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MU gauges risks abroad

By Chelsea Liebenthal

For the Miami Student

Last week, Miami University junior Shawn Kennedy, a student studying abroad in Luxembourg at the Miami University Dolibois European Center was reported missing after disappearing on a day trip to Interlaken, Switzerland.

Though Kennedy did not respond to an interview request, Junior Erica Bockhorst, also a current participant in the Luxembourg program was contacted via email. Bockhorst said Kennedy had traveled to Zurich, Switzerland with one of the locals, someone he hadn’t met before, where he was robbed of his belongings including his passport. The local had befriended Kennedy’s tour group but Kennedy was the only one who went along with him.

Bockhorst said Kennedy was found after four days when he wandered into a police station in Basel, Switzerland.

“The police notified the embassy and word of Shawn’s location and the fact that he was safe quickly spread,” Bockhorst said. “Shawn feels bad that everyone was so worried about him, but was unable to return to Luxembourg due to his passport being stolen.”

Despite Kennedy’s incident, Bockhorst said she felt prepared for her study abroad experience and recalled the safety sessions Miami hosted prior to the beginning of its study abroad session.

“During these sessions, they gave us a lot of advice about safety and the culture of being abroad,” Bockhorst said. “They told us that people in foreign countries don’t smile as much, tips are included and watching our passports at all times was very important. They suggested we engage in the culture, but to be smart about

getting to know locals too well.”

Cheryl Young, risk manager for Miami programs abroad, described the key to a successful study abroad experience as a combination of preparation by the university and the students’ accountability for themselves.

“Safety is a matter of awareness and being practical—fit in, be aware of your surroundings at all times and be a smart traveler,” Young said.

“Don’t travel at night in unfamiliar locations, have access to communication methods and means and have an emergency action and communication plan.”

unfamiliar culture,” Young said.

In addition to the mental preparation students should undertake, Young said students traveling overseas must purchase international health insurance to guarantee they will have access to English speaking medical care and case management at all times.

A less well-known danger that lurks abroad is cyber safety, according to Young.

“Virtual kidnapping is a reality faced by Miami University students in the past,” Young said. “Parents and families of study abroad

Students get caught up in a lot of different feelings and lose sight of that keen awareness and need to remain alert needed in an unfamiliar location, in an unfamiliar culture.”

Cheryl Young RISK MANAGER FOR MIAMI PROGRAMS ABROAD

Staff members of the Miami University Global Assistance program are available to aid students in formulating such a plan, according to Young.

Before partaking in any study abroad session, Young said she recommends that students have an in-depth grasp on the customs of the country they’ll be residing in by researching how to interact with the new culture they will be immersed in.

She said students should attempt to envision the health, safety and security issues in their specific location and how that could affect the educational experience, and to remember these concerns once they have arrived at their destination.

“Students get caught up in a lot of different feelings and lose sight of that keen awareness and need to remain alert needed in an unfamiliar location, in an

students need to be aware of an extortion scam being perpetrated against the families of study abroad students.”

In an attempt to teach students how to defend themselves against this danger, this week Miami hosted a special event on cyber safety while studying abroad, facilitated by the FBI. The dangers Miami students have encountered while abroad, including Kennedy’s situation, have had a significant impact on some students preparing to go overseas themselves.

Junior Brenna Haven, who plans to study abroad in Australia in summer of 2013, said her concerns have been spiked.

“After hearing about what’s happened to other students while studying abroad I’ve become more aware of how dangerous it can be,” Haven said. “I’ll definitely be more cautious now because of it.”

Fire department issues 31 charges against fraternities Freeland Oliverio Staff Writer

Lab results have confirmed the drugs found at the Phi Kappa Tau and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity houses Aug. 19 to be cocaine and marijuana, according to Sgt. Jon Varley of the Oxford Police Department.

“Lab results normally take anywhere from a week to two months to return,” Varley said. “People believe that it’s like CSI, where you can drop off results and get them by the afternoon. But this is not the case.”

In addition to these drug confirmations, the Oxford Fire Department has filed a combined 31 firework and fire code violations against both houses, according to Oxford Fire Chief John Detherage.

Neither the Fire Department nor the Oxford Police Department specified which houses received which charges.

“At this point [The Oxford Fire

Department] has issued 31 civil citations between the two houses and the individuals living in those houses,” Detherage said. “The houses have been charged with various offenses, including numerous fireworks offenses and fire code offenses.”

These charges, although originally filed by the Oxford Fire Department, are now in the hands of the Oxford Police Department, according to Detherage.

The Oxford Fire Department filed the fireworks and fire code offenses against the Phi Kappa Tau and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternities Aug. 19 after responding officers found members of both houses shooting fireworks at one another. After the two houses refused to cooperate, the Oxford Police Department issued warrants to search the houses, where they found the drugs.

The Oxford Police Department will be issuing a press release with further details regarding this investigation sometime this week.

Film screening stimulates debate over ethnic studies

By Allison McGillivray Campus Editor

Miami University brought the struggles of Mexican American students close to home with a screening of the documentary Precious Knowledge Sept. 13.

Precious Knowledge shares the stories of four students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School in Arizona. The documentary was filmed during the 2008-2009 school year

when House Bill 2281 (HB2281) was debated and passed by the state of Arizona.

HB2281 imposed a ban on ethnic studies classes including the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School, by claiming that they promote anti-American ideals.

Elena Albarrán, assistant professor of Latin American, Latino/a and Caribbean studies, organized the

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Students hit Career Fair in search of the perfect job Wednesday at Millett Hall. Over 200 employers attended this year’s fair.

Education leaders team up on funding formula

By Jenn Smola Campus Editor

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is once again calling for teamwork from the presidents of Ohio public universities and colleges.

Kasich, who put Ohio higher education leaders to work last year to divvy up state capital funding amongst themselves, is asking once again that a commission of Ohio university presidents

University President E. Gordon Gee will head the commission.

According to Bruce Johnson, president of the Inter-University Council of Ohio, there are six categories the governor is asking the presidents’ commission to focus on and incorporate into the funding formula: increased participation rates, encouraging the brightest Ohio students to attend these institutions, improved graduation rates, making higher

The difficulty is not just with how the money gets distributed, but it’s also with how much money is placed into the formula.”

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return to the negotiation table.

This time, the governor is asking the education leaders, including Miami University President David Hodge, to develop a new outcome-based formula for how Ohio public higher education institutions receive state funding. Once again, Ohio State

education more affordable, graduating students with the skills they need to get a job and encouraging students to stay in Ohio after they graduate.

Johnson said integrating these categories into a funding formula will not necessarily be simple.

“It’s going to be a challenge

because some of the stuff is not very…formulaic,” Johnson said.

“But we’re going to work really hard on each one of these points and see if we can incorporate these ideas into the formula.”

David Creamer, vice president of finance and business services at Miami, said there are important differences in the missions of Ohio higher education institutions. With a commission of presidents working on a funding formula, these differences can be taken into consideration, he said.

“This allows for those differences to be incorporated in this budget approach more effectively than if the governor and his policy-makers simply came up with an approach to this problem,” Creamer said.

According to Hodge, looking at the whole system of higher education and developing a formula will be complicated. For example, community colleges and regional campuses tend to put more emphasis on students getting specific job skills, where as Miami’s

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With a population of slightly over 20,000, chances are high that students have labeled Oxford as a small town once or twice. However, the small town charm may pose a problem when students living offcampus occasionally forget about locking their front doors.

During the 2011-2012 academic year, there were a total of 173 theft offenses reported to the Miami University Police Department (MUPD).

Thirteen campus crime alerts were issued for burglaries and in 12 of those cases, the door was unlocked.

Junior Jessica Watson said she sometimes leaves her door unlocked.

“I feel very safe here, so I do sometimes leave the door unlocked without even giving it a second thought,” Watson said.

Claire Wagner, associate director of University Communications, said this has become a common occurrence.

“Police find crimes of convenience frequently; it happens a lot,” Wagner said.

Wagner said students often easily forget to lock their doors or have miscommunication with housemates.

“It needs to be a conscious decision for students to lock their first floor doors and windows,” said Wagner.

Although this problem continues this year, several other instances of crime on and off-campus have occurred so far this semester.

As the fifth week of the semester ends, Chief of Miami University Police Department John McCandless said the amount and nature of campus crimes are fairly normal in comparison to past years.

As of Sept. 10, 2012, a total of 65 arrests were made compared to a total of 70 arrests at this time in 2011, according to McCandless.

The most common arrests are liquor law, disorderly conduct and drug law arrests.

“The arrest numbers are pretty flat,” said McCandless, adding that they are comparable to last year and have improved in some categories.

A total of 36 incidents have been reported compared to 48 in 2011, including things like thefts, burglaries, sexual assault and property damage.

“The new door locks in many

areas help, we didn’t have those last year,” McCandless said.

In order to make students, faculty and staff aware of any arrests and incidents that could be a matter of public safety, MUPD and Wagner work together to spread the word via mymiami, email, text message alerts and e-reports.

According to Wagner, federal law requires universities to provide timely warning for certain crimes occurring on campus property or property on adjoining streets. This includes crime alerts for on campus crimes and information bulletins for off-campus crimes. Crime alerts deal with crimes such as murder, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, arson and aggravated assault, Wagner said.

Three information bulletins and two crime alerts have been sent out so far this year.

“It’s something we can use to remind students about being safe,” Wagner said.

In addition, MUPD and the Oxford Police Department (OPD)

Police find crimes of convenience frequently; it happens a lot.”

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

renewed their mutual aid agreement in July, updating several sections in order to work together more, Wagner said.

The two departments now have concurrent law enforcement authority over the entire rights of way of area bordered by Chestnut Street, Locust Street, Sycamore Street and Patterson Avenue; as well as state Route 73 from Patterson Avenue to the city of Oxford limits; Bonham Road from Sycamore Street and Talawanda Street to the Miami University property limit; and streets north of Sycamore Street and east of state Route 732.

Wagner said Miami encourages students to be safe and work together.

“We want everybody to not only look out for themselves, but look out for others when it comes to dangerous situations,” Wagner said.

Unveiling will complete Students, faculty embrace banned books Cradle of Coaches plaza

By Kathryn Bakaly For The Miami Student

By Conor Semple For The Miami Student

The Cradle of Coaches Plaza will add its ninth and final statue 9:30 a.m. Saturday, as the new Paul Brown Statue will be unveiled before the Miami University homecoming football game. The ceremony will take place in the Cradle of Coaches’ Plaza on the south side of Yager Stadium.

The Cradle of Coaches is a nickname given to Miami University for producing legendary coaches, some of the most successful coaches in sports history. Cradle members include former coaches Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes and Weeb Ewbank.

Miami Head Football Coach Don Treadwell, a former wide receiver for the Red and White, said he appreciates the plaza.

“The statues within our Cradle of Coaches Plaza give me and our other coaches a great visual reminder about Miami’s tremendous football history,” Treadwell said.

“The gentlemen who are honored in the Plaza have provided the foundation for all of us who are a part of the Cradle.”

The Cradle of Coaches is much celebrated at Miami.

“We feel that this ceremony will add on to celebrating this football program’s rich history,” Mike Pearson, assistant athletic director of Communications

and Technology, said.

Paul Brown, like the other coaches in the Cradle, was a successful coach for the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967, and the current Cincinnati Bengals stadium is named after him as well.

“The Brown name is strong throughout the NFL and college football,” Treadwell said. “I don’t really have enough time in the day to talk about how significant the Brown family is here.”

The process of unveiling the statue will start Friday, when the university will hold a private ceremony for the recipient, Mary Brown, Brown’s wife. Then, Saturday morning, both Mary Brown and the architect of the statue, Kristen Visbal, will take off the red cloth that will cover the statue before it is unveiled.

Guest speakers at this event include Miami Athletic Director Brad Bates and President David Hodge.

The RedHawks’ annual homecoming game will follow the event at 12 p.m.

Pearson said Miami hopes to add to the Plaza and statues as it looks to expand on ways to honor these men.

“We might even try to expand beyond the plaza and make something that honors the Cradle of Coaches into a tourist destination for all football fans,” Pearson said.

Tom Downey contributed reporting for this article.

Banned Books Week, a week that commemorates the freedom to read and write books that are considered controversial, will celebrate its 30th anniversary Sept. 30. To Kill a Mockingbird, challenged from 1977 to 2009, and Catcher in the Rye, challenged from 1960 to 2009, are two of the most challenged classics on the Banned Books list.

Although there is not an organized, on-campus celebration for the week, there are Miami University professors and students who speak out in their support for the freedom to read.

According to Brenda Dales, professor emeritus of teacher education, any parent or community member can challenge a book because of personal objections toward the content, but one individual cannot decide the reading choices for an entire population such as a classroom or a library.

“Professional organizations like the American Library Association and the National Council of Teachers of English support intellectual freedom in schools and libraries, and assist teachers with guidelines, information and procedures regarding how to combat censorship,” Dales said.

These organizations are essential because they support the

book-selection and re-evaluation procedures of the schools and libraries, protecting their freedom to select reading materials that they consider to be age-appropriate for students and library goers, Dales said. She includes information from these organizations in her courses so that future teachers are aware that a complaint about a book does not mean they should automatically remove it from their classroom.

Information Services Librarian Arianne Hartsell-Gundy said there have not been any controversies in King Library over the presence of banned books, and if there were any

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screening of Precious Knowledge and a panel discussion with the filmmaker and participants in the film.

According to Albarrán, part of the purpose of the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School was to give an ‘at-risk’ group of students, a chance to gain a sense of self-confidence.

“They were able to transfer that to their other areas of academic pursuit and the numbers demonstrated that they succeeded compared to other kids that didn’t have those kinds of classes,” Albarrán said. “So ethnic studies programs, the MexicanAmerican Studies programs in particular, really gave a boost to that generation of kids that were otherwise tremendously at risk.”

According to Albarrán, many of the students from the documentary are now college graduates, are in college, or are pursuing

activism on their own.

“They have a sense of self-worth that the traditional curriculum, history and social studies curriculum in particular, in the school system didn’t provide them so this is enormously valuable in a place that they represent the majority of the population in Tucson rather than the minority of the national population,” Albarrán said.

Albarrán lived in Tucson for nine years prior to coming to Miami.

“I’ve been in Ohio,” Albarrán said.

“Kind of observing events unfold in one of my home states that make me feel like this has happened very quickly and it seems to me like a real reversion back to a civil rights era.”

According to Albarrán, HB2281 is part of a string of legislation that provides a mechanism for racial profiling.

“That’s kind of where this really small issue can resonate nationally, in the national conversation and in Ohio,” Albarrán said. “What does it

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mean when a whole group of people is suddenly subject to a separate set of rules or separate set of tensions and legislation that really targets them because of the way that they look phenotypically.”

First-year Ariana Ruiz said she was disappointed in the state’s decision to ban ethnic studies.

“For people to go out of their way to make it so [the students] could not learn about their ancestry or their heritage, kind of going out their way to make sure they can’t learn it in a school sense, it was kind of heartbreaking,” Ruiz said.

Sophomore Jennifer Diaz said it is important to stay informed about the issues discussed in the documentary.

“It’s not affecting us directly but maybe sometime later on legislation like [HB2281] could enter Ohio,” Diaz said.

Area and ethnic studies programs like Latin American, Latino, Latina, and Carribean Studies, Black World Studies, Asian American Studies, Women Gender and Sexuality studies and American studies at Miami play a crucial role in education, according to Albarrán.

“It’s not one [role] that’s intended to serve a token minority population of students but rather to demonstrate that this is part of the United States,” Albarrán said. “It’s not something that should be considered an exotic other, to pick up only as an extra credit, but this is really part of cultural conversations, economic conversations and political conversations.”

According to Diaz, ethnic studies classes allow students to understand people from other cultures.

“If you take a class like that I feel you can understand somebody a little bit more, maybe not generalize everybody, but it gives a basis of what they had to go through or what their cultural practices are when they go home,” Diaz said.

Redefining what it means to be “American” is really what Precious Knowledge conversation is all about, according to Albarrán.

Albarrán said she was about to wrap up Q&A session with the panel after the film, when panelist and one of the teachers in the film, Jose González stopped her to allow for one more question.

“We were done and I said ‘thanks everyone for coming,’ and Jose González said ‘wait, this young lady has a question I can see,’” Albarrán said. “He had kind of this great teacher moment. He said ‘I can see in her eyes that she’s been wanting to say something all night.’”

The woman asked her question.

“She stood up and stood in the aisle and said ‘A lot of the debate was about whether the Mexican American studies program was American enough, whether it was anti-American, seditious, and it seems to me that nobody in the other side of the debate went to the trouble of defining what did they think ‘America’ was,’” Albarrán said.

Albarrán was surprised at the audience’s reaction.

“It was this perfect question, everyone burst into applause, people started crying, people started hugging, it was really powerful how she had articulated it, and that’s really the question at the core,” Albarrán said.

According to Albarrán, around 500 people attended the screening and around 300 of them stayed to listen to the panel. In addition, Albarrán said the event drew students from a multitude of different departments and student organizations such as College Democrats, College Republicans, Wilks Institute students and the Association for Latin American Students (ALAS).

“The turnout was so overwhelming that it seems to me that there is a broader interest and thirst for asking these questions, and not even specifically about Latin America or Arizona in particular but these questions of institutional racism and educational justice,” Albarrán said.

Albarrán said in the four years she has been at Miami she has not seen such an enthusiastic response to any other event.

Albarrán said she hopes students were inspired by the film.

“I want for people to follow up on the emotional impact that it had and do something,” Albarrán said. “[Like], ‘this upset me to know this happens in this country now what am I going to do learn more about it or change something in my day-to-day to address what I consider what I see as an injustice’”

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POLICE TJ Maxx plans to open in Oxford

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By Jessica Barga Senior Staff Writer

When it comes to clothes shopping in Oxford, selection is limited, but plans are already underway to bring TJ Maxx department store to the vacant storefront on 550 S. Locust St. near the Dollar Store.

However, the timetable is still uncertain, according to Sam Perry, Oxford’s city planner.

Alan Kyger, Oxford’s economic development director, said the store has been in the planning stages since last December.

Core Resources, Inc., the company that owns the building, has been working on getting the site prepared for the move-in, Perry said.

“They’re putting a new roof on, putting in a new loading dock

and resealing the parking lot,” Perry said.

Perry also said that the permit for the company’s move-in has not yet been signed, nor have interior plans for the store been approved, but they will know more in a few weeks.

Plans for the design are currently under review, a process that typically takes anywhere from several weeks to 30 days, Kyger said. “[But] that doesn’t mean they’ll be moving in in two weeks to 30 days,” he said, estimating that TJ Maxx might be in Oxford in the spring of 2013.

Another concern was the location, which is near Miami’s Demske Culinary Support Center.

“Demske wanted to make sure there would be room for trucks entering and leaving the facility,”

said Kyger. However, Demske determined that there would be no conflict.

The addition of a TJ Maxx would be beneficial for Oxford, Kyger said, by offering items such as menswear and luggage, both things that shops Uptown lack.

“Other than Walmart, we don’t have a selection of wide variety,” Kyger said.

There is concern the new store could take business away from some of the small existing stores, Kyger said, but he said he thinks there is room for both.

“The last thing we want to do is drive out small businesses,” Kyger said. “The more we can keep people in town, the more it’s going to help our merchants.”

Sophomore Trenae Johnson said the new store will be good for Oxford students on a budget.

“A lot of stores Uptown are very expensive because they’re boutiques,” Johnson said. “But TJ Maxx has nice clothes that are reasonably priced, so it’ll be a chance for people [to have more options].”

First-year Sara Schindler said that a TJ Maxx in Oxford would give students a larger variety of clothing and apparel choices.

“It’ll give us someplace that’s not really stereotypical of Miami to shop,” said Schindler.

Oxford lacks men’s clothing options, but the addition of TJ Maxx to shopping would bring a wider selection for men at Miami and in the community. Sophomore Travis Amburgy said he liked the idea of TJ Maxx coming to Oxford.

“That’d be legit,” said Ambergy.

“TJ Maxx has brand-name stuff for a cheaper price. I’d shop there.”

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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources joined forces with The Office of TourismOhio this week with the launch of a traveloriented website “Autumn Adventures” just in time for Sept.

22, the official first day of fall.

This is a branch-off of the DiscoverOhio website and will include up-to-date information on events, attractions and state park tours throughout the entire autumn season.

Jason Fallon, public relations and marketing coordinator of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, said the goal of the site is to provide Ohioans with plenty of ways to experience the best time of the year to see all the colors of Ohio.

“We really work hard to promote these because we have a lot of great free activities that you can do around the state,” Fallon said.

According to Fallon, there has been an increase in nature sightseeing, and the department even has stronger ties with Ohio tourism groups than last year.

“We’ve done this campaign year after year,” Fallon said.

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“We’ve been working closer together to maximize both of our resources, [with] social media, press releases and media contacts.”

Fallon said the aspect of Autumn Adventures most publicized by the department is the extremely low cost of having a valuable Ohio nature experience.

“All of our state parks are free.”

Fallon said. “You don’t have to pay a cover charge to get into any of them. All over the state you’ll find lots of great events and activities that you can package into a three-day weekend, from hiking one day to biking the next.”

One of the unique features of the website is a fall color report in which the colors of the leaves throughout Ohio are forecasted every Wednesday. The most-visited attractions will vary, Fallon said, depending on where the colors are most vibrant.

“We’re actually expecting fall color to be a little later [than usual],” Fallon said. “Usually you’ll see it in the first week of October, but it may not be until the second week that you see it in the north and then it

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Tuesday, Sept. 18 Vice-Mayor Ken Bogard oversaw the Oxford City Council meeting for Mayor Richard Keebler, who was ill and unable to attend. Vice-Mayor Bogard and the other members of City Council recognized Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 as the tenth annual Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the contributions made in society by the Hispanic community and its culture. Throughout the month, there will be ongoing festivities to celebrate Hispanic heritage and all are invited to take part. A list of related events is available on the city’s website.

Vice-Mayor Bogard also said Sept. 21 will be marked as an International Day of Peace. This year’s theme is “sustainable peace for a sustainable world.” In commemoration of this day, the Oxford Citizens for Peace and Justice will rededicate the 23-year-old Oxford Peace Pole at noon Friday outside the Oxford Municipal Building.

City Council also heard the second readings of two ordinances: one to alter zoning codes, making it possible for older apartments in the city to be rebuilt more easily, the other, the Neighborhood Overlay

Conservation District, to help preserve the character of the communities in Oxford. Both passed unanimously with votes of 5-0.

Councilmember Rousmaniere said she is proud of City Council’s progress.

“Don’t say we can’t make change in city hall because we can,” Rousmaniere said on the passage of these ordinances.

A request for a letter of support from MetroParks of Butler County was also introduced. While this support is not monetary, the MetroParks of Butler County hope that a letter of support from the city will help further its cause of preserving green space as a part of the Green Ohio campaign.

City Council also announced upcoming recycling events. The dates of these events can be found on the city website. There will be an opportunity to donate used computers and other technology goods to Goodwill Nov. 10 at Talawanda High School.

Chief of Police Robert Holzworth was also present and said that the Oxford Police Department will soon issue a press release regarding the SAE and Phi Tau fraternities.

There will also be another release made regarding the Sept. 14 arrest of Fransisco Jairo Naupa Rivera for burglary and rape.

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RedHawks dig in for weekend play

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The RedHawks seem to have found a happy medium between veteran savvy and youthful explosiveness. One particular

hitter Tinuke Aderemi-Ibitola, who has 131 kills and 189 digs this year, leads the Golden Flashes.

Ohio (5-7) is coming off of a 1-2 weekend where they lost to the University of North Carolina and to North Carolina State University.

The Bobcats’ lone win came against the University of North CarolinaGreensboro where OU swept the Spartans in dominating fashion with scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-19.

The ’Cats have an elite tandem in sophomore outside hitter Kelly Lamberti and freshman libero Ashy Meredith, both of whom are team leaders in digs and Lamberti is also averaging 3.83 kills per set.

The ’Hawks are enthusiastic about the conference opener.

“We’re all really excited to finally start playing MAC opponents,” Chaney said. “We have been working hard to get better everyday so we can bring a MAC Championship to Miami this year.”

The RedHawks start play against KSU 7 p.m. Friday and take on OU 5 p.m. Saturday.

A swarming defensive effort with a continuing of its offensive dominance could prove to be the recipe for success in MAC play.

Through eight games, the ’Hawks have scored 23 goals,

I think we learned against IPFW not to lay off the defensive pressure. I feel really good about our chances to add to our season shutouts this weekend.” allison norenberg

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standout, freshman forward Haley Walter, has four goals this season along with four assists.

Her speed and energy have been critical in the team’s success and will be an integral part of Miami’s efforts during the conference schedule.

are ranked 13th nationally, and have only given up six goals.

After missing the conference tournament last season, the RedHawks are looking to raise a few eyebrows.

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The Red and White are 3-1 at home this year, with their only loss coming against Xavier University Sept. 4. The RedHawks (5-8) have lost two straight, both on the road, and hope to get back on track this weekend.

A few bright spots for Miami last weekend in the Hoosier Classic included junior libero Madison Hardy, sophomore setter/outside hitter Meg Riley and redshirt freshman outside hitter Sarah Chaney.

Hardy recorded 46 digs to help put her over the 1,000 dig mark for her career while Riley is on an incredible roll for the RedHawks, registering two triple-doubles and being named to the All-Tournament Team of the

Classic. Chaney is playing well in spots for Miami, putting together 21 kills in action over the weekend.

As a team, Miami is averaging over 12 kills and 11 assists per set, which is .5 and .3 more than its opponents, respectively.

In their lone win of the weekend, the RedHawks had a strong outing against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, recording a hitting percentage of .258, much in part due to the team’s 67 kills and 58 assists.

“The tournament was a good experience for us,” Head Coach Carolyn Condit said. “It was a good opportunity to face such good competition this early in the season.

We would have liked the outcome to be different, but we’re a very confident group.”

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Cultural education is necessary for everyone Miami University hosted a screening of the documentary Precious Knowledge Sept. 13, which shares the stories of four students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School in Arizona.

The documentary was filmed when House Bill 2281 (HB2281) was passed by the state of Arizona.

HB2281 imposed a ban on ethnic studies classes including the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School, claiming that the classes promote anti-American ideals. Part of the purpose of the Mexican American Studies program at Tucson High School was to give an ‘at-risk’ group of students a chance to gain a sense of self-confidence.

The editorial board of The Miami Student believes that this cultural education program was a necessary and important part of the education and should continue to be available for students.

This issue comes from how we define the term ‘American’ and forces us to ask what it really means. In the

larger picture, all Americans have come from somewhere else at some point in their ancestry. America has often been described as a melting pot, or better yet a salad – different ingredients coming together to form one culture.

The point of ethnic studies is not to serve only an ethnicity or minority but to show us how cultures connect and define the collective U.S. history and identity.

Cultural studies are just as important for all groups and are just as enriching for everyone. It is unfortunate that a program such as this would be taken away only because a few people believe it is not beneficial to the majority ethnicity.

The loss of this class represents the loss of a wonderful opportunity for a traditionally marginalized group to succeed, gain confidence and learn about its history.

Psychological research has demonstrated that knowledge of one’s heritage and culture encourages more confidence and higher success rates in individuals. Cultural education – knowing where you came

from – is a necessary part the human experience. We cannot move into our future without knowing our past.

Students, especially those who are deemed ‘at-risk’ youth, need this confidence in order to do well. These students will go on to succeed.

The fact that people are qualifying education in this way goes against what we have been taught all along: that we have freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom to express. The fact that we have these freedoms and that we have the opportunity to learn about ethnicities and cultures from around the world that help to make us who we are today is what can make us a great nation.

Especially here at Miami, many people may have misconceptions about Latino/a culture and immigrants. We too need this education and understanding of different cultures.

So we thank Miami for offering screenings such like this one that allow us to understand the world around us as part of a well-rounded liberal arts education.

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On Saturday, Sept. 15 while many of you were watching the RedHawks football team get buried by the Broncos of Boise State I was participating in a very different burial, and one of far greater meaning than any sporting event can possibly claim.

I traveled through Bronco country to Mustang country, or what has often been referred to as the “forgotten corner of the west,” to attend the funeral of long-time friend Robert H. Skinner in Jordan Valley, Oregon.

Bob was born and raised on the Skinner Ranch to the west of Jordan Valley and spent more than threequarters of his 92 years in selfless and tireless devotion to the land and the life it supported in this lava, sage, and grass covered high desert countryside he so loved and honored.

Bob’s passion for and curiosity about his surroundings led to a lifetime of learning and sharing.

It was clear from the hundreds of family members, friends, community members, ranchers and public figures gathered in celebration of Bob’s lifetime of commitment and service to family, friends, community, country and the ranching industry, that something I had known for quite some time was appreciated by many; Bob was a very special person who devoted his life to doing not just the right thing but to doing

genuine good. And he did so with quiet dignity and sincerity.

OK, you have followed the commentary this far and probably have received a few text messages and phone calls while doing so. But hang in there a bit longer, step back from your wired life and ponder the true meaning of some of the words used above.

Words such as selfless, tireless, passion, curiosity, devotion, commitment, service, dignity, sincerity, love and honor that so often are over- or even misused, but not in this case.

Bob was a gentleman who embodied not only the good but the best of what these words truly mean. On my return flights there was much time to reflect on this rather incredible weekend and the life that it celebrated. In turn I challenge you to reflect and act on the following questions. How and will any of us so profoundly and positively touch the lives of so many? And will we do so with dignity and sincerity?

The answers fall to each of us as we conduct our daily activities and chart our course beyond the next sunset.

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Chicago’s teachers have valid complaints not to be exploited Andrew Geisler, in his piece “Chicago public school system...” makes a number of errors in analyzing the strike.

He assumes that the strike is about a raise. Sure, teachers who are paid more feel valued. On the other hand, teachers feel less valued when they are faced with cuts to their curricula (what they actually teach) because of 10 extra days of standardized testing and when they are faced with 100 CPS-wide school closures in favor of half-privately funded charter schools.

Now, before anyone says, “But charter schools are meant to reform the school system. It will be better for the students,” keep these next few items in mind. Charter schools can throw students out for not performing well enough on standardized tests. Those students get funneled back into neighborhood schools that have had their own funding depleted by the charter school.

Charter schools don’t have to admit students with disabilities. They don’t have to have smaller class sizes. They don’t have to do anything because they function like a business, interested in only the bottom line (high standardized test scores).

To me, that doesn’t sound like this system values the teachers OR

the students. Geisler’s second crucial error is suggesting that a millionaire running for president has an obligation to exploit a crisis that was largely started by corrupt city government funneling money away from the school system and into the hands of corporations owning major real estate in Chicago’s Loop.

The policies of handing out tax breaks left and right to companies that would somehow “give back” to the community is the Republican platform.

It’s the Democratic platform, too.

And Geisler’s statistics outlining the failure in the schools themselves only prove that this method does not work, particularly when it comes to education.

So, by all means, continue privatizing and defunding education, or handing out tax dollars to corporations who see them as the perks of simply existing, and then we’ll see how well the “poor (the people who have no choice but to go to public school?) can gain the tools to rise up.”

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Romney’s career proves he will be a capable president We take issue with the Sept. 18 opinion piece submitted by Tom and Kathy Romano supporting Barack Obama and his policies.

For those of you who missed it, we will analyze their question posed to readers: “Does anyone who isn’t wealthy want George Bush’s Republican regime again?”

There are a number of problems with the wording of this question.

First, Republicans are not a monolith — just as the Democrats of the 1990s are not the Democrats of today, neither are the Republicans. During the 2010 midterm election, we saw the rise of a GOP focused on the economy, fiscal responsibility and small business prosperity.

Second, when will liberals, like the Romanos, admit President Obama is responsible for the current condition of country he is running? “Bush-bashing” was a dominant narrative of the 2008 election and many desire to replicate it this cycle. Yet this desire ignores one glaring fact: President Bush hasn’t been in office since we were in high school!

Times have changed and the more Democrats hide from their decisions, the less seriously our generation and the American people should take their candidacies.

Third, we are college students with burdensome debt and dim prospects of employment after graduation. Under no circumstances are we wealthy.

Four years ago, Barack Obama told the nation, “If you don’t have

a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone to run from.”

Let’s look at Obama’s record today: $16 trillion deficit, 46 million Americans on food stamps and 24 million Americans unemployed or underemployed. Certainly, those statistics are not a record to run on.

Unfortunately, the Obama campaign is engaging in the same tactics they criticized four years ago. Moreover, this hypocrisy is demonstrative of the entire Obama presidency, which began full of optimistic promises that have evolved into an endless series of failures.

Mitt Romney had a sterling career in the private sector. In 2002, he volunteered to save the Salt Lake City Olympics from crisis.

As governor of Massachusetts, he balanced the budget, lowered unemployment, improved education and provided healthcare — all without raising taxes.

Romney’s caliber as an executive is unprecedented. As our generation continues to be plagued with unemployment double the national rate, we need to run toward a candidate with proven results. That candidate is Mitt Romney.

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The tragedy of Mitt Romney: A less than conservative candidate Previously in this space, I have advocated for Mitt Romney to get specific and give the American people more of a window into his soul.

However, if Romney’s 47 percent comments gave us a peek through the window of the man’s soul, I don’t like what we found out, and it just made our choice for President infinitely worse.

I’ll venture to say when Mr. Romney told a bunch of big shot donors that 47 percent of our country is dependent on government and will never take steps to improve their lives we found out what the signs have been pointing to all along – his heart is filled with a disgusting brand of conceit. Furthermore, his elitism has detached him from the realities of every day life in an irrevocable way.

It appears former RNC Chairman and Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour was right when he said, paraphrasing Democratic messaging, “You know, he’s a plutocrat who’s married to a known equestrian.”

Conservatives of every stripe but one are horrified over the remarks.

The moderate David Brooks of The New York Times penned a column Tuesday entitled “Thurston Howell Romney” in which he called Romney’s statements “a country club fantasy.”

The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan, a clear main street Republican and former Reagan speechwriter, said it’s time for an intervention on the Romney campaign, which she called “incompetent” Tuesday night in highly critical a blog post.

The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, representing the neo-conservative wing, wrote a blog post Tuesday morning entitled “A Note on Romney’s Arrogant and Stupid Remarks.” He closed out the post with a stinging indictment on both candidates, “Has there been a presidential race in modern times featuring two candidates who have done so little over their lifetimes for our country, and who have so little substance to say about the future of our country?” he asked.

Only tea party cranks like Red State’s Erick Erickson, who tweeted “Dammit! I’m just now seeing these Romney secret videos. We need that guy on the campaign trial!” have defended Romney.

Now I’ll pile on.

In the past, I’ve always assumed Mr. Romney, in his heart, was somewhat like his father – a coalition building moderate.

His spineless campaign up to this point has slowly destroyed this theory, and it completely died when I heard Romney, who speaks conservatism as a second language, sound totally at home disrespecting nearly half of the country.

Romney’s inability to clearly communicate like a conservative has always been problematic. It’s the reason he ran as a self-professed “progressive” in 1994 against former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.

The President must be a true leader. And true leaders must know what they believe and why they believe it.”

He then basically governed like one during his single term as a Governor — although it’s clear when you read about that term, Romney did not care one bit about being governor and only put in any real effort to pass his health care plan.

Mitt is the ultimate power-hungry political shape shifter.

He ascribes to no ideology, which is why he is unable to effectively lay out the conservative path forward for America.

While he may understand the conservative movement intellectually, he doesn’t feel it in his bones the way the Reagans of the world do.

True conservatives have a real framework to make deals from.

They know where their lines are, and they have to figure out how to bridge the gap between the other side’s lines and their own.

It seems that a President Romney would be utterly unable to cut acceptable legislative deals because of his lack of ideological core (side note: don’t read this as an insistence to not raise revenue, I’m in favor of this, given our current situation, and President Reagan did it when he had to).

He would rely too much on polling data, and too little on the all-important internal compass, which in

his case, appears to be permanently broken or ignored.

Then there’s the man who has come under fire publicly in the recent days, Stuart Stevens, Romney’s chief strategist. Stevens and Romney are pretty much a match made in hell, because Stevens, like his boss, is not a conservative.

In his book about the 2000 Bush campaign, The Big Enchilada, in which Stevens worked on the ad-making team, he describes himself a middle of the road guy in a conversation with then Governor Bush.

Stevens pretty much just does campaigns because it’s something fun to do between ski trips, hikes in Europe and safaris. Seriously. He and Romney must love to sit around and make snarky remarks about movement conservatives in between their discussions about each man’s last visit to the south of France.

Jokes aside, there’s nothing wrong with being a middle of the road guy — in fact, I think the middle of the road is probably the best way forward for our country — but it becomes a huge problem when a candidate in the middle tries to speak like a conservative. It sounds forced.

This is why there’s a certain tragedy to the way Mitt Romney has operated as a candidate.

In reality, the pragmatic centrist Mitt Romney of 1994 would likely do an excellent job as President of the United States. The problem is the extremists in power today would never nominate him.

But the fake “severe” conservative Mitt, the one who has the support of the base, who only stakes out conservative positions because he thinks its what people want to hear, that guy would be a terrible President.

The President must be a true leader. And true leaders must know what they believe and why they believe it. Because without this belief, they have no idea where they’re taking their followers.

A rudderless Romney presidency is not appealing.

However, neither is four more years of President Obama’s all words, no action approach.

In essence, two directionless men are begging us to make them the most powerful man in the world.

There is no good choice to be made.

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We need a new definition of love, starting with radical, constant commitment Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What is love?” We’ve all been told different things by popular culture, but do we really know what we’re seeking?

On the eve of the sexual revolution, which would redefine the understanding of love as we know it, the famed writer C.S. Lewis sought to answer this when he published a short book entitled, The Four Loves.

In it, he describes the nature of love, and separates it into four different categories: affection, friendship, Eros (or sexual love), and agape (or love of God).

My hope is that this article helps establish a new definition of love – but prepare yourselves for something radical.

Today, if you asked most people what love was, they would probably describe it in terms not dissimilar to that of the song “Once Upon a Dream,” from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.

They see the object of their love from across the library or Rec Center, and music immediately starts playing (I’ve never actually seen this happen, but I’m still waiting for a couple of strangers to break into song in King Café).

They might say they get a

warm feeling around someone they love. Or perhaps they’ll say they enjoy spending time with someone. However, once again, I’m going to spoil the party here

The music starts playing and you get those funny feelings around your chest and you can’t stop thinking about her.

You see her at parties, you talk

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

C.S. LEwis

and attempt to correct our present culture’s concept of an idea so essential to being human.

But first, before we define love, let’s take an adventure down the road of “Once Upon a Dream” Love.

So there she is: your true love.

(I’ll speak from the guys perspective, because I still haven’t quite figured out how women think – and I’m pretty sure I’m happier this way).

You know it’s her because she has everything you’ve ever wanted in a woman: smart, personable, attractive, etc.

to her, the two of you get coffee, the two of you go out to dinner.

Things escalate normally (whatever that means) for college relationships. The two of you ride the wave of the relationship’s warm and fuzzy feelings.

Then one day, out of the blue, the song stops. Maybe it’s because you’ve been having a bad day. Maybe it’s because your former Duchess of York has ticked you off. Maybe you see a different girl, and a different song starts. Maybe she stopped the song for you.

What now? You get that painful

feeling like someone set a chisel to your chest and took a sledgehammer to it. You’re hurt, whether you’d like to admit it or not.

But why did this happen?

You did everything you were supposed to. The song was supposed to last forever. Well guess what?

Real love is not like a song from a Disney movie, no matter what anyone says. That sudden, intense attraction is not imaginary; it’s just not love.

It’s called infatuation (also known as falling in love), and it’s important, it’s just not the whole thing.

Love is sacrifice – plain and simple. I’ll say it again to let it sink in, “love is sacrifice.”

Love is an act of the will – a choice. It is not a feeling. It is a commitment. C.S. Lewis may have said it best when he said in an essay, “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

Or, in the words or John Paul II, love is a gift of self. Love is more shown in acts of generosity and self-sacrifice than in the fleeting feelings of infatuation one feels toward another.

An example of this self-giving love would be a parent who gets up at night to check on the newborn so that his or her spouse doesn’t have to and can sleep.

I know this is radical, and this is contrary to what we’ve been fed through popular culture, but it is truth. We’ve got to believe it, if we have any chance of being happy with our relationships – whether they are with friends, with family, or romantic.

In order to love, we must sacrifice and give of ourselves. We’ve all seen that guy who cannot, or will not commit to a relationship because he doesn’t know what he wants. He’s usually characterized as a bum – and rightly so.

He’s like a sky-diver who got all dressed up and is on the plane, but he refuses to jump. Feelings of infatuation have their time and place (at the beginning of a relationship), but radical commitment and gift of self is the real key to love.

I’m aware that I’ve merely touched the tip of the enormous, hulking, Titanic-sinking, iceberg that is love, but in order to move forward, we’ve got to have a definition of love, so it’s a start!

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“Because we are a university library most of the students are 18 or at least of the age to decide what books they would like to read, therefore if a student wishes to read a controversial piece of literature, that is his or her right to do so”, Hartsell-Gundy said.

Junior English Literature major Sylvie Turner said, “I’m fortunate

enough to have had the opportunity to read and discuss many controversial books since high school and because of this I feel much more comfortable living in our ever changing world.”

Turner said that although very few of the books she has read in her upper level classes are included in the list of banned books all of them would be considered controversial based on the adult issues of the context.

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Hodge said developing a funding formula will be more difficult for the presidents’ commission than dividing up capital funding as they did last year, but they are up for the challenge.

“I enter this process knowing that this is actually a much more challenging task, but we’re building on a continued good will amongst all the institutions that we have to work together to meet the challenge that’s put forth from the Governor,” Hodge said.

Miami Senior Peter Dougherty said he has mixed feelings about the commission’s task.

“I think anything that increases cooperation between universities can only benefit all of them as a whole, but I’m wary about how some of those [funding criteria] seem to be very broadbased and hard to measure,” Dougherty said.

There may also be more incentives at stake for Ohio universities if the presidents succeed at developing a new formula, according to Creamer. “[Gov. Kasich] sees this as very important,” Creamer said.

“If they’re successful I think he would certainly feel strongly about being more aggressive at the funding that he recommends

for higher education. And if they are unsuccessful, I believe he’s indicated that he wouldn’t feel so strongly about that.”

Johnson said that while he thinks asking university presidents to work together is the right thing to do, there’s also a bigger picture: the fact that Ohio higher education is dramatically underfunded.

“The difficulty is not just with how the money gets distributed, but it’s also with how much money is placed into the formula,” Johnson said. “So there also has to be a realization on behalf of all the policy makers in Ohio, that [to get] Ohio where it needs to be with an affordable quality higher education, they’re going to have to put some money into the formula.”

Dougherty said he had a similar opinion.

“My biggest concern is the fact that it seems like the state of Ohio doesn’t seem to give that much money to higher education in general, which I think should be a much larger concern,” Dougherty said.

Despite the challenge of developing a new formula, Hodge said there are positives.

“We start with a governor saying ‘I believe in higher education, I want to support higher education and I want to make sure that higher education is responding to the long-term goals of the state,’” Hodge said. “That’s a pretty doggone good place to start from.”

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Kateland Heestand, marketing manager for the Butler County Visitors Bureau, said there are definitely some outdoor experiences in Oxford that local residents and students can visit.

“We’re a big fan of Hueston Woods and Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, as it has a lot of wildlife as well has a museum,” Heestand said.

Miami University junior Alyssa Reck said she loves this time of the year and thinks Ohio is the perfect state for this program.

“Ohio is one of the states that gets all four seasons, and fall is one of the prettiest seasons,” Reck said. “You can actually enjoy the weather before it disappears.

Also, we have a lot of different types of trees, so we can easily watch the colors change.” Reck said she plans to utilize the hiking information on the Autumn Adventures site.

For more information, check out http://consumer.discoverohio.com/autumnadventures/.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 ANDREW GEISLER

GOING LONGWITH GEISLER

CLEVELAND’S FRANCHISE DESIGN REMAINS FLAWED Sometimes I wonder why in the world the Dolan family even wants to own a baseball team.

Especially when these nitwits who have run the Cleveland Indians into the ground say things like this: “There is no expectation the payroll for next year will be substantially different from prior years,” CEO Paul Dolan preened to Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer last month.

In essence, what Dolan really said is this: “Sorry fans, but we’re going to lose about 90 games again next year, and there’s no telling when the pathetic slide will cease.”

Back in the 1990s and even in 2007 (when they made the American League Championship) the Indians were an impressive and competitive team.

They had guys like Omar Vizquel, Jim Thome and Kenny Lofton. They were often willing to pay the price to keep them. Owner Dick Jacobs kept the payroll around $73 million in 1999, his final year as owner.

Now 13 years later, that number has fallen to $66 million and a fire sale mentality continues to permeate the front office in Cleveland.

Victor Martinez, Cliff Lee, CC Sabathia, Ryan Ludwick and Brandon Phillips all came up with the Indians, and now they’re all productive pros — with other teams.

For years Indians fans could at least feel good about the future. We always had players in the coffers ready to step in and produce. Then a litany of left-handed pitchers never panned out; Brian Tallet ring a bell for anyone? And expected stars like Grady Sizemore, Carlos Santana and Travis Hafner all ended up being complete and total busts in the end.

Of course these are the players the Indians choose to invest in, not the first group.

Smart baseball people always say if the team fired Indians President

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Mark Shapiro, he would have a job the next day. I think it’s time to test this hypothesis.

Though he’s left many of the dayto-day decisions to General Manager Chris Antonetti, the buck stops with Shapiro in Cleveland, and the team’s failure ultimately must be attributed to his flawed strategy on the construction of a team.

Shapiro is a numbers guy — he’s famous for having some lofty computer program that spits out the meaning of life and the perfect nine gentlemen to win 100 games. Jokes aside, I too am a numbers guy to some degree, but Shapiro, like Billy Beane and other followers of the “Moneyball” strategy have it somewhat wrong. Sports cannot be about cold calculations. Ignoring the human element is utterly naïve.

It seems like a full on “Moneyball” approach is nothing more than a sad excuse for a team’s owners to continue to be cheapskates.

The full “Moneyball” approach is Shapiro’s great mistake. Yes, a ridiculously low payroll hamstrings him, but it’s time for the Indians to move on.

Unfortunately, it’s unlikely the complacent Dolan family will make any changes.

I can see it now: Paul and Larry Dolan are sharing a healthy portion of some raspberry sorbet out on their deck overlooking the decrepit city of Cleveland. The eager son tells his father, “Let’s fire Shaprio, put some skin in the game and go for the World Series this year, pops!”

Larry laughs maniacally at his naïve son and retorts, “Don’t you know the people of Cleveland love being miserable?”

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. It just may be in the curious case of Paul and Larry Dolan’s occupation of Cleveland’s beloved Indians.

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NEXT HOME GAME: 12 p.m. Saturday, vs. UMASS

Minutemen storm Miami for homecoming battle

CODY FINNEY THE ARBITER

The Miami University football team (1-2) opens Mid-American Conference play noon Saturday against the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen (0-3). UMass has been outscored 145-19 this season, while the RedHawks are allowing over 36 points per game.

By Tom Downey Senior Staff Writer

The Miami University football team (1-2) opens Mid-American Conference (MAC) play Saturday against the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen (0-3).

“It is huge; the conference race starts this weekend,” redshirt senior defensive lineman Jason Semmes said. “We have to get this first win under our belt.”

The Red and White no longer have to deal with perennial powerhouses like the Ohio State University and Boise State University as they start MAC play, with a trip to rival University of Cincinnati remaining on the non-conference schedule.

“It has prepared us for tough environments, tough situations and for facing a lot of adversity,” senior wide receiver Andy Cruse said of the tough non-conference schedule.

“Those things are good [because] they prepare us for tough conference games like this one and the rest of them.”

The RedHawks are heavy favorites as UMass has only scored 19 total points this season, albeit against very difficult opponents.

“I really believe their record, probably much like us, does not reflect or indicate their ability,” Head Coach Don Treadwell said. “They have played some top

tier programs themselves.”

The Minuteman are in their first season of Division I college football and have been outscored 145 to 19 in games against the University of Connecticut, Indiana University and the University of Michigan. They have one offensive touchdown all season.

“They’re a talented team and they’ve played some talented teams,” Semmes said, “We know we’re going to get their best shot.”

Former Michigan running back and redshirt senior Michael Cox is the team’s leading rusher with 113 yards on the year. True freshman Mike Wegzyn is the Minutemen’s starting quarterback. He has 348 yards on the year with one pick and no touchdowns. He also accounted for the team’s only offensive touchdown on a run.

“They’ve got a really tough, strong, big running back in there,” Treadwell said. “I believe their quarterback is very efficient. He plays very smart within their scheme.”

Despite the seeming advantage the RedHawks have, the team says it will not take the game lightly.

University of Notre Dame transfer and redshirt senior Deion Walker is Massachusetts’ top receiving threat, with 87 yards on the year.

With his performance against Boise State, redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert moved into 10th place all time in passing yards in

the MAC. He is now just over 1,500 yards short of passing Ben Roethlisberger as Miami’s all-time leader.

Andy Cruse has caught 26 balls on the season, good for third in the NCAA. Cruse is only three catches short of the leading receivers.

Junior wide out Nick Harwell will likely miss the game due to a leg injury he sustained last week at practice. Sophomore wide receiver David Frazier will continue to start in his place, after catching three balls for 63 yards in the loss to Boise.

Senior defensive lineman Austin Brown’s status for the game is up in the air after missing last week’s game with a back injury. However, he has been practicing at times during the past week.

Senior linebacker Pat Hinkel is one of only 11 players with at least three picks this season. He is the only RedHawk with an interception on the year.

The game against UMass marks homecoming for Red and White.

“It’s a shot of adrenaline,” Treadwell said. “Just knowing the significance of it being homecoming, but we always want to play well at home.”

Kickoff is set for noon at Yager Stadium, with a Paul Brown statue at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza set to be unveiled before the game. Fans can listen to the game on WMSR at www.redhawkradio.com.

Red and White kick off conference play against Zips and Bulls

By Win Braswell

For The Miami Student

For the second consecutive season the Miami University soccer team opens conference play with only two non-conference losses.

Sitting at 6-2, the RedHawks take on the University of Akron (4-3) and the University at Buffalo (25-1) in a pair of home games Friday and Sunday.

Despite the team’s success, the challenge for the rest of the regular season is to stay focused.

“Our focus now is to continue getting better at what we do,” Head Coach Bobby Kramig said.

“We don’t need to change anything for any specific team at the moment, but we do need to play

more consistently now. We need to be better with our shots on goal and get our defensive pressure started earlier. There isn’t a Saturday morning that goes by where a coach doesn’t get on a computer and see a [Mid-American Conference (MAC)] game that went to an underdog. So, we need to be on top of our game at all times, week in and week out.”

Kramig said Miami’s 3-0 victory over the Zips last season was one that shocked a lot of people.

“This conference is incredibly competitive,” Kramig said. “I think our players know that every game will be a fight. I think our result last year at Akron had people see that a game can go either way. Everything in that game

went right for us, but I don’t put a lot of stock into that. It’s a new year, and they have a new coach.

In these kinds of situations, you don’t know what strategies may have changed, but at the end of the day, it comes down to what we do and our effort.”

Senior captain Jess Kodiak comes into this weekend following a two-goal performance against Indiana State University, a game where the RedHawks quickly overwhelmed the Sycamores, winning 4-0. This marked the fourth time in her collegiate career where Kodiak posted a multi-goal game. Kodiak said the team is in the right state of mind and refocused, knowing the daunting task of competing in

conference play.

“As a team, we wanted to get back on track after losing to [Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)],” Kodiak said. “Losses are only good if you learn from them. I think our focus as a team is in the perfect place heading into conference play. The only thing left to do is execute.”

The Zips have not found their offensive rhythm under new head coach Vernon Croft.

The Zips have yet to score 10 goals this season and have been shutout twice.

The Buffalo Bulls have struggled as well. The Bulls have been blanked on the scoreboard three times by a 1-0 score, and have scored only seven goals in the

team’s first eight games. Having matched its 2011 shutout total through eight games this season, Miami is poised to surpass that with the weekend slate.

“Our defense has more experience with another year under our belt,” redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Allison Norenberg said.

“Communication between the whole team has improved a lot, and the freshmen on our back line are a great addition to the team.

I think we learned against IPFW not to lay off the defensive pressure. I feel really good about our chances to add to our season shutouts this weekend.”

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