAccording to Alan Kyger, Oxford economic ford employ part-time or seasonal em- development director, the age of the Oxford ployees because so many workers are population could be a factor in the number of college students. part-time workers. “For us, college students are generally a major “Nationwide it is a factor, but in our compart of the workforce, but if graduates can’t find munity where most of our population is the a job, they’ve been sticking around, which ends ages between 18 and 22 and most of them are up taking spots for incoming students,” Hefner looking for part-time work, it’s not as big,” said. “Being in the service industry, we need Kyger said.
Sushi Nara to host charity event By Chris Burnett For The Miami Student
Sushi Nara will hold a charity wine tasting event from 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 to celebrate the restaurant’s one-year anniversary. The Charles Krug winery will provide wine with fresh sushi to match. The suggested donation is $15 and covers all wine and sushi for the evening. A portion of the proceeds will go to Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) programs across the country. Owner Jason Kang is excited to help FFF and described the organization as a worthy cause. “We like being able to help have cleaner rivers,” Kang said. Developed by the Napa County Agricultural Community in 1999 as a voluntary self-certification service, the FFF strives to foster farming practices that restore fish and wildlife habitat. Overall, the FFF looks to maintain water quality by maximizing erosion control, avoiding runoff into rivers and streams and minimizing tilling of farm ground. Effects of the conservation effort have already been documented as populations of steelhead salmon and trout, both on the threatened species list, continue to grow. Furthermore, the Charles
Krug Winery, which partnered with Sushi Nara for the benefit, has been participating in FFF programs since 2005. With three vineyards covering over 150 acres, FFF continues to engage in projects and management practices that improve sustainability, wildlife and healthy crops. The winery will provide sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio and cabernet sauvignon for the occasion. Additionally, aside from helping FFF, Sushi Nara allows students to have a crosscultural dining experience right in Oxford. Miami University junior Aya Khayrulina expressed excitement about the restaurant’s ambiance. “You don’t expect an atmosphere like this in a sushi bar,” Khayrulina said. Built into a renovated historical residence, Sushi Nara blends popular music with an older setting, a stark contrast to typical fine dining experiences. “There really isn’t another restaurant like this in Oxford,” senior Mellissa Hendler said. “You can come here for the food or just for drinks to relax.” As for the sushi selection, Kang said he is still trying to experiment with his menu. A wide array of sushi options will be available at the anniversary celebration to accompany the wine selections.
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Top: Betty Quantz sells cupcakes Saturday at the Farmer’s Market uptown. Bottom: Local vendors offer home-grown produce to Oxford residents.
Regulators target cough medicine abuse By Stephen Bell Community Editor
The public could soon see increased regulations on over-the-counter cough medicines as federal health regulators look to curb the abuse of popular cold remedies. The Food and Drug Administration posted its review of dextromethorphan last Tuesday, revealing the grave side effects the widely-used cough suppressant can have when consumed in mass quantities. Elizabeth Funderbunk, spokeswoman for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), said her organization has been working since 2003 to curb abuse of over-thecounter cough medicines. Working closely with The Partnership for a Drug Free America, Funderbunk said the CHPA represents manufacturers of overthe-counter cough medicines like NyQuil and Robitussin to stop abuse of their products. “The leading makers of over-the-counter medicines never want their products abused,” Funderbunk said. “We have to address the attitude of teens who feel that
over-the-counter and prescription drugs are safer.” Funderbunk said the CHPA is taking aim at over-the-counter cough medicines,notprescriptioncoughmedicines,whichhavebeen made popular in the rap world with concoctions such as “purple drank,” which contains the prescription suppressant Codeine. Only 5 percent of teenagers reported abusing over-the-counter cough medicines in the last year, according to Funderbunk, a number that has remained steady for years. Similarly, Sgt. Squance of the Oxford Police Department has not witnessed a spike in the number of teens abusing cough medicines. “We get information when there’s a new trend,” Squance said. “We haven’t really seen an issue with overthe counter cough medicines.” However, Funderbunk said the real problems occur when cough medicines are mixed with other substances like alcohol and prescription medication, which can intensify health consequences.
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United Way reaches out to local youth By Maggie Striebich For The Miami Student
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Jessica and Thaddeus Rybczynski get hands-on at the catepillar adoption on Saturday at the Farmer’s Market uptown.
Market supports caterpillar adoption program By Leslie Scott Staff Writer
The McGuffey Foundation School now has a stand at the Oxford Farmer’s Market where people can adopt caterpillars and watch how they develop into monarch butterflies. “The stand is a great way to educate people about monarchs and to witness something really spectacular,” said Heidi Schran, a science teacher at McGuffey Foundation School. According to Schran, students are also studying monarchs in the classroom and parents have collected caterpillars from around the community and brought them into the school. “Originally, the hope was to send caterpillars home with people interested at the Farmer’s Market,” Schran said. “However, we were concerned with animal life being disrespected. People need to be trained in order to take care of them, which is why we plan to keep them.” Schran said at the market, people can adopt a caterpillar, pet them and feed them with nectar from a Q-tip. According to Schran, it is important to make sure the caterpillars are taken care of and
get enough milkweed in order to eat. Also, large storms in the past (such as hurricanes) have wiped out a large chunk of the monarch population. “We try to take care of the caterpillars before they make their long journey to Mexico,” Schran said. “No matter where monarchs are, they all travel to the same spot in Mexico. Even though they have never been there, they just know where they are going.” Miami University junior Daniel Heffernan agreed that setting up a stand at the market is an interesting new way for people to learn more about the monarchs. “We had a few of them in class when I was in elementary school,” Heffernan said. “But I think it is great that kids can adopt one and check up on it each week.” Suzie Lute, a McGuffey parent, is responsible for creating the stand. “She found a lot of caterpillars at home and thought it would be a good way to teach people about monarchs,” Schran said. “Anyone can adopt a caterpillar. They can come see how their caterpillar is changing from week to week and once it becomes a monarch, students can help
The Butler County United Way refocused its efforts toward local youth during its yearly Impact Summit Aug. 19. About 50 local professionals, non-profit leaders, students, for-profit individuals and educators convened in Liberty Township for the first of three summits to discuss issues concerning youth in the community. The conference allowed local agencies, organizations and leaders in the area to become more in tune with young people, specifically with respect to poor living conditions and barriers to education, said Sherrie Bluester, executive director of the YWCA. “We focused on the developmental assets, as many as possible,” Bluester said. According to Bluester, issues concerning the youth’s safety at home, school and the community sparked the new directional change. “We want to focus on education starting as early as day care … preparing for kindergarten,” Bluester said. “If they start behind in kindergarten, then they will be behind in first grade and so on.” From data points taken from the communities at the greatest risk, the problem lies in the relationship between the parents and the child as well as the education system, Maureen Noe, CEO and president of Butler County United Way, said. “We need to support the parents (and) the school districts (and) see how we can all be a part of their future,” Noe said. Bluester said while some communities fare better than others, the main priority is to bring the other ones up to par. The local communities of West Chester, Hamilton, Middletown and Ross each have some areas of extreme poverty.
While the United Way has played a large part in local communities, some students are unfamiliar with the organization. Miami University sophomore Brianne Davidson said she had never heard of the United Way. “I personally didn’t know what (United Way) was, but it would definitely help with networking,” Davidson said. “It’s another great way to get the name out further (and it) helps them and us.” Noe also sees much potential in extending the United Way’s volunteering opportunities to the students at Miami through student connection programs. “I call it an evolution,” Noe said. “We’re entering the next phase.” Kate Canepa, marketing and media specialist for Butler County United Way, joins her colleagues in the presentation of research and statistics to the community to assess the demands of the local people. After each of the youth summits, the group will reconvene to discuss the best allocation of the funds raised during the campaign season, Canepa said. The model the United Way developed last year with the summits on adult self-sufficiency has been reintroduced this year. Noe said committees travel around the county for 30 days in October presenting the data found on area children to the community before eventually gathering for a final discussion. “This process allows the community to respond to these data points and then we look at how the United Way can have an impact,” Noe said. United Way of Butler County will kick off its upcoming campaign season at 8 a.m. Sept. 11 at Fairwood Elementary School. With the addition of a family breakfast, roundtable discussion and a day of caring in reflection of 9/11, the United Way intends to surpass last year’s attendance of 2,000.
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Sara and Courtney met when they were 10. They played soccer together on a travel team. “We were the best of friends,” Courtney said. Now they were going into their junior year at Northmont High School and were on the varsity soccer team. They were excited about the annual soccer alumni game and had tickets to the Rascal Flatts concert that night. Courtney and Sara didn’t make it to either.
An August afternoon It was the day of the annual alumni soccer game at Northmont. The soccer players had been conditioning all summer. The junior varsity teams (men and women) would play first against another school, only to scrimmage. Then the varsity teams would play the alumni. In the soccer realm, this was quite the event. Parents and friends would be there to watch and eat concessions.
On the road Sara and Courtney were going to get their uniforms together before the game. Sara called and said she’d be running late and that Courtney should go without her. Then she called back and told Courtney she’d pick her up. Courtney rested her right leg on the windowsill like she always did in Sara’s car. The window was down and the Ohio summer breeze whistled through her blonde hair. Sara had gotten a burrito from Taco Bell before she picked Courtney up. “Put my sauce on for me,” Sara said. Courtney said she remembers being annoyed, removing her leg from the windowsill and opening the small package of mild taco sauce. Sara took a couple bites of her burrito and sat it in her lap. Sara asking her friend to put sauce on her taco is the only reason Courtney still has her right leg. Sara was in the left turn lane on Union Boulevard. The light was yellow and her Lexus was in the middle of the intersection. “Should I go?” Sara said. “Yeah,” Courtney said. There were no cars coming. Sara was looking toward National Road, where the high school was. Courtney looked to her right. A silver Dodge Ram was speeding towards Sara’s Lexus. Courtney screamed. “What?” Sara said. Courtney screamed again. The last thing she saw was the grill of the Dodge Ram.
At the field Ron and Patty Boeckman were on the soccer board. Ron was in charge of coordinating different games and events. Patty was his trusty assistant and helped out with concessions. That day, they were setting up for the game at the field and waiting for their daughter, Courtney, to arrive. Patty’s phone rang. It was Courtney. “Do you have a daughter named Courtney?” It was a woman’s voice she hadn’t heard before. “Yes.” “She’s been involved in an accident at National and Union. You might want to come, but she seems okay.” Patty said news started traveling fast and the accident seemed worse than the woman had let on. She and Ron got in the car and drove down the road to the intersection. “There was a lot of emergency vehicles and then I see this car and I don’t recognize it,” Patty said. Seeing Courtney was very emotional. “Your heart just goes to your feet,” Patty said. “It’s every parent’s nightmare when your child is involved in something severe like that.” Ron said the phone call was the scariest part. “All these questions and thoughts rush through your mind,” Ron said. “It was bad.”
After the crash Sara never saw the truck coming. “I’m so glad I didn’t see it,” Sara said. “I can’t imagine seeing it and knowing it was
gonna happen like (Courtney) did.” Sara’s airbag had peeled the skin off her face. “I don’t remember anything until I saw her face,” Courtney said. “It was just … bloody.” The car was smoking and Sara was at the front of the car screaming for Courtney to get out. “I couldn’t breathe ‘cause the airbag stuff was in my lungs,” Courtney said. “I couldn’t open my door because it was so crunched in and so I climbed out the window.” Courtney climbed out of the open window and layed in the street. “All I wanted to do was sleep,” Courtney said. Sara called her mom to tell her what happened while bystanders tended to Courtney. People driving to the alumni game who saw the accident site parked and came to see what had happened. “The people that witnessed it said that the truck came out of nowhere and it was going like 40 ‘cause it was pulling out of a parking lot and they were trying to beat the red light,” Courtney said. When the ambulance got there, they tended to Courtney. “They put me on a backboard and I really didn’t know what was going on,” Courtney said. “Then, all of a sudden I saw one of my best friends towering over me and I was like, ‘Something’s really wrong.’” When Patty and Ron got to the intersection, Courtney was on a stretcher. Courtney looked at her parents standing above her and started to cry. Ron said a lot of the people driving by to go to the field stopped to see what was going on. “If there was anything cool about the whole thing, it was the camaraderie,” Ron said. Patty rode with Courtney in the ambulance and Ron followed behind in their car. Sara and Courtney waited for a long time before they had X-rays and were released to go home. “I had to sit there for a really long time and then they just made sure that I hadn’t broken anything and then they checked and I had got a concussion,” Courtney said. Courtney’s body was sore because of the impact of the crash and there was an imprint on her chest where the seatbelt had hit her. Sara had cuts and bruises, but was otherwise fine. Sara’s Lexus was totaled. The truck hit the front passenger side of the car and the wheel was smashed up inside the hood. Courtney’s door looked like crunched aluminum foil. Police told Courtney that if she had her leg on the windowsill or an inch closer to the door, she may not have walked again. If the truck had hit the car any closer to where Courtney sat, she may not have made it.
The fighter Every fall athlete at Northmont was required to take the ImPACT test, a computerized assessment of an athlete used by coaches and athletic trainers to determine the athlete’s concussion severity. Courtney was one of the first athletes to use the test. “They would take a pretest and that way if they took a concussion on the field, we could test them immediately and see how it would fit with the baseline,” Greg Behrens, the athletic trainer at Northmont, said. “Courtney was one of the first ones. It was a nonsports injury, but we still used the same baseline and the same data.” Behrens was the previous athletic trainer at Northmont and worked closely with Courtney over the next few weeks to determine if she was ready to play soccer again. Behrens said he tested Courtney every five days. She wasn’t allowed to text or play video games and she was unable to finish her summer reading. Behrens and Courtney had multiple meetings with teachers to explain she wouldn’t be able to participate at the same level for a short time. But Courtney didn’t do well with relaxation. “We got through it and yeah that was hard,” Patty said. “You don’t keep Courtney down.” Behrens learned Courtney’s character quickly. “(Courtney) pushed herself a great deal,” Behrens said. “It was hard to get her to realize that pushing yourself is not going to make it better, it’s going to make it worse. Once we got the teacher and her and everybody on the same page and let her brain rest, that’s when we started seeing her recover pretty quick.” Courtney wasn’t herself for at least three weeks, but you wouldn’t be able to tell if you saw her. “It was hard for me,” Courtney said. “Our team looked at Sara and her face and they looked at me who had like one scratch and they were like, ‘Well why aren’t you playing? Sara’s playing.’” The next three weeks were hard on Patty, who spent the most time with Courtney. “Her whole personality changed,” Patty said. “She wasn’t mean to other people, but at home she was.” Patty said it was easier for Courtney to be mean to the people she lived with and that she loved. Remembering how difficult it was, Patty started to tear up. “I knew she was okay when she wrote us a little thank you note,” Patty said. “It said, ‘I’m sorry I was very difficult I know you were there and thank you for everything and for supporting me.’ That’s when I knew I had my Courtney.” Courtney and Sara’s relationship changed after that day. Sara felt responsible, when in fact it could’ve happened to anyone. “(Sara) had a really hard time with it,” Courtney said. “Our friendship was kind of bumpy there for a while. We were still young — we were 16 years old. That’s really hard to deal with. The two are still friends today. “We’ve been through a lot together and that just topped it all off.”
Sara is a junior at Ohio University and plays for the soccer team. Courtney was cleared to play soccer after a month of ImPACT testing but sat out the majority of her junior year soccer season with a lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury. Courtney danced on the Miami University Dance Team during her first two years at school, and now teaches dance at a studio just outside Oxford. She is also a member of the weightlifting club. The Northmont Girls Varsity Soccer Team line up during the national anthem. Northmont HighSchool is in Clayton, Ohio.
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Dayton International Airport may get rail service By Stephen Bell Community Editor
The Dayton International Airport could see the addition of a new rail service if airport officials and local governments succeed in pushing an ambitious new business proposal. Erik Collins, manager of economic development for Montgomery County, said local governments are working to extend rail service into the airport in hopes of bringing more jobs and businesses to the area. “Our strategy is to help job growth in Montgomery County by bringing material products and goods into the airport,”
Collins said. According to Collins, the rail service would allow for a flow of goods in and out of the airport, providing an easier means of transportations for companies. One targeted company is construction juggernaut Caterpillar (CAT), which houses its second largest logistic facility in the world in Montgomery County. “Let’s say there’s large construction equipment that needs parts moved in,” Collins said. “The railway would be an easy solution.” However, no concrete plans can be made until the Transportation Review Advisory Council reviews proposals for the railway,
Collins said. He described the railway as a phased process that will cost approximately $18 million. Currently, Montgomery County is awaiting $750,000 from the state for an engineering and environmental impact study. Before construction can begin, the county has to request millions more in funding. Collins said multiple jurisdictions would be involved in the railway, which means funds would come from an array of sources. “The majority of our funding will come through the state, federal and local levels,” Collins said. Despite the cost, Collins remained
optimistic about the positive impacts the railway could have on local businesses. Miami University junior Ashley Smith agreed Dayton could use a boost in revenue. “It definitely looks like a city that was once thriving,” Smith said. “I think a railway would give the city a much needed economic makeover.” In development since 2008, the project will create a land use development site that aims to attract business to the airport in addition to stimulating the job market, Collins said. Collins said the airport hopes to have the entire project completed by 2014.
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ways symbolizes the identity of the Luxembourg program,” Klein said. “The Cave (a large student lounge located within the château) is the center of student life while they are in Luxembourg.” Junior Amelia Kinsella, a MUDEC alumnus, agreed the château leaves a large impression on Miami students who study in Luxembourg. “It really makes the experience,” Kinsella said. “We all form bonds with each other, and the intimate nature of the château allows us to do that.” Kinsella said she enjoyed the comfort and convenience the château offers. “It’s a place for us to feel safe,” Kinsella said. “We can go to classes, do homework, relax, hang out, have meals and talk to the faculty all in the same building. It’s the best of both worlds.” The comfort of having an English-speaking facility was also important to Kinsella. “It’s convenient because everything is located there, so it allowed us to get a routine going pretty fast,” Kinsella said. “The château is a comfortable space and also allowed us to be pretty independent.” What specific changes there will be within the next seven years remain to be seen. According to Klein, the program is not resistant to change. “We are always looking for ways to expand the program,” Klein said. According to Manes, integration with Luxembourg’s new university, when finally built, would be ideal. “If MUDEC keeps the château, with the closeness of the two campuses, it could even be an asset to them to be able to make usage of our grounds here,” Manes said.
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The château at Miami University’s Luxembourg campus will be used until the 2017 lease is up. The university may decide to relocate to the new university being constructed in the town of Belveaux.
Manes said Miami has many options for the future after the 2017 lease is up. The university may decide to stay at the château for an indefinite period of time, relocate to the new university being built in the nearby town of Belveaux or adopt a completely new structure. Manes said each option would feature more integration with Luxembourg’s own university population. “We must remain open … we need to carefully analyze (our options) in the years to come before making final decisions,” Manes said. “From here we start with reflections, dreams, ideas to be analyzed.” Manes, like many others, sees the château as a very important part of the MUDEC experience. “Is it not special to have been able to study in a middle-age castle and still be able to benefit from the most modern infrastructure?” Manes said. Alyssa Klein, coordinator of the Luxembourg program, agrees the château is a very important part of the program’s identity. “(The château) is definitely a selling point,” Klein said. “We have the image of it on many marketing materials. There are so many photographs of it because it is such a unique, impressive facility. We show pictures of it at firstyear orientation, and students and parents all remember it.” According to Klein, the château gives Miami students studying in Luxembourg an important sense of community. “The opportunity to take classes in a 14th-century château in many
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When taken in high doses, cough medicines can cause increased blood pressure, heart rate and fever, according to Funderbunk. Furthermore, additional ingredients like acetaminophen can cause severe liver damage when taken in large quantities. Miami University junior Sarah Breedlove recalled hearing about students abusing over-the-counter cough medicines in high school. “I remember how big of an issue it was,” Breedlove said. “Students were taking well over the recommended dose and getting noticeably high.” While Breedlove remembered cough medicine being an issue in high school, she said she has not
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release them.” A tag is placed on each monarch in order to track its migration, Schran said. There is a website called monarchwatch. com that allows people to look up their monarch’s number in order to see how far they have traveled. Miami junior Erica Norman thought the website was a unique project that she had never heard of before. “I love that even though the
seen similar abuse since coming to college. “I have seen students abuse prescription drugs like Adderall, but not cough medicine,” Breedlove said. Squance also said he has seen more abuse of prescription medications than over-the-counter cough medicines, something he attributed to adequate regulation by local pharmacies. However, Funderbunk said she and her organization will continue to focus on over-the-counter cough medicines. “We are committed to continuing our efforts as long as there are problems with abuse,” Funderbunk said. “Our goal is (to) stop abuse while allowing availability.” For more information on cough medicine and other consumer products, visit http://www.chpa-info.org/. monarch has been set free, they can still be tracked by the students,” Norman said. “I don’t think we had that option as a kid. Once we watched them grow, that was the end of it. This is a great way for the children to stay interested in their caterpillar (or) butterfly.” According to Schran, the program has high hopes for releasing several monarchs into the wild just in time for their migration in October. “It really is magical to watch them go through these changes,” Schran said. “It is also a great thing to share. I think that is one of the reasons why this stand is such a good idea.”
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continued from page 1 faculty at Miami are teaching so little because Miami has become increasingly concerned about research and less concerned about education and teaching students,” Hart said. Hart said the retire/rehire program is financially beneficial for the university as well because new tenure track faculty do not teach as many classes. Hart said students benefit from the retire/rehire program because of the commitment of long-term faculty who are now retired. “(They) still care passionately about teaching,” Hart said.
In addition, Hart said the proposed changes and cuts being made by Miami could lead to larger class sizes. “Miami is intent on letting class sizes get even larger and (as a result) the quality of education decreases,” Hart said. Interim Provost John Skillings, however, believes the retire/ rehire program is beneficial to faculty on a personal level because it provides a smooth transition into retirement. However, he said it can have good and bad effects on the university as a whole. “It is a very positive thing,” Skillings said. “Many of our senior faculty are our best teachers and having them to teach at the university for three more years is valuable.” Skillings recognizes, however, that the institution faces tough decisions and cuts in the near future. The choice of hiring faculty who are receiving a pension and benefits on top of the rehire paycheck or hiring new faculty who receive one
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paycheck will be heavily considered in these decisions. “It’s a hard choice for the institution to make,” Skillings said. “As we make difficult choices we’re going to have to decide what is our priority in this regard. It’s a philosophical thing and it’s also a practical thing.” Skillings said one choice would be to make the retire/rehire process more need-based rather than a guarantee. He said the program could also be phased out over time if it was going to be cut. “If there is a change in the policy, I believe the campus would have advance notice to make plans accordingly,” Skillings said. No matter what the decision, Skillings said the quality of a Miami education will not be harmed. “I don’t think it will affect the focus on undergraduate education at all,” Skillings said.
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The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.
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iami University’s Strategic Priorities Task Force (STP) has recommended the retire/rehire program be evaluated in order to help cut Miami’s budget. The program allows recently-retired tenured professors who have taught for at least 30 years to return for one semester per year for three years. The editorial board of The Miami Student supports the STP’s decision to consider each retire/rehire teaching application on a case-by-case basis. Miami’s faculty is comprised of many knowledgeable, experienced professors. Having these retired professors come back to teach benefits both students and departments, but the retire/rehire program is expensive to run because of the retirement benefits and teaching salary the professors make when teaching for this program. Bringing in new tenure-track professors to teach the majority of the
classes that would be taught by retire/rehire professors is a strong compromise between running the retire/ rehire program and integrating new faculty. The retire/rehire program is best used when another professor needs to go on a short-notice leave and a quality professor is needed to replace him or her very quickly. Each retire/rehire case must be carefully considered and reviewed by the department to insure the program is an investment in Miami’s future. The retire/rehire program should not be eliminated because it is a solid alternative for departments in need of an experienced, quality professor. However, to balance quality education and Miami’s budget crisis, each program application must be processed and approved not just because the department needs a teaching hole to be filled, but because the department specifically needs the help of a retired professor.
JINGHANG HUANG The Miami Student
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Opinion
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➤ THINKING OUTSIDE THE (b)OX
Proud to be an American Let’s recap some recent history. The United States’ national debt is over $13 trillion. (It helps if you put that gargantuan number in perspective: $13 trillion divides out to roughly $120,000 per taxpayer, or $43,000 per citizen.) Labor Day was certainly nothing to celebrate, considering the naJensen tional unemployment Henry increased to 9.6 percent in the month of August. BP just announced that the cost for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has risen another $2 billion. And because reality television is apparently determined to reach the ninth circle of Dante’s Inferno, Bristol Palin, and supposedly Levi Johnston as well, will be gracing our TV screens with their high-definition presences this fall. This is not what we call a glamorous time in America’s relatively young life. We certainly will not win any endearing monikers like “the Golden Age.” At least during my two decades on this planet, it seems like life has been an endless series of disastrous screw-ups (some manmade, some not) and haphazard patch-ups. In the quality of life surveys, the U.S. is still struggling to break into the top 10. In a 2005 ranking by The Economist magazine, we were nestled snugly at 13, between Finland and Canada. Yet in the midst of this misery, I will unabashedly pronounce in the most clichéd of terms: I am still incredibly proud to be an American. It is a revelation that struck me this weekend when I was in Washington, D.C. for an interview. I had some free time left at the end of the day, so I set out to aimlessly explore the city. My wandering led me along the banks of the National Mall to the World War II Memorial, where I sat with my feet in the fountain and just let the surroundings sink in. The paradox of the situation was striking: a place that was built to mourn the dead was buzzing with life and activity. But then I realized that the dichotomy of the scene essentially defined the identity of our nation. Life emerging from ashes. Triumph rising from defeat. Say what you want about American policies and politics and problems. I truly mean it. Dissent is the spark that propelled our nation into existence in the first place. Differences of opinion have and will continue to move us forward. Our nation is far from perfect. Anyone who believes differently is going to experience an enormous shock as America becomes even more tightly knit in the web of 21st century globalization. Luckily, our founding fathers had the foresight to know that creating a country of stasis is government suicide. The success of our system hinges on the fact that we have the ability to recognize weaknesses and amend them. Our country is a living organism, and as its citizens we get to shape its maturation and growth. Hundreds of thousands of Americans, their valiant efforts etched in stone, have fought bitterly to protect that right. It helped that my realization dawned only a few days before Sept. 11. Because, from one perspective, the people who died on that day in 2001 were soldiers too. They may not have been fighters in the traditional sense, but they were murdered because they were Americans. They chose to live here and work here and embrace this country (including its flaws), and they were killed because of that choice. So here is my call to you. This Saturday, there will be myriad ways to commemorate the anniversary of Sept. 11. I urge you to find something — anything — that helps you define what it means to be an American. It’s a personal choice: I let my toes prune in a pool, basking in the memories of a generation who, as WWII Admiral Chester Nimitz said, “fought together as brothers-in-arms … died together and now … sleep side by side.” It doesn’t matter exactly what you do. But in the midst of all the controversy and conflict in our country, it helps to mediate, if only briefly, on the reason why we go through it all in the first place. Remind yourself why you are lucky to be an American, because that identity should always be something worth fighting for.
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➤ PERSPECTIVE
A photographer’s dilemma SCOTT ALLISON
If you think being a photographer is an easy thing to do, imagine this: You’re working a night shift at a newspaper and your editor alerts you to a house fire that you need to go take photos of. You arrive and start snapping away, capturing the flames behind the faces of firefighters as they attempt to quell the engulfing fire. A firefighter emerges from inside the home, carrying a small child safely away before laying her on the ground to perform CPR. You continue to take photos, but suddenly you begin to hear the shrill screams of the child’s mother. Do you continue to take photos or do you leave? It’s a question that photographers ask themselves every time they are in that type of situation. Often the most compelling photos show strong emotions. So what if your job was on the line? Do you continue to shoot? The law comes into play with every photo you take of a person. If it’s a child, it becomes even more complicated. Some photographers would continue to shoot in the situation that I described, arguing that if the subject is in public, they cannot reasonably expect a right to privacy. Most people don’t really care. In fact, they enjoy having their photo taken and printed in the newspaper. But in certain situations, no one wants their photo taken and they are willing to go to great lengths to keep those photos out of a publication. As a student of photography and
journalism, this is a situation that I will regularly get myself into. Photography is a great tool to capture history, to help you remember those drunken nights at the bars and it is also a great tool to help create change in something you feel is wrong in the world. You can show the world powerful images of things like geno-
In a situation that is rather plain and uninteresting, it takes a creative mind to create an image that is compelling and pleasing to look at. cide, war or poverty, and when the right person or group sees that image things start to happen. This is why I want to become a photojournalist. This is why things like the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement and countless other moments in history were documented and will never be forgotten. Memories may fade, but photographs never do. Photography is something that I love to do. It’s easy to take a photo, but there
is a difference between taking and making. In a situation that is rather plain and uninteresting, it takes a creative mind to create an image that is compelling and pleasing to look at. I feel like I am able to do that well. In a TV show about a few amateur photographers we watched in my photography class, they were asked why they loved photography. One amateur described it as the feeling you get when you take a photo and you know you’ve got an amazing shot. “Yeaaaahhh,” she said, imagining that she had just taken an award-winning photograph. Doing something that you’re good at always feels good. It’s a great feeling, but that’s not all that photography is for me. It’s the joy of meeting new people and walking into a new situation or experience and really tackling the assignment in front of me. It’s the feeling of helping people out just by being there and doing something that I enjoy at the same time. My interests lie in sports and nature photography. Documentary photography or photojournalism is also high on my list of to-dos during my career as a photographer. It’s an exciting ride that I am about to embark on, and I have no idea where I will end up.
ALLISON is online editor for The Miami Student
➤ ESSAY
Staying informed key for college students “New Dawn” began Wednesday. How many students on college everyday, especially since some of us are about to set out and embark campuses across the country do you think know what that statement on the next phase of life: the real world. This next step can be scary is referring to? Probably not many, which is a sad realization to come for most of us, but it doesn’t have to be. Read an article about where the recession is headed, maybe you’ll to, but it’s the truth. “Operation Iraqi Freedom is over,” President realize that it is important and it isn’t boring. It could end up being Obama declared Tuesday. This is the close of a seven-year Amerisomething you care about following, especially seniors who are apcan combat mission, but how many students really care? We’ve plying for jobs, and come to the bleak realization been paying attention to what the Kardashians that joblessness is still staggeringly high. Students are up to, what Pauly D and Mike “The Situashould want to go out there and have some idea of tion” are fist pumping about at the clubs in Miwhat to expect. There’s no way to truly know for ami Beach and who got drafted onto our favorite Paying attention to sure, but at least you won’t be going at it blind. hometown team. events in our nation Paying attention to events in our nation and the Sure, keeping up with the latest gossip magaand the world give us world give us perspective and build us up as citizines and reality television shows can be fun and zens of the United States. I’m a culprit of being apentertaining, but do they give us any perspective on perspective and build athetic about what’s going on in the world, but I’ve the real world? No. They offer us some comic relief us up as citizens of made a vow this year, my senior year, to become an from our own busy and “stressful” lives. I’m not the United States. active participant and become more cultured. This saying preparing for a big exam or preparing for a vow doesn’t mean that I have to give up my guilty big interview isn’t important or stressful, but in the pleasures like reading Us Weekly and watching big scheme of things they’re not. You’re going to Keeping Up With The Kardashians, it will just help get through that interview and at the end of the day me realize what’s important and leave time for that, not just some that exam will be over. The end result could be happy or sad, but you just move on to the next thing and try your best, that’s all we can do. silly entertainment. Miami creates this little bubble and the only way It wouldn’t kill us to open up a newspaper and catch up on some to break free is to move outside your comfort zone and see what’s national news. Check out the headlines, see if anything catches your happening out there. eye. Even if you start slow and just read the lifestyle section, at least it’s a start. I always hear students and friends say they don’t care Samantha Friedman about politics or they’re not interested in the economy, and I’m one friedms3@muohio.edu of those students too. But think about it, those topics do influence us
➤ ESSAY
Electronic publishing threatens industry We just can’t help ourselves from “improving” our lives, can we? It seems as though every day there is another fancy new piece of technology that is supposed to change the way we do things. What if the advent of new technology, like the eBook and the digital reader, could potentially ruin something that’s been part of our society for centuries? Devices like the Kindle and the iPad are not only selling eBooks, but dipping their toes into the publishing world as well. What does this mean for publishers? And what does it mean to us as consumers? It’s hard to tell what it all means, at least in terms of the future of publishing. In July, Amazon reported it is now selling more Kindle books than hardcover books. However, as Dianna Dilworth points out in an article published on eBookNewser, a digital publishing blog, “Amazon continues to dance around hard numbers, such as how many eBooks the company has sold or how many Kindles they have sold. Instead they share more elusive facts like for every 100 hardcovers sold, they sell 180 Kindle books.” This comparison doesn’t really give a good idea of how many Kindle books versus actual books are being sold. However, as Ken Auletta points out in an article in The New Yorker, “Publishers’ real concern is that the low price of digital books will destroy bookstores, which are their primary customers. The danger presented to publishing companies seems to come from lower prices and the possibility that eBook
vendors like Amazon will give authors the opportunity to make more money by removing the publisher from the equation by giving the e-publishing rights directly to Kindle Books. Publishers will need to make sure that authors continue to see them as a valuable part of the process as the size and power of ventures such as Kindle Books grow and are able to offer larger royalties by selling books at prices other publishers can’t afford.” The long and short of this part of the issue, Auletta said, is that “no matter where consumers buy books, their belief that electronic media should cost less — that something you can’t hold simply isn’t worth as much money — will exert a powerful force.” The best way for both Internet-based companies and traditional publishing houses to succeed is to form partnerships that benefit both. While all of this is very important to those who work in publishing, it doesn’t really seem to impact the consumer, does it? However, the eBook is actually making a difference in the way we experience books. For example, in conjunction with the Starz TV channel, Penguin Books released what they call an “amplified” edition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth. Available on the iPad, this edition includes bonus features like an interactive character map, clips from the film adaptation, author commentary and background information about the novel. Companies like Penguin are beginning to offer enriched versions of books, which “allow the reader the opportunity to streamline and immerse themselves in the world of the book in a way that
is very compact. Instead of reading a book and then going online and Google-ing it, you have what is essentially the equivalent of a laptop and the book open at the same time, right there in a convenient and (hopefully) stylish package,” Miami alum and New Yorkbased publishing company employee Elaine Broeder said. Nothing can replace the experience of holding a book in your hand, dog-earing the pages and writing notes in the margins. Having a hardcopy of a book you love is like having an old friend. Each time you read it, you discover something new. The book ages with you, the pages yellow, the corners bend and things get spilled on it. I can’t tell you how many books I’ve read that belonged to family members of mine first and survived in their backpacks through their high school days as well as mine. Reading them wasn’t just reading a book, it was sharing an experience across time. The history and individuality gained by a physical book cannot be replicated by an eBook, neither can the sound of turning pages or the smell that book lovers can’t resist. However, the benefits of an eBook cannot be denied. Putting the two at odds doesn’t seem like the right way to view the situation anymore. EBooks offer a completely different experience from holding the book in your hands, but whether or not one is better than the other just depends on who you ask. Alice Ladrick
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NEXT HOME GAME: 2 p.m. Saturday, vs. Eastern Michigan
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Red and White fail to capitalize on opportunities By JM Rieger Staff Writer
Despite holding the fourth-ranked Gators to a meager 41 yards through the first three quarters of the Sept. 4 game, the Miami University football team failed to capitalize on numerous opportunities against Florida, ultimately falling 34-12. Miami jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after capitalizing on the first of eight fumbles by Florida, who struggled snapping the football to the quarterback throughout the game. However, a few miscues by the RedHawks opened the door for the Gators to come back with 21 unanswered points in the second quarter, starting with a 67-yard interception return by junior cornerback Janoris Jenkins just under two minutes into the second quarter. “We made crucial mistakes offensively (against Florida),” Head Coach Michael Haywood said. “The most devastating interception was the one that was returned for a touchdown. (Jenkins) cut off a hitch route that we ran, and it is a learning experience for (Zac) Dysert. He needs to methodically go through his reads and progressions because three of the interceptions were due to the emotion and adrenaline from the game.” It was the first of four interceptions that redshirt sophomore quarterback Dysert threw in the game and is something Miami must improve upon as the season progresses. “He bounced off his reads too early,” Offensive Coordinator Morris Watts said. “We need to work on the things that we struggled with in the game. Having patience in the pocket is key more than anything else, and he will develop that throughout the season.” A field goal right before halftime brought the ’Hawks to within 15 of the Gators heading into the locker room, and two more field
goals by senior kicker Trevor Cook cut the margin to 21-12 early in the fourth quarter. “Cook has gotten a lot better,” Haywood said. “He got an early challenge at the beginning of camp (this offseason) and it has really helped him. (Offensive Line) Coach (Bill) Mottola has done a good job with the PAT and with the field goal unit.” However, Florida’s speed and athleticism proved to be too much to handle down the stretch as junior running back Jeffery Demps broke away from Miami’s defense for a 72-yard touchdown run with just over 12 minutes left in the game. This was followed by a tipped touchdown reception by redshirt junior wide receiver Chris Rainey with just over a minute left in regulation, capping off the game for Florida. “The Demps run was a mental error (by the defense) due to the rotation of the coverage,” Haywood said. “But we made great strides in pursuit of the football (in this game). We consistently had eight to 11 guys around every tackle, and the most impressive thing was how our guys were delivering physical blows on defense.” This new attitude from the RedHawks is something that Haywood has instilled in this team and is something that fans can expect to manifest itself even more as the season progresses. “The level of the bar has now risen to a higher level,” Haywood said. “The players are building confidence within themselves and they need to continue to become more dangerous and relentless on the field.” However, two of the low-points in the game came off of two mental errors by senior wide receiver Armand Robinson and by senior running back Thomas Merriweather. Robinson was called for a personal foul on a fourth-and-inches play on the goal line, forcing the RedHawks to settle for a field goal in the second half, and Merriweather was called for a
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Senior Armand Robinson evades senior captain Jordan Gafford in the RedHawks’ Pigskin Preview Aug. 21, 2010. personal foul and was ejected after Dysert’s second interception Saturday, setting up a first-and-goal at Miami’s two yard line. “Each of those plays were really disturbing,” Haywood said. “That is the culture that we are changing. Merriweather’s play was a lack of discipline play that cannot be accepted within the program and it was the same thing with Robinson.” Merriweather will be out until the 8:51 mark in the second quarter against Eastern Michigan Sept. 11, which will mean more playing time for some of the young players, including freshman running back Tracy Woods, who stepped in nicely
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in Merriweather’s absence. “Woods did a good job of running the football (against Florida),” Haywood said. “I am looking forward to seeing some of the other guys run the football (this Saturday).” In addition, Miami ran two controversial trick plays early in the game against Florida. Not once, but twice the Red and White ran a fake punt against the Gators, converting once for a big first down and failing to convert the second time, giving Florida great field position at the Miami 21-yard line that eventually led to a touchdown. “We had no intent of running a fake punt the second time,”
Haywood said. “Florida lined up 10 people in the box and we decided to audible, although we didn’t have the right personnel on the field.” Miami made great strides both offensively and defensively in this game though, which should help them once they get into conference play. The RedHawks only suffered one injury on Saturday, which was to redshirt sophomore linebacker Luke Kelly, who will be out for about two weeks. The Red and White return to Oxford for their Mid-American Conference opener against Eastern Michigan. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Sept. 4 at Yager Stadium.
NEXT GAME: 4:30 p.m. Friday at Winthrop
RedHawks mortal after weekend woes By Alex Butler Senior Staff Writer
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Junior Haley Clark eyes her next move in the ’Hawks’ game against Western Michigan Oct. 23, 2009.
VOLLEYBALL
Going into the weekend, the Miami University soccer team had no kink in their armor with a 3-0 record. It took the Butler Bulldogs and the Windy City’s DePaul Blue Demons for dreams of a perfect season to blow away when they dropped a contest 5-2 Sept. 3 and 3-2 Sept 5. “As a team we learned a lot,” sophomore Jess Kodiak said. “We had a rough game Friday, but Saturday we worked hard and fixed what went wrong on Friday’s game. Sunday’s game we played a lot better and showed we can compete with the best teams around and we just have to figure out our structure.” A typically tight RedHawk (3-2) defense conceded five scores Friday. Katie Griswold and Rachel Melendez were the main reason the Bulldogs (1-4) earned their first win this season as the two were involved in every score. Griswold scored the first two goals of the contest, putting the Bulldogs up 2-0 before completing her hat trick in the second stanza. Melendez tallied two scores and a helper for the Bulldog brigade.
Senior Rachel Byron and junior Sarah Dessfelt supplied scores for the Red and White. Dessfelt now leads the ’Hawks with four scores. “It happens,” Kodiak said. “Everyone has an off game and it was one of those games where our defense wasn’t playing like we know they can. We just had a couple unlucky bounces and nothing was really going our way. It’s kind of nice to have those losses early on in the season so that we can learn from them with it not counting. Now that we had that we know what we have to do when that happens and not to panic, each game we can come back and each game we continue to learn from.” Head Coach Bobby Kramig then took the team toward Lake Michigan to prepare for the DePaul University Blue Demons (3-2-1) with a tough Saturday practice, and on Sunday it showed. “Sunday was a considerable improvement over Butler,” Kramig said. “It’s hard to take consolation in a loss, but we certainly showed dramatic improvement over Friday night. I think the most important thing for us after Friday night in my mind is we just need to start playing
better. I thought we were better all around against DePaul.” Kramig and company fought hard and played to a 2-2 deadlock, but the Red and White left Wish Field hopeless after Blue Demon Tara Strickland torched the net from 20 yards out in the 85th minute. “We are going to keep building off what we learned Friday and Sunday,” Kodiak said. “Just keeping our defense and midfield connected and making the right runs. We can’t panic so much. We started to panic in Friday’s game and lost how we normally play. This week practice is going to be focused on that.” Kodiak collected her third score Sept. 3 and freshman Katy Dolesh impressed her coach with her first goal in red threads. “A couple of the freshmen had good games,” Kramig said. “Katy got the first goal today, which was really good from midfield. It was a terrific performance from her. She is one that seemed to emerge a little bit this weekend.” The RedHawks practice in Oxford this week before weekend contests with Winthrop and Temple as part of the East Tennessee State Tournament in Johnson City.
NEXT HOME GAME: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, vs. Illinois State
’Hawks fall to OSU, Kentucky and South Florida By Michael Solomon Staff Writer
The Miami University volleyball team returned to Oxford Sept. 4 after a tough weekend, which saw the RedHawks lose three matches against top teams in Lexington, Ky. Miami dropped contests to Ohio State, Kentucky and South Florida, moving their record to 1-5 on the season. “It has been a great weekend for experience,” Head Coach Carolyn Condit said. “We played some really tough competition this weekend. Kentucky and Ohio State both had a ranked spot in the country when we played them.” The Red and White met the hosts, No. 16-ranked Kentucky on Friday night, looking to play well against another top team in their
non-conference schedule. After dropping the first game 25-22, Miami battled tough in the second set, hoping to even up the match at 1-1. Miami had a set point lead at 24-23 late in the match, but Kentucky fought it off. With the score tied at 27, the Wildcats took advantage of a RedHawk mistake to take control of the match and win the game 29-27. Junior outside hitter Amy Raseman led the RedHawks with seven kills in game two against Kentucky. Miami fell behind early in the third set at 12-5, but went on a 7-3 run to get within three points of the Wildcats at 15-12. That would be the closest they got, as Kentucky closed the set on a 10-5 run that gave them a 25-17 win and the match against the ’Hawks. The first test Sept. 4 for the RedHawks was against undefeated Ohio State. Miami fell
behind early in set one 6-2, but kills from Raseman and junior Colleen Loftus got the ’Hawks within one at 7-6. Miami kept the score close throughout, tying the Buckeyes at 20 late in the set. Ohio State took five out of the last eight points to take the set and give the RedHawks another close game loss. An early 3-2 lead in set two was the only lead Miami would see in the second frame, and Ohio State went on an early 16-4 run that put the game away. The RedHawks rebounded in set three after a 25-12 loss in game two, earning a set point at 25-24. The Buckeyes fought it off though, and took another close-set 29-27, leaving the RedHawks at 1-4 on the year. “Our passing game broke down this weekend, and we also saw some tougher servers,”
Condit said. “We have young setters who are starting for the first time and trying to figure out what their roles on the team are. We had a hard time connecting without hitters, especially the middles this weekend.” Miami concluded play in the Kentucky Classic against the South Florida Bulls Sept. 4. Although they won their first game, the RedHawks couldn’t hang on as the Bulls took the match 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 22-25, 23-25). Loftus led the way for the Red and White in the third match, totaling 12 kills and 14 digs. Sophomore Lisa Treadway and senior Michelle Mangia each added 12 digs for Miami, who fell to 1-5 on the season. After a tough weekend, the RedHawks can look ahead to Sept. 8, when they have their first home match of the season against Wright State
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Sports
Tuesday September 7, 2010
Attention needed for concussions
Editor Katie Giovinale sports@miamistudent.net
Adam Hainsfurther
Hainsfurther’s Holler
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njuries are a natural occurrence in sports. In some cases, it’s why we watch. Who hasn’t seen the videos of Joe Theisman’s leg breaking in half, or former Buffalo Sabres’ goalie Clint Malarchuk’s throat getting slashed by Steve Tuttle’s skate? How about the more recent injury to Shaun Livingston who blew out his entire leg on a layup attempt? But the reality is that while gruesome, those injuries are all ones that the athlete could, and did to some extent, come back from. As modern medicine produces more miracles every day, it also reveals more and more dangers. In the case of football, it’s revealed something that is completely turning the sport on its head, literally. Anyone who’s been following the NFL for the past two years knows about the league’s current initiative to attempt to curb damage done to players with concussions. Oftentimes, coaches will play players who have concussions, knowing that the player may be hurt. This happens at all levels of the sport. As recent medical breakthroughs have shown links to concussions and early-onset of Alzheimer’s Disease and even ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease), the movement to prevent them has ramped up as well. Be it the NFL, NHL, NCAA or even in the high school ranks, very little has actually been done to truly prevent concussions. While the various boards of governors, commissioners and other higher-ups in the various sports leagues have overlooked potential equipment problems and possible new innovations, various faces in sports (both well-known and “behind the scenes” guys alike) have taken notice. The most well known person of those speaking out is Mark Messier. Messier is a six-time Stanley Cup champion with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers. Messier is also the face and namesake of the Messier Project, a joint effort between Messier and Cascade Sports focusing on concussion prevention. The Messier Project is behind the new M11 helmet. The M11 design features three layers of protection that compress 80 percent to absorb more force and energy from every hit. Of the new technologies, the most groundbreaking is called Seventech. Seventech is essentially two helmets in the space of one and features lateral energy displacement and total material reset in order to strengthen its material better than the conventional foam that appears in most helmets today. Not only does Seventech help with better displacing the energy from a hit better upon first impact to the helmet, but it also responds better and better as the hits keep coming. As the Messier Project’s website says, “Hockey is a multiple impact sport.” With that in mind, the M11 tests better and better with each hit. Using testing done up to the standards of both the Hockey Equipment Certification Council and the Canadian Standards Association, the M11 was shown to perform up to 26 percent better than the conventional foam upon first impact, 107 percent better on the second impact and 140 percent better on the third. So surely, if it works for hockey, a sport of multiple hits, it would work for football, a sport that focuses on hitting as much as scoring. Instead, the NFL is focusing on expanding its regular season to 18 games, slightly changing its playoff overtime rules and playing games outside the U.S. With a potential lockout on the horizon, you would think the NFL would be trying to find things to sell its players on so that they can get on the same page quick. Players are already mad enough with league owners. The last thing the NFL should want right now is for its players to feel neglected. And yet, in my eyes, that’s exactly what’s happening. If there’s a lockout in the NFL next year, the fall out will turn the NFL on its head.
The Miami men’s cross country team starts off their race at the Pre-NCAA Invitational Oct. 17, 2009.
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CROSS COUNTRY
RedHawk teams take title in season opener
By Melissa Maykut Staff Writer
In a word, the Miami University men’s and women’s cross country teams are looking solid. In Kettering, Ohio Sept. 4, both teams raced to victory in the Dayton Flyer 5K Invitational. At 10:45 a.m. on a cool Saturday morning, 12 men’s teams laced up to race the Dayton Flyer 5K. In 2003, the RedHawks ran their way to victory in the invitational and won the season-opener for another four consecutive years. In the 2009 season, the men’s team ran a close race, finishing second behind the Dayton Flyers. Then, on Saturday, the Red and White took back the Dayton Flyer 5K title, earning 28 points, six points less than the Dayton University men’s team, and placing six men in the top 11 positions. “We ran a very solid race,” Head Coach Waren Mandrell said. “The guys ran very
maturely and were very patient. Our key strength was that we had a pack of six guys who were within a 20-second spread of each other. We’re right on track.” Sophomore Jarrod Eick finished first for the RedHawks and third overall with a time of 15:14. Senior Robbie Fisher placed fourth overall and sophomore David Eichenberger followed a second behind Fisher, placing fifth. Senior Michael Perry finished seventh and freshmen Blake Dirckson and Matt Marol placed 10th and 11th. “It feels good to have finished first for Miami,” Eick said. “But it’s also nice that there are five other guys who can be in my spot. We went out as a pack, and we’ve been working a lot better as a team.” At 11:15 a.m. at Indian Riffle Park, the women’s cross country team raced to their fourth consecutive victory in the Dayton Flyer 5K. With 16 teams at the starting line, the RedHawks clinched the first place spot and placed
seven runners in the top 11. “We are a very different team this year,” Head Coach Kelly Phillips said. “The girls weren’t afraid to get out hard. They ran hard from the start, ran as a pack and held it.” Senior Rachel Patterson placed first overall with a course record time of 17:25. Following Patterson was fellow senior Amanda Mirochna, who placed third overall. Junior Maggie Bingham placed fifth, junior Kelly Miller finished sixth and senior Katie Lenahan finished ninth. In her first race for the RedHawks, freshman Katie Carter finished in 10th place and redshirt sophomore Jillian Dickman placed 11th. Phillips was also impressed with freshman Lauren Taylor, who raced very well but did not place in the meet this past weekend. “The girls were really solid,” Phillips said. “We need to stay healthy and get ready for Michigan and Michigan State in the Spartan Invitational in two weeks. It’ll be a good test to see where the team is at.”
FIELD HOCKEY
’Hawks triumph over Brown, Iowa By Drew McDonell Staff Writer
The Miami University field hockey team started off their weekend successfully after they defeated Brown University 1-0. The RedHawks then clenched the win against the University of Iowa 5-1. The team traveled to Iowa City, Iowa to take on the Brown University Bears at a neutral site. Junior Jackie Nguyen scored the only goal of the match early in the second half. Nguyen is the RedHawks’ leading scorer, scoring eight goals already this season. The offense continued to strike at Brown University, shooting 16 more shots on goal. The RedHawks’ offense is not the only contributing factor to Miami’s win. The defense held strong against the Bears, not allowing Brown a single shot on goal. Head Coach Jill Reeve was pleased with her team’s performance. “I thought we played excellent defense, especially in the second half,” Reeve said. “We were a little off our game offensively, but Brown played well on that end.” This was Brown’s first game of the season, leaving them at a 0-1 record. The RedHawks remained in Iowa City to take on the nationally ranked University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Prior to the match, Iowa was foreseen to be tough competition as they were ranked 19 in the country. The ’Hawks did not let Iowa’s
reputation intimidate them. The team wasted no time offensively and Nguyen scored within the first five minutes of the game. Shortly after, senior Kate Snyder landed another goal for the team. The girls returned after halftime full of momentum. Within the first four minutes of the second period, senior Mary Hull scored another goal for the RedHawks. Iowa then struck back and scored against Miami’s defense, bringing the score to 3-1. The team didn’t allow this to affect their game and they came back even stronger. Junior Kylie Landeros earned another goal for the RedHawks, her first goal of the season. Then, freshman Emily Gruesser scored the final goal of the match with four minutes left to play, clenching the win for Miami 5-1. Snyder credits the use of new tools and tactics to the team’s win. “Our team has been implementing a lot of new and exciting elements to our game to give us an edge over the competition,” Snyder said. “Using new tools like these in a match against a strong team can be challenging, but I think our team handled it with great composure.” The field hockey team currently has a perfect season, holding a 4-0 record. The team looks to continue their winning streak as they face the University of Indiana. The RedHawks will take on the Hoosiers at 5 p.m. Sept. 17.
MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student
Kate Snyder moves down the turf in a game against CMU Sept. 11, 2009 .
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