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VOLUME 140 NO. 12
FRIday, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO
TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1970, The Miami Student reported that Stephen H. Butter, one of four draft lawyers in the country, visited Miami University to speak to the student body. He spoke of the youth population as “the leaders for the revolution for peace” and as the “conscience of America.”
Male charged with rape may face deportation BY Olivia Hnat Community Editor
VALERIE WESTIN THE MIAMI STUDENT
JUST SQUIRRELING AROUND
A squirrel munches on a nut on Miami University’s campus.
Fransisco Naupa Rivera, arrested on charges of burglary and rape Sept. 14 in Oxford, may face removal proceedings from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if he is convicted of current charges. Rivera is originally from Peru. Oct. 28, 2011 Rivera was booked in Butler County Jail for theft and receiving stolen property. After appearing in court, Butler County Jail received a hold on Rivera by ICE. This required Butler County to hold Rivera in jail under federal charges, according to Lt. Nick Fisher, warden of the Butler County Jail. After he was convicted in 2011 on charges of burglary and receiving stolen property, Rivera appeared before an immigration judge
in Aug. 2012. “An immigration judge granted him release from the 2011 removal proceedings. His status was subsequently adjusted to legal permanent residence,” Khaalid Walls, public information officer for ICE, said. Legal permanent residency is given to foreign nationals to live permanently in the United States. If Rivera is convicted, he will be in violation of this residency status, according to Walls. Before Rivera faces removal proceedings, he must first be convicted of the charges for the crimes that occurred in Oxford. Sept. 14, Rivera was arrested by the Oxford Police Department (OPD) in connection with a burglary on East Spring Street and a burglary and rape on East Spring Street. He was charged by OPD for burglary, aggravated
burglary and rape. “During that evening he broke into at least five houses that we know of and was seen in a house as early as midnight, however, no one called police,” Sgt. Jon Varley of OPD said. “The next time we know of his movements was at about 3:30 a.m. when he entered the house on East Spring and then after leaving entered the house on East Collins [Street] where the rape occurred.” The other burglaries that have not been disclosed are still under investigation, according to Varley. “As a result of the current charges, if [Rivera] is convicted he will enter removal proceedings,” Walls said. “None of that will affect his current criminal case. That will be fully adjudicated before the removal case starts.” Christina Lundin contributed to this report.
Storied home of Miami presidents receives historic marker award By Megan Thobe Staff Writer
The Oxford Historic and Architectural Preservation Commission (HAPC) presented a historic marker award to Lewis Place, the current home of Miami University President Hodge Thursday, Sept. 27. Lewis Place has been the home of the university President since 1903. The folder in the University Archives on Lewis Place is bulging with newspaper articles and handwritten notes dating back to the early 1900’s. Even before Miami began leasing the house, it held a strong place in Oxford society. According to a 1976 Oxford Press article about the building, Lewis Place is “the finest old house in Oxford.” First-year Carmen Wymer toured the building. “[When] I was inside I was impressed with the classic architecture and even more impressed by the story behind it,” Wymer said. The house was built by Romeo Lewis in 1839 in the style of a Florida plantation house. At one time, the front windows of the house opened like doors to increase air circulation in the hot summer months. The bullwhipped front porch and half circle walkway often served as the setting for summer parties held by the Lewis family, who lived in the home for 49 years and left a long history in their wake. Lewis’s wife, Jane, lived in the house for a time after her husband died and became well known for taking in orphans and widows and operated a stop on the Underground Railroad. Jane Lewis was affectionately called “Aunt Jane” for her hospitality and generosity. Valerie Hodge spoke about how today, a portrait of Jane Lewis hangs in her study. “She keeps an eye on things around here,” Hodge said. “We like to think that if she came today she’d recognize how the house is being
used because she had parties all the to get people to appreciate the many time and was a very hospitable per- historic buildings and sites in Oxford. son so I think she would approve.” Lewis Place will be awarded a A number of changes have been Tier 1 plaque, meaning it qualifies as made to the house including a ma- a historic structure. jor renovation project in 2007. The “The architecture is nice, but its Hodges have influenced the design position as housing the presidents has of the interior of the building in more value than the architecture,” little ways. Perry said. “The cultural heritage of “Elaine Brandner who is the se- the people who lived and have visnior interior designer, let me help ited there over the past years and the choose things so then it made the university presidents have shaped the house more personal,” Hodge said. culture of the university which has “All around the house you’ll influenced Oxford as a whole.” see these landscape paintings in the At the ceremony, awards will also MIAMI UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES rooms and some people like modern be given to the Stanton Bonham A photograph of Lewis Place dated 1870. art or portraits, but the president and House, the restored Sears House I, we like landscapes,” Hodge said. on Walnut Street, and David Swing “So we went over to the Miami Art House No. 2 which currently houses Museum and they let us borrow any the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. This story was shortened in print. Vispaintings we wanted.” One of the major renovation proj- it miamistudent.net for the full version. ects during 2007 was the addition of space and materials for catering staff. The Hodges host more than 80 events a year out of Lewis Place, so the renovators wanted to give catering exactly what they needed to make their jobs easier. “Before they did the remodeling there was no storage; there was no catering facility of any kind here, so every time we had an event they had to bring over all the food, all CARMEN WYMER THE MIAMI STUDENT the glassware and silverware every single time,” Hodge said. “When we planned for the renovations we asked catering ‘What are you going to need’ so they got just what they needed.” The kitchen and the catering rooms have a more modern feel although the dark wood cabinets remain consistent with the antique feel of the rest of the house. According to Hodge, this table is a great workspace for the caterers during events, and is also where the Hodges enjoy their breakfast cereal. The Oxford Historic and Architectural Preservation Commission started the Historical Plaque Program in 2009. CARMEN WYMER THE MIAMI STUDENT According to Sam Perry, planner for HAPC, the program was started Top left: Jane Lewis. Top right: A study in Lewis Place. Above: A comfy sitting room in President and Mrs. Hodge’s house.
University makes plans to hit Hollywood with immersion program By Rachel Sarachman
For The Miami Student
Get ready to be star struck. Miami University students will now be able to make their mark in Los Angeles, Calif. with a new immersion program called Inside Hollywood. David Sholle, an associate
professor of communication, is the lead coordinator of the new Inside Hollywood program. “The program will launch this summer from May 18 to June 8,” Sholle said. During the first two weeks, students will take tours of TV and film production sets, attend small group lecture sessions and talk to some of the Miami Alumni
working in Hollywood. In the final week, students will job shadow an employee on various film sets like a mini-internship. The program will likely be open to all majors without any prerequisite courses and will accept a maximum of 15 students, according to Howard Kleiman, mass communications professor and coordinator of a similar
Washington, D.C. immersion program, Inside Washington. “As long as a student can give me a good enough reason for being chosen as a participant, I will seriously consider their application,” Kleiman said. “We will have the entire spring semester to bring the accepted applicants up to speed.” Sholle and Kleiman will be
leading the application process. Sholle said the program will serve as a four credit class addressing multiple aspects of the TV and film industry such as TV and film preproduction, production and editing, script development, casting, entertainment law,
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