November 1, 2013 | The Miami Student

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013

VOLUME 141 NO. 18

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1980, The Miami Student reported that U.S. Press, one of several manufacturers of phony state identification cards at the time, promoted its $5 product

as “absolutely the ultimate ID card!” Unfortunately for those looking to pass them off as legitimate, many of the fake IDs had tell-tale flaws, such as card holders’ photos being placed on the wrong side.

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MACCRACKEN IN MIST No sun for the sun-dial as a fog settles on Miami’s campus Wednesday

MU community reflects on sophomore’s death

BY CHRIS CURME COMMUNITY EDITOR

Saturday morning, Miami University sophomore Jacob Jarman was found dead on the railroad tracks between South Main Street and College Avenue. As news of Jarman’s passing spreads across campus, friends and school officials express their sorrow.

This was Jarman’s first semester at Miami, having transferred from the University of Colorado. He is again in his home state, with his parents and friends. According to Jarman’s former roommate, firstyear Aaron Kahle, many of Jarman’s friends at Miami also hail from Colorado, though he had a presence in many circles.

“He was a good guy,” Kahle

said. “He had a very close group of friends. I think a lot of his friends are from Colorado, [but] he had a really tight friend group here.”

Miami officials expressed their sadness in the wake of Jarman’s passing.

“We are deeply saddened by the untimely passing of a member of our community,” Associate Dean of Students Gwen Fears said. “Although he was not with us long, he enhanced our community and he will be remembered. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Jake’s family and many loved ones.”

In a tweet, President Hodge echoed the sentiments of the Miami community.

“Our hearts go out to the family in their grief,” he said.

Jarman graduated from Regis

Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colo., where he played football.

“Please join the entire community of Regis Jesuit in praying for the Jarman family and all who knew and loved Jake during this time of loss,” a statement on the school’s website read.

The school’s statement went on to announce they had established a fund in Jarman’s memory.

Miami students continue react to his untimely passing.

“I think Jake would like to be remembered as a great friend; someone who always wanted to have a good time,” Kahle said. “I don’t think he treated anyone poorly. He was a good guy to everyone he met.

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Condé Nast drops internship program after lawsuit over lack of compensation

BY ALEXIS DEBRUNNER STAFF WRITER

After multiple lawsuits over interns’ wages, magazine conglomerate Condé Nast shut down their internship program on Oct. 23.

Three Condé Nast interns sued the company after they believed they had been unfairly compensated for the work they did and wanted to see interns have the ability to unionize in the future. Condé Nast, whose brands include Vogue, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ, responded to these demands by closing the program.

“Internships are so essential at the collegiate level for students to have any hope of landing a job in the journalism field,” senior journalism lecturer Patti Newberry said. “You need to build on writing and reporting skills in order to be hirable. Students can’t learn it all in the classroom, they have to go out there and do it for themselves.”

Newberry said one of the huge issues that stood out for her in this case is a trend that she has noticed for a while: the concept of not paying interns. She said unpaid internships are often written off as okay with companies because they offer school credit in exchange for the work, but what it boils down to is students paying companies to let them get the experience they need.

“When I was an undergraduate student, I had four internships, all paid, and this was 30 years ago,” Newberry said. “I was paid a minimum of $300 dollars a week, I paid

bills and took care of rent, but now so few organizations pay their interns. Still some of the higher up organizations do, like The New York Times and The Washington Post, but the majority of internships today are unpaid.”

Even for students in Oxford, who are offered a variety of internship opportunities through the school’s connections in the greater Cincinnati area, still face a large percentage of their options being unpaid, Newberry said.

“The lack of pay and the disadvantage of our location, with having to travel to most professional internships, are large disincentives for students,” Newberry said. “There is a long list of expenses tied with being a working person, and to pay them to accept an unpaid position can be a bitter pill to swallow.”

On Miami’s campus,ß there are a number of organizations that offer experience to students, Newberry said, but they cannot be a replacement for the professional experience that an internship offers. Organizations such as The Miami Student, WMSR, Miami Quarterly, and Inklings all offer a space for students to work on their skillsets, but don’t replace the spot of an internship on a resume.

“Luckily, most students are still eager to land internships because they understand how essential it is to their career, so they have just accepted that they are not going to be paid,” Newberry said. “That is what has been drilled into them now since high school of how an internship works.”

Former Condé Nast intern, junior Alissa Pollack is one of those students who were willing to work unpaid in exchange for the valuable experience her internship offered.

Pollack said her months at Teen Vogue this past summer were such a great opportunity that she felt being given school credit was enough compensation, but she added that anyone who is going to be unpaid needs to be benefiting in some way.

“If you’re getting school credit as an intern, then you are being compensated in some way,” Pollack said.

“An intern should be benefiting from the internship more than the company, the point of an internship is to be a learning opportunity and to build on your experiences. If you are just running around getting coffee, that doesn’t help with that, and so then yes you need to be getting paid.”

After working for Teen Vogue this past summer, Pollack said she had hopes of interning for Vanity Fair this upcoming summer, but now is not sure where that opportunity stands.

While Condé Nast said in their press statement that the end of the program would not affect current interns at any of their publications, Pollack said that her plans for this summer are unknown at this time.

“It’s going to be really difficult because I loved working for them this past summer, it was an amazing experience, and I had every intention of applying to do the same this

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Decline of the divine: MU secularism on the rise

BY EMILY C. TATE

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Before fall classes begin each year, first-years across the nation take an extensive survey called the Higher Education Research Institute’s CIRP Freshman Survey.

Along with questions regarding demographics, behavioral characteristics and personal strength, students are questioned about their religious preferences.

In 2011, Miami’s CIRP results showed that 18.5 percent of firstyears had no religious preference – a drastic jump from just two years prior, when only 14.6 percent of students adhered to this category.

Two organizations on Miami’s campus, the Secular Students of Miami (SSM) and Cru, have seen their numbers change in relation to these statistics.

“A few years ago, we experienced a big jump in membership,” vice president of SSM Becca King said. “We went from having about 15 consistent members to more like 30.”

SSM is an on-campus organization that provides a forum for students to discuss different religious views while also supplying an opportunity for like-minded people to get to know each other.

On the other hand, one of Miami’s Christian organizations has seen its numbers drop in the past few years.

“About 10 years ago, nearly 800 students came to our weekly meetings,” Miami Cru’s president Will Adams said. “The size has declined. Now there are about 300 to 400 students each week…but I’m not sure if that’s due to a change in our generation or just a different student body.”

Adams said he believes the decline in active religious participation might actually be due to the college atmosphere.

“A lot of people come to college thinking it is a time to redefine yourself,” he said. “When people come to college and leave their parents for the first time, they ask themselves if what they have grown up with is really what they want for themselves.

Students have the chance to either walk away from it or dig deeper.”

However, national surveys show that the secular population is on the rise across all ages, not just among college students.

According to an annual Gallup poll on religion, in its first year to conduct the survey (1948), only 2 percent of the U.S. population marked “none” for religious preference. Four decades later, 7 percent of Americans had no religious preference (1988), then the number doubled to 14 percent by 2012.

While the religiously unaffiliated portion of the population is indeed

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Search for FSB dean narrows

BY VICTORIA SLATER, EMILY CRANE EDITORS

The Farmer School of Business (FSB), in the midst of its year-long search for a new dean, has narrowed down the pool of candidates to three finalists. The committee has invited these three finalists to attend on-campus open forums with students next week.

According to Director of Business Student Organizations and Diversity Michelle Thomas, the open forums are meant to demonstrate student involvement and to give voice to a major portion of the future dean’s constituency.

“We want the deans to understand we have a very engaged, active and robust student body,” Thomas said.

Two of these candidates will attend the interviews Nov. 4 and Nov. 6.

Mark Dawkins, the current Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the Terry College of Business in

the University of Georgia will join the Nov. 4 session from 5:15 – 6 p.m. in FSB 0025. He has a P.h.D. in accounting from Florida State University, and now teaches accounting as an associate professor at the University of Georgia.

The Nov. 5 forum will feature Matt Myers, the Associate Dean of Executive Education at the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. He received a P.h.D in marketing and international business from Michigan State University and is currently a “Nestle Professor” at the University of Tennessee. His session will be from 5-6 p.m. in FSB 0019.

The third candidate is Jorge Haddock. Haddock was the Dean of the School of Management at George Mason University and prior to that, Dean of the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. He is currently a full professor at George Mason University. His session had yet to be determined at the time of print.

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Bird banding: A pretty fly hobby

BY MEGHAN INGRAHAM FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

On a frigid autumn morning in Hueston Woods, a bird leaped into the air, fleeing the hand of an examiner, and screeched its way back into the woods. The crowd around the table observed in awe before anxiously turning their attention back to the table where a team of Miami professors and students prepared to assess the next bird.

This is a typical morning birdbanding session at Miami University. The banding sessions commence every Tuesday and Thursday at dawn until early November. The event caters to Miami students but is open to the rest of the community.

“My wife and I started a nonprofit bird-banding event in 1994

and this is our 10th field station at Hueston Woods,” Miami zoology professor David Russell said.

Russel runs the program, which is now widely popular among students at Miami and other Oxford locals.

“We now have close to 1,000 visitors a year and have banded 115 bird species,” Russell said.

Bird banding is a unique and intriguing hobby at Miami. However, Russell and his students can also use bird banding to make inferences about the environment.

“Hueston Woods is like an island in the sea for birds, it’s a resting stop on their long migration,” Russell said.

Russell and his team strive to capitalize on the resting spot.

First, the birds are captured in

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PUMPED FOR PUMPKINS

Lauren Gottshalk (left) and sophomore Marcus Branch paint pumpkins at the Pumpkin Pride event on Oct. 29 at the Women’s Center.

BCRTA opens door on new policies

BY JAMES STEINBAUER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

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MEGHAN INGRAHAM THE MIAMI STUDENT

A bird bander examines a young, female cardinal at Hueston Woods before releasing it back into the wild.

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This August, the Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA) signed a 10-year agreement with Miami University to operate Miami’s bus service within Oxford during the academic year.

Something that may cause confusion for Miami students who were previously familiar with the Miami metro system are several name changes that have occurred under BCRTA’s new operation.

The Access Miami or DoorTo-Door pickup system is now known as Dial-A-Ride under BCRTA’s control.

Under this new management, certain services such as SafeRide, which provides safe escort

for students traveling alone during evening hours, have remained the same, with no restrictions to their use; however, several changes have been made to DialA-Ride services for passengers with disabilities.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities) Dial-A-Ride services, established nationwide in 1990 through the Americans with Disabilities Act, are reserved for passengers with disabilities who may not be able or find it difficult to ride regular bus routes.

Miami University’s Access Miami plan, now under the operation of BCRTA, provides transportation for disabled or injured students and faculty around campus and throughout the Oxford area, but new changes to BCRTA’s ADA policy have made it

difficult for some students to utilize the service.

“I called to get door-to-door service, and while they would help me after recently tearing an ACL and meniscus, I was only offered three days of help,” junior Lauren Olson said. “After that, I would have to fill out a lengthy application with information from my doctor to get help for more than three consecutive days.”

Miami University students or faculty members with an I.D. can ride the ADA bus just like the regular BCRTA route, for free. However, BCRTA now requires that riders fill out an eight-page application, which

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Ideological rivals clash at the Janus Forum

BY EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

Former governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, and editor of the “Weekly Standard,” William Kristol, went head to head in front of a packed Hall Auditorium Wednesday night, sharing their views on the United States’ role in the world for the fall 2013 Janus forum.

In Richardson’s opening statement, he argued the United States’ role ought to continue to be one of headship in the world, but that it should be restricted to certain domains.

“Everybody looks to us for leadership,” Richardson said. “America needs to continue to lead but do it in measurable ways.”

Richardson listed eight main areas in which the U.S. ought to

focus its leadership. These included religious conflicts, particularly among Muslim Sunnis and Shiites, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, terrorism, disease, poverty, women empowerment and climate change.

He lauded the U.S.’ leadership in the domain of energy advances, particularly its recent advances in producing shale gas.

“Shale gas means the U.S. is the leader in oil in the world,” Richardson said. “Shale gas is a good transition toward more renewable energy sources … Solar, wind, biofuels are the future.”

When Kristol’s turn came to take the podium, he argued the U.S.’ leadership ought to take the form of high levels of involvement in foreign affairs, both in diplomatic channels and through military force.

“The consequences of the U.S. retreating from leadership would be dire,” Kristol said. “The world has some ‘neighborhoods’ that need more ‘police force.’ And if we don’t do it, no one will.”

The U.S. should not be the sole police force, Kristol argued, and ought to continue developing strong alliances. At the same time, he cautioned against raising hopes that the world would ever be united under a single governing body.

“We’re not going to have a world government or world peace,” Kristol said. “Presidents have to have nice rhetoric about that sort of thing but we all know it’s not feasible.”

As such, the U.S. needs to know when to step up as a nation, apart

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LENO DAVIS THE MIAMI STUDENT

SPOOKY SPIDER AND CIDER

Students spend time with Willis, the bird-eating spider, on Oct. 30 in the Peabody Hall Inquiry Center.

Water ski team stays afloat at nationals ASG nominates senators for ‘Senator of the Month’

BY KATHLEEN CLYBURN FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

CONTRIBUTED BY AMANDA PALISWAT

The Miami University Water Ski team poses at the 2013 National Championship on Oct. 20 in El Centro, Calif.

They secured eighth place out of 12 teams.

BY OLIVIA BRAUDE

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University Club Water Ski team showcased their skill and spirit by winning eighth place and an award for the most spirited team at the 35th Collegiate Water Ski National Championship.

“I’m surprised we didn’t drown him,” senior Emily Van Treese said of the team’s excitement when fellow teammate senior Drew Hathaway jumped

102 feet in the men’s jump event at the 2013 National Championship held Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 in El Centro, Calif.

Hathaway joins the ‘Century Club’ that is reserved for skiers who are able to jump at least 100 feet. It was a goal he had been working towards since the end of his first season on Miami’s Club Water Ski team.

The team waited anxiously on shore while Hathaway, the last skier of the final day, landed before rushing into the water to

congratulate him. His jump helped the team secure eighth place, an improvement from last year’s 10th place finish.

Instead of bragging about his achievement, Hathaway chose to brag about his team. He said the entire trip to nationals this season was a highlight because he spent time with his best friends and his biggest supporters, his teammates.

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The Associated Student Government (ASG) met Tuesday to discuss Senator of the Month, news on food courts and alcohol policies and to celebrate Halloween with a costume contest.

President of the Senate senior Nick Miller spoke about Senator of the Month.

“This is an award given to a senator that is living up to expectations or even going above and beyond expectations,” Miller said.

Senators Liz Beumel, Nicole Anselmo, Max Smith, Candace Dove, Michael Vostatek, Tyler Bewley, Ty Guyot, Colleen Ryan and Noah Caldwell were all nominated for the award, which will be voted on at a later meeting.

Senior Secretary for On-Campus Affairs Cole Tyman announced that the first stop at the Maple Street food court will now be open on the weekends thanks to concerns that senators reported, including those of first-year senator Anselmo.

“It will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. so you can have a nice brunch or brinner,” Tyman said.

Tyman also announced there will be new alcohol policies at Miami that may be more amiable to students.

“Courtney Bernard and I have been working on some alcohol policies,” Tyman said. “Two weeks ago we had a conversation with the costudent body president at Stanford University. Stanford is highly progressive with their policies. The first thing I will be working on is that I am preparing a bill concerning the policy of bringing students to Butler County jail, personally I find this to be a bit harsh.”

Senate concluded with a costume contest which included Vostatek as Toy Story’s Woody, Ty Guyot as Dumbledore and Steve Bowersox as the Batman, among others.

“I’m Batman because I’m the senator that ASG deserves,” Bowersox said.

Senate Adviser Scott Walter chose Guyot as Dumbledore as the winner of the contest.

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Vica-don’t touch my pills: suspect on the lam Monday night, a female played host to a Halloween party at her residence with about 10 other guests. As she was retiring to her bedchamber after a night of frivolity and enjoyment, she noticed a disquieting absence in the uppermost drawer of her bedroom chest. She had been prescribed Vicodin, a pain-killer, and had the writ filled last Thursday. The pill count was, according to authorities, approximately 54 tablets. The girl further claimed no visitor had strayed into her private room. To her dismay, she found the lid had been torn from the bottle and the pills removed by an unknown element. Her mother called OPD to report the incident, at which time she recounted the above tale.

The point of no return: Accused seen on tape Monday afternoon, OPD officer met with an unsettled Dubois Bookstore employee in reference to a theft. The reporter spun a strange yarn of a female subject who had entered and perused the bookstore several times between Tuesday and Friday. According to security videotape footage, she removed the wrapping from three textbooks. The underhanded woman then, according to the establishment, took the volumes to the front desk whereupon she inquired if she could return the books, which she claimed she had purchased. The unwitting clerk compensated the girl for two of the three books. She is still at large, authorities report.

Mirror, mirror on the ground: Who dunnit?

At 11 p.m. Tuesday, a female motorist reported to an Oxford constable that the side mirrors of her BMW Mini Cooper, left dormant in the 200 block of E. Vine Street had been struck from the motor coach. Unlike Icarus, who lost his wings in an elegant tragedy of hubris, the reflective wings of the automobile had been cast from its body by an unknown assailant, who left behind him black scruff marks on the passenger door in his wake. The female was unable to identify the vandal.

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Miami University students enjoy Hocus Pocus on a projector at Uptown Park.

Princess: Big goals set for big open

BY ABBY RUSS

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Almost one year after closing, the Princess 4 Theatres is opening its doors to the Oxford community in the next few weeks, though a specific date has not been set.

New owners, including Matt and Chris Rodbro, Lindsey Myers and Ted Wood, recently purchased the vacant theater in hopes of completely renovating and improving the once popular Uptown destination.

The four new owners of the Princess have both short and long term plans. They hope to open as soon as possible, even before renovations, to play Christmas movies just in time for the holiday season, according to Myers.

“We’re super excited about bringing the theatre back to the

community,” Myers said.

As for the long-term goals, they have grand plans to make the Princess 4 Theatres better than ever before, Matt Rodbro said. Renovations will include a new box office, more comfortable seating and an exterior that is consistent with Uptown aesthetically.

The new owners are also making a major investment to provide the theater with a digital projection system.

However, they intend to keep the old 35 mm projection system in order to play old movies that have not been converted into digital format.

The facelift will also include a new selection of movies.

Myers said in addition to playing current mainstream movies, they also anticipate playing independent, foreign and classic films as well.

Myers recognizes the high

population of foreign students on Miami University’s campus, and said she hopes that offering these films will encourage them to go to the Princess as well.

“The previous owners missed out on serving the requests of the people and just played major blockbusters,” Myers said.

Both Rodbro and Myers said they have fond memories tied to the old theater as they both grew up in Oxford and attended Miami.

“It was the first place I ever took a date in middle school, and it was where I had my first kiss,” Myers said.

Miami junior Erin O’Malley, has missed the convenience of the Uptown theater as well.

“I’m excited for the Princess to reopen because it’s so much easier than going to Hamilton when a new

movie comes out,” O’Malley said.

In addition to playing movies, the new owners dream of putting on an Oxford film festival.

“It is just an idea at this point, but we hope to play old, independent and foreign films as well as giving people the opportunity to get creative and present their own film,” Myers said.

Myers and Rodbro both stated their interest in employing Miami and Tallawanda students at the theatre and they anticipate a lot of interest in the coming weeks.

The owners expressed their excitement about their new investment in the Princess Theatre and they expect having many more ideas for its future.

“We hope the Oxford community gives us a warm welcome back,” Myers said.

Family Video survives in the digital age of Netflix

BY JANE BLAZER COMMUNITY EDITOR

Since Oxford’s Family Video opened in 2010, it has remained a successful business despite competition with Redbox and Netflix.

Convergence to the convenience of Redbox and Netflix has not affected the business due to their customer service and in-store benefits.

Audra McGuire, store manager of Oxford’s Family Video, 5930 Fairfield Rd, said Redbox and Netflix do not affect their business very much due to the limited selection of movies from those companies.

“If you go to Redbox or Netflix, you hope they have [the movie] what you need,” McGuire said. “You might not like a movie or it might not work, and here [Family Video] if it doesn’t work, we can definitely fix it for you.”

One difference between Redbox and Family Video is the availability of the newly-released movies.

“We get a lot of movies on day one, so we have every single movie on the day it comes out,” McGuire said. “Redbox might not get it until

day 28. Another example is Monsters University comes out tomorrow [Oct 29] so Redbox may have it, they may not, but we actually got special release from Disney to play it Friday, so we are actually renting movies that don’t come out until Tuesday.”

According to McGuire, Family Video has not been affected by Netflix, but to compete with the online movie-streaming model, they offer a special deal in the store for those who cancel their Netflix account.

“It [Netflix] has not really affected us all that much,” McGuire said.

“We also offer, if you have Netflix, and you cancel your subscription and you bring in your letter, we can give you a half price rate for 30 days, but you don’t see too many of those anymore.”

Going into Family Video allows the customer to receive help and recommendations from the employees, which sets them apart from the online movie rentals, McGuire said.

Family video also offers different

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JALEN WALKER THE MIAMI STUDENT

THE TRICK IS A TREAT

At Stage Left Presents: A Night of One Acts, Cindy Adams (played by senior Allison Beacham) tries to seduce Corey Krane (played by firstyear Jalen Walker) in a play written and directed by junior Dallas Ray.

The way Dan sees it: Eye-opening view from blind eyes

BY EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

Dan Depitro is 56. That’s 50 years older than he was ever expected to live.

At age two, doctors discovered tumors on his optic nerves and told his parents they could not remove them. His best shot at living would be radiation treatment, but it was very experimental and they thought his chances of surviving long were slim. But then he did.

He lived to be seven, then 17, then 47. He got married, had children, got a bachelor’s degree, got divorced, had grandchildren and buried the parents who thought they would bury him.

The radiation stopped the spread of the tumors and gave him his life, but not without a price. For every year he was allowed to live, he gave up a bit more of his sight.

By the time he had finished high school, he could barely see at all.

Today, the Dan lives in Oxford in a world that is completely dark. But he carries sight in his memories.

Memories of color, of the sky, of red, blue and green Christmas tree lights blinking.

“I could sit for hours just looking at the Christmas tree lights,” Dan says, his face spreading into a wide smile, defying the lines etched into his brow by years of hardship and trouble. “My favorite color was that bright blue.”

His years of sight have created a catalog of images and behaviors that allow him to situate himself in his world of blackness today.

When he hears the faint rumble of a car on the road as he walks his dog, Bridget, he moves to the side of the street, knowing the car driver expects him to move out

of his way. When he is greeting someone, he knows to stick out his hand toward them. When he gets dressed, he uses a color-identifying tool to piece together outfits that match, knowing from memory that people will be judging him based on his appearance.

“People judge you by the way you look so if you don’t have any concept of fashion, people will judge you,” Dan says matter-of-factly.

Today, he said he has mostly resigned himself to the fact that society does not accept him.

“Society sees me as blind and I have to conform to society,” Dan says. “But I don’t see myself as blind.”

He never has. Dan owns two vehicles, has a conceal-and-carry license and has raised three kids.

He became the first person in his

family to attend college and got his bachelor’s degree from Miami University in personnel and employee relations. He came very close to not completing it however.

He moved to Oxford in 1985 with his wife and three sons in tow, only to watch them all leave him before his final semester. Dan blames his mother in law for the split.

“She didn’t approve of me from the start,” Dan says. “First, because I’m Catholic and don’t believe in birth control. Second because I’m blind, and third because I was so young.”

Dan’s wife had long suffered from what he describes as “epileptic seizures of the mind.” Though they were usually few and far between, they were extremely severe,

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nearly transparent nets set up through the woods. Russell or other banders then record the birds weight and do a full body measurement of the bird. The examiner looks for any fluctuation in the bird’s fat content, growth and size. These measurements can be used to make assumptions about how the ecosystem may have caused these changes. The bird is then released unharmed.

Russell said honeysuckle is an example of such a change.

“Honeysuckle is an invasive species at Hueston Woods which is not a sufficient diet for the birds, this is why we measure their weight: to see if the honeysuckle adversely affects them,” Russell said.

“If we see a negative difference in the birds, we can get a grant from Toyota Green to improve and restore their habitat.”

This scientific study is a hands-on experience for Miami University students studying zoology, ecology or other biologic courses.

“I’m taking a field ecology class and we have a lab assignment on banding,” junior Jonathon Taylor said.

“Its just incredible to examine the birds so closely and to have such a unique field-study,” senior Aaron Anderson said.

Aside from students at Miami, the bird banding session also intrigues a variety of observers,

particularly children.

Deb Oexmann, who has run the Brukner Nature Center in Troy for the past 24 years, said she sees bird banding as something beneficial for children.

“I especially love to see the effect banding has on kids, seeing the expression on their face when they release the birds, well there’s nothing like it.”

Oexmann uses this unique activity to educate and inform children about the birds’ ecosystems.

“Its great to teach kids to appreciate even the littlest creatures in life,” Oexmann said.

Lorna Wallick, a graduate of Miami’s class of 1973 and now a part of the Institute for Learning and Retirement said she believes it is also an engaging activity for the elderly.

“ILR allows me to participate in these banding sessions; I’ve been banding since I was a little girl and I am so glad there is a program here that lets me be a part of it still,” Wallick said.

“You can’t experience wildlife until you actually experience it,” Russell said. “Seeing it first hand gives you a true appreciation for the birds as opposed to watching it on National Geographic.”

Russell, a true devotee to the study of birds, always finds something fascinating in each banding event and never tires of the process.

“Every day I go out and learn something new; even after 20,000 birds I’m still amazed by them,” Russell said.

includes a description of their condition(s) and a medical verification form signed by their licensed practitioner.

Anybody who is not certified can have up to three consecutive days of transportation before they must submit an application.

The application can be submitted without the signature of a licensed practitioner, but depending on what the rider’s condition is, BCRTA may need a physician’s approval according to

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from the international community, Kristol said. On this point, the two debaters agreed. Richardson argued the U.S. need only operate within the UN’s boundaries depending on the circumstances.

“We use the UN depending on what’s in the United States’ best interests as a country,” Richardson said in a small, classroom discussion earlier in the day.

For example, in regards to the Middle East peacekeeping issue, the United States does not go to the UN because to do so would be outside the country’s best interests, Richardson said.

However, when it comes to other international concerns where the U.S.’ views line up with those of the UN, such as the matter of the Balkan nations, the U.S. ought to cooperate with the UN. Both Richardson and Kristol said they had been in favor of a U.S. airstrike in Syria and saw this as an example of a time when the U.S. ought to have taken action without UN backing.

BCRTA Assistant General Manager Matt Dutkevicz.

“We are a federally-funded agency and ADA transportation is offered all over the country for anybody who can’t get a fixed route,” Dutkevicz said. “Because of this we have a very specific set of rules we have to implement to allow people to ride it [ADA transportation].”

Dutkevicz emphasized that BCRTA did not do this to make riding the ADA bus more difficult, but to make sure people are not abusing the services.

“We want to make sure the people

who really need the service are getting it.” Dutkevicz said.

Olson, however, said she really needs the service and the new policy is making it difficult for her to get it. She stressed how unsatisfying the application process had been, exclaiming how difficult it can be to get a doctors note from back home.

“It’s just kind of frustrating,” Olson said. “Especially after an injury. You are obviously very overwhelmed and in a lot of pain. The last thing you want to worry about is having to apply to get help.”

On the whole however, Richardson said he was a strong advocate for the use of “soft power” over brute military force.

“I’m a big believer in soft power: dialogue, education, empowerment,” Richardson said.

Richardson gets his faith in dialogue from his days negotiating hostage situations in North Korea, Cuba and Sudan.

“It’s important to have dialogue and diplomacy even with bad people,” Richardson said.

He compared dealing with dictators to working out a contentious issue with one’s boyfriend or mother, drawing laughter from the audience.

Having negotiated a number of hostage situations, Richardson said he understands the great value of it intelligence-gathering, vindicating the NSA’s collection of metadata.

“Everybody spies on each other,” Richardson said. “We’re just better at it than everybody.”

Kristol agreed that he didn’t see any evidence that the intelligence the NSA had gathered from its allies’ cell phones had been

used maliciously and was hopeful that these relationships could be repaired.

The Forum concluded with a series of questions from the audience, mediated by Student Body Vice President senior Courtney Bernard, regarding the government shutdown and the way it has affected the international community’s perception of the U.S. as a power player.

“The real choice isn’t us or Russia, or us or China,” Kristol said.

“It’s us or nothing. And nothing could be dangerous.”

First-year history and political science major Paul Fredrick said he thought the Janus Forum was highly beneficial to Miami students.

“It’s beneficial for students to hear two opposing viewpoints from two highly credible sources,” Fredrick said.

Students wishing to join in organizing the next Janus Forum are welcome to attend the Janus committee meetings 6 p.m. on Thursdays in Harrison 109, chair of the Janus forum, senior Nick Miller said.

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“Everyone on the team is very close,” Hathaway said.

Close and encouraging, said women’s captain Van Treese, who had not experienced the team aspect of waterskiing before joining MU’s club team.

“Even if I don’t have my best day skiing,” Van Treese said.

“There’s always someone to cheer on.”

Cheering reached another level this season for MU water skiers.

They earned the Spirit Award, an award given to the team that shows the most motivation and team spirit throughout a tournament, at regionals and nationals.

“Finding out we got the Spirit Award on top of everything was pretty incredible,” Adam Bobay, MU water ski fundraising chair said.

According to Bobay, there is a friendly rival between Miami and University of Cincinnati (UC) for the Spirit Award. Miami’s sweep of the Spirit Award at regionals and nationals signaled the RedHawks’ triumph over the Bearcats.

Miami beat UC with spirit and skill. The RedHawks scored higher than the Bearcats in all four of the events at nationals and placed 3 spots above the UC water skiers in the final results.

The 11-seed Miami team competed in Division I against 11 universities, some that give out water ski scholarships, Van Treese said. Out of 12 teams, Miami placed eighth, two spots higher than last year.

“At nationals, we topped it, which I didn’t think could happen,” Bobay said about the team’s improvement from last season’s nationals.

The team competes in three events: slalom, jump, and trick.

For slalom, there is a course and the skier get points for number of buoys cleared, speed, and length of the rope pulling the skier through the water.

For jump events, skiers glide off a ramp in the water and the winner is the skier who lands

the farthest.

Trick events involve the skier performing a series of tricks with pre-determined point values in a 20-second run on the water.

Trick skiing is the most difficult to judge, according to faculty advisor and international water ski judge, Lawrence Downes.

“Trick events require a lot of work [to judge],” Downes said, “because you have to decide what the trick was, if it’s done correctly, and if they get the points in a matter of seconds.”

Downes has been the advisor for Miami’s club water ski team since its inception in the 1980’s.

In his opinion, this season is an improvement from last season due largely to Van Treese, a thirdgeneration water skier.

Van Treese has no shortage of accomplishments, including a tenth place finish out of 58 competitors in the women’s trick event at nationals, according to USA Water Ski’s website. She placed first in the event at the Great Lakes Conference where Miami ranks third out of 18 teams.

According to the Ohio Water Ski Association’s website, Van Treese’s score in the Women’s Trick event at the conference ranked second in the nation at the time.

MU’s club water ski team caught national attention this season with an unheard of tie with Cincinnati at the Ball State Fling tournament, said Downes. UC’s combined team scores for slalom and trick events topped Miami’s, while Miami’s combined team score in jump was greater than UC’s, resulting in a tie.

The National Water Ski Association’s website said, “History has officially happened in Collegiate Water Skiing as we had our first ever tie for the team title in an NCWSA Tournament!”

Making history is not the only thing unique about Miami’s Water Ski team. It is the sense of family and camaraderie that Van Treese said is indescribable.

Bobay said that Miami University’s Club Water Ski team is a family, and nationals proved that in this family, spirit and skill abound.

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Sexual health at MU does not measure up to other schools As the reigning “hottest” guys and girls, according to College Prowler’s website, it is no secret that Miami University’s students shine in the looks department…that is, compared to other schools on College Prowler’s radar. Though flattering, other recent rankings do not shed the best light on Miami’s student body — literally, our bodies.

Trojan Condom Brand ranked Miami University 64th in the nation on its 2012 Sexual Health Report Card. The 141 schools involved in the study represent all 50 states and were drawn from conferences within the nation’s Bowl Championship Series, according to Trojan. The rankings come from a combined score of “accessibility of sexual health resources and information available to students.”

The bottom of the list includes Brigham Young University, U.S. Air Force Academy and Chicago State University. The study ranked University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign first and Brown University second, along with Columbia, Princeton, University of Wisconsin,YaleandColorado State in the top 10.

We were most interested in how Miami’s health center stacked up.

The Trojan report ranks the schools on a handful of criteria, including hours of operation, drop-in availability, quality of sexual health information on website, HIV testing on-site and usability of the health centers’ website. But there were two criteria that the Editorial Board of the Miami Student saw most vital to student’s health: contraceptive availability and condom availability.

On Oct. 1, Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), went in to full affect.

Obamacare has brought on some major renovations to women and men’s health. Under Obamacare, “women will have access to a large number of preventive services which will be completely covered by the insurance companies.”

As of Oct. 1, 47 million women have access to guaranteed preventive women’s health services under Obamacare. This includes any FDAapproved contraceptive as well as contraceptive education and counseling at no cost to the patient.

We think it’s safe to say the US government would get an A plus on Trojan’s Sexual Health Report Card.

Contraceptives for young women are made accessible through the Women’s Health Services at the Health Center. Though we must argue that the Gynecology department hours are not

user-friendly. According to the Student Health Services website, they’re open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; open for four hours on three Saturdays during the fall semester; and closed on Wednesdays. Confused? So are we.

It doesn’t exactly make it easy to see one of the doctors. Men’s health issues are dealt with through general medicine and there are no drop-in appointments of any kind at the Student Health Services. Our low ranking is starting to make sense.

Another reason we are in the bottom half of Trojan’s list is condom availability. When it comes to condoms on campus, they just aren’t sold. It’s a long-running joke for the MacCracken Market suggestion chalkboard to read “CONDOMS,” but year after year, campus is left latex-less. That being said, we don’t want to disregard the free condoms at the Student Health Center. In fact, there are probably a lot more sexual health resources on campus than the Average Joe may know.

The Office of Student Wellness offers a “Sex in the Basement” class where you can learn to differentiate between high-risk and low-risk sexual activities, how to put on a condom and the safety of abstinence.

While this all sounds like helpful information, we’re assuming the majority of the students on Miami’s campus would be more than a little embarrassed to show up to one of these classes. Needless to say, a more private alternative would probably work best.

The University of Illinois grabbed the number one spot on Trojan’s list of sexually healthy schools. Its student health services require all women to take a birth control education class before receiving any hormonal contraception (pill/patch/ring). They also offer this education class online, which anyone can take with just a click of a button.

Yale, who made it into the top ten on the Report Card, has a very easyto-navigate website that actually gives students a ton of information on condoms and safe sex as well as a list of all the places you can find condoms on and off campus.

We realize Miami is set in its traditional, conservative roots, but student’s sexual health and their accessibility to services and products that keep them safe is necessary.

We think Miami could benefit from looking at the top ranked schools mentioned at the beginning of the column and make improvements… they could start with the website.

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Strutting your stuff through student publications “The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.”

—Alicia Keys Alicia Keys speaks the words that I think are behind every staff member of UP Magazine, Miami University’s only fashion magazine on campus. Fashion is all about spirit, and every single member of the UP staff has the spirit inside of them to produce fabulous issues released campus wide three times per year.

I followed my passion when I joined UP Magazine as a freshman. UP Magazine was founded

by Miami students Lauren Kelley and Kelley Phelan in 2008, and we have evolved and gotten stronger ever since. We pride ourselves on inspiring the student body to both think and dress creatively.

As our mission statement says, at UP Magazine, we believe that fashion is an expression of one’s self. Fashion offers insight into the world of Miami; how we live, what we like, where we socialize, who we are and how we dress. So we take this concept and run with it. In photos, in layout design and in our words, we transform our ideas into a printed publication.

With this said, I know that UP Magazine may not be the perfect fit for everyone. Therefore, I believe it is extremely important for

journalism and other writing majors to join a publication that interests them because it is simply that greatest way to get experience.

Future employers will not only be impressed, but involvement in

their own, and that’s why fashion is so inspiring to me. It’s about choice-- and it’s about expression.

Just because we do not have a fashion major does not mean that we do not study it and practice

We do not have a fashion major here on campus, but with one look around, the average person can see that fashion and culture still thrive. student publications can also allow you another community to be involved with and thrive in where you all share the same passion.

With one look around my staff at UP magazine, I can see the drive in all of us. We are connected by the passion for fashion, and that is something I will always remember after I graduate. It’s a community of skilled, hard workers that commit themselves to inspiring other students through a fashion magazine, and it is magical.

We do not have a fashion major here on campus, but with one look around, the average person can see that fashion and culture still thrive. I would like to think UP magazine has played a part in this, but I also understand that each and every student here at Miami has their own individual style. While brand names may be common, every person can make the choice to make their outfit

it—fashion lives within all of us.

If fashion also inspires you, please join us Nov. 5 at Uptown Park at 8 p.m. for our annual Fashion’s Night Uptown, an outdoor fashion show featuring clothing by local boutiques. I’d also like to invite you to help us celebrate at Sidebar at 9 p.m. following the show for an after party with themed black, gold, and emerald attire to go along with our “Wizard of Oz” inspired theme.

Lastly, be sure to pick up a copy of our fall issue, to be released on Nov. 12. With a simple page turn I can guarantee you won’t be in Oxford anymore.

So what are you waiting for, Oxford? Get out there and show off your spirit, one day at a time.

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It is time to consider profit-incentives for organ donations, currently illegal Paying people for their organs seems intuitively grotesque, but it may be the solution to a growing crisis in organ transplantation.

A new Canadian study suggests paying living donors $10,000 to BRETT part with their MILAM organs would save money over the current system of altruism, even if donations only go up 5 percent.

Dr. Braden Manns, an associate professor and clinical professor in nephrology at the University of Calgary led the study and his team determined that paying living kidney donors $10,000 apiece would save about $340 per patient, compared with the ongoing costs of dialysis, according to NBC News.

“We have a problem. We don’t have enough organ donors coming forward,” Manns said.

According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), 120,482 people are candidates on the waiting list. Those seeking kidney transplants account for 98,463 of those people.

Between January and July 2013, 16,670 transplants occurred in the United States, but there were only 8,215 donors.

To put the waiting list in perspective, though, Harvard Medical School professor of surgery Francis L. Delmonico, noted that

almost half the people on waiting lists are “medically ineligible” for the surgery anyway. That is, they are too sick.

Still, the disparity between the demand for organs and the supply of available organs, whether from living donors or cadavers, is great and has been expanding since 1989, when data first began.

Quite obviously, too, getting a donation from a living donor is preferable to a cadaverous donor because of the increased potential for a successful transplantation; a living donor presents more optimal conditions for the procedure.

For example, one year post-kidney transplant from a living donor, the survival rate is 95, whereas with a cadaveric donor, it is only 89 percent.

The latest figures from 2013 indicate that 4,785 of transplants were from a deceased donor, whereas 3,430 were from a living donor.

Every day, 18 people die waiting for a life-saving organ.

However, the National Organ Transplantation Act, established in 1984, which also created OPTN, bans the sale of human organs.

Some, like Manns, think we ought to consider solutions that could increase donations, such as introducing a profit incentive.

Ethically, however, many organizations and doctors oppose such a measure. For instance, philosopher Samuel Kerstein of Harvard’s Program in Ethics and Health worries about human dignity.

“To have value as a person is

to have incomparable worth,” he said.

Tony Calland, with the British Medical Association, sees opting-out instead of opting-in as a solution.

Only about 45 percent of adults in the U.S. -- nearly 109 million people -- are organ donors, according to NBC News. Those 109 million people opted-in.

An opting-out solution would mean an individual is automatically an organ donor upon his or her death.

“We believe that…this will increase the number of deceased donors, but more than that, it will lead to a change in thinking, where organ donation after death will become the societal norm,” Calland said.

Penn Medicine addressed the concerns such as exploitation of the poor and diminished altruism in a 2010 study. Scott D. Halpern, led the study, and said money does not seem to blind people to the risk.

“People seemed to weigh the possible risks of kidney donation just as clearly in the face of a $100,000 payment as they did without any offer of payment,” he said.

Over 6,000 Americans charitably donate a kidney every year in the United States. Halpern said he does not see a money incentive as detrimental to that.

“Our study suggests that one’s willingness to donate an organ for free is not affected by learning that payment for kidneys could be an

option,” Halpern said.

If compensation took the form of credits for health care needs, about 60 percent of Americans would support it and cash for organs was seen as okay by 41 percent of respondents,

deconstruct the myths over organ donation such as EMTs being less likely to help you, if you are an organ donor or the general queasiness over discussing death.

However, along with changing the culture of donation, I see

Currently, it is legal to sell your blood, plasma, bone marrow, sperm, eggs, hair and rent out your womb for money.Yet selling your organs to help someone facing a fatal disease is illegal.

according to a NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll.

I am not persuaded by Kerstein’s ethical arguments against organ transplantation. What is ethical about thousands of people dying annually because we want to hold steadfast to a misguided view of human dignity?

Currently, it is legal to sell your blood, plasma, bone marrow, sperm, eggs, hair and rent out your womb for money. Yet selling your organs to help someone facing a fatal disease is illegal.

As autonomous individuals, we own our bodies. If one chooses to donate his or her organ or other body part for money or for free, that is their right.

For the same reason, then, I am opposed to the opt-out system, as it goes against such autonomy.

I do believe we ought to

introducing a free market into organ transplantation as the way to increase the supply of organs to meet the growing demand.

The arguments against introducing a profit-motive focus primarily on the donors while overlooking the needs of the recipient.

For instance, Sally Satel, writing for Slate, does not understand the “stubborn opposition.”

“When I was facing years on dialysis, any healthy kidney, paid for or not, would have been precious to me,” she said.

Most assuredly, some regulations and education would be necessary, but introducing competition and incentives are the primary way to begin saving lives.

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EMILY’S ANTICS

Feeling safe at school: A right, not priviledge, that every school kid should have Just a week after the deadly Nevada shooting, students have returned to their desks and locker-lined hallways at Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nevada, a town about five miles northeast of Reno.

Jose Reyes, EMILY 12, was ELDRIDGE identified last Thursday as the shooter. Reyes was a middleschooler who enjoyed zombie video games, soccer and MTV’s “Ridiculousness.” He didn’t seem to be a loner, a close friend tells the Huffington Post.

In fact, “He seemed happy. He seemed intelligent. He won video games more often than not,” said Reyes’ friend, 11-year-old Diego Munoz.

The young boy shot himself in the head after opening fire on the middle school basketball court outside. He also took the life of ex-Marine and popular math teacher, Michael Landsberry, 45.

Two others were shot and injured.

Mason, one of the two boys injured last week said he locked eyes with Reyes, begging him not

to shoot. Mason and his mother sat down with a CNN reporter to voice his newly found opinion on guns. Mason said, “When I got shot, I learned that [guns are] not just a toy, they’re a weapon and they can damage somebody very bad.” He adds, “I’m lucky to be alive.”

For the 600 plus students at Sparks Middle School, it is surely a memory never to be forgotten. In fact, I still remember how scared I was as a fifth-grader on lockdown during the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks when I lived in the D.C. suburbs. Though large-scale attacks like the Nevada shooting, Sandy Hook or Columbine gain the most recognition, grade-school violence is much more prevalent of an issue than we think.

According to a 2011 fact sheet published by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5.9 percent of children surveyed reported they did not go to school in the past 30 days because they felt unsafe at school or on their trip to school.

Who can blame them? More than 7 percent of 9th to 12th-graders reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least once in the last year. An additional 6 percent admitted to bringing a weapon to school for protection, according

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to DoSomething.org.

Imagine your twelve-year-old self. Now, imagine being shot in the gut or the arm (like the two injured boys in Sparks, Nevada) by a kid you had English with. How would you interact with others, feel safe in school or go on living normally from that point on?

“Traumatizing” is a start, but there are deeper psychological issues that one can only imagine going through as a pre-teen.

The real question on everyone’s mind: what prompts these kids to shoot?

The CDC said risk factors for school and youth violence include prior history of violence, drug, alcohol or tobacco use, association with delinquent peers, poor family functioning, poor grades in school and poverty in their community.

But a contradicting report published by NBC News—featuring facts from the U.S. Safe School Initiative—says no such profile exists. NBC says, “Attackers were of all races and family situations, with academic achievement ranging from failing to excellent.”

Like a lot of people, I find myself in the middle of these two opinions.

If we step back and look at the bigger picture, we can see a common pattern in simple human

behavior, regardless of the kid’s past—violent or not.

Rejection. It commonly takes place at work or school—though there are home environments that may be equally as destructive— the pressure to be accepted by classmates is real. Looking back at my middle school days, I remember begging my mom to let me use a flat iron. Some girls at school were teasing me for my frizzy hair and it started to get to

We have all been witness to the violent aftermath of bullying: it’s Sandy Hook, it’s Virginia Tech, it’s Sparks Middle School in Nevada. And because of this, we all have formed our own opinion on violence in schools.

It takes a terribly troubled twenty-something to walk into an elementary school and kill 20 children and six adults. And I can’t imagine what would prompt a kid to walk into his middle school and

More than 7 percent of 9th to 12th graders reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least once in the past year.

me. Though this is a routine example of every-day grade-school incidences, it hurts when our peers reject the way we look, walk, act or talk.

So on a larger scale, bullying can range anywhere from being teased for a bad haircut to actually being physically hurt.

I am no psychologist, nor was I ever a victim of serious bullying as a kid, but I have witnessed it.

open fire on an ex-Marine who survived two tours to Afghanistan but died protecting his students.

Whether we have government studies to prove or disprove that commonalities exist in pre-teen perpetrators, every child, and teacher, deserves to feel safe at school. End of story.

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BASKETBALL, FROM PAGE 10

Eustace said he was excited to play his first game as a RedHawk and maybe a little nervous too.

“Definitely in the first half, I felt a bit sped up at times,” Eustace said. “A couple loose turnovers at the beginning, but I felt like getting adjusted in the second half being accustomed to the time and the speed of the game I felt more comfortable in the second half. As the season goes on, that’s something I’ll have to get used to.”

One positive development in the game was the RedHawks’ three point shooting. Miami finished 8-19 from beyond the arc, for a 42.1 field goal percentage. Last year, MU shot only 33 percent as a team from beyond the three.

Senior forward Will Felder said more effective shooting from deep will give him more room to operate inside the paint this season.

“It will definitely loosen it up inside,” Felder said. “Guys just can’t

HOCKEY, FROM PAGE 10

and Providence sits two spots off the top.

“I think it’s helped us grow a little bit,” junior captain Austin Czarnik said. “We obviously have a lot of work to do, but when we’re going, we’re going. I’m excited to see how we do this weekend and hopefully we can get it going right from

go and double down in the post and just concentrate on the post play, they [now] have to worry about threats from outside.”

The RedHawks will rely upon Felder to produce both in the scoring column and on the boards. Felder is the team’s leading returning scorer and rebounder, as he finished last year averaging 11.6 points per game to go along with 5.3 rebounds. He was recently named to the MidAmerican Conference East Division Preseason Team.

Felder said he appreciates the recognition but both he and the team need to prove themselves on the court this year.

“It’s always nice to hear things like that,” Felder said. “Obviously it’s just a prediction, it’s not a promise … The only thing that’s left is to live up to it.”

Felder and the rest of his RedHawk teammates will get their first chance to prove themselves when they open the season at the University of Notre Dame next Friday. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. the start.”

Once again, Miami will rely heavily on leading scorers, sophomore forward Riley Barber and linemate Czarnik. Barber is tied atop the nation’s standings in points with twelve, while Czarnik is one spot behind him with 11.

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He lived a very chill life. He just wanted everyone to be happy.”

Kahle said his experience with resident assistants, Oxford Police and administration has been overwhelmingly positive in this unsettling time.

“I’ve heard alumni say how proud they are to be from Miami because of finding out how helpful Miami’s been to the family, the roommate, the suitemates, the friends,” Kahle said. “They’ve been more than helpful for everyone.”

Kahle said Jarman’s absence makes him wish they had been closer.

“From what I’ve seen on Facebook and everything—everyone posting on his wall—he affected a lot of people’s lives,” Kahle said.

“He had a very infectious smile.”

Kahle said it still bothers him to think Jarman was alone near the tracks so early Saturday morning.

“I would ask him what he was doing and why he was alone, because I’m sure he had plenty of friends that would have loved to go with him,” Kahle said.

INTERSHIP, FROM PAGE 1

summer,” Pollack said. “I have to kind of start at square one again about where I want to apply for the summer and where I want to look because this was my number one option.”

Pollack and Newberry agreed that seeing the closing of the Condé Nast program is frightening because it leaves the rest of the industry unsure of what move other media groups will make next. Newberry said that with the industry struggling how it is today, many companies are looking at the cost benefit relationships of these programs and have to reevaluate.

“It’s scary to see a group like Condé Nast just throwing in the towel,” Newberry said. “It’s a real fear that other media organizations could go the same way if they want to avoid litigation, which seems to be fashionable right now. I would not be

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expanding nationwide, Miami’s numbers are still more than 4 percent above the national average, indicating that there may be a correlation between secularism and the college environment.

According to the “The American Freshman,” where the national CIRP results are published annually, 11.6 percent of freshmen in 1988 said they had no religious preference, while 23.8 percent aligned with this category in 2012.

These data reveal that, compared to other universities, Miami remains fairly religious. This is no surprise to sophomore Joseph Larson, treasurer for the SSM. “I would guess that [Miami] is more religious, simply because this is a more conservative area,” Larson said.

Larson said society as a whole is becoming increasingly more secular.

“I would say that the younger generation definitely contains more secular people… I’m not sure if that’s just because of apathy, rebellion or an actual preference, though,” Larson said. “I think that with each passing generation that comes through, the people will be increasingly more secular.”

Religious or secular, some said the topic in general has become one people are inclined to keep private.

“It has become less acceptable to discuss your religious beliefs but also unacceptable to discuss your lack of religious beliefs,” King said. “People think it’s too personal and that it doesn’t belong in the public sphere.”

While SSM and Cru are contrasting organizations, both try to provide an atmosphere where students can feel comfortable discussing their views, according to the leaders of each group.

Jarman was not the first Miami student to be found dead on the Oxford train tracks.

“We’ve had several [incidents of people hit by trains] over the years,” OPD Sergeant Jon Varley said. “Over the past, say, eight years, including this incident and one just outside the city, there’ve been five people hit. Four out of these five were students.”

The tracks are the property of freighter train company CSX and, according to the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis, Ohio has the second highest rate of trespasser fatalities on CSX rail in the nation Seven people died in Ohio in 2012 alone.

CSX Railroad System Production Team Mechanic John Theodore, who has worked for CSX for 12 years, said people often underestimate the danger of moving trains.

“They are on top of you faster than they think,” Theodore said.

“Because of this, the railroad is strict on trespassing on the tracks.

Bear in mind it takes a train almost two miles to stop.”

Theodore emphasized that one should never consider going near railroad tracks, unless in a

vehicle, a safe distance away, at a marked crossing.

“Here is the thing, a train doesn’t blow its whistle until a certain amount of feet from the crossing,” Theodore said. “If he is going down the track and there is no crossing, no gated crossing, the engineer doesn’t have to blow the whistle. He could have been on the track, had no idea, because there was no whistle.”

Indeed, according to Varley, the train conductor continued that night, unaware of what had occurred.

All sources implore individuals to be mindful, stay away from the tracks and always be aware of their surroundings.

“I was talking to Jake’s dad…

College kids, they think they’re bulletproof. As an early-20s guy, you feel like you’re bulletproof,” Kahle said. “Be responsible.”

surprised to see more media groups dropping their programs.”

“I think the loss of this program is really sad,” Pollack said. “Condé Nast is one of the biggest student intern programs in the country, and in the industry, and it provided people who wanted to get into the industry with a lot of opportunities, contacts, and experience in general. Also people who interned there had a higher chance of working there so it throws off the whole system; its scary to think other people in the industry might follow suit.”

In the wake of opportunities closing, Career Services employee Forrest McGuire said the best thing for journalism students is to work on improving and building their resumes. Focusing on the universal hiring characteristics, such as leadership experience and good academic performance, is very important in addition to any career specific campus involvement to making your resume

as best as it can be.

“Depending on the field, an internship can make or break the real time job offers that students are looking for after graduation,” McGuire said.

“A lot of employers really value the real-world experience, they look to see if your experience correlates with a potential job they could offer you.”

McGuire said the best thing that can be done after the closing of a huge program like Condé Nast is to be proactive in making yourself the best competitor you can be for the remaining internship programs out there.

“I think students who want to be in New York and want to work for a magazine obviously have much more limited options now, but maybe it will open their eyes to more possibilities,” Pollack said. “It could be a good thing for some people who will work harder at finding other positions, but it will also be bad for others who don’t have that same drive.”

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DAN,

FROM PAGE 3

landing her in a hospital every time and totally incapacitating her.

It was during one such attack that her mother swooped in and took her and their three boys away.

“She was vulnerable, not in her right mind,” Dan says. “Her mom made the decision for her to divorce me. Thea didn’t want it.”

Dan tried to fight for custody of his children but the courts blew him off.

“My lawyer told me ‘You’re blind and you’re unemployed? Forget it,’” Dan says.

It didn’t matter that he was nearly done with his bachelor’s degree and would find a job soon. It didn’t matter that he didn’t even see himself as disabled. Once again, society decided for him what he could and could not do, what he did and did not need. His mother in law’s lawyers saw to it.

“I couldn’t understand why the justice system doesn’t work the same for people who have money and people who don’t,” Dan says.

“There seem to be two different sets of laws here. There are a lot of injustices that most people aren’t exposed to.”

So Dan accepted the divorce at 29. But he refused to accept that this was to be the end for him.

“It would have been easy for me to use all this as an excuse to quit [Miami],” Dan says. “But I said ‘No. This is my only way out, to be independent.’”

Dan finished his degree and im-

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in-store opportunities. One of these is the benefit new members receive when they join Family Video.

“The great thing about Family Video is, especially if you’re a new member, you get so many free movies, its ridiculous,” McGuire said.

“New members get half price for 30 days, you also get two free one dollar movies every single day. So, if you took advantage of that, your first month you would get about 60 free movies.”

Another benefit is Family Video’s membership is completely free.

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mediately began seeking a job. He had years of experience managing the convenience store in Cleveland and college degree behind him; he expected to find one readily.

Instead, the doors slammed in his face. He was turned down again and again for jobs for which he had all the necessary qualifications— except sight. Eventually, Dan grew tired of trying.

“I used to never settle for mediocrity,” Dan says, almost in a whisper, “but after you get beat down so many times, you just settle.”

And so the man with the bachelor’s degree settled for a factory job, rolling tape for an army supplier that contracted some of its work to the Cincinnati Association for the Blind.

“It was repetitive. It didn’t require a brain at all,” Dan says.

The job offered no upward mobility, no possibilities for promotion for blind people.

“I said, ‘I don’t need this.’ So I quit.”

He was unemployed four years, living off his inheritance from his parents, before once again settling for an equally mindless part-time job as a fitting room attendant at Target in Hamilton. He works there today but dreams of better.

“Someone who tries to succeed but can’t—it shouldn’t be happening,” Dan says shaking his head.

Though he knows he could do much better, Dan can’t deny that Target has been good to him.

He has even found an unlikely friend in his 73-year old coworker, Gena Brockman.

“We always joke to our coworkers that we go on dates,” Gena says laughing. “And we have gone out to eat a couple times. We’re just kinda on the same wavelength I guess. He’s got a great sense of humor.”

Gena had mentioned to Dan in passing that she wanted a food chopper so he picked one out for her last Christmas.

“I can’t think of a better person I know than Dan,” Gena says.

As Gena puts it, the two enjoy “razzing” each other but they connect on a deeper level because of their hardships as well. Gena is currently undergoing radiation treatment for a second time, now that her cancer has relapsed.

“I been took to the cleaners just like he has,” Gena says. “We look out for each other.”

With Gena’s health problems, they rarely get to work the same shift anymore, but when they do work together, Gena keeps an eye out for people who might want to take advantage of Dan’s blindness at the fitting rooms.

“They’re supposed to tell him how many items they have before they go in,” Gena says, “but he can’t see. They could just lie to him.”

Dan’s eclectic list of friends doesn’t end with Gena. Since his family moved out in the late 80s, Dan has filled his house with an odd assortment of roommates he has found through Craig’s List.

These include Chang the Chinese architect who designs theme parks, Roland the gambling addict

and now, Vlad, a Miami senior from Russia.

Vlad was looking for a nice location near campus and found Dan’s ad on Craig’s List. The ad didn’t say anything about Dan’s blindness though and Vlad went several weeks into the semester before realizing his landlord and roommate was blind.

“I actually didn’t realize he was blind until he told me a couple weeks after I moved in,” Vlad says.

“He is a very nice and friendly guy, and a lot of the time I actually forget that he can’t see because of how normal everyday things are. I think it is incredible how Dan doesn’t let his conditions get the better of his situation. He even goes out of his way to help or to do something nice for others.”

Dan is the proud owner of two vehicles, a 2005 Acura and a pickup truck that he keeps for the express purpose of being able to loan them out to those who need them.

“I love helping people. I’ve always been a recipient of help so I love to give back,” Dan says. Despite his years of hardship, Dan sees himself as very blessed and feels a responsibility to help those around him in any way he can.

“I really am so blessed,” Dan says. “I listen to the TV and I hear about people who have nothing, they just have nothing. And I have all this. I count myself very fortunate. I just wish I could do more to give back.”

Katie Reid, who attends Dan’s church, borrows his truck regularly and is grateful for the service.

“I think it’s hilarious that we borrow a pickup truck from our blind friend,” Katie says laughing.

Katie got to know Dan through their church group a little under a year ago and the two have become fast friends.

“He has done a lot to help me become more comfortable with people who are disabled or not like me,” Katie says.

At first, Katie wasn’t sure how exactly to treat Dan. “I wasn’t sure what sorts of things he would want to know,” Katie says. “I tried to think of the things he wouldn’t know because he can’t see that he might be interested in. I asked him ‘Do you like knowing these sorts of things?’ and he said ‘Oh yeah,’ so I’ve been doing that a lot more.”

“Katie is so great,” Dan says.

“She tells me things other people don’t tell me. For instance, there’s a guy in our church group, Mick Pechan, who I’ve known for a long time. But I had no idea he has white hair until Katie told me. That was just so neat.”

The key to interacting with people with disabilities, Dan explains, is to remember to treat them like people above all. Dan has found that the way he is treated by society has been far more difficult for him to cope with than his actual disability.

“I don’t see my blindness as a problem, it’s other people who are a problem,” Dan says. “There are three things people with disabilities want above all: inclusion, equality and compassion.”

is also ahead of competition because of its great customer service and employees.

“We really take time and invest in our employees, and in turn, our employees really enjoy working, which, you know, if your employees enjoy working with you, you are going to have great customer service,” McGuire said. “Your customers will see that and will enjoy coming in.”

Family Video employee Austin Stonecash said he enjoys working at Family Video because he is able to talk with the customers and recommend different movies.

“Everybody on the staff here watches different movies, so everyone has opinions and suggestions

for movies,” Stonecash said. “When people ask if we can give an honest opinion, we are honest and tell people. Customers really take advantage and enjoy that.”

Stonecash said he has seen a decrease in the number of customers who want to rent a movie just one time, but an increase in the number of customers who become members to rent movies frequently.

“When the big movies come out, we might not see the people come in just because they want to rent that one movie,” Stonecash said. “But the people that rent ten, twenty movies a month, I think that’s actually gone up because we have a better selection, so that counters our ability to be fast and

easy compared to Redbox.”

Family Video stands out from other movie businesses because they are an entrepreneurship franchise which also owns Marco’s Pizza, a pizza company, ITV-3, a cable-television service and StayFit 24, a 24-hour fitness center.

McGuire said they like to put Family Video and Marco’s Pizza adjacent to each other to offer dinner and entertainment in one night.

“We couldn’t put a pizza store into our location, but what we like to do is put pizza in by Family Video so that way you can order you pizza, come pick up your movies, pick up your pizza and pay for it all at the same,” McGuire said. “Our store here in Ox-

ford is just too small to do that so you wouldn’t see that here unfortunately.”

McGuire said being close to Miami University’s campus, she encourages students to consider working for Family Video. McGuire said employees are able to do a lot working with Family Video, considering they own many other companies.

Miami junior Alex Fliotsos said she likes that Family Video is still around, considering Blockbuster went bankrupt.

“Sometimes Netflix and Redbox don’t have the movies I want to watch, so it’s nice to be so close to a Family Video just incase I want to find a movie that they didn’t have,” Fliotsos said.

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WHY IS BASEBALL NOT AS POPULAR TODAY?

Wednesday night, the Boston Red Sox completed their run from worst to first and won their third world series in the last 10 years. Baseball is America’s past time and many of our forays into sports, but the World Series, with all its drama, consistently rates much lower than other major sport championship series.

The first four games of the playoffs averaged 14.1 million viewers. Last year’s series—a one sided sweep—averaged just 12.6 million viewers. The Super Bowl, although it’s an apples and oranges comparison, consistently gets well over 100 million viewers. Game seven of last year’s NBA finals had 26.1 million watching. Fortunately, game four of the series beat Sunday night football, which featured the hapless Vikings against the Packers, after losing two of the last three years.

It’s true that television ratings in general have taken a hit in recent years. Sports are included, but baseball has taken the hit especially hard. Especially on its biggest stage.

Keith Olbermann recently argued this is basically because teams are regional brands and nothing else.

People watch their own teams, but once they’re out, the average person isn’t making the baseball playoffs appointment viewing.

This is probably true, but the Red Sox (and even the Cardinals to some extent) are certainly as close as there is to a national brand team after their recent successes, but the problem of low viewership and interest persists.

The television ratings don’t really tell the whole story either. The prevailing attitude among young people today is that basketball, football and even hockey, are much more fun to watch than baseball.

People often say the games are too slow or the season is too long or even that baseball is the game of a time gone by when people couldn’t just sit on their cell phones, iPads or laptops all night and amuse themselves to death.

Maybe baseball is too slow, but it’s too bad that our culture is in such a hurry that many of us can’t sit down and enjoy America’s pastime anymore, instead requiring the constant stimulation that sports like football, basketball and hockey provide. Baseball can either make you think, or bore you.

It’s a shame so many are bored by it.

’Hawks win, but coach not pleased with effort

BEN TAYLOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami sophomore guard Willie Moore goes up for lay-up during a 76-71 win over Northwood University Wendesday. Moore had a game-high 16 points. Moore transferred to Miami from Oregon University this year.

BY ZACH MACIASZEK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

HOCKEY

MU set for homestand versus Canisius college

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University hockey team returns to the Goggin Ice Center for a home series this weekend ranked No. 6 in the country, according to the USCHO poll.

The RedHawks (3-2-1) are hosting the Golden Griffins of Canisius College, who have put up a 2-2-0 record so far this season. Though records say little about a team at this point in the season, Canisius is coming off a 4-1 road win against the University of Denver, a contender of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

The ’Hawks failed to find a win last weekend at Providence, who jumped to No. 3 in the nation, but did manage a tie in overtime last Saturday.

The RedHawks have now fallen two consecutive weeks at the polls – they were ranked No. 1 in the nation just two weeks ago.

But that’s of little concern to the Brotherhood, a group that’s never minded much where the powers that be place them, especially this early in the season.

“We have to continue to prepare at a high level during the week, and play our best hockey on the weekend.” Miami head coach Enrico Blasi said. “Canisuis is well coached – Dave Smith does a great job. It’s going to be a tough weekend and we have to be ready to play our absolute best hockey.”

Canisius is a slyly competent

team, and though they’ve scored just 10 goals through four games, four of those tallies have been on special teams: two on the power play, and two on the penalty kill. On the flip side of the ice, the Golden Griffins have allowed just 10 goals against, and junior netminder Keegan Asmundson was named Atlantic Hockey Association Goaltender of the Week after his career-high 36 save performance in a 4-1 upset of then No. 17 Denver.

That puts his save percentage at .973 and his goals-against average at 1 – both good for second best in the NCAA. If Miami hopes to find itself with two tallies in the wins column at the end of the weekend, they need to shore up some mistakes that led to a less than successful weekend against Providence.

“Partly, it’s decision-making with the puck,” Blasi said.

“Some of our guys are trying to be too perfect … we’re teetering at that 10 to 18 [scoring] chances against. That’s not good, and it’s partly because we’re turning the puck over.”

Though turnovers and bad decision-making have been part of the once No. 1 RedHawks’ recent 1-2-1 slide, that statistic must be taken with a grain of salt.

The RedHawks faced off against the No. 6 and No. 8 teams in the nation, respectively at the time.

The University of North Dakota now ranks fifth in the country,

HOCKEY, SEE PAGE 9

The Miami University basketball team beat Northwood University 76-71 Wednesday in its only exhibition game before the start of the regular season.

Sophomore guard Willie Moore led the ’Hawks scoring effort with an efficient 16 points on eight shots.

He was three of four from three-point range. Moore was joined on offense by freshman guard Jaryd Eustace, who finished with 14 points.

Despite the victory, head coach John Cooper said he was not pleased with his team’s performance.

“Am I happy with our performance? No,” Cooper said. “More disappointed with our effort. That

was the thing that was disappointing to me.”

Among the aspects Cooper highlighted as problem areas for the ’Hawks in the game were defense and rebounding. Miami was outrebounded 50-48, but the real disparity was on the offensive glass as the RedHawks allowed 24 offensive rebounds while collecting only 15 themselves. “[Northwood] boxing out, inhaling the boards, that cannot happen,” Cooper said. “We got our tails spanked on the boards and that should never happen … I thought they were tougher than we were, I thought they played with more of a sense of urgency and more passion.”

One of the standouts in the game

was Eustace. The newcomer figures to have a large role this season as both a scorer and a playmaker. There were many times when he was tasked with bringing the ball up the court and setting the offense, a challenge Cooper said he needs to work on.

“He’s got very good size and he’s got a very good skill level,” Cooper said. “Having said that, he’s still a freshman. He’s still learning the pace of the game and the sense of urgency you have to play with. There were many times out there where he’s point guard and he’s supposed to give calls and signals and he totally forgot … That’s to be expected.”

BASKETBALL, SEE PAGE 9

TENNIS

Miami travels to Memphis for fall finale

BY JORDAN RINARD SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University tennis team faces its last test of the fall season this weekend as it makes its way to the University of Memphis for the Memphis Invitational.

Miami looked impressive in singles play in the fall season.

Senior Christiana Raymond won her last seven matches on the way to a 9-1 record while sophomore Chloe Heerden also reeled off seven straight wins to earn a 9-2 record. Junior Alix Thurman is 7-4 on the season. Junior Christine Guerrazzi won four consecutive matches to push her record to 7-2. Freshman Andreea Badileanu responded nicely to dropping her opening match by going on a run of seven straight victories. Junior Ramona Costea rebounded from a 2-3 start with three consecutive wins.

Sophomore Ana Rajkovic is 3-3 on the season.

Collectively, the ’Hawks have a

.746 winning percentage in singles.

The doubles teams for Miami have struggled with consistency.

Teams that feature Raymond are 7-3 on the fall season, while the rest are a combined 6-10.

“We’ve been working on improving our concentration and getting mentally tough,” head coach Anca Dumitrescu said. “We need to be able to execute the gameplan under pressure. This tournament gives us another opportunity to compete and give it our best effort.

[In doubles] we’re executing better at the net and we’re doing a better job of moving forward. We need to continue to stay aggressive and execute plays.”

In the Ball State Invitational, Raymond, Guerrazzi, Heerden and Badileanu took home four singles championships.

The tandem of Guerrazzi and Rajkovic earned the consolation doubles title. The RedHawks had a strong showing in the Miami Invitational, their only home

tournament of the fall season, as they took 15 of 19 matches in singles play, but only recorded four doubles victories in nine matches.

Thurman emerged victorious in the back draw of the ITA Ohio Valley Regional while Raymond made it to the Round of 16 in the main draw.

No Miami doubles team advanced further than the second round. “[This week in practice] we’re working on being aggressive, our approach in doubles, and winning the important points especially in tiebreakers,” Guerrazzi said. “[In tournaments,] we need to respect every opponent and implement what we do in practice because every match is different. In singles we’re working on moving the ball, getting to the net, mentally preparing and getting into a routine, and focus on each point.”

The RedHawks begin play in the Memphis Invitational Friday morning and continue through Sunday.

FIELD HOCKEY

RedHawks close regular season with CMU and Providence matches

BY ALYSSA ZEDIKER STAFF WRITER

The Miami University field hockey team finishes its regular season play this weekend with a pair of games. The 8-9 RedHawks face Central Michigan University Saturday and Providence College. The game against Providence also marks senior day for the ’Hawks.

The Central Michigan game is the last regular season Mid-American

Conference (MAC) game. Miami is 2-2 in conference play and is ranked behind Central Michigan, which is 3-1 and second in conference.

“We are going to go into the Central Michigan game with a lot of energy and excitement, hoping to end the MAC play on a high note,” senior forward Alyssa Logan said.

In their last meeting with Central Michigan, the RedHawks claimed a 4-1 victory.

“We’ve always known Central to

be a good team, and even though we have beat them the last couple years, we know that we have to see them as the tough competition that they are,” Logan said. “We have to have our Agame to win.”

Miami has not played Providence in field hockey in recent years. The Friars are 8-8 on the season.

“Providence is a strong team which is solid in all their lines and especially has a lot of speed in their front line, but it is another great opportunity to

play top teams going into the MAC tournament,” head coach Inako Puzo said.

The RedHawks are looking to rebound from losing their last three games, and capitalize on the opportunities they create. In their last game against Kent State University, Miami outshot the Golden Flashes 12-8, but was unable to take the victory.

Central Michigan is the key game for the weekend, as it is the final opportunity for Miami to improve its

conference record. However, the RedHawks are also looking forward to the Providence game, as it will be a good competitive game that will lead them into conference tournament play.

“We are going to have to come with speed and persistency, and the scoreboard is not what is important in this game,” Puzo said. “What’s important is how we move the ball and stay disciplined for the full game on defense and offense.”