September 25, 2012 | The Miami Student

Page 1

The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826

VOLUME 140 NO. 11

TUESday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO

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.” RICHARD MANDIMIKA THE MIAMI STUDENT

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

Miami female reports on-campus rape

If you have more information on this crime please contact the Miami University Police at (513) 529-2222 or Crime Stoppers at (513) 352-3040.

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,

SEE PAGE 5

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.

LAUREN OLSON THE MIAMI STUDENT

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


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.