The Miami Student Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826
TUESday, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
VOLUME 140 NO. 23 TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO
In 1914, The Miami Student reported on the third annual “mock raid” that had taken place a Thursday prior. “The raid had its origin in a small company of braves who had evidently had a good supper and were tingling for excitement,” The Miami Student reported. In all, about 60 percent of the men in the college were enlisted. The organization was formal, with a major, three captains and three companies, as well as the Glee Club Vocal Band and a few bugles.
Soccer advances in tournament after OT victory
CONTRIBUTED RYAN BOES
FTK!
The Dance Marathon Leadership board smiles after 12 hours of dancing Saturday. Dance Marathon raised over $40,000 for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Miami, Oxford communities remember veterans who made ‘ultimate sacrifice’ By Olivia Hnat and Jenn Smola RICHARD MANDIMIKA THE MIAMI STUDENT
Junior midfielder Kayla Zakrzewski dribbles the ball.The ’Hawks topped the Lady Volunteers Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
BY Win Braswell Senior Staff Writer
In a battle of high-powered offense and defensive prowess, the Miami University soccer team got the better of the University of Tennessee, winning its opening round game in the NCAA Tournament 3-2 in overtime. The game had a flair for the dramatic, as Miami scored the game-tying goal with just nine seconds left in regulation. Miami has set a new school record for wins with a 20-2-1 record. The team’s unbeaten streak is now at 16 games as well. The RedHawks are now a perfect 10-0-0 away from Oxford this season. Tennessee came out on the attack early and often, controlling the pace of the game. The Volunteers kept constant pressure on the RedHawks for the majority of the first half. The persistent pressure paid off in the 26th minute, when redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Allison Norenberg gave up a rebound, allowing the goal. As they have done for much of the season, the ’Hawks responded quickly, scoring a minute later. After earning consecutive corner kick opportunities, junior forward Katy Dolesh tied the score with a header from an assist by senior captain Jess Kodiak. The game remained tied into the half, with Tennessee leading 7-5 in shots. The second half was a near mirror image of the first half, as the Vols applied heavy offensive pressure on the RedHawks. Miami was unable to get off a shot until after Tennessee fired off six of its own. The ’Hawks found themselves down 2-1 after the sixth shot of the half for Tennessee. The stingy Tennessee defense continued to stifle Miami, until the 85th minute, when sophomore midfielder Kelsey Dinges struck Miami’s first shot of the second half. Though her shot sailed wide, the RedHawks became energized and organized, as they began to pressure the Tennessee defense. With just nine seconds left, Dinges found the back of the net from 18 yards out, lofting the ball just over the outstretched arms of Tennessee goalkeeper Julie Eckel. From there, the game went into overtime. Miami was 2-1-1 on the season heading into the overtime period on Sunday. The Vols were unable to put away the game in overtime, squandering two corner kick opportunities within
the first three minutes of extra soccer. Dinges was able to find junior forward Kayla Zakrzewski running unmarked down the left flank. Zakrzewski made one cut toward the goal and fired a low kick into the right corner. The RedHawks immediately stormed the field in celebration. “When we went down a goal (in the second half) we made an adjustment in our formation because we were chasing the game,” Head Coach Bobby Kramig said. “The question during the interval between regulation and overtime was do we stick with it and we decided to. There was a certain degree of risk associated with it because we pulled a defender out of the game and to do that when you’re under as much pressure as we were during the game, that is not something to be taken lightly. It was just eating us up all day long, but we’re a MAC school, we’re Miami playing down here at an SEC school in Tennessee, so what do you have to lose. You might as well go for it, so we did.” Miami could feel the tides turning after the game-tying goal at the end of regulation, picking up intensity in the overtime period. “I think that we just wanted to keep fighting and didn’t want to run out of time,” Dolesh said. “As soon as the goal went in, we took all the momentum and went forward with it. We had it all going into overtime and we knew we had the greatest chance to score right away.” Kramig was impressed with his team’s mettle and resiliency throughout a tough game in which his team had its back against the wall for much of the match. “This team has been built on faith and confidence in each other all year long,” Kramig said. “You live and die with that and that’s what a team’s supposed to be. They never panicked, they never quit and that’s the second time this year Dinges has done that (score in the closing seconds). It was a one-goal game the whole time so there was no reason to stop competing.” Miami has now notched victories in its last three NCAA Tournament opening round games, winning in 2001 and 2002. This win was the first against a Southeastern Conference [SEC] team. Miami will now face the 2011 National Championship
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Community and Campus Editors
The Miami University and Oxford communities came together Sunday and Monday to honor the nation’s servicemen and women for Veterans Day. Miami’s Student Veterans Association held a ceremony Monday afternoon at the Sesquicentennial Chapel, where attendees heard from Rodney Coates, interim director of black world studies, Col. Patrick Malay, chair of naval science and student veteran Les Dershem. Malay enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1981 and earned a Purple Heart, among other awards, for his service. “Today it is important to remember the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice,” Malay said. Dershem reflected on the military funerals he attended as a
member of the Honor Guard. He said he is often the highest senior officer at military funerals and is given the task of presenting the next of kin with the folded American flag. “As important as it is to honor our veterans at their time of death, we should be honoring them every day,” Dershem said. Brendan Gillespie, student veteran and president of the Miami Student Veterans Association said it’s important to take time to reflect on the nation’s veterans and their service. “Veterans Day is all about remembering those who have served but at the same time appreciating their experiences…what they did for our country,” Gillespie said. The Middletown, Hamilton and West Chester campuses hosted Veterans Day events last week and over the weekend as well. The city of Oxford also hosted a program with the mayor, vice mayor and guest speakers to honor veterans Sunday
uptown at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Gillespie said students should make an effort to reach out to veterans to understand what they do and what they’ve gone through. “Not everyone has experience with people who have been in the military,” he said. “I would urge those who have that connection to reach out and talk to that person and get an idea of what their experience was, and if not, try to find someone that you can talk to…to get a feel for what those experiences are.” Katie Wilson, senior director of student engagement, said she urged the community to remember that they don’t need to look far to find veterans here at Miami. “One of the things that we have to remember is that there are student veterans among us,” Wilson said. “There are a lot of veterans on this campus that we see every day and [it’s important] that we don’t just honor them on Veterans Day.”
RICHARD MANDIMIKA THE MIAMI STUDENT
LEFT: Col. Patrick J. Malay speaks at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Sesquicentenial Chapel Monday. RIGHT: Members of the Chuck Cain Post 7670 at the Veterans Day ceremony.
WAVES wins national Cosmo competition BY Amanda Hancock
Senior Staff Writer
A group of Miami University students were featured by Cosmopolitan magazine last week after winning a national contest aimed at fighting sexual violence. Miami’s student organization, Women Against Violence and Sexual Assault (WAVES), won the RAINN Day/Cosmo Multimedia Contest, an event sponsored by Cosmopolitan and the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network, or RAINN. RAINN Day is an annual campaign to educate and raise awareness for college-aged students, a demographic that remains at the highest risk of sexual violence,
according to RAINN’s spokesperson, Megan Erhardt. After the members of Miami’s WAVES heard about the contest, they developed their own “RAINN day” in September. Senior and president of WAVES Robin Lavigna said the win was much needed for the group’s morale. “Sometimes it’s a hard topic to talk about and [we] worry that we aren’t making a difference,” she said. WAVES’ take on the event, the idea of making it “RAINN” at Miami, opened the eyes of many students, said WAVES vice president Kate Van Fossen. “We’ve done an outstanding job this semester of getting our name out there, and the feedback and support we have received has been
tremendous,” Van Fossen said, adding that they’ve been personally congratulated from administrators such as Dean of Students Susan MosleyHoward, Vice President for Student Affairs Barbara Jones and university President David Hodge. Throughout RAINN day, WAVES members stood near the Hub and collected more than 400 signatures from students and teachers on several colorful umbrellas. Members handed out Skittles and Lifesaver packets with facts taped on them, using the tagline “taste the rainbow.” There were raindrop-shaped posters hung on nearby trees displaying statistics, like 1 in 6 college-aged
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CAMPUS
Editors JENN SMOLA ALLISON MCGILLIVRAY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
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Miami surveys winter term course options Melissa Girgis Staff Writer
Wednesday, Miami University will send a survey to students asking what classes students would like to see in the new winter term next year. According to Michael Kabbaz, associate vice president of enrollment, the development of the winter term has been a collaborative effort involving Associated Student Government (ASG), faculty and staff from all academic divisions. Nick Miller, ASG’s secretary for student affairs, said the importance of student involvement in the process, especially in deciding the final course list cannot be underemphasized. “This is the students’ opportunity to put their footprint down and say what they want for this to
be successful,” Miller said. According to Denise Krallman, director of institutional research, information about what students would like to see included in the winter term will be collected via a short survey of 10-15 questions that students will receive through their Miami email Wednesday. The questions aim to gather data about such things as the likelihood of students registering for courses, the campus they would prefer to take courses on, campus resources that should be available during the winter term and reasons why students would not be interested in taking classes. The finalized class list should be available in early spring when classes resume for second semester. Some proposed study abroad options include an American global perspective class in Berlin,
Germany and London, England an introduction to American studies class in Washington, D.C. and a class on movies and politics at the Sundance film festival. Again, since the winter term is designed to meet students’ needs and interests, Krallman and
This is the students’ opportunity to put their footprint down and say what they want for this to be successful.” Nick Miller ASG SECRETARY FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS
Kabbaz said they highly encourage all students to contribute their opinions through the survey. “The more students participate in the survey the better we
can deliver what they want.” Kabbaz said. Kabbaz said adding the winter term boasts many benefits such as allowing instructors to try out classes that students have expressed interest in as well as providing extra time to fit in a minor, undergraduate research, or Miami plan courses. Others who are not looking to add extra courses may simply appreciate the chance to spread out their course work and lighten their workload during fall and spring semester, or even just enjoy a longer winter break. Kabbaz said the level of excitement and engagement of faculty regarding the project has been extraordinary. “Faculty have come to us asking, ‘Could we do a course like this?’ ‘Could we do a study abroad?’ They have
been very proactive about coming to us,” Kabbaz said. According to Miller, students who would like to keep up with how the planning process for the term is going can visit muohio.edu/oem for access to the academic calendar as well as documents discussing planning and implementation. Junior Zoology major, Erin Collin, said she is enthusiastic about the opportunities presented by the addition of a winter term as well as being able to contribute her input through the survey. “As a non-pre-med Zoo major, I would really like to see some classes that weren’t so geared towards pre-med,” Collin said. “Maybe [another type of course] that covers other topics within Zoology to allow us to go more in-depth with our personal interests.”
MU works to update mobile app, fix bugs By Cynthia Marcinek For The Miami Student
Miami University’s iPhone app has been undergoing a makeover. The Miami app, simply called ‘Miami University,’ includes maps of the campus, sports news, dining menus, a directory and more. However, the app will soon be updated to fix two issues of concern: the sports section and the bus schedule, which have not been operating properly since this past summer. The free app has been downloaded by almost 22,000 users, and there are approximately 7,000 active users. With all the construction on Western Drive, students have noticed the changing bus route especially for the Orange and Blue buses. The change in bus schedules has been detrimental for the app, which is supposed to provide a live bus route and tell students exactly where the buses are and when they will be coming. However, according to Jerry Gannod, professor of computer science and software engineering, this issue will be fixed with the newest update. The sports section of the app ran into troubles this past summer
when Miami athletics changed services. According to Gannod, when Miami athletics failed to inform the app team it broke a large portion of the app, but it was fixed and the changes will be made for their latest release. Another big change users will notice is the change in the branding. Miami University has recently switched from the lantern as a logo to the block M. The splash screen will also be different; about a week and a half ago students had the opportunity to give input about what they’d like to see, through the Miami University Facebook page. Gannod is one of the members of the team who developed the app and is working on the new update, which he said will be released around Thanksgiving. “It takes a couple of weeks to go through Apple, but we’ll be submitting it in the next couple of days,” Gannod said. Gannod’s team has also been working to get the app released for the iPhone and for Android devices and tablets. He said he hopes these will be available in the spring. The original idea for the Miami app goes back more than two years;
the first version was released in late Nov. 2010. Students also played a role in the creation of the app, Gannod said. “We wanted to make sure that if we created something that it was designed by the students, the programming for the app was performed by the students from design to rethinking what the functions were all of, that is done by Miami Students,” he said. Sophomore Paige Schmeling has the iPhone app, but said she does not use it very often. “I don’t know how much of the app I currently find relevant to my life,” Schmeling said. “I’m looking forward to the new version to come out.” Sophomore Hannah Olenick used the app as a first-year. “I found the bus schedule part of the app useful,” Olenick said. “I can’t wait for the live bus schedule to be updated.” There is currently a survey that students can take at http://goo.gl/ h94oV where students can talk about what they like about the app, what they use and do not use and what they would like to see in the future from the app.
DAMIEN WATSON THE MIAMI STUDENT
SINGING FOR A CAUSE
Chandler Carter performs at a benefit concert in support of the Dragonfly Program Sunday at Shriver.
Remembering student protest of Vietnam War
iTunes U opens airwaves to resources, entertainment for students, instructors
By TM Keesling
By Alden Gregory and Allison McGillivray
For The Miami Student
This article is part of a series The Miami Student is running about the University Archives. All information in the following article was obtained from the University Archives with the help of University Archivist Bob Schmidt. Weeks before the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of protestors at Kent State University, Miami University had its own Vietnam War protest which took place April 15, 1970. In fact, Miami is the first university in Ohio to have students occupy the Naval ROTC building, then Rowan Hall, in protest to the war. The occupation of Rowan Hall by over 300 students began after a rather peaceful, anti-war rally on the front lawn of Roudebush Hall. Once the rally started breaking up, a few dedicated demonstrators started gathering a group to protest at the ROTC building. The protestors’ demands, according to the special issue of The Miami Student, which was printed the day following the sit-in, included: 1.) No academic credit for ROTC 2.) The university be given a oneyear time period in which to get ROTC off campus 3.) No reprisals or repression to be taken against students participating in this demonstration 4.) A vote of support for all the
black demands made on campus The Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Etheridge spoke to the demonstrators, in order to end the protest. He told the students they had been heard and said if they wanted to continue discussions further, Hall Auditorium had been opened for them. Etheridge spoke to the crowd multiple times, gave several warnings and even a few threats of suspension. After an appropriate amount of time had passed without any of the activists budging from their locations, Etheridge announced, “Students present at this point are no longer students at Miami University.” By the time this announcement was made, Ohio State Highway Patrol had been called in to break the protest up, which caused about half the students to leave. When the six-hour occupation was broken up, the protesters faced breaking and entering charges, suspension from Miami and physical force from the police. To remove protestors from the building, state troopers used violent force, including, mace, tear-gas, hair pulling and police dogs. There were reports that the teargas left some people temporarily paralyzed. By the end of the night, 184 were arrested for trespassing. After this protest, the NROTC program was moved to Millet Hall, where it is still located today. The vacated Rowan Hall became an art museum, then the Art Center. Today the building is being constructed into part of the Armstrong Student Center.
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Thursday Nov. 8, Miami University became part of iTunes U, an electronic way to freely distribute materials for courses, lectures, music and performances via iTunes. Miami is joining other colleges and universities located throughout 26 countries, as well as other varying levels of schooling, including K-12. Until iTunes U made the switch to being a public site in March, Miami had a private site with very limited content. Now, the Miami iTunes U site has content available to the public as well as course materials that are only accessible class by class, according to Kelly Bennett, Miami’s social media specialist. Miami courses, faculty lectures, music and sports videos will be available to the public through the iTunes U site. In addition to the public site, a coursework-linked site will be available to Miami students, which can be accessed both in and out of the classroom, making it easier to have all needed materials in one place, according to Bennett. Spanish and Portuguese lecturer David Motta has used iTunes U before in his linguistics classes.
“[The students] were learning all of these nuts and bolts about sounds but they didn’t have any way of actually putting it into practice,” Motta said. Motta was using CDs to help students practice sounds before a colleague convinced him to use iTunes U. “It was a really great way for my students to go in, record themselves, and then drop it in my iTunes U course,” Motta said. Motta said he has had some technical difficulties with iTunes
Soon, it will include digital lectures, music and sports performances and videos of guest lectures. One of the music performances available will be a clip from Miami’s recent visit to Carnegie Hall. Contributions to the site will be made mostly by Miami University professors and, if permitted, visiting speakers. Many universities are beginning to use iTunes U as a way to engage students and have all course materials
[The students] were learning all of these nuts and bolts about sounds but they didn’t have any way of actually putting it into practice.” David Motta
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U but he said he will continue to use it because it is beneficial to his students. Through iTunes U, students will be able to sample classes and view lectures before making a decision. The site will show what the school has to offer, like great professors and classes, according to Bennett. The site is already up and running, containing videos depicting the progress on Miami’s Armstrong Student Center and the presidential award for service.
accessible in one spot. “[Miami] wanted to make sure we had our presence [in iTunes U] along with other colleges,” Bennett said. Being a part of iTunes U will allow Miami to connect with other universities, as well as the general public, and provide the means to share what the school has to offer. “The site showcases what the Miami experience is like from both an academic viewpoint as well as the wellrounded Miami experience,” Bennett said.
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COMMUNITY
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POLICE Hamilton explores ‘green’ energy
BEAT
By Jessica Barga Senior Staff Writer
Hamilton, Ohio is a city most Miami University students know for its branch campus, but with a strong push to implement green initiatives and policies, it may soon be known for becoming the first city in the U.S. to provide carbon dioxide (CO2) free energy for its residents. According to Chris Lawson, assistant to Hamilton’s city manager, Hamilton currently operates a hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River that produces 35 percent of the city’s energy in a carbon-free way. “We recognized that we had not taken full advantage of those efforts for other types of sustainability,” Lawson said, who completed his master’s degree at Miami in 2011. The eventual plan for the city is for 70 percent of its energy to be carbon-free by the end of 2014, making it the only city in the country to do so. With a new hydroelectric plant being constructed, the remaining energy will be offset by the use of Renewable Energy Credits, according to Lawson. Renewable Energy Credits work as a way for companies or
individuals to offset their CO2 emissions. The credits are purchased at market rates and the money goes to funding other types of environmentally friendly energy, such as solar or wind power, Lawson said. “You can clearly and distinctively say that you’ve reduced your carbon footprint down to zero and fostered renewable energy [funding],” Lawson said. The benefits of being green will attract businesses and clean industry to Hamilton, according to Lawson. “Companies located in Hamilton currently already have a green focus…we are rebranding our business incubator, focusing on clean technology, alternate fuel sources, biomaterials, and so on,” Lawson said. To boost these efforts, Ohio’s first clean-energy Ecological Enterprise Park will be developed in Hamilton. The park will function like an industrial park, but with green companies, according to Lawson. “This will promote human and corporate interaction, high-tech and clean industry, along with environmental responsibility and stewardship,” Lawson said. Other green policies around the city will include citywide
composting, vehicle fleets being outfitted for compressed natural gas and an urban agricultural ordinance, according to Lawson. Another policy will be a sustainable purchasing program, wherein products and services to be purchased will be examined to make sure the way they are produced is environmentally friendly and healthy. “This process lowers costs and makes us more competitive,” Lawson said. “We’re trying to paint a vivid picture of a city transforming itself from a Rust Belt city for a green city. “We are relentlessly dedicated to innovation and creativity…there is a global climate threat facing us, and Hamilton wants to be the local solution to that global problem.” Lawson said that progress is already being made toward these green policies. “Some cities have slow, antiquated views of implementing clean energy…they want to be at 25 percent clean energy by 2025,” Lawson said. “But that’s not enough. Most of these projects are [already] moving forward in cross-divisional teams.” Along with the obvious benefits of renewable energy on the earth’s climate, Hamilton’s use of green energy
will have an impact on the business climate as well, according to Jody Gunderson, economic development director for the City of Hamilton. “[Green energy policies] translate into businesses taking a look at Hamilton for that impact alone,” Gunderson said. Gunderson also said the green polices will be cost-effective. “Hamilton is distinctive because they can provide that energy at market rates that are very competitive, sometimes lower than the general market,” Gunderson said. Other cities and areas surrounding Hamilton will be able to benefit from the economic boost as well. Alan Kyger, economic development director for the City of Oxford, said Oxford does not have any plans to ‘go green’ any time in the near future. “We don’t have anything like that at this time,” Kyger said. Sophomore John O’Brien said Oxford might benefit from implementing some green policies as well. “Oxford could wait and see what happens with Hamilton, and if the process works, they could try and do the same thing,” O’Brien said.
BrickStreet Bar holds benefit for Sandy victims By Olivia Hnat Community Editor
‘BOWL’ING FOR SOUP
TYLER GRAVES THE MIAMI STUDENT
The 10th Annual Empty Bowls event, Saturday Nov. 10, helped raise money and awareness for global hunger.
Nov. 8, BrickStreet Bar raised over $3,500 for Hurricane and super-storm Sandy relief to donate to the Red Cross, according to general manager KC Fry. BrickStreet partnered with the Cincinnati branch of the Red Cross for last week’s benefit. The Red Cross volunteers also parked a van outside the bar, collected donations and provided information to the community, according to Fry. Fry said Mark Weisman, the bar owner, created and organized the event. “A lot of people came in and were really supportive of the whole relief effort,” Fry said. “We had a good crowd all night.” On the night of the fundraiser, cover charge and drink specials funded BrickStreet’s donation. “All our door money and a dollar from each [mixed] drink purchase went directly to the Red Cross,” David Coffey, bar manager, said. Patrons also made donations directly to the Red Cross at the main doors of the bar. After paying cover, patrons could enter a free raffle. Signed posters, a
Luke Bryan signed guitar, concert tickets and other items were all part of the raffle. “We had [signed posters] to reward people who were helping with the cause,” Fry said. “You can’t get those posters anywhere else. It was a thing to get people excited and donate a little bit more for a chance to win.” Sophomore Allison Wernsing won a signed guitar by Luke Bryan. Wernsing attended the fundraiser to help family and friends who were impacted my Hurricane Sandy in her hometown of Summit, N. J. “Right when you walked in there was a free raffle,” Wernsing said. “All you had to do was sign your name and phone number and put it in the box. I didn’t think I was going to win anything.” Wernsing said she plans on putting the signed guitar in her sorority suite and is thinking about learning to play the it. “It was a really great idea for them to raise money that way,” Wernsing said. “Any little thing that people can do will make a bigger difference than they realize.” For more information on the Red Cross and making donations, visit www.redcross.org.
Holiday drinks spice up holiday spirits at Uptown bars By Kailey Decker
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With the weather getting colder, the holiday cheer is finally in the air in Oxford. To celebrate, Oxford bars have been serving up festive drinks to the community with hopes to spread the excitement of the season. Bar and restaurant 45 East is one of the places that has been offering festive drinks for years. And while some come and go, the festive favorites remain. Heather Martin, service and bar manager, said she plays around with different liquors to create her drinks, letting employees and customers sample them and help improve the recipes. “I’ve been doing Thanksgivingthemed pumpkin and apple pie shots for a few years now,” Martin said. “The success of these inspired me to make more holiday drinks.” Martin said that this year 45 East will be making Candy Cane, Gingerbread and Jingle Ball shots specials for $3. “45 has great deals on the holidays shots,” first-year Maura Colwell said. “It makes them that much sweeter.” According to Martin, 45 is also serving a new mixed drink, Loaded Chuck, made from
Woodchuck Cider Beer and Caramel Smirnoff vodka. Another bar that has holiday-inspired drink options is Skipper’s Pub. As year-round carriers of Great Lakes Ale, Skipper’s Pub is proud to offer Great Lakes Christmas Ale, an annual tradition, according to General Manager Mark Johnson. While they are also expecting to serve Candy Cane shots and Leinenkugel Vanilla Porter, Johnson said Great Lakes Christmas Ale is their number one crowd pleaser. According to Johnson, it is particularly popular among students from Cleveland, where Great Lakes Ale is brewed because it is a taste of their hometown. However, because it is a dark beer, students from all over are attracted to this drink. Johnson said this drink is only offered for a limited time. “We don’t have as many school days in December and they only brew Christmas Ale for about a month,” Johnson said. “So once it’s gone, it’s gone.” For students who prefer to stick with non-alcoholic drinks, Oxford’s Quarter Barrel offers a full coffee bar stocked with a variety of holiday flavors, according to Janet Holmes, service and bar manager.
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Holiday-themed drinks are offered at many Uptown bars and restaurants to spread the holiday spirit. While it does not have holiday liquor, Quarter Barrel does carry flavored coffees like cinnamon hazelnut, chocolate toffee and its most popular, peppermint chocolate. These drinks are the same price as their regular coffee and have been served seasonally since Quarter Barrel opened two years ago. “The peppermint chocolate blend
at Quarter Barrel is my favorite because it warms me up and reminds me of Christmas,” first-year Perry Howell said. Holmes said she has found that students like the flavored holiday drinks. “Miami students like these flavors because they taste like home,” Holmes said.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Editor BILLY RAFAEL
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Illusionist puts passion into performance By Billy Rafael
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Wednesday, Miami University’s Performing Arts Series is taking a unique twist with its presentation of Kevin Spencer’s “Theatre of Illusion.” “When people think of a magic show they either think of the birthday party guy or of a Las Vegas kind of show,” Spencer said. “Rarely do they think of magic as a performing art, and I totally get that, but I truly believe the art of illusion has the ability to move an audience emotionally and intellectually the same way as great music or theater or dance can.” Spencer’s show has been on the road for fifteen years, and while it is always changing, the name never has. “It’s called ‘Theatre of Illusion’ because it combines my love for theater and for magic,” Spencer said. “We take all the elements of a Broadway production – the lights, the scenery, the movement – and wrap it around some pretty incredible illusions that were created for our show.” Most of Spencer’s illusions are designed by Jim Steinmeyer, the man behind all of the magic on Broadway, including Mary Poppins, Into the Woods and Beauty and the Beast. In keeping with a motif that Miami students have become very familiar with, Wednesday Spencer will walk through a brick wall. According to Spencer, it is a trick originally performed by Houdini in the early
1900’s that was only performed on the stages of Broadway and only for a short time. Houdini, for unknown reason, suddenly stopped performing it and, until recently, no other magician has attempted it. “As people enter in the theater on the front of the stage will be eight solid concrete cinder blocks, and people will have the opportunity to see that they are real,” Spencer said. “They will stay there so there is no way they are switched out. While they are stacked onto steel beams to keep them in place, an audience member will hold onto the wall while I visibly walk through one side of the concrete and out the other. It’s a great piece of magic but a beautiful piece of theater.” Spencer saw his first magician on TV when he was 5 years old and told his mother right then he was going to be a magician. “I know you don’t really make career decisions at five but I was just so captivated by what I saw,” Spencer said. “Because I grew up in a rural part of Indiana, it wasn’t until I was a junior in college that I had the chance to see my first live magic show. I remember sitting in that seat at eighteen and feeling exactly how I did at five in front of that television set.” Spencer’s parents bought him his first magic set at 7 and from there he went on to work his way through college doing magic while he majored in clinical psychology. “I finished school and I had to make a decision,” Spencer said. “I
had to decide if I wanted to help people’s minds or mess with their minds, and I chose to mess with them.” Spencer’s success in career choice most likely stems from the incredible passion to he harbors for what he does. “One of my favorite parts of the performance is afterwards in the lobby talking to the audience and hearing what they liked,” Spencer said. “Often they’ll be the inspiration for the new illusions we come up with.”
It’s exciting...to know that what you do really has the ability to positively impact someone’s life.” KEVIN SPENCER ILLUSIONIST
Spencer has also applied this passion into several philanthropies he is a part of, including a program he started, called Healing of Magic, that integrates magic tricks into therapy. The program got started out of a personal experience in which Spencer was involved in a car accident. “The car I was in was rear ended by a tractor trailer,” Spencer said. “When I woke up I was in neurological intensive care with a closed brain injury and lower spinal cord injury. I spent a year in the hospital and physical and occupational therapy just trying to get all those skills back that you lose from such a traumatic event.”
Once he was finished there he approached the director of the rehab with an idea to integrate magic into the process to make it more efficient and fun. “Long-term therapy is incredibly boring, so we sat down and started to look for 50-60 simple magic tricks that could accomplish the same therapeutic goals you accomplish with traditional therapy by learning how to perform them,” Spencer said. “We started working with stroke patients first and they started benefitting very quickly. We found that they were reaching goals in 8-10 weeks that would normally take 20-24 weeks of traditional therapy to reach.” Healing of Magic is in 2,500 hospitals and rehab centers in 30 countries across the world. Spencer serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama in Birmingham in the Occupational Therapy Department, and even though he is never on campus he continues his research. It was through this research that he started working with a lot special needs children, particularly kids with autism spectrum disorder and emotional disturbances. He has even written an 11-week magic trick-based curriculum in which every week you learn a different magic trick and there is a language arts, math or science component that goes with it. “It’s pretty amazing to watch these kids respond the way they do,” Spencer said. “It builds their self confidence and self esteem and it also helps them with cognitive skills,
perceptual skills and social skills. When you can give a person who has been labeled the ability to do something a normal able-bodied person can’t do, something like a magic trick, it is such a tremendous boost that it really does motivate them in so many other areas of their life.” Spencer spent Monday talking with several special education classes at Miami and will be visiting school districts in the area to meet with special needs children on Tuesday. Between touring and his philanthropies Spencer doesn’t have much free time. He spends 10 months a year on the road and the other two he is dedicated to his work. After his last show in June he goes to Canada for several workshops for occupational therapists, from there he is keynoting a special education conference in Trinidad, then he is off to Ireland where he is setting up an undergraduate program for occupational therapy. “It’s exciting as an artist to know that what you do really has the ability to positively impact someone’s life,” Spencer said. “Advocates of the arts talk about how arts have the ability to inspire and transform and challenge and build community, but if we really believe that, it’s our responsibility to do these things, it’s not just a privilege.”` “Theatre of Illusion” will take place 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $9 for students and $18 for adults and are available at the Shriver Box Office.
Theatre department puts on ‘taboo’ play By Billy Rafael
Arts & Entertainment Editor
The Miami University department of theatre is tackling controversial issues with its upcoming production of Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches. Set in 1985 in the midst of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the show
the disease was airborne, so they quarantined people who were infected,” White said. White plays Belize, a former drag queen that, while not HIV positive himself, is not afraid to go into the same room as someone who is infected. He also plays the role of Mr. Lies, an imaginary friend to Harper. “The play is gigantic and has
The cast is incredibly talented, the scenery is extremely elaborate and there are some really cool special effects. That’s all on top of an egaging story line.” SHELDON WHITE
MIAMI UNIVERSITY SENIOR
weaves together a variety of storylines between a husband and wife, Joe and Harper; and a gay couple, Prior and Louis, while dealing with issues of race, religion, politics, sexual orientation and more. “The plot is hard to condense into a few sentences because it has so many different elements,” according to senior Sheldon White, who plays several roles in the show. “It takes place in a time when HIV and AIDS is prevalent and misunderstood. Many thought
taken a lot of work to make it cohesive,” according to senior Brendan Monte, who also plays several roles. “It’s written to have all this spectacle in it, being light-hearted and funny at parts, but still having a serious tone,” Monte said. “As a cast we had to collectively wrap our minds around all this and then figure out how to convey it to the audience.” Monte’s main character, Roy Cohn, is an upper class New York City lawyer based off the real lawyer from the Rosenberg trial
in which two accused communists were convicted and executed by electrocution. “Roy is a complete one-eighty as to who I am in reality, and he has these ulterior motives to do anything that needs to be done to get what he wants,” Monte said. “Over the course of the play my character finds out first that he has AIDS and then that they are trying to disbar him. He knows that his façade of power is still there but inside he’s deteriorating, and so he takes Joe under his wing as a protégé.” White feels that the production has a lot going for it, and that audiences will be thoroughly entertained. “The cast is incredibly talented, the scenery is extremely elaborate and there are some really cool special effects,” White said. “That’s all on top of an engaging story line.” Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches runs 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. All performances will take place in the Gates-Abegglen Theatre located in the Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $6 for students and $9 for adults and can be purchased from the Shriver Box Office.
MOVIE REVIEW
Lincoln succeeds in recreating the past By Joe Gieringer Staff Writer
There are a lot of ways this film could have gone wrong. Think about it, how do you encompass the life of one of the greatest Americans that has ever lived? How do you explain the struggles Abraham Lincoln faced as he tried to keep a country together while attempting to grant freedom to four million slaves, and portray that in just two and a half hours of film? Stephen Spielberg found a way. Based on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lincoln, opening Friday, chronicles the president in his last four months of life, exploring his relationships with Secretary of State William H. Seward (David Strathairn), radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), his wife Mary Todd (Sally Field), and others. The film takes time to develop, and each one of these characters is shaped by Honest Abe’s calm,
focused demeanor, captured beautifully by Daniel Day-Lewis. If you’ve ever seen his performance in My Left Foot or There Will Be Blood, then you know the kind of Oscar-worthy acting I’m talking about. Kearns describes Lincoln as a leader with “the rare wisdom of a temperament that consistently displayed an uncommon magnanimity to those who opposed him,” which is exactly what Day-Lewis achieves in his role. In fact, he plays Lincoln so incredibly well that producer Kathleen Kennedy said she and other cast and crew would get the chills, as his performance was so believable that they often found themselves wondering if it was the real Lincoln in front of them. That caliber of work is found in Jones’ character as well, as he captures the stern, abolitionist Congressman with tremendous power and gravity in such a way that he will likely be a candidate for Best Supporting Actor at this years Academy Awards. Field’s portrayal of Mrs.
Lincoln is not to be overlooked either, as she gives a passionate performance that makes you question the sanity of her character, and adds a greater sympathy to Abe, who has no reprieve from troubles once he returns home at the end of the day. It’s been a while since there has been a historical drama that demands your respect like Lincoln does. Even at 150 minutes it draws you in and never bores. It’s a fairly honest representation of what was going on at this point in time. Lincoln’s fight to pass the Thirteenth Amendment was one in which the odds were drastically against him, much like how his fight to reunify the country was an uphill battle. With a phenomenal cast and brilliant direction, Abraham Lincoln’s struggles were brought to life on the big screen like never before in a film that is going to be a hot topic when award time comes around in a few months.
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OPERAS TAKE AUDIENCE TO THE ‘50S
The Miami University Opera performs Trial by Jury Friday night. It was part of a triple bill of operas this weekend in Hall Auditorium.
Bundle up and get down: songs to keep you warm Claire Krieger
Senior Staff Writer
3. “Where The Kids Are” Blondfire
Cold weather is coming. The change is inevitable and, like it or not, Oxford will soon transform into a quasi-frozen tundra. There are a few ways to keep yourself warm this winter: 1. Blast your heat and pay an obscene amount of money to the electric company, 2. Find a snuggle-buddy to mooch some body heat from, or 3. Find a way to keep yourself moving and generate your own heat. Shelling out a wheelbarrow of money may be feasible for some people and others may have no problem remaining attached-at-the-hip to a significant other for the duration of winter. However, for those of us who need a better alternative, staying active and moving is easy and can be pretty darn entertaining. What’s the best way to motivate yourself to move? Dancing. What do you need to dance? Upbeat, catchy music. This dance-inducing playlist is designed to keep you moving this winter. It is filled with catchy, relatively new alternative rock songs. Use this playlist to impress your friends with your cold weather-combating ingenuity and breadth of lesser-known music expertise.
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Editors RACHEL SACKS SARAH SHEW
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
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Students: take real action to support veterans year round April 15, 1970 over 300 Miami students gathered in Rowan Hall, the then-Naval ROTC building, to protest the Vietnam War. Ohio State Highway Patrol and state troopers were called in to remove protestors from the building and used violent force, including mace, tear-gas, hair pulling and police dogs. By the end of the night, 184 were arrested for trespassing. The Miami Student editorial board would like to reflect on this event in light of this weekend’s Veterans Day celebrations. An enormous shift in societal attitudes has occurred since this protest on Miami’s campus 42 years ago. While the United States is still involved in an unpopular war, support for the troops fighting overseas remains. We find that the United States is, for the most part, split into two groups—those who support the war and support the troops and those who don’t support the war but still support the troops. We do not believe students today (in no danger of being drafted) would take to the streets demanding the ROTC program be removed from campus. Instead, we see our Facebook and Twitter pages filled with messages of support for American veterans and soldiers. But, we need to go beyond posting a status on Facebook. That status, while heartwarming, won’t help a veteran looking for a job or a soldier overseas. While our generation is extremely supportive of the troops, we have also been able to remove ourselves from the wars our country is involved in. For most students at Miami, the United States has been at war for over half our lives. If we don’t want to know about the war in Afghanistan we don’t have to. And we don’t have to worry
about a draft card with our name on it. Students today take part in “passive activism”—we take to Twitter instead of the streets to share our opinions. All our views on veterans can be expressed from the comfort of our own home. We must find a way to translate this passive activism into real action. So many troops are coming home and becoming jobless. These are soldiers who have learned skills necessary for any job while in a war zone, yet they cannot find a job in civilian industries. The editorial board believes this problem must be solved through grassroots activism. Congress has passed numerous veterans bills but the problem remains. We believe states need to have systems in place that allow troops to translate their experience in the field to work back home. We find it inexcusable that a soldier who is a doctor in Afghanistan cannot become one back home simply because he or she does not have the right paperwork. We must find a way to line up what soldiers learn overseas with paper and ink requirements in the United States. Too often issues such as this become politicized, but taking care of our veterans should not be a red or blue issue. It is an issue of giving back to those who gave so much for us. At the end of the day, reading this editorial and nodding in agreement does nothing to help our veterans. Go out and take real action. Put together care packages for troops overseas. Raise money for veterans who need medical help. Push your government to make real changes regarding veterans. Do something to help our veterans, don’t just talk about it.
PATRICK GEYSER THE MIAMI STUDENT
LETTER TO the editor
Explaining President Obama’s re-election victory Its demographics stupid! The key to President Barack Obama’s narrow victory of the popular vote and electoral landslide lies in the changing demographics of the U.S. This was an election that Republicans had every chance of winning, but they blazed a path of self-destruction beginning in 2010 with legislation that alienated the non-white male base. They created laws like the Arizona immigration law and attempted to pass legislation redefining rape. In the GOP primary Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had to run to the right of his opponents and become a severe conservative to have a shot at winning the nomination. Romney pledged he would solve illegal immigration by self-deportation, and he got caught in
the quagmire of the contraception debate. Let’s not forget the GOP senate candidates and their several rape comments and the voter ID laws. The Obama team and Democrats pounced on these flubs by Romney and other republicans in an effort to build a winning coalition. Despite these factors, Obama faced the real possibility that minorities and young voters would stay home and the electorate would look more like 2004 not 2008. This is where the President’s superior ground game paid dividends. Organizing for America created a massive voter registration effort and registered hundreds of thousands of minorities and women. The Obama team was able to win because he recreated the 2008
demographics by a strong get out the vote effort. We saw more young voters, 19 percent up from 18 percent in 2008, more Hispanics, 10 percent up from 9 percent in 2008, and less white voters, 72 percent down from 74 percent in 2008. The President’s support from minorities, women and young voters allowed him to lose the white vote by 20 points and still win the popular vote. This support created an electoral firewall that Romney could not overcome. Romney had to campaign in states that were once reliably republican such as Virginia and Nevada only to lose due to the changing demographics of this country.
bradley ouambo ouambobn@muohio.edu
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Opera Good job on a great production this past weekend! 4
Shirking work for drinking It’s that time of year when work starts to pile up, but everyone still chooses the bars.
Women’s soccer team Congrats to winning the first round of the NCAA tournament! 1
After-graduation plans Stop asking us what we’re going to do, we don’t know!
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IF THE SHEW FITS
ESSAY
SARAH SHEW
Dear first-years: don’t worry you will eventually find your way I talked to a friend this weekend who reminded me of myself about two years ago: disheartened with the college experience, feeling alone and unsure if she made the right decision. I told her, and would tell anyone else with the fall first-year blues, what a wise friend told me: Stick it out; everything will be fine, trust me. The first year of college is tough. I don’t mean it’s tough because you have to study more than you did in high school or because you have to trek through the rain/ snow/mysterious Ohio precipitation at 8 a.m. I mean it’s tough because you’re plucked from the place where you know everything and everyone. Because in high school, you’d been with the same people since kindergarten, your teachers knew your big brother and your mom cooked you breakfast every Sunday.
too often. You’re expected to be social, but productive. You’re expected to do all this and more, while maintaining the kind of grades that will get you into any Ivy League medical school. Has anyone taken a moment to think about that, seriously? Oh, and throw in the little detail that you have to learn to live with someone you hardly know, in a room the size of a shoebox. It’s insane. Yes, it’s insane, but it’s incredible. It’s a year where you’ll learn more about yourself than you ever thought. You’ll learn about the kind of person you are. You’ll learn about the kind of person you hope to be. You’ll learn about the kind of people with whom you want to surround yourself. Looking back, I wish I could have told myself those things. I worried too much.
Don’t wory too much about what you’re going to do with your life, because you’ll find your way. If you’re a planner like me, this is the hardest thing to do, but right now, letting go and letting life happen is the scariest, most rewarding thing you can do.
You’d most likely never been in a place where you knew no one, or even almost no one. Then you get to college. You’re tossed into this amazing, exciting, yet somewhat scary place where you’re expected to gracefully slide into new friendships and social settings involving intense alcohol consumption. You’re expected to easily figure out how to manage your time, without teachers or parents or high school activities dictating your schedule. You’re expected to figure out how to balance papers, friends and beers. You’re expected to call Mom and Dad, and come home, but not
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I stressed over small details of papers, studied using poor methods and spent about six months testing various, terrible ways to manage, or improperly use my time. I worried about whether or not I was happy at Miami, and if I made the right choice. I worried about looming deadlines instead of just doing my work. I worried about things with my boyfriend. I worried about things with my ex-boyfriend. I worried I was upsetting my roommate. I even worried that my dog at home would forget me.
I am seriously surprised that I made it out of my first year of college alive, with no brain aneurisms, heart attacks or grey hair. But an acquaintance, who since has become a very close friend, told me basically to relax. She was a junior, as I am now. She said that it takes time to settle in to college life, to get over the break-up feeling we experience when leaving home for the first time. She said that every year of college, she felt more confident in herself and her choices. She felt each year a clearer direction of who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do. She said that for her, the first year was a stepping-stone that she needed to understand herself. When I was upset or worried for the rest of my first year, I thought about that. I had an amazing time, and cultivated friendships that will last long after graduation. I won’t say that my first year was easy, but it was worth it. So to anyone experiencing homesickness or the feeling of being lost, I say, remember that it’s all a stepping-stone, a lesson. You can and will succeed here. There are amazing people to meet, and amazing times to be had. These four years will fly past you so quickly that you may miss them if you don’t seize the opportunity to live them to the fullest. We are so blessed to be at this place in our lives, the transition between being someone’s responsibility and being responsible ourselves. So don’t panic about your grades, but do your work in the best way you can. Don’t go out every night, but enjoy yourself. Don’t worry too much about what you’re going to do with your life, because you’ll find your way. If you’re a planner like me, this is the hardest thing to do, but right now, letting go and letting life happen is the scariest, most rewarding thing you can do. Sometimes it may be almost terrifying. But college is about feeling lost in a way. And our kind of lost is the most amazing, exciting kind.
Feeling less than brave in ‘land of the free’ after the election Well it’s over. Homeowners can relieve their overwhelmed lawns of their flimsy political sign burden and Ohio can return to its role as overlooked and unimportant in the eyes of the rest of the nation. Political season has come to an end and for most of us here in the Buckeye State, a time of relative peace is upon us. Not for me, though. This election, the first in which I was eligible to vote for president, was an eye-opening experience for me. My attempts to find evidence of candidates’ worth that was clean of partisan influence were often for naught, but I expected that and was unsurprised. What I didn’t expect was the effect that the obvious image shaping of the respective parties’ candidates would have on me; today I feel less than brave in the “land of the free.” Nov. 6, 2012 was the first time I voted and it very well may be my last. My idealistic viewpoint of the world was so totally shaken by the willing participation of both parties in fueling the American class clash that I almost feel morally obligated to remove myself from the system entirely. Leaving the polls at Shriver Center at 7:30 a.m., I felt wrong. I found myself hoping against hope that my vote (which I changed at the last minute, choosing one political candidate at first and then skipping back to electronically switch my selection) would not be the one to tip the scales one way or the other, since I had absolutely no conviction behind my decision, only fear and confusion. President Barack Obama’s backers made me fear the neglect of the indigent, the criminalization of sex and the rise of plutocracy. Mitt Romney’s camp frightened me with warnings of a culture of government reliance, the criminalization of business owners and the loss of American efficacy in global politics. Torn between a thirst for social justice and a fondness for capitalism and freedom, my decision about who to vote for had never been a clear-cut one. I longed for a candidate with values and plans that ignored the biases of flawed political ideologies in favor of logic and reason. What I found were strategies aimed less at educating the American public about the man they should vote for and more at scaring them into submitting to one
or the other party’s will regardless of their candidate’s merits. The tactics employed by both sides painted pictures of their respective opponents as unsympathetic to the needs and problems of a particular subdivision, either the lower class (Romney) or big business (Obama). Fox News analysts evaluating President Obama’s victory in the wee hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7, noted that his campaign had been more successful at predicting the number of voters, by race, who would support their candidate than Romney’s had been. Basically, Team Obama did a better job of profiling its supporters, analyzing where it needed more support and catering its message accordingly. Simply put, it scared the right number of people in the right demographic at the right time. Now that election season is over, we Americans are left weakened in the aftermath of a race we suffered through anxiously. The aftershock the citizens of the United States are feeling post-Nov. 6 includes a fear of the power politicians have convinced us they can exert over us and distrust of those in social classes apart from our own, whom we have been persuaded are out to get us. The rich fear the poor milking them for all they’re worth. The poor fear the rich will strip away the government programs that keep them subsisting. The rest of us are confused about which side we should be on and how long this is going to keep up. At the end of the day, it seems the happiness, disappointment or ambivalence each voter felt when President Obama secured his second term is now at least subtly tinged with fear and anticipation. Instead of a feeling of relief that the election is over, I feel lost and nervous about the political climate perpetuating class conflict. Noting the incalculable influence our most powerful politicians have imposed on society at large, I have questions about what will happen next it the U.S. Where is our country going, I wonder? What is going to change? And do we have the power, should we need it, to make it stop?
katie caprez caprezkm@muohio.edu
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Reflection on the role of artistic expression, construction in the human world Little has done more for the human perspective then the creation and sharing of artistic expressions. The arts have offered both an outlet for creativity and imagination and have provided a commentary on social, political and cultural ideologies since their inception. With Miami University’s “Year of the Arts” project come and gone, it is prudent to reflect and to attempt to understand both the importance of art and its impact in our world. To understand the concept of art and artistic expression, it is imperative to understand two things. First is the relationship between the artist and his/her work, or more precisely how that work is originated. The second falls on the execution of the artistic work through medium expression. Art is not a naturally occurring phenomenon, but rather a constructed element. The artist constructs the piece, making it physically present, and therefore is seen as the sole origin of that work. However, within this ideology we see only a small singular portion of the artwork’s total essence: the physical. As the artist is the sole creator of the work, it is only natural that the piece reflects the natural composition of the artist. The creation is a reflection of our inherent
nature. Having said that, humanity is not a singular construction of physical presence, but rather cohesion of both material being and immaterial thought. Thus, we must look deeper into the origin of the artwork as a
the origin of artistic expression; or rather artistic expression becomes a reflection of the artist’s experience. This link between the artist’s experience and their work leads directly to the mode of expression through available medium.
In this construction, experience takes frontal stage as it provides the basis for all interaction, both internal and external, which drives the ascertaining of meaning. reflection of greater consequence, one where the immaterial fuels the actions of the artists. The source of passion, if it were. In searching for this deeper origin, the origin of artistic passion, we ultimately are searching for the meaning contained within ourselves. Thus, the origin of art becomes the origin of human composition, where meaning is the construct of our core being. In this construction, experience takes frontal stage as it provides the basis for all interaction, both internal and external, which drives the ascertaining of meaning. It is then that experience lies at
The feelings generated by an experience, what is ultimately sought to be captured within the piece, lend themselves to better representation through various distinct mediums. For instance, the three-dimensional qualities of sculpture are better at conveying singular spatial awareness then two-dimensional representations; where the sculpture is about an element in strict physical relationship to space and viewer. However, that same two-dimensional piece provides a greater depth of layering not afforded to the sculpture. This enhances the composition of totality of space within the frame, and adds a level of depth that
transcends the simple physicalities of space, but instead creates an element of atmosphere. Likewise, the same two-dimensional work will convey two different things when executed with two different methods. A watercolor painting will play colors off one another layering the atmosphere into an almost surreal understanding of the space. While a charcoal drawing of the same scene will stress the contrast between two elements, light and dark; providing a dichotomy and dialogue that is clearer then the watercolor version. With each medium containing specialized attributes to the artistic piece, the medium becomes equally as important as the inner experiences, which look to be constructed upon it. Thus a symbiosis of the two equal elements emerges, and it is in this the careful execution and pairing of inner feeling and outer creation where the artist becomes vital. In this creation the artist now becomes the medium between two worlds, one physical and the other immaterial. As this medium the artist now holds a unique place within the universal fabric of the world. This place is one where he/ she transcends the simple animalistic being of the organisms that surround him/her and instead become creators of personal
internalized worlds. Now, you are probably saying “What does this have to do with the way that art has influenced the world?” and you would be fair to ask that. In taking the detour through the origins of artistic expression and the mode of expression we see a fundamental aspect emerge, the reflection of humanistic capacity. As a tool for reflection on societal norms, art offers a critique based on human perspective. It also serves as a means of providing idyllic responses to that same perspective. Art becomes the embodiment of where humanity stands and where we want to go. In this way art is able to influence the outcomes and generate the progression of human societal evolution through a simultaneous cohesion of past, present and future based ultimately in the human condition. It is through experience that we live, and through art that experiences are given life. The life given to those feelings and moments of experience have greater power then we realize. This power is able to shape the destiny of mankind, and propel us into a greater existence.
Anthony Santora santoraj@muohio.edu
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Runner-Up, Duke University Blue Devils (15-5-2). Duke is the third seed in the region and ranked 15th nationally. This game will pit the youth of Miami against a team that returned all its players from last
season’s run. The game is set for 4 p.m. Friday in Charlottesville, Va. at the University of Virginia. The winner of MiamiDuke will face the winner of Virginia-Rutgers University.
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creative and attention-grabbing elements Erhardt said. “Miami did an excellent job using the umbrellas for attention and getting the necessary information out,” she said, adding that the video scored well amidst the judging criteria, which was based on the originality and creativity of the entries as well as how the anti-sexual abuse message was communicated. RAINN looked for dynamic and unique events, however, Erhardt said the most important aspect was a passion for the cause. For these Miami students, this passion comes from trying to ignite a conversation within the Miami community to change campus culture. Miami’s current culture has come under some fire recently after the controversial posting of a flier titled “Top 10 Ways to Get Away With Rape” in a men’s bathroom of McBride Hall this October, which gained national attention. “It was a good thing for us to try to reverse the effects of the rape culture and put a positive light on Miami,” Lavigna said. She also said winning the contest has motivated WAVES to push further with events on campus and pursue getting their event in the
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women is a victim of rape. The group then put together a video highlighting RAINN Day activities with comments from WAVES members about what the day means to them. “RAINN does a great job of giving survivors hope that there are still people who care about you in this world, that people are going to be there to support you,” first-year Megan Kincaid said in the video. WAVES is run by seven female students, according to Lavigna, and each one worked to make RAINN day a success. Van Fossen agreed. “We were all ecstatic to find out we had won the competition; I am extremely proud of our small group for coming together with just a week’s time to put this event together,” Van Fossen said. The contest was competitive, according to Erhardt. Among the hundreds of colleges participating, there were a variety of submissions including events ranging from flash mobs to roundtables and art projects. The video WAVES submitted won over the contest sponsors with its
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print version of Cosmopolitan. The magazine frequently features stories about sexual violence and rape advocacy groups. “We just hope that we can promote change little by little,” Lavigna said. WAVES partners with RAINN for several events throughout the year, though this was the group’s first RAINN day. RAINN targets college campuses more than any other age group, according to Erhardt. “One of the great things about RAINN Day is that events can be tailored to fit different campuses and styles; it can work for any sized group or campus,” Erhardt said. RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. It created and runs the National Sexual Assault Hotline, which can be reached at 1.800.656.HOPE or the website, online.rainn.org. In addition to promoting RAINN’s resources, Lavigna and Van Fossen encourage students to join the WAVES mission. “We are all very passionate about the work we do and hope that the national attention we have gathered this year will attract other students to want to be part of this cause,” Van Fossen said.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012 JM RIEGER
HOCKEY
RE-ESTABLISHING PARITY IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
’Hawks sweep Wildcats
The RIEGER REPORT
The fourth-oldest conference in college football is making parity relevant again. Entering week 12, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) has more bowl-eligible teams than the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 10 or the Big East, and is tied with the Big 12 with six eligible teams, the third most in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). On top of this, only the Southeastern Conference (SEC) has a better winning percentage among the conference’s top four teams. Three different MAC schools have been ranked in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 Poll this year alone. Meanwhile, you have to go back to 2010 for the last time a MAC school was ranked. Yet, over the past two seasons the MAC is 6-3 in postseason play and has sent four or more teams to bowl games in five of the last seven years. Teams like No. 25 Kent State University and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have dominated this year and deserve top 25 rankings, while the University of Toledo and Ohio University have been in the Bowl Championship Series rankings this season. Of the top 20 running backs this year, six are from the MAC. Kent’s Traylon Durham and Dri Archer combined for over 300 yards Saturday against Miami University, and Archer’s 9.7 yards per carry and 40 yards per kickoff return lead all FBS players. Kent is off to one of its best starts in school history, riding a program best eight-game winning streak, while the team is well on its way to its first bowl appearance since 1972. Meanwhile, a late touchdown
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resulting in a one-point loss to the University of Iowa in week one is all that is keeping Northern Illinois from an undefeated record. The University of Cincinnati, the University of South Florida, Penn State University, Rutgers University, Indiana University and Iowa have all fallen to MAC schools this year, which are dominating on both sides of the ball. Through the first 11 weeks, there are at least two MAC teams in the top 20 in total offense and in total defense. The MAC has again created parity in college football. The six power conferences are still the best, but the MAC is quickly closing that gap. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards each project six bowl game invites for the MAC, which would be the most appearances in conference history. The last time the conference sent five teams to the postseason was in 2009. This conference is better and deeper than it has been in a long time, and the nation is slowly noticing. With only four weeks remaining, the MAC looks poised to shake up an already unstable postseason structure. Who wouldn’t want to see if Kent State could hang with the University of Michigan? Or what about NIU facing off against the University of Wisconsin? Instead, the best game MAC fans will likely see is a matchup against a near-.500 SEC team in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala., one of the MAC’s five secondary bowl agreements. At least there’s the southern hospitality to look forward to.
WEEKEND RESULTS: MEN’S BASKETBALL North Carolina State.............97 Miami University...............................59
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Eastern Kentucky........73 Miami University...................63
VOLLEYBALL Western Michigan........3 Miami University....................0
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Freshman defensman Taylor Richart and sophomore forward Cody Murphy celebrate with teammates after a goal.The Miami University hockey team took over first place in the Central Collegiate Hockey Associaiton after sweeping the Northern Michigan Wildcats Saturday.
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The Miami University men’s hockey team (7-2-1) remains unbeaten at home, after taking two games from Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) foe Northern Michigan (4-5-1) this weekend. The Red and White now stand in first place in the CCHA with a 3-2-1 conference record. It was all RedHawks all night on Friday, as the fifth ranked team in the nation cruised to victory over the No. 16 Wildcats 5-2. Special teams play was key for Miami, who scored three power play goals on eight attempts, while giving up one goal on seven penalty kill situations. Miami dominated the shot count 36-20, and didn’t allow a single Northern shot until halfway through the first period. “I thought our energy and focus was there right off the bat,” Head Coach Enrico Blasi said. “Our special teams were really good. We executed some good plays, and I thought our guys did a good job of playing in all three zones.” Sophomore forward Austin Czarnik, freshman forward Riley Barber and freshman defenseman Matthew Caito all had multi-point games for Miami. Victory wouldn’t come easy to the RedHawks on Saturday, however, as it took overtime and shootout to settle the score. There was a reversal of
roles early on in the game, as Miami struggled to register a shot on goal until midway through the first frame. The Wildcats applied pressure and struck first, but freshman forward Sean Kuraly responded at the end of the initial period of play, netting his second goal of the year on Miami’s 5-on-3 power play. The Red and White did not keep the lead for long though, as Northern’s Stephan Vigier put his team back in front. As the teams settled in in the second, so did the goaltending. Freshman Jay Williams was perfect in net after allowing two first period goals and finished the night with 25 saves as the second star of the game. At the other end, Jared Coreau rebounded from his previous night’s performance by accumulating 31 saves, including 15 in the second period alone. The RedHawks struggled to put anything by Coreau, who could not be beat for most of the final two frames. But with just 2:13 left in regulation, sophomore forward Alex Wideman somehow found a spot inside the near post as the puck sneaked by Coreau and the crowd erupted in excitement as Miami forced overtime. “To be honest, I didn’t really aim it,” Wideman said. “I just threw it at the net. Good things happen when you throw it at the net, and luckily it got in short side.” Overtime proved to be fruitless, however, and a shootout was needed to decide a winner. The RedHawks
struck first, with Czarnik reprising his winning move in October’s contest against Providence to put the Brotherhood ahead. Jay Williams stood strong by denying both Wildcat attempts, which opened a gamewinning chance for Wideman. The sophomore took the zone with speed and rifled a shot blocker side, beating Coreau clean and sealing the win for the RedHawks in the shootout, 2-0. “I think going into the third in the locker room, there was no doubt in our minds that we were going to win that game,” Williams said. “The guys kept plugging away and we finally got a bounce.” Blasi noted that though the game wasn’t Miami’s best, the coaching staff was pleased with how the ’Hawks battled back to tie the game in the face of tough competition and questionable calls. “Jay made some saves, and we did a good job of going through some adversity,” Blasi said. “I thought the guys did a really good job of … just finding a way. To win in a shootout, that’s a huge point for us. You don’t know how much that point’s going to mean at the end of the year. As a coaching staff, we were really happy with the way our team stuck together tonight.” The RedHawks will return to action at the Goggin Ice Center Nov. 16 as they take on the Michigan State Spartans in another two game CCHA series. The puck drops 7:35 p.m. Friday and 7:05 p.m. Saturday.
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Kent State runs over RedHawks, dashing MAC Championship hopes Tom Downey Sports Editor
The “Thunder and Lighting” running back duo of sophomore Trayion Durham and redshirt junior Dri Archer was too much for Miami University to handle as it fell to Kent State University 48-32. The loss drops the RedHawks to 4-6 on the season and 3-3 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The ’Hawks are officially eliminated from MAC East contention and they must now win their final two games in order to become bowl-eligible. “I would say they are pretty dynamic,” junior linebacker Chris Wade said. “Anytime you have a 250-pound running back running at full speed it is going to be difficult to stop him. And a guy as fast as [Archer] is, it creates challenges for defenses because we have to be able to guard both.”
The Flashes (9-1, 6-0 MAC) had a tremendous day on the ground, picking up 399 yards on the day; 301 of those came in the first half alone. Trayion Durham, the thunder, was the team’s leading rusher with 172 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries. He even caught two catches for 26 yards. “I felt like a train just going,” Durham said. “Nothing could stop me.” Dri Archer, the lighting, carried the ball 11 times for 151 yards and two scores. He was also the team’s leading receiver with two catches for 54 yards and one touchdown. “Archer is just so dynamic that [when] you get him any crease that is all he needs,” Head Coach Don Treadwell said. “That is what great backs do…. He is just so talented.” Even senior quarterback Spencer Keith, who entered the game with only 65 rushing yards, got
in on the action for Kent, picking up 69 yards and a score on nine rushes. He completed 10 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown. He did throw two interceptions though. Despite the loss, redshirt senior quarterback Zac Dysert had an impressive game, completing 37 passes on 50 attempts for 455 yards and four touchdown passes. He did have two interceptions that were the result of tipped passes. “As everybody knows, he is the catalyst for the offense,” Treadwell said of Dysert. “He really rallies those guys.” Dysert now ranks third all-time on the MAC career passing yards list and 27th on NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision list. With his game against Kent, Dysert passed notable names such as Carson Palmer and Peyton Manning. “Doesn’t really matter right now, it didn’t pay off,” Dysert said.
“The better team won today, they made a lot more plays.” Senior Andy Cruse had arguably the best game among the wide outs, catching eight passes
I felt like a train just going. Nothing could stop me” TRAYION DURHAM
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for a game high 123 yards and two scores. “I can’t say enough about Cruse,” Dysert said. “I have so much confidence in him. I can just throw the ball up and I think he is going to come down with it every time.”
Junior Nick Harwell caught a game high 10 passes for 122 yards and one touchdown. Sophomore Dawan Scott reeled in six balls for 70 yards and one score. Junior Luke Swift caught four balls for a career high 71 yards. The running game was nonexistent for the Red and White, as they could only muster up 26 net yards. Freshman running back Jamire Westbrook only ran the ball four times, but did pick up 26 yards. The ’Hawks would have picked up more yards on the ground, but Dysert was sacked five times, hurting the net total. The Red and White gave up 28 straight points to the Golden Flashes to start the game and were never able to recover. The RedHawks will now travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich. to take on Central Michigan University Chippewas in their final road game of the season.