September 25, 2012 | The Miami Student

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VOLUME 140 NO. 11

TUESday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1960, The Miami Student reported that 506 students had dropped out after the first semester due to poor scholarship. Of these, 298 were freshmen.

There were 6,767 students enrolled in October of that year, 2,461 being freshmen. Miami University was refusing second-semester admittance to 7.8 percent of those who might have been expecting to continue school the following semester.

Springer talks politics at Lecture Series

by Jenn Smola & Andrew Yde

Campus Editor, Contributing Writer

Jerry Springer kicked off Miami University’s Lecture Series Monday evening with a speech at Hall Auditorium.

Perhaps best known for hosting his tabloid talk show, “The Jerry Springer Show,” Springer is also the former mayor of Cincinnati, political activist and pundit, lawyer, newscaster, Broadway actor and a former “Dancing with the Stars” competitor.

Springer was born in London and immigrated at a young age to New York after the holocaust.

Springer’s parents were Holocaust survivors and his grandparents were Holocaust victims.

During his speech, Springer focused mainly on politics, chiefly the importance of a liberal path for the country and world.

“The world is becoming more liberalized,” Springer said. “It is human nature. I know people are going to fight it, but they will lose.”

Springer also spoke out against war on the middle class as well as the privileges of the wealthy.

“There’s an assault on the middle class, we’re a middle class society,” Springer said. “I know the laws are there to benefit people like me, because I went from nothing to this ridiculously privileged life. All because of my silly job.”

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Jerry Springer kicked off the Lecture Series at Hall Auditorium Monday.

Miami female reports on-campus rape

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Student Health Services confirms Tuberculosis case

By Libby Mueller Senior Staff Writer

The season of sickness, sneezing and coughing may have taken a severe turn at Miami University.

Greg Calkins, medical director at Student Health Services (SHS) has confirmed there is a student who is suspected to have tuberculosis (TB).

“There is a student that we suspect might have tuberculosis,” Calkins said. “We don’t have a definite diagnosis but we are treating him as if he has it pending confirmation.”

Calkins said the situation is under control and students in classes with the student should not be concerned.

“Those students are not deemed to be in concerning contact,” Calkins said.

Calkins also said that only those who are in prolonged contact with the student should be concerned.

“The only ones that should be concerned are those that the [Butler County] Health Department deems ‘close contacts,’ such as roommates and friends that spend a lot of time with the student, something like four hours a day on a day-to-day basis,” Calkins said. “The reason for that is that TB really is not terribly contagious and it takes prolonged contact to transmit.”

Calkins said Student Health Services is working with the Butler County Health Department to identify those close

contacts and notify them.

“We don’t do a public notification for a couple reasons,” Calkins said. “That would involve a lot of people that wouldn’t need to be alarmed and it might jeopardize privacy unnecessarily.”

He said SHS is in the process of alerting close contacts of the student.

First-year Lauren Curtis said she is not concerned yet about the possible presence of the disease on campus.

“I’m not concerned since it’s not a problem yet,” Curtis said.

“It’s not worth it to scare people at this point.”

According to the National Institutes of Health, tuberculosis is a contagious, airborne disease, which usually affects the lungs and can be fatal.

Professor of microbiology Joseph Carlin said tuberculosis manifests differently in every individual.

“The symptoms really depend upon the individual,” Carlin said.

“There are some people that are infected that really have no outward disease and their immune system contains it, but they’re still infected and they can stay that way for decades and can reactivate and spread the disease.”

However, Carlin said tuberculosis

TB,

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time as a political activist and appearing on political shows, there is no room for serious political issues on “The Jerry Springer Show,” because it is purely for entertainment.

“The show is the show,” Springer said. “And no one should think that it has any redeeming social value.”

Springer also said most guests on his show don’t expect to have their problems solved or to become famous. In actuality, most guests are fans of the show, according to Springer.

“Probably on a serious note… for many of the people on our show it is probably the one time in their life that someone is paying attention to them, or asking their opinion on something,” Springer said. “Most of them they don’t have a parent who listens to them, they don’t have any kid that asks their opinion or listens to them, they don’t have a job whereby their opinion is valued.”

In terms of politics, Springer said the upcoming November election is a crucial one.

“This is singularly the most important presidential election of your lifetime,” Springer said.

“This election is the first one in your lifetime where you really will decide what kind of country we’re going to be…What’s at stake is the social contract in America that we have had for the lifetime of your parents and almost your grandparents.”

’Hawks, Dysert fly past Minutemen

By Tom Downey

Miami University Police are investigating a reported rape that occurred Sept. 23 around 1:15 a.m. A female student reported that she was walking on Maple Street near the construction site when a tall, college-aged male forced her into a grassy area and sexually assaulted her. The suspect is described to be a white college-aged male with dark hair.

Students had mixed opinions about Springer’s speech, and some students, including sophomores Justin Woods and Ben Meacham, said they did not get what they came for.

“I went to a lecture on media manipulation but the word media was never said,” Woods said.

“He delivered a one-sided political spiel that demonized half of the audience.”

Meacham also said he was caught off-guard by Springer’s lecture topic.

“It seems that all Jerry Springer is interested in is manipulating my political designation,” Meacham said. “The lecture didn’t relate at all to the advertised topic.”

However, other students, like junior Laura Meyer, found Springer’s speech appealing.

“I found his speech to be very interesting and he put politics into a more personal perspective,” Meyer said.

Springer met with a small group of about 25 students earlier Monday afternoon for a Q&A session, where he talked about media, politics and his talk show.

Springer said while Miami students tend to be more conservative than other students at other college campuses, at the end of the day America is a liberal country.

“Ultimately America is a liberal nation, and ultimately the liberal cause wins,” Springer said.

While Springer said he spends

Senior Staff Writer

The Miami University football team (2-2, 1-0 Mid American Conerence (MAC)) defeated the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen (0-4, 0-1 MAC) 27-16 thanks to an impressive rushing attack. The Red and White ran for a season-high 216 yards on the ground.

“Anytime you can present an offense that has the threat of running and throwing, then you have an opportunity of being productive,” Head Coach Don Treadwell said. “It was nice to see that played out today on our side of the ball.”

True freshman running back Jamire Westbrook picked up 106 yards on 17 carries, becoming the first RedHawk to rush for 100 yards this season.

“My confidence has gotten lot better since the OSU game,” Westbrook said. “Every rep counts as I move forward; I’ve just got to take it one game at a time.”

Redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert also had an impressive day on the ground, picking up 76 yards and a touchdown. The majority of his yards came on several draw plays.

“We kept coming back to it,” Dysert said of the draws. “They didn’t make any adjustments to stop it.

Our offensive line did a great job blocking them.”

Dysert accounted for all four RedHawk touchdowns, throwing for three and rushing for the other. He completed 12 of 22 passes for 192 yards. He also passed Ben Roethlisberger as the RedHawks’ all-time leader in pass completions.

“The offensive line played awesome,” Dysert said. “They controlled the line of scrimmage. Got to give all the credit to them. Westbrook had a great game. Spencer Treadwell did some good stuff too. We have two good backs right now that we are pretty excited about.”

Sophomore wide receiver Dawan Scott saw an increase in playing time due to junior wide out Nick Harwell’s leg injury and capitalized on it. Scott caught only three passes for

92 yards, but two of those receptions went for touchdowns.

Three ’Hawks also had interceptions on the day, including one in the end zone by junior cornerback Dayonne Nunley.

However, the Red and White gave up 471 yards of offense to the Minutemen, who had only picked up 582 yards the entire the season entering Saturday’s matchup. Miami is giving up nearly 490 yards of total offense through four games.

“That concerns us,” junior defensive end Wes Williams said. “We have great coaches and great players.

It’s something that we’ll get fixed.”

Graduated senior running back Michael Cox, who transferred to UMass from the University of Michigan, had a career day against the Red and White. Cox ran for 188 yards and two scores, as the Minutemen

had 258 total rushing yards.

“He is a very good running back and we knew that coming into the game,” Williams said of Cox. “He runs hard and runs with his pads down. He gave us a little bit of a hard time and it’s something we have to work at.”

The win improves Miami to .500 on the year and improves its MAC record to 1-0.

“It’s a new season for us,” Dysert said. “We’re 1-0 in the MAC and we’re 1-0 in our new season.”

The Red and White return to the field Saturday when the team travels to Akron, Ohio to take on the University of Akron in its first MAC road game. The game marks the first of a three game road trip where Miami will not play at home again until they face MAC rival Ohio University Oct. 27 on Family Weekend.

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Miami University redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert scores one of his four total touchdowns Saturday against the University of Massachusetts.

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Trustees increase room and board rates

By Jenn Smola Campus Editor

The Miami University Board of Trustees met Friday and passed several resolutions, including a rise in room and board costs and the creation of a winter term next year.

According to Mike Armstrong, trustee and Finance and Audit Committee chair, said room and board will increase by 2.87 percent next fall, up to $10,900. The increase will cover only growing food and operational costs, Armstrong said in his finance and audit committee report.

“It’s important to point out the increase covers only rising food and other costs to operate the residence and dining halls,” Armstrong said.

“It’s a side comment, I point that out because some peer institutions use that vehicle for solving other financial problems and we’re not doing this.”

Junior Cole Tyman, Associated Student Government (ASG) secretary for on-campus affairs, said the increase is understandable and necessary.

“Obviously any fee increases aren’t going to be popular among students, but with all the changes on campus—the new buildings that are coming up and all the renovations that are going to be done, I think this is something that’s necessary,” Tyman said. “I think it’s important to make sure that we’re fiscally responsible and I think that’s something they’re trying to do. The university is doing a lot, and a lot of that stuff comes with money and there’s definitely inflation and increases in prices of food and housing and energy and all those things, so I guess these are necessary in order to cover those costs.”

Some Miami students were not pleased with the announcement of a tuition hike. First-year Isabelle Pascarelli will be living on campus next year due to Miami’s second year requirement and will have to pay the increased room and board rates. “[The rates are] too expensive,” Pascarelli said.

The board also approved the implementation of a winter term starting in the 2013-2014 school year.

Provost Bobby Gempesaw said the implementation of a winter term will give students the opportunity for study abroad experiences, completing research or internships and taking courses.

“I’d like to say that the proposed winter session will provide great

It’s important to point out the increase covers only rising food and other costs to operate the residence and dining halls.”

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

benefits to our students and faculty, to the creation of enhanced academic and other learning opportunities,” Gempesaw said.

While the board voted to adopt the winter term resolution, the vote was not unanimous. Trustee Harry T. Wilks said he didn’t see the value in creating a winter term.

“I don’t see any really important

reason to establish this,” Wilks said.

“It’s more vacation for everybody.

They can go to Mexico longer…I see very little reason to establish this as far as the students are concerned.”

The trustees also authorized the awarding of contracts to renovate Kreger Hall, which will be updated to house the physics department.

According to David Creamer, vice president of finance and business services, the funds for this project have already been appropriated from state funding.

Additionally, the Trustees approved the issuing and sale of general receipts revenue bonds, not to exceed $125 million, to cover the renovation of residence halls, infrastructure upgrades and other capital projects.

The trustees also approved the naming of the new residence hall on MET quad, which will be named after Robert F. Etheridge, vice president emeritus of student affairs. They also approved the rank of emeriti and emeritus on various retired faculty members and administrators, the appointment of Bruce

Guiot as Miami’s associate treasurer and increasing the maximum number of national trustees allowed on the board from three to six.

The Board also heard reports from the Miami 2020 plan coordinating team, including representatives from each target goal team Each team is in charge of certain parts of the plan, including innovative learning and discovery, a transformational work environment, inclusion and global engagement, dynamic organizational design and effective partnerships and outreach.

Once-Chair of the board Donald Crain said he was impressed by the leadership of the teams as well as the team members.

“I just feel the excitement and enthusiasm from the teams,” Crain said.

The board also heard reports from President David Hodge, University Senate Chair James Kiper, Student Body President John Stefanski, Academic and Student Affairs Committee Chair Sue Henry and student trustees Lot Kwarteng and Arianne Wilt.

Botany, zoology merge with University Senate approval of biology department

By Allison McGillivray Campus Editor

MIAMI MAKEOVER

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Pi Kappa Phi won the homecoming house decorating contest put on by Associated Student Government over the weekend.

University Senate approved the merger of the Botany and Zoology departments into the new Biology department at its meeting on Monday. The merger will be effective for the Fall 2013 semester.

The merger was presented at Senate with the support of the dean of the College of Arts and Science, Phyllis Callahan, the Council of Academic Deans, the Provost and the chairs of the botany and zoology departments James Hickey and Douglas Miekle respectively.

“This is a difficult decision for my department, the department of biology, because of the strong history that we’ve had,” Hickey said.

“We recognize some of the needs for that. It was perhaps not what we would most like but given the situations of universities across the country today, it was a choice we needed to make and did make.”

Hickey said he is confident that Callahan will not lose sight of the Botany program while making decisions.

One of the reasons for the merger according to Callahan is to make the department easily recognizable by incoming students.

“A good part of this [decision] is driven by students who recognize biology who are looking for biology majors,” Callahan said.

The botany and zoology departments voted and approved the merger separately before presenting the resolution to the Senate.

Emeritus professor of Botany Hardy Eshbaugh asked for the Senators to vote against the merger because the Botany program would no longer receive as much attention if it was part of a larger major.

“That merger is flawed and pedagogically unsound and will not serve Miami’s campus well,” Eshbaugh said.

The department of microbiology will remain separate from the new biology department.

The Senate approved a concept change for the Academic Program Review so that it will focus more on future performance instead of past performance.

The Senate also heard reports from the target committees working on the 2020 plan.

Institutional Analytics gathers data to support university budget decisions

Miami’s past emphasizes women’s phsyical beauty

By Allison McGillivray

By TM Keesling

Campus Editor

Information Technology Services (IT Services) developed a new way for Miami University to gather data, called Institutional Analytics (IA).

This data includes anything from class enrollments to salaries to how many students from one high school are in a specific major. IA will help the university make more informed decisions, such as which classes to offer and what policies to make, and become more efficient in its operations, according to Phyllis Wykoff director of Business Intelligence at IT Services.

“The data itself doesn’t make [the university] more efficient,” Wykoff said. “Reacting and making decisions makes it more efficient. We provide the information so people can make intelligent decisions.”

IA provides the university with the opportunity to analyze data it did not have in the past, according to Senior Communication and Web Coordinator for IT Services Randy Hollowell.

“In a lot of ways up to this point we haven’t had all the information that we could to be able to make decisions,” Hollowell said.

“Obviously the more information you have the better decisions can be made.”

IA is working on data models to look at university revenue received through the bursar’s office.

According to Wykoff the revenue data will provide information for the new budget model, which will go into effect July 2013

for fiscal year 2014.

This data model will help the university look at how much revenue was generated across a variety of departments, according to Wykoff.

For example, data can be generated to determine how much revenue was generated by not only the English Department, but by firstyears in English courses, business majors in English courses, and by any specific section of an English class.

“I think [IA] has the ability to really change the way we do business,” Wykoff said.

According to Wykoff, IA will

HR, between the academic areas, so through the data we’ve had more interaction than ever before.”

For example, with both an HR model and a revenue model, the university can analyze the revenue of a department and the salaries and benefits paid to that department.

“We can look at ‘are we covering our costs?’” Wykoff said.

According Wykoff not only does the data help university officials make decisions it can also help them see if their decisions are working.

“You can start to the see the impact of your decisions in the

I think [IA] has the ability to really change the way we do business.”

Phyllis Wykoff

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AT IT SERVICES

also develop models for Human Resources (HR) and enrollment management in the near future.

The enrollment management model will help the university analyze student retention rates and student success.

The more models are developed, according to Wykoff and Hollowell, the more the data can tie together and the more informed decisions can be made.

“In the past a lot of the times departments or areas within the university would work in their little silo,” Hollowell said. “But now this is allowing sort of that crossfunctional talking between the bursar’s office, between us, between

next set of data that comes along,” Wykoff said.

One of the goals for IA in the future is to analyze student performance.

“If you get a D minus in calculus and you’re a math major we need to intervene pretty quickly, and start to have that at the hands of the advisors,” Wykoff said.

However, this does not mean that personal information such as grades will be readily available to all university personnel.

Wykoff said no IA operation will infringe upon the privacy of students protected under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) laws.

For The Miami Student

This article is part of a series The Miami Student is running about the University Archives. All information in the following article was obtained from the University Archives with the help of University Archivist Bob Schmidt.

Miami University’s men and women are known throughout the nation for their superb education, their ability to party and for the attractiveness of the student body. As it turns out, Miami has always prided itself on the attractiveness and overall appearance of its students, especially the women.

In March 1929, The Miami Student ran an article regarding the Student-Recensio Beauty Contest.

This contest had begun in 1926 and each year a different judge ranked the beauties.

The occupations of the judges ranged from artists to movie stars to actors in Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Club, a theatrical group that toured the country. These judges were considered to be “authorities of feminine beauty.”

Outside judges were brought in for this contest so that beauty would be ranked over popularity. These judges drew attention to Miami from Hollywood, other universities and the art world. Recensio explained the contest as a way to illustrate how attractive Miami women are to the rest of the country.

In 1929, of the twelve women who entered the competition, six were chosen by Randolph Coals, a renowned artist of the time who ranked the photographs of the six women in order according to their beauty. These photographs were then printed in the Recensio.

However, before the Recensio was released to the public, the real competition was for any Miami student to try to rank the women in the same order as Coals. The first student to do this would be awarded a free copy of Recensio.

At the time, The Miami Student said: “The contest is being held to bring forth the semi-dormant appreciation of beauty that is in everyone and to see what correlation lies between the choices of a student body and those of a representative artist. It is open to all, but warning is given that choices should be made on the face value of the photographs alone to the absolute exclusion of knowledge of personality through acquaintance.”

This competition continued throughout the 40s, even in times of war when the Recensio itself was undergoing slight changes. Recensio in 1944 and 1945 became thinner and more full of women, and in these years has sections of photographs for those serving in the military.

The year 1949 was the last time the beauties were featured in Recensio. In 1948 only three beauties were highlighted, however, the number increased again in ’49 in its final year.

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POLICE Landlords check for vulgar signs

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By Jenna Pilipovich For the Miami Student

Throughout Miami University’s off campus housing community there is an array of housing signs displaying upperclassmen personalities, pass downs and creativity. There are classic signs, clever signs and, of course, the signs with sexual innuendos.

Housing signs began in the 1970s, when The Oxford Press came up with a contest for the most creative house names. “Bored of Education,” “Hut Hut,” and “Fox Den” were three of the very first house names that have been around since the 70s. A stricter jurisdiction on housing signs happened about five years ago, when two houses thoroughly upset the City of Oxford, according to Heather Kacachos, a managing partner at Park Place Real Estate.

“Genital Hospital” complete with a drawing of a naked woman, as well as “Liquor in the Front, Hooker in the Back” were the two houses that caught the City of Oxford’s attention. In response, Oxford Officials met with several of Oxford’s real estate agencies and changed

the Oxford Ordinance to six square feet for a sign, as well as asking for all landlords’ word to keep their tenant’s signs appropriate, according to Kacachos.

She said if a sign is not blatantly offensive, or someone has to explain it to her, then it is approved. If a sign is deliberately crude, she asks for students to come up with a new idea. She said many students aim to make the destination of their house sound funny.

“We ask our tenants to bring their signs in for approval, and we hang it for them,” Kocachos said.

Jung-Han Chen, community development director for the City of Oxford, said the majority of problems concerning housing signs today are their size, not language content.

He said the rules are simple: houses may have one wall sign, not illuminated, no more than six square feet and it must be attached to the house between four and 18 feet above the ground.

There is nothing in Oxford’s city code concerning language.

However, both the Miami Police Department and Oxford Police Department work together to keep an

eye out for vulgar language by monitoring off campus areas, according to Chen. The City of Oxford cannot team up with the police departments because they regulate the size and location, and language of signs is not under their jurisdiction. If a sign is questionably inappropriate, the City of Oxford can ask the Oxford Police Department to take a look at it. Students are not required to have their signs “approved” by the City of Oxford. If it is seen by a police officer, Oxford resident, or someone passing by that takes offense, they may contact the City of Oxford to request the sign be taken down.

There is no fine that comes with a removal request but rather a letter asking the sign be taken down. Chen said the City of Oxford has never issued citations because students react quickly to a request.

This draws the question of whether students’ First Amendment of free speech is being violated. According to Howard Kleiman, a communications professor, there’s a fine line between the city and the landlord asking residents to take their signs down.

“As a renter, you don’t have

control over the entire property,” Kleiman said. “If a landlord asks you to take your sign down, that’s not under the First Amendment because he’s not government. However, if the City of Oxford asks a sign be taken down, that’s a different story.”

“Given the history of this town, I would think a sharp landlord would put something in the lease,” Kleiman said.

Sophomore Tyler Springhetti, a junior living in an unnamed off campus house, said his housemates had trouble coming up with a name.

“It’s frustrating to have limitations on housing signs in a college town, but at the same time I understand that it’s not only college residents who live in Oxford,” Springhetti said. “It’s about respect for the whole community.”

Lynn Taylor, City of Oxford admnistrative assistant, said housing signs it’s not a prominent issue that Oxford has to worry about. “[Housing signs] haven’t been a huge issue,” Taylor said. “There have been times where maybe a sign has had inappropriate language or pictures. Most kids come in and ask first.”

Foreign policy issues take Miamians leave Oxford in backseat in student voting search of beauty options

By Joe Larson & Sarah Sidlow

For The Miami Student

As eligible Miami students prepare to vote in November’s presidential election, different facets of the candidates’ platforms are coming up in conversation. For college-age voters, foreign policy may often be overlooked.

“Foreign policy issues tend to not be the primary motivating factor in elections and this certainly seems to be the case in this election.” Haney said. “Still, foreign policy crises can happen between now and Nov. 6, and a crisis could highlight the fact that Barack Obama is the President and make him seem even more presidential. These dynamics are hard to predict, though.”

Senior Becca Hartz said she is more concerned with women’s issues than foreign policy.

“I don’t know much about [the candidates’] views on foreign policy,” Hartz said. “I have been mainly concerned about women’s rights.”

First-year Kelsy Chesser had similar sentiments.

“Obama’s record with women’s health issues and GLBT issues is what has drawn me into voting for him,” Chesser said. “I have not really given much thought to foreign policy.”

For senior Chelsea Davis, a balance between social issues and foreign policy concerns should be considered before choosing a candidate.

“For a lot of voters my age, social issues are extremely important,” Davis said. “In this election, one of the things that I’m looking at is the candidates’ stances on foreign policy issues, especially in regards to the recent uprisings in the Middle East –

particularly in Libya.”

The students in leadership positions in political student organizations, like College Democrats and College Republicans consider foreign policy a priority in the upcoming election, though their viewpoints differ.

Baylor Myers, president of College Republicans, said he agrees with Romney’s stance regarding Israel.

“In the midst of Iran’s quest to obtain nuclear weapons, we need these types of strong statements,” Myers said. “Obama has dropped the ball on this issue. He has personally damaged our relationship with Israel, unintentionally empowering the Iranians.”

In relation to the current crisis in Libya after the angry reaction to an anti-Islamic video spread in the Middle East, Myers said he believes the Obama administration was unprepared to handle it.

“The dominant theme of the Obama administration is that the war on terror is over, and we are safer today than we were four years ago,” Myers said. “Clearly, after the murder of our ambassador to Libya that is not true.”

Laura Kretz, president of College Democrats, said she believes Obama’s work in Libya has been for the most part successful. She said that after the killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, there were many pro-American protests in Libya, and that Libya, at least in the confines of the Arab World, is the nation with the highest approval rating toward the United States.

“While the situation is very complicated, President Obama has done a remarkable job working with Libyans and their protest after the assassination of our ambassador shows their support against this act of violence,” Kretz said.

By Hannah Stein Community Editor

Oxford may be small but it has a plethora of places that cater to students’ beauty needs. Still, some students choose to go outside Oxford for their pampering.

Salons such as Attitudes Uptown, Fiesta Salon or Luna Blu are widely used among students and have a good mix of students and the community.

“We have a good mix of both,” Brittany Jones, manager of Fiesta Salon, said. “[But] the students that we have are usually local students or grad students. We have a lot of foreign students that stay around all year.”

While some students choose to get their nails or hair done at places here in Oxford, other students choose to drive to cosmetology schools outside the Oxford community in areas such as West Chester or Cincinnati.

Miami University junior Kate Fauble went to a beauty school in Cincinnati to get her hair done and said it was a better decision.

“It’s a beauty school so all you’re really paying for is the product, maybe a little bit of the instructor salary,” Fauble said.

Hilary Byrd, manager of Luna Blu Salon, said she understands why students might choose to go to cosmetology schools.

“I know they get a lot of clients [from Oxford],” Hilary said. “It might just take [the beauticians] longer but then it gets doubled checked by an instructor.”

Salons in Oxford tend to be on the pricier side, with haircuts for women costing up to over $30 and something as simple as a pedicure costing over $50. “[Beauty schools are a] lot cheaper than going to a salon where you’re paying all that extra kind of service fee on top of

it,” Fauble said. “I used to go to Attitudes…the place was great and everything but I just don’t have the money to spend over $100 every time I want to get my hair done.”

However, some students, like junior Katelynn Dreeze said she thinks that the reason salons and other beauty boutiques at Miami are so expensive is because there is a demand for them.

“Everyone kind of knows we get a lot of people who have money and the people who go here have the demand for these products so they’re going to sell them the more expensive products,” Dreeze said.

Even the Miami bookstore in the past year has catered to these needs, putting in a Clinique counter. Students have mainly used the counter, but this year has seen a fair response from faculty and staff, Nicole Byrd, the Clinique counter manager said.

“This will be our first full year here and having it be the beginning of the school year has definitely made more of a difference but I do think there has been a very positive response to it and people are very excited for it to be here and not have to order it online or have their parents send it to them,” Nicole said.

Clinique prices range from anywhere from $10 to almost $50, Byrd said, and seems to be liked by students, faculty and staff and members of the community.

Dreeze said she thinks the reason the Clinique counter was implemented was because a lot of Miami students use Clinique and salons Uptown will be expensive because it’s something the Miami students want.

“People want that nice salon quality,” Dreeze said. “So of course they’re going to offer it here.”

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Student musicians prep for Carnegie Hall

By Billy Rafael

Arts & Entertainment Editor

Miami University’s musical ensembles have been busy preparing for their upcoming debut at Carnegie Hall Oct. 7. As part of this preparation, they will be putting on a preview concert this week for public to get a glimpse of what they will be performing.

“The School of Creative Arts and Miami as a whole aspire to a very high level of excellence,” James Lentini, Dean and Profes-

sor of Music, said. “It results in amazing opportunities like this, for our students to be able to perform in one of the most prestigious venues in the world. For many students this will be a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Members of the Chamber Singers, Men’s Glee Club, Collegiate Chorale, Choraliers, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will travel to New York City for the weekend to perform a showcase they are calling a “Miami University

Musical Celebration!” Each ensemble will get a chance to perform individually, as well as collaborations between the singers and instrumentalists.

In preparation for this distinguished opportunity, a preview performance will be done in Miami’s own Hall Auditorium, giving the campus and the community a chance to see how they will be representing their school. The concert will be split into two nights, allowing each group to perform a longer set than they will

Brice fails to keep audience’s attention

By Emily Ketterer Senior Staff Writer

Continuing with Brick Street Bar & Grill’s legacy of bringing great country acts to Oxford, Lee Brice took the stage last Wednesday with mixed crowd reactions.

singing “Silverado” and her cover of “Strawberry Wine.” After Neal left the stage to overwhelming applause, Brice made a delayed entrance to the sold-out, eagerly awaiting crowd.

Brice started off his set strong with songs including “She Ain’t Right”

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Lee Brice performed for a crowd of mixed reviews Wednesday night at Brick Street. Brice’s lengthy encore left fans disappointed and wanting more.

Brice had two great opening acts, including up and coming artist Chancie Neal. The young singersongwriter wowed Brick Street’s audience for the second time

and his most recent chart topper “Hard to Love,” garnering a huge crowd response, and another hit, “Love Like Crazy,” came toward the middle of the show, with one of the

biggest crowd reactions. Senior David Pohlman created one of the only signs in the crowd.

“My sign says ‘Biscuits and Gravy’ instead of ‘Love Like Crazy’ as a joke,” Pohlman said. “I am a huge fan and I wanted to get his attention.”

Despite excellent performances of his hit songs, Brice never seemed to make a connection with the packed audience. He had a more reserved stage presence leaving the whole concert experience a little lackluster.

“He is a great singer and I appreciated that part but there were times where I just didn’t think he was that great,” said junior Sydney Fiedler.

After Brice’s cover of Steve Miller Band’s classic “The Joker”, the artist played some of his lesser-known songs including “Picture of Me” leaving the audience wanting more.

When Brice emerged for the encore he played a mostly instrumental song and the majority of the crowd cleared out, losing interest.

“For the encore I waited for a big finish song like ‘Hard to Love’, but I didn’t even recognize what he was playing so I was a little disappointed,” Fiedler said. “I have been to a lot of country concerts and this one definitely wasn’t one of my favorites.”

Country fans still have much to look forward to with Thompson Square and Thomas Rhett both coming to Brick Street later this semester.

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in New York in order to fill out each concert.

Lentini himself has also arranged a version of the Alma Mater for orchestra and chorus. It features several of the more popular verses as well as the recently crafted verse in the language of the native Myaamia tribe.

While in New York students will get a chance to explore the city, with many planning to attend a Broadway show, opera or symphony performance. Several students will also be performing at a local

high school with admissions representatives from Miami present.

“We plan to use this as a recruitment event,” Lentini said. “The students in these ensembles are not just music majors, they represent all different departments. That says a lot about Miami.”

The “Miami University Musical Celebration!” Carnegie Hall Preview Concert Part I will take place 8 p.m. Friday, with Part II happening 8 p.m. Tuesday, both in Hall Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.

MOVIE REVIEW

Five great movies you probably haven’t seen (but probably should)

by Joe Gieringer

For the Miami Student.

If you’re like me, you probably like movies a little too much. Got an exam next week? Studying can wait until after your Netflix instant queue is three films shorter.

But with thousands of flicks released worldwide each year, it’s pretty easy for deserving titles to be shelved and forgotten. So just for you, here’s a list of five movies you should take a chance on and spend a night in watching.

Donnie Darko (2001) Teen angst, discourse on Smurfs’ sexuality, and a sixfoot tall, terrifying bunny rabbit – everything you could ever ask for in a movie, right? Richard Kelly’s directorial debut has earned a spot as one of the great cult classics of our age, and for good reason. With an all-star cast including Jake Gyllenhaal, Patrick Swayze, Drew Barrymore, Katherine Ross, Seth Rogen and even a young Ashley Tisdale just to name a few, Donnie Darko is misunderstood by most. A convoluted plot about time travel and telekinesis tends to scare potential fans away, but if you take the time to dig deeper, Darko reveals itself to be on of the most rewarding movies you’ll ever experience.

Black Dynamite (2009) Taking its cue from the irreverent “Blaxploitation” movement in the ‘70s, Black Dynamite is easily one of the most underrated comedic gems ever recorded.

It plays up every stereotype of every race and refuses to apologize, while Michael Jai White brings the smooth talking, kungfu-kicking and one line-spouting title character to life. Just watch the scene where Black Dynamite and company conclude that drugs are being trafficked by way of a popular brand of malt liquor and you’ll be hooked.

Source Code (2011) Honestly, I tossed a coin to choose between this and Duncan Jones’ lesser known

sweetheart, Moon (which I also highly recommend), and Source Code won – so I guess Jake Gyllenhaal has two spots. Yeah, it made close to $150 million at the box office. But about twothirds of that was outside of the U.S., and I have yet to meet more than a handful of people that actually took the time to go see it. The chemistry between Gyllenhaal and the lovely Michelle Monaghan is incredibly convincing, and the cinematography puts Jones in Big Fish (2003) The rare Tim Burton flick that I actually enjoy, Big Fish is about a journalist, Will Bloom, a man desperately trying to reconnect with his dying father Edward, whose fantastic and exaggerated life stories have gotten in the way of their relationship, though as Will recounts Edward’s life, there might be more truth to them than he knows. Though it received its fair share of award nominations, this Danny Elfman scored sleeper remains unseen by a surprising number of people, given the high profile of its cast and their stellar performances.

Do yourself a favor and give the colorful and creative Big Fish a chance – the final scene at the river is one of the most touching and heartwarming scenes in recent memory.

Ink (2009) The most obscure film on this list, Ink was a happy accident that I clicked on when blindly scrolling through Netflix. It’s directed and written by Jamin Winans with a nobody cast on a shoestring budget of $250,000, and yet against all odds it succeeds as one of the most visually enthralling and creatively brilliant movies I’ve ever watched.

A two-sentence plot description doesn’t do this unlikely indie justice, so I’ll suffice to say that it’s like something out of a dream sequence you can’t quite remember the morning after. Mark my words; Ink is destined for cult classic greatness.

Miami golfers swings to 7th place finish at DA Weibring Intercollegiate

By Joe Gieringer

For The Miami Student

As the last golfers made their way to the clubhouse at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate Sunday afternoon, the Miami University men’s golf team found itself in the middle of the pack, finishing in seventh place. The Red and White felt it didn’t have its best showing, notching a tournament score of 60-over par.

But there were some bright spots – one of which was the performance of freshman Jack Sparling who made his collegiate debut and finished with a final round, 2-over par 73. He shot a respectable 10-over par for the tournament, finishing tied for 13th place individually.

Sophomore Scott Cahill had the second best individual score for the RedHawks, tying for 32nd at 15-over par. Redshirt junior Mark MacDonald was not far behind, tying for 39th at 18-over par. Senior Ben Peacock tied for 45th at 19-over par and freshman Daniel Schwartz rounded out the Miami squad, finishing his first-ever college competition at 27-over par, tied for 71st place.

According to Peacock, the opportunity was there. The senior was disappointed in the team’s lackluster performance, but more so at his own.

“It was just a matter of execution,” Peacock said. “We had a good plan and we didn’t execute.

And I hit the ball extremely poorly all three rounds and … I

didn’t bring my A game, B game or even my C game, so I’ve got to review.”

Even within the framework of a less-than-stellar weekend, Miami still looks to take away some positives as the team settles in for two weeks of practice. One encouraging sign was the competitiveness of its two newly tested freshmen, with one topping the score sheet for the ’Hawks and coming close to a top-10 finish.

“Jack [Sparling] finished the best on our team and tied for 13th – that’s impressive,” Peacock said. “Daniel [Schwarz] struggled a little bit, but it was a great experience. He’s got loads of talent and a bright future.”

Redshirt junior Mark MacDonald hopes this early experience

for the young players will make a big difference in the long run, as the competition to make the starting roster is getting even tighter while the RedHawks pass the halfway mark of their fall play.

“It was a great week for Jack,” MacDonald said. “I know Daniel didn’t play as well as he would have liked to but it was still a good experience for them to get their feet wet. The freshmen are going to be a big part of our success this year, and it’s great to see that all of our members can back the team up.”

With two weeks before its next tournament, Miami will use the time to refocus; that means increased attention to the short and approach games, but even more attention to the preparation

and game management the RedHawks have been seeking to fine tune over the past couple weeks – something the upperclassman leaders are taking to heart.

“The short game is always something we need to work on, but being able to think our way around the course and making smarter shots is something we need to do,” MacDonald said.

“We didn’t place our shots well and that hurt us quite a bit this week so … we’re just trying to get a little better each day and take each tournament as a chance to get better.”

The ’Hawks return to action at the Firestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio in two weeks. They open play with two rounds of 36 holes Oct. 8th.

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“Others have a rapidly progressing disease, and the health of their immune system can contribute to this,” Carlin said. “They have an immune system defect and in that case, tuberculosis causes coughing, and it can spread through coughing.”

According to the National Institutes of Health, symptoms can also include blood-tinged saliva.

Carlin said that an immune system which is functioning normally in an infected person builds a tubercle that, although it can damage the tissues, can also contain the disease. He said if the bacteria is not contained, it will destroy cells and cause damage.

The disease is contagious but completely curable, according to Carlin.

“It’s a very slow-developing infection,” Carlin said. “It’s entirely curable with antibiotics. But because it grows so slowly, it dies very slowly, so people who have it have to go on antibiotics, usually a combination, for months.”

Carlin said those who spend a lot of time with the infected person are the most at risk of contracting the disease.

In the United States in 2010, the case rate for tuberculosis per 100,000 people was 3.6 percent, which represented a downward trend in the case rate over the past decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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2002 Olympic Games show Romney can handle presidency

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EDITORIAL

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

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but concept still plays a large role in our society In March of 1929, The Miami Student ran an article about an annual Miami University women’s beauty pageant. Both The Miami Student and the Recensio yearbook staff brought in famous photographers and artists to judge the twelve contestants and rank the top six based upon physical beauty.

They then asked students to do the same, intending to show that Miami’s women were more attractive than those at other colleges, but also to compare how students and artists view beauty.

The Miami Student Editorial Board finds this archive story intriguing because it illustrates

how much, and yet how little, has changed in the last 83 years.

We originally thought that if such a contest was held now it would cause controversy, but then we reconsidered.

Websites exist that rank college girls based on beauty and there is no great protest of it. Miami organizations host both “Miss Miami” and “King of Hearts” philanthropic pageants that though lighthearted, are still somewhat based on looks and popularity. Even though the times have changed, as have the standards of beauty, every society continues to value their perceived vision of attractiveness.

We might think ranking girls in

order of hotness in a school yearbook is sexist or archaic, but it happens in magazines and newspapers around the world.

In that sense, there are two ways to consider this story from the archives, and the current pressures for beauty seen today. We can use the “don’t judge a book by its cover” cliché to diminish the role of beauty and highlight personality. Or we can follow the “what you see is what you get” mentality and accept that physical appearance is the first way people are judged. Either way, it seems beauty’s place in our society has not, and will not change drastically anytime soon.

In response to the recent letter to the editor from the Romanos, I am here to stand up for Mitt Romney.

I am here to stand up and tell what I know first-hand about the man and his exemplary qualifications to lead this country.

And, unlike the current occupant of the Oval Office, he will do the tough things even if it means no second term.

He will do what is difficult versus what is politically expedient.

I lived in Salt Lake City and worked in the tourism/hotel business during the entire Salt Lake Olympic bid effort.

I saw first-hand the kind of outrageous spending that accompanied visits to our city by members of the International Olympic Committee, and knew the president of the Salt Lake bid committee a good man who was caught up in what would be an international expose of the entire bid process.

I met Mitt Romney in 2001 after he had taken the helm of the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee (SLOOC) for the 2002 Winter Games.

The SLOOC offices were three floors above those of my company, and as HR VP of my organization.

I often coordinated joint

tenant meetings and activities for the building. I saw his steady leadership. His stewardship of a disheartened city and team of volunteers.

I know the kinds of financial cuts that he made, and they were not popular.

Then, after 9/11 his leadership was tested at another level – how to put on a Games that would say to the world? We will not be deterred? and do it by creating a level of security that would need to be as lacking in disruption as it was effective.

The result? An Olympic Games that made all of America burst with pride and a Games that came in not at a deficit, as had previous Games, but with money to return to the USOC and the City of Salt Lake. And he did it without apologizing to the international community.

As Mike Eruzione, captain of the1980 gold medal hockey team said recently, “Mitt Romney saved the Olympic Games.” Romney did this with not one penny of salary. Romney showed me, and the world, that he is a doer, not a talker. A leader, not a panderer. And he has the track record to prove it.

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Connections are important, essential to finding employment This is not an ideal time to not know anyone and wish you did.

We’ve reached peak season of the upperclassman job search – a time when Career Fair preparation takes precedence over exams, sending your GPA on a downward slope. But that’s okay because it is said that there isn’t a strong emphasis on your GPA when applying for jobs. After all, it’s not what you know; it’s who you know, right?

It seems as though students who know people “in the biz” is a commonality at Miami University. Many students are fortunate enough to have relatives who own a business or know someone in their desired industry with whom they can easily connect.

But what do the students who don’t have anyone to put in a good word for them do? What if they

Some of these students want to go into publishing but come from a family made up entirely of doctors.”

want an entirely different career than anyone in their family? What if they are the first person in their family to even attend college?

At first they are hit with the fear that they won’t find a career that places value on their degree.

Then somewhere along the way, they accept the reality that they have control over this process; this also comes with a little more stress. They know one thing for certain: they have to connect with someone.

They seek out some type of advisor or mentor until they find someone who is knowledgeable and willing to assist them. They

talk to their professors, classmates, managers, friends’ parents, housemates’ boyfriend’s friends – literally anyone – who could possibly steer them in the right direction.

Whether or not they make a personal connection, they spend hours, days and months researching. Hours upon hours are spent researching companies, departments within companies, positions within departments and job descriptions of available positions so they know which keywords to put on their resume. Then they hang on to the slim hope that their online application to this Fortune 500 Company is actually seen.

It’s now September and Career Fair has come and gone. This is when they feel like the last three years come down to one day… or a one-minute conversation with a recruiter. While trying to prepare to speak with five companies in hopes that they will connect on some level with one of them, they lose sleep, study time and some sanity.

Instead of spending months researching positions, they cram it into a couple weeks, maybe days, maybe hours. After all, this may be the best, most convenient opportunity they will have to network within the “big leagues.”

This isn’t to say that students with connections take the easy road or don’t work hard. Some of these students want to go into publishing but come from a family made up entirely of doctors.

This piece is to offer the perspective of students who have to build a career from the ground up—building connections instead of receiving connections. It is to offer the perspective of students who know that if they want a career they truly enjoy, they have no choice but to spend relentless hours making sure it happens.

All students should recognize that their vote really does count A friend told me recently that they don’t intend to vote in the presidential election because it doesn’t matter since the Electoral College chooses the president.

Hopefully this upsets you on a number of levels, but primarily because you know that this is a complete misunderstanding of the election process.

percent chance that Ohio will provide the decisive electoral vote in the election.

Furthermore, only one state (Nevada) ranks higher for return on investment of campaign resources than Ohio.

This can be interpreted as a measure of the likelihood of a single voter determining the winner of

As of Sept. 18, Obama’s margin in Ohio was about 3 percent, and I imagine last Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” and the spreading word of Romney’s “47 percent comment” has not cut that deficit at all. As the Romney ship is sinking, guess where it is being steered.”

Yes, electoral votes determine the outcome of an election, but only two states (Nebraska and Maine) do not operate on a winner-takes-all basis, meaning that the candidate that receives a majority (or plurality, if applicable) of the popular vote within a state wins all of the electoral votes from that state.

The college of electors is not voting independently of our cumulative wishes. Not only does your vote count but also if you are an Ohio resident then you should be feeling especially important this election year.

A vote in the Buckeye State will perhaps be more valuable than a vote elsewhere in the nation this election, in spite of losing two electoral votes since 2008 due to the 2010 census.

As number one at about 34 percent, Ohio ranked twice as high on a recent New York Times’ list of states likely to be the tipping point state (number two is Colorado).

This means that there is a 34

the Electoral College votes from that state. In the last ten elections, Ohio’s popular vote has coincided with the winning president. The only exception to this since 1944 was in 1960 when Nixon was defeated by Kennedy, and Nixon was our state’s number one choice.

At the moment, it looks like this year’s election is President Barack Obama’s to lose.

The latest polls indicate that Obama has a 77.5 percent chance of winning the national election, a number that is similar to his 76 percent chance of winning Ohio again.

As of Sept. 18, Obama’s margin in Ohio was about 3 percent, and I imagine last Sunday’s episode of “60 Minutes” and the spreading word of Romney’s “47 percent” comment has not cut that deficit at all. As the Romney ship is sinking, guess where it is being steered.

Romney’s stops in Cincinnati and Kettering are a part of a threeday “plan for a stronger middle class” bus tour in Ohio, which was

kicked by Paul Ryan in Lima.

The Romney campaign clearly understands the importance of winning over Ohio voters. Not surprisingly, the Romney campaign spent close to twice as much on ads last week in Ohio, just north of 2.5 million, than it had in any week prior during the campaign.

At this point, both presidential candidates have spent more money on campaign ads in Ohio than any other battleground state. Lucky us, right?

Maybe it’s the constant in-yourface campaign publicity in this state that causes us to generally be more politically active than the typical American, but I like to think that it’s because we better understand the responsibility of being an informed citizen and active voter.

Nationally, voter turnout for the last presidential election was only about 56 percent of the voting age population (Ohio’s turnout was about 65 percent).

Isn’t this embarrassing not only as an American citizen, but also as a human being? Do we care this little about voicing our opinion about public affairs?

And it is unfortunately a typical turnout for a presidential election. If frustration with politicians is your excuse, that is all the more reason to voice your opinion and try to make changes. The people that we let take office are a reflection of our values as a society.

Your vote counts, and there needs to be a more widespread realization of this. The 2012 presidential debates are still yet to begin (Oct. 3), and the election is still almost a month and a half away.

Mark your calendar, educate yourself and make an informed decision as to who you want to be the leader of our nation. Hopefully there will be 17,000 “I voted today” stickers around campus on Nov. 6.

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Why you shouldn’t be proud to be hated: be kind, respectful

Every now and again, we may come across words that are just so influential and inspirational to us that we decide to try and live by them. Maybe we stumble across them while scrolling down our Facebook newsfeed or see it reblogged with over 1,000 notes by someone we follow on Tumblr.

Thought provoking, inspiring words such as, “Haters gonna hate.”

What I don’t and will probably never understand is why people take pride in being hated, having “haters” or being openly called a b**** or d*** by not just a few but by many.

By taking a look at the “Thought Catalogue” article, “15 Ways 20-Somethings Ruin Their Twenties,” I was reaffirmed of this feeling. Author Christopher Hudspeth echoes my sentiments exactly, stating, “why being loathed (for good reason) has become a fad is beyond me, but it’s definitely a thing.”

There are many things about people and our society today that I may never understand. The

staggering amount of influence pop culture has on it is one of them.

People should not be willing to have people openly hate them and to burn bridges, just because it is the “cool” thing to do. Let’s leave the popularity contests to the middle school kids.

Do people not comprehend that it’s better to be a nice person, than to constantly and consistently treat people badly? I genuinely believe that you become a better person and get farther in life by being kind and actually caring about people, rather than gathering an army of “haters.” Have you ever heard of the phrase “you catch more flies with honey than vinegar?” It’s kind of gross but too often true.

It is not a point of pride to be hated. It is simply a matter of looking towards and taking responsibility for how you decide to treat others.

While I personally lean toward being more cynical, skeptical towards people and have a very dark sense of humor, I never

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intentionally hurt people and have even made a promise to myself to not talk badly about others. I have learned that this gets you nowhere, and that trash talk and gossip will almost always get back to the person you are bad-mouthing.

Essentially, in the long run you are the only one hurting yourself.

I am a firm believer in being you. But when “being you” turns to directly insulting others, not taking other people’s beliefs and opinions into mind and being flat out rude and disrespectful to your peers, that is taking it a few steps too far.

Hard work and kindness are two traits that I strongly believe lead us to becoming better individuals.

I absolutely, 100 percent disagree with the popular saying that goes “good things come to those who wait.” Good things come to those who work for what they want and are dedicated to making it happen. Nothing good ever came to someone who sat around, waiting and wishing for something to happen.

And sometimes even then things don’t always work out. Only after you have put in the work and effort can you rest on the idea that maybe it was not “meant to be.”

But being rude and disrespectful because things didn’t work out how you may have wanted is not the right path. Suck it up, accept responsibility for your own actions and learn to drop it and move on.

When you are nice or kind to someone one time, you may or may not be remembered by them.

If you are consistently a decent person and treat everyone with respect, you will most definitely be remembered.

And if you are malicious and rude then you will always be remembered – but for all the wrong reasons.

Always think twice about what you say and whom you are saying it to. Yes it is good to speak your mind and to have an opinion, and that we have the benefit of living in a country where we are allowed the freedom of speech.

But I always like to keep in

mind that unless someone directly asks for my thoughts or opinion on a subject or if the matter desperately calls for my interjection, then I will keep my opinions to myself. I’ve also learned that typically people don’t like having other people’s thoughts, beliefs and opinions forced down their throats.

Still need words to live by, without resorting to being hated?

Plato said, “Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some sort of battle.”

Regardless of how big or small, we are all fighting some sort of fight, day after day. You never know what someone else may be going through and you never know what words could affect them.

For those who still seek to hate you, regardless of how polite, respectful or nice you may be – ignore them. They are not worth your time.

But don’t stoop down to their level and return the hate because nobody wants to be remembered as the witch with a b.

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SPORTS

Editor JM RIEGER

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 tom downey

WHAT’S GOING DOWNEY

MEASURING THE SIX DEGREES OF THE CRADLE Miami University is known as the “Cradle of Coaches” for good reason. No school can match the amount of legends that have connections to Miami. The RedHawks have such a deep pool of coaches, that just about every person or team has some link to the Red and White. Much like the Kevin Bacon game, it can all come back to Miami in six steps or less.

Let’s start with one of the greatest coaches of all time: John Madden. Connecting him to Miami is actually quite simple; he coached under Al Davis with the Raiders, who coached under Sid Gillman.

Sid Gillman was a head coach at Miami from 1944-1947 and went 31-6-1 during his time as a ’Hawk. Gillman was the first in a long line of coaching greats and was the one who recruited Bo Schembechler and Ara Parseghian to come play at Miami.

Gilman was a legendary coach and front office man who also has links to other coaching greats including Tony Dungy, Chuck Noll, Bill Walsh, Sam Wyche and Jon Gruden, to name a few.

Let’s pick another famous coach: Bill Parcells. Parcells is known for being one of the greatest coaches ever, as well as having a massive coaching tree. He too, is rather easy to link back to Miami.

Parcells coached under Ray Perkins with the New York Giants, Perkins under Don Shula and Shula under Paul Brown. Brown played football at Miami.

Paul Brown’s statue was unveiled Saturday in the Cradle of Coaches Plaza at Yager Stadium, a well deserved honor. Brown also has links to Mike Holmgren, John

Fox, Lovie Smith, Andy Reid and Marty Schotteneheimer, among others. Brown was also named The Sporting News’ 12th greatest coach of all time.

How about the man the Super Bowl trophy is named after: Vince Lombardi. Lombardi coached under Earl “Red” Blaik, who played football for the ’Hawks.

Blaik was inducted into the college football Hall of Fame in 1964. Sid Gillman also coached under him.

Let’s try the Ryan family, with dad Buddy and sons Rex and Rob. They too are quite simple with Buddy having coached for Weeb Ewbank.

Ewbank played quarterback at Miami and also coached under Paul Brown.

Let’s link a famous player: Drew Brees. This one is the easiest of all, because Brees’ coach, Sean Payton, was an offensive coordinator at Miami.

With all of the legends that have links to Miami, it is easy to find links between just about any current player and this great program.

Many coaches have either played or coached at Miami including Jim Tressel, John Harbaugh, Woody Hayes, Ron Zook and others. In fact, 12 college football coaches that have won “National Coach of the Year” have links to the Red and White.

Everything football related eventually comes back to Miami University. This little school in Oxford, Ohio, the middle of nowhere, is the epicenter of football.

Send your favorite links or try to stump The Miami Student by posting it on our Facebook page or tweeting us @miamistudent.

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RedHawks soar through opening MAC contests Miami riding second three-game winning streak

MIAMI ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Miami University sophomore midfielder Kelsey Dinges nails a header Sunday against the University at Buffalo.

Dinges scored once versus the Bulls and is tied for second on the team with five goals this season.

By Win Braswell

For The Miami Student

The Miami University soccer team (8-2, 2-0 Mid-American Conference (MAC)) opened conference play on a strong note, capping the weekend home stand with victories over the University of Akron and University at Buffalo.

The RedHawks displayed

stifling defense and explosive offensive production in their preMAC slate of games, giving up only seven goals in eight games while scoring 23 goals.

The same execution carried over into Miami’s MAC openers, as the Red and White beat the Zips 4-1 Friday and blanked Buffalo 2-0 Sunday.

“We have had a lot of successes, but we still knew these games would be dog fights,” Head Coach Bobby Kramig said. “It’s always important to win home games in the MAC. The competition we have coming up is tough, and playing on the road just adds to that. So, it’s good to get the games at our place.”

The ’Hawks faced two teams that have had their fair share of struggles this year.

Friday’s game featured an Akron squad that had scored only nine goals though eight games and was blanked on the scoreboard twice. However, after a physical first half of play that the Miami coaching staff later said was the best first half the team had played all year, both teams went into the break knotted up at zero.

Miami responded by scoring three goals in a 13 minute period in the second half, similar to the ’Hawks’ performance the previous week against Indiana State University where the team scored three goals within the game’s first 25 minutes.

The first goal came in the 50th minute when freshman forward Katee Wensinger found junior midfielder Kayla Zakrzewski.

Zakrzewski got off a resounding shot from the left side of the box that slowly rolled across the line, after Zips’ redshirt sophomore goalie Alex Luevano-Harden got hand on the ball. Three minutes later, Wensigner and Zakrzewski traded roles when Zakrzewski crossed in a pass from the left end line to a wide-open Wensigner, who tapped in the shot from about a yard out. Zakrzewski then doubled up her goals in the 63rd minute, stealing a pass and striking goal from 18 yards out.

This was the second consecutive game Miami had a player record multiple goals, with senior captain Jess Kodiak scoring twice against Indiana State.

The RedHawks’ final goal came in the 69th minute from an assist by sophomore defender Olivia Evans to junior forward Katy Dolesh, with Dolesh dribbling through three Akron defenders to put the game away 4-1.

“I was a little nervous that my

first goal wouldn’t make it across the line,” Zakrzewski said. “After I scored my first goal, I was definitely more confident and wanted to stay aggressive, pushing the tempo to put them on their heels.”

Wensinger said the team’s ability to execute the same things in games they work on in practice was key.

“The way I scored my goal off the cross was a good thing to see,” Wensinger said. “When you spend a week working on crosses, it makes it that much better to see it translate onto the field on game day.”

Miami welcomed the Buffalo Bulls 1 p.m. Sunday. The Bulls entered 2-6-1 overall after dropping their first MAC game to Ball State 2-1.

The ’Hawks came out of the gates aggressive on both ends of the field, especially on offense.

Sophomore midfielder Kelsey Dinges recorded several early shots, including one just 58 seconds into the match, while Zakrzewski and freshman forward Haley Walter helped push the tempo, keeping consistent pressure on the Bulls’ junior goalie Ainsley Wheldon.

“We stress the first 10 minutes,” Dinges said. “We come out, play hard and we try to put away the first 10 minutes because it really can suck the life out of a team and make our jobs a little easier.”

Miami took the lead 1-0 in the 25th minute on a goal by Walter with the shared assist by Kodiak and Dolesh. Walter’s goal gives her five on the season, as she continues to provide a spark for this young RedHawk squad.

“I just wanted to keep doing what I’ve done all year,” Walter said. “We do a good job as a team, feeding off each other’s energy and taking advantage of chances to score. I’m just glad to be a part of that.”

Dinges’ early aggressiveness paid off in the 56th minute when she found the back of the net on a header from five yards.

Miami finished the game with a 10-shot advantage over Buffalo and a 12-2 corner kick advantage.

With the win, the ’Hawks surpassed their shutout total of four from last season in the team’s first 10 games. Miami has also scored 29 goals in 10 games this year while giving up just eight.

Miami will now play two road games against MAC rivals with winning records. The Red and White face Ohio University 4 p.m. Friday and Kent State University 1 p.m. Sunday.