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LARA FITZGERALD THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University students walked through the doors of the Oxford Municipal Court on a Thursday morning, shaking rain from their shoulders. Along with other Oxford community members, they filled the little lobby of the courthouse before filing into court.

The judge called off the names as students in khakis and button-downs filed up to the stand one-by-one. Every plea was the same: “guilty.” Many were there for alcohol violations.

The Oxford Police Department (OPD) had 313 total arrests in 2016 for four common alcohol violations: open container, fake ID, underage possession/consumption and disorderly conduct, according to police records.

That number has increased by 90 percent so far in 2017 to 596 arrests. OPD Lieutenant Laura Fening said the majority of those arrests are students.

Fening said the increase may be due to extra OPD patrols on Saturday afternoons, in collaboration with the Miami University Police Department on those patrols that started in spring semester 2017. The extra shifts happen mostly in August, September and October in the fall, and April and May in the spring, at the beginning and end of each

Author Jackson Katz spoke to students about sexual violence in his lecture, “Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men” on Monday night in Hall Auditorium. Photo: Ryan Terhune, Photo Editor

HOW DOES MIAMI TALK TO NEW STUDENTS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT? SEXUAL ASSAULT

KIRBY DAVIS

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

First-year Katherine Johnson was excited to check her Miami email account for the first time, last spring. But when she logged in, Johnson was overcome by a sense of dread.

What am I getting into? she wondered, as she clicked through the four or five sex-

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FORMER MUPD OFFICER GUILTY OF SEX CRIME, ABDUCTION

NEXT WEEK

Reporting on the rise:

Sexual assault by the numbers

ual assault-related crime alerts in her inbox.

“I feel like you can read as much as you want about people with past experience in college, and all the statistics, but when you actually see it happens, that was just kind of a wakeup call,” said Johnson. “This is where you’re going to live for the next four years, and this is what’s happening there.”

Two sexual assaults were reported in Oxford the weekend of Sept. 1, then two more on Sept. 22. But while Miami’s sexual assault reports have increased over the past year, administrators don’t necessarily see this as a bad thing.

Becca Getson, Miami’s Deputy Title IX coordinator for matters related to sexual

EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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SENIOR OLIVIA RUSEK HAD 21 KILLS THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT MILLETT HALL. JUGAL JAIN ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

Miami’s head volleyball coach Carolyn Condit earned her 700th career victory on Saturday evening with a 3-0 win over Eastern Michigan. This came after her 600th win as a RedHawk in a 3-1 win over Central Michigan on Friday evening.

“I guess it was meant to be to do it at home,” Condit said on Saturday. “I don’t

NEWS P.3

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Coach Condit makes history with weekend’s two wins

CRIME

Former Miami University police sergeant Dustin Young was found guilty of gross sexual imposition and abduction after groping a female co-worker and trying to coerce her to have sex with him.

Judge Michael A. Oster declared Young not guilty of two other felony charges — one count of kidnapping and a second count of abduction — on Friday, Oct. 13.

Young declined to be tried by a jury, opting for a bench trial. Judge Oster heard testimonies in court on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, including testimony from the alleged victim, said Kelly Heile, assistant prosecutor for Butler County.

The 36-year-old former officer worked at the university for 15 years before he was forced to

violence, and Kathie Wollney, education and outreach coordinator for sexual and interpersonal violence, both said it’s actually the opposite.

“We know that this is happening,” said Wollney. “We know that there’s a discrepancy between reporting numbers and the actual rate of incidents. When we see those start to become a little closer, we see that as a good thing because people are accessing the resources that we have, and hopefully they’re getting the support and the help that they need.”

To prepare for the reality of sexual assault at college, this year’s incoming fresh-

Editorial Staff

Q&A: MIAMI’S NEW ORL DIRECTOR What’s in store for the future of student housing at Miami?

really think about it coming up on me and here we are at home celebrating both of those.”

The RedHawks are now 14-7 overall, 7-3 at home and 6-2 in the Mid-American Conference after the two MAC matchups.

Miami now sits No. 2 in the MAC, trailing only Bowling Green who are 7-1 in conference play.

The Central Michigan Chippewas fall to 10-9 overall and 2-5 in the MAC

and the Eastern Michigan Eagles are now 10-14 overall and 2-6 in the MAC. The RedHawks welcomed back Redshirt junior setter Mackenzie Zielinski from injury and were .319 for the match against CMU. The ’Hawks limited the Chippewas to a .168 attack percentage, though they surrendered the first match 23-25 before taking the next three 25-19, 25-13 and 25-20.

“It’s nice to get Mackenzie back,” Associate Head Coach Chuck Rey said. “We were able to stay calm and consistent out there and distribute the ball really well.”

Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Daignault was a standout and ended with 14 kills -- the most for Miami on Friday.

Daignault started the RedHawks’ scoring with kills to propel the RedHawks to 9-5 early in set one. CMU countered with a 12-9 run to make it 17-18 and forced a MU timeout. The Chippewas and RedHawks battled and the ’Hawks went up 23-21 before the Chippewas scored four in a row to win the set 25-23.

CMU rode the offensive wave and roared to 7-4 in set two. Three consecutive kills from the RedHawks tied the score and the ’Hawks’ senior outside hitter Olivia Rusek had a pair to attempt to put her team ahead. The Chippewas countered and went back up 15-13, but CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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STRUTTING CONFIDENCE WITH MUFD

DON’T DEBATE IT: COME OUT OCT. 18

Modeling hopefuls walk the runway for Miami Fashion and Design.

Why you should join us for the Student’s first City Council debate.

SPORTS P.14

SOCCER SCORES FIRST TWO WINS With two overtime victories, a winning weekend at home.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017

Volume 146 No. 8

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Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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Tomorrow at 7:30 PM OXFORD 2017 Wilks Theater, Armstrong Student Center CITY COUNCIL DEBATE 550 E Spring St. OPD alcohol arrests up 90 percent this year POLICE

LARA FITZGERALD THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University students walked through the doors of the Oxford Municipal Court on a Thursday morning, shaking rain from their shoulders. Along with other Oxford community members, they filled the little lobby of the courthouse before filing into court.

The judge called off the names as students in khakis and button-downs filed up to the stand one-by-one. Every plea was the same: “guilty.” Many were there for alcohol violations.

The Oxford Police Department (OPD) had 313 total arrests in 2016 for four common alcohol violations: open container, fake ID, underage possession/consumption and disorderly conduct, according to police records.

That number has increased by 90 percent so far in 2017 to 596 arrests. OPD Lieutenant Laura Fening said the majority of those arrests are students.

Fening said the increase may be due to extra OPD patrols on Saturday afternoons, in collaboration with the Miami University Police Department on those patrols that started in spring semester 2017. The extra shifts happen mostly in August, September and October in the fall, and April and May in the spring, at the beginning and end of each

Author Jackson Katz spoke to students about sexual violence in his lecture, “Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men” on Monday night in Hall Auditorium. Photo: Ryan Terhune, Photo Editor

HOW DOES MIAMI TALK TO NEW STUDENTS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT? SEXUAL ASSAULT

KIRBY DAVIS

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

First-year Katherine Johnson was excited to check her Miami email account for the first time, last spring. But when she logged in, Johnson was overcome by a sense of dread.

What am I getting into? she wondered, as she clicked through the four or five sex-

CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

FORMER MUPD OFFICER GUILTY OF SEX CRIME, ABDUCTION

NEXT WEEK

Reporting on the rise:

Sexual assault by the numbers

ual assault-related crime alerts in her inbox.

“I feel like you can read as much as you want about people with past experience in college, and all the statistics, but when you actually see it happens, that was just kind of a wakeup call,” said Johnson. “This is where you’re going to live for the next four years, and this is what’s happening there.”

Two sexual assaults were reported in Oxford the weekend of Sept. 1, then two more on Sept. 22. But while Miami’s sexual assault reports have increased over the past year, administrators don’t necessarily see this as a bad thing.

Becca Getson, Miami’s Deputy Title IX coordinator for matters related to sexual

EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

SENIOR OLIVIA RUSEK HAD 21 KILLS THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT MILLETT HALL. JUGAL JAIN ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

Miami’s head volleyball coach Carolyn Condit earned her 700th career victory on Saturday evening with a 3-0 win over Eastern Michigan. This came after her 600th win as a RedHawk in a 3-1 win over Central Michigan on Friday evening.

“I guess it was meant to be to do it at home,” Condit said on Saturday. “I don’t

NEWS P.3

Tweet candidates questions:

@miamistudent # OxDebate Moderated by:

CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Coach Condit makes history with weekend’s two wins

CRIME

Former Miami University police sergeant Dustin Young was found guilty of gross sexual imposition and abduction after groping a female co-worker and trying to coerce her to have sex with him.

Judge Michael A. Oster declared Young not guilty of two other felony charges — one count of kidnapping and a second count of abduction — on Friday, Oct. 13.

Young declined to be tried by a jury, opting for a bench trial. Judge Oster heard testimonies in court on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, including testimony from the alleged victim, said Kelly Heile, assistant prosecutor for Butler County.

The 36-year-old former officer worked at the university for 15 years before he was forced to

violence, and Kathie Wollney, education and outreach coordinator for sexual and interpersonal violence, both said it’s actually the opposite.

“We know that this is happening,” said Wollney. “We know that there’s a discrepancy between reporting numbers and the actual rate of incidents. When we see those start to become a little closer, we see that as a good thing because people are accessing the resources that we have, and hopefully they’re getting the support and the help that they need.”

To prepare for the reality of sexual assault at college, this year’s incoming fresh-

Editorial Staff

Q&A: MIAMI’S NEW ORL DIRECTOR What’s in store for the future of student housing at Miami?

really think about it coming up on me and here we are at home celebrating both of those.”

The RedHawks are now 14-7 overall, 7-3 at home and 6-2 in the Mid-American Conference after the two MAC matchups.

Miami now sits No. 2 in the MAC, trailing only Bowling Green who are 7-1 in conference play.

The Central Michigan Chippewas fall to 10-9 overall and 2-5 in the MAC

and the Eastern Michigan Eagles are now 10-14 overall and 2-6 in the MAC. The RedHawks welcomed back Redshirt junior setter Mackenzie Zielinski from injury and were .319 for the match against CMU. The ’Hawks limited the Chippewas to a .168 attack percentage, though they surrendered the first match 23-25 before taking the next three 25-19, 25-13 and 25-20.

“It’s nice to get Mackenzie back,” Associate Head Coach Chuck Rey said. “We were able to stay calm and consistent out there and distribute the ball really well.”

Sophomore outside hitter Taylor Daignault was a standout and ended with 14 kills -- the most for Miami on Friday.

Daignault started the RedHawks’ scoring with kills to propel the RedHawks to 9-5 early in set one. CMU countered with a 12-9 run to make it 17-18 and forced a MU timeout. The Chippewas and RedHawks battled and the ’Hawks went up 23-21 before the Chippewas scored four in a row to win the set 25-23.

CMU rode the offensive wave and roared to 7-4 in set two. Three consecutive kills from the RedHawks tied the score and the ’Hawks’ senior outside hitter Olivia Rusek had a pair to attempt to put her team ahead. The Chippewas countered and went back up 15-13, but CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

CULTURE P.6

OPINION P. 12

STRUTTING CONFIDENCE WITH MUFD

DON’T DEBATE IT: COME OUT OCT. 18

Modeling hopefuls walk the runway for Miami Fashion and Design.

Why you should join us for the Student’s first City Council debate.

SPORTS P.14

SOCCER SCORES FIRST TWO WINS With two overtime victories, a winning weekend at home.

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Student Counseling Service expands staff MENTAL HEALTH

RACHEL BERRY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Due to high demand, the Miami University Student Counseling Service has hired two new staff members, a receptionist and psychiatric nurse, and is in the process of acquiring two more counselors.

Last school year, 11.44 percent of Miami students utilized the counseling services, which was a slight increase from 11.13 percent during the 2015-2016 school year. A decade ago, only 7 percent of students used the services.

“The primary reason for expanding the staff is that we have had over the last

several years waiting times that were uncomfortably long for students who were wanting ongoing individual counseling,” Kip Alishio, director of the student counseling service, said.

Nick Froehlich, junior and ASG off-campus senator, began advocating for improvements to the Student Counseling Service when he learned of a friend who called for an appointment in November and was told the center had no time to meet with him until March.

“They don’t have enough resources,” Froehlich said. “They are maxed out.

They run at maximum efficiency where they have low-salary interns and halftime doctoral assistants. They do group therapy. They stretch their dollar very, very thin.”

While over 11 percent of the student

body uses the counseling services, studies show that around 25 percent of students need their services. As it is, the center is not able to accommodate these needs and would have to double their current staff size in order to serve all of the students who need counseling. “[It’s a] reduction in stigma that students, their families and society at large hold about mental health problems, and so there’s more openness to seeking out mental health help without fear that they’re going to be judged,” Alishio said.

He added that there seems to be an increase in mental health problems with students in recent years, especially with anxiety disorders.

In an attempt to further rectify this problem, the center hired the additional receptionist because they were not able

to answer the phones for all of the students that called the service.

The center also has a psychiatrist on staff. They have recently hired a psychiatric nurse practitioner to assist the psychiatrist and further lower wait times for students who need to be prescribed medications.

Through awareness programs and adding new staff members to meet the increasing demand, the Student Counseling Center is attempting to combat mental health problems in any way it can.

“College kids need a lot of mental health support,” Theo Mesnick, a first year, said. “It’s a really stressful time, and I think it’s really important that anyone regardless of age gets help when they need it.” berryrd@miamioh.edu

ASG hosts forum for international students INTERNATIONAL

JULIA PLANT

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Eight international students spoke Monday at the Joslin Senate Chamber, voicing their concerns about inclusion in student government and the broader Miami community.

“The language barrier is a huge social thing,” said Ting Lei, a senior from Ningxia, China, and one of the students who spoke. “In situations like group meetings, you can feel very alone. Americans don’t include us in conversation.”

The International Student Concerns Forum — ASG’s first — was organized by Meaghan Murtagh, secretary for advancement and alumni affairs, and Quentin McCorvey, secretary of diversity affairs, in the hopes of improving ASG’s relations with international students.

“It’s so hard to reach out to students, so we’re happy that even eight people were able to voice their concerns,” Murtagh said. “They helped us learn new ways to reach out to international students that we want to

QUENTIN MCCORVEY, SHAO CAO AND SAMANTHA GALARZA ATTENDED ASG’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONCERNS FORUM PHOTO BY JUGAL JAIN

use in the future.”

Specifically, one suggested avenue for communication is WeChat, a Chinese multi-function social media app that is very popular among international students at Miami.

“WeChat is like our version of Facebook. Everybody’s on it.

This could be a good way for

ASG to reach the International community,” Tony Zheng, a senior from Zhejiang, China said.

This application is commonly used by international student clubs to reach out to students.

“We definitely want to make a WeChat ASG page to reach out to these students,” Murtagh said.

Other ideas for improving communication were shared at the forum. Sanchit Arvind, a senior from Dubai, believes that ASG should have a presence at the international student orientation.

“If organizations like ASG reached out to us at this orientation, it would be much easier for

us to get an idea of what these clubs do and how we can get involved,” Arvind said.

After listening to the international student’s concerns, McCorvey aims to begin an outreach campaign.

“I plan on sending liaisons to CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Miami alumna named History Teacher of the Year ALUMNI

AUDREY DAVIS NEWS EDITOR

Sara Ziemnik, a 1999 alumna of Miami University, has been named the 2017 National History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

For the past 17 years, Ziemnik has been teaching history to high school students at Rocky River High School in Rocky River, OH, a suburb of Cleveland. She currently teaches ninth grade world history and 10th grade AP U.S. history.

Ziemnik had initially been named Ohio Teacher of the Year which qualified her for the national competition. In early September, she was notified that she was among the top 10.

“I was very excited to get just the Ohio position,” Ziemnik said. “That was pretty awesome. I had applied before and hadn’t gotten it, so I knew how competitive it was and how deep the field is.”

James Basker, president of Gilder Lehrman, said in a press release that Ziemnik was selected for her ability to inspire hundreds of students to learn and actually care about history, calling her a “rock star” among teachers.

When Ziemnik got the phone call that she had won nationally, she was speechless.

“When I got the phone call, I couldn’t even formulate sentences,” Ziemnik said. “The woman from Gilder Lehrman was just laughing. She was like ‘yeah, this is what typically happens.’ I was just shocked. This whole thing has been beyond my wildest dreams.”

Ziemnik acknowledges that this wasn’t a solo effort.

“No teacher who is a good teacher does anything alone,” she said. “I’m very lucky that I have a really supportive school district behind me that has allowed me to take some risks.”

“When it comes to classroom instruction and content delivery, Sara Ziemnik is a master at her craft,” said Robert Winton, principal at Rocky River High School in a Gilder Lehrman press release. “Students are engaged through Socratic Seminars, role-playing and other creative ways to relay historical events to high school kids.”

Recently, Ziemnik has been involved with a teaching American history grant in Cleveland State University where she received her M.A. While doing that, she saw advancements for digital humanities and loved the idea of taking the field of history, digitizing it and making it interactive and more meaningful for her students.

“I’m very much of the generation where all of my history classes growing up were ‘Here are the dates to memorize,’ ‘Read these pages,’ ‘Answer these questions,’” she said. “I think I even fell into that as a default in the very beginning of my career because I was so overwhelmed. But I kind of realized, ‘Wait. I don’t have to do it this way.’”

Ziemnik said that what sets her apart from what she had growing up is that she trusts her students more.

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“I let them drive the discussion,” she said. “I really don’t feel like people give high school kids enough credit. Especially in the past year or two, I’ve seen my students more politically engaged and aware and able to have really difficult conversations that many adults in our country can’t have right now.”

Ziemnik is always trying to pull everything she teaches in class into current events. Last week, her students in her AP class were learning about Andrew Jackson and his campaign as an outsider and how he prided himself on not being an elite, as well as the promises he made.

“I didn’t even have to say it,” she said. “My students were looking at me, and I was like ‘Does this sound fa-

miliar?’ There are so many parallels between the last presidential campaign and what happened in 1824 and 1828.”

She also tries to help her students understand events like Charlottesville and the racial tension in the U.S. “I try to get them to understand that these things don’t come out of nowhere,” Ziemnik said. “These things have been brewing, in some cases, for centuries.

Another thing I really try to reiterate to them is that we, me and them and you, we didn’t create this problem.

But, we have certainly inherited it. It’s our responsibility to try to deal with it.”

Ziemnik credits most of her teaching success to one of her professors at Miami.

“Dr. Michael Fuller retired a few years ago, but he was my methods professor in the school of education,” she said. “First of all, he’s hilarious. He’s just a rebel, a spitfire.”

She recalled being timid in her initial lessons and not taking strong enough stands on the issues she was teaching.

“He pulled me off to the side and said ‘Don’t do that.

You need to have opinions! You need to show your students, it’s okay to have opinions,’” Ziemnik said. “I think a lot of the pressure is on teachers to not have opinions about things, and in my opinion, that’s one of the reasons we’re in this mess — people don’t understand our civic system, their rights, what the checks and balances are in our government because everyone is afraid to say anything.”

There’s a difference between saying your opinion and forcing your opinion, she added.

“I want my students to recognize that I have opinions,” she said. “They can have opinions. We can disagree, but we can still talk about it.”

Fuller helped her realize that while challenging her not to teach history the way she had been taught.

“Every time I would create a lesson with a worksheet, he would say ‘No. No, you’re not doing that. …

You need them to think more. You need them to talk.’

He really pushed me on that which was good because I didn’t have that as a kid.” Ziemnik said Ziemnik will be honored on Nov. 8 at a ceremony in New York City where Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner will present her with the award and a prize of $10,000. davisa10@miamioh.edu

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NEW ORL HEAD PLANS FUTURE OF MIAMI RES LIFE Q&A

ANDREW TILBE

THE MIAMI STUDENT

After completing her Ph.D. here and working in residential life since 2007, Vicka Bell-Robinson has been an integral part of the Miami University community for over a decade. This year, she was appointed as the Director of the Office of Residence Life. Bell-Robinson’s familiarity with the Miami campus and substantial background in residence life has provided her with a solid foundation for her future with housing at Miami. The Miami Student sat down with Bell-Robinson to discuss her outlook for the future of Miami residence life and her mission to solve residence-based issues.

TMS: Now that you have been appointed as the Director of the Office of Residence Life, what is your top priority for the department?

VBR: My top priorities remain the same that they’ve been throughout my career: I believe that residence halls and on-campus apartments should be places where students can sleep, can study and be comfortable. My top priority has to be the safety of our residence halls and the environment in which students are expected to live.

TMS: What long-term goals do you have? Is there anything you’re hoping is accomplished a decade from now?

VBR: I want us to be the premier residence life program in the country. I think with that comes being innovative, making sure that we are aware of current and growing trends and how the student body is changing over the years, and how we are being agile and adaptable to the needs of students. There [are] some schools that do faculty in residence programs.We’re looking into exploring opportunities like that and what we might do to connect the curricular to the co-curricular.

TMS: Miami University has a policy that requires students to live on campus for two years. How long has this policy been in place? Do you agree with this policy?

VBR: My best guess is eight years. We were housing, before that requirement, 70 percent of our students. Part of what I think is a benefit of the second-year experience is that since there’s so much happening in your first year, that policy helps students realize they don’t have to worry about where they’ll live their second year because they know they’ll be on campus. We want to provide a meaningful experience for second-year students, just like we do for first-year students.

TMS: Miami University offers its students the unique experience of Living Learning Communi-

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all the different diverse organizations on campus to hear what they have to say and hear their concerns,” McCorvey said.“We want to bring that back to the senate floor.”

Some of the concerns voiced were also issues that domestic students face, too. Students complained about parking, the need for more study rooms and the price of food on campus.

“I think it’s important that we learn how similar we all are. It’s time to start teaching acceptance,” said Murtagh.

McCorvey also said that it’s vital both domestic and international students take the One Miami Campus Climate survey, which can be found on the MyMiami homepage.

The survey will help build administrators’ understanding of students’ feelings about the Miami community and the environment around them. plantjq@miamioh.edu @julia_plant

VICKA BELL-ROBINSON IS MIAMI’S NEW ORL DIRECTOR. PHOTO BY HEATHER MCCOWAN

ties. What plans do you have to develop these communities in the future?

VBR: I want students who want to participate in Living Learning Communities to have a really solid experience.

And not every student on our campus wants to participate in a Living Learning Community, I think we have to respect that. I had this idea last week about “lifestyle” communities that aren’t quite Living Learning Communities but more based around common traits. For example, maybe I’m out of state, or I’m a veteran, if I’m around similar people, seeing how that can enhance the Miami experience.

TMS: Many Miami dorms differ regarding how they separate students regarding biological sex.

With modern society’s shifting norms regarding gender and sex, how do you foresee the university’s halls being planned in the future?

VBR: We’re trying to permit, encourage and allow more connection between male-identifying and female-identifying individuals. If you look at the renovations, there’s a lot more private-use bathrooms in the dorms. I think if we can get over the bathroom hurdle, we’ll be able to see more converging of the biological sexes.

TMS: Different RAs are known for having different approaches regarding student alcohol violations, leading to certain dorms earning reputations of being either lax or strict regarding alcohol use. How can the RAs be more uniformly trained to ensure that all incidents are reported in the same fashion?

VBR: One common myth of Resident Assistants is that they want to get people in trouble. If you were to talk to a majority of RAs on this campus, they would say it’s their least favorite part of the job. Around Thanksgiving, we do an assessment of living and learning. At the very beginning of that survey is an opportunity for students to give that feedback confidentially. If they want to address that before then, they can always call the Office of Residence Life, and we also have a general email address which is residencelife@miamioh.edu and someone can work more closely with them to resolve those situations as well.

TMS: Similarly, what measures can be taken by the Office of Residence Life to ensure that sexual assault and sexual harassment are eliminated in dorms?

VBR: Sometimes students, because of the amount of alcohol they are drinking, are unable to make the appropriate decisions for themselves. I think when we in residence life can tell then we can do something to intervene, but far more frequently, we aren’t around to see that. So students have to care for each other. We talk a lot about bystander behavior.

But situations can be reported to an RA, or to a hall director, or through an anonymous report called EthicsPoint. So a student can submit an EthicsPoint, and then somebody from the university will receive that complaint, and we’ll figure out how we can address the situation.

The full-length version of this interview can be found online at miamistudent.net. tilbear@miamioh.edu

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resign after a university investigation found he was likely guilty of sexually harassing a female dispatcher.

Young was first put on administrative leave with pay Nov. 22 after a co-worker filed a complaint against him.

In a Dec. 23 memo from Miami’s Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (OEEO), director Kenya D. Ash wrote that the OEEO found Young had “more likely than not” violated the university’s policies surrounding sexual harassment.

According to the memo, MUPD chief John McCandless told OEEO that a female dispatcher reported Young had assaulted her three times.

In a Nov. 30 interview with OEEO, the alleged victim described how Young had groped and sexually harrassed her while at work. She reported that Young had “put his arm between her legs and pulled her onto his lap” and “bit her on

her neck and ear” and twice had “grabbed her shoulders and spun her against lockers trying to kiss her,” according to the document.

Young had also frequently made unwanted sexual comments to her, sent her texts and social media messages of a sexual nature and once sent her a video of him masturbating, she told OEEO. The university interviewed over a dozen people during its investigation, including MUPD officers, and reviewed texts and emails sent between Young and the alleged victim. The City of Hamilton Police Department also conducted a criminal investigation into the allegations.

Young was first hired as police officer with MUPD in February 2002 and promoted to sergeant in November 2011. The alleged victim was hired in August 2012. Though she reports directly to the detective lieutenant, emergency dispatchers report to whichever supervisor is on duty and, therefore, she often reported to Young.

Interviews also revealed that Young had taken the alleged victim to the university airport multiple times to try to have sex with her, which she confirmed, saying that Young had told her “it was an easy place to get away with doing things.” She told the OEEO that she stopped going places with Young because every time they went anywhere he would rub her leg and hold her hand and “she knew what he wanted to do.”

During the OEEO investigation, Young denied most of the accusations but provided “inconsistent statements” throughout interviews, leading the OEEO to conclude he was not credible.

Young was indicted by a Butler County grand jury April 26. Last week’s hearings and Judge Oster’s ruling concluded Young’s criminal trial.

A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Young in November, said Heile. Until then, Young is out on bond. willi501@miamioh.edu

Events this Week

Events to catch this week on Miami’s campus and in Oxford Oxford City Council Debate Wilks Theater Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Alternaprom Shriver Center Dolibois Room Friday, 8 - 10 p.m.

This year, nine candidates are vying for four spots on Oxford’s city council.

All candidates will be in attendance to discuss their views on Miami-Oxford relations, business and residential development and relevant social issues.

To submit questions before or during the debate, tweet @miamistudent with #OxDebate.

Part of Out Week — a series of events hosted by Spectrum, an organization for students of all sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) — this event encourages students to come as they are. Attendees are welcome to wear a dress, jeans, a suit or even a costume. All are invited to dance the night away.

Skate-in Movie: Ice Princess Goggin Ice Center Friday, 9:30 p.m.

Lace up some skates and glide down memory lane with this showing of Disney’s “Ice Princess.” Having trouble in physics class or preparing for a midterm in your Basic Ice Skating?

This flick’s heroine, Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg), has you covered for both as the Harvard-bound science nerd find a new passion on the ice.

Make a Difference Day Uptown Park Saturday, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Sure, you may usually sleep in on Saturdays, but, this weekend, spend your morning giving back at year’s Make a Difference Day. Serve alongside other student volunteers at sites throughout the Oxford community.

This annual outreach event is sponsored by the Honors Student Advisory Board.

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Raising awareness with color: Fourth annual Glow Run 5K

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EMILY DATTILO

THE MIAMI STUDENT

After weeks of summer weather, fall finally unveiled itself by way of orange, red and yellow leaves scattered across the sidewalk and a quick temperature drop.

The autumn weather created the perfect backdrop for the annual Glow Run 5K hosted

by Active Minds Inc. and Phi Chi Theta, which took place on Wednesday, Oct. 11, in Uptown Park.

The Glow Run is an annual philanthropic race featuring runners with neon clothes and glow sticks that raises awareness for mental health issues; nearly one hundred people participated this year.

Active Minds is a nonprofit group that focuses on increasing mental health awareness for college students.

President of Active Minds, senior Mikaela Haney, explained that one out of every four college students experiences a diagnos-

able health disorder.

“Our mission is to talk about mental health in a positive way to not only bring awareness, but also to encourage students to seek help,” Haney said.

The Glow Run 5K allowed Active Minds to partner with Phi Chi Theta, a professional business fraternity, to promote mental health awareness on campus.

“We’ve been doing this for four years now. Since that first year it’s grown a lot and we’re really pleased with where it’s gone,” senior and Phi Chi Theta president Nathan Sell said.

“We’re happy with the turn out tonight and we’re glad to partner with Active Minds for a good cause.”

Prior to the race, Uptown Park pulsed with energy and enthusiasm as the leaders of both groups set up t-shirts and glow sticks for the runners.

One of the most vocal leaders of the evening, senior and director of philanthropy for Phi Chi Theta, Colin McDonough, directed participants on where

Tales from a residence hall bathroom STUDENT LIFE

CACHE’ ROBERTS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

It all happened with one snap of a finger. Hair in drains, loud toilet flushes, overstuffed trash cans, leaky faucets, doors swinging in and out.

It was the community bathroom.

This was where I met everyone, yet dreaded seeing the same people whenever I just wanted some peace and quiet.

The complete lack of privacy was a definite transition from using the bathroom at home. And let’s not forget that whenever you tried turning on the shower, the water pressure would snap at you like a barking, vicious bulldog. I went from living lavishly to living... like a college student.

This cannot be what everyone was saying the one and only “college experience” was.

Starting off my freshman semester, the bathroom was something I dreaded. How could I do my business wondering who was walking in and out?

But soon the bathroom started to become a comforting place because of all the amazing girls from my dorm I had met.

The conversations in the bathroom turned out to be timeless because the time goes by so fast as I wait for the next

shower to become available.

With all the gossip and funny stories we shared, the bathroom really became my home — more than my actual dorm room. Whenever I see someone in the hallway, it isn’t unlikely that they know me from the bathroom.

I decided to maintain these relationships I was developing by staying up to date with the girls I had met in the bathroom. Whenever I saw Stephanie Spence I would ask her the latest “T,” which was code for gossip and drama. Of course her response started with the juiciest “T,” but I can’t tell you that now, can I? Our conversation ended on a funny note, discussing our favorite shows on the channel Freeform. “‘The Fosters’ became so dramatic,” Stephanie exclaimed.

In that exact moment, I realized the bathroom had built a welcoming community connecting all of the girls on my floor from different wings. The bathroom was our home. Yes, it stunk sometimes, the toothpaste left in the sink was annoying and the water pressure was not nice at all, but it was our little community inside of this big campus.

We had the bathroom to thank for the laughs, cries and the “T.” rober193@miamioh.edu

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to sign in and talked about his fraternity.

“Our three pillars are professionalism, philanthropy and brotherhood,” McDonough said. “Glow Run 5K is our biggest event of the year.”

Students waited in line talking excitedly about the upcoming run, dressed in neon yellow shirts accessorized by glow stick bracelets, necklaces and, in one guy’s case, glow-inthe-dark glasses.

The majority of participants dressed in typical athletic attire of running shoes, sweatpants and long sleeves, but a few groups of girls decided to wear brightly colored tutus. The iridescent fabric added a fun twist to the neon theme and complemented the highlighter yellow shirts.

“We wore tutus because we wanted to be glow-tastic,” firstyear participant Kayla Jones said.

After filling out waivers and signing in, runners discussed their thoughts regarding the race’s purpose and the Active

Minds organization.

“I think mental health is an extremely important thing to be aware of, especially at college campuses,” sophomore Deanna Ponzani said. “I think that because it is not always a visible struggle, people don’t realize how prominent it is among college students.”

Over the last month, Active Minds has worked on projects to brighten the days of students on campus.

“We made a bunch of Post It notes with inspirational messages like ‘stress less,’ and ‘don’t worry, be happy’ and put them in dorms and King Library,” sophomore member of Active Minds Ashley Mays said. “We wanted to spread uplifting messages and make people feel better about themselves.”

After half an hour, the students stood ready for the race to begin when two special guests arrived: first dog, Ivy, and her owner Dr. Renate Crawford, ready to participate. Once the pair made their way into the park, a group picture was taken

and the race began.

Nearly 100 students in matching neon yellow t-shirts streamed through the streets of Oxford. Since it was nearly pitch black out, members of Phi Chi and Active Minds lined the 5K route to make sure nobody got lost.

The cold air provided perfect running weather and before long, neon spots in the distance revealed the first runners looping their way back into Uptown Park, clearly exhausted by the miles.

It was a fun evening of casual athleticism and socializing; both the runners and organizers seemed very satisfied with the results of the fourth annual run.

Students of all grades participated and awareness for the cause continued even after the event finished as lots of neon shirts and glow sticks made their way to Pulley Diner to refuel.

“Look for us next October,” Sell said. “We’ll be here.” dattilec@miamioh.edu

Humans of Oxford: Survivor with a scar

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

She has graduated high school and gone off to college, made new friends and left old ones behind.

She is a new person now, but not for any of those reasons.

This 17-year-old girl has been through more hardship than most will go through in their lives.

She was an innocent high school kid, engaged in classes, a loyal friend, a hard-working student and a Gibson’s Bakery cashier. She was the person she thought she should be, and who

she might still be if not for the events of a cold November night in an even colder king-sized bed.

She thought she knew people, thought she knew how they worked and how they acted around the ones they care about. She really thought she knew this boy.

She was lied to.

She was hurt.

She was raped.

She couldn’t sleep in her own bed for 120 days; she couldn’t even talk about it for 240. And now, nearly 700 days later, it still lingers. It still comes back to her when she least expects it, and she’s not fine.

She is no longer an inno-

cent 17-year-old girl. She’s no longer the passionate student and trusting friend she was before. She could have been anything, done anything with her young and free life, but now she couldn’t be that person even if she wanted to. Now all she can be is trapped by the heinous acts of another. All she can be now is a survivor.

“She’s gone,” she says. “That person who I was is dead.”

She was just a girl with a boy.

Now she’s a survivor with a scar. brueckro@miamioh.edu

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MU FASHION AND DESIGN MODEL CASTING: STRUTTING CONFIDENCE ALISON PERELMAN

STUDENT LIFE

CULTURE EDITOR

A line of black snaked its way across the second level of Armstrong. Black leggings, black leather jackets, black shirts — almost all form-fitting. High heels and boots. Hair and makeup done.

Guys and girls made their way to the table to sign in. The model hopefuls received a number to clip to their black attire before moving into the hallway to wait.

It was the second day of model casting for Miami’s Fashion and Design Club, and the numbers were quickly climbing past 100. President of MU Fashion and Design, Steele Fitzwater, said it was clear to see that there were more participants than last year and, potentially, in the history of the club.

“It definitely makes it hard, especially when you have a lot of people who are really good,” Steele said. “But in the same breath it’s also very exciting to see that there are so many people interested in us and interested in the show.”

The club conducts its model casting in preparation for its annual fashion show, which takes place in the spring and is one of the only fashion shows in the country completely student-run and student-created.

Participants are measured and have photos taken for executive members to review later. Then they must walk the runway in front of a panel of exec members who will choose the best candidates.

These selections are then passed on to the designers to make the final pick of who will model their clothing in the show.

The process takes over five months in order to make the show the polished production it’s been since 2006. And model casting is the easy part. The hard part comes in the deliberation among exec members and designers, as there are only about 60 spots to fill for the show. Those who aren’t chosen to model have the opportunity to still be involved — either in organizing the show or unrelated photoshoots and modelling opportunities.

Pink and highlighter-yellow measuring tapes were run across arms, down legs and around necks. The click and flash of a camera accompanied the murmurs of “stretch your arms out” and “can you move your hair?” The runway walks happened behind closed doors.

“Welcome to model castings,” Erin Beaver, modeling director, said to the first group — something she would repeat throughout the night. “We’re going to have you guys walk twice for us today.

I’m going to do a demonstration.”

Erin climbed the few steps onto the runway and instructed the models to state their number loudly so it could be heard over the music that would be playing. She walked to the end of the platform and paused to pose, narrating that they should too in turn.

“Once you guys are done, step aside until everyone is finished,” Erin said.

“Please be respectful of your peers — so no side conversations when others are walking.”

Erin hit record on the video camera

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and Steele pressed play on his phone, causing music to blast out of the loudspeakers.

One member of the group, Jackie Schutjer, took off her heels to stretch her feet and give her ankles a rest while waiting her turn. During someone’s walk, there was too long of a silence between songs and Steele had to give his phone an angry look until the next song began.

Between groups, Jackie asked Steele about her walk, nervous it was too wobbly.

“Nerves are fine,” Steele reassured her. “Nerves keep you on your toes.”

Junior Alex Kowal was definitely nervous. He had watched videos of professionals and practiced walking in his living room to prepare. But he wasn’t letting the nerves affect his attitude — he chose excitement instead.

“I’m just going to do my thing, strut

my stuff and hope for the best,” Alex said.

This was Alex’s first year trying out because his interior design major didn’t allow him enough free time to be a part of the fashion show until now.

But diversity is something the Fashion and Design club prides themselves on.

“We do have an organization that celebrates that academic diversity, as well as racial diversity, gender diversity,” Steele said. “I think that’s something that makes our show really special because we’re not looking for that stereotypical, quote on quote, model look. We’re looking primarily for people who are confident in themselves and who by being confident in themselves, will look great in whatever they wear.”

The lights went down in Armstrong’s Wilks Theater, and only the stage was lit with a lone microphone in the center.

Members of the audience murmured as they waited for the show to begin.

“It’s so nerve-wracking.”

“I know anything up there won’t make me laugh as hard as anything he says in person.”

Not Very Funny’s fall show was about to begin.

Mackenzie Maguire, the club’s president, and Ben Wolkoff, treasurer, walked on stage to applause and cheers from the audience. The crowd may have been small, but they were anything but quiet.

Not Very Funny is a stand-up comedy club that was founded two years ago.

Tuesday night, they held their first show of the school year. Eleven comedians performed, two of them first-timers.

The organization holds meetings to work on group set work, and edit and critique individuals’ set material.

Maguire and Wolkoff introduced each performer and often headed out into the audience between sets to ask questions or make jokes, earning giggles and shouts from the crowd.

As each performer stepped up to the microphone to their own walk-up music, the audience clapped and screamed their names.

The jokes covered everything from dogs to drinking, serial killers to basic white girls, bike riding to food allergies.

They walked, shouted, ran, jumped, danced across the stage and laughed along with the audience.

Watching the performers from backstage, vice president Alex Saccocio loves hearing the audience’s reactions to different performers jokes.

“That’s what we’re here for: the laugh,” Saccocio said.

The members have become close — they love the backstage camaraderie and seeing the other members perform successful sets.

The members draw inspiration from many places. A lot of Saccocio’s material is self-deprecating.

“Quirky things about myself to crack a joke about,” he said.

When he thinks of material for a set, Saccocio makes notes in his phone, then builds a set with a theme. He comes up with a rough set four to five weeks before a show and makes a lot of edits and changes.

A week before the show, he solidifies his final set and commits it to memory.

Wolkoff, the second to last performer, wrapped his set up with a parody from childhood.

“That’s it for me guys. I’m Ben and you’re watching Disney Channel.” He drew a shape with his microphone, then clarified: “I drew a penis.” grimmcl@miamioh.edu

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MU Parkour: Overcoming physical and mental obstacles STUDENT LIFE

DUARD HEADLEY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The first thing most people picture when someone mentions parkour is people doing dramatic flips and scaling shear walls with ease. However, the president of Miami’s Parkour and Slacklining Club strongly believes that there is much more to the sport than what’s typically depicted in most YouTube videos.

The club had its weekly practice this weekend, and while the weather outside was wet and dreary, MU Parkour didn’t let that stop them from meeting.

After meeting at the club’s usual spot, the Central Quad sundial, they quickly relocated to the Rec Center where the president, senior Jonathon Goulding, spoke a little more about the history of parkour at Miami.

“The peak of our activity was around my freshman year,” he said, “but I’m doing a lot to boost membership for this year.”

MU Parkour is open to members of all skill levels, from more highly trained individuals like Jonathon to beginners just interested in seeing what parkour is all about.

Idecha Hunter, one such newbie, stated that she’d seen videos on the internet and gotten interested in the sport, and felt that learning under the guidance of an organization like MU Parkour was a safer idea than trying to learn on her own.

Jonathon went on to say that the club prioritizes the safety of it’s members, proudly stating that they hadn’t experienced a single accident during the club’s seven year existence.

During the practice, the instruction focused on whatever each individual needed help with most. If a member was struggling with a particular maneuver, Jonathon would be there to encourage and help them through it at

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their own pace.

While perhaps not as glamorous as a more typical, outdoor practice, both indoor and outdoor practices are valuable to the members of the club.

“Indoors we mostly use the rock wall, as well as working on cardio,” Jonathon said. “The better you can breathe, the longer you can practice.”

Personal fitness certainly seemed important, as Jonathon scaled the slanted rock wall with ease. The goal is for members to be able to run, jump and scale obstacles without tiring too easily.

The practice wasn’t all drills and workouts, however.

The club played a game called Take Away, where members repeatedly climbed the rock wall, gradually limiting which hand and foot holds they could use until the wall became unclimbable.

But despite the enjoyable environment, declining membership is a big struggle for the club.

“I get a lot of interest from people,” said Jonathon, “but when I tell them to come out and try it, they often shy away from it, thinking they can’t do it. It’s a mental block that’s hard to overcome.”

That block certainly looked like it was worth overcoming, as the club showed videos of “Parkour Jams” — largescale events where groups come together and do parkour throughout an area — and discussed how they wanted to participate in one come spring, once membership numbers were higher.

Instead of glorifying flips and tricks, MU Parkour does its best to instill in its members a deeper understanding of what goes into the sport, and how they can learn and improve.

“You don’t need flips right away, you just need an interest,” Jonathon said. headledd@miamioh.edu

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Rusek and sophomore middle hitter Margaret Payne rallied again with two kills, tying the score at 17. Senior outside hitter/right side Katie Tomasic and senior middle hitter Meredith Stutz blocked the Chippewas to keep their team at the tie. Once the RedHawks went up 20-18 after several attack errors, Miami closed with a 5-1 run to win the set at 25-19.

Set three was marked by a dominating RedHawk offense. Miami went up 9-8 to start and Stutz, Daignault and Tomasic created a 16-9 advantage. Daignault had two more kills, the Chippewas had three attack errors in a row and Miami made it 21-10. Payne and Tomasic ended with kills in a decisive 25-13 set victory.

Set four opened with Miami riding their offensive high to a 7-2 margin.

CMU would fight back and score the next six points to go up 11-9. True to the backand-forth nature of the set, kills from around the court put the RedHawks up 15-11 to which the Chippewas battled back to 18-20. CMU fell down two with back-to-back attack errors and Miami’s Daignault propelled her team to a 25-20 set win and a 3-1 match victory.

“I think we overloaded a little bit with our seniors and go-tos early and after that first set was done, we distributed the ball,” Rey said. “I’ll tell you what, our sophomores Margaret Payne and Taylor Daignault, they led the way in kills tonight.”

Besides Daignault’s dominating performance, Zielinski had 28 assists, senior libero Maeve McDonald had 19 digs and Stutz had 5 blocks.

“We’ll just keep rolling,” Rey said. “It took us a set tonight, but hopefully tomorrow we’ll just roll through. Eastern’s a great team and we know they are and we don’t take any team lightly here.”

Fittingly, on Saturday, RedHawk alumnae rolled through Oxford, as the 1982 MAC Championship banner was unveiled. This season is Condit’s 34th as head coach at Miami and several of her former players were in attendance to see her historic victory.

Before Miami, Condit was head coach at Xavier for four seasons where she collected 99 wins. Condit’s career record is now 700-534 and she has the 12th most wins among active NCAA Division I coaches.

“I think the keys are we know we can win and we never quit and we stay in

the moment from point to point,” Condit said of her current team. “I thought our hitters stayed aggressive and we had some great coverages at the right time.”

It took only three sets for the ’Hawks to shut down the Eagles, but EMU put forth a strong effort in the final two sets so the final scores came to 25-16, 35-33, 28-26. The RedHawks hit .209 for the match, while holding the Eagles to a .155 attack percentage. Rusek led Miami’s offense with 14 kills and McDonald led the defense with 25 digs.

Miami commandingly took the first set, as Rusek opened with four kills and the RedHawks went up 10-4 early. The lead was extended to 17-9 with a service ace from McDonald and kills from sophomore middle hitter Haley Stewart and Rusek. The Eagles closed the gap to 14-19, the closest they would come in the set, before Miami finished with a kill from Tomasic to take the set 25-16.

Set two saw the ’Hawks and the Eagles battle to the 35-33 end. Miami took the lead early again, with three kills from Daignault to go up 13-9. EMU came close at 13-16, before a 6-4 MU run put the ’Hawks up 22-17. EMU dominated play to make it 23-21 and then set point at 2423. The teams took turns fighting off set point five times before back-to-back kills from Rusek gave Miami the 35-33 victory.

EMU would rally and go ahead to a 9-5 lead in set three. Miami took a timeout and came back with the energy for a 6-3 run that put the RedHawks close at 11-12. The ’Hawks went up 14-13 briefly, but the Eagles went on to create set point at 24-22. Miami fought back to tie the score first at 24 and then at 26, before Payne gave Miami the 28-26 win.

Rusek had 14 kills on the night, Zielinski had 30 assists and McDonald had 25 digs.

The victories propel the RedHawks further into conference play and solidify Condit’s place in history.

“It couldn’t be nicer, I’m blessed to have so many alums here that actually made this happen with their great athleticism and how hard they work, including my present team,” Condit said. “Including all my assistant coaches that I’ve had, they’ve lifted me up to get to this present milestone, so I thank each and every one of them. I’m really grateful for all the fantastic people I’ve worked with.” simansec@miamioh.edu

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‘Blade Runner 2049’ is a poignant look at what makes us human SAM KEELING MUSIC EDITOR

Science fiction stories tend to fall on the more epic side. Typically, a creator imagines a strange new world or future and sets their characters off on sweeping adventures, often with the fate of countless lives on the line.

What makes Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult classic “Blade Runner” so special is its more personal, introspective storytelling. In it, humans have created Replicants, androids that mirror us in obvious physiological ways, making the perfect slaves. However, some Replicants begin to rebel against the system, escaping captivity and longing for a life of freedom.

Harrison Ford plays Deckard, whose role as a Blade Runner is to hunt down and “retire” rebelling Replicants. On his journey, Deckard learns more about the emotions that Replicants are designed to feel, how their manufactured humanity is not at all unlike the “real” kind. He even falls in love with one named Rachel.

“Blade Runner” was a philosophical look at our definitions of humanity, how we decide what makes our kind more special than others. Now, thirty years later, phenomenal director Denis Villeneuve has taken a more complex, nuanced dive into this existential crisis with “Blade Runner 2049.” This is not your average, cash-grab sequel that comes decades past its due; this new entry builds upon the original’s foundation in profound,

shy of three hours long, it earns every second of screen time. In fact, even though I could definitely feel the effects of sitting for that long, I was sad to see the credits roll. Tension is mounted wonderfully, and the well-placed action scenes are always enhanced by dramatic meaning.

But where “Blade Runner 2049” truly proves it worth is with its continuation of the original’s philosophical inquiries. Where “Blade Runner” closely examined the line between genuineness and artifice, this sequel blurs it completely. For example, K’s closest companion is Joi, an A.I. hologram who is programmed to say and do exactly what their owner wants. Just because their connection was designed by others, does that make it any less real? Their moments together, where Joi mimics touching K, and he pretends to feel it, are incredibly powerful.

Going even further, the film questions the nature of life itself. What are the defining factors of a living, breathing human being? How are they different from an android that can experience the same emotions? And what happens when even those differences disappear? Portraying the empathetic distinctions and similarities between humans and Replicants is complex stuff, and “Blade Runner 2049” nails it. Gosling’s performance, the centerpiece of the film, is a display of emotional acrobatics, switching between detachment and intimacy whenever a scene calls for it.

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vital ways.

The best way to experience the plot of “Blade Runner 2049” is with little context, so the synopsis here will stick to worldbuilding. After so many Replicants stopped following orders, they were declared illegal.

However, when a brilliant scientist named Wallace stopped a food shortage crisis with revolutionary synthetic farming, he was given rights to make new, more obedient Replicants. What few old ones remained are forced into hiding and face execution by a new generation of Blade Runners, like Ryan Gosling’s K. When K tracks down a Replicant, he uncovers a mystery that redefines the nature of Replicants and sparks a frantic race for answers.

The creators of the film crafted every aspect of this film with great care. The cinematography is utterly stunning, finding beauty in this future’s grimy industrialism.

The synth-heavy soundtrack is abrasive at times, thrilling at others, and always adept at resonating with a given scene’s emotional frequency. And even though the film is just

Perhaps the most astounding thing about this sequel is how it completely justifies its existence. Especially surprising is Harrison Ford’s return as Deckard, which was much-publicized before the film’s premiere but is actually underplayed throughout the movie. It would’ve been totally fine without his inclusion, and Ford’s newest acting phase—crotchety old man—somewhat dilutes Deckard’s original personality, but as the third act unfolds, his presence becomes more integral, and finally vital to the film’s thematic significance.

Upon its release, “Blade Runner 2049” performed well below expectations. In retrospect, it’s not very surprising; it’s a sequel to a decades-old film that was never really popular in the first place, it is bordering on an absurd running time and its atmospheric trailers purposefully withhold action or plot details. However, watching the film is a mentally demanding and deeply satisfying journey which should not be missed.

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“Narcos” season three, episode one, “The Kingpin Strategy,” begins with Agent Javier Peña, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who’s been through this all before, in an intimate conversation with his father. The older man pleads with his son not to put his life on the line in the name of the drug war again, knowing that he’s already made his decision.

“So, Cali . . .” his father says, begrudgingly accepting his son’s choice. The younger Peña nods his agreement,.“Cali,” he says in a grave tone as the screen quickly fades to black.

Just like that, a new season of the most binge-able show on Netflix has begun. Pedro Bromfman’s “Tuyo” rises to an ethereal drone as perfectly curated clips of Colombia are intercut with real-life news clippings from the era of the Cali cartel. The contrast between the dark reality of the Colombian drug trade and the romanticized life of a Narco is put on full display, and the viewer has no choice but to be absorbed into the haunting, (almost) real-life twists and turns that the show takes with its narrative.

What is it about “Narcos” that makes it so infinitely watchable? The first two seasons, which focused on the rise and fall of the most prolific, and enigmatic, drug lord of all time, Pablo Escobar, followed a straight-tothe-point narrative characterized by solid storytelling and excellent character development. While nobody could have confused the show for anything remotely close to a documentary, it was as close to a retelling of events as possible while remaining one of the most entertaining watches on Netflix.

After the death of Pablo Escobar at the end of season two, many people wondered how season three would fare without such a compelling boogeyman to thwart its DEA protagonists.

How would the storytellers craft that “magical realism” that made the first

two seasons so successful without Escobar (played by Wagner Moura) to light up the screen with his domineering presence?

By adopting the Cali cartel as their new subject matter, the showrunners took on quite a challenge: making a cartel which ran itself like an actual business appealing enough on an emotional level to fill the void left by the death of Escobar. While the third season has its downfalls, and I assume that there will be plenty of viewers who simply won’t be able to get into the show with its bell-weather of badness six feet deep from episode one, I have to say, season three was my personal favorite. Objectively, I still have to give it to season one for crafting a world so consistently unbelievable, yet all too real. But in terms of personal preference, season three captivated me in a way that no other show has before.

With season three, the writers were forced to condense the exploits of an entire criminal enterprise into a single season. And with four godfathers taking the helm for this go-around, I’m sure it was a struggle to keep the narrative contained within the scope of its 10 episodes. To their credit, the four “Godfathers of Cali:” Chepe, Pacho and the Rodriguez brothers, while certainly no Pablo Escobars . . . are each interesting in their own way, and serve the narrative well with their different styles of management and unique senses of morality. What the show lost with Escobar’s death is heftily replaced with a laser focus on the moral ambiguity of the whole situation. While never exactly a feel-good show, the third season dives deep into the self-defeating nature of the American drug war, a theme which will almost certainly be delved into at even greater length going forward.

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HBO’s ‘Spielberg’ doc is beautifully made, but boring KIRBY DAVIS

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“Gaga: Five Foot Two” premiered on Netflix last month. The documentary feels, often, like we’re simply following Gaga around as she talks to herself, unaware of the camera’s presence. Sometimes it feels like an aimless but nonetheless aesthetically pleasing indie short.

But throughout, the doc provides window after window into the titular megastar’s life that we haven’t really been

privy to before. We all know about her rebranding with last year’s “Joanne,” the dissolution of her relationship with ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney and the terrifying reverence much of her fanbase directs toward her, painting her as a religious figure of sorts.

“Spielberg,” released last week by HBO, is an hour longer than “Gaga,” but doesn’t tell you much you don’t already know about the storied Hollywood figure. I don’t mean to compare Steven Spielberg himself to Lady Gaga, directly

— neither operate in the same sector of the entertainment business, and Spielberg has obviously been around longer (four decades, to be exact). But both have amassed vast and fervently devoted fanbases, turning their work into lifestyles or religions or, more often, mere obsessions.

So, yes, they deserve documentaries, but the premise of a biographical film about a very famous person only holds so much power. Why we keep making and watching them is to learn things about

these famous people we didn’t already know — like the extent of Lady Gaga’s chronic pain preventing her from performing, how prioritizing professionalism over romance has truly taken a toll on the pop star or the real degree of her perfectionism.

Like his films, “Spielberg” is relatively straightforward, subtly introspective and family-oriented. The doc hones in on where that deadbeat dad trope in his CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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A Breakdown of This Week’s Great Albums SAM KEELING MUSIC EDITOR

St. Vincent expands her electroinfused art rock on ‘MASSEDUCTION’

‘Morning After’ solidifies dvsn as an R&B producer/ singer duo to watch

‘The OOZ’ is a chilling, genre-less excursion into King Krule’s mind

In 2012, St. Vincent, known at this point for her emotionally rich and musically complex art-rock records, and impressive guitar abilities, collaborated with Talking Heads mastermind David Byrne on a record. That her talents earned the attention of one of new wave/alt-rock’s legends is no small achievement. On her fifth LP, “MASSEDUCTION,” St. Vincent — real name, Annie Clark — continues that genre’s legacy, seamlessly melding biting guitars with pulsating electro beats on a jittery, exciting record.

Though her instrumental arrangements sometimes eschew normal concepts of consonance, Clark’s left-field songwriting is, at its center, beautifully melodic. There is a pop album in the heart of “MASSEDUCTION,” perhaps most noticeable in aching ballad “Happy Birthday, Johnny” and “New York.” But Clark adds dimension to these songs, exploring anxieties and insecurities through deeply funky and delightfully different ways.

Known first as Drake affiliates, producer Nineteen85 and singer Daniel Daley have quickly carved out their own identity as the R&B duo dvsn.

From their breakout single “With Me,” their chemistry was immediate and undeniable. Now, they’ve released “Morning After,” their second album in two years that sounds full-fleshed despite the speedy turnaround.

The songs here are filled with sexual intimacy and emotional longing, examining the connection between loneliness and romance, relationships and break-ups, in ways that some other artists in the business of bedroom jams never bother with. And yet, the music remains effortlessly smooth and remarkably catchy, incorporating trap beats over throwback rhythm sections. And then there’s Daley’s incredible falsetto, weaving in and out of Nineteen85’s production like they were built for each other. Don’t sleep on dvsn; they’re one of the best in the game.

Listen to this album and you will uncover sounds that are startlingly beautiful, devastatingly sad, terrifyingly dark and utterly unforgettable. It is the brainchild of Archy Marshall, a 23-year-old Brit with a voice that sends chills down your spine. As King Krule, sometimes he raps and sometimes he sings in a punk kind of way. Sometimes he seems to do both simultaneously, and sometimes he’s almost doing neither, instead doling out spoken-word verses that sound like a broken man, unbothered to try and make musical sense out of his situation.

This seems to be the primary mission of “The OOZ:” to capture a sound of losing control, to successfully put on record the turmoil of Marshall’s mind.

He has complete artistic control here, playing and writing every instrument, and depending on where you begin the album, you might here a Clash-esque punk track, an ominous electronic track or a jazz-inflected ballad. As a whole, the tracks merge almost seamlessly, creating an experience that feels whole. It is a deeply personal listen, designed to penetrate and instigate the mind. It is, simply, a work of genius — nightmarish, gorgeous genius.

‘Colors’ is a wellcrafted, poppy return to Beck’s goofier roots Unlike other surprise hits from 1990s alt-rockers (here’s looking at you, “Creep”), Beck’s massive 1994 track “Loser” is actually a pretty decent look into the artist’s discography; the hip-hop beat, loopy white-boy rap and countrified guitar lick are pretty hard to categorize. Beck has made his career out of contradictions and unpredictability. Earlier records took liberally from country, rock, pop and rap, not really caring about being taken seriously. He is a musical genius, to be sure, but one that doesn’t forget to have fun.

His latest LP, “Colors,” embodies that spirit of good times. Largely a pop record sprinkled with indie rock sentiments, it finds Beck focusing less on being different from everyone else and more on enjoying the moment. Taken from an artist largely defined by his uniqueness, this is a bold step. And it pays off: from hilariously goofy trap track “Wow” to the shamelessly simple “Up All Night,” the songs here are instantly catchy yet undeniably the work of a highly gifted songwriter.

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films comes from, and how heavily the director’s frayed family life affects his life and work. As a die-hard fan and someone who was raised on “Jurassic Park,” “Jaws” and “The Land Before Time,” which he produced, it’s a delight to watch Spielberg discuss his work and childhood. Somehow, he remains as much the self-proclaimed idealist he was at the start of his career in the 1960s, and it’s a testament to his character that everyone from Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo Dicaprio to Martin Scorsese and Brian De Palma appears to vouch for him.

But I was disappointed to learn virtually nothing I hadn’t already about the director, and to glimpse only two or three candid non-interview moments of him on various film sets. He’s directed so many films (and produced a staggering amount more), that delving into each one would have been virtually impossible (unless HBO chose to go the episode route over feature film, which, honestly, I can’t see being any less popular).

But the reason the shark makes so few appearances in “Jaws” is public knowledge.

So is the fact that Spielberg has channeled his frustration with being a child of a particularly complicated divorce into recurring themes in his films, and that he’s fascinated with telling stories borne of or related to World War II. Since almost every aspect of the living legend’s life is public knowledge, a documentary would feel more appropriate had it revealed something, anything we didn’t already know or haven’t seen. At this point, the only way to do that would probably be to follow him, day-in-the-life style, à la the Gaga documentary or HBO’s “Bright Lights,” which alternates footage of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds interacting in their LA homes and at an awards show with clips from their home movies.

“Spielberg” is a joy to watch as a fan (which almost everyone is), but disappointing in that it doesn’t provide the intimate look into his life I’d been hoping for. Then again, it’s somehow still in line with many of his films’ style; sleek, smooth and deliberate, not always pushing boundaries but perfecting the ones they already exist within.

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Relive your middle school glory days with ‘Big Mouth’ SCOTT LENTZ STAFF WRITER

Ah, middle school. What a time to be alive! A time when we were at our most hilariously awkward, as puberty assaulted us like, well, a monster. Or, at least, that’s the idea of “Big Mouth,” a hilarious new animated comedy that hit Netflix Sept.

29.

“Big Mouth” follows two friends, Nick Birch (Nick Kroll) and Andrew Glouberman (John Mulaney), whose middle school misadventures are based on the tween years of Kroll and series co-creator Andrew Goldberg. Their once harmonious childhoods have been upended by none other than The Hormone Monster (also Kroll), who appears and encourages the boys to act on their hormonal desires, usually offering up some less-than-family-friendly suggestions.

The show’s sense of humor is burrowed so far in the gutter that it might make the kids from “South Park” blush. Featuring episode titles such as “Girls Are Horny Too” and “Am I Gay?” (and who could forget the bluntly titled pilot, “Ejaculation?”), “Big Mouth” has no reservations, utilizing some astonishingly vulgar humor. The Hormone Monster (and his female counterpart) suggest vile sexual acts, anthropomorphic genitals speak to their owners, a middle schooler develops a romantic relationship with his pillow. Thankfully, the jokes make up for the exceeding vulgarity, and I found myself laughing out loud throughout all ten episodes. But, even if gross-out humor isn’t your jam, there’s a lot to find funny here that’s worth checking out.

Much of the show’s non-sexual humor revolves around the nostalgic familiarity of middle school.

While we are given an uncomfortably close look at the hormonal awakenings of our junior high heroes, we also watch them navigate

puppy love, embarrassing parents and struggles to be cool. While I lived a different reality than a lot of these characters (I attended private Christian school until college — and loved it, mind you), I found myself cringing remembering my own middle school failures, even if I had a different value system than the characters on this show. Despite the obscene humor, the setting actually provides a resonant emotional core.

There’s also an absurdist bent to some of the humor. “Big Mouth” constantly plays with whether or not The Hormone Monster can be seen by anyone or only the person he is currently talking to — especially considering for much of the season, he interacts primarily with Andrew.

Nick has the Ghost of Duke Ellington living in his attic; Duke later invites the Ghosts of Prince, Whitney Houston, Elizabeth Taylor and Freddie Mercury over for a party, during which they all join in a musical number that Andrew sings about how he thinks he is gay.

Various characters also constantly comment on the fact that they are in a Netflix show. In one episode, the Hormone Monster recalls the previous episode, then talks about the plot of the next episode, encouraging us, “It’s a really sex-positive episode.” The casual way the show approaches these moments of absurdity remind us that it’s not taking itself too seriously, and we probably shouldn’t either.

All this madness wouldn’t be possible without an effective vocal cast to bring the characters to life.

Never fear, as “Big Mouth” has an all-star cast that absolutely knocks it out of the park. Nick Kroll is the star of the show. In addition to Nick and the Hormone Monster, he also plays Coach Steve, the idiotic and hapless PE Teacher, and Lola, the obsessive sidekick to the most popular girl in school. John Mulaney isn’t necessarily known for his acting, but his performance as Andrew

fits perfectly in line with the persona he portrays in his standup, and creates a hilariously authentic performance. Jason Mantzoukas plays Jay, a dim-witted amateur magician who hangs around Andrew and Nick. The aforementioned pillow paramour, Jay, is riotously hilarious, and he cracked me up almost every time he shows up on screen.

Mantzoukas brings an energy to Jay that isn’t present in other characters and really rounds out the cast.

In addition to the rotating cast of characters, there are also quite a few cameos from voices you’ll recognize, especially Kristen Wiig (whose “character” is unforgettable).

The last important character is Jessi (Jessi Klein). As men are able to reflect on their own experiences through Nick and Andrew, Jessi provides a touchpoint for female viewers. During the season, she has her first period, experiences friction with her mom, enters a relationship with a boy just to make out with him and gets freaked out by the attention of everyone around her after she wears a push-up bra to school.

While all of this is happening in the context of an outlandish animated comedy, the show’s treatment of Jessi provides a lot of genuine moments, some I would assume land truthfully and maybe even painfully.

A hilarious addition to Netflix’s slate of animated comedies, “Big Mouth” certainly isn’t for everyone.

But the nostalgic and bittersweet reflections on middle school should resonate with college-aged viewers.

Some of your friends have likely been revisiting their glory days with the revival of “The Magic School Bus;” and you can return to middle school and watch Hormone Monsters wreak hormonal havoc.

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RedHawks earn first two wins in overtime thrillers FROM SOCCER PAGE 14

and head referee Michael Kinder struggled to keep control of the game. There were 17 fouls committed in the second half, 11 by Eastern Michigan and Kinder found himself in hot water a few times, denying multiple impassioned penalty appeals from RedHawks supporters.

With the strong winds at their backs, the RedHawks were spurred on by the inclement weather, which posed an issue for the visiting Eagles. Miami broke through with an equalizer when Spinell took a corner kick and found the head of Brosnahan, who finished easily into the

net. It was Brosnahan’s second important goal of the weekend, who has not only been a standout defender for the RedHawks this season, but has emerged as a serious attacking threat on set pieces.

With four minutes left in the match and the game tied up at 2-2, junior goalkeeper Pat Koutoulas stepped up to midfield to take a free kick for the RedHawks. Keepers generally are confined to their box, but Koutoulas is a threat to score from a dead ball anywhere within 50 yards. Her shot from distance nearly won Miami the game, but the opposing keeper tipped the ball off the crossbar and out of play.

Going into yet another overtime con-

test, the RedHawks had done much of the hard work in completing the comeback victory. One goal would grant Miami their second victory, pushing them into 9th place in the MAC. In the second overtime period, senior midfielder Katie Alexander found herself 25 yards from goal with a few yards of space, and blasted a curler into the top right corner. The incredible finish sent the crowd into pandemonium.

“Honestly, I turned around and asked, I don’t even know how I got the ball,” Alexander said. “I knew that any time I touched the ball in the area I was going to shoot, and put it on frame.”

The win was massive for the RedHawks,

giving them a chance to qualify for the MAC tournament. Coming into the weekend, they had only managed four goals on the season. In their past two matches, they added five to that total.

“I challenged them,” said coach Seyfarth. “I said, ‘we have to play the best half of this season, and the best half of your careers to claw our way back into it.

They responded.”

Miami will play on short rest Thursday night, as they travel to face Akron University. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. panzecbj@miamioh.edu

How is Miami talking to new students about sexual assault?

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men completed mandatory online modules through a program called Haven and were presented with a series of skits at orientation on matters related to sexual assault, consent and relationships.

Johnson said while she found the skits “informative,” she felt they were more for potential victims of sexual assault, rather than the perpetrators.

“Everybody needs to know what the consequences are if you were to do it [sexual assault],” said Johnson.

“I mean, it’s a crime., You need to know what’s gonna happen, what’s gonna happen to you in the future, what’s gonna happen to you here at school . . . I feel like that needs to be shared with everybody.”

But Johnson, and first-year Devine Anderson, both agreed that in general, they feel the administration has provided them with enough resources and guidance that they would know what to do if they or one of their

friends were sexually assaulted.

Anderson said she was pleased with Miami’s willingness to spark conversation about sexual assault, but that her peers aren’t always willing to do the same.

“I mean, it could happen to anyone,” said Anderson.

“So I feel like people need to be aware of it and want to talk about it.”

Director of Admissions Susan Schaurer said that when the office of admissions and tour guides receive questions about sexual assault from visitors, they’re almost always from the parents — who do their best not to “embarrass” their kids by inquiring.

Schaurer said that, in weekly meetings, tour guides are trained to respond to these questions when they do come up, and to point out safety measures the university has in place, like swipe access-only residence halls, the blue emergency lights dotting campus and the “It’s On Us” campaign.

“It’s something we are armed and ready to talk

about,” said Schaurer, “But it’s certainly not central to the conversations taking place.”

Getson said that the administration is currently working to diminish the “stigma” clouding conversations about sexual assault, and to make the university’s policies clearer for students.

While in the past, Getson also said, Miami’s sexual assault outreach programs have focused primarily on victim resources, they’ve expanded these to encompass bystander outreach as well.

“Everyone can be involved in this,” said Getson. “So, for many, many, many years it’s been thought of as a women’s issue. It’s been thought of as an ‘oh, well, if you’re a victim of it, people can’t really get involved . . .’ What we want to encourage is, everyone has a voice in this, everyone can participate and everyone can help prevent and end the violence that’s happening on our campus.” daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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Flavin focuses on golf, family and future FROM GOLF PAGE 14

history to win seven tournaments.

Miami recognized this accomplishment by naming Flavin one of its Athletes of the Week Oct. 9-15.

This is the third time he has been named an Athlete of the Week this season.

Patrick’s memories of playing golf begin at eleven years old, when his dad first encouraged him to play. He may have gotten his start a bit later than some of his peers, but Patrick says that it’s only added to his love of the game.

“It’s definitely a little different than anyone else,” he said.

Flavin’s first memories aren’t of competing seriously. Patrick’s earliest memories of golf are of playing with his brother and two

friends on a course called Lake Bluff, not far from his home.

“We would go out, just the four of us would get dropped off by our parents and just go out and play against each other. We always just had so much fun, but it was more just goofing around, like hittin’ giggles off, than it was serious.”

Family support is still a crucial part of Flavin’s career.

“I’ve been really lucky. My family is really supportive of golf.

They’re really positive and I feel like that’s had a huge impact on my golf.”

Patrick’s most recent win at the Windon Memorial Classic was when he felt the most support from his family.

“This weekend was definitely special because Evanston golf club

is like 15 minutes from our house so I had all my family out there and my swing coach out there and then just a bunch of family friends.

To be able to play well in front of all them was just even more rewarding and a lot of fun.”

When it comes to his game, Patrick was asked if his success is all talent or just luck. For him, it’s a bit of both.

“I’m definitely a little superstitious,” Flavin said, “I know it kind of sounds crazy, but I have a towel, and I like to have all my clubs below the towel except for my putter, and if I’m not putting well then I put my putter below the towel. I feel a little bit crazy sometimes but whatever works you gotta stick with for sure.”

College golf isn’t just an individual sport. For all of the success

he has had on his own, Patrick still knows the importance of playing as a team -- and he loves his.

“We all live together, and we’re all really good friends. We’re together a lot, but I feel like that’s really important especially in golf,” Flavin said. “Because it’s an individual game, but we’re a team, we have to be really close to be good. It’s really fun having a team that’s your best friends.”

Flavin will finish out the fall season with his friends and teammates Oct. 16-17 at the Dayton Flyer Intercollegiate. His family, teammates and friends will be there in the spring to watch him compete in his last season as a RedHawk on the golf course, the putting green or the driving range. cofskeje@miamioh.edu

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OPD alcohol arrests up 90 percent this year FROM PAGE 1

school year.

“We feel it’s important because of the townspeople that come in and the business owners that are bothered by the intoxicated people.” Fening said. “We feel it’s important for them to have a police presence around to make them not only feel safer but to deter and/or catch somebody doing something that they shouldn’t be doing.”

OPD has also hired seven new officers since 2012 to fill the spots left by retired officers, according to office manager Abby Gabbard.“Those [new] officers tend to be more proactive rather than reactive,” Fening said.

Fening said that when police are enforcing the law, they tend to focus on punishing the worst behavior first.

“I want them citing the person that is peeing in the doorway of the business rather than the litter violation where someone threw a can of beer down,” Fening said.

While students have been drinking for years, Fening said has seen more students purposefully blacking out, especially as day drinking has become popular in recent years.

“I also went to school here,” Fening said, “so I have seen 1989, and there has always been drinking and problems related directly from drinking.”

Area I court judge Robert H. Lyons said he has noticed an increase in enforcement surrounding alcohol violations.

Once in court, many students go through a diversion program, a rehabilitation program for first-time offenders for misdemeanor crimes. Offenders complete certain tasks, such as an alcohol education course or community service, and if they do everything correctly, they avoid a conviction and their record will be sealed, Neaul Schuett, attorney at Rittgers and Rittgers, said.

“It’s high risk, high reward,” Schuett said. “If you mess up, you’re convicted.

If you don’t, the prosecutor agrees to dis-

miss the case.”

However, Lyons said those who go through the diversion will rarely fail the program or have a repeat offense.

Schuett said if a student’s record is sealed, it will be unlikely to be an impediment when applying for jobs or graduate school. However, that doesn’t mean someone applying for certain graduate schools or license programs would have to disclose they were cited or arrested to an ethical body.

Lyons said the increase in enforcement is good because it curbs student alcohol abuse.

“A student that gets charged with an underage alcohol offense, I think, learns from it,” Lyons said. “The more they get caught, the more they get a lesson.”

A Miami University senior learned his lesson when he was picked up by OPD last November, just five months before his 21st birthday. He jaywalked in front of a police car late on a Thursday night.

When a plain-clothed police officer grabbed his arm, he became confronta-

tional and would not cooperate with the police, resulting in not only a jaywalking charge but fake ID and underage possession/consumption charges.

Now a senior, the student said if he would have been sober, he probably would have made non-confrontational decisions that might not have resulted in the charges he faced. Sitting in the police station, he could only think of the repercussions of his actions.

He was confident in the lawyer’s ability to seal his record, but the process of diversion and sanctions from Miami required extra work, and he paid $1,600 in legal fees. Overall, his arrest created a learning experience.

“Overall I would say it taught me a lesson,” the senior said. “Sophomore year and the first half of junior year was a lot more wild than second semester junior year and so far this year.” fitzgelm@miamioh.edu

Football falls flat in second half, loses at KSU FROM FOOTBALL PAGE 14

quarter, KSU got on the board first by way of a 23-yard Shane Hynes field goal at the second period’s 12:07 mark. Yet, despite Paul Haynes’ side opening up the scoring, it was all Miami after Kent’s initial three points.

With Redshirt junior quarterback Gus Ragland out with injury, junior Billy Bahl filled in and — given that he hasn’t started a game since last season — put together a fighting road performance for the Red and White.

With 8:33 left in the first half, the junior

quarterback found junior wide receiver James Gardner open for a 13-yard touchdown, making the score 7-3.

To end the first 30 minutes of play, Bahl spotted an open senior tight end Ryan Smith from two yards out to increase MU’s margin to 14-3. This would be the most points scored by the visitors.

In the second half, the script flipped.

“Defense doesn’t play good in the third quarter — they give up one super-long drive; they hadn’t done that all day,” Martin said.

“Then they give up a short pass for an 80yard touchdown, now we’re up against it, and we miss a short field goal to tie it.”

Beginning in the third quarter, junior quarterback George Bollas — despite only attempting 14 passes — led the Golden Flashes comeback effort.

At the 8:43 mark, Bollas tossed his first of two third period scores, finding sophomore running back Justin Rankin for a four-yard touchdown. The score would remain 14-10 MU until the end of the period.

Hauling in one of his three grabs on the day, sophomore wide receiver Mike Carrigan created separation and was on the receiving end of an 84-yard touchdown from Bollas.

The score would stay 17-14 for the rest of the game, resulting in a RedHawks defeat and a

Golden Flashes comeback.

While the loss stings, Miami saw success in the running game.

“We did run the ball effectively, all day, against a team that’s hard to run against,” Martin said in his postgame press conference.

“We blocked it good, ran it good, should’ve controlled it more. Again, we got to look at it, but we’re probably going to have to rely on our running attack even more.”

The next time the ‘Hawks take the field will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at home. The conference affair will be live streamed on ESPN3. gilliecj@miamioh.edu

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Oxford City Council debate: Why students should care bly linked, and as at least temporary citizens of this town, we have a vested interest in paying attention to its government.

With the exception of Miami administration, Oxford municipal governance makes some of the most influential decisions about how we live our lives. They influence house pricing and availability through zoning, they shape the local business landscape through development efforts and they help control public safety through the OPD and OFD. It is imperative for students to understand the necessity of maintaining a

The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

For the first time since The Miami Student newspaper’s inception, we will be hosting an Oxford City Council debate. All nine candidates will attend and answer questions submitted by College Democrats, College Republicans, Associated Student Government (ASG) and President Greg Crawford and then posed by The Miami Student.

City council, and Oxford’s local politics in general, are generally detached from the student body. However, the city and the university are inextrica-

strong relationship with our local government.

With a student running in the election, this year, more than ever, presents an opportunity to bring Oxford and Miami together.

Before you attend the debate, we recommend you do a few things to brush up on this year’s City Council election.

Read up on who’s running. Our website has everything from the candidates’ backgrounds to their online platforms.

And you can always tweet us, @miamistudent, using the #OxDebate if you have any questions.

And while we strongly recommend

showing up this Wednesday, we understand that not everyone can. So we’ve got you covered. You can watch our Facebook livestream from home while studying for midterms or read our coverage of the debate afterward on miamistudent.net.

And regardless of whether or not you can make it to the debate, everyone should visit the Butler County Board of Election’s website to check voting status, voting location and more. And on November 7, the most important thing you can do is VOTE. The debate will take place 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday in Wilks Theater.

CAMPAIGN POSTERS ORNAMENT THE INTERSECTION OF CAMPUS AND HIGH STREETS. RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

University must be clearer about alcohol punishment DARCY KEENAN COLUMNIST

The first weekend I was on campus this year, I got a call from a friend saying that she wanted company because she had been drinking and her roommate had not moved in yet. I ran to her dorm, and when I saw how intoxicated she was, I panicked and ended up calling the Miami Police under the assumption that it would be considered a Good Samaritan call.

Weeks later, she got an email saying she had an alcohol violation. Confused, she called the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) and she was told that because she refused medical attention it did not count as a Good Samaritan call.

I was upset because apparently I never had an accurate understanding of the Good Samaritan policy. I did not realize that refusing medical attention would void the Good Samaritan call. That was never explained to me — not in the mandatory AlcoholEdu I had to take before freshman year, not in any of my classes when it was brought up by my peers or professors and not by the officers that I spoke to on the night of her infraction.

In fact, not only did the officers fail to mention that refusing medical treatment would result in the invalidation of the Good Samaritan call, but we were told that because she only blew a .16 when she was breathalyzed,

she did not need medical attention. She was offered the treatment and told that denying it would in no way change the outcome of the night. So instead of just failing to mention that important fact, we were told the wrong information.

Last year, I was being stupid and I decided to drink in my dorm. On a trip to the bathroom I ran into my RA, and without saying anything to me, they decided to write me up.

Three weeks later, an email came through that said I had an alcohol violation.

An alcohol violation comes with hundreds of dollars in fines and probation for the rest of your Miami career (there is a chance that if your second violation is two full years after the first, they will consider it a first offense – but it is not guaranteed). The easiest fine to deal with is the $50 fine that comes with breaking the underage drinking law. Next is the price of the four-hour alcohol and substance abuse class, which costs $200. Lastly is the $250 fine for the student assessment.

This adds up to a full $500.

Besides the financial burden, there is the crushing fear that if somehow you get another infringement, you will be suspended for the next full semester. However, the suspension could be longer. You could be suspended for the rest of the current semester (without a tuition refund, obviously) and the upcoming winter and/or summer terms.

Are these punishments too harsh? Is it fair

that a student has to pay $200 for a class that is not going to make much of a difference?

When I went, my facilitator told my class that he did not want to be there. We flew through the information and were let out two hours early. This means that I spent $100 per hour for a class that was just a repeat of the same information that has been thrown at me for as long as I can remember. Teach me something new – teach me what really happens when I mix alcohol with my anti-depressants, tell me how to buy a breathalyzer for myself so that I can make sure my BAC doesn’t get too high. Teach me the things that I don’t have to research on my own.

Moreso, the $250 student assessment fee is outrageous at best. The student assessment is just 10 statements that you agree, strongly agree, disagree or strongly disagree with. Each answer is assigned a number and when the questions are finished, your answers are added up. If you score above a certain number, alcohol counseling is required.

The entire process takes about 15 minutes.

There is no reason for me to pay such an absurd amount for 15 minutes of casual questions that will end up telling me something I already know.

Miami needs to explain its Good Samaritan policy better, but more importantly, Miami needs to evaluate the consequences, especially financially, of alcohol offenses. keenandm@miamioh.edu

Tobacco free? Double standard between staff and students with Miami’s no smoking policy MICHAEL STEMMLER THE MIAMI STUDENT

With my red Miami tote in hand, I followed my tour group into the Armstrong Student Center. As our guide explained the history behind the latest project on campus and pointed out the countless dining options available, she took a moment to point out the red and white sign we passed before entering. “I don’t know if you saw the sign, but Miami is proud to be a tobacco-free campus.”

I thought this was fantastic. My home was going to be a smoke-free environment where I didn’t have to encounter the terrible smell mixed with harmful side effects of constantly being around cigarettes. Then, I lived here for almost one and a half years, and I quickly realized being a tobacco-free campus was more of a goal at Miami than a reality.

Whether it’s the constant cigarette butts I see outside of my dorm or the multitude of students who stand in the parking lots and sidewalks smoking between classes, it’s apparent that Miami is not a tobacco-free campus. Yet, once I started realizing this, I tried to see who the smokers were on campus, and I discovered something surprising – many students smoke, but so does the staff.

Early in the morning, as I walk to my 8:30s, there are members of the housekeeping staff smoking in their cars before

their day starts. As I walk to lunch, members of the dining staff are smoking outside the dining halls. As I walk back to my dorm after lunch, professors are smoking outside of their academic buildings. Each

their own choice, but it creates a double standard for the university when its own staff continuously smokes on campus.

Only once have I seen someone, who I presume was a professor, tell a student to put

one of these staffers can usually be found in the same place every day; it’s a part of their routine.

Now, I don’t have anything against those who smoke because their health is

out their cigarette. On the other hand, I don’t think a student would ever tell a professor to put out theirs.

So, if we have signs all around campus that declare Miami is tobacco-free, why

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isn’t it enforced like other aspects on campus? You can freely smoke on a no-smoking campus, but if you dare park your car in the wrong spot, parking services immediately jumps on you with ridiculous tickets and fines. If you can’t park for two minutes outside of MacCracken Market, why can you get away with smoking a cigarette in the parking lot outside of Bachelor?

I’m certain that secondhand smoke is more of a danger to us than an expired parking meter or a car in the wrong parking lot; however, if there is no one to enforce Miami’s tobacco-free policy, then it seems the university is more concerned with making money off parking fines than enforcing a rule they champion during the student recruitment process.

I loved the idea of having a tobacco-free campus, but if there is no entity to enforce that rule, then there should at least be the infrastructure to support it. If stopping students and staff from smoking altogether doesn’t work, designated smoking zones with proper ash and cigarette receptacles would limit smoking to certain areas of campus. This would lead to less litter and a controlled smoking environment. Overall, if Miami’s staff smokes, so will Miami’s students, and if the university wants to truly be a smoke-free campus, changes must be made. stemmlmf@miamioh.edu

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Stem cells: The tale behind the taboo science MAX MATSON COLUMNIST

In January 1950, the prolific botanist Elvin C. Stakman provided the following quote to Life Magazine: “Science cannot stop while ethics catches up…and nobody should expect scientists to do all the thinking for the country.”

In an age of exponential technological advancement, the question of why we innovate is becoming increasingly less important than the question of how.

Technology is increasingly global, increasingly affordable and increasingly complex, but with so much innovation surrounding us all the time, it’s easy to grow desensitized. To contextualize this assertion, consider the issue of stem cell research.

First, what are stem cells? The short, non-technical answer is that stem cells are a type of multipurpose cell which can be utilized by the body (or by scientists) to form the building blocks of various tissues. Your body currently contains stem cells called somatic cells which repair your bodily tissues when they are damaged and which have the ability to transform themselves into one of several different types of tissues. But it’s another, much more complicated type of stem cell at the root of the debate over stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells are similar to adult somatic cells in that they do not correspond to a specific type of tissue and are therefore able to differentiate themselves into any of the 225 different types of cells found in the bodies of adult humans. However, the utility of embryonic stem cells does not end at their polymorphic qualities. Unlike any other type of human cell, embryonic stem cells are infinitely self-replicating, meaning that they can produce copies of themselves without limit, allowing for incredible versatility in laboratory settings. It is this unique ability which has branded stem cell research the scientific boom of the century. But of course, no innovation is without its detractors.

Stem cell research has come to exist in the strange space where political agendas run in tandem with religious ones, suspended forever in an ideological jello with little hope of ever breaking free. Tell someone they’re wrong and you might get punched in the face; tell someone their god is wrong and you

might get beheaded. In this hostile climate, the issue has been treated almost identically to other issues of body rights (such as abortion), and the people who understand little to nothing about the actual science behind the research (people like me!) are often those who think themselves the most qualified to ascend to their pulpit and condemn its continuation. While it would be easy to write off the beliefs of such people as ridiculous, it’s hard to blame them for being skeptical of the frantic pace at which science is evolving beyond established norms of human morality. After all, a healthy level of skepticism is critical in an age of fake news. And while the vast-majority of us happily embrace each new “game changer” of a smartphone each year, we all have our own unique anxieties regarding the future.

Whether through our movies (“Blade Runner,” “The Matrix,” “The Hunger Games,” etc.), our television or even our music (ever heard a Radiohead song that didn’t sound like a robot trying to murder someone?), it’s clear that the shiny new tomorrow portrayed in every Apple ad is not without its own dark possibilities. Writers like Kurt Vonnegut and George Orwell may well have predicted our ever-growing reliance on technology, but what they could not have predicted is our defiant refusal to let go of the past in response. The cornerstone of any dystopia is complacency, and with a world of paleo-diet eaters, vinyl listeners and urban farmers, it seems that we may yet have the propensity for proving the power of hipsterdom over technological subservience. While it’s easy to blame the pseudo-scientists, theocrats, anti-vaccers and analog hipsters of the world for holding us back from innovation, it just may be their special brand of insufferable that’s held us back from disaster for so long.

The objective good that stem cell research will do for our species far outweighs the perceived downsides; however that’s just one man’s opinion. Until the majority of Americans either share such beliefs, or simply become too ambivalent to the issue to care anymore, stem cell research will remain little more than a promising possibility. matsonrm@miamioh.edu

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Trump’s action on the Iran Deal good for America LUKE SCHROEDER COLUMNIST

Last Friday, President Trump announced the decertification of the Iran Nuclear Deal.

While this move has attracted high volumes of criticism, it is the right course of action.

To understand why this is the right decision, let’s take a step back to 2013.

At that time, members of the international community were deeply concerned with Iran’s nuclear ambitions. A nation where chants such as “Death to America” are common should never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

Under the Obama administration, the U.S. joined the U.N. Security Council in negotiations with Iran. By the end of 2013, the talks had resulted in the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), a temporary agreement that reduced economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for a freeze of that nation’s nuclear weapons program.

Negotiations continued for nearly two more years, and eventually led to the adoption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), more commonly known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. The Deal eliminated over $100 billion in international sanctions on Iran in exchange for a weakening of Iran’s nuclear program. As part of the final agreement, the United States also payed Iran nearly $2 billion, including $400 million in cash.

Critics of the deal frequently cite its sunset provisions, which lift key nuclear restrictions a few years after they take effect, as fundamental flaws. In their eyes, significant Iranian sanctions relief don’t justify temporary and easily reversible nuclear restrictions.

One such critic, then-presidential candidate Trump, promised on numerous occasions to “rip up” the Iran Deal upon taking office.

This brings us to the present, nearly nine months into President Trump’s first term.

What exactly did Trump do to the Nuclear Deal? Did he fulfill his campaign threat to withdraw? Not quite.

On the heels of the deal’s approval, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which granted Congress oversight power of the agreement.

A component of this law requires the President to certify Iran’s adherence to the Nuclear Deal every 90 days. The Obama administration continually certified the deal, and Trump (begrudgingly) certified it twice.

Trump broke the trend last Friday. It’s important to understand what the president actually did – he did not withdraw from the Iran deal. His decertification is limited to domestic implications under the aforementioned Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, leaving the deal untouched in an international capacity.

Why did Trump take this course of action?

Why is this action beneficial to U.S. national

security?

As President Trump stated in his announcement of decertification, “on two separate occasions, [Iran has] exceeded the limit of 130 metric tons of heavy water … [they] also failed to meet our expectations in [their] operation of advanced centrifuges. The Iranian regime has also intimidated international inspectors into not using the full inspection authorities that the agreement calls for.”

Iran, as recently as last month, has also violated U.N. Security Council Resolutions through their testing of ballistic missiles.

As reported by CNN, “The missiles, capable of reaching Iran’s archenemy Israel, were marked with a statement in Hebrew reading ‘Israel must be wiped off the Earth.’”

Further, the state of Iran, according to a report from Obama’s own State Department, “remained the foremost state sponsor of terrorism in 2015, providing a range of support, including financial, training and equipment, to groups around the world.”

The regime in Iran defies international agreements, continues to threaten U.S. allies and sponsors terror around the globe. Iran is not deserving of the sanctions relief they are currently receiving under the Iran Deal.

Trump’s decertification of the deal is a warning shot across Iran’s bow, and a call to action for Congress. As a result of President Trump’s action, Congress now has 60 days to find solutions that will make the Iran Deal more effective.

According to a fact sheet from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, recently introduced legislation would require an “automatic snapback of U.S. sanctions should Iran go under a one year ‘breakout’ period and move closer to a nuclear weapon.”

The legislation, introduced by Senators Cotton (R-AR) and Corker (R-TN), would also impose new restrictions which would “effectively [rid] the JCPOA of its sunset provisions as they apply to U.S. sanctions bolster [International Atomic Energy Agency] verification powers; and limit Iran’s advanced centrifuge program.”

These steps are vitally needed in order to keep Iran in check. Congress should act soon to strengthen the force of the agreement and correct its flaws. Striking sunset provisions (in favor of permanent requirements), forcing more transparency and confining Iran’s nuclear capabilities would accomplish these objectives.

As we now see in North Korea, inaction only allows threats to advance. Now is not the time to stand idly by.

We should all hope that the result of Trump’s decertification is a more robust and permanent nuclear deal that will forever prohibit Iran’s development of nuclear arms. schroelm@miamioh.edu

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RedHawks earn first two wins in overtime thrillers SOCCER

BEN PANZECA

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

The RedHawks should be flying high following a victorious weekend at home. Continuing conference play, Miami hosted Central Michigan on Friday afternoon and battled Eastern Michigan on Sunday. Entering the weekend without a win, and only a single point on the season, the Red and White were desperate to keep their hopes of a MAC Tournament berth alive.

Pulling away with 2-1 and 3-2 overtime victories, they saved their season, for the time being.

For much of the first half on Friday, fans were treated to a defensive stalemate. Still without injured sophomore midfielder Olivia Winnett, the RedHawks depended on freshman midfielder Soph Spinell to lead the attack. In the 38th minute, Spinell delivered a cross into the box that found the feet of senior forward Chloe Knue, who calmly tapped the ball into the corner. For the first time on the year, Miami had a lead going into halftime.

Miami’s back line continued its strong play against the Chippewas in the second half, but a solo run and a timely finish from CMU junior forward Madison Costner tied the match in the 86th minute.

“That was a tough pill to swallow, but what our team has gone through prepared them for

that,” head coach Hugh Seyfarth said. “We’ve endured so many rough games that we didn’t get anything out of, but we played hard and had that inner drive, inner commitment and inner belief to say, ‘We’re going to win this game.’”

The RedHawks were hardly newcomers to overtime contests, with three of their previous four matches going into an extra period of sudden death play. A foul was given to Miami on the right side of the penalty box with about five minutes left in the first overtime, and the RedHawks capitalized on their opportunity.

Senior midfielder Amy Malone curled a ball into a mess of players in the box, and 5’10” sophomore defender Lydia Brosnahan rose above the crowd and headed it into the net, securing their first victory of the season at 2-1.

“A great ball by Amy,” Seyfarth said, “and Lydia, deservingly so, is the ‘man of the match.’”

Carrying the momentum into Sunday’s match against Eastern Michigan, the RedHawks came out the gate looking confident and committed in the attack. Their path to a second win, however, met an obstacle less than ten minutes in. EMU Redshirt junior midfielder Kristin Nason bodied her way down the left wing and slotted a ball to her freshman teammate Parys Kerr, who gave the Eagles’ a 1-0 lead. Ten minutes later, a lapse in concentration from Miami’s back line led to Eastern Mich-

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igan tacking on another goal, and doubling their lead.

Clearly frustrated, and knowing they had gifted their opponents with two avoidable goals, the RedHawks did not lie down but increased the pressure on the Eagles’ back line. Two minutes after conceding their second goal of the afternoon, the

RedHawks answered back when Spinell led an attack down the right side, and crossed the ball into senior midfielder Kat Zalar, who finished with a header and cut Eastern Michigan’s lead in half.

Miami poured on the pressure and a second goal seemed to be looming, especially when

Seyfarth put in one of the RedHawks best spark plug substitutes, junior midfielder Bianca Medancic. Eastern Michigan entered halftime with a 2-1 lead, but the Red and White were prepared to finish the comeback.

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Hockey battles through back-and-forth to 7-5 win HOCKEY

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

SENIOR KATIE TOMASIC WAS AN INTEGRAL PART TO MIAMI VOLLEYBALL’S TWO-WIN WEEKEND AT MILLETT HALL. JUGAL JAIN THE MIAMI STUDENT

RedHawks fall flat in second half, lose at KSU FOOTBALL

COBURN GILLIES STAFF WRITER

In a tale of two halves, an 11-point halftime lead wasn’t enough for Miami -- Kent State University came roaring back to beat Miami football 17-14.

Despite out-gaining the host’s 335-328 yards and holding a 19-12 first down advantage, the RedHawks lost for the third straight week.

Miami went into their date with Notre Dame with a 2-2 record and there was optimism about the future. Yet, all that’s followed is disappointment coming in the form of a trio of losses — two on the road, one at home.

If there’s any team in the nation that can overcome this slow start, it’s the Red and White.

After all, the program pulled off the impossible last year -- qualifying for a bowl game by winning six straight contests after starting the season at an 0-6 mark.

“We’re not going to change,” Head Coach Chuck Martin said.

“Same thing as last year: we’re going to keep getting better, keep playing the kids we need to be playing.”

As a result of the road defeat, the RedHawks (2-5, 1-2) continue to tumble down the Mid-American Conference standings. This recent decline sees MU locked in a tie for last place in the East Division.

Now occupying their division’s basement, some feel now’s not time for the ‘Hawks to worry so much about the future.

“We got to quit worrying about big picture,” Martin said.

“We are going to play tight games. That’s what we’re going to play. We’re good enough to be in every game.”

Kent State (2-5, 1-2) entered Saturday’s matchup on the heels of a four-game skid. During the span, the Golden Flashes scored a total of 19 points, allowing for Miami to prepare for a low scoring contest.

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Miami hockey battled to a 7-5 exhibition victory over the USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, as six RedHawks had multi-point nights including junior defenseman Grant Hutton and sophomore forward Gordie Green with two goals each.

After a disappointing start to their season at home, the RedHawks found their first victory against the Under-18 USANTDP team. The ’Hawks travelled to Plymouth, Michigan for the exhibition game and sophomore Chase Munroe got the nod to start in net.

“I thought we played well in certain areas,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said to MiamiRedHawks. com. “That’s a good team with a lot of skill. We took another step forward tonight.”

The first half of the first period was played with few stoppages, and the teams evenly tested the opponent’s goalies with a handful of early shots. U-18 forward Jack DeBoer managed to put his team on the board at 9:19. Miami was awarded a powerplay and a chance to even the score. At 11:26 Hutton capitalized on the man-advantage off of a backdoor feed from junior forward Josh Melnick to tie the game.

Miami dominated play for the remainder of the period and eventually outshot the U-18s 13-4 in the first 20 minutes. MU looked

for the go-ahead goal during another power play, but the U-18s killed it off. It looked as if the first period would end as a 1-1 tie, but a shot that Hutton flung through traffic found the back of the net with 1.1 seconds left in the period to make it 2-1.

The second period action started early with another power play to jump start the RedHawk offense.

The two minute man-advantage came and went, though Green knocked a rebound into an open net with just under four minutes gone in the frame. Not even two minutes later, junior forward Ryan Siroky hustled for a loose puck at the blue line, drove the net and scored unassisted at 5:30.

Team USA chipped away at Miami’s 4-1 lead -- forwards Jonathan Gruden scored to make it 4-2 and Jake Pivonka had a short handed goal to make it 4-3 halfway through the period. The RedHawks and the U-18s traded penalties and several shots before forward Oliver Wahlstrom erased Miami’s three goal lead at 16:15 of the period.

True to the back-and-forth nature of the game, 30 seconds later Miami junior forward Zach LaValle whacked a puck past goaltender Jonathan Mor. The goal would be the last of the six second period goals and Miami went to intermission up 5-4.

The third started with an opportunity for Miami but Mor shut down the ’Hawks’ scoring chance off the rush. Mor’s save proved crucial, as USANTDP’s DeBoer scored his second of the game off

a back door feed and tied Miami 5-5 only a minute into the period.

Offensively relentless, Miami fought back for the lead. Melnick lost his stick at Miami’s blue line but managed to kick the puck to the breaking-away Green from Team USA’s blue line. Green beat Mor glove side for the go-ahead goal at 6:04 in the third.

Shortly after, Miami’s defense was tested on the penalty kill but the RedHawks determinedly killed it off. The ’Hawks drained the clock and held off the U-18s through 6-on-5 play when they pulled Mor for the extra skater.

Sophomore forward Carson Meyer rounded out the 7-5 high scoring game with an empty net goal a second before the horn sounded.

The RedHawks outshot Team USA 32-21, went 1-for-6 on the power play and killed off both of the U-18s power plays. Munroe made 16 saves and, besides Hutton and Green’s two-goal nights, Melnick (three assists), senior defenseman Louie Belpedio (two assists), freshman forward Phil Knies (two assists) and LaValle (one goal, one assist) all finished with multiple points. Hutton has logged three goals in four games on the season.

Though the outcome was in Miami’s favor, the high scoring game highlighted the need for improved puck management. The team looks to make necessary adjustments when they travel to Orono, Maine this weekend to face off against the University of Maine.

Puck drop is on Friday at 7 p.m. simansec@miamioh.edu

Flavin focuses on golf, family and future GOLF

JILL COFSKEY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

If you’re looking for senior Patrick Flavin, you can find him at one of three places: the golf course, the putting green or the driving range.

Since his dad began encouraging him and his brother to play, Patrick estimates that he has played 3,000 rounds of golf. That’s somewhere around 54,000 holes and more putts and drives than we have time to count.

Patrick hasn’t always played golf. Before he stepped foot on a course, he played both baseball and soccer. It wasn’t until his junior year of high school that he made the decision to solely pursue golf.

“Baseball was a spring sport where I’m from and [...] it was to the point where I would start going to

play golf before school -- early, like 7 a.m. just to play nine holes.”

You might think that doing the same thing that many times would get old, but Patrick isn’t getting tired of it anytime soon.

“For me, plan number one is to play golf,” Flavin said of his goals after graduation. He will graduate with a degree in Economics, but for Pat that’s a back-up. He wants to have a career on the course.

Based off of his track record thus far, professional golf is not out of reach.

This past summer, he won both the Illinois Amateur and the Illinois Open, becoming only the second player in history to do so.

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