October 5, 2012 | The Miami Student

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VOLUME 140 NO. 14

FRIday, OCTOBER 5, 2012

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1953, The Miami Student reported that the Mclure-Hinle bill had passed the Ohio General Assembly and the desk of Gov. Lausche and permitted Miami to fund the creation of a new student center. The article began, “Members of the incoming Freshman class will be one of the first to enjoy the University Student Center toward which Miamians have been working for many years.”

Student impresses with summer research

CONTRIBUTED BY ALEX MCFARLAND

By Emily Glaser Senior Staff Writer

Note to professors: most students dread sharing interesting facts about their summers with the rest of the class on the first day of school. But this year, Miami University junior Alex McFarland had a good one; he researched orangutans in Borneo.

McFarland participated in Earth Expeditions, a Miami program that has courses in 12 countries around the world that is offered mostly to master’s degree candidates and teachers, but accepts select undergraduate students, like McFarland.

Earth Expeditions is part of Project Dragonfly, a program created

by Miami faculty and students in 1994 that supports community engagement in science.

McFarland was accepted into the

Earth Expeditions program in Borneo, a tropical island near Malaysia, where the course focused on primate conservation. He used his trip as the basis for his research for Miami’s Undergraduate Summer Scholars (USS) program. He wanted to compare orangutans in the wild to orangutans in captivity at the Cincinnati zoo.

While in Borneo, McFarland observed some key traits of orangutans.

“Orangutans spend about seven years with their moms,” McFarland said. “They spend that time period learning skills for survival, how to build nests, what foods to eat and such.”

The orangutans McFarland observed at the Cincinnati zoo spent more time on the ground than orangutans in the wild do, according to McFarland.

They also do not build nests,

whereas wild orangutans build a new nest every night. According to McFarland, this could be because of lack of materials in captivity or because they were born in captivity, so never learned to nest.

McFarland said about 85 percent of Borneo’s forests have been logged for use in palm oil plantations, limiting the orangutan’s natural habitat.

“The problem becomes, with such a rapid increase in habitat loss, the influx of orphans into rehabilitation centers is considerably higher,” McFarland said. “The people who work at the centers are typically local people who are donating their time. They are not trained to work with orangutans.”

Through his research, McFarland hopes to discover a unified plan for how to approach

orangutan rehabilitation.

“If we look at how they behave in captivity, what works and what doesn’t work for them, and their mental and physical health, then we can use that as a model for rehabilitation centers in the wild,” McFarland said.

McFarland’s research was a formative experience for the undergrad.

Scott Suarez, assistant professor of anthropology at Miami and McFarland’s research mentor, said he thinks the trip was very important for McFarland.

“I think he came back transformed from this trip,” Suarez said. “He left with an interest in primates, but he came back so motivated. You can’t get this kind of knowledge from a book.”

McFarland said he was inspired by the villagers’ affection

for the orangutans and their efforts to conserve them.

“One guy said something that really stuck with me,” McFarland said.

“He said, ‘Mallotus’ who is a young orangutan, ‘is the same age as my daughter, and when my daughter grows up, I want her to be able to share the forest with Mallotus.’”

Chris Myers, Miami zoology professor and founder and director of Project Dragonfly, said community engagement is one of the benefits of the program.

“It is a long running, successful program at Miami that supports community engagement in science and conservation,” Myers said. “…

It gives people the chance to be a part of making a social or environmental impact with some of the most critical and inspiring projects and sites worldwide.”

CONTRIBUTED BY ALEX MCFARLAND

McFarland’s summer research on the island of Borneo sought to find a way to improve wildlife rehabilitation for orangutans.

Fledgling ‘Hawks have big skates to fill Professor studies cancer education, decision making

By Tom Downey Senior Staff Writer

After losing one of the greatest senior classes in Miami University hockey history, Head Coach Enrico Blasi and the rest of the coaching staff have brought in yet another impressive freshman class. This 11-person class will be counted on to help replace the departed seniors.

“It is first and foremost a good group,” Blasi said. “They are players that we recruited to a certain culture and they fit in real well. They’ve got some talent and some grit, all the things that you look for in a big class.

The only thing they lack is experience and the only way to gain that is to play the game. All in all, I think it’s a pretty solid group.”

The RedHawks will need to replace two of the greatest goalies in Miami history with the departures of Connor Knapp and Cody Reichard. The Red and White will rely on a pair of talented freshman to do so.

Freshman Ryan McKay will likely be the No. 1 goalie to start the year, after performing extremely well in the United States Hockey League the past few years. However, the pressure of replacing a pair of greats does not worry McKay.

“As a goaltender, you worry about yourself and you get the job done yourself,” McKay said. “If you add extra pressure, you don’t get the results you want ultimately.”

Fellow freshman Jay Williams is also a talented goalie, and Blasi said he is just as good.

Freshman forward Sean Kuraly is arguably the gem of the class. Kuraly has the bloodlines every player dreams of and was drafted in the fifth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. Kuraly

HOCKEY, SEE PAGE 5

CONTRIBUTED BY JEFF SABO

The new Brotherhood recruits will open the season 4 p.m. Sunday in an exhibition against Western Ontario.

By Megan Thobe Staff Writer

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as charity events and awareness drives gain momentum across the country, one professor at Miami University has stepped in to lend an academic hand to the question of genetic breast cancer testing. Psychology professor Chris Wolfe is currently conducting a research project with a grant from the American Cancer Society to develop a technology that will help women understand the benefits and drawbacks of genetic breast cancer testing.

Wolfe is utilizing the program AutoTutor-Lite, which is an intelligent tutoring system that interacts with people in natural language.

According to senior Mandy Withrow, a member of Wolfe’s research team, the AutorTutor program will help women make more educated choices.

“It’s an alternative to having women just go online and stare at a website,” Withrow said. “Especially for something as sensitive as breast cancer, having something

that women can interact with can be really helpful.”

The technologies for AutoTutor have been developed within the past ten years and Wolfe’s project will be the first of its kind in the health care field.

“Some of these technologies are getting to the point where you really can have a conversation with them,” Wolfe said. “I really think that we can use so much of it to help people learn in these different settings.”

Interaction between the program and the subject is key.

The AutoTutor presents information about genetic breast cancer testing in a process similar to a Power Point Presentation. The program asks the subject questions that they must answer before they can move on to new information.

According to Wolfe, this process ensures the subject learns the material fully.

The program also connects to a database containing definitions and explanations of breast cancer terms

CANCER, SEE PAGE 5

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Miami music ensembles take on the Big Apple Alyssa Zediker

For the Miami Student

The 2011-2012 academic year was declared ‘Year of the Arts’ by President David Hodge, and James Lentini, director of the School of Creative Arts, took it as a chance to make a formal proposal to perform at Carnegie Hall.

Lentini said he had been trying to create such a trip since his first year at Miami University in 2007, but budget issues and tight schedules did not permit him to do so.

Finally, in 2011 Miami received approval from Carnegie Hall for a performance 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7 in front of more than 1,500 people.

Miami is sending seven ensembles: the Chamber Singers, Jazz Ensemble, Collegiate Chorale, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, the Choraliers and Men’s Glee Club. There will be 417 students performing.

Lentini said the trip gives students a unique experience.

“If you want to do something like Carnegie Hall, automatically you are giving your students potentially a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Lentini said.

Carnegie Hall opened in New York City in 1891 and has become a world-renowned concert hall and showcase for musicians of distinction in all genres.

Junior Victoria Barnhart, a member of Collegiate Choral, said she feels this opportunity gives her bragging rights. Being able to say she has performed on a world renowned stage is “priceless” in her eyes.

Many of the students performing on this renowned stage aren’t necessarily even studying music, Marketing and Communications Director for the School of Creative Arts, Jeanne Harmeyer said.

“In many cases these students are not music majors, so for a chemistry major to be able to perform on the stage of Carnegie Hall, that’s really something they will tell their grandkids about,” Harmeyer said.

Barnhart said she is most excited about performing onstage in her favorite city in the world, but she is also eager to explore parts of New York City that are less touristy since she has been to the city before. An additional benefit of a trip like this is the musicians have a chance to explore the city both Friday and Saturday afternoon following their rehearsals.

“I am super pumped [to go to New York], and I am happy that all the ensembles are going too because I have friends in [practically] every ensemble, so it’s going to be awesome,” Barnhart said.

Performing at Carnegie also gives the university an opportunity to reach out to alumni.

The Center for Performing Arts and the Alumni Center have organized events for both students and alumni in New York City like a pre-concert brunch.

Ray Mock, executive director of Miami Alumni Association, said the Alumni Center has been promoting this event for the past several months and have received a tremendous response. Mock said he feels the foresight to form a collaboration between the centers is

the reason for their success.

The ticket sales have been more successful than the original prediction of around a thousand attendees, but another section was opened when the ticket sales exceeded 1,500.

While advertising to create an audience for this event was important, it was only a portion of the planning. Massive amounts of data were collected from students and plans were made to move the instruments as well, according to Harmeyer.

Though various offices helped subsidize the cost of the trip, students on the trip did have to pay $250 to off-set the cost, according to Connie Asher, assistant to the dean for operations and finance in the School of Creative Arts.

Graduate assistant to director of Marketing and Communications for the School of Creative Arts, Chris Dudley spent most of his time working to collect student information and figuring out any problems that could arise.

“I would say between all the involved parties doing the planning every contingency that we could predict has been covered, and [everything] should go off without a hitch,” Dudley said.

Lentini said the amount of planning and rehearsals that have taken place makes him feel this will be a successful event and a great way to showcase what Miami has to offer. “[This opportunity] really shows that Miami has high quality ensembles and students, and the faculty members that direct the students are top notch,” Barnhart said.

ASG questions T-shirt portion of CAC budget

By Victoria Slater Senior Staff Writer

During the Associated Student Government (ASG) meeting Tuesday, ASG Vice President of Campus Activities Council (CAC) senior EJ Corporan and CAC Director of Finance junior Andrew Grinstein presented this year’s CAC budget.

The total projected spending stands at $240,270, which includes a $39,000 rollover from last year.

Corporan said the high rollover will cover emergencies if the funding for certain activities runs out before the events take place.

Additionally, Corporan and Grinstein said the most expensive events are the largest ones, such as Homecoming week and Family Weekend. Together the funding for these events account for 23 percent of the council’s total budget.

Corporan said CAC spending has received criticism in the past, due to frivolous expenditure.

The undergraduate activity fee in students’ tuition supplies the money in their budget.

However, Corporan said this year, each CAC board is expanding the amount of activities they will host.

After reviewing the budget, senator senior Paige Zenovic asked why CAC spends over $3,000 of its annual budget on tshirts for members alone.

In response to Zenovic’s inquiry, Corporan emphasized the importance of t-shirts and clarified how they are funded.

“[T-shirts] are a memento for members and to remind them of hard work they put into their activities,” Corporan said. “It distinguishes one event from the others. We put a limit on each tshirt to be $15 per person. Any other costs from there are paid out of pocket.”

Student Body President senior John Stefanski said CAC should fund wisely. As of right now, he said, the CAC budget does not have solid direction.

“This is not an acceptable budget,” he said. “The problem with their budget is that they don’t account for changes in what they do each year. I am very wary about them just throwing lump sums of cash everywhere and not knowing exactly where they’re throwing it.”

In his report later in the meeting, Stefanski touched on the four-year strategic plan for the reorganization of ASG. He said the president’s staff decided on three major topic areas for ASG. “We are making ASG’s purpose this year revolve around advocacy, outreach and internal management,” he said.

The meeting concluded with Treasurer junior Alex Busam’s presentation of ASG’s funding.

He said the student government’s current income is $110,887.

A senator initiative fund has been set aside in the ASG budget, that will devote money to senators who wish to put on events.

Additionally, Busam noted that there was no increase in payroll for cabinet members.

The budget was approved by unanimous consent.

University enjoys moment in TV spotlight

By Katie M. Taylor Senior Staff Writer

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Rachel Seminara and Timothy Enos participate in Greek Week raft races Monday at the Recreational Sports Center.

Mi Cup of Tea showcases undergraduate inquiry

By Bridget Vis

For The Miami Student

Mi Cup of Tea, an undergraduate inquiry journal, and one of Miami University’s newest student media organizations will go live Monday. The issue will feature three student projects.

“The goal of the journal is to showcase what great work undergraduates are doing at Miami,” said Laurie Jacob, Mi Cup of Tea’s business manager, who was part of the original student team organized by Western professor Hays Cummins tasked with creating the journal to showcase creative student endeavors.

“We call them inquiry projects instead of research projects because inquiry allows for the possibility of learning more than just about the project’s topic,

but about yourself and the world around you in the process,” Jacob said.

Any undergraduate working on that sort of project is eligible to submit a project proposal to Mi Cup of Tea on the journal’s website to be considered for publication.

Last spring, President David Hodge spoke at the group’s official launch party about the importance of undergraduate research, and this fall Mi Cup of Tea was recognized as a student media organization by the Committee of Student Media Organizations.

Jacob said Mi Cup of Tea publishes at the beginning of every semester because they accept submissions until the end of the

CUP OF TEA, SEE PAGE 9

Excitement spread among students and faculty after the popular NBC show The Office referenced Miami University in its ninth season premiere Sept. 20.

Early in the episode the character Kelly was shown running around the office throwing her winter jackets onto her coworkers’ desks. At the same time she was bragging about the warm weather she’d be enjoying once she got to Miami University, which she mistakenly thought was in Florida.

Claire Wagner, associate director of university communications, said she watched the episode and was pleasantly surprised when one of the characters pointed out on a map where Miami is actually located.

“The most recent [reference] from The Office let people know not only what part of Ohio we’re in, but brings up the point that that must be confusing pretty often,” Wagner said.

According to senior Eddie Kramer, word spread through Facebook of the university’s mention, which enticed him to find the episode on Hulu.

“I would have watched the episode anyway because I’m an Office fan, but [hearing about the reference] made me watch it sooner than I would have,” Kramer said.

Wagner said she was really excited to see the school recognized.

However, she said it has little significance, and will only minimally increase peoples’ awareness of the school.

Bill Brewer—clinical faculty in the communication department—agreed.

“It’s kind of that knee-jerk reaction to publicity,” Brewer said.

“That reaction is the thought that ‘everyone in the world sees this’.

Like if your name is mentioned in the paper your initial reaction is ‘oh my gosh everyone’s seeing this’ right? But that’s not true.”

The Office mention is not the first pop culture reference in Miami history.

Wagner recalled a 2008 Saturday Night Live clip with Andy Samberg and Paul Rudd playing college students sporting Miami apparel.

“It’s a skit that they’ve done frequently about a family called the Vogelcheks,” Wagner said. “Naturally, because it’s on SNL it’s silly, but it’s a family that doesn’t just give pecks on the cheek. They really kiss each other like boyfriend and girlfriend do: mom, dad, brothers—that’s the joke.”

In addition, Wagner mentioned the inclusion of the Farmer School of Business and Hall Auditorium in the 2011 film The Ides of March.

“If we go outside of Miami and go a hundred miles away from here and asked where Paul Ryan went to school no one would know… ” Brewer said. “We go to Miami, so we’re very aware of it, but it’s a blip to everyone else.”

According to Brewer, each reference has an effect on peoples’ awareness and perception of Miami, but the more lasting impressions come from other places.

“Every mention increases awareness,” Brewer said. “But, I think that Miami’s awareness is already high because news in world reports, and school reports and those kinds of things that

It’s kind of that knee-jerk reaction to publicity. That reaction is the thought that ‘everyone in the world sees this.’ ” Bill Brewer

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“The Ides of March was certainly a popular movie, and we play ourselves because it mattered for the plot that the presidential candidates were in Ohio,” Wagner said.

“We are in about the first four or five minutes of the movie,” Wagner said. “You can very clearly see the ‘Farmer School of Business’ sign and the front of the building, and they mention [the university] in the audio part while a debate is going on.”

In addition to these mentions, Kramer said he believes that vice presidential candidate and Miami alum, Paul Ryan, will increase awareness of the university as well. “[The media] mentions [Ryan’s education] whenever they talk about his background,” Kramer said. “People tend to research where politicians went to school, their education, their major, etcetera.”

However, Brewer said that though Ryan’s candidacy does slightly increase peoples’ awareness, it has very minimal affects.

are highly, highly visible.”

Associate professor in the communication department, professor Bruce Drushel, also said that Ryan’s candidacy will have a minimal impact on Miami’s acknowledgment. He pointed out that what usually has the biggest impact are controversial events.

“If you want to talk about national exposure, unfortunately it tends to be the very good and the very bad that probably shape more impressions,” Drushel said.

Brewer said that rather than relying on references in pop culture to enhance and strengthen awareness of the university, it is up to students to go out into the world and make that impression themselves; the success of the school is largely based on the success of its graduates.

“People who know about Miami I think generally have a very positive image of it just in terms of the graduates,” Brewer said.

“You know, everybody that graduates from here brings about an impression about Miami University as well.”

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HOCKEY, FROM PAGE 10

“It’ll be up to them,” Blasi said. “Both of them have had good falls here and are ready to go, and it’ll all be determined on how they play day-to-day. If they both deserve to play, then they’ll both play, and if one or the other is not getting the job done, we’ll go with one.”

Spinell is optimistic both will get the job done.

“You know what they say, that every goalie is a little weird,” Spinell said. “But these are good guys that have both worked extremely hard and put in a ton of time. I’m confident in either one of them when it comes game time.”

Another underclassmen the RedHawks need to step up is sophomore forward Austin Czarnik. He was Miami’s second highest scorer last year with 10 goals and 27 assists. With relatively few senior point-getters, the Red and White will need him to continue to contribute this season.

“I think I’ve just got to do the same thing,” Czarnik said. “I’ve got a bigger role now because [Reilly] Smith is gone. But [I’ll do] the same thing I’ve been doing: pass the puck, shoot when I get the chance and just keep on making plays.”

The Brotherhood opens the season against Western Ontario 4 p.m. Sunday at Goggin Ice Center.

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SOCCER, FROM PAGE 10

with offensive prowess. Defense was big in last Sunday’s victory over the Bobcats, while offense secured the win last Friday over Kent State.

“We’ve shown really nice balance all season long,” Kramig said. “When our defense struggles, like it did against Kent, our offense steps up and puts away goal after goal. I’m looking for this weekend for us to be sound over the course of both games

SWIMMING, FROM PAGE 10

“We get to eat diets of Olympians and perform in that kind of environment,” Whipp said.

The high-level training will help the ’Hawks to compete against Mid-American Conference (MAC) rival Eastern Michigan University. They will also face strong programs including the Ohio State University and the University at Buffalo.

Lindsay is convinced the emerging talent from new swimmers and returning swimmers will contribute to the team’s success.

“Some of the sophomores are bigger and stronger than they were last year and the upper classmen

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at both ends of the field. We’re going to have two great opportunities to do that, and I know we are capable of doing that, seeing what we’ve done at moments this year in practice and in games.”

Sophomore midfielder Kelsey Dinges said the team needs to stick to its identity this weekend, not caving in to pressures that Western and Eastern Michigan may present.

“We all know the type of game we play,” Dinges said. “Both teams are going to be physical

and are tough. That’s their style, but I think we did a good job keeping the game slowed down and seeing what direction it was going versus Kent, even though they wanted to play extremely fast, then putting it away on our terms. We have shown we can play fast, slow, offensively and defensively and if we can all be on the same page this weekend, we should come away with two more wins.”

Miami faces Western Michigan 4 p.m. Friday and Eastern Michigan 1 p.m. Sunday.

are focused,” Lindsay said. “Also, the talent that is showing up in the [freshman class] has got some of the upperclassmen excited about what is going to happen.”

Freshmen Davis Staley and Chris Deeter are already finishing with top times in their events, and sophomore Joe Baumgartner is expected to have another standout season this year.

The RedHawks expect to compete with strong breaststroke swimmers including Anderson Whipp, junior Jonathan Profitt, junior Will Olson and freshman Evan Bader.

“We have a strong breaststroke fleet,” Whipp said. “We are all top contenders in the MAC for our breaststroke events.”

A talented group of backstroke

swimmers are led by Joyce and include Staley, junior Sam Flessner, junior Mike Kline and freshman Sean Neri.

“Four of the five of us guys could possibly break the 200-meter backstroke varsity record this year,” Joyce said. “So we have a really good group of core guys who are close in ability for backstroke and breaststroke.”

Despite their talent, the RedHawks will face many challenging opponents, especially in the MAC, where the team finished fifth out of seven teams last year.

The men’s swimming and diving team kick off the season 10 a.m. Saturday at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatics Center with the Red & White Intrasquad.

Red and White prepare for Firestone Invitational

By Jeff Townsend For The Miami Student

Just three tournaments into the season, and the Miami University men’s golf team has already seen some ups and downs, finishing fourth, 10th and seventh, respectively. Heading to Akron, Ohio for the Firestone Invitational, secondyear Head Coach Zac Zedrick is seeking a better performance from his players, especially after the Red and White finished 13th out of 17 teams in this tournament last year.

“I want the guys to play aggressively, but smart,” Zedrick said.

“They need to do a better job of playing aggressive golf with small margins for error.”

Since his players are good putters, he has confidence they can perform better in Akron if they can place the ball within 20 feet of the hole.

According to Zedrick, a major part of performing better is the ability to handle the high levels of emotion and the tournaments’ extreme pressure. Zedrick is hoping players can bridge this gap through practice.

One technique to bridge this gap is implementing a qualifying system. For each tournament, players must compete against each other to grab one of the five spots. Freshman Jack Sparling received an exemption from qualifying this week due

to a strong finish last tournament.

Sparling made his collegiate debut at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate tournament hosted by Illinois State University. He posted the team’s best score and tied for 15th overall at 10-over par. He was the only golfer on the team to finish in the top 30.

“I played great,” Sparling said.

“I tried to come in with no expectations … and just do what I can.”

One of four freshmen for the RedHawks, Sparling said the college level of play is different due to the competition.

“We’re always pushing each other to be better,” Sparling said. “After the tournament, I hope everyone can say they played really well … and smart.”

Despite a successful first tournament, Sparling is approaching Firestone with the same mindset: have no expectations and play smart.

His attitude reflects Zedrick’s, who came into the season without many expectations.

“I try not to place expectations on people because it can limit them,” Zedrick said. “I’m taking a longterm approach. We have some work to do before we get where we want to as a program. I just want people ready to compete.”

The ’Hawks play their first 36 holes Oct. 8 and the final 18 the following day.

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BY ASHLEY VANBUSKIRK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Black lights, lasers and confetti blasters were just a small aspect of the party that took place at Brick Street the nights of Oct. 2-4 put on by the popular sports website geared for college students, Barstool Sports.

The Barstool Blackout tour, which features a myriad of special effects lighting, confetti, CO2 blasters and a DJ, is currently touring throughout the nation.

All three nights of the show sold out at Brick Street Bar, according to Brick Street manager David Coffey.

Approximately 800 tickets were sold each night.

Initially, Brick Street was planning on hosting the Blackout tour on Tuesday and Thursday only, leaving the Wednesday show to a bar in Cincinnati. After the show in Cincinnati was unable to sell all of the tickets, the event was moved to Brick Street. When the Wednesday show was announced, tickets sold out within two hours, according to Coffey.

Despite the name of the show, the purpose of the show is not about binge drinking, according to Coffey.

“The focus isn’t on drinking, it’s more on enjoying the show,” Coffey said.

Despite the craziness of the night, Brick Street attempted to focus on the safety of those attending the event. The bar increased the number of staff on hand, and sold water bottles at the show according to Coffey.

As for the Oxford Police Department, its nightly strategy did not change with the arrival of the tour, according to Sergeant Jon Varley.

“Last year it really was a nonissue,” Varley said..

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Students danced through strobe lights, smoke and confetti at Barstook Blackout Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Brick Street Bar. This year the event didn’t present any problems, according to Varley.

Although compared to last year, Varley said that there was a greater turn out.

But according to Varley, apart from a couple of underage arrests Tuesday and Wednesday nights, there wasn’t much of a problem associated to the event.

Wednesday, during the Barstool Blackout event, there was another event going on right outside of Brick Street. Feminists Working on Real Democracy (F-WORD) held its annual “Take Back the Night” march. The walk started at the reflection pool at Shriver Center and then ended at the Uptown Park. It started at 9 p.m. and participants walked up High Street by Brick Street while the Barstool Blackout event was occurring. Members of the march were holding signs that said, “Honk if you’re against rape” and “Alcohol isn’t an excuse.”

Events such as Barstool

Blackout, according to senior Kelcey Broomfield, was the reason why events such as ‘Take Back the Night,’ a march dedicated to protesting rape and sexual violence, started on campus. Broomfield, an advocate on speaking out against domestic and sexual abuse, participated in ‘Take Back the Night’ Wednesday.

“It was good, the march was great there was a lot of support,” said Broomfield about the walk.

Although because of events such as Barstool Blackout, Broomfield commented that, “It was still depressing when we got uptown. We saw scantily clad girls and to see obvious underage girls and guys acting belligerent as they were walking back.”

Having a good time is important and a core piece of the college experience. But enjoying this experience doesn’t always come without risks. These risks, according to Broomfield, can be prevented

through students mutually making smart decisions.

The show is advertised widely through videos taken at different locations and then uploaded to the Barstool’s website and different social networks. These videos provide a glimpse into the party, which, according to junior Michael Doherty, member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, results in the huge popularity of the event.

“Half the reason [for its popularity], is the videos on YouTube, which builds up hype for the show,” Doherty said.

The other reason for its success is attributed to Miami’s reputation as one of the top party schools in the nation, according to Doherty.

“I thought it was really, really fun,” Doherty said about the tour last year. “It was the best concert of the year.”

To prepare for this year’s tour, Doherty purchased 35 pre-sale tickets for his fraternity.

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Just over one year ago, Seaview Outfitters opened its store Uptown. Now Jack and Steve Thomas, the store’s founders, are hoping to open another branch in Alaska. “[When we first opened the store] it was all about fighting to get your name out there,” Steven Thomas, co-founder of Seaview Outfitters, said. “Over the fall, we were able to grow, put more inventory in the store and add new brands. Now, we can focus on growing the company and the community aspect.”

The brothers hope to open a Seaview Outfitters store to Alaska and engrain different types of outdoor guide services into the business, including whitewater rafting and fishing.

The brothers’ varied skills, acquired both in Alaska and at Miami University, have not only allowed them to take an active role in Oxford’s community, but have also enabled them to pursue a venture in which they both find true passion.

The brothers have most recently expanded to include Patagonia and are hoping to soon add Under Armour to their inventory. In addition to Patagonia, the store sells a wide variety of clothing, including Columbia, Osprey and Vineyard Vines. The store also has a vast inventory of outdoor products, including knives, hiking/camping equipment and fishing equipment.

Another change is the Seaview concert series. Both Jack and Steven said that these concerts were inspired by their aunt’s bar and

restaurant in Alaska.

“We’ve spent five summers in Alaska working at our aunt’s bar, and the bar hosts live musical shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday,” Steven said. “So, we asked ourselves, ‘How can we continue to develop that Alaskan culture here in Oxford?’”

The result was putting on shows in Oxford along the lines of the ones they took part in back in Alaska. By hosting community events such as these, the brothers hope to bring the close-knit communal aspects of Alaska to Oxford.

“They’d put on shows and the whole community would come out and enjoy the concert,” Steven said. “Afterwards, we’d have a party with a smaller group of people just sitting around a campfire and having a good time. We hope to bring that sort of closeness to our community right here.”

The store has put on two community concerts to date, bringing country singers Zach DuBois and Tim Easton to Oxford. Although the end of the summer brought a close to Seaview’s outdoor concerts, Jack and Steven are seeking a possible partnership with a local bar to set up an indoor concert series as a way to continue strengthening Oxford’s community.

Putting on concerts are not the only changes that have occurred among the owners of Seaview.

Steven has now graduated from Miami University’s masters of accounting program, while Jack continues his studies as an undergraduate accounting student.

In addition to being a third-year accounting undergraduate and member of the Delta Sigma Pi

business fraternity, Jack also works as an EMT. “Last year, I was inspired to take a course at Miami to become an EMT after taking a wilderness aid class,” Jack said. “After taking the EMT course, I wanted to develop my skills beyond the classroom.

You wouldn’t learn the same abilities [in a classroom] as you would practicing as an EMT on the field.”

EMT skills in Alaska are valuable because of the distance between towns and hospitals, Jack said.

“Alaska consists of lots and lots of small, secluded towns,” Jack said. “Many are hours away from the nearest hospital, so any emergency has to be flown by helicopter to the nearest hospital. In the meantime, towns have a first response group until people can be flown out. So, having experience and skill as an EMT in Alaska is very important.”

“Jack and Steve Thomas are two of the most driven people I know,” Adam Piccus, Miami student and personal friend of Jack and Steven, said. “They don’t really allow anything to inhibit their pursuit of their goals.”

The brothers’ drive carries outside of the business world as well.

“I would encourage people to not just follow the beaten path,” Jack said. “You have to go out of your comfort zone to get what you want out of life.”

“We can legitimately say that we can wake up every morning and be excited to go to a job that we love, but it’s hard to take that leap of faith,” Steven said. “We fully support anybody who takes those kinds of calculated risks.”

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Tuesday, Oct. 2, Mayor Richard Keebler and members of Oxford City Council met and proclaimed the week of Oct. 7-13 fire prevention week.

This week is intended to raise awareness to methods of preventing fire-related death. Throughout fire safety week, smoke detectors will be given out for free at the fire department.

City Council also unanimously approved a resolution allowing the city manager to submit projects to be funded by the 2013 block grant of approximately $111,000, issued by the Butler County Board of Commissioners for the 2013 Community Development Block Grant Program. This grant was lower than previous years, but will be used for maintaining handicap-parking, making the city more handicap accessible and removing architectural barriers from the public sidewalk system.

“The amount received is about 10 percent of what Butler County receives,” Service Director Mike Dreisbach said. “That number fluctuates and I believe it is a bit lower than prior years.”

The first reading of an ordinance to make 303 S. Paterson Ave., the Langstroth House, a part of the city’s historic district was also heard. Keebler and Community Development Director Jung-Han Chen agreed that it was surprising that this home was not already included in the historic area. This residence was the home of Lorenzo Langstroth who played a crucial role in beekeeping and is seen as the Father of American Beekeeping.

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is the son of Rick Kuraly, the RedHawks’ all-time leading scorer with 101 goals.

“We’ve got a young team, but we have high expectations for ourselves,” Kuraly said. “It’s a pretty top notch program here so we want to continue the tradition and be a top contender come the end of the year.

For myself, I just want to contribute any way I can, offensively especially.

Just do whatever I can to help this team win.”

Another big name to look for is Riley Barber, who was taken in the sixth night of the

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Barber, Kuraly and several other talented freshmen will be counted on to fill the gap left by the likes of Reilly Smith and Will Weber.

“We lost a lot obviously,” Kuraly said. “We just have to move forward and work with what we have.

There are a lot of good freshmen coming in and we’re excited for it.

We’ll be fine.”

It is fair to expect some growing pains early in the year as the new class adjusts to the play in college hockey.

“The big difference is the guys being bigger, stronger and older,”

Kuraly said. “The speed is a little bit faster. It has been a good transition so far, a long way to go but it has been a good start.”

According to McKay, the team is on its way to creating a brotherhood.

“I feel like we got a really good group of guys and are making a lot of strides towards being a true brotherhood,” McKay said. “A lot of guys know each really well already, a lot more so than any team I’ve been on and that speaks volumes about our group.”

The season opens 4 p.m. Sunday against Western Ontario in an exhibition game. Fans can listen to the game on www.redhawkradio.com.

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The research team at Miami is composed of four graduate students and six undergraduates.

According to Wolfe, these students have a very handson position with the research.

Some of the undergraduates have even created modules for the program.

Senior Isabella Damas Vannucchi said working on a research team has given her real-world experience and taught her how to apply what she learned in the classroom.

Miami’s team is collaborating with a team at Cornell University led by Valerie Reyna and is using the AutoTutor-Lite program developed by Xiangen Hu at the University of Memphis.

The three schools connect biweekly through Skype to exchange results and discuss possible improvements, Wolfe said.

Wolfe said he feels passionately about his work and he hopes others will expand upon his research in the future. He said psychologists can make important contributions to the medical field.

“What’s really intriguing to me is that when you go to the medical area where the stakes are so high people still make the same kind of errors that our college sophomores make in our lab experiments,” Wolfe said.

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Results of Miami plan writing classes debatable to faculty Miami University expends considerable effort to enhance student writing. These efforts (e.g., ENG 111 and 112) are laudable, but the process and results are debatable based on many faculty discussions. This mixed bag can be captured with some modification of (and apology to) the Doors’ classic song: Writers on the Storm

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EDITORIAL The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Student exemplifies initiative Miami University encourages regarding undergraduate research This past summer Miami University junior Alex McFarland participated in Earth Expeditions, researching orangutans and primate conservation in Borneo.

Earth Expeditions is part of Project Dragonfly, a program created by Miami faculty and students in 1994 that supports community engagement in science.

McFarland was accepted into the Earth Expeditions program in Borneo and used his trip as the basis for his research for Miami’s Undergraduate Summer Scholars (USS) program. He wanted to

compare orangutans in the wild to orangutans in captivity at the Cincinnati zoo.

The Miami Student editorial board would like to not only congratulate McFarland on his achievement this summer, but also acknowledge the spotlight that is currently being put on undergraduate research.

Earth Expeditions is a Miami program that is offered mostly to master’s degree candidates and teachers, but accepts select undergraduate students.

As an undergraduate student,

he was able to accomplish a project that was above and beyond undergraduate level work. He did more than the usual request of balancing class work and an extracurricular or two by undertaking both applying for the project and completing the research over the summer.

We also commend Miami for allowing an undergraduate to do this sort of research. Putting quality of research before seniority in school years is admirable and, we hope, leads to the most high quality work.

Writers on the Storm Writers on the Storm Into this school to form Into this class were thrown Their prose-based skills to hone Though they’re texting on their phone Writers on the Storm There’s an Apple at their seat So many tech-y ways to cheat Assign a long essay Watch your students play If you give someone a B That means they’re not worthy

Prof you gotta love your scribe Prof you gotta love your scribe Use extra credit as a bribe Hope they catch your ephemeral vibe Good writing on you depends Though the curriculum you bend No! Writers on the storm Writers on the storm Into this school to form Into this class were thrown Their prose-based skills to hone Though they’re texting on their phone Writers on the storm Writers on the storm Writers on the storm Writers on the storm

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Midterms It’s that time of year again when caffeine and late nights become the norm.

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Barstool Blackout Yay for Oxford business but nay for excessive and dangerous drinking. p.4

ASG debate A little dissension always brings about progress. p.2

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The diary of a rum soaked first-year: learning to booze with the best of them I came to college unprepared.

I came with what I thought were the essentials: a box of fresh Ticonderoga pencils, yellow graph paper and a sleek TI-80 graphing calculator.

Unfortunately, I overestimated the importance of academics in a place of higher learning. I soon came to realize my mistake, while walking around one day, not seeing a single soul besides myself wearing cargo shorts and a ratty old t-shirt.

After a week or so, I caught on and did myself a favor, buying some clothes with the guy riding a horse and shirts that had Moby Dick on them. If nothing else, I at least now looked the part of a Miamian. However, looks would only get me so far. If I really wanted to be prepared for the next four years of life at Miami I needed to learn to speak the language.

I came to college speaking the language spoken by greats like Faulkner, Hemingway and Frost but here there was an entirely different language spoken, a

language that involved abbreviations like YOLO, TFM and GBD. I of course did what any good suburban kid does when they need to learn the meaning of new and exciting words—I consulted Urban Dictionary. Upon learning the meaning of YOLO and TFM, I knew that I still had a long way

with the frattiest of frat stars. Like Luke Skywalker learning to use “the force” from Master Yoda, the bros taught me how to drink a Mind Probe and increase my “pull to chill ratio.”

Having learned as much as I could from the bros, I set out to forge my own path. Like Pip, I

Yes, I would go to the bar wearing a bright orange traffic barrel. Fortunately for me, with all of the construction on campus, procuring one would not prove to be too difficult.”

to go before I was truly prepared.

With all of that in mind, I heeded the advice of Horace Greeley and went west…I mean Uptown.

Yes, I went Uptown to educate myself in the art of YOLO. I went to the bars and got “X”s on my hand and even conversed

had great expectations. I was going to Beat the Clock, win das boot, and of course get absolutely shwasted on GBD! Embracing the YOLO mentality, I knew there was only one last thing I needed to do before I was truly a member of the Miami

RACHEL’S REFLECTIONS

Speak up students because your voice really does count political opinion to be heard by an audience or by anyone, you need to speak up.

Currently at Brown University an initiative called the Janus Forum allows students to voice their opinions and engage in thoughtful discussion and debate.

According to the Brown University Political Theory Project website page, the forum aims for “students to examine as many different perspectives and ideologies as possible… we believe that there are at least two sides to explore on all critical issues.”

We may seem like we are not a diverse university only because

There’s a good chance things didn’t work out because we didn’t stand up and speak out.” not everyone is being represented.

We all have the right to freedom of speech, so why not use it? The opportunity to use your voice and speak your frustrations, opinions, ideas and qualms regarding present or future matters should not be overlooked.

One of the good things about living in this country is that we have what are often seen as basic human rights—the right to free speech and freedom of the press. And more often than not, these are taken advantage of.

I have to wonder why on earth we would see these as rights that everyone should have, then almost completely ignore and abandon them. There are other people in the world who do not have these same rights, who are continuously silenced, and yet we stand here in an over privileged society and complain when

What did prove to be difficult was cutting out holes in the barrel for my arms and head. Having done that and only giving myself three nicks from the box cutters, I was ready for my night out – and any costume party I might attend at the end of the month.

Orange barrel and all, I attended Barstool and had a blast.

Hung-over, I failed my exam the next morning and went Uptown later that evening to forget about my sorrows. This proved to be a big mistake as I ended up in both McCullough-Hyde Hospital and the Police Beat. Leaving me to ask the question: was it all worth it?

Of course this is just a humorous piece of fiction and most Miami students don’t act this way but for some, this account hits a little too close to home. Now I’m not saying we should stop having fun altogether but to keep people from coming home with black eyes and split lips after a bar fight, let’s just all agree to tone it down a bit.

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rachel sacks

Dear readers, please note this is not another desperate plea to ‘go vote’ (although you should do that anyway), so just stick with me and hear me out here.

We have all been hearing it, especially this time of year: make sure you vote.

Make sure you are registered, you have filled out an absentee ballot if necessary, participate in early voting if you want and please make sure you get to the polls on Nov. 6.

But what we need to hear and know is that elections are not the only time our voices matter.

Yes, your voice really does count. Your opinion matters in so many more ways than just a nameless ballot towards the presidential candidate of your choice.

As part of the Millennial Generation we are the ones who will be stepping up next and taking the responsibility of trying to improve this world (because this world does need improving).

We may be under the impression that we are only college students, and nothing we say or do will make a difference. This is a large mistake to think and to presume of us.

Our opinions, our thoughts and our actions really do count and can possibly make the change that we are looking for.

We are likely not only some of the most influential voters but also the game changers for the future.

Take for instance Miami’s political culture. Many may think that the majority of the student body is Republican conservative.

In actuality, we are divided pretty equally between conservative, liberal and independent students.

However this is simply not represented because some voices are louder and more organized than others.

Case in short, if you want your

University community. I needed to see a concert at Brick Street. So I went onto my class’s Facebook page and asked everyone a million times, “if they had another ticket to Barstool Blackout.”

Finally, by the grace of God, I found a person willing to part with a ticket at a reasonable price.

After arranging an awkward meeting, I paid my savior in cold hard cash and had the golden ticket I had been searching for.

With my ticket in hand, I now needed to figure out an outfit.

Not owning a whole lot of neon and having never played lax, this proved to be a far more difficult task. I knew I was going to have to get creative. I always knew that orange was a color that suited me well and with that in mind I came up with the perfect costume/outfit—traffic barrel.

Yes, I would go to the bar wearing a bright orange traffic barrel.

Fortunately for me, with all of the construction on campus, procuring one would not prove to be too difficult.

things don’t work out our way.

There’s a good chance things didn’t work out because we didn’t stand up and speak out.

Take more opportunities to not only share your thoughts but to also educate yourself about your opinions. A well-formed argument can only happen with some research. And who knows, you may even surprise yourself and completely change your mind about a subject you originally felt strongly about.

But as college students who will eventually have to leave the safe, comfortable bubbles of our college campuses and go out into the “real world,” we are the ones who should be speaking out.

Too often maybe the voice of a college student is brushed aside because absolutely everyone knows we’re all just too wasted or too ensconced in our own collegiate world to think clearly about politics or foreign affairs.

Well, if someone were to take a good look around this campus and see the diverse number of organizations, speakers and events that constantly go on, they would be surprised.

These misconceptions are exactly what should be motivating us to speak out and to speak out more.

But we shouldn’t be just speaking out—we should be yelling from rooftops and screaming at the top of our lungs because simply speaking won’t get us heard (just think of us as the Who’s that Horton heard).

You have no right to complain about a situation if you do nothing to try and change that situation. If you want to see something change or don’t like something, you can always try to change it— the emphasis here being on the word try.

So make your voice heard, starting with the November elections.

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Students should show respect, not perpetuate rape culture My assumption about any educational institution is that they try to be a nonpartisan, well informed and opinionated institution.

They hold a variety of opinions while not encompassing any of them in there totality.

I also expect institutions to be intelligent and open minded, while being secure from concepts such as ageism, sexism, racism, ableism, etc. Imagine my surprise when I go to the Gogginzone website, and I’m peering through the names of Hockey Teams and find one called, “The Rapists.”

At first I thought, “Maybe they meant Therapists.” But why capitalize the R then?

Why take a single letter out of a team name and change the meaning of it completely? Either two things should have happened.

When they went to the website to check their team name they saw that they were called, “The Rapists” and quickly tried to get it changed and notify the school or Goggin.

Or they saw this and said, “This is our name. We are The Rapists!” Now I’m sure they aren’t actually ‘rapists’, although I can’t help but think how insensitive this is.

Why is rape a funny thing to these people?

To be used so easily as a word that is used as a joke?

And if that is what they think, then why do they think that?

How is a human being having been sexually molested funny in any way?

Let me guess, the team meant it in the sense of “raping” the other team.

They will not only win, but they will dominate.

They will bend the other team over the ice rink and do things that they probably don’t want to happen to them.

I have only three words for this: sick, immature and pathetic.

Rape is a common occurrence on the campus.

Every student, professor, administrator and any person who has ever lived on a college campus knows this. And not only in campus, but in the world.

In the “Democratic Republic” of Congo they rape women in order to make sure they don’t rebel or run away.

Women actually have resorted to extremes such as attempting to rid themselves of their breasts in order not to get raped.

How is this funny?

The woman who was raped on campus near the construction site, the woman who was

raped near that dark bridge on Western; are they jokes to this hockey team?

I just don’t get it at all. Did they put any thought into this?

Probably not. However, I have to ask myself. Who would let them do this?

Who would look at this and say, “Ah, rape! What a perfect name for a team! Put them on the roster!” Miami University.

Is it their complete fault? No. But when issues like these arise, they need to be exposed. It can’t be all hush hush and slip a few hundreds under the table and hope it all goes away.

This insensitivity has to be seen and shown to the world around us.

And Miami University has had a pattern of lack of support.

When the business school gets 50 routers to keep up their constant Internet connection, what do the women’s programs get?

When classrooms and buildings and organizations cut back while high level administrators get a couple hundred thousand a year, how is that fair? Where is the education?

Where is the idea being imbedded that this isn’t an OK thing to do? People might disagree, but I think moral education should be a necessity!

What’s moral? And who am I to decide it? I am a human being!

We all are human beings!

When did being raped become such a silent issue?

When did being “gay” become such a negative thing? When did someone wanting to live their life as a transgender student get in the way of your idea of a perfect future ivy league school?

Miami University: invest more not in the profit of education, but in the education of issues such as these.

Because in the end, if you don’t confront them, then it won’t go away. And merely stating that you are sensitive to the issues isn’t enough.

Actions are more powerful than words, and I have yet to see any real actions from this university.

So take down the team that names themselves “The Rapists.”

Reeducate them to sensitivity.

Maybe bring them to a rape crisis center, to talk to these people about how horrible it is. Do what you are meant to do; educate.

Dan Volkman Senior

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not changing the underlying zoning at all,” Chen said.

Keebler added that there was little discussion about adding this to the historical district, as it was only left out of the historical district to begin with by mistake.

City Manager Douglas Elliott also made an announcement regarding deer population management. He stated that there will be an expansion to four private areas for additional hunting. Permission to hunt in these areas must be granted by the property owners.

A hunter may also take more deer this year by donating deer to the food pantry.

“Our goal is to increase the number of deer taken,” Elliot said. “It is not to eliminate the deer; it’s to restore the natural balance.”

Finally, Elliot said that more advanced parking meters, called smart meters, will be installed this November in the large residential and industrial areas. Installation is expected to be complete around summer 2014.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012 CAMPUS

C-SPAN provides students with chance to tour ‘Road to the White House’ bus Jenn Smola Campus Editor

The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus rolls in this morning for students to explore as part of its “Road to the White House” tour.

The bus, fresh off the road from its other Ohio stops this week including Cincinnati, Ada, Akron and Cleveland, will offer interactive resources for visitors to learn more about the presidential campaign and to engage in a political discussion.

C-SPAN reached out to Communications Professor Howard Kleiman inquiring as to whether there was an interest in bringing the bus to Miami’s campus.

Several Miami students have also been given the opportunity to take part in C-SPAN’s morning show “Washington Journal.” The program is featuring Katrina Vaden Huevel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, as its special guest, and the students will have the opportunity to ask questions on the show via Skype about the presidential campaign.

Despite the bus’s stops at other college campuses, Kleiman said not all campuses have had the

opportunity for their students to participate in this way.

“It is not automatically part of the bus being on campus so that’s what makes it even more special,” Kleiman said.

One student Skyping in the on the show, Senior Michael Woeste, said there are plenty of questions to be asked surrounding the upcoming election.

“How is the election going to kind of change around the Washington establishment if Mitt Romney is going to be elected as a new president or Barack Obama is going to stay as our president?” Woeste said.

“What’s it going to mean for the Washington establishment or our country in general?”

Tyler Sinclair said he’s hoping to ask Vaden Huevel, who is known to be left-thinking, questions about President Barack Obama’s performance in Wednesday night’s debate.

“Especially right after the debate, where it’s pretty well-known that the president didn’t live up to expectations, I think having her explain maybe where that came from and what’s going to be done in the future, and even defending that poor performance

as a lot of people on the left have done, will be interesting to hear,” Sinclair said.

Other students will be able to tour the bus from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. parked behind Benton Hall.

Kleiman said he hopes students will make an effort to stop by the bus and learn more about the upcoming election.

“We’re four weeks out from the election, so I think anything that gets students thinking more about the election, things they may see on the bus… anything that heightens their awareness of what’s going on, a month out from a critical time as we hit the election, would be terrific for the students to be exposed to,” Kleiman said.

Woeste said the C-SPAN bus stop at Miami emphasizes the saying “so goes Ohio, so goes the nation.”

“It shows that Miami University is a place where people want politics, where they want to see politics, where they want to be involved in politics,” Woeste said.

“And it shows how important our state of Ohio is in this election, and how we’re the voters who people are looking to kind of guide our country.”

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previous semester to allow for students working on semesterlong projects to either finish their projects or have enough done for them to consider.

“This is sort of a mini-issue,” Jacob said. “Even though we had many more applicants, the three submissions included in this installment reflect the goal of excellence we are l ooking for.”

One of the students featured in the issue is senior biochemistry major Melanie Rybar.

“I heard about Mi Cup of Tea from a friend and it seemed like

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a cool opportunity to be a part of,” Rybar said. “The submission process was really easy, although since it happened last year, I almost forgot about it until they contacted me to take my picture a few weeks ago.”

After going through the process, Rybar said she would recommend it to other undergraduates. “You should be proud of the work you do at Miami and the journal allows you to get recognition for it.”

For anyone interested in being part of Mi Cup of Tea’s winter issue, the submission deadline is Nov. 14 and the application can be found along with the summer issue at their website www.inquirycenter.muohio.edu/tea.

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SPORTS

Editor JM RIEGER

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012 andrew geisler going long with geisler

SOCIAL MEDIA MUDDIES COLLEGE ATHLETIC WORLD The rapid rise of the Internet has created a multitude of problems for those in charge in almost every sector of life.

Social media specifically has made it difficult to keep people’s feelings and actions private.

This creates a serious conundrum for bosses, coaches and all authority figures.

What matters more: a person’s right to speak, or the reputation of your brand?

On college campuses across the country, this problem comes to a head with student athlete populations and their use of social media sites.

A major unanswered question exists in the wild west of social media and college athletics: can a coach or athletic department force players to have their Twitter and Facebook accounts monitored?

And what is more important: the rights of the student athletes, or protecting the university and the athletic department’s reputation?

For now, the NCAA seems to have answered yes to monitoring and preserving the school’s reputation, but the water is still muddied, and different universities ascribe to different policies based on their athletic administrators.

The above questions are particularly important ones to ask at a public institution like Miami University, which due to public funding, is forced to follow the First Amendment more closely than a private institution.

Miami currently has no overarching social media policy; the university simply leaves it up

to the coaches — and some are stricter on it than others.

Some firm proponents of the First Amendment would say any restriction is unconstitutional; some opponents of student athletes’ rights would argue that since the athlete is privileged to play sports at this high level, they should acquiesce their rights to the proverbial man based on this.

The perfect answer, as it often does, likely lies somewhere in the middle. While administrators and coaches cannot legally force a player to give them access to their Twitter and Facebook feeds at a public university, it should certainly be encouraged, because it is almost always better to be cautious (or safe than sorry like your mother told you).

And the emphasis should be on education, not on catching players in some illicit act then busting them.

Though these big questions are for the big shots at the university to answer, the problem I’d like to illuminate lies in the inconsistent policy.

Allowing the policy to remain on a coach-by-coach basis this way will simply compound the problem; it muddies the water further in what I’ve already described as very muddy field.

No matter what it is, Miami needs a consistent student athlete social media policy, mostly to avoid legal controversy and give its athletes a level of certainty.

Yes, the web can be a big confusing mess, but consistent policies help mightily, and it is time for Miami to get ahead of the curve and lead on this issue.

Soccer hopes to remain unbeaten in MAC play

By Win Braswell Staff Writer

Following wins against Ohio University (OU) and Kent State University, the Miami University soccer team (10-2, 4-0 MidAmerican Conference (MAC)) will put its unbeaten conference record on the line in a weekend home stand against Western Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University.

The ’Hawks are riding a five game winning streak and are still unbeaten in conference play.

Miami has already matched its 2011 win total through its first 12 games in 2012.

“We’re not going to do anything special for these games,” Head Coach Bobby Kramig said.

“I’ve continued to tell the team that better competition requires a better effort. These two teams are better competition than the four teams we’ve beaten so far. It’s as simple as being prepared and doing what we do even better.”

The Broncos (5-5-2, 1-1-2 MAC) have dropped several close games, and only one loss was by more than two goals.

They are also defensively sound.

Eastern Michigan (7-3-1, 4-0 MAC) is another defensively minded team that is riding a four game winning streak, its longest of the season.

Miami lost to both teams in 2011.

“I think we’re trying to take things game-by-game,” senior captain Jess Kodiak said. “We are still focused on what’s at hand.

All the statistics and accomplishments we’ve had up to now are nice but don’t mean much if we don’t win. We all know Sunday is a really big game, but we have to focus on Western first.

They’ve always been a really hard team.

As far as Eastern is concerned, they beat Central [Michigan], so we know they are a really good team, and that the game is going to be a back-and-forth battle.”

The ’Hawks have continuously found answers in various types of games all season long, and have compensated well, mixing defensive aggressiveness

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’Hawks cruise to UC for Victory Bell battle

By Tom Downey Senior Staff Writer

The Miami University football team (3-2, 2-0 Mid-American Conference (MAC)) faces the No. 24 University of Cincinnati (UC) Bearcats (3-0, 1-0 Big East) in the Battle for the Victory Bell Saturday.

The RedHawks will attempt to take back the Bell for the first time since 2005 in the second oldest rivalry in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A).

“Here we are out of league, playing another top 25 BCS program, which UC has obviously established,” Head Coach Don Treadwell said. “We know it will be a great challenge for us, especially when we are playing on the road.”

Treadwell also downplayed Miami’s current six game losing streak to UC. “At the end of the day, what matters is what you’re going to do Saturday night,” Treadwell said. “Not what went on in the past or trying to think ahead to the future.”

Redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert will once again lead the ’Hawks offense against the Bearcats, following his recordbreaking performance against the University of Akron where he became the first player to throw for 500 yards and run for 100. He was named MAC East Player of the Week for the second straight week and was also a finalist for the AT&T All-American Player of the Week.

“He was just on fire,” Treadwell said of Dysert. “He was able to play in that zone and it is becoming a way of life for him. We’re very proud of him.”

Junior wide receiver Nick Harwell is probable for Saturday’s game, according to Treadwell. Harwell has not played since the season opener against Ohio State after suffering a leg injury in the week of practice before the University of Massachusetts game.

The defense has regressed at times for the Red and White this season, and have given up more

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Miami University redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert and the RedHawks are looking for their first win Saturday against the University of Cincinnati since 2005. points and yards per game than last year.

The team is 113th in the nation in run defense, giving up over 236 yards per game on the ground. Last year, Miami was 75th in run defense and only gave up 168 yards per game.

This season, the ’Hawks are 117th in total defense, giving up over 517 total yards per game. Last year they were 48th in total defense and gave up only 363 yards per game.

The RedHawks are also 104th in scoring defense, giving up almost 35 points per game. Last year, they were 39th in the nation, giving up just under 23 points a game.

“I think we’ll just continue to work to do what we do best,” Treadwell said. “In the big picture, there have been plenty of times that our defense quite frankly has held us in the game and given the offense a chance to get on track.”

The RedHawks will have to improve their run defense quickly, and will face a tough task in UC junior quarterback Munchie Legaux. Legaux is a dual-threat quarterback who has thrown for seven touchdowns and 789 yards while also rushing for 169 yards.

“This young man can beat you with his feet or his arm,” Treadwell said. “Boy is he dangerous.”

Senior running back George

Winn could also present some problems for the ’Hawks. Winn has 326 yards rushing and two scores this year.

“They’re a great team,” Dysert said of UC. “We’re excited to play them. We’re excited to have the privilege and opportunity to go play them and we’re going to give them our best.”

Junior linebacker Chris Wade continues to be a bright spot for the defense, leading the team with 51 tackles. He is sixth in tackles among MAC players.

Miami’s proximity to Cincinnati means many current RedHawks are looking forward to this game.

“It’s a great opportunity to play UC; they’re a great football team,” redshirt senior linebacker Luke Kelly said. “I have lots of family from UC and I’ve been living there since fourth grade. It’s a great opportunity for my family to come watch UC play Miami and enjoy the experience.”

Treadwell also has ties to Cincinnati, and was an assistant under current Michigan State Head Coach Mark Dantonio when Dantonio was the head coach at Cincinnati.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Nippert Stadium. The game will air on Fox Sports Ohio.

Fans can also listen to the game on www.redhawkradio.com.

Hockey opens season with exhibition

By Joe Gieringer Staff Writer

As the weather cools, the action on the ice is heating up as the Miami University men’s hockey team opens the 2012-2013 season. The RedHawks enter the year ranked ninth in a recent USCHL. com poll, and begin play Sunday with an exhibition game against the Western Ontario Mustangs.

After falling to the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) 4-3 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to end the 2011-2012 season, the Brotherhood returns this year with new faces and a new captain.

Abandoning the tri-captain system from last year, Head Coach Enrico Blasi named senior Steven Spinell as the lone “C” this year Sept. 12. Last season Spinell had a career high 11 assists and one goal, acquiring a +17 rating in the process. According to Blasi, Spinell’s experience and

leadership qualities earned him the captain job.

“Obviously he’s got a lot of respect in the locker room from both his teammates and the coaching staff, and really everyone associated with the program,” Blasi said. “He’s one that leaves everything he has on the ice, which he’ll need to continue to do.”

Spinell said joining a long line of elite captains is a dream come true, though cannot be taken for granted.

“It’s one of those things where you grow up and you hope one day you can be captain of your college team,” Spinell said. “It’s something that definitely wasn’t just given to me. I feel like I’ve grown a lot since freshman year, learned a lot, matured a lot. I’m ready to take that responsibility and what it means.”

Spinell’s work is cut out for him, however. The senior captain said it was a challenge leading such a young team, which

includes 11 freshmen and seven sophomores.

“The team dynamics have been different from any year I’ve played so far,” Spinell said. “It’s a lot of mentoring. I’m talking to the freshman constantly – little things, not just on the ice but also off the ice. I’m just trying my best to talk them through everything and explain why we do things a certain way so that they become muscle memory as quick as possibly.”

Freshman goalies Ryan McKay and Jay Williams are two of these new members, and come well regarded out of the United States Hockey League. They have earned the one and two spots between the pipes. But Blasi said their play would determine who gets the starting nod, and in the early goings of the season that decision will constantly change.

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Miami dives into season with Intrasquad

By Sarah Ross

For The Miami Student

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The Miami University soccer team puts its unbeaten conference record on the line in two home matches this weekend against Western Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University.

Miami University men’s swimming and diving team merges new talent and experienced veterans this year as it prepares for the 2012-2013 season.

The ’Hawks start the new season with the Red & White Intrasquad Saturday. The team has been divided into a Red and White team for the meet.

“The teams are pretty evenly balanced,” Head Coach Pete

Lindsay said. “I’m expecting to see some good racing.”

The Red and White Intrasquad will allow new members of the team to experience a collegiatestyle meet before they start the official season.

“We’re looking for guys to fight,” senior co-captain Ian Joyce said. “We’re looking for guys to learn how to race.”

Five seniors lead this year’s squad.

Senior co-captain Anderson Whipp is confident the team

cohesion will encourage his teammates to word hard.

“The team has really come together,” Whipp said. “They believe in the ideals that these senior leaders put together.”

Over winter break, the RedHawks travel to The United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Col. to train intensely and to continue to build team unity.

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