The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826
VOLUME 140 NO. 13
TUESday, OCTOBER 2, 2012
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO
TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1962 The Miami Student reported that the CBS show “Barry Goldwater – The View From the Right” would depict Senator Goldwater’s visit to Miami University. The broadcast was coast to coast at 10 p.m. on a Thursday night. It featured clips from Goldwater’s speech in Withrow Court and a sequence from an interview with four Miami students.
‘Take Back the Night’ reclaims the F-WORD By Allison McGillivray Campus Editor
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BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT
Seaview Outfitters invited Tim Easton to perform at the Seaview Concert in the Park in Uptown Park Saturday.
Feminists Working on Real Democracy (The F-WORD) will put on ‘Take Back the Night’ Wednesday, Oct. 3 with a few changes. The changes to ‘Take Back the Night’ are part of a movement by The F-WORD to advertise its genderinclusivity, which also included a name change from Association for Women Students (AWS). The name AWS may have caused Miami students to think that only women can be members of the organization and was not explicit that the organization is a feminist group, according to The F-WORD CoPresident senior Tamika Turner. “It’s sort of a play on the fact that people consider ‘feminist’ to be a dirty word or a label that they don’t want attached to them,” Turner said. Vice President Taylor Slayback said The F-WORD does not exist just to support women but to support all oppressed groups. “Men are just as affected by
gender roles,” Slayback said. However, Slayback said men’s gender roles are generally less oppressive than those of other genders. The title of the organization also describes the group’s purpose, according to Turner. “The Working on Real Democracy part alludes to the fact that without people on the basis of their gender, race, sexual orientation, or gender identity or a plethora of things if they don’t have equal social standing, regardless of what the law says it’s not really a real democracy, you don’t have that equal say in politics or the political structure in your own country if you don’t have equal social rights,” Turner said. The ‘Take Back the Night’ event is about people reclaiming the ability to walk alone at night without fear of rape or sexual assault, according to Turner. “As the name implies it’s about rejecting the idea that women don’t have ownership of the same public spaces as men do, that women should be afraid to walk out at night by themselves, that they should have
these confined lives because of rape and sexual assault,” Turner said. The event’s importance to Oxford is in part to raise awareness that rape and sexual assault is an issue at Miami University, according Treasurer senior Andrea Myers. “A lot of people seem to think that Oxford is this safe little bubble of a town where nothing bad ever happens but every year before the time that we do this event there is always some sort of rape or sexual assault on campus,” Myers said. Though it is most known for its march, ‘Take Back the Night’ is a two part event. The first part of the event is the speakouts, which provide chances for people who are victims of rape or sexual assault or are close to a person who is a victim of rape or sexual assault, to talk about their experiences, according to The F-WORD PR Chair junior Carleigh LaFrance. “Above all it’s a place where people who have survived sexual
Anarchy in Akron: Dysert leads ’Hawks to wild win Students who binge drink may report higher levels of happiness, study says By Tom Downey Senior Staff Writer
The Miami University football team improved to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) as redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert carried the team to a 56-49 shootout victory over the University of Akron in a record setting performance Saturday. The victory also got the Red and White over the .500 mark for the first time since 2010. Dysert became the first player in NCAA history to throw for over 500 yards and rush for over 100 yards in a single game. “It’s awesome, but the most important thing is we got the win,” Dysert said. “Without the receivers, the offensive line, the running backs and the whole offense, that would not have happened. I gotta give credit to them and I thank God for that. We played great.” Dysert set the school record for touchdown passes in a single game, finding the end zone six times, breaking the mark he held along with Ben Roethlisberger and Sammy Rickets. “Incredible,” senior wide receiver Andy Cruse said. “It was quite a performance by him. He played really well. I think the whole offense did well.” Dysert also set a school and MAC record for total offense with 624 yards. The co-captain also ran for a career-high 108 yards and
threw for a career-high 516 yards. “That was absolutely an amazing game for him,” junior linebacker Chris Wade said. “I’m happy for him.” The 516 passing yards is good for third all-time in the MAC and second in team history, behind Ben Roethlisberger’s 525 yards in 2002 against Northern Illinois University. “The opportunity presented itself for us to throw the ball,” Cruse said. “I think the entire offense played well.” The RedHawks finished the day with 705 yards of total offense and 42 first downs, both of which are new school records. After a back and forth game where the RedHawks fell behind by one point late, Dysert led the team on a drive that lasted just over six minutes to take the lead. However, it was redshirt junior running back Justin Semmes that scored the game-winning touchdown, as Semmes punched it in from three yards out. Semmes finished the game with 20 yards on six carries. “I don’t think I’ve ever been in a game like that in all of my college years,” Wade said. With junior wide receiver Nick Harwell still out with a leg injury, sophomore wide receiver Dawan Scott was the beneficiary of several Dysert throws, catching 11 balls for
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MIKE ZATT THE MIAMI STUDENT
A recent study connected high frequencies of binge drinking with self-reported happiness in college students.
By Emily Glaser Senior Staff Writer
College students who participate in keg stands, pre-gaming and pub-crawls are likely to have a better college experience, according to a paper presented at the American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting in August. The study, conducted at Colgate University, found that binge drinking was strongly connected to social satisfaction. The study is
women and five drinks for men in one drinking session at least once every 14 days. The research found that binge drinking was more common among “higher status students,” students who are white, male, heterosexual and Greek affiliated. Additionally, it found that higher status students tend to be happier with their social lives. “Lower Status” students (female, non-white, less wealthy, nonGreek affiliated and members of the
Hsu said her data does not specifically answer whether it is the drinking that causes happier students or the social atmosphere. “With our data, we cannot directly answer the question about actual drinking versus social aspect,” Hsu said via e-mail. “Our results seem to indicate that the social aspect plays a large role, but you have to do another, different kind of study to really nail down a conclusion on the issue.” Rose Marie Ward, associate pro-
People who reported being more social or out to have a good time tend to drink more than people who said they were more introverted.” ROSE MARIE WARD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH
MIAMI ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Miami University redshirt junior running back Justin Semmes punches in the game-winning score Saturday against the University of Akron.
currently unpublished, but Carolyn Hsu, co-author of the study and associate professor of sociology at Colgate University, said she is revising the study and hopes to submit it for journal publication. Hsu surveyed nearly 1,600 undergraduates at Colgate University to measure their level of social satisfaction and their level of binge drinking. The surveys defined binge drinking as at least four drinks for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community) who engage in binge drinking are happier with their college experience than their non-binge drinking peers. Whether they were classified as higher or lower, students who reported that they engaged in binge drinking also reported a higher level of social satisfaction than their peers who did not, according to Hsu.
fessor of Kinesiology and Health, has done extensive research on the campus drinking culture at Miami University. “I think the study seems legitimate, but without seeing the original data, I do not know if there are confounding variables that could also explain this relationship,” Ward
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