October 25, 2013 | The Miami Student

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013

VOLUME 141 NO. 16

MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1991, The Miami Student reported that the residents of Thompson Hall would soon be the neighbors of ghouls and goblins with a haunted forest fundraiser being held in their backyard. The article quoted one resident saying, “When the pits of hell are full, the dead will walk on Western.”

Fighting fakes: One in four frauds found

BY REIS THEBAULT CAMPUS EDITOR

After Miami sophomore *Jerry Graham strolls confidently to the bar, he nudges his way past throngs of buzzed students and motions to his friends; he wants to take shots.

With the blue band on his right wrist and the fake Illinois driver’s license he used to get it, Graham feels confident. However, there is a nearly one in three chance that he and the convincing, computer-generated fake ID will be found out.

Getting Caught “Methods of fake ID obtainment and use in underage college students,” a 2010 University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center (MARC) study, shows about 29 percent of those who use fakes have reported being caught.

Officer Greg Moore of the Oxford Police Department (OPD), said students often have only a partial understanding of laws regarding fake ID use.

“Students don’t realize the gravity of a conviction for fictitious identification, they just know they’re going to get an ID so they can go up and drink trashcans at Brick Street and they don’t realize that having a conviction for a fake ID, how is that going to look to a future employer?” Moore asked rhetorically. “It shows dishonesty.”

Moore added that the Oxford legal system takes the students’ intentions into account and that in other places, there could be far heavier charges.

“College towns are different, they’re just different,” Moore said.

“A lot of times a fictitious ID is used for nefarious purposes, as you know, whether it be for voter fraud, whether it be for terrorism. This is for drinking underage and it is treated as such. But if you just look at the face of it, it is actually a very serious crime.”

MUPD Detective Walt Schneider said that on a federal level, the consequences of organizing an order of fictitious IDs are even graver.

“The federal charges on it are so much higher for ordering or facilitating an order,” Schneider said. “It’s a mandatory 10-year prison sentence if you’re convicted of ordering or facilitating an order of fake IDs for somebody.”

There is also an important difference between IDs like Graham’s, which students order from someone that manufactures fictitious IDs and a valid ID that is passed down to someone.

The law draws a faint line between fictitious IDs and valid ones obtained from a relative or a friend. In Ohio state law, both violations, possessing an altered or fictitious ID and using an ID that is not one’s own, fall under statute code 4507.30. However, it is considerably harder to charge someone who is found with a valid ID. “If you have somebody else’s ID, and it’s a valid ID, we have to actually prove that you were using it for that purpose,” Moore said. “Basically, around here, if you’re caught with a valid ID that is not yours, it just happens to be your cousin, who looks a little bit like you and is three years older, unless we see you presenting that as yourself, you will not be charged.”

This difficulty may account for the low numbers of people in the Oxford area charged with violating state statute code 4507.30. According to OPD records, there have been just 124 charges since 2001.

However, these statistics do not reflect anyone who has had their record sealed, as a sealed charge is removed from the OPD system and therefore is not accounted for in these statistics.

Moore also acknowledged that the police apprehend far more people with fake IDs than those who actually are charged.

“We don’t always catch all the fake IDs,” Moore said. “But if we get six underage arrests in one night, we’ll probably come away with four or five IDs.”

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Of the 21 percent of college students who admitted to having a fake ID, over one in four reported getting caught, according to a 2010 study by the University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center.

Moore said they would probably catch even more underage students if the bars confiscated every fake ID they find.

“The bars are supposed to collect them,” Moore said. “Some of them do, then they turn them in and we get a stack, which tells me there is a much larger stack out there.”

According to Miami junior and doorman at The Wood’s *Derek Johnson, The Wood’s turns away fake IDs at an alarming rate.

Club Sports sets sights on old high school for new team practice facilities

BY KAILA FRISONE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

As Miami University works on the acquisition of the former Talawanda High School building, Director of Club Sports and Training Mike Arnos is preparing a proposal to turn the back complex of the school grounds into an additional workout facility, primarily for club sports.

Arnos said he wants to utilize the track, fields and the 2500-square-foot field house for weights and other performance equipment. He does not intend to equip the field house with cardio equipment.

“Anytime we try to get everyone together and work out at the same time, it’s tough to find that space,” Arnos said. “The club sports teams also don’t have one great place where we can all get together and congregate to create community.”

More than 1,500 athletes play 50 club sports at Miami and Arnos said the Recreation Center (REC) does not appreciate when large groups of athletes come to the REC to use the equipment.

Senior Kelly Goldstein, treasurer and teammate on the women’s club rugby team, has experienced this first hand.

“If we want to work out as

a team at the REC, there isn’t enough room for us because it’s open to the general public.”

Arnos said at least 30 teams have displayed interest in an additional workout facility. However, Vice President for Finance and Business Services and Treasurer David Creamer said the acquisition is not final because the school board is working through a property restriction on the deed.

Creamer expects the acquisition of the property to be finalized at the start of the next calendar year at the very earliest.

Creamer said it is likely the main structure of the high school will be demolished.

“The primary purpose was to acquire the land, not the facility itself,” Creamer said. “Part of the reason for acquiring it was it provided recreational facilities that we wanted to make available for students.”

Creamer said the negotiated price to acquire the property was $1.2 million, and preliminary estimates for the demolition and further plans are $1.3-1.5 million. He said this project will not affect students’ tuition and student fees.

The high school gymnasium, which is attached to the main building, will also be demolished, if demolition is the final

decision, Creamer said. He said the building is outdated and inefficient, and maintaining the building would be too costly.

Arnos said his proposal should not require any funding from the university. He currently plans to charge club teams an hourly rate that has not yet been decided to use the facility. Because most teams will not want to use the facility before 3 p.m., the facility may become available to students and community members who pay for a membership to the facility.

Senior Zachary Mathews, assistant forward’s coach for the women’s club rugby team, suggests holding events at the facility to generate funds.

“I don’t think it should be solely for club sports; you can get money from other organizations as well,” Mathews said.

Goldstein said she is concerned about the cost to use the facility for her team.

“We try to keep our dues as low as possible,” Goldstein said. “We have a free field just a little farther away.”

Arnos said funds generated by the revenue of using the facility would be used to repurpose the field house, equip it, maintain the fields, staff the facility, and pay for utilities.

“Probably every ten minutes and probably more than that,” Johnson said.

However, Johnson said that he and his coworkers, because they lack the formal training in spotting fake IDs, they do not feel comfortable seizing an ID that they aren’t confident is fake.

“We don’t really do anything at the bar, we just turn them away and don’t let them in,” Johnson said.

“We technically could take them,

but since we haven’t been formally trained, we play it safe and turn them away. If they keep coming back trying to use it, then we let the managers know and they will come out and take them away.” *Name changed to protect source from legal or employment ramifications.

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Obscene images drawn inside Armstrong Student Center

BY VICTORIA SLATER CAMPUS EDITOR

Construction workers entered the Armstrong Student Center (ASC) Monday morning to find three images depicting male genitalia drawn on the inside walls of the unfinished building.

This is the second act of trespassing to occur within an academic building in the past six months, after burglars broke into Upham Hall in June, stealing $8,000 in artifacts.

Director of ASC Katie Wilson said she was informed of the incident later in the day Monday, and by that time, the construction workers had painted over the graffiti.

“The contractors still have ownership of the building and they work closely with Physical Facilities,” she said. “So they took care of it. And nothing was taken.”

No police report was filed with the Miami University Police Department (MUPD).

Wilson said she is unsure of who committed the vandalism and when it occurred, but she said the vandalism was not there before she left Saturday afternoon.

Wilson said her initial reaction to the vandalism was disappointment, questioning why someone would disrespect university property, especially one that is under construction.

“It was very disappointing to hear,” she said. “With the exception

of the Shade Family Room, Armstrong is an active construction site, so it was also dangerous for whoever was in. It was not a safe place for non-construction people. So it was dangerous and disappointing.”

Wilson said a significant concern is now the security of the building. Since ASC is currently under ownership of the Physical Facilities department, its construction team and other designated university employees are the only entities allowed on site. To deter trespassers, the construction workers lock all the doors and windows of the building.

“We don’t know how the person got in,” Wilson said.

In response to the incident, Wilson said the construction workers were quick to update the building’s security.

“They put new cores on all of the locks on Monday, to make sure everything is secure,” she said. “And I saw a construction worker pulling on all the doors making sure no one could get in.”

Wilson said she encourages anyone who knows information about the vandalism to come forward.

“Even if MUPD doesn’t have a record of it, if someone found out who got in and when, there are still plenty of ways that the university can follow up with those individuals,” she said.

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Janus Forum: the great debate

BY REBECCA CLARK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Janus forum returns for its second year at Miami University. The two speakers openly discussing contrasting political viewpoints will be political analyst and Fox News commentator William Kristol and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Miami will host the forum at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in Hall Auditorium.

According to Patrick Haney, the interim chair of the political science department, the topic for this forum is foreign policy and the United States’ role in the world.

Haney said the Janus forum, which will be held twice a year, provides a great opportunity for the entire community.

“It’s important for students to get a sense of where they fit on the political spectrum,” Haney said. “It’s their future, and it’s important for students to get involved. We want to program across a range of topics and perspectives.”

Haney also explained that

bringing in people who are big names in the political field helps “bring the flow” to Oxford, since sometimes students can feel as though they are in a bubble.

During the event, students and other members of the community will be given the opportunity to ask Kristol and Richardson questions about foreign policy and listen to them debate.

According to the Fox News website, Kristol is the founder and editor of a political journal called “The Weekly Standard.” He also led the Project for Republican Future, where he helped shape the strategy that produced the 1994 Republican congressional victory.

Richardson sought the Democratic presidential candidacy in 2008. He finished a second term as the New Mexico governor in 2011, winning with the “support of 69 percent of voters, representing the largest margin of victory for any Governor in state history,” according to the biography

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Club brings out beauty in Guatemala

ERIN O’NEIL THE MIAMI STUDENT

The members of Miami’s Guate Bonita club, an organization aimed at improving education of children in Guatemala, gears up for their annual event, the Amazing Race.The next Amazing Race will take place Nov. 9.

BY EMILY C. TATE

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Imagine you are back in elementary school, only this time you are in an impoverished town in rural Guatemala. Imagine that the locals of this town are so poor they often resort to breaking into the school, taking anything they can get their hands on, even the toilets right out of the bathroom stalls and the desks from inside your classrooms. Now imagine that the only protection your school can provide for you is an old, dilapidated

fence made of wire hanger, incapable of actually keeping anyone out.

According to Miami senior Tyler Nichols, these are some of the unfortunate realities for the children of the Official Mixed Rural School of the Town of El Chupadero in Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala.

Nichols is the Advertising Chair for Miami’s Guate Bonita, a service organization founded on campus in 2010 by a small group of students who shared a similar vision. Guate Bonita, meaning “Beautiful Guatemala,” works to raise money for the

children of the elementary school in El Chupadero, in hopes of improving their education and, ultimately, the quality of their lives.

In addition to the work they do from afar, members of this organization focus on raising cultural awareness on both Miami’s campus and in the Oxford community, according to Jose Carlos Albarrán, the faculty adviser for Guate Bonita and Professor of Latin American and

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Armstrong Student Center makes accessibility a priority for disabled

BY ALEXANDRA SHULTZ SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Armstrong Student Center (ASC), set to open in February 2014, is being constructed with disabled students in mind. According to the Director of the ASC, Katie Wilson, the building will accommodate all disabilities, both physical and cognitive.

According to The National Center for Education Statistics, 5 percent of Miami University students

have registered with the Office of Disability Research (ODR). The office also reports that nationally, 11 percent of undergraduate college students have a disability.

Junior Audra Shoupe’s disability is unique, as it was brought on by an illness, rather than pre-existing physical impairment. As a Type 1 diabetic, Shoupe has to plan each part of her day out before it begins.

She needs to know what blood sugar levels she needs to have in order to go about her daily activities.

After she was diagnosed last May, Shoupe registered with the ODR and began to receive help from the university to make sure her disability would not interfere with her work or classes.

Zeisler said ODR can help in a variety of ways, according to each individual’s needs. This can range from providing guide dogs, braille, academic resources, hearing devices and wheelchair accessibility among others.

Shoupe said she was relieved

when she registered as disabled and began receiving help immediately.

“Living with Type 1 diabetes is harder than I thought, but it helps to have a university that is so accommodating and understanding to my needs,” Shoupe said.

Shoupe said one setback Miami has in regards to disability accommodation is the buildings on campus tend to be older.

According to Zeisler, Miami has a long-term plan to update every old building on campus to the standards

set by the American Disabilities Association (ADA), as well as to ensure that every new building is in compliance with ADA requirements. This plan is expected to be fully complete by 2020.

Wilson said ASC will have completely accessible outside entrances, as well as three elevators inside the building for access to each floor. The showers in the

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High school students apply themselves with AP credit

BY ALI PREISSING

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

PAINTING FOR A PURPOSE

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Sophomore Phi Mu member Courtney Leggett (left) and sophomore Sarah Welton paint in Richard Hall Monday evening to support Phi Mu’s National Philanthropy Day for Children’s Miracle Network.

MU takes steps toward carbon neutrality

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Every day students meander to class, leaving their footprints on campus sidewalks. There is another type of footprint they perhaps do not think about: their carbon footprint.

The administration has been taking steps toward reducing the university’s net carbon emissions but has yet to sign the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC).

The ACUPCC requires institutions who sign the commitment to achieve not just a reduction in carbon emissions but full carbon neutrality (net zero carbon emissions) by a set date which can vary by institution, according to Director of Sustainability and Energy Conservation Yvette Kline.

The ACUPCC is a document signed by over 600 institutions of higher education, including The Ohio State University (OSU) and Ohio University (OU). It

acknowledges the negative effects of global warming and focuses on the actions individual colleges and universities can take to reduce global emission of greenhouse gases.

Miami has not signed the document From 2008 to 2012, Miami University’s net carbon emissions have decreased 13 percent, from approximately 157,000 metric ton equivalent of carbon dioxide to 137,000 metric ton equivalent, according to Kline.

Most of these carbon emissions come from utilities, including steam generation and electricity. Although they have decreased over time, they still constitute 85 percent of Miami’s total emissions, according to Miami’s 2012 carbon footprint report.

Projections in the report show a slow decrease in the carbon footprint over time, forecasting emissions around 125,000 metric ton equivalent of carbon dioxide by 2030.

Miami’s Sustainability Commitments and Goals mentioned that

the university is in pursuit of carbon neutrality, yet has not set a date for desired success.

“Our thrust has been on energy conservation,” Kline said. “The big difference with the Presidents’ Climate Commitment is that they have to set a date whereby they would be climate neutral, but it is not something that we’ve stuck a date on. We’ve stuck a date on interim goals.”

Director of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability Tom Crist said although projections show Miami will still be far from carbon neutrality by 2030, they do not include unknown variables that may affect future carbon emissions.

“One of the things that is not in that projection is things that are a little harder to predict,” Crist said.

“For example, if other energy sources like [solar] technology become cheaper, it will be easier to invest

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High achieving high school students hope to obtain the scores of at least three on Advanced Placement (AP) and a five on International Baccalaureate (IB) tests each May. At Miami University, these scores ensure that students receive college credit. Currently, 59 percent of the first-years at Miami either took AP or IB classes in high school, according to the director of Admission, Ann Larson. According to the College Board, 57 percent of the 43,000,000 students who took AP tests in 2012 received college credit.

Larson explained that students in the AP and IB systems take classes at a higher level of difficulty and faster pace, with a test at the end of the year. However, AP scores range from one to five and IB scores range from one to seven, with five and seven being best.

Both AP and IB classes offer a variety of subjects, Larson said, including math, science, literature, language, music, art and many others that are instructed similar to college level courses. Students who take AP or IB courses must prepare for an exam at the end of the year to see if they have mastered their subject material.

“Advanced Placement courses are basically equivalent to college courses,” first-year Kendall Bilardo said. “The work is difficult and is done more individually than with the teacher. We prepare the whole year for the test in May and hope to get a score that qualifies for college credit.”

According to Larson and firstyear academic adviser Sarah Ganson, scores of three and above on the exam will receive college credit, which helps minimize some of the Miami Plan classes that

students would have to take.

“It’s certainly an advantage to have students take AP courses in high school,” Larson said.

Students can move ahead in curriculum, receive credit for Miami Plan courses or courses for their major, finish early, study abroad or even double major.

Nine percent of the current first-years have come with at least 32 credit hours, which constitutes them as sophomores, according to Larson. The average student comes to Miami with 16 credit hours.

However, while AP and IB courses are looked at positively on admission applications, students who have not taken these classes are not penalized.

“If some high schools do not offer these classes or programs, we do not by any means discount these students,” Larson said. “We look into the context that the student is put in. We expect that students will take these classes if they are offered at their schools; likewise, a student’s chances are not decreased if his or her school does not offer these programs.”

Even though AP and IB credit is a mostly positive option that high school students utilize, it can make advising appointments difficult for both the adviser and student.

“Sometimes with a large load of AP credit hours, it’s hard to determine which classes the student should take,” Ganson said. “The student typically has to make an appointment with an adviser within his or her major. Our main goal is to help the students take courses for Miami Plan or for their major.”

According to Bilardo, overall, AP and IB credit benefits students in the long-term, especially in regards to scheduling.

“It was a lot of work, but the AP courses were definitely worth doing,” Bilardo said.

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POLICE Oh deer: hunting open in Oxford

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Hole in the wall, hole in the safe, theft at bar Around 11:00 a.m. Monday, OPD was called to 13 W. High St., Hole in the Wall Bar, regarding an alleged break-in.

The bar manager claimed that between 1 and 11 a.m. that morning, an unknown person or persons had entered the bar, taking with them two 40-inch flat-screen televisions.

According to OPD, the manager said there was no sign of forced entry, but the surveillance system’s wire powering had been cut.

Later that afternoon, an officer was called back to the bar to speak with the bartender. The bartender claimed Sunday night, before he closed the bar, he left out an unopened bottle of Smirnoff vodka.

He wished to report, along with the missing TVs, it was discovered the bottle had been opened and partially consumed.

Additionally, the bar reported upon closer inspection the suspects had cut the wrong wire and were in fact captured on video. Officers returned a third time to review the footage of the suspects, which showed two white males entering the bar between 4:30 and 5 a.m., according to OPD. The suspects were not recognized by any party. The incident is under investigation, and the bottle of vodka as well as a plastic cup have been collected for evidence.

ID crisis: Man mixes up between fake and real At 2 a.m. Thursday, an OPD officer was in the 100 block of East Church Street when he said he observed a male standing on a porch, cupping his groin, with knees slightly bent. The male appeared to be urinating, OPD said.

As the male tucked, zipped and turned away from the porch, the officer could see the man’s handiwork in the form of a large wet spot on the concrete porch. The officer then approached the male, who had met a presumed friend and asked him why he had just urinated on someone’s house.

The male said he had done no such thing, and the officer directed the male’s attention to the fresh wet spot from whence he came. The male then said he was sorry, and he that he didn’t want any trouble, OPD said.

When asked how he would feel if someone urinated on his house, the male responded, “I wouldn’t care.”

The officer then asked the suspect how much he had to drink, and he responded, “not all that much.”

When asked for his ID, the male, who OPD said smelled of alcohol, wearing two overage bar wristbands and had bloodshot eyes, handed a Virginia driver’s license . When asked if the ID were real, the male responded it was his sister’s boyfriend’s license, OPD said.

When asked his age, the suspect responded ‘19.’

As he gave his age, the officer noticed the information on the IDmatched that on the license. Further, the license the man had given the officer was actually his own, underage ID. The suspect was then placed under arrest. After arrested, another, actually fake, ID was found.

He was cited for disorderly conduct and sales to and use by underage persons.

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While walking around campus, students may notice the deer in Oxford are not afraid to get up close and personal. The furry creatures can be spotted on the hiking and running trails, the shortcut through Bishop Woods and even near the residence halls.

The high population of deer and their destructive behavior is also a problem in the city of Oxford.

Residents complain the deer’s eating habits are ruining their gardens and landscaping.

City Manager Doug Elliott said the deer are a big issue in Oxford.

“The deer just devastate everything,” Elliott said. “You couldn’t see any plant growth.”

Elliott said he knew something had to be done to combat the problem.

In 2009, the Oxford Deer Management Program, (ODMP), was approved by Oxford City Council. In its first year, the ODMP designated four city-owned properties for hunting grounds.

Today, a combination of nine city and privately owned properties are included in the legal hunting sites, listed below.

According to the program outline, 16 hunters may register per season. Potential hunters must receive approval from the city manager, based on criteria such as background checks and the ability to pass a bow-shooting test.

Only bow hunting is allowed, according to program restrictions, and hunters must utilize a tree stand.

Tree stands generally vary from

15-20 feet, and are used to prevent hunters from being on the ground where they could mistakenly be shot at.

Once hunters are accepted into the program, only one may hunt in one location at a time. Hunters must notify the city manager about the time and place they plan to hunt and must keep their permit on them while hunting. They also must report when a deer is harvested.

While hunters are encouraged to donate the deer to a local food bank or the Community Meal Center, it is not always required.

Elliot said there is a “3-2-1” rule in place which states that for every three deer harvested, if two are donated, the hunter may keep the third. Furthermore, this rule dictates that two out of every three deer harvested be female.

Elliott said reducing the number of female deer is crucial because one buck, or male deer, can impregnate multiple does, or female deer, leading to increased population over time. Having less female deer available to reproduce helps keeps the numbers down.

Further protocol for deer harvesting involves taking the deer to be processed. There are two options for where to do this: H&M Processing in Okeana, Ohio, and Schaeffer’s Deer Processing in Trenton, Ohio.

Elizabeth Schaeffer, an employee at Schaeffer’s Deer Processing, said the company processes between 1,500 and 2,000 deer from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana each season. Procedures include removing the legs, weighing and

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The high number of deer in Oxford cause problems by eating residents’ gardens and landscapings. skinning the deer and sending them to a special grind room. Because it is illegal to sell deer meat for profit in Ohio, it can then be picked back up by the hunter or donated.

Schaeffer said many donations go through an organization called Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH). FHFH, a nationwide Christian organization, donates damaged farm crops and harvested deer meat to local foodbanks. Aside from the FHFH, Schaeffer’s processes deer for donation to the ODMP and other local community centers, soup kitchens and churches.

ODMP specifically donates to the Community Meal Center in Hamilton, Ohio.

Elliott said most residents have

noticed a difference in deer population over the past few years.

“Some wish we could take more deer,” Elliott said. “But I would say the average citizen thinks its good.

We want to manage the deer population, not eliminate it. Our goal has been to reduce, and I think we have been successful with that.”

Miami Sophomore Ariana Hester said she has never hunted, but has friends who do. She thinks the ODMP is a good idea because it controls the number of deer in the community and on campus.

“The deer on campus need to be regulated,” Hester said. “There’s so many that it can be dangerous for students, especially if you are driving. By limiting the number of deer, it will help keep the students safer.”

Oxford Coffee Company roasts own cup to keep up

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Miami juniors Sydney Powell and Logan Lucas study at Kofenya in preparation for midterms.

BY KATHRYN ROWE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Oxford Coffee Company, 21 Lynn Ave., has been open for a little under a year and caters to an overwhelming demand for caffeine.

Competing for business with a handful of other coffee shops in the area, Miami graduate and full-time

barista Eric Kogge said the Oxford Coffee Company is doing just fine.

According to Kogge, the coffee company keeps up with the competition by roasting it’s own coffee, which it imports from all over the world. Kogge said roasting coffee has set them apart from the other places Uptown because they offer it in the freshest way possible.

Managing Director at the Oxford Coffee Company Robert Thurston said he could not agree more and said he truly cares about the coffee that is being served to his customers.

“Roasting our coffee makes it known to people that we really control the quality all the way through,” said Thurston.

According to Thurston, the amount of coffee they sell per day is always changing. Some days its 2025 cups and on other days it’s more.

They also sell coffee supplies, bags and green beans to locals.

Most of the coffee and materials sold at the Oxford Coffee Company are sold to locals in Oxford, including those who attend the farmer’s market on Saturdays, however the coffee shop is working towards building a student clientele, according to Thurston.

But to do so, the Oxford Coffee Company finds itself competing with several existing coffee shops.

Across town stands Kofenya on High Street, two Starbucks and King Café in King Library.

Kofenya, which opened in 2004, generated a total of $1200 in sales and sold over 100 regular cups of coffee last Tuesday, October 15, alone.

Senior Katie Fink, Kofenya employee of three and a half years said Kofeyna is all about providing for their customers.

“We’re interested in what’s good for us and our customers more than what everyone else is doing,” Fink said. “Our staff is a close-knit family. For us, it’s not about the money, it’s about the product we’re selling and the relationships we’re making with our customers.”

Fink said Kofenya is also concerned with keeping up with the competition and last year, they updated their technology with the purchase of an iPad. Fink said Kofenya is special because it provides a space for teachers to hold office hours, friends to hang out and students to get homework done.

Junior Miami University student and coffee lover Shea O’Doherty said, rather than going to big businesses like Starbucks, she enjoys the small coffee shops Uptown.

“I live Uptown and usually am drinking coffee everyday,” O’Doherty said. “I prefer going to local coffee shops to support Oxford and small business owners over everything else, I also love the ambiance these places provide.”

Butler county prosecutors vie for staff wage increase

BY KAILEY DECKER

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Every calendar year, Butler County holds meetings between office holders and county commissioners to discuss their needs and requests. At the 2013 meeting, held a few weeks ago, prosecutors opened the floodgates, according to County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser, and have collectively asked for more than $1 million in raises across the board from the county commissioners.

Gmoser said his staff is severely underpaid and it has become necessary to ask for nearly $356,000 in raises for his staff alone. If raises are not granted, Gmoser said he could risk losing some of his staff to the private sector.

According to Gmoser, to keep the attorneys in his office from

turning to the private sector in search of higher wage, he must pay them what they deserve.

“If the horse is going to run the race,” Gmoser said. “It has got to be fed the oats the night before.”

Gmoser said he lost one of his top attorneys last year to a private firm that offered him double the salary than Gmoser was capable of paying him.

“He was a great, talented man and I was lucky to have him,” Gmoser said. “The private sector firm saw that, and how could he resist doubling his income?”

Miami University economics professor William Even said he agrees with Gmoser.

Even said if an employer is paying wages below the prevailing wage among competitive firms, then they are bound to lose employees.

“If everyone is paid $10 and

you are paying $8, then expect to lose some men and not be able to attract more,” Even said.

However, Even pointed out that there is currently a debate centered around the notion that public sector employees are overpaid to begin with.

“It’s not untrue that they might need it,” Even said. “They just need a lot of evidence to back up their claims. Simply saying their wages are pathetic is subjective and will not get requests met.”

Even said the key to determining an appropriate wage level was to see if a company is losing a significant number of workers, having difficulty hiring new employees and how their wages compare to similar companies.

With that in mind, Gmoser said he researched wages of similar positions with similar job description and county equivalence, and

determined that his attorneys and staff are underpaid. According to Gmoser, large private firms in New York City pay starting employees anywhere from $90,000 to $110,000 while firms in the Cincinnati offer starting wages of about $65,000-$85,000. However, Gmoser said his attorneys start with salaries as low as $41,900.

Gmoser explained that to keep his “A Team” of attorneys he has to pay them what they deserve.

“It is about fairness to treat employees equally,” Gmoser said.

As county commissioners still debate wages, Gmoser said he would not make a prediction about the outcome.

“I am hopeful that [county commissioners] can recognize what is fair,” Gmoser said. “I leave it in their hands to exercise the wisdom the voters recognized in them.”

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Building momentum through a more accessible university Miami may be “the most beautiful campus that ever there ever was,” according to Robert Frost, but architectural beauty does not always translate to accessibility.

Especially for about 5 percent of the Miami University student body who has registered with the Office of Disability Resources.

Physical disabilities can limit one’s mobility, like cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia or musculoskeletal injuries (i.e. back injury).

Other disabilities limit one’s stamina, like asthma, diabetes or cardiac conditions.

Disabilities such as hardness of hearing and visual impairment are also present on Miami’s campus.

The Editorial Board of the Miami Student has been given several positive reviews of the ODR. With the sad fact that buildings on campus cannot be completely updated to American Disability Association standards until 2020, there is a large group of individuals—students, staff, faculty and volunteers—who are working to bring as much accessibility and convenience as they can to students limited by their physical condition.

They are doing this in a few ways. First, the Armstrong Student Center (ASC) director is constructing the new student center with disabled Miami students in mind.

Elevators will be prevalent and accessible at all levels. Restrooms will be outfitted with wheelchairaccessible showers and bathroom stalls. More handicapped parking spots will be allotted for those in need. Lastly, our favorite, hearing devices will be available in any room with auditory features, like the meeting rooms or theater.

The land ASC sits on was also closely surveyed to make sure entrances were “universally” accessible, unlike a lot of academic buildings on campus.

ASC aside, the ODR, through the Office of Equity & Equal Opportunity (OEEO), has partnered

with Miami University Ambassadors for Students with Disabilities (MUASD) to bring a mentoring program to campus. According to the OEEO website, the “MU Ambassadors for Students with Disabilities Mentoring Program,” is new this semester and is still looking for mentors to jump on board with the program. This is a great advancement not only for the mentored, but the mentors as well.

Students helping students overcome a disability is something the Editorial Board would like to recognize over and over again.

Also new this semester, as most may know already, are the Butler County Regional Transport Authority busses. Every bus is wheelchair accessible. And, according to the ODR, students who are not able to ride the BCRTA buses for any reason, “may be eligible for the BCRTA Paratransit Service,”—though the BCRTA website did not specify how these services worked.

A U.S. News and World Report states that there are 1.1 million physically disabled undergraduate college students in the U.S., comprising about 6 percent of all undergraduates in the nation. This statistic makes it clear that this issue is important and needs to be addressed on college campuses.

But seeing these improvements in just the past year alone— ASC, BCRTA and ODR initiatives—the Editorial Board realizes Miami is building toward the future, literally.

These improvements for our physically disabled peers could hopefully open up this campus to more handicapped students in the years to come.

In his 2013 annual address, President Hodge said, “Our common vision, our deep commitment, our hard work and our spirit are building momentum and a better university.”

We think the improvements noted above are doing just that.

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PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Freedom hangs in the balance each generation The 21st century presents challenges to America like none before.

In order for our country to remain the preeminent nation on earth, it will require new ideas and a society that lets success flourish from the bottom up. Miami University College Republicans are committed to an America where all have the opportunity to succeed, and we’re focused on advancing the principles and ideas that help society to do so. Right now, many believe the Republican Party is faced with a Hobson’s choice: either to stick to the principles upon which our party was founded and continue to lose elections or compromise our principles and potentially still lose elections.

Neither presents a viable option.

Young Republicans recognize there is a simple solution: the answer lies not in changing the message of our party, but rather altering its delivery.

Let’s face it, Washington is in complete disarray. It’s imperative that our generation recognizes the consequences that have resulted from a government living beyond its means. A mere 25 years ago, our national debt stood at $2 billion.

The national debt has increased over 50 percent under the Obama administration and currently stands at seventeen trillion dollars and counting. If these numbers don’t alarm you, they should, because our generation and future generations will be paying for it. It’s simple: the government cannot continue to spend money it doesn’t have.

The American people budget their money every month and the government should do the same. Examining and reforming entitlement

programs will immensely aid in decreasing our country’s debt. We as young conservatives, are focused on fiscal responsibility because we recognize the government’s spending is jeopardizing our future and diminishing our opportunities.

Conservatives believe that there are essential issues that affect us all. In order to achieve complete liberty for all citizens, it’s imperative to reduce the size and scope of the government. The founders built this country on the idea that the government is the servant of the people and for the people, not the other way around. Big government only minimizes individual rights and freedoms of the citizens.

In order for man to be free, government must be limited. This is where individual responsibility has to come into play.

At a certain point, individuals need to be held accountable for their own actions. Our generation is focused on the conservative theme of personal responsibility. The media enjoys portraying this as selfish or greedy, but in an earlier time period, it was recognized as being a productive and active member of society. We ask nothing more than for people to strive to be their best and we diffuse this thinking into how government should be managed. The mistaken belief that the government should act as a parental surrogate is the biggest failure of our generation. Hard work and determination will get you farther than the government ever will. Individual responsibility is a pillar of what it means to be a Republican, as well as an American.

To celebrate our generation’s potential to take the helm of this great

nation, our organization’s shirts display President Reagan’s famous quote, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

The College Republicans believe we must continue to fight for freedom and we ask for our generation to examine the big picture and join in a cause that believes in expanding liberty to all. In doing so, we ensure the economic security of our nation with the objective of handing the next generation a nation better off than we found it.

The current state of our Union is dismal, as the future leaders must work to restrain the excess of government spending and incompetent handling of issues A through Z. Consider this: where will we stand when we are left to pick up the pieces of a debt-ravaged nation?

Who will we turn to when conflict stirs beyond our borders? These issues will not sit idle. We will be expected to pay our debts, and come to the aid of those in need no matter the language they speak or the god they pray to.

As Congress recently passed yet another short-term reprieve to avoid a fiscal crisis, inevitably kicking the can further down the road, we as an organization ask you to consider just where we will be if our nation continues to head down the path of fiscal irresponsibility and an ever expanding government.

MU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS EXECUTIVE BOARD MUCR@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Recent Ohio University student rape questions whether ‘rape culture’ exists An Ohio University (OU) student was reportedly raped during their homecoming weekend.

A photo and video of the alleged rape in front of a Chase Bank near the campus was circulated on social media by onlookers, BRETT according to MILAM the Washington Post and Athens Police.

OU’s definition of consent states that consent cannot be obtained from someone who is “asleep or otherwise mentally or physically incapacitated, whether due to alcohol, drugs or some other condition.”

The incident has stirred up debate on whether a rape culture exists on campus. Tom Pernecker, a senior at OU, said he does not believe a rape culture exists at the university.

“I just can’t buy into the idea that Ohio University harbors this much talk about rape culture,” Pernecker said.

Cassie Fait wrote in OU’s web publication, Speakeasy Magazine, that she disagreed with Pernecker.

“Many people questioned the existence of the rape culture on OU’s campus,” Fait said. “There was an open rally and parade bringing awareness about OU’s rape culture

the night before the publicized rape.”

That rally was hosted by a new organization on the campus known as FuckRapeCulture.

Their focus is toward implementing policy and cultural changes such as protecting underage drinkers in case of rape, changing the language in crime reports and consent education, according to Speakeasy Magazine. Co-founder of the group, Claire Chadwick, touched upon the relationship between drinking and sexual assault.

“I do remember having this sense of fear that it was my fault since I was drinking,” Chadwick said. “I think this is a mentality we need to break down.”

Pernecker had a different perspective on the inclusion of alcohol in the homecoming incident, however.

“But, if both parties head home inebriated and one party calls rape on the other party this serious accusation should be taken with a grain of salt,” Pernecker argued. One commenter on Fait’s article echoed a sentiment I had seen elsewhere on this issue.

“That’s not to say rape doesn’t happen, but in this case, it was a woman waking up the next morning, being ashamed of what she did while blacked out and then crying rape,” the commenter wrote.

An OU student was reportedly harassed for being falsely identified as the victim of the alleged rape.

Miami University was also brought into the national spotlight

last October for the, “Top 10 Ways to Get Away with Rape,” flier posted in a men’s bathroom.

In a recent Student article about Women Empowerment Week, senior vice president of Panhellenic Public Relations Katharine Davies said the Miami environment is not that favorable to women, it is not safe or empowering.

“There are a lot of issues that women are facing on campus and no one was in a position to do anything about it besides us [at Panhellenic],” Davies said.

About 4,000 U.S. college students report to school officials that they have been sexually assaulted, according to NBC News.

Campus Security Act’s 2010-12 report shows that in 2012, there were 11 cases of sexual offenses – forcible, in residential facilities, and 17 on campus.

I take issue with much of what Pernecker said in his piece. For instance, he specified “serious sexual assault,” as if there are non-serious forms of sexual assault. Then he said quite clearly that “we all know sex without consent is indeed rape,” but then later in the article mentioned how “we should rethink what the term rape means and what situations it applies to.”

Moreover, he mentioned he did not want to trivialize the horrible crime of rape, but then he said at the end of his piece, “And maybe, just maybe, we should think twice

about who we engage in sexual encounters with?”

Maybe this will appear to be a semantics game to some, but when discussing rape culture and victimblaming, semantics is vital to a coherent and informative discourse.

Furthermore, Pernecker made mention in his article of how rape accusations have very serious, longterm implications. While most assuredly, to be falsely accused of rape

rape due to drinking or other factors.

Matthew Peterson sent an email to his fraternity brothers of the fraternity Phi Kappa Tau at Georgia Tech University that he intended as “how to” for “macking,” getting women inebriated and taking advantage of their altered state of mind, all for the sake of being “successful.”

He suggested if all else fails, go get more alcohol.

Whether it is Ohio University,

Miami University was also brought into the national spotlight last October for the, “Top 10 Ways to Get Away with Rape,” flier posted in a men’s bathroom. is damaging and ought to be condemned any time it occurs, it is far less prevalent than is thought to be.

Reliable statistics on false reports of rape are hard to come by, but among various American, British, Canadian and New Zealand studies, the number is 8 percent to 10 percent, according to Slate magazine.

Yet, according to the Justice Department, National Crime Victimization Survey in 2006-10, 54 percent of rapes went unreported.

I have the same concern that Chadwick had: that women on campus will be fearful of reporting a rape because they are unsure if it constituted

Miami University, other campuses across the country or society in general, it seems painfully clear to me that rape culture exists.

As Chadwick said, “We really want to get the message across that a woman can be walking down the street naked and that still isn’t consent.”

We need to recognize the prevalence of rape culture in our society to effectively counter it and appropriately handle cases of rape.

SENIOR PHILOSOPHY MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

NICOLE’S TWO CENTS

Issues of child abduction and human trafficking plague Greece and Balkan states The world has turned its attention to Greece this week after a blonde haired, blue-eyed girl was found in a Roma camp in the provincial capital of Larrisa, and was discovered to have been abducted from her biological NICOLE family.

THEODORE The police found the little girl peeking out from under a blanket when they raided the camp, searching for drugs and guns. Because the girl looked nothing like her Roma parents, police were suspicious and asked the parents for legal birth documents for the girl, now known as Maria. They were found to be fraudulent. Authorities later discovered the Roma woman claiming to be Maria’s mother actually had two identities and had been living off thousands of euros a month in child benefits. She and her husband were arrested for falsifying documents and abduction.

Maria’s case is not unusual: thousands of voices have raised concerns of increased abduction linked to human trafficking within

the Roma communities of Southeastern Europe. In 2010, police arrested Romanian gang members who kidnapped almost 200 children, bringing them to Britain to steal or beg for money according to The Telegraph. Some of the children were deliberately mutilated to appear disabled, to increase their “earning potential.” Forced child begging is seen throughout most of the Balkans, and it’s common to see a mother holding a disfigured child wrapped in a blanket, begging in major cities.

According to a 2012 report from The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the most common origin of victims of cross-border trafficking in Western and Central Europe is the Balkans, where 30 percent of victims of cross-border trafficking are nationals from that area. Twenty-seven percent of all victims detected globally are children.

Between 6.8 and 8.7 million Roma, or gypsies, as some know them, live in Europe. The Romas are susceptible to increased trafficking of children due to poor social conditions, work and ethnic discrimination, lack of education and limited access to proper housing. About 90 percent of Romas live in households below

national poverty lines and less than one third of them have paid employment according to a 2011 United Nations Development Program report.

Even though 56 percent of human trafficking went toward the sex industry in 2012, 36 percent of human trafficking ends in forced labor, including forced begging according to UNODC. Little girls like Maria are often sold by family members to third parties, or are forced by their own families to beg, steal or sell throughout the streets, only allowed to come home when they make enough money. The repercussions a child faces if they do not complete their tasks may end in beatings, threats, psychological abuse and starvation.

I met a 12-year-old boy named Ardid in Prishtina, Kosovo this summer who sold gum during the day and peanuts at night until 4 a.m. every single day. He had dropped out of school, and worked alongside his 15-year-old brother who sold cigarettes. He was often exhausted with bags under his eyes, his shirts hanging off his body. I always asked myself “What can I do?”

According to the UNODC, children and teenagers who are forced to beg and sell are usually unable

NICOLE THEODORE THE MIAMI STUDENT

Children play together in the watered streets of a Roma community in the outskirts of Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo. to seek help because they may not know the language of the country, or they are reluctant to report their circumstances because their trafficker tends to be someone they know. Ardid told me he sold gum and peanuts because his mother was sick and his father was an alcoholic. This seemed to be the same story for most children in Prishtina.

It took a little blonde girl who looked nothing like her Roma family to awaken the rest of the world to issues facing untold numbers of children. Fraudulent birth documents, child abduction

and trafficking, forced begging and forced slavery are only some of the horrors these children face.

Even though it hasn’t been concluded whether or not Maria was forced to beg for her family, it raises the question of how many other children have been abducted in order to generate income. It’s hard not to wonder about other helpless children out there who are also in Maria’s position, and wondering when someone will notice them.

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building will be wheelchair accessible, as well as one bathroom stall in each bathroom.

Hearing devices can be provided in any room with auditory features, like the theater or meeting rooms.

Braille is used on any sign posted in the building, and guide dogs are welcome in the building. Wilson said further accommodations will be provided as ASC becomes aware of the needs of students.

Project Manager of construction Rick Russell said ADA compliance was planned and approved before construction could begin.

“The building architect seriously considered the site before building,” Russell said. “ADA features were all approved before building and will be inspected again after completion to make sure they’re correct.”

Russell said, due to the sloping of the land on which they built the ASC, walkways will all be slanted around the building to provide universal access, and any entry or walkway with stairs will also have

GUATEMALA, FROM PAGE 2

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“The goal is to inform Miami students about issues of education in small Central American communities, while at the same time actually fundraising to alleviate some of these issues,” Albarrán said.

Though still in its infancy, Guate Bonita has managed to gain momentum in its efforts both on campus and abroad.

Already, the group has completed one of its largest projects for the school. The club’s vice president, junior Erin O’Neal, explained that the school’s bathrooms did not even work properly, and there were very few to be shared among the 230 plus students and faculty.

“We built bathrooms for the school with money from our first year. Brand new bathrooms with doors and locks, one for each grade and two for the teachers,” O’Neal said. The doors and locks are a vital component because, without them, the school risks losing the toilets to theft again.

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a ramp installed at the same site.

Zeisler said Miami has been making an effort to eliminate the difficulties that may come with steps for students with physical disabilities.

“We try to get away from steps when we can and put in ramps because everybody can use ramps and not everyone can use steps,” Zeisler said.

For students like Shoupe, one thing that can be an issue is walking to class in buildings on campus that are far away from where they live. According to Shoupe, it is important for her to have a place to park, because walking more than half an hour can drop her blood sugar to dangerous levels.

ASC will have designated parking nearby, with spots specifically for disabled students or visitors, according to Wilson.

Shoupe said, overall, Miami has been very helpful to her, and she thinks ASC will be the same way.

“The Office of Disability Resources is exceptional at Miami,” Shoupe said. “They respect you and your privacy, while advocating for a better educational experience regardless of your disability.”

Zeisler said ODR is advocating for every student and for updated construction in every building. Zeisler explained that there is a student-centered approach to accessibility.

“Either we provide a student access to a building or we move what they need to somewhere else,” Zeisler said. “We try to use our own architecture and make it accessible while blending it in with the rest of campus.”

While the building of ASC follows ADA regulations, no disabled students were actually consulted about the project. President of the Student Senate, senior Nick Miller, said that a student committee, along with a committee of full time employees was involved in the planning, but a disabled student was not on the committee.

Despite the lack of input from a disabled student, Shoupe said she is not worried.

“I think Miami should take pride in the disability services that they offer,” Shoupe said. “I haven’t experienced any major problems in adjusting to and coping with my disability at Miami, and this is because the ODR is so helpful.”

Guate Bonita also offers a trip to Guatemala each year, where the students can meet and interact with the children, seek out additional areas of need within the school, and better acquaint themselves with the Guatemalan culture as they travel to various cities.

Nichols, who attended this trip during his winter break in 2010-11, spent 10 days in the country. He said the students went shopping for the school while down there.

“It was really cool when we were walking around the town with all this money we had raised,” Nichols said. “We went with the teachers and picked out pots and pans, soccer balls, toys. When we got to the school, we just unloaded a huge truck of all these school supplies and toys that we had bought with money entirely from our fundraising. It was just so cool to see that.”

After these successful undertakings, Guate Bonita is on to the next project, which they have been working toward since last year. They want to remove the shoddy fence that currently surrounds the school and build

a new one in its place – hopefully one strong enough to prevent theft and, as a result, ensure the kids’ safety, according to O’Neal.

The total costs of building the fence could be as much as $2,000, according to Junior Virginia Alvarez, the club’s Treasurer. Fortunately for the club, Guate Bonita’s biggest fall fundraising event is only weeks away, on Nov. 9.

“The Amazing Race is essentially a scavenger hunt across campus.

This will be our third year hosting the event, so we have really fine-tuned it,” Nichols said.

Students register as teams of four and complete a variety of mentally and physically challenging tasks, scattered across locations campuswide. The goal is to finish as many of these challenges as possible within the allotted two hours, and once finished, the participants all grill out at Peffer Park.

The club gives out three different prize baskets at the end. The first is for the race winner and will include gift cards many Uptown staples.

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First-year Jacob Havens carves a spooky pumpkin in the spirit of Halloween. Miami is hosting a variety of Halloween events next week, including Zombie Zumba and a haunted trail on Western.

Buffalo Wild Wings, You’re Fired, Kofenya, Follett’s Book Store, and Insomnia Cookies, according to O’Neal. The other two baskets are awarded to the most spirited team (in the past, participants have dressed in costume, for example) and the team who donates the most money.

Though the event is technically free, there is a suggested donation of $20 per team, but the team that exceeds this amount by the widest margin wins that category.

This year, the event’s name has been modified to “The Amazing Race: Fiesta Edition,” to provide a fun, culturally relevant twist. More information about registering your team can be found on the Guate Bonita Facebook and Twitter pages.

Guate Bonita now has its most members to-date, but it is still relatively small for a Miami organization.

“Sometimes people don’t want to join some of the fundraising clubs – it’s a lot of work, which can be intimidating,” O’Neal said. “We certainly have fun, but it isn’t one of the ‘fun’ clubs where you just go play. We

have retained some awesome members though, and they are dedicated to this group and really put a lot of effort into it.”

Despite their small size of 14 members, Guate Bonita has still gained substantial recognition across campus, and has made a substantial difference for the school in El Chupadero.

“You can see that Guate Bonita has had a major impact,” Albarrán said, “Even on daily life – like going to the bathroom – something we would take for granted.”

Guate Bonita has had a major impact on the members themselves, as well. Albarrán has been thrilled to see several students in the organization expand their goals as a result of their service to Guate Bonita.

“I have a student now who is in Colombia. [Guate Bonita] gave her so much empowerment to move forward in her studies and her plans.”

Other members, he said, now want to work with Latino communities in the United States, study abroad in other Latin American countries and work with the Latin American culture.

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more in those sources, but right now at their current prices the projections don’t include [them] as a significant source of energy.”

President David Hodge said he would sign the ACUPCC if he felt as if Miami could set definitive goals and timelines for achieving carbon neutrality. However, currently that would require using university funds to purchase carbon offsets.

“I think the tipping point would be when I felt that we actually could construct a realistic plan and I don’t believe we can to be carbon neutral without doing things as I described before [see the Tuesday, Oct. 15 article on sustainability],” Hodge said.

“And I would have to feel that the political statement was both necessary and appropriate. My goal is to get the most efficient and fastest way to reducing our carbon footprint and improving our sustainability.”

OU President Roderick McDavis said he signed the document to portray OU as an advocate for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission.

“As an early supporter of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, I sought to boldly position Ohio University as an advocate for

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on his official website.

Over 500 people were in attendance at last year’s Janus forum, according to Haney.

“We hope to see 600 to 800 this time,” he said.

Sophomore Sara Wenger, a political science and women’s studies double-major, said she is looking forward to this year’s panel.

“I feel that, as a political science student, this forum is not only directly paralleled to my

greenhouse gas emission reduction,” McDavid said. “I signed the commitment because the environment and sustainability are critically important to our region of the state. The benefits of being associated with the commitment far outweighed any challenges.”

Hodge said Miami plans to abandon coal as an energy source no later than 2025 in order to, at which time it will be completely replaced by natural gas, a more eco-friendly alternative. This goal is reflected in the 2012 carbon footprint report, which also lays out Miami’s plan to switch from using a steam plant to a cogeneration plant. This would produce both steam and electricity, reducing the amount of electricity Miami would need to purchase.

The report also states that natural gas prices have declined to the point that natural gas is a more cost-effective energy source than coal.

According to the report, Miami emits 26 percent more metric ton equivalent of carbon dioxide than peer institutions OU and Indiana State University.

Kathryn Lovda is a graduate student who worked on the 2012 report. She said transportation could have an impact on Miami’s comparatively higher emission per student.

“I think this could maybe be because of transportation,

specifically commuting,” Lovda said. “If students used alternative modes of transportation that could benefit the environment, that would help to lower their carbon footprint.”

Miami does reduce some of its carbon emissions through composting and recycling. Offsets reduce the total carbon footprint by 0.5 percent, according to the report.

However, not all offsets are accounted for in the report, according to Lovda.

“I think that the problem is with the offsets, there’s a lot of restrictions when we used the carbon calculator,” Lovda said.

“So for example, recycling we could use because that was done on campus, but we couldn’t use composting because it is not done on campus. We outsource our food scraps.”

Lovda said although Miami has not signed the ACUPCC, its sustainability goals match up with the commitment.

“I know that our sustainability commitments and goals run parallel to the goals in the ACUPCC,” Lovda said.

Hodge said the ultimate vision for sustainability at Miami is becoming more efficient.

“There’s no question that we’re going to continue on our pathway to becoming a much more energy efficient university,” Hodge said.

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interest, but I really enjoyed it last semester with Ezra Klein and Ari Fleischer,” she said. “Miami has a history of bringing impressive people, and I’m especially looking forward to seeing Bill Richardson.”

Haney said students play the biggest role in planning and executing the forum.

“A group of students went to see a Janus forum at Brown University,” Haney said. “When they came back, they began planning their own. They came up with a topic and developed

a list of potential speakers.”

Haney also said that students help with ushering and hosting the event, and that the group of students is currently working on finding speakers for the spring panel.

According to Haney, Kristol and Richardson were two good candidates because of their differing political opinions.

“They are both huge names and have a wide range of experience,” Haney said. “We wanted someone who was comfortable in the setting, good with students and generous with their time.”

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FROM PAGE 10 League, finishing the season with the fourth highest on base percentage in the minor leagues. As the 2012 season approached so did a call up to “AA” in Mobile, Ala. After 11 games, Eaton found himself on the move again, this time to Reno, Nev. The only problem was that the Reno Aces play in the “AAA” Pacific Coast League, the toughest league in all of the minors. Scouts across baseball surely had heard about the energizer bunny that was roaming outfields and speeding around base paths for the past year, and they thought Reno was certainly the place where Eaton would come back to reality.

In reality, Eaton tailed 186 hits, 119 runs and 38 steals, concluding with a Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player trophy.

The award again took second place that summer as Katie finished her senior year at Miami and moved to Reno to live with her future husband.

“My career with my wife is the longest and most important career I will have,” Eaton said. “One of the best decisions I have ever made was going to Miami and meeting her.”

In the meantime, the doubting baseball scouts got quiet, and Arizona Diamondback manager Kirk

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Graham and other students are aware that most bars will not confiscate IDs, and that even if they do, the police will not follow up on these IDs. This low risk leads to students asking themselves, “Why wouldn’t I use a fake ID?” Changing Technology “Back in the day, and I’ve seen it all change in my time here,” Moore said. “I’ve been here 23 years. Back in the day it was a Polaroid camera and what you would do is you’d have to stand 30 yards away to get the picture small enough and then you would basically cut it up and make a license.”

ID manufacturers, both locally and overseas, mostly in China, have come a long way since the days of manually cutting and pasting paper.

“It’s amazing how good these licenses are, amazing,” Moore said.

“And they do it all computerized now and the print quality, it’s just fantastic and you make some really darn good licenses.”

To counteract these realistic IDs, Moore is advocating that all bars be required to have an ID scanner at the door. However, this is something that Schneider pointed out will not catch the best fakes.

“You order these IDs and you run them through a card swipe and now they’re going to read what the ID says,” Schneider said. “So with the technology now, people are doing it and programming these cards so when you swipe it, it reads that data. It tells you the person’s name, the date of birth, everything that’s written on the card.

Of course, that kind of quality comes at a high cost.

“Depending on where you go, it’s anywhere from $225 to $150,” Schneider said. “But you usually get two, with the same state same stuff, so if you get busted

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Gibson picked up the phone.

On Sept. 4, 2012, Adam Eaton was officially a major league baseball player.

“I told Adam when he got drafted that I would be there when he made it to the big leagues,” Ison said. “He calls me and I am so pumped for him, the only problem is the game was the next evening in San Francisco!”

Twenty-four hours later Ison and former RedHawk baseball head coach Dan Simonds finagled their way to AT&T Park and took in Eaton’s debut, a two-hit effort and a Diamondback extra inning victory.

Looking back on Adam Eaton’s 2013 season, his first full year in the majors, parallels can be drawn to his freshman year at Miami.

A strained right elbow kept Eaton on the disabled list until midJuly. Eaton finished the season, playing in 66 games, with a .252 batting average.

“It was a tough season with the elbow injury,” Easton said. “Obviously I was not the only injury on the squad, we never managed to get everyone playing together.”

Staying healthy and on the field is Eaton’s goal for his sophomore season in Arizona.

“It is tough to alter the way I play because I have been playing that way my whole life,” Eaton said.

An aspect no one will ever ask Eaton to change: His love for the game. tonight, you can try a different bar tomorrow night.”

This, however, is not always the case.

Connor Galvin is a sophomore and an acquaintance of Graham’s.

One drunken night and a run-in with the police in his first semester of college persuaded him to take it easy the rest of the year.

“I was blackout drunk,” Galvin said. “I was in my room and the door didn’t shut and my Resident Assistant (RA) heard me puking in a bucket and she opened the door and since the RAs have to call the police if you’re puking, she called the police.”

As is procedure, the MUPD officer looked through his wallet, where Galvin had a 21-year old driver’s license.

“I was really intoxicated and it was a Michigan 21-year old ID, he had brown hair, I have blonde hair,” Galvin said.

However, luckily for Galvin, it was a valid ID and he was not charged.

“It was a real ID so I was able to say that I found it and I was returning it,” Galvin said.

Galvin did not for a second think about going out the next night.

“It was an eye-opening experience,” Galvin said. “When you see what can actually happen, you see that those decisions can follow you the rest of your life. I am more conscious and aware now so that’s why I’m glad I learned my lesson so early.”

Unlike Galvin however, many Miami students, Graham included, continue to flood Uptown and nearby liquor stores with fake IDs. There are so many that police said they cannot expect to completely eliminate the problem.

“Keep it under control, that’s what’s realistic,” Moore said.

“Would I like to stop it? Hell yeah.

Can I stop it? Hell no. Try and control it.”

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ADAM RAISED A CAIN:THE STORY OF ADAM EATON

Adam Eaton had grown accoustumed to hearing: “You are good, but not tall enough for what lies ahead.”

Most questions these days for the Miami University alumnus and current Arizona Diamondback include the words “please” and “autograph.”

“Growing up as a diehard Cleveland Indians fan, Kenny Lofton was the autograph I wanted,” Eaton said. “He played all out every play.

I tried to emulate his style playing whiffle ball all the time.”

And growing up in the Eaton household in Springfield, Ohio, baseball was simply an all-the-time activity.

“Baseball became a food for me, I was always hungry for it and always looking to learn something new about it,” Eaton said.

The only larger appetite for baseball in the house belonged to Adam’s dad, Glenn, a retired fire chief at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Glenn taught Adam at an early age that work ethic, not height determines the greatness of a baseball player.

“In the winter I was constantly with my dad taking batting practice when everyone else was not even thinking about baseball,” Eaton said. “He always told me you have to work for everything you get.”

Refreshingly enough, Adam never felt the pressure or the over the top mentality that so many young baseball players of psychotic baseball parents face today.

“My dad always kept it fun for me,” Eaton said. “I credit my love for the game and work ethic to him.”

Success at Kenton Ridge High School as a pitcher and outfielder led Eaton an hour and thirty minutes southwest to Oxford on a baseball scholarship.

“Adam definitely ruffled some feathers of the older guys when he came in as a freshman,” Miami assistant baseball coach Jeremy Ison said. “He was a confident kid, and his pesky approach to the game was not always accepted, especially by the veteran pitchers of the staff.”

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Between Eaton’s sophomore and junior year a switch flipped and Mid-American Conference (MAC) pitchers became the ones upset with Eaton. Number four in Red & White went on to collect 75 hits and 11 home runs his junior season and was named a first team All-MAC outfielder.

The award however, turned out to take a back seat that year to a classmate in a KNH class: Sophomore Miami softball player Katie Osburn.

“He took me on our first date to Smokin’ Ox and we went to hit together later that night and the rest was history,” the now Katie Osburn Eaton said.

When Adam graduated in the spring of 2010 with a degree in Sports Studies, both knew the toughest times were ahead. Off to Missoula, Mont. went Adam, and back to Oxford for senior year went Katie.

“Eight months after we started dating, he was shipped off before I even knew what happened!” Katie Eaton said.

For the next two years, a compact 5-foot-8 and 185-pound Adam Eaton barely had time to grab his checked bags at the latest airport terminal before being handed a ticket for a new home, a home closer to his childhood dream: the Major Leagues.

First, there was a call from the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 19th round of the 2010 MLB draft.

What lied ahead for Eaton in the eyes of most major league scouts was a career of minor league baseball, a career that could have made it to the big leagues if it had not been for one roadblock: 5-foot-8.

“My idol Yogi Berra was always the smallest guy on the field and he always kept it fun which has been my goal forever,” Eaton said. “I never worried about my critics.”

Eaton had fun and found success right out of the gate in 2011 as he collected all–star honors in the Pioneer League and California

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RedHawks ready for Battle of the Bricks

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Miami freshman saftey Buchi Okafor recovers a fumbled punt during Miami’s 24-17 loss Akron.

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University football team (0-7) has its work cut out for it this week. The Battle of the Bricks has always been one of the most storied rivalries in the Mid-American Conference (MAC), and the contest against Ohio University is a gritty one that throws records right out the window upon entry.

Take last years game, when a struggling RedHawk squad upset a Top 25 Bobcats team that had yet to lose a game. Needless to say, Ohio will be pumped up to take on a Miami program that has yet to win a game, a streak that includes a loss at the University of Massachusetts (16) and Akron (2-6), who hadn’t beat Miami in Oxford since 1937.

In fact, Miami’s 11-game losing streak can be traced all the way back to last October, when its last win was a 23-20 upending of the Bobcats. Almost exactly a year later, the two have a chance to duke it out again. And there is no love lost between these two teams. Even the younger players, who have yet to see much of this storied rivalry that enters its 90th year this season, know through instruction of veterans like

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redshirt senior captain and defensive tackle Austin Brown that it’s going to be intense.

“We’ve introduced the [younger] guys even through film like, ‘listen, these guys don’t like us and we really don’t like them,’” Brown said.

“It’s a big rivalry! And that’s how rivalries should be. We’re Miami … and we’re just going to try to keep moving forward.”

Fellow captain and redshirt senior tight end Steve Marck said he looks upon the matchup fondly. Last year’s upset was a significant win for the RedHawks, and Marck said he hopes they can do it again this weekend. Marck has been a consistent threat on underneath routes all year for Miami, and currently ranks third among Miami receivers with 121 yards and two touchdowns on 11 catches.

“It’s always a great game and we look forward to it every year,” Marck said. “Last year we were fortunate enough to beat them when they were ranked, and that’s still one of my favorite memories as a Miami football player. There was a lot of juice at practice this week, so we’re ready to go Saturday and we’re looking forward to the opportunity.”

Interim head coach Mike Bath

might not have been at the helm for this rivalry game in years past, but he knows what’s at stake in this bragging rights contest. His new style of RedHawk football, which he refers to as an “attack mentality,” will be put to the test against this potent 5-2 Bobcat attack. Redshirt senior quarterback Tyler Tettleton has accumulated 1,348 yards through the air so far this year while throwing 10 touchdowns. He threw a career-high four TDs last week against Eastern Michigan University.

“The team understands what the Ohio University game is about,” Bath said. “It’s a longstanding rivalry, but the thing is I haven’t put a huge amount of overemphasis on it, because this is about us. This team has to improve every single day. We’re going to know who they [Ohio] are. We’re going to know their tendencies, their personnel. But the biggest thing is we are going to focus on improving ourselves.”

The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start in Athens, Ohio. The Halloween season has long been known as a crazy time on Ohio University’s campus, and if the Bobcats aren’t careful, Miami may be doing a little more tricking than treating Saturday afternoon.

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Miami gets set for MAC West’s best MU faces No. 8 Providence in first road series of year

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University volleyball team has a road trip this weekend as it faces Mid-American Conference (MAC) West Division opponents, the University of Toledo and Ball State University. The RedHawks (10-10, 2-6 MAC) are 1-2 against the MAC West this season.

Toledo (12-10, 5-3 MAC) is on a roll in conference play as it has won five of its last seven matches, is 4-0 at home and is currently tied for second

in the MAC West. The Rockets are led by senior outside hitter Lauren Rafdal and senior middle hitter Dakota Harkins as they have recorded 3.93 kills per set (second in the MAC) and a .328 hitting percentage (eighth in the MAC) respectively.

Senior setter Adria Pryor facilitates the offense with 10.42 assists per set, which is third in the conference. “[Toledo] has been doing good things and beat teams that no one expected them to,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “They have nice outside hitters and an effective middle.

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Miami freshman middle hitter Paige Hill (14) and sophomore middle hitter Annie Reiswig (5) block a spike during Miami’s 3-2 win over EMU.

It’s also not easy playing Toledo at their place.”

Ball State (19-4, 7-1 MAC) sits at the top of the MAC West after winning 13 of its last 14 matches. Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Alex Fuelling leads the charge for the Cardinals with 3.75 kills per set, which is third in the MAC. “Ball State has been leading the West a good amount of the season,” Condit said. “They hit the ball well and have good ball control…

They’ve got a good libero and their setters spread the offense around very well.”

Redshirt sophomore middle hitter Jenny Ingle leads the MAC with a .380 hitting percentage and freshman middle hitter Paige Hill is third with 1.33 blocks per set. Senior libero Madison Hardy was named MAC Defensive Player of the Week after recording 61 digs last weekend.

“We need to be able to play backto-back matches stronger,” Condit said. “Our passing and serving needs to get consistent and our hitters need to take care of the ball… I’m proud of Hardy for earning MAC Player of the Week.”

“We need to go back to where we were in the beginning of the season,” junior outside hitter Chelsea Visk said. “We need consistent and confident play. We’re working on being an aggressive and smart team. We need to turn our season around and start our upward climb because these upcoming matches are important.”

The RedHawks face Toledo 7 p.m. Friday and will take on Ball State 7 p.m. Saturday.

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For the second weekend in a row, the Miami University hockey team faces another Top 10 opponent, the No. 8 Providence College Friars.

The RedHawks (3-1-0) split with No. 6 University of North Dakota last weekend and dropped to No. 3 in the USCHO national poll.

The first game featured a Miami team that looked flat and out-ofsync for most of the first period. as the RedHawks dropped their first contest of the year.

“We definitely had our chances, but you need your big players to step up in big games,” sophomore forward Riley Barber said after the game. “It didn’t happen tonight and we didn’t get the bounces our way, so you know how that works.”

They returned the next night with a fire lit under them. Head coach Enrico Blasi’s squad took a 5-0 lead before the halfway point. The passing was crisp, the shooting percentage was well above average, and the defense locked North Dakota out for most of the matchup.

“For the most part, I thought it was a pretty good weekend,” Blasi said. “Obviously Friday they had our number, but Saturday, when we scored two early goals, our guys felt the momentum and did a pretty nice job the rest of the game.”

The Friars (3-0-0) pose a similar

threat to North Dakota. The Friars have won their first three games by a combined total of 18-5, and junior forward Ross Mauermann has three goals and three assists.

Perhaps more impressive has been sophomore goaltender Jon Gillies, who leads the nation in goals against average and save percentage after two starts, with a 0.50 and .984, respectively. Miami will need to find a way to put it past the man between the pipes, and it starts with Barber and junior captain Austin Czarnik. The former is tied for third in the nation with eight points, the latter tied for 13th with six.

Blasi said the way the RedHawks bounced back after the first game of the North Dakota series gives him confidence.

“Our leadership showed its colors on Saturday,” Blasi said. “I’m not just talking about Czarnik – obviously, he’s our captain – but I think our entire team took the challenge and took a step in leadership in how they’re going to respond to situations of adversity.”

Blasi is the first to tell say the “W” is the ’Hawks goal each and every game and his team is taking it one step at a time. So far the young defense is panning out, and Miami holds an edge in blocked shots over its opponents 66-45. Sacrificing the body will continue to be a big advantage for the RedHawks as they head into their first road series.