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Patterson’s Café serves dinner By Lauren Hetzel For The Miami Student
Before Patterson’s Café expanded its hours to include dinner, students who had a craving for home fries or stuffed French Toast at 5 p.m. were out of luck, but not anymore. Patterson’s Café recently expanded its hours to include dinner, meaning students may no longer have to worry about sacrificing sleep to beat the mid-morning rush for their favorite café foods. “I think dinner was always part of our original business plan,” owner Mike Patterson said. “The way I like to do things is to do it in steps and little pieces.” One of the first steps after moving from High Street to Stewart Square last August was to obtain a liquor license. “So that’s become part of the dinner thing,” Patterson said. Patterson said the decision made sense. “We’ve had the demand and we’ve got a pretty loyal clientele,” Patterson said. “We still have the same craziness during the mornings — especially the weekend.”
wSee PATTERSON’S, page 8 Female reports possible assault At around 5 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to the emergency room at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital regarding a suspected assault. Police reportedly met with a 20-year-old female who said she had been at Stadium Bar earlier in the night. According to police reports, a male bought her a beer and she was unable to recall the events that occurred afterward. She reportedly woke up outside the Miami University stables. According to police, there were no signs of sexual assault based upon primary examinations. Police are continuing to investigate the case.
Housing, dining plan to begin By Matt Levy Staff Writer
Miami University students should prepare to see some changes in residence and dining halls in the upcoming years. Miami’s long-range housing plan, a 15 to 20-year project designed to upgrade, renovate and construct new on-campus residence halls, specifically targets the residence halls on MET Quad, Academic Quad and Havighurst Hall in its initial
phase of operations. The closure of two existing dining halls and the creation of one large replacement is also included in the plan. According to Robert Bell, a project manager for the Physical Facilities Department, one of the primary upgrades in phase one is the introduction of firesprinkler systems in Morris, Emerson, Tappan and Havighurst halls.
MU recommends athletics generate more revenue
By Taylor Dolven Senior Staff Writer
The Miami University Athletic Department is being urged by the Strategic Priorities Task Force (SPT) to re-examine the funding of intercollegiate sports. Currently, Miami athletics receive 26.6 percent of its funds from outside the university. The SPT is recommending that by 2015, 41.6 percent of athletic funding come from outside the university. This means the Athletic Department needs to increase non-university revenue from the current $5.01 million to $7.74 million in 2015, or cut its operating budget by 15 percent. During a difficult economy, a lot of pressure is being placed on the university to fund athletic programs, according to Athletic Director Brad Bates. Only 14 athletic departments across the country generated a profit last year, Bates said. While Big Ten schools receive substantial payment from their conference, Mid-American Conference (MAC) schools do not. “Even schools in the Big Ten are relying on their universities to subsidize their athletic program,” Bates said. Ten out of 21 schools with the highest proportion of subsidy are in the MAC, according to NCAA statistics. The recommendation from the SPT asks the Athletic Department to look into how it is funding its programs. MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student “We’re trying to transform Miami Miami University football takes on Colorado State University Sept. 18 at Yager Stadium. into a better, stronger university,”
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Bates said. Athletics is facing some challenges incorporating the recommendations, Bates said. Barbara Jones, vice president of student affairs, said the recommendations are meant for reaction. “It is up to athletics what they do to meet those recommendations,” Jones said. Bates is working to balance the task force’s recommendations while still fulfilling guidelines from the NCAA, MAC and Title 9. While Miami has to subsidize the Athletic Department, Bates still believes athletics are a crucial part of the university. Since sports are so highly valued in today’s society, athletics have become a marketing tool for the university as a whole, Bates said. When Miami sports are televised, that coverage comes with a promotional spot on national TV that would normally cost the university thousands of dollars, according to Bates. “That’s promoting the university itself,” Bates said. Senior Jordan Gafford, a football player, said generating support is important for the football team to succeed. “More successful teams are more fun to watch,” he said. Bates has discussed strategies to encourage this kind of support. Certain games have been moved to larger stadiums to accommodate larger audiences and larger profit. Bates said more efforts need to be made for university athletics to become profitable. “We have to get more creative to generate more revenue,” he said.
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Greeks adjust to standards NEWS BRIEFS By Adam Giffi Senior Staff Writer
EVENTS Lecture to honor Gandhi’s birthday Thursday, Sept. 30 will mark the 141st birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. Miami University will celebrate the historical figure as well as the International Day of Non-Violence that is recognized in accordance with Gandhi’s birthday. V.V. Raman, professor emeritus of physics and humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology, will deliver a lecture entitled Mahatma Gandhi’s Relevance for the 21st Century to honor Gandhi. Faculty, staff, students and the Oxford community are invited to attend this free event that will take place at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in 111 Harrison Hall. The Office of International Education, Office of Diversity Affairs and the Office of American and World Cultures will sponsor the event.
FYI Communications to be tested Wednesday Miami University will test emergency communication methods at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Emergency communication includes the emergency text message system, an all-Miami e-mail, VoIP telephone notifications, video message boards, the oncampus cable channel and banners on selected university websites. You must sign up in order to receive the text message alert. All other messages will be delivered automatically. If you haven’t signed up for text alerts, you can do so at muohio.edu/police. All students, staff and faculty should receive an e-mail, and those subscribed to emergency text messages services should receive a text message. The text and e-mail messages will say “Test” in the subject line. The message will ask recipients to note the time they saw the message. A random survey sent to some staff, students and faculty will ask them to give the time they saw the message. The survey should be completed in two days. If there is a weather or emergency message that needs to go out that day, the test will be run one week later at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6.
Over the past month, Greek organizations at Miami University have been experiencing the first effects of the fallout caused by the much publicized and criticized spring activities of a few chapters. The university senate met Monday, Sept. 27 to hear the findings and decisions of the Summer Greek Task Group Report. Greek life at Miami came under fire during the spring 2010 semester for incidents of destructive off-campus behavior by the Alpha Xi Delta, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities. Barbara Jones, vice president for student affairs, led the task force to re-evaluate the way Greek activities and events at Miami will be run in the future. She said time has not healed the wounds. “These incidents were unacceptable in any stretch of the imagination,” Jones said. “They caused concern for student safety, they caused embarrassment to the university and there was absolutely no excuse for them.” Jones did point out there has been honest
reflects a new mentality. This rule states that for every 25 students at a party there must be one trained member, 21 years of age or older, who remains sober and stays on watch for any problems, especially involving alcohol. Frazier said he feels this initiative has been surprisingly successful. “That was a big hurdle for a lot of chapters,” Frazier said. “There was fear that there would be no seniors that would really want to stay sober the entire night. It’s your senior year, your last year, when you’re finally 21, and some felt like they were being held back. But overall, there has been recognition that it is something worth doing.” Frazier said he acknowledges things aren’t perfect yet. He predicts there may be future incidents on the horizon. “There really hasn’t been a test of these new rules,” Frazier said. “Although each organization sends out the policy to everyone in the chapters, not everyone necessarily reads it. Until someone actually gets in trouble again and is made an example of by the university, people are not going to take this as seriously as they probably should.”
Second-year programs recieve attention More tickets By Chelsea Naughton Staff Writer Miami University’s second-year program is receiving attention from other universities, including The Ohio State University (OSU). Tricia Jordan, a Ph.D. candidate at OSU, is studying Miami’s programs for her dissertation. She plans to assess Miami’s second-year programs and their aim to centralize resources for all students. She also said Miami is unique in respect to its focus on second-year programming. “Not a lot of places do much for second-year students,” Jordan said. “We want to contribute to the literature for other places that want to start (similar) programs.” Jordan said she wants to gauge how students differentiate first and second-year experiences. “Students tend to feel invisible on campus during their second year,” Jordan said. Working closely with Mike O’Neal, director of second-year programs at Miami, Jordan sends out surveys and then meets with students to discuss the results. “I sent out surveys to about 50 people, I think it was mostly RAs and early arrival students,” Jordan said. “I came down after those were done to chat with students about the questions and look at the survey to make sure it was ready to send to all students.” To better assess how students benefit from second-year programs, the survey had to be tested and specially crafted to encompass a broad range of students, according to Jordan. She said no other school in the country match-
es Miami’s campus-wide second-year programs. “I am looking at the effectiveness of the second-year specific programs to see if students actually benefit from it,” Jordan said. “Miami is unique in that it has a program and office specifically for all second-year students.” Second-year programs were implemented in 2009 when the university required all students to live on campus for two years. O’ Neal said the choice was made after the university saw that students who lived on campus for two years performed better academically and showed higher retention rates. As it currently stands, students will continue to be required to live on campus for two years at Miami, according to O’Neal. However, not all students agree second-year programs are beneficial. Junior Alyse Pennington said most students pay little attention to second-year programs. “I feel like there needs to be better advertising and not just e-mails,” Pennington said. “Student e-mails are being filled with info … so they just delete them.” O’Neal said in the longrun Jordan’s research will also help Miami determine which programs are working and which are not. “Tricia’s research will be valuable,” O’Neal said. “It’s always good to have a Ph.D. student doing research for you.” Jordan said the last round of surveys is slated to close the second week in October. She will be on campus several times until then meeting with students and assessing data.
MU to renovate Stoddard, Elliott halls By Natalie McKerjee Senior Staff Writer
University implements wellness initiative Miami University kicked off phase one of its wellness initiative with free health screenings at Miami’s Health Center and Oxford’s McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Sept. 27 and will continue until May 15, 2011. Designed to help Miami employees take an active role in maintaining healthy lifestyles, Healthy Miami is part of a three-phase wellness initiative. As an incentive to combat rising health care premiums, participants and their spouses who complete phase one can each earn a $15 monthly credit on their health care premiums, which will keep the premiums at the 2010 level into 2011. Spouses and same-sex domestic partners covered by Miami’s health insurance are also eligible and encouraged to participate in the program. All eligible participants are required to complete a health screening, personal wellness profile and doctor visit before May 15, 2011 to complete phase one of the program. For a complete list of screenings for the fall semester, visit www.cincyhealthworks.com.
student effort to overcome the negative image Greek life has been getting. “I will give the students credit, they stepped up and said they wanted to take a lot of the leadership roles,” Jones said. “They were embarrassed. They wanted to come back from this.” Many in the senate argued regulation would not be enough to incite real cultural change among Greek organizations. Some said that the university needed to attack alcohol issues, reaching the very core of the problem. Brian Domino, an associate professor in the philosophy department, verbalized this sentiment. “It could be that we’re merely moving students with problems, not actually helping them,” Domino said. “Aren’t security measures going to simply make students more clever with their alcohol use?” Matthew Frazier, a member of Associated Student Government present at the senate meeting and president of the Miami chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, said there has been genuine effort to create cultural change in the Greek community. He said the “sober liaison” rule
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Seniors Sam Ritcher and Harrison King eat lunch in an Elliott Hall room.
Housing Dining and Guest Services (HDGS) will renovate Miami University’s oldest residence halls, Stoddard and Elliott, in an effort to rejuvenate student housing. According to Craig Berger, graduate resident director of the Scholar Leader program at Miami, the primary focus of the renovation is to update and enhance the basic auxiliaries within the buildings. “I believe the main focus of the renovation is to update the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems and comply with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations,” Berger said. “Fire sprinklers are also being added.” Berger said HDGS plans to improve social spaces for residents, which he believes is much needed. Larry Fink, assistant vice president of housing and auxiliaries, said Stoddard and Elliott were chosen to be renovated primarily because of their size. “We chose those halls primarily because they are small and
can be successfully renovated in a very short window of time,” Fink said. The summer renovations are part of a larger plan Fink said will take place in summer 2011, and will include a number of residence halls on Miami’s campus. According to Fink, students who reside in Elliott and Stoddard halls next semester can expect to have all new mechanical systems. New systems will include air conditioning and fire sprinklers, as well as new furniture, windows, a comprehensive renovation of bathrooms and other structural and mechanical upgrades. Berger praised the timing of the renovations. He said because renovations are set for the summer, there should not be any issues with student traffic. “I do not consider the renovation to be inconvenient mainly because the work will be done over the summer when students are not typically living in the building,” he said. According to Fink, construction is planned to begin the Monday after graduation, though certain areas of work may have to occur sooner in preparation.
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Since tickets for the Dalai Lama’s visit sold out at a rate never before seen by Miami University, 300 additional tickets will be made available to the public Sept. 29. According to Claire Wagner, associate director of university communications, no one was surprised the tickets sold out, but they were not anticipating the first sell would only go to the Miami community. Roughly 9,700 tickets have been sold. “We had hoped from the start to be able to sell tickets to the Miami community and to the public,” Wagner said. “But those that were known to be available in our first sale all went to the Miami people, which is wonderful that that many people are so excited to go, but we had many disappointed people in the public after that.” The university was able to gain access to more tickets due to the overwhelming interest in the event. The 300 tickets will be available to the public on a first come first serve basis starting at 10 a.m. Sept. 29. “As with any event the university or any organization might put on, you hold back a few for your committee, you hold back some for guests you hope might come,” Wagner said. “So when we found that we needed to do a recount of what we had, what we had held and what we no longer needed to hold, we said, ‘Let’s make it available to the public and or anyone at Miami can buy them too,’ but it’s at the public price of $25.” In order to keep track of remaining ticket sales, the university has decided to sell tickets over the phone and online. There will be approximately 250 tickets sold online at www.tickets.muohio.edu and 50 tickets will be sold over the phone (513-529-3200). “We’re going to do phone sales and put 50 tickets and then put a number on it,” Wagner said. “So we’d have 50 tickets by phone, no walk-ups, and then the rest, the 250, online. It just helps the box office people so they don’t have to go back and forth checking online to see what is there. They know what they have.” According to Wagner, the university is also offering alternative viewing options for people unable to purchase tickets. These viewing locations will be at the surrounding Miami campuses, including Hall Auditorium on the Oxford campus, Parrish Auditorium on Hamilton campus and Dave Finkelman Auditorium on the Middletown
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Hueston Woods adds disc golf By Leslie Scott Senior Staff Writer
At 12:35 a.m. Saturday, officers on patrol reportedly observed a female lying on a park bench in West Park Place. According to police reports, the female, later identified as Miami University sophomore Robyn McGrath, 19, was lying on the bench with her eyes closed and her phone to her ear. She reportedly had “X’s” on both of her hands, indicating she was under 21 years of age. McGrath reportedly told police she had a lot to drink, but she was “fine” and planned to get up and go to Juniper. When the officer notified her the store was closed, she said she already knew that. McGrath reportedly had glassy eyes and slurred speech. She reportedly responded to every question with, “I’m fine.” When police asked her if she could say anything else, she reportedly said she was fine. McGrath was cited for underage intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Students hand over drug paraphernalia to officer At 11:50 p.m. Saturday, officers on bike patrol reportedly smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana as they passed a row of parked cars in the alley next to the Delta Chi fraternity house. When police turned around, they reportedly found a black SUV with the windows down and people in the front seats. The occupants of the vehicle were identified as Miami University sophomore William Mason, 19 and first-year Robert Morrissey, 20. When the officer asked if they were smoking weed, Morrissey reportedly said they were “just hanging out.” There was reportedly a bag on the dashboard that appeared to be marijuana. The officer reportedly asked if they were smoking a bowl or a joint, and Mason said they were smoking a bowl. He then reportedly pulled it out from under his seat and handed the officer a colored glass smoking pipe with marijuana residue. Mason and Morrissey were each cited for drug paraphernalia and possession of drugs.
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Hueston Woods Resort and Conference Center has created a disc golf course for locals and guests to use for free. The course made its official debut last spring. The course is a full 18 holes, but the back nine are still being worked on, Dan Snelling, assistant front desk manager of Hueston Woods Lodge, said. “The course is great,” Snelling said. “It is a little hard, but still fun. There are two tees at each hole, so multiple people can play.” Snelling approximated the front nine to cover about 10 acres. “It’s a pretty huge course,” Snelling said. “It is nice because it is really spread out.” According to Snelling, Hueston Woods had a few disc golf tees on the campgrounds and many visitors seemed to love it. Due to growing popularity, the lodge decided to invest in an official course. “People can bring their own Frisbees,” Snelling said. “We also have a few that people may borrow or they can purchase their own at our gift shop.” The course was built partly with
By Annie Butler For The Miami Student
Toppers Pizza, a pizza chain based in Whitewater, Wis. hopes to expand its franchise to Oxford. The avant-garde establishment caters to a college-aged market and plans to open a restaurant in Oxford within the next 12 to 18 months. Rick Fullarton, a 2005 Miami University graduate, will spearhead the expansion as Toppers Pizza’s newest co-owner and operator. nt The Oxford restaurant will be one of 15 franchises in Toppers’ Ohio expansion plan. Toppers Pizza targets the 18 to 34 age group and intends to break ground near colleges and universities, according to Fullarton. Fullarton is opening the first Ohio franchise near the University of Cincinnati Oct. 2. According to Brett Larrabee, Toppers Pizza director of franchise development, Toppers will compete with Oxford’s nine well-established pizza restaurants by relying on its irreverent marketing plan. “(Toppers is) a brand all about you,” Larrabee said. “Our marketing is very unique, some may say it’s borderline shocking, but the kids like it and appreciate it and think it’s cool.” Larrabee said students like to be understood. “(They like) a place that understands you, lets you screw around,” he said. “After you’ve been out all night having fun … you want to go to a place that will let you play basketball in the lobby or hang around on the couch.” Students seem to be on board.
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Patrons enjoy the beach at Hueston Woods Resort and Conference Center Friday, Sept. 17. The resort now has an 18-hole disc golf course. does not know any more details. Miami’s Parking Services could not be reached for comment. “I think a bus going out there would help a lot,” Kelly said. “That way, students might see it on the route and try to learn more. Also, a student could get on the wrong bus and sort of learn by accident.”
Kelly said the change in bus route would also be a good idea for people to become curious enough to seek out more information on the lodge. “The woods have a lot to offer,” Kelly said. “I would definitely take a few friends to go play the new disc golf course, or even paintball.”
“I would love for a pizza place to come to Oxford if it was good,” senior Dave Williams said. “A college town needs to be complete with a good local pizza place, and we don’t have one.” Toppers’ menu includes 17 house pizzas, including favorites such as the hangover helper, a mac and cheese pizza, a taco pizza and the pepperoni old school pizza. Toppers also offers Topperstix — a garlic and cheese breadstick — oven-toasted grinders, buffalo wings, quesadillas and cold drinks. According to Larrabee, the company has a commitment to quality. “Nothing (about the product) is left to compromise,” he said. Housed in what Larrabee described as a “really cool college dorm room / pickup delivery place,” Toppers is equipped with four flat screen televisions in the lobby, a ping-pong ball dispenser and leather couches. This environment is more like a dine-in experience, something Oxford has lacked in the past, according to Alan Kyger, Oxford economic development director. “There is a market for the sit down pizza,” he said. Because the market is open for the dine-in pizza concept,FullartonsaidToppersplanstoreachalargepartof the community. “About 68 percent of the (Oxford) demographics would be our target,” Fullarton said. After opening the franchise in Cincinnati, Fullarton plans to expand throughout Ohio. “I’m going to do everything I can to get one up there (in Oxford),” he said. “Tell them to get their taste buds ready.”
Police arrest bartender at The Wood’s Bar for serving underage students
At around 2:50 a.m. Saturday, officers noticed a male stumbling on the sidewalk on East High Street. The male reportedly fell face first on the sidewalk and into the flowerbed adjacent to the Oxford City Building. As the officer approached, he reportedly stood up and then fell backward again. The officer reportedly asked him to sit to check his condition and noticed blood coming from his nose. He was identified as Miami University first-year Michael Sullivan, 18. Sullivan reportedly admitted to being highly intoxicated and was treated by the lifesquad. Sullivan was cited for underage intoxication.
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state funds, with the rest coming from volunteer funds, according to Snelling. “One purpose of the course is to create a larger audience toward visiting Hueston Woods,” Snelling said. “Next year, we plan to set up a few tournaments which will increase visitors and profit.” Hueston Woods Lodge’s offerings include a golf course, dining room, bar, indoor and outdoor pools, a gift shop and paintball. Miami University sophomore Ian Kelly was unaware of everything Hueston Woods has to offer. “I went out to the woods last year to participate in the hike-athon,” Kelly said. “I never knew there was an entire resort that included paintball.” According to Kelly, not many students are aware of Hueston Woods and all it has to offer. Junior Erica Norman said the lodge should do more advertising. “As an older student, I am aware of what is around Oxford,” Norman said. “However, I think it’s hard as a freshman to know of some nearby places to hang out at.” According to Snelling, Hueston Woods and Miami are tossing around the idea of a bus making a trip out to the park. However, he
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A couple performs a dance for the Eighth Annual Latin American and Caribbean UniDiversity Festival Friday in Uptown Park.
Thursday night started like any other at The Wood’s Bar — or as some affectionately call it, “The New Bar” — with students gradually pouring in to enjoy their favorite drinks. It ended with a bartender and two underage students in handcuffs, the former charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor, the latter two with underage purchase and possession of alcohol. According to police reports, Miami University junior Sarabjot Makkar, 18, approached the bar around 2 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24 and ordered two beers from junior bartender Melissa Hendler. Despite the lack of a wristband or “X” markings on his hands, Hendler allegedly served Makkar while neglecting to ask for identification. According to police reports, Makkar then handed his spare beer to another minor, first-year Nathan Bailey, 18, when a plainclothes Oxford Police Department (OPD) officer intervened. Hendler, Makkar and Bailey were then taken into custody and escorted from the bar. According to OPD Sgt. Jim Squance, this is the first time this year a bartender has been arrested for serving a minor, but not the first time OPD has cracked down on bar employees. “It’s absolutely not the first time this kind of thing has happened, but it is the first time it has happened this year,” Squance said. “Generally we don’t cite the owner of the bar, but the bar employee who actually serves the alcohol.” Owner Ted Wood declined to say whether or not Hendler would remain employed at The Wood’s and Squance said there is no law barring her from returning. “Unless it is court ordered, there is really no (action taken) beyond the citation,” Squance said. “There is no law that says once you have been cited, you can no longer bartend. The punishment is really up to the court.” Reporting by Hunter Stenback
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SPT recommends re-evaluation of graduate programs By Adam Giffi Senior Staff Writer
Be prepared to adapt to change. This statement is a paraphrase of a philosophy that is often stressed to students in higher education as an ideal to live by as they go into the real world. For those enrolled in the Miami University graduate program and for those considering enrolling in the future, this alluded change is arriving a little sooner than the “real world,� as graduate programs and practices are currently in the midst of evaluations. Some of these graduate program changes have already been established and are in the process of being implemented. Among the most recent changes is an update to the definition of being a full-time graduate student. A full-time student must take a minimum of nine credit hours and a recommended maximum of 15. Bruce Cochrane, dean of the graduate school, said the new requirements are normal. “This was done mostly just to simplify our rules and bring them into line with what is really current normal practice,� Cochrane said. The Strategic Priorities Task Force (SPT) offered input in its report on how the graduate school can run more efficiently. Cochrane said these recommendations would significantly affect the department. “I think, like with everything else in the report, what the SPT is indicating is that there is going to have to be a
combination of potential budget reductions and new revenue generation,� Cochrane said. “In this time we need to focus our resources with academic quality. The report simply implies that we need to develop a procedure to look at programs in a very quality-based way.� In the draft report, the SPT recommends reviewing programs for viability, increasing the efficiency of the remaining programs and making sure there are more programs that generate revenue. If the recommendations are followed, the SPT predicts the graduate program will be able to take approximately 40 percent of its savings and reinvest them into sustainable programs. As with their other suggestions, the SPT is not being greeted with open arms for these recommendations by some students. Stephanie Brehm, Graduate Student Association president, said she has some concerns. “The mission of the school is to be an undergraduate institution, so it is obviously going to be focused on the undergraduate aspects,� Brehm said. “In terms of the graduate school, they really want revenue-generating programs. I’m in the religion department, one of the smaller departments, and I think cutting the smaller departments will be a detriment to the graduate department at large. We get a lot of great people from assistantships, for example, from these programs that would not choose Miami otherwise.� Aliya Rahman, a graduate student and teaching associate in the educational leadership department, agreed. She expressed concerns that some smaller programs could not meet this
standard so they may need to be cut . “I’m in one of the largest programs, but I’ve taken a lot of classes outside of my own department, and without those classes my doctorate would not be the same,� Rahman said. “Efficiency is not the only economic goal that there is. Equity is important. Community building is also important. I think the task force has focused a little too heavily on efficiency.� Steve Wyatt, committee chair of SPT, said the recommendations in the report are simply that, recommendations. He said too much concern over the recommendations has been expressed. “The key issue here is that first and foremost we made no recommendations that we eliminate anything, make that clear,� Wyatt said. “There have been no programs that have been singled out for anything.� Wyatt said the SPT simply encourages close examination of graduate programs. “What we’re recommending is a comprehensive evaluation of these programs, all of them, for viability,� Wyatt said. “Viability includes being able to sustain themselves financially as well as quality and other considerations� Cochrane said the changes being implemented and the suggestions being given by the SPT will continue to make the graduate program at Miami one of the best. “If we follow the spirit of the report, graduate education at Miami will be much more focused on quality and will remain an integral part of the institution,� Cochrane said.
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Editor Amelia Carpenter features@miamistudent.net
By Allison McGillivray For The Miami Student
An introduction to autism
Autism Speaks is born
Autism is the term used to describe a series of developmental brain disorders called pervasive development disorders, which are sometimes referred to as autism spectrum disorders and include Asperger’s syndrome, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder as well as many others. Autism affects the way a child perceives the world and makes communication and social interaction difficult, according to the Autism Speaks website. The child may also have repetitive behaviors or intense interests. However, autism is not just a disease that affects children, these symptoms remain with the individual into adulthood. Someone with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger’s syndrome, may have difficulty relating to peers but otherwise lead a normal life. Some individuals need constant care for their entire lives. Early identification of autism in children greatly increases their chances for living a generally happy and healthy life.
Autism Speaks was created to help promote awareness of autism so autistic individuals are able to receive the care they need. Autism Speaks was created to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders. Bob and Suzanne Wright created Autism Speaks in 2005 after their grandchild had been diagnosed with autism. It is the largest national autism advocacy organization dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and finding a cure for autism, according to the organization’s website. In 2008, Autism Speaks created its Autism Speaks U organization. “It’s a program specifically designed for collegiate students who are interested in hosting awareness-advocacy fundraising events,” Caminker said. Autism Speaks U was not officially created until 2008, but most people mark its beginning at Penn State University in 2006. Penn State continues to have Autism Speaks U’s largest chapter and raises approximately $100,000 yearly. Since its inaugural event at Penn State in 2006, Autism Speaks U events have raised close to $800,000 and student-organized walk teams have brought in millions more. Penn State continues to host Autism Speaks U’s largest 5K run/3K walk. The majority of the money Autism Speaks and Autism Speaks U receive is raised through fundraising events, including the popular Walk now for Autism Speaks, benefit concerts, bake sales, bowling nights and other activities. All of the money from every Autism Speaks sponsored event and university chapter is placed into the national pool, which allows for Autism Speaks to give money to research, family services organizations, health centers and awareness advocacy groups in need. In Ohio, Autism Speaks is funding Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a research center for the Autism Genome Project that is working to isolate the genes that code for autism. Autism Speaks is trying to pass an autism insurance reform bill in the state senate, which would require insurance companies to provide coverage for behavioral therapy and other therapies for individuals diagnosed with autism, according to Autism Speaks U Ohio Director Kim Niederst. “Our advocacy government relations team is encouraging people to make phone calls and e-mails to key state senators to get this bill passed through the Ohio state senate,” Niederst said. Niederst and Caminker stress the importance of Autism Speaks U chapters like Miami’s in helping the autistic community as well as raising money for advocacy and research projects. “Basically what I found out is a lot of the students who are getting involved, they’re the future of the autism community,” Caminker said. “They are the future providers, people who are going to do research, they are studying to become therapists and special ed teachers. We’re really excited to be working with these people because we need people who are going to continue on in the field.”
Autism Speaks at Miami Miami University senior Katie Weeks said she got the idea for Autism Speaks U when she applied for an internship with Autism Speaks in Chicago last summer. While Weeks was interning in Chicago, she received a unique chance to see how Autism Speaks U operated, while vice president Kelley Miller learned about the family side of autism while interning at the speech and hearing clinic at Miami. The clinic provides diagnostic and treatment services to individuals with special speech, language and hearing needs, according to its website. Caminker provides each new Autism Speaks U chapter with Autism Speaks U chapter in a box, which Weeks helped create at her internship. The document describes how to start an Autism Speaks U chapter, hold events, recruit members and get involved in the community. Autism Speaks U: Miami University’s constitution is used as the packet’s sample constitution of how to draw up an Autism Speaks U chapter constitution. Weeks and Miller said they wanted Autism Speaks at Miami to be a campus-wide organization, not just a student organization for certain majors or interests. “A lot of the groups on campus are very organized based on major, so what we wanted to do was get everyone involved, so we advertised to every major possible,” Miller said. While the national Autism Speaks U organization is there to support their university chapters, they allow each chapter creative freedom in planning events, meetings and community involvement.
A pleasant surprise Weeks and Miller thought they were prepared for the first meeting of Autism Speaks U: Miami University, the new student organization they cofounded together, but when more than 200 interested students showed up, they had to move to a larger room. The Aug. 31 meeting was the first for Autism Speaks at Miami. Weeks and Miller started by asking how many people were personally affected by autism. “Every single person raised their hands,” Miller said. Approximately one in 110 children and one in 70 boys have been diagnosed with autism, according to Autism Speaks’ website. “Think about how many people were in your elementary school,” Weeks said. “I had probably about 200 kids in my class, and now with one in 70 boys that’s like three or four kids and the numbers are rising.” Autism is more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined, according to the Autism Speaks website. Autism Speaks U National Director Sarah Caminker has worked with chapters like Miami’s to promote awareness of these numbers. “It’s sad to say, but with the (prevalent) numbers of autism … these students one day will become parents and will possibly have a kid on the spectrum,” Caminker said. “Awareness and having them understand what autism is and the signs is critical. College volunteers and these college programs are so important to the organization.” Miami originally had involvement with Autism Speaks through Alpha Xi Delta, a sorority suspended at Miami until August 2012, but last year Weeks and Miller decided to take it campus-wide. While Weeks and Miller are not part of Alpha Xi Delta themselves, their organization has drawn Alpha Xi Delta members, including sophomore Torrey Schusterman and senior Libby Puckett. Schusterman said she wants to continue to promote awareness of autism. “People need to be more aware of people with special needs,” Schusterman said. Puckett has worked with children with autism the last four summers at a day camp for children with disabilities. “The kids have touched my life in so many ways and I wanted to give back somehow,” Puckett said. “They bring joy to so many people’s lives. As much as they needed me, I needed them more.”
Fundraising and events When Weeks and Miller were coming up with their fundraising goals for the 2010–2011 school year, they started with approximately $3,000. After the first meeting, Weeks and Miller re-evaluated and now have a goal of $8,000. Weeks and Miller intend to raise the money through fundraising. Some fundraising ideas include having a 50-50 raffle at a football game and their own Walk Now event on the cross country course. They are also planning a bake sale during parents weekend called Sprinkles of Hope. The Miami chapter goal is to promote autism awareness within its own members, who according to Weeks and Miller, have unique insight to offer about autism themselves. “We had a little membership form that people signed up on and we asked a question, ‘Why is this organization important to you?’” Weeks said. “Most of it was, ‘I babysat a little kid with autism,’ ‘my little brother,’ ‘my uncle.’ I think most of it was personal experience.” Weeks and Miller are enthusiastic about their members’ response to autism and their involvement in the organization. “People can be as involved as they want to be,” Miller said. “And what I think is cool about this organization is that people want to be there. What is so different about it is it does affect so many people and people care. It’s a really unique group of people.” Autism Speaks meetings consist of learning about autism through speakers and presentations. “The last one we had was one of the girls whose little sister has Asperger’s syndrome, which is high-functioning autism,” Weeks said. “She captivated 180 people.” In addition to meetings and fundraising events, Weeks and Miller said Autism Speaks intends to volunteer with the local autistic community, such as Cincinnati Children of Autism and a residential community for adults with autism in Butler County called Safe Haven’s Farm.
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Although Patterson said this change has been well received so far, he has not particularly promoted the additional hours. “I didn’t know that they were starting to serve dinner until I heard it from one of my friends,” junior Blair Donahue said. “I haven’t been yet this year, so I just assumed they were still only doing breakfast and lunch.” Patterson said the new time has not changed the café’s offerings.
“We’re really doing the same menu we’ve always done,” Patterson said. He said regular breakfast menu items remain on the new dinner menu. “I think (continuing to have a breakfast menu) is a really good idea,” Donahue said. “Especially with college students, a lot of people will want to go at night and still get breakfast, so I think that was a really smart choice on their part.” Senior Sean MacIver, who had not heard of the new extended hours said he probably would not go to dinner at Patterson’s because he thinks it is naturally a breakfast place, but said the breakfast menu at dinner would
probably increase the chances that he would go later in the day. Donahue agreed. “When I think of Patterson’s, I think of a breakfast place,” Donahue said. “Even if I went around dinner, I would still get breakfast.” While the new menu contains nightly features like gourmet burgers on Tuesday nights, it also includes options like all you can eat pancakes as an additional Tuesday feature. “It’s obviously added to our overall revenue, which is obviously the goal,” Patterson said. The new hours for Patterson’s are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
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campus, as well as the Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester. Access to these viewing locations is free once free tickets are ordered through the Miami box office. Tickets for the alternative locations will become available Oct. 5. “We still anticipate with the public sale that there will be people who will not be able to get tickets who want them,” Wagner said. “We can make this available even more easily if you’re regional or live on the other side of the county. You can just go to one of those campuses to experience it as a group.” Junior Glynn Caudill said this is an event that should not be missed. “I wanted to go because the Dalai Lama is important in world affairs, and as an ITS student, I think it’s important for myself and the Miami community to attend,” Caudill said. “This event is important. People should
exciting new dining concepts.” According to Fink, the new facility is being designed based upon student feedback at existing dining locations. “The kiosks will place nutritional information closer to the point of service,” Fink said. Fink said the new dining facility will be multi-story with space for 90 student rooms on the upper floors. According to Bell, Bishop Hall is also scheduled to be renovated in the coming years. “For all the buildings we are renovating, we will put in new electrical systems, heating and air conditioning systems and add fire sprinkler systems,” Bell said. “In Bishop, some of the common spaces will be reconfigured and the whole building will get new finishes, new paint and new materials on the floors and ceilings.” Bell said the schedule of renovations for Bishop Hall is still being determined. Bell also said student housing will reclaim the space on the lower level of the building currently occupied by offices. Senior Corey Stevens said he supports the initiative, but maintains changes should not be made at the historical expense of the buildings. “I like that Bishop Hall has wooden doors everywhere except for the fire doors,” Stevens said. “While the fire doors are necessary, they detract from the overall ambiance of the building.” Stevens has mixed feelings about the need for air conditioning in Miami’s older residence halls. “They’re not required upgrades,” Stevens said. “With the university going through the financial hardship that it is, I don’t really see it worth it spending the extra money. However, if the cost is minimal in relation to the entire project, then why not?” According to Fink, it is too early in the planning and design stage of the project to give exact costs. try and find tickets anyway they can.” Senior Bethany Bateman would have liked to have the opportunity to listen to the Dalai Lama, but is unable to do so because she is studying abroad. “I am in Argentina right now, but I would have loved to have been able to hear and see the Dalai Lama because I think it’s important to know the events of the world and hear from someone who has played such a crucial role in the international community,” Bateman said via Skype. The event doors will open at noon Oct. 21 and the university strongly encourages participants to arrive as soon as possible because of security clearance. Organizers are also hoping to find a way to create a backpack check for students coming to the event after classes. “It would be great if some student group who wasn’t going could organize a voluntary backpack check at Withrow or some place on the way,” Wagner said. “We really do want people to come early because they are going to have to go through security clearance.”
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HANNAH MILLER The Miami Student
FEATURE
OTHER AMUSING SHIZ
Thrifting for treasures By Stephen Gallas For The Miami Student
If you’re looking to just kick it or are the rare person who scrubs to class, then thrift stores may be the place for you. There are many different kinds of totally awesome clothes that you can get at any thrift store in your neighborhood. I happen to be a huge fan of shopping at thrift stores. T-shirts I buy at the Salvation Army (a.k.a. Salvo — yeah, you know that nickname is awesome) are a staple of my wardrobe. A vast majority of the funniest shirts I have seen have come from thrift stores. I know reading this has inflicted you with an insufferable itch to go buy some shirts from Goodwill, but there a few things you should know before you scratch. What exactly constitutes a sweet shirt? It all depends on taste, but there are a few categories of shirts that always seem to be good wears. Nineties pop music shirts are very good finds. If you can rep Hanson, who’s going to stop you? I happen to be the proud owner of an *NSYNC shirt from their 1999
tour, part of one of the best Christmas presents my younger brother has gotten me. There are some kinds of shirts that are always nice to find. Anything involving animals, old sports or athletes, cities or Pokémon are golden. If you find these, you most likely have stumbled upon a winner. Something dumpy that a grandma named Bonnie would wear will also do the trick. In case you aren’t sure what that might entail, I’m talking about cat shirts. And sequins. While you are shopping, it is very important to not laugh at any of the shirts you see. If you do this, you may offend some people and in doing so are making yourself look like an asshole. It’s best to be a courteous shopper. Just because you are shopping in a thrift store doesn’t mean you should stop looking for deals. For example, 80 percent of the clothes are half-off on Wednesdays at the Salvo. Sometimes a shirt can be bought for 25 cents. Nibble on that. Being a good thrift store shopper takes a great deal of patience. If you really want to get the best shirts, you have to be
willing to sift through everything they have. A good thrift store shopper knows right when they enter and pass the gumball machine that they might be there for a while. Give everything a decent look, and hang onto anything you like that you think will fit. Once you are done looking at all of the shirts, it’s time to take all of your finds to the fitting room. You do need to realize that sometimes it might just not be your day and you will come up empty-handed. The selection can’t always be awesome. Try on all of your shirts. Make sure they fit, and make sure there aren’t any unsightly stains. You can put whatever you don’t want in an area near the register. The Salvo where I usually shop has a rolling rack up there for this exact reason. Make sure you take the hangers out of the shirts you are going to buy. It makes it easier for the person working the register. Once you take the clothes home, have the staple remover ready so you can take out the tags. After that, run them through the laundry and enjoy. There’s nothing quite like a successful thrift store run.
FILM
Get personal with The Social Network By Curtis Waugh Senior Staff Writer
Oct. 1, we’ll all get a chance to see how the Facebook story actually took place. Or, rather, how each of the real people involved believe it took place. The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, is a film that takes an interesting, multiperspective approach at the way one of the most famous staples of this generation was actually born. I recently had an opportunity to talk with three of the film’s stars: Armie Hammer (Gossip Girl, Reaper) who plays Cameron Winklevoss, Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland) who plays founder Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go and the star of the upcoming Spider-Man reboot) who plays Eduardo Saverin. Curtis Waugh: What was your relationship like with David Fincher, how did he go about talking with you about your character and what kind of research did you go through in order to portray a real person? Armie Hammer: I’ll start with the last part, in terms of portraying a real person, yes it was something that we had to consider ... but there wasn’t the same obligation for us as there was for someone like Jesse (Eisenberg) who was playing a character that was more so in the public eye than the
Winklevoss twins. There’s interviews of Mark (Zuckerberg), people know what he looks like, people know how he talks, how he walks and people are going to hold Jesse accountable for that, so with the Winklevoss twins specifically, there’s less of that. YSo you can’t really get a sense of their characters or their personalities by doing online research, most of what we had came from (Aaron) Sorkin’s script. And then, of course working with Fincher was like working with the best boss ever, who is incredibly capable and so much more intelligent and so much more able to do your job than you are ... It’s not a mystery why the projects that he turns in are the caliber that they are, after you watch him work and you work with him. He’s the most capably intelligent director I’ve ever sat across the table from. Curtis Waugh: I was wondering how you felt that the melding of the two very contrasting styles of Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher helped the evolution of the way you played Zuckerberg and the way that the story was told in general. Jesse Eisenberg: Well, David Fincher’s known as kind of like a real visual master and Sorkin is known for his incredible dialogue ... I think ultimately it was a really fortunate match because David Fincher is able to provide a visual scope to this incredible story and incredible script that Aaron Sorkin had
written, and they both demand a lot from their actors. Aaron Sorkin demands a lot because he writes complicated people and his dialogue is complex. David Fincher asks a lot of his actors because he demands the highest level of performance. That’s an environment in which I want to work because I demand a lot of myself and I was really happy to be working with them. I can speak for all the actors and say we were all so honored to be there. I think it creates that much more interesting of a movie to have somebody who’s known as one of the best writers in the world and one of the best directors in the world working together. Curtis Waugh: How did you feel about going into a film in which the truth is such an ambiguous thing and did you come out believing yourself and your character more than the others? Andrew Garfield: Yes. I went in and came out believing myself much more than anyone else because that’s kind of your job as an actor. You have to go in from a very subjective point of view, as in the point of view of the character you’re playing. You have to see through that person’s eyes. So yeah, that was my job and I tried to, as hard as I could, have a singleminded perspective on the situation. But of course objectively, what’s wonderful about it is that no one’s in the right and no one’s in the wrong. There’s so many different truths about one
situation — everyone has their own truth about a situation they’re involved in. And how exciting is that to dramatize? That’s what I think Aaron (Sorkin) did. He managed to create this multi-perspective, multilayered story where everyone is right and everyone is wrong. That’s not an easy thing to do, but he’s managed to do it. But yeah, of course I went in and from my perspective, Eduardo’s right, Eduardo’s the best, you know and I have to think that because that’s my job. Curtis Waugh: In the story you all go through various stages of friendship and loathing of each other. How was it to step off set and have a relationship with the rest of the cast after, sometimes, 90-plus takes of the same scene? Andrew Garfield: (Laughs) Yeah, it has an effect on your subconscious ... There would be days, like me and Jesse (Eisenberg) wouldn’t talk because of the nature of the scene we were doing ... So yeah, it was wonderful, the day of the betrayal, me and Jesse, we didn’t talk, we avoided each other. I didn’t want to look at him and he didn’t want to look at me out of shame, you know? It was really interesting because, as you were saying, we would do so many takes it became lived in. More so than if we had like a few chances to get it right and that knowledge that we didn’t have to get it right was really kind of a gift.
Economics is conspiracy By Karli Kloss
For The Miami Student
Walking down High Street in the sweltering heat, a mirage shimmers in the distance. Coming closer and closer, the shape gets taller, wider, scarier with every step. Taking a deep breath, I walk between the Greek columns into the opulent Hogwarts-esque entrance hall, down the marble stairs, past the gold inlay wall decorations and into a state-of-the art classroom: new rolly-chairs, an outlets to students ratio of six to one and double projector screens. I nervously sit in the back of the room, wondering how everyone else can keep so calm in this environment. Does no one else see the lies hiding behind the fancy curtain? This has to be one of the greatest investments in falsehood in Miami University history. I am clearly the only person who sees that the Farmer School of Business (FSB) is just another cog in the complex machine that is giving legitimacy to this completely made up concept of economics. Does thinking I’m the only sane person in the room make me crazy? Probably, but hear me out first. There are tons of economics classes taught at FSB daily, and no other students seem to find this strange. They haven’t caught on yet to the fact that economics isn’t real. As I look around the room, I am appalled not only by the kid picking his nose next to me, but at the sight of all my peers diligently taking notes. My professor drones on about nominal GDP, real interest rates, the common price index … He draws graphs and PPF’s and makes charts. Not one sentence makes sense to me, therefore I have come to the logical conclusion: economics is the result of a huge conspiracy. But how is this possible? Economics is older than all of us. Exactly. That means these guys are good. The history of the “science” goes back as far as the Greeks. It has been expounded upon by such great minds as Aristotle, Thomas Mun, John Locke, John Stuart Mill and others. See how creative historians got? They plagiarized the works of these brilliant opium addicts and falsely accused them of supporting this disgusting school of thought. But where do I lay the most blame? That despicable, deplorable, dehumanized drunk, John Maynard Keynes. He isn’t the father of modern economics … he’s the father of the biggest waste of time a college student will endure this side of a liberal education. To all of you who’ve taken an economics course, think about it a little. Does what your professors tell you make sense? Inflation? Bull. If I have $20 in my pocket, it’s $20. It’s worth a case of Natty and two cases of Four Loko. And don’t you try to tell me otherwise, you sneaky bastards. Just because someone with a doctorate in this “subject” draws a graph with some curvy lines and says it explains the reasoning behind wage inequality doesn’t mean I have to buy it anymore. I suffered through an entire semester of microeconomics, but as an older, wiser junior, macroeconomics will not be able to pull the wool over my eyes any longer. Miami went to rather extreme measures by building a $67 gazillion building to further this cause, but they are hardly alone. The government is clearly the biggest supporter of this conspiracy. The recession a result of natural fluctuations in the market? Nope. Someone got drunk at the Federal Reserve Building and accidentally hit the delete button on some major accounts. Why else would the government go so far to protect the private sector, unless they were in some way responsible? So I make my call to my fellow Miamians: stop drinking the Keynesian Kool-Aid. Economics isn’t real and you don’t have to care about it anymore. You are free, my friends.
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Opinion
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Support necessary for Miami athletics Last football season, RedHawk spread school spirit. An easy way of games averaged fewer than 12,000 starting this tradition is to encourage fans per home game, and this season, first-year students and their resident football attendance was approximate- assistants to attend football games. In a Feb. 6 editorial, the board ly 14,500 people. Many students, alumni and their friends and family recommended athletics, the students and the community work together to do not attend Miami football games. The editorial board of The Miami promote Miami team spirit. Many Student encourages schools incorporate the Campus Activities community athletic Council (CAC) to use A tradition of support by encouragits extensive power to ing local businesses encourage support for Miami football game to run food, drink Miami football. CAC and service deals attendance must and discounts durmust promote Miami pride by creating ing the football game be started to spread or with proof of a themed games. With only five home game ticket. school spirit. games this season, Before and after the the CAC could ingame, the CAC could crease football game have a strong presattendance popularity. The potential ence before Tailgate Town and sponfuture success of these themed game sor more events. With support from days is evident in the white out, a local businesses, CAC could sponsor CAC-sponsored event. many activities to support game atCAC needs to encourage all stu- tendance from all ages of Miami fans, dents, but especially fraternities and from raffles to games and activities sororities, to attend a game, which for children. would count as a non-alcoholic A strong student presence is needevent. A tradition of Miami football ed at all football games, especially game attendance must be started to the home games.
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Society must respect pregnant women I was appalled by the content in the article “Sidewalk etiquette 101” that ran in The Miami Student Tuesday, Sept. 21. The entire article was offensive, but the truly appalling content was found in the section that addressed pregnant women. Sidewalks are a public space and every person, regardless of race, gender, size, ability, disability or any other characteristic has a right to use them. Pregnant women should not be expected to “arrive on the sidewalks earlier than others so as to avoid traffic congestion.” If it is bothering you that much or if you are in a hurry, step in the grass and go around her! In addition, the phrases used to describe pregnant women were downright disrespectful. Pregnant women make huge sacrifices to bring life into this world. I especially did not appreciate the derogatory slants in the article that were directed at pregnant women including “their (pregnant women’s) waddling form is downright disgusting,” “You could be the cutest woman alive, but if that belly holds a fetus, you are instantly an uggo” and “bloated sex maniac.” Pregnant women are also referred to as “pregos” and “pregers.” These degrading terms are incredibly offensive and inexcusable. Pregnant women should be treated with the utmost dignity and respect. They are literally responsible for the propagation of the species.
Pregnant women already have enough things to worry about (doctor’s appointments, vitamins, nutrition, accumulating expenses, family matters, school, work, et cetera), they do not and should not have to be concerned with being considerate sidewalk users any more than the rest of us. Many institutions have reserved parking spots for expectant mothers. That should be our approach as a society toward pregnant women, not the other way around. Pregnant women have chosen life, oftentimes despite the fact that their pregnancy was unplanned or they are already under difficult circumstances. It is our responsibility as a society (and as fellow women) to protect, defend and respect these women. Laura Schwietering schwiela@muohio.edu
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Medications Relationships important in college culture should be monitored Coordination, collaboration, admission of internal disagreement, resolution to follow a middle ground — these are not phrases that usually correspond with the perception of modern government. In fact, they are practically the antithesis to our connotation of poJensen litical bureaucracy. Henry When was the last time political bigwigs were able to respectably acknowledge their differences and devise an acceptable compromise that is beneficial to the public? (Honestly, the main one that comes to mind is the big state-small state resolution in the Constitution. After two centuries, I think we’re due for another one.) Luckily, a recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to be a step in the right direction. Last week, in concert with the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the FDA announced a unique type of regulation for the diabetes drug Avandia. It was an action that several news outlets called “unusual” not only because it marked a united front between American and European drug agencies, but also because it was dramatically different from the all-or-none decisions that are typical of the FDA. Avandia and its sister drugs, Avandamet and Avandaryl, contain rosiglitazone, a type of drug that allows patients with Type 2 Diabetes to improve their sensitivity to insulin. This function is especially important given the rise in prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, a condition associated with unhealthy lifestyle choices such as obesity or physical inactivity. Approximately 23.6 million Americans (7.8 percent of the population) have diabetes and epidemiologists estimate 1.6 million new cases arise each year. Obviously, the need for antidiabetic drugs is great. According to The Washington Post, more than 600,000 Americans are currently taking Avandia. However, recent medical studies have ignited a storm of controversy surrounding the drug. Tragic side effects — heart attacks, heart failure, strokes and even death — were reported in approximately 46,000 patients between 1999 and 2009. Many individuals called for an outright repeal of the drug, while others believed merely adding a warning label on the drug would suffice. Months of debate led to questions that transcended the drug itself. How trustworthy are pharmaceutical companies? How much responsibility should the government and the FDA take in protecting consumers? In the joint announcement, the EMA suspended all sales of the drug. The FDA eventually ruled Avandia can be prescribed by a doctor only if the patient is unable to manage his or her glycemic levels with other safer medications. If those fail to work, the patient must sign a legal statement acknowledging the risk of Avandia and the physician must defend the reason for prescribing the drug. As universal health care becomes a reality, it is the duty of the FDA and the government to keep a closer eye on the pharmaceutical industry. I admit, the notion of even more government control may seem daunting. However, if the United States is going to require its citizens to have health insurance, we all need to be more critical of the medications and services being provided. After all, the taxpayers are the ones who are footing the bill. We have to face the grim truth that the pharmaceutical companies will always favor their own profits over altruism. Love it or hate it, it is up to the government to prevent health care from being hijacked by drug corporations. In turn, we will have to keep the pressure on the FDA to do so.
As students, the academic curriculum jam-packed into these four years seems to take over half of our lives. We figure out our majors and minors (some people switch more than once or twice) because we are securing what we’re here for: our future. For most, the other half of our life is devoted to our social life, which we develop by learning who really matters to us and vice versa. So besides this non-stop preparation to find good jobs, is college also a test run of what your perfect relationship should be? Is this the time to learn who fits your lifestyle best? According to pointsincase.com, a website that calls itself “the fine print of college life,” there are nine types of college relationships: the fighting couple, the booty call buddies, the “just in it for the title” couple, the popular couple everyone envies, the already married couple, the indecisive couple, the cheating couple, the sickening in love couple and the sort of “together” couple. At some point in time, we each find ourselves in one of these nine limbos, maybe
even in more than one. Even by their titles, these categories don’t seem to be the most mature ways to approach a relationship. But is there any science behind these methods? Are these the definitions of a real relationship or do we just torture ourselves for the fun of it all? Some studies show our brain manipulates us to become addicted to love or what we perceive as love. A biological anthropologist at Rutgers University ran a study that demonstrated recovering from a break-up is like kicking an addiction to a drug. The brain scans of the 15 students surveyed showed the parts of the brain that lit up on the scan were the same ones associated with cocaine and nicotine addiction, physical pain, distress and attachment. What was the solution offered by the study to cure an obsession with your ex? Go cold turkey and never respond again to that person who hurt you. Time heals all wounds (apparently). Another study showed girls might cry to their boyfriend about where a relationship
is not going, while the guy’s mind is racing to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Men use their analytical brain structures, not emotional ones to find a solution. Let’s not blame everything on chemical reactions in the brain, though. Just like we take responsibility for how we study and how we prepare for a class, we have to take responsibility for our actions with other people. It’s not fair to say, “Well, my testosterone levels made me do it.” We have to rely on ourselves to make the right choices with the people we care about. Actions always speak louder than words, and finding that equal compromise is the best way to make progress in any relationship. Many people have reasons why they act the way they do in relationships, but I don’t think even Sigmund Freud can fix your deep-rooted problems. It’s up to you to work up the courage to make it right. Oriana Pawlyk
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GOP “promise” needs to be scrutinized The Republican Party’s ability to advance its message through the media never ceases to amaze. Despite an almost complete lack of concrete ideas, details or substance of any sort, the party’s newest “Promise to America” has managed to captivate the political classes. Better minds than mine have picked apart the plan to determine whether it would actually accomplish what it claims. A plan that mentions the enormous problem of federal debt over a dozen times without advocating any courses of action that would actually, you know, lower it, probably should have gone through a couple more rounds of editing before hitting the presses. As economist Paul Krugman of The New York Times has pointed out, the Republicans make clear that the Department of Defense, veterans, Medicare and social security will not be the object of any spending cuts. Unfortunately for the GOP and the country, once those areas of federal spending are excluded, one would have to literally eliminate every single other government agency in order to balance the budget. Congress would actually have to cut its own funding in order to bring tax revenues in line with expenditures. Despite this, the media has followed its usual routine when such plans are unveiled. Without mentioning the curious fact that a proposal whose main concern is federal spending contains no workable way to reduce it to a manageable level, the storyline almost entirely wonders how the plan will “play” with the public. Liberal opinion columnists have a field day with the newest round of conservative ridiculousness, but the right is easily able to dismiss any such criticisms as biased. Supposedly neutral media operatives fear being tarred with the bias label, so the plan’s merits are little discussed. And so, Democrats are left on the defensive as Republicans claim the deficit hawk mantle in the face of logic and reality. Let’s recap: in a little less than two years, the 111th Congress and the Obama administration have overseen a Troubled Asset
Relief Program that has actually repaid money to the federal government, passed a health care bill that is projected to lower the deficit over the next 10 years (partially through politically difficult cuts in Medicare Advantage, which the self-proclaimed small government right refuses to touch), and except for the stimulus package, operated under PAYGO rules that Bush-era Republicans ignored outright. A little more recap: the last time Republicans controlled Congress, they passed an enormous tax cut for the wealthy that made future repair of the federal debt immensely more difficult, passed an also enormous prescription drug benefit financed entirely through deficit spending and used procedural tricks to hide the true cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Speaking of procedure, they also used budget reconciliation to pass the Bush tax cuts, which they later decried as unconstitutional when Democrats used the same technique to pass parts of health care reform.) Yet somehow public anger is almost entirely focused on “big spending” Democrats, while the GOP, two short years after voters threw them out of both houses of Congress and the presidency in near-record numbers, has somehow become a paragon of fiscal sanity. At the risk of using a wildly inappropriate metaphor, conservative and independent voters who are ready to go back to the Republican Party that displayed such massive ineptitude in the 2000s bring to mind those unfortunate souls who keep returning to an abusive spouse, convinced that this time they’ve really changed. I fear the same old tactics of obfuscation, fear-mongering and outright lying may bring victory to the GOP in November. But no one should be surprised when its promises turn out to be empty. Ben Lockshin
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Family must never be forgotten College is one of the times in life that it is easy to forget what had to happen in order for you to end up where you are. Joining clubs, playing intramurals, worrying about Greek life, partying and studying (if you’ve managed to fit that in your schedule) can really take up a ton of space in your head. It’s a time to learn and a time to try new things. Oftentimes, though, it can make you forget how you got here. Family weekend is a great time to remember what sacrifices were made to put you on this incredible campus. Mom and dad had to sacrifice a lot for me and my four brothers and sisters to get us through school, braces, dermatology appointments, sports, et cetera. You name it, they supported it. I have a feeling most kids on this campus were the same way. Much of the support was monetary. For others it was the comfort of knowing parents are always here for us no matter what. I suspect that for many on this campus, it was both. I know firsthand how easy it is to get sidetracked. I realized this week that I rarely call my mother, the woman who has supported, loved and helped me through events
in my life I didn’t know how to handle. She helped me find myself and did it with a smile. Times weren’t always easy between my parents and I and at this point and my siblings and I have nearly sucked them dry for money. However, my parents never complained, never stopped their support and never once given any notion they’ve regretted the choices they had to make to put me where I am today. It is incredible the opportunities this university affords us every day. I came through when I was a first-year and tried to get involved in anything I could. I didn’t want to go home, not because I didn’t want to see my family, but I had a feeling that if I left Miami, even for a weekend, I would miss something big. I let this feeling keep me from visiting or calling for weeks. This feeling crept back up in me this past weekend as my little niece Grace turned one year old. I was only able to make it home for one hour and then had to come right back up to school. I arrived to the birthday party with cheers from Grace’s three siblings, Katherine, James and Rachel. Just as I started to
feel comfortable back at home with my family, I had to load up the car and drive back to Oxford. My parents understood, as did my sisters and brothers, but the little ones didn’t. It was a tough thing to realize. The point I’m trying to make is this: remember, especially this family weekend, where you came from and who helped you to get here. Even if your parents, grandparents, stepparents or whoever was your family growing up aren’t coming up this weekend, call them, text them, send them an e-mail. Let them know how much you appreciate all they’ve done for you. I know firsthand how crazy it can get up here. This is one of the greatest times of our lives. Take advantage of it. But don’t ever forget you get to do this only because someone else worked hard to put you here. And if nothing else, tell your parents what I’m telling mine. Thank you, mom and dad. I love you both.
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Missouri Tigers rock RedHawks 51-13 By JM Rieger Staff Writer
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Senior Armand Robinson captures the prize on Sept. 18. Robinson caught 10 passes in Miami’s game against Missouri Sept. 25.
Turnovers and missed opportunities once again proved to be the kiss of death Sept. 25 as the Miami University football team lost to Missouri 51-13, which was their worst lost since falling to then No. 11 Boise State 48-0 last season. The loss dropped the team’s record to 2-2 on the season, while the Tigers improved to 4-0. The RedHawks turned the ball over three times in the game and had three fumbles in the first eight plays, although only one was lost. Before Saturday, the Red and White only had two fumbles, both of which were recovered. Head Coach Michael Haywood stressed the importance of taking care of the football in his weekly press conference Sept. 27. “Ball security is a major issue for us,” Haywood said. “We are fumbling the football and that is not acceptable. Practice will (consist of) a lot of ball control drills.” Missouri outgained Miami 469-316 in total offense and held a 21-0 lead after the first quarter. The RedHawks did not get on the scoreboard until the 6:28 mark in the second quarter, when senior kicker Trevor Cook hit a 23-yard field goal, his sixth straight of
the season. The Red and White failed to exploit a Missouri defense that gave up 250 yards on the ground the previous week to San Diego State, only racking up 70 total rushing yards. Meanwhile, the Tigers gained 236 yards on the ground against a Miami defense that came into Saturday’s matchup ranked fifth in rushing defense. After leading 28-3 at the half, Missouri put the game away with 16 unanswered points to start off the third quarter, and Miami did not score a touchdown until the 1:40 mark in the fourth quarter, when redshirt sophomore quarterback Austin Boucher hit senior wide receiver Jamal Rogers for a 12-yard touchdown pass. The RedHawks suffered a few injuries Saturday that will set them back as the season continues, especially on defense. Senior safety Jordan Gafford suffered the third concussion of his career on Saturday and is expected to miss two weeks. Meanwhile, redshirt junior linebacker Ryan Kennedy suffered a grade three MCL injury against Missouri and is expected to miss two weeks as well. Redshirt sophomore linebacker Luke Kelly is expected to be back in the defense against Kent State University, which will help to fortify
what has been a very strong defense thus far. “(Gafford and Kennedy) are two leaders on our defense,” Haywood said. “Gafford is a leader in the secondary and Kennedy is a leader at the line, (but) it is good to have (Kelly) back. Before he went out, he was playing well.” Redshirt sophomore quarterback Zac Dysert left the game in the third quarter with a mild concussion after a blow to the head personal foul penalty on Missouri. He is expected to play this week against Kent State. Senior wide receiver Armand Robinson had yet another solid performance, catching 10 balls for 99 yards. This was his second doubledigit receiving game this year and the fourth of his career. Despite a few bright spots on Miami’s offense against Missouri, Offensive Coordinator Morris Watts stressed the importance of continuing to improve each week. “There is room for improvement on the whole offense,” Watts said. “A big key for us is to turn the switch up and to play with more emotion and consistency. There were times when we moved the ball well but we lacked consistency. We just need to have a great week in practice and to have a good mindset.”
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MU falls to Buffalo, Akron in first conference matchups By Michael Solomon Staff Writer
The Miami University volleyball team hit the road for its first two matches in MAC play, visiting the University at Buffalo Sept. 24 and the University of Akron Sept. 25. The RedHawks dropped both matches, falling to 5-10 overall and 0-2 in the MAC. “We didn’t play as well as we would have liked,” Miami Head Coach Carolyn Condit said. “The road trip was long and tough, but I would have liked to see our young team play a little better. We struggled in a few aspects of the game that we will work on in practice this week to get ready for our next match on Thursday.” The Red and White battled Sept. 24 at Buffalo, but couldn’t pull out the win as they lost the match 3-0. Miami hung tough in the first set, but with the score tied at nine early on, the Bulls went on a 9-5 run that gave them control of the game. A couple of Jenn Caylor kills kept Miami
close, but Buffalo was able to close out game one 25-18. Miami got off to a fast start in game two, but another Buffalo run was the key. Miami led early, but the Bulls went on a run that gave them a 17-10 lead and control of the set. Freshman Madison Dodd and junior Amy Raseman brought the RedHawks back within four at 19-23, but the Bulls took the set 25-20. The ’Hawks got off to a slow start in game three, falling behind early 9-16. Miami went on a run of its own that got within 17-20, but wasn’t able to complete the comeback as the Bulls took the game 25-20 and the match 3-0. After a long ride from Buffalo, the RedHawks got off the bus Saturday night at Akron looking to even up their conference record. Although fighting tough, they were unable to do so as the Zips defeated the ’Hawks 3-0. Miami fell behind early in set one 3-10, but went on their own run to get within three at 9-12. The teams battled back and forth, but the RedHawks would only get as close as 18-23 as they saw Akron take the first
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game 25-19. Senior Michele Metzler and junior Cassie Farrell kept Miami close early in game two, but a 13-3 Zips run broke the set open, giving Akron a 23-12 lead. The Zips would close out the set 25-16 and take a two game lead over the RedHawks. Game three was all Akron, as they jumped out to an early 7-1 lead and never looked back. Akron hit a match high 0.471 in game three and took the game 25-12 and the set 3-0. “This weekend we struggled to find our consistency and we were not able to show how we can play,” Raseman said. “We are still working to put together all parts of our game and not let the other team streak. We struggled coming out with a lead early against both teams.” The RedHawks continue MAC play Sept. 30 at Bowling Green State University. The first home conference match will be at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3 against Northern Illinois University.
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another goal into the net, tying the score and leading the match into overtime. Three minutes into overtime the RedHawks prevailed when freshman Emily Gruesser scored the game winning shot with an assist from junior Amanda Seeley, advancing the team to a 6-3 season. “These games were such huge rivals,” Gruesser said.
“They were both very aggressive games. For me, it made it more exciting because we have an extremely tough team.” After a small string of losses, the team is slowly trying to gain the momentum they once had at the beginning of the season. “We took a step back and the team is eager to step forward aggressively and get back on track with the ultimate goal of becoming a great team,” Reeve said. The RedHawks will be back in action as they head to Muncie, Ind. to take on Ball State University Oct. 1.
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wo of the more successful college football programs in the state of Ohio as of late have been the University of Cincinnati and The Ohio State University. These two programs averaged more than 30,000 and 100,000 people respectively at their home football games during the 2009 season. Among Division I football teams, the average home attendance was more than 45,000 people. However, Miami University averaged less than 12,000 fans per home game last season, and so far this year the RedHawks have averaged just more than 14,500 fans per game. What do these numbers mean? They mean fans do not come out to Miami football games. After having attended the first two home games this year, I can also state with confidence that at least half of those fans were not Miami students, even during the white out that occurred during the first home game of the year against Eastern Michigan University. The white out, which was sponsored and put on by Campus Activities Council (CAC) was a great event for the first home football game of the year. It organized the student body and encouraged students to come out and support the RedHawks. However, since then there have been no events put on by CAC and student support for the football team has been lacking. It is the responsibility of CAC to encourage support for Miami athletics, especially for major sports such as football. However, after family weekend, student attendance at home football games usually drops off to the point where students do not care about Miami football enough to even show up to the remaining home games. There are only three remaining home football games this year, including one scheduled for family weekend against Kent State University. Therefore, there are only two games the CAC would have to create events or themes for, such as the white out theme that was used earlier this year. CAC has the ability to bring in performers such as Bill Cosby, the Goo Goo Dolls and Kid Cudi, but it is ridiculous that they cannot create themes or events for four home football games every year. It does not even matter if they recycle the themes each year because recycling is good, right? CAC could schedule for a free giveaway at one of the games, they could create chants for the student section during the game, they could encourage students to dress up for games and the list goes on and on. Plus, members of CAC are much more creative then I am, so the opportunities are truly endless. Some high school teams in Ohio get more fans to show up for games than Miami gets for its home football games. It is imperative that we start to change the athletic culture here at Miami so fans will show up to events other than hockey games. We must honor the tradition of the Cradle of Coaches, and who better to lead that charge than the CAC?
MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student
Sophomore Jess Kodiak assists Giselle Mangal’s goal in the first half of the Red and White’s game against Buffalo Sept. 26.
NEXT HOME GAME: 4 p.m. Friday, vs. Central Michigan
SOCCER
’Hawks come away with sixth straight victory
By Katie Giovinale Sports Editor
A breezy fall day set the stage for the showdown between the Miami University soccer team and the University at Buffalo, but after the final curtain call and a victory of 4-3, the Red and White clad director was left unimpressed with the performance of his players. “I was very disappointed with all three goals, I just thought they were careless, you know?” Miami Head Coach Bobby Kramig said. “Really self-inflicted wounds, all of them.” Buffalo opened the Sept. 26 matinee with a goal from Megan Abman at 4:16. Less than six minutes later, freshman Kayla Zakrzewski fed classmate Katy Dolesh the ball and she buried a goal for the RedHawks. “I think that’s the second time this year that we’ve gotten down early and came back and got back in the game,” Kramig said. “I think this is a team of good strong character, I do, although I’m not sure that it necessarily showed the entire game today.” The audience of 149 was treated to a back and forth drama as each team tried to fight for its piece of the ball. Junior Giselle Mangal took center stage and chested in her third goal of the year to give the ’Hawks a 2-1 lead. The Bulls did not allow the RedHawks to run the show and scored just two minutes later on a Taylor Thompson rebound.
The hometown ’Hawks took back the lead a minute before halftime with an open net goal from senior Julie Thompson, her second of the season. The dropping temperatures gave a rise in performances following the intermission, as the Bulls and ’Hawks came out ready to play. Dolesh took the lead role for the Red and White in the 61st minute, when she notched her sixth goal of the year. Dolesh also scored in Friday’s game against Kent State University, and the contest against Buffalo marked her first multi-point game. “Katy Dolesh has just been on fire, hasn’t she?” Kramig said. “She’s just a tremendous athlete, you know, great speed, very strong in the air, tremendous jumper and she’s just deadly in front of the goal. She’s been outstanding, (I’m) very proud of her.” The freshman phenom credits her fellow teammates with her success. “I was able to come out and get three goals, but it was with a huge help from the rest of the team, and everyone contributed very well this weekend and played well,” Dolesh said. “All the upperclassmen have helped a lot with that and I think I’ve progressed a lot and learned a lot from the coaches and from the older players and also from the other freshmen.” Buffalo was determined to outdo Dolesh when Shannon Algoe headed in the ball with less than five minutes left in the second. The
RedHawks prevailed and took a victorious final bow in front of fans, besting the Bulls 4-3. Unsatisfied with the win, Kramig is sending his stars back to the practice field to prepare for next weekend’s game against the defending Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion Central Michigan University. “Seeing as how I thought our technique today was pretty poor, my plan is to change it ... it’s to try and improve it,” Kramig said. “The challenge for us is to not lower our standards, and this is what I told them after the game.” Though Kramig wants to see his squad pick up the pace, stage fright doesn’t seem to be an issue for the RedHawks. “They don’t panic, they don’t get nervous, they stick to the plan, they go about their business and I was very pleased to see them not only get the goal back, but get the lead,” Kramig said. Dolesh is also looking to this week’s practice time to script a game plan for Central Michigan. “Prepare a lot this week at practice,” Dolesh said. “Learn more and get better, because that’s what we need to do is get better.” The RedHawks are now 9-2 (2-0 in the MAC) and are riding a six-game winning streak, the team’s longest since 2002. The show resumes against Central Michigan at 4 p.m. Oct. 1 in Oxford, Ohio.
NEXT GAME: 3 p.m. Friday at Ball State
FIELD HOCKEY
RedHawks split first MAC weekend By Drew McDonell Staff Writer
Check out www.MURedHawks.com
for schedule and ticket information. MICHAEL GRIGGS The Miami Student
Senior Mary Hull controls the ball Sept. 17.
The Miami University field hockey team fell 2-1 against the Ohio University Bobcats in a close overtime match Sept 25. The team then headed to Kent State University Sept. 26, where they defeated the Golden Flashes. The Bobcats, known as one of Miami’s greatest rivals, knocked the RedHawks out of the MAC championships the past two years. The history led to a close and intense game, and the RedHawks fought until the finish with a vengeance. Head Coach Jill Reeve hoped to use the strong rivalry as an advantage for the RedHawks’ game play. “There was no lack of desire to beat Ohio, that was for sure,” Reeve said. “The goal was to approach the Ohio match using the emotion that was inherently present and directing it in a positive way.” Both teams held their guard during the first half, playing a strong defense. The teams were equally matched offensively — the RedHawks made four shots on goal, while the Bobcats had three. The game remained scoreless at the end of the first period. The two teams came out strong for the second period. Miami and Ohio
remained solid defensively, allowing few shots on goal. In the last four minutes of the match, sophomore Olivia Miller was able to penetrate Ohio’s tough defense, scoring a point for the RedHawks. Ohio returned the favor, scoring on Miami within a minute, putting the game into overtime. Seven minutes into overtime, Ohio scored the final point of the match, clenching the 2-1 win. Reeve continued to credit the lack of teamwork to the defeat. “We can’t play game unless we are playing hard and playing together,” Reeve said. The RedHawks faced another overtime match when they took on the Golden Flashes in Kent, Ohio. Kent State did not waste any time, as they scored two goals within the first 16 minutes. Miller fired back, putting Miami on the board and leaving the game at 2-1 at the end of the first period. During the second period, Miller scored again with an assist from senior Kate Snyder, leveling the game. Senior Mary Hull scored shortly after, taking the lead for Miami. The RedHawks did not hold the lead for long, as Kent State sunk
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