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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013

VOLUME 141 NO. 23

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TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY In 1982, The Miami Student reported that the Association for Women Students (AWS) had drawn up a list of demands calling for an end to emotional, physical and psychological harm against women on campus. AWS President Eve Israel spoke directly to the university, saying, “Talking isn’t enough.

We’re interested in action.”

MU sophomore dies of unknown causes

BY EMILY CRANE AND REIS THEBAULT EDITORS

Miami University sophomore Jaclyn Wulf died Sunday morning. Paramedics transported her from her residence in Swing Hall to McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital.

Graduate Resident Director of Swing Hall Liliana Delman said she was notified of the issue Sunday morning and followed protocol, calling Miami University Police. When they arrived, they called for the paramedics and Wulf was transported to the hospital.

Wulf, from Westlake, Ohio, was a psychology major and a member of Alpha Xi Delta women’s fraternity.

“She was a beautiful, awesome woman,” President of Alpha Xi Delta Caitlin Lavon said. “I’m extremely proud to call her my sister. Her death was so sudden.

We’re all just happy she was able to be a part of our lives.”

Wulf’s hall-mates in Swing are also reeling from her sudden death, Delman said.

“It definitely came as a shock,” Delman said. “But counseling services has really reached out.

Right now my focus is on supporting my staff and trying to heal as a community.”

Director of University News and Communications Claire Wagner said authorities do not suspect foul play.

At time of publication, the

Butler County Coroner’s office had not identified a cause of death, but multiple unnamed sources near Wulf claimed she did not die of natural causes.

Wulf’s fellow sorority members are considering starting a memorial fund in Wulf’s honor, Lavon said, but that would not be until after they have had some time to process.

“For right now, we are sticking together as sisters,” Lavon said.

Miami’s Panhellenic Association also expressed their condolences.

“We as Panhellenic send our deepest condolences to Jaclyn’s family and friends,” Vice President of Panhellenic communications Kat Davies said. “This is so tragic.”

Miami’s administration also responded in a statement published on MyMiami.

“The thoughts and prayers of our entire community are with Jaclyn’s family, friends and loved ones,” Interim Dean of Students Mike Curme said. “Miami is offering counseling support to friends of Jaclyn’s.”

“We are terribly saddened by the death of sophomore Jaclyn Wulf,” President David Hodge said on Twitter. “Our deepest sympathies go out to her family and friends in their grief.”

The university is providing immediate emotional support, available at 513-529-2222.

There will be a service dedicated to Wulf 9 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

CONTRIBUTED BY HANNA WEIGEL

Sophomore Jaclyn Wulf died Sunday morning of an unknown cause. She is pictured above with fellow Alpha XI Delta sisters.

Down but not out:Winless football team refuses to throw in the towel

Executive Search Committee appoints new dean of FSB

BY VICTORIA SLATER

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The three buses begin their slow shuffle up to Kent a few minutes past noon on Tuesday. It’s a particularly cold day, one that chills to the bone and keeps the players bundled up even after they’ve entered the warm interior of the vehicle. Each player sits quietly in their teamissued sweats with the same calm, calculated demeanor that would be worn equally well on an executive flying first class to an important business proposal. The fact of the matter is this is a business trip for the RedHawks. That’s how this team approaches every week. It’s what interim head coach Mike Bath calls an “attack mentality.”

It’s the kind of preparation you would expect from the Alabamas and Ohio States of college football, those elite programs that command respect with the mere mention of their names. For the RedHawks, it’s a club they won’t be in any time soon.

0-9 – That’s the record Miami holds heading into its Nov. 13 matchup against Kent State.

If you’re Bath, how can you and the other coaches look your players in the eyes and tell them that you’re proud of them, that there’s a lot left to play for, that the next game is the most important one of the season?

You can because all of these things are true. Because you believe that this program is poised to do great things.

Because you believe in each player in that locker room.

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It was after Miami’s fifth loss, a 21-9 outing versus Central Michigan, that Bath got the call. Head coach Don Treadwell had been fired, out after two and a half years of service. As of Oct. 6, the former quarterback’s coach and Miami grad was now at the helm of what some writers and analysts around the country were calling the worst team in the FBS. “Initially when it happened, it was a conflict of emotions,” Bath admits.

“The reality was the guy that brought you in was getting fired. But it’s a conflict because it was also an opportunity to be the head football coach here. It’s a unique situation because … I’ve got to start the rebuilding process, and I’ve taken pride in that.”

For Mike Bath, his days as a Miami quarterback don’t seem that far off. The 36-year old from Celina, Ohio posted a 21-10 record in his four years in Oxford, which spanned from 1997-2000. Two of those seasons were played under Randy Walker, a man whose beliefs and attitude stuck with the budding student of the game.

“Be about the right things,” Walker would say.

The phrase is simple enough, but it covers more ground than one would imagine. At the end of every practice, on the sidelines of every game, you can hear Bath utter his predecessor’s call to action. It’s the mantra that he’s instilling in the men of this program, something that extends and seeps into everything you do as a player, a friend and a man.

“You can’t just be about the right things on the football field,” Bath explains. “It’s a lifestyle. It’s about being about the right things in every facet of your life. If you’re a slacker in the classroom … you’re not going to do all your work in the weight room.

You’re going to let relationships go by the wayside because you’re not

going to put the effort into them.

“It’s something that takes time to overhaul and make a habit on a day-to-day basis. We’re going to try to educate these young men that if you’re about the right things, good things are going to happen to you and people are going to believe in you.”

But the 0-4 interim head coach also knows that it’s easier to preach this kind of homily when your team hasn’t won a game. At the end of the day, winning is still vital. It’s what sustains your program, and makes your school money. It’s the primary reason for your team’s existence, and no one can argue against that. A 8-26 record in the past three seasons doesn’t cut it for the Mid-American Conference’s winningest program.

On the Road Again The caravan careens up I-71, making surprisingly good time as the afternoon sun fades over the right shoulders of its occupants.

The RedHawks take little notice of the outside world. By now, the players have fallen into various stages of emotional preparation, while some have even fallen into various stages of consciousness. A few listen to music in an attempt to drown out the drone of the bus’s motor, and the occasional honk of a less-than-pleased driver several cars ahead.

Co-special teams coordinator Andrew Marlatt and graduate assistant Casey “Smitty” Smith sit up front, discussing politics, social issues and academics. They discuss local tax levies, and upcoming NFL games; the usual banter between friends that ensues on long drives. The conversation transitions into MAC football, and Northern Illinois’ stud quarterback, Jordan Lynch. The two even briefly touch on Miami and where

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The Executive Search Committee for The Farmer School of Business (FSB) has chosen Matthew Myers as its eighth dean after a year-long search, according to a FSB press release. He will assume the position on July 1, 2014.

Myers is currently serving as associate dean of the center for executive education at College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, as well as a professor in marketing. He earned a Ph.D. in business from Michigan State University and has taught and worked in a variety of countries, including Romania, Taiwan and Uzbekistan.

During an open forum session with Miami students on Nov. 6, Myers articulated a need to “protect the core” of both FSB and foster close interactions so they can better succeed in the the program is headed.

Marlatt has a true Ohio football pedigree. The 1988 Miami graduate coached just about every team you can think of in the Cincinnati area for the past 20 years, and has been on Miami’s staff since the beginning of 2013. He is pried away from his conversation with Smitty and asked a few questions about what the program means to him. The Miami merger and father of three is full of ideas for football growth, student relations, and ways to bring his team back to prominence, but he hones in on the present moment, speaking openly about the current situation of his 0-9 squad.

“It’s not a downtrodden team,” Marlatt says, motioning back at his players. “They’re not just waiting for the season to get over with. They’re

business world.

Miami University Provost Bobby Gempesaw was quoted in the press release, stating his support of the executive search committee’s decision.

“The Farmer School has a welldeserved reputation for excellence and continual improvement, and we are confident that Matt’s thoughtful, collaborative style of leadership will serve the school, its students, faculty and staff, well,” Gempesaw said.

Additionally, the press release quoted Myers’ response to his appointment.

“It is an honor and a privilege to be chosen as the new dean of the Farmer School of Business, and a wonderful opportunity to work with the faculty, staff and students,” Myers said. “I am very excited about the future of the School and University, and look forward to being a member of the Miami community.” hungry for a win, passionate about the game of football, and excited to become better football players, become masters of their craft. I’m very proud of them.

“We’re obviously very disappointed in our record, and some of the games that we could have won, we didn’t win because of the selfinflicted wounds – turnovers, missed tackles, blocked punts. But overall, the team is very positive and fun to be around on a daily basis. I don’t drag myself into work, I’m excited to come to work because I enjoy it.”

At some point in the trip, Smitty wrestles with the DVD player for a few minutes, fiddling with knobs and trying not to get in the driver’s way.

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Right and left to debate Affordable Care Act

BY EMILY CRANE NEWS EDITOR

College Republicans and College Democrats will go headto-head tomorrow in a debate sponsored by the Political Science Department on the subject of Obamacare. Student Body Vice President Courtney Bernard will kick off the event at 7:30 p.m. by introducing the debaters. Political science professor Brian Danoff will moderate the event.

According to College Democrats President Eden Thompson, each side will be represented by five debaters. They will be given five minutes each for opening remarks before turning to questions agreed

upon in advance by both sides.

There will be a total of four questions, two addressed to each side. The questions center around whether or not the healthcare reform is necessary, how it is impacting American families and businesses, how the implementation process is going and the effect of the law on the economy.

Following questions from the moderator, there will be about 15 minutes for questions from the audience and the debate will end with each side’s concluding remarks.

Thompson said both the College Democrats and the College Republicans worked together in designing the format of the debate.

“The College Democrats pro-

posed the idea to the Republicans when the government shutdown caused the issue of Obamacare to rise to the surface,” Thompson said. “We thought it would be fun to have a friendly debate.”

Chair of the Political Science department Patrick Haney said the department had agreed to sponsor the event because both groups were involved.

“They wanted to build on the momentum of the political discussion on campus,” Haney said.

“I think it’s really important that groups come together like this.”

The debate will take place in McGuffey 322 and will last approximately 90 minutes with a 10-minute intermission.

Miami admissions: No creeping here

BY LIBBY MUELLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Besides your vast network of friends, who else might be lurking on your Facebook page? According to Kaplan Test Prep’s 2013 survey of college admissions officers, it may be the colleges and universities to which you apply.

The survey polled 381 admissions officers in national, regional and liberal arts colleges and universities across the United States. It found that 29 percent of college admissions officers Googled an applicant’s name or visited Facebook or other social networking pages to gain information about the student.

This is the highest percentage since Kaplan began to survey this issue in 2008, when only 10 percent of college admissions officers used Google or social media to learn more about a student, according to the Kaplan Test Prep website.

Miami University does not Google its applicants or visit social networking pages to learn more about them, according to Director of Admission Ann Larson.

“It’s generally a time issue,” Larson said. “We spend a lot of time reviewing the academic information about a student so we feel very committed to that comprehensive holistic review and we spend our time there versus looking into any of the social media pieces.”

Larson said the concept of Googling applicants or checking social networking pages is an ongoing conversation among college admissions officers across the nation. She said the issue is discussed at the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the national organization that connects college admissions to high school college counseling.

“We’re certainly aware of the conversation,” Larson said. “It always comes up when we’re at our national meetings. It’s certainly a conversation piece among admission offices but at this point, it’s not on our radar.”

First-year Autumn King said she is surprised Miami does not check the social networking profiles of applicants.

“I feel like it is something very important that shows who the people are and I feel like that’s something they should check for their prospective students,” King said.

Larson said the only time Miami might pursue information on social media is if an anonymous source suggested something unusual about an applicant that the admissions office might want to investigate.

These cases happen rarely and generally relate to disciplinary matters, according to Larson.

“It’s usually a disciplinary issue,” Larson said. “Sometimes anonymous sources will refer you to something very specific, information in a

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news article, or we need to follow up with the school. It’s just wise for any university to check.”

However, up to this point Miami has not visited social networking pages to look into these concerns, Larson said.

The practice of not looking online for information about a student is not set in stone, according to Larson.

“It’s not as though we’re spot checking social media, but I wouldn’t want [students] to believe that it’s an absolute,” Larson said.

“It’s not part of our review for fall 2014 but should it come up that we need to explore something or investigate, we will.”

First-year Dustin Cruse said he thought Miami would check the social networking pages of prospective students.

“They seem to hold a standard here,” Cruse said.

Cruse said he would not have been worried about the content of his Facebook page when applying to Miami.

“I don’t really have anything on there that I wouldn’t want them to see,” Cruse said.

First-year Jason Singer said he is not surprised Miami does not check applicants’ social networking pages.

“I feel like they probably realize it’s an invasion of privacy and the things you’ve done in your past are the things you’ve done in your past,” Singer said.

PHILL ARNDT THE MIAMI STUDENT

Parents, students and alumni swarm Miami University Bookstore’s Miami Madness sale for merchandise.

Customers search the discounted items for holiday gifts.

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GOING BALLISTIC

Sophomore Matt Gill goes up against freshman Ian Mckenna and junior Allan Friedman Saturday at the men’s club volleyball home tournament.

Foreign student population, study abroad see increase

BY CARMEN WYMER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

First-year and native Chinese student Panyuan Guo decided to study at Miami University during her last year of high school in China.

Although she had never been to the United States, she decided it would make her more employable to have this experience. A math major, she said she hopes to teach in China when she is older and instill in students the same love of math that she has.

After scouring the websites of various universities, Guo said she chose Miami when her friends recommended it for its great reputation.

“I always wanted to study in America,” Guo said. “And Miami had the broad education I was looking for.”

Each year, more students worldwide are electing to study in foreign countries, according to the Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education. As more students come to study in the United States, more American students are studying abroad as well. Study abroad in the nation has more than tripled over the past two decades.

The report shows that Miami does particularly well, ranking third in undergraduate study abroad participation of all public doctoral universities in the nation.

On average, 9.4 percent of American students study abroad by the time they graduate. Miami, however, sends about 38 percent of its student body on study abroad. Erin Miller Brandyberry said she attributes Miami’s high study abroad rates to the values the school instills in its students.

“Because Miami believes in the value of international education,”

Brandyberry said. “We’ve got it built into our general education plan, which is not something that many other universities do.”

The top study abroad destinations for American students are the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, according to the Open Doors report.

In contrast, Miami’s top destinations are Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and China.

Faculty-led programs could be a factor in where students choose to study, as it is the number one type of study abroad experience at Miami, according to Brandyberry.

“I think Miami faculty recognize the value of study abroad to a student’s learning experience,” Brandyberry said.

The number of international students studying in the United States, as well as Miami, has been steadily increasing. According to the Open Doors report, just under 4 percent of enrollment in higher education is made up of international students, a forty percent increase within a decade. Miami’s international student enrollment has increased 19 percent since last year. According to the report, most of this growth is due to Chinese students.

The top three countries of origin for international students are China, India and South Korea, which mirrors Miami’s amount.

According to Assistant Provost of Global Initiatives and Acting Director of study abroad Cheryl Young, Miami has 1003 Chinese students, 51 Indian students and 33 South Korean students.

“The world is becoming increasingly globalized,” Young said. “A car company, for example, gets its parts from all over the world ...

In the working world these days, you need to be able to navigate other cultures.”

High number of false alarms sparks discussion about fire at MU

BY KAILA FRISONE SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The number of false alarms and false calls to the Oxford Fire Department from Miami University buildings and facilities has reached more than twice the number of actual fires on campus since Aug. 9.

According to an Incident Type Report from the City of Oxford Fire Department, there have been 32 false alarms and false calls and 14 fires on campus as of Tuesday, Nov. 12.

However, these classifications can be misleading. A “false alarm and false call” can be a malicious or

mischievous reporting, a bomb scare, a system or detector malfunction, an unintentional system or detection operation or a biohazard.

Oxford Fire Chief John Detherage said biohazards are not a concern on Miami’s campus.

“We get a lot of hairspray and cleaning chemicals setting off alarms,” Detherage said in regard to the number of false alarms and false calls. “There are probably a handful of malicious calls, but not a ton of them.”

Associate Director of Residence Life Robert Abowitz said the malicious and mischievous calls typically occur on weekend nights.

“If we ever find that someone has intentionally pulled a false alarm, then they face significant penalties that could include arrest because it’s against state law,” Abowitz said.

Susan Vaughn, Director of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution, said there is not an automatic punishment for falsely reporting a fire, but the punishment could include suspension. She said the outcome depends on whether the perpetrator had a prior offense and the extent of the offense.

Abowitz said most of the 14 fire

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POLICE Cloaked coppers curb capers

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OPD finds Miami firstyear in a sticky situation At 2:21 a.m. Saturday, OPD officers were dispatched to the 400 block of North Beech Street in reference to a report of a burglary in progress.

Officers arrived at the home to find a male vomiting in a bathroom. The residents were collected around the doorway, and claimed to have never seen the vomiting man before.

When questioned by the officers, the male claimed he had been at the house earlier in the night. However, when asked the address, he came up short, according to OPD. The male, mouth encrusted with vomit, smelled strongly of alcohol and was found to be a first-year student.

The male reported that it was possible he had stumbled into the wrong house, and that his friends had brought him to North Beech Street.

The residents said they did not recognize the names of either of the male’s friends, yet did not wish to press charges. But, OPD did not hesitate, and charged him with sales to and use by underage persons and disorderly conduct: public intoxication.

While being transported back to his dorm, the male requested the cruiser pull over and let him out to vomit.

BY RACHEL KEPPELER FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Oxford Police Department (OPD) sends officers in plain clothes to patrol “undercover” in bars and liquor stores, according to OPD Sgt. Jon Varley. In these situations, officers look for underage suspects who purchase or consume alcohol, as well as those who provide it.

Underage sophomore Becky Goff said she went to Oxford Spirits, 21 E. Lynn Ave., and used a fictitious ID to buy alcohol. Then, as she was leaving the establishment, an undercover cop stopped her and issued her a citation.

“The undercover cop was just wandering around the store, he came up to me and asked to see my ID after I gave it to the guy working already,” Goff said.

The officer confiscated the ID and Goff left the store without the alcohol.

Goff said the officer acted and dressed like a pedestrian. The illusion was convincing until he showed her his badge. She called the practice “vindictive.”

“I think it’s completely unfair

because if you are going to try to arrest people, then you should be upfront about it,” Goff said. “You shouldn’t have to hide, because [officers] are there to protect people, not to trick them.”

Varley said the department may send officers into bars and liquor stores. These officers are dressed in plain clothing and are often younger looking.

OPD also occasionally employs the help of underage volunteers.

An officer will pull up near a liquor store or bar and let the volunteer out with sufficient cash. The volunteer MIKE CHIORAN THE MIAMI STUDENT will then enter the establishment and attempt to buy liquor with the given Senior Sarah Hess serves junior Jake Menker at Hole in the Wall Bar. cash and without an ID. In general, the volunteers are obviously underage. Successful or not, the volunteer sure they check for them. to Varley, they check up on liquor will then return immediately to the “When they are doing those stores several times a year and bars cruiser and, if necessary, hands over things it means we are not selling to more frequently. He said this process the liquor. Then, the officer goes in underage kids,” Chirra said. is successful and all it takes is a couand issues citation, if appropriate.

As clerks would be unaware an ple of arrests for people to be aware Varley said volunteers are often undercover check had occurred, of the possible presence of plainstudents who are interested in police Chirra said OPD sends a letter rec- clothes officers. Some undercover work or those who want to volunteer ognizing that they were randomly officers are pretty young and look for the police. checked and passed. like college students, Varley said.

Vijay Chirra works at The UVarley said officers occasionPeople interested in police work Shop, 21 E. High St. He said police ally pose as a clerk or a customer, and volunteering to go undercover send in students without IDs to make observing the situation. According can contact Varley at OPD.

Santa leaves Miami ID in one student’s stocking At 1 a.m. Friday, employees of Brick Street Bar & Grill, 36 E. High St., called OPD in reference to an unwanted person haunting the bar.

When officers arrived, they found the male in question restrained by a bouncer on the side entrance of the patio.

According to Brick Street employees, the male had been asked to leave and had refused four separate times. They intended to press trespassing charges.

Officers reported the male was visibly intoxicated, and when asked for ID, the suspect presented a Pennsylvania driver’s license making the bearer 21 years old. The officers asked if it was fictitious and in a bout of nervousness, the male admitted it was.

When asked if he was a Miami student, he withdrew a student ID from his left sock, handed it to the officer, and confirmed.

He was charged with sales to and use by underage persons, criminal trespass, certain acts prohibited and disorderly conduct: public intoxication. He was dumped off at his dorm.

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DOG DAYS OF FALL

(Left to right) Seniors Rebecca Phillips, Kristy Lind and junior Lauren DuVall hang out with service dogs at Fall Fest in Uptown park.

Police beat subjects keep Oxford attorney busy

BY CAITLIN LAMB

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

By age 12, Dennis Deters and his childhood friend, Dan Haughey, knew that one day they would practice law together.

After leaving his hometown of Cincinnati, Deters earned a degree at the University of Notre Dame before returning home for law school. Meanwhile, Oxfordnative Haughey earned a degree at Miami University. “[Haughey] and I ended up in the same law class at the University of Cincinnati,” Deters said.

Since passing the Bar, Deters said he has worked as a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court constable, a law clerk to several Cincinnati area judges, an associate attorney defending police departments and insurance companies and as a Butler County Area II Court Felony public defender. More recently he has become a hearing officer for the Princeton City School

Board and a Colerain Township Trustee. Throughout his career, he has continued to prosecute personal injury claims.

In 2004, Deters put that all on hold to help his brother, Joe Deters, with his write-in campaign for Hamilton County Prosecutor, a position Joe holds today.

“After 2004, [Haughey] called and asked me to join him at his personal practice,” Deters said.

Since, Deters has been heavily involved with Miami students and affairs in the Oxford area and beyond.

According to Deters, 80 or 85 percent of his caseload involves Miami students, with whom he said he prefers to work as opposed to other clients.

“I think that Miami students, particularly my client base, have a respect for the situation that they are in, which is something that some of my other clients may not have,” Deters said.

He said he greatly enjoys helping

students when they find themselves in a difficult situation.

“Based upon my experience, usually my client is someone who is getting in trouble for the first, and probably the last time,” Deters said. “Unfortunately, the system they are in has a zero-tolerance policy for alcohol.”

Deters works with students charged with everything from underage drinking to the use of a fake ID or disorderly conduct. He said he aims to get the students through the legal process as quickly and painlessly as possible so they may return to their academic pursuits.

“In a different time, maybe decades ago, if an officer saw someone who was intoxicated on the street or intoxicated behind the wheel of a car, and they were a younger person, maybe 18, 19 or 20 years old, they might say, ‘Look, we’re going to call your parents,’” Deters said. “Now the approach is, ‘We’re going to charge you with a crime.’”

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Deters said students often face the same charges from different entities. According to Deters, when a student is charged with anything involving alcohol in the vicinity of Oxford, those charges are sent to Miami, and the university will usually further discipline the student.

“It’s a completely different playing field as far as how that gets managed,” Deters said in reference to university charges. “For a lot of students, that has more of an effect on them than the actual criminal charges do.”

Deters had some words of wisdom for those who find themselves up close and personal with law enforcement.

“Be respectful and understand that law enforcement is trying to do their job,” Deters said.

But Deters said not all parts of his job are so rewarding. With a lot of cases comes a lot of tedious paperwork.

“But that’s just a part of my job,” Deters said. “I enjoy what I do.”

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BATTLE OF THE BEARDS

A performer plays at the Battle of the Bands Thursday night at 45 East Bar and Grill, 45 E. High St.

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Theater Department ends the year with “Gruesome Playground Injuries”

BY CHRISTINA CASANO SENIOR STAFF WRITER

As the end of the year draws near, the Theater Department presents “Gruesome Playground Injuries” as the last production of the fall semester.

Written by Miami University alum Rajiv Joseph and directed by senior theater major Robert Stimmel, “Gruesome Playground Injuries” tracks the characters Doug and Kayleen back and forth across the 30 years of their friendship.

“It’s a unique love that they have for one another,” Stimmel said. “[It shows] how it

developed throughout their lives and how outside forces have changed them.”

The show has two actors. Ryan Knapper and Meka Clifford, both senior theater majors, have worked with the emotionallycharged script.

“Because it’s just the two of them, we’ve been able to delve a lot deeper,” Stimmel said. “We’ve done a lot of character development both in each scene and in the time between each scene.”

The play jumps back and forth in years, one of the scenes taking place during elementary school while another takes place when

they are 38.

With such a small cast, there has been some important collaboration work done across the board.

“Everyone has to put in work to make the show amazing,” Knapper said. “In this process, you have to be open to potential artistic ideas from everyone.”

The show’s costume designer, senior Michelle McVicker, discussed the challenges in designing a show in which the two actors stay on stage throughout the show.

“The transitions were challenging because it’s all visible, which is part of the play,” McVicker said.

“We have to show them aging

back and forth. The make-up for Doug, the intensity of his injuries changes dramatically throughout the show.”

The show is important for audiences because of the subject matter, and, in many ways, the performance.

“There are a lot of instances of vulnerability in the show, a lot of instances of them trying to make the other think that they’re okay without them,” McVicker said.

The relationship between Doug and Kayleen is the main component of the show, but there are other important topics

that are addressed.

“It speaks an incredible amount on how to handle friendships,” Knapper said. “You’re going to meet a lot of people in life, but only a few are true friends. It’s a lesson in people – it shows the natural progression of a friendship that was handled poorly.”

“Gruesome Playground Injuries” will take place 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Studio 88, located in the basement of the Center for Performing Arts.

Tickets are $7 for students and $10 for adults and can be purchased through the Shriver Box Office.

MOVIE REVIEWS

Sneak peek: Time traveler’s tricks show up superhero’s kicks “About Time”

BY BRITTON PERELMAN FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Too often, in my opinion, romantic comedies are written off as just a good laugh, a cute happy ending and nothing more. “About Time” is a wonderful exception. Written and directed by Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Bridget Jones’ Diary”), this movie is the ultimate combination of romance and comedy, but with an added deeper meaning that most other rom-coms lack.

When he is 21, the main character, an awkward and dorky redhead named Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), finds out that all the men in his family can travel in time. His father (Bill Nighy) urges his disbelieving son to try it, and, when it works, tells Tim he should use it only for the big things and to make his life the way he wants it to be. So Tim decides he should use his newly acquired power to better his life by getting himself a girlfriend.

What follows is a story rich with detail, filled with characters who are complex and relatable in so many ways. The story is effective, not because it makes us all wish we could secretly time travel, but because it reminds us of just how incredible our everyday lives really are.

The film works as a whole because of the impeccable casting.

Gleeson and Nighy are perfect as Tim and his father; their roles seem written specifically for them. Even though I was skeptical in the beginning about Rachel McAdams because of her previous appearances in time-travel stories, she was cast perfectly. Though the main cast is

“Thor: The Dark World” great, arguably the funniest performances in the film are those of the supporting actors. Lydia Wilson as Tim’s off-the-wall sister Kit Kat, Richard Cordery as lovable Uncle D and Tom Hollander as grumpy playwright-roommate Harry are a necessity; the movie just wouldn’t be the same without them.

What’s truly wonderful about “About Time” is its unexpected depth and meaning. Instead of simply being a movie about Tim and Mary (Rachel McAdams), the pretty girl he meets by cosmic accident one night, it’s about the relationship between Tim and his father, Tim and his quirky sister and Tim and his children. Instead of simply being a movie about a dorky guy who can relive parts of his life until they are absolutely perfect, it is a beautiful statement about life and how exactly we choose to live it.

Picture this. You get to the theater, popcorn and soda in hand, knowing that you picked something you’ll like, but unconsciously thinking that you already know how the story is going to end. The boy will get the girl and they’ll live happily ever after, just like every other time. It takes a special movie to break that pattern, to leave you truly touched, but that’s exactly what this movie does. Instead of leaving the theater with nothing but another film to check off your “to see” list, you’ll leave in absolute awe of how wonderful the entire experience was. It’s “About Time!”

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Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy superhero flicks as much as the next person. I just personally think the stories involving characters from “The Avengers” lack a greater theme. “Thor: The Dark World” is no different. It was a good time, but ultimately forgettable.

The estimated $170 million movie centers on an unfortunate cosmic event and an enemy willing to take full advantage of that event, leaving Thor to face a battle for his own world, Asgard, and for Earth. With all the original characters back for round two, “Thor: The Dark World” utilizes the typical epic-battle blockbuster format, so none of the plot points are a surprise.

What did surprise me was the amount of detail in the visual effects. While the girls behind me ogled Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) fake abs, I wondered at the intricate details that made up Asgard.

So real was Thor’s world that it was actually difficult to imagine the film being shot with a greenscreen in the background. I was dumbfounded by the amount of

time that must have gone into creating something so complex from scratch. Unfortunately, the visual appeal just wasn’t enough to save the entire film.

The stand out performance, not surprisingly, wasn’t Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Instead it was Tom Hiddleston, who plays Thor’s adopted, and sometimes evil, brother Loki. This, in my opinion, is equally because Hiddleston is a perfect selection for Loki and because Loki’s character in general is just so much more complex and interesting than any of the others. He’s conniving, sarcastic, funny and you’re never really sure where his loyalties lie, something that Hiddleston nails.

Like any other superhero movie, the sidekicks who join Thor are often more fun to watch than the main character himself. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and her scientist friends, Darcy (Kat Dennings) and Dr. Erik Selvig (Stellen Skarsgård) return in the sequel, joined by a new face: an intern named Ian (Jonathan Howard). Collectively, the three have the funniest lines and scenes in the movie. No one can ever remember the intern’s name and Erik ends up running around

Stonehenge without any clothes on, which is completely hilarious in comparison to Thor’s alwaysserious complexion.

The 112-minute film, which has topped the box office for the two weekends since its Nov. 8 premiere, has grossed around $147 million so far and will undoubtedly continue to do well until the premiere of “Catching Fire” later this month. Still, for all the green it’s raking in, I found “Thor: The Dark World” to be a little lackluster in more ways than one.

Make sure you keep an eye out for Stan Lee’s usual cameo, and, word of advice, stay until the very end of the credits. This won’t be the last of the Thor movies, which, like the rest of the movie, isn’t really a surprise. What is still up in the air is whether or not I’ll see the next one of my own accord or be dragged there by my boyfriend.

This week, “Thor: The Dark World” is playing at the Princess Theatre Uptown every day at 1:10 p.m., 4:10 p.m., 7:10 p.m. and 9:55 p.m.

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EDITORS EMILY ELDRIDGE NICOLE THEODORE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2013

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

Effective training of students, staff necessary to ensure safety Sunday evening’s severe weather warnings were hard to miss.

Texts, emails and announcements on MyMiami made it clear to students that severe weather was rolling in and Miami University wants us to stay safe. In grade school, fire, earthquake or tornado drills and maybe even practice lockdowns were the norm—school safety was not just talked about; faculty and students were equipped and ready for just about anything.

According to the Associated Press, Ball State University was, “partially locked down for hours on Friday after several witnesses reported hearing someone shouting ‘gun!’” near the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. After searching several campus buildings, an “all-clear” notice was sent out around 8 p.m. on Friday.

The Miami Student Editorial Board, like many students, was notified by Miami University’s Emergency system on Sunday of the tornado warnings—some of us are also signed up for Miami’s “Emergency Text Massaging System.” We also check MyMiami’s Announcements page regularly, which effectively communicates on and off-campus news for all students to see.

But we wonder what Miami has in store for emergencies that don’t show up on Accuweather’s Doppler center. Scenarios like the Virginia Tech shooting or the Ball State University lockdown aren’t something we ever want to think about, but having a plan is not an option — ­it is a necessity.

So we visited the Emergency Preparedness and Procedures page on the Miami University Police Department’s website. The common theme on this page is how Miami plans to communicate to people that something has gone wrong or is about to go wrong.

The site reads, “Depending upon the situation, e-mails could be sent to students themselves and/or to the emergency contact (parent, guardian) that students have specified.

As backup, there are also emergency “swing signs” that could be placed around campus and there is a system in place for distributing posters and fliers to residence halls and academic buildings.”

We have seen Miami use this

“Plan A” they talk about: e-mail notifications to students and/or guardians. But we haven’t experienced these “swing signs” or posters and fliers in buildings first-hand. So we are curious to see what these would even look like or if they would even be effective.

And then on the Emergency Preparedness Page, we see a list of “potential dangers” including Bomb Threat, Chemical Spill, Hazardous Gas, Severe Weather , Shooter, and Evacuation of People with Disabilities.

The Editorial Board wanted to focus on Miami’s plan when it comes to a “shooter” since these events seem to be the most intimidating and it also seems shootings are becoming more and more prevalent. We clicked on the page and were pleasantly surprised. The page outlines protocol for when the active shooter is outside or inside the building, when the active shooter enters your office or classroom, how to move from your current location and finally, what to expect from responding police officers. A video is even posted to visually demonstrate the suggested code of conduct.

Miami says, “This document provides guidance to faculty, staff and students who may be caught in an active shooter situation, and describes what to expect from responding police officers.” Clear enough. But we are concerned that Miami is ignoring the importance of actually training faculty, staff and students how to act in these emergencies. Posting a video and brief outline of protocol on a University webpage is not enough.

Our campus operating system is totally different from grade school—but university lockdowns and shooters are very real at college campuses and there is often little or no time to post fliers, posters or “swing signs” around campus.

We realize these emergency situations are unlikely but we feel as if faculty, staff and students are not trained to protect themselves correctly at this point in time. Miami could and should implement a training program, similar to the fire safety drill all first years go through, but for other situations like mass shootings, bomb threats, evacuations or severe weather.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

You are what you eat: What’s really in our food?

In our modern privileged society in the good old U.S.A, a majority of us are never firsthand witnesses to food production.

Many of us can go to a grocery store or a restaurant, eat quickly and move on to more important things, like watching TV or going to Beat The Clock. But before your food arrives to your plate, many things had to happen. A seed was planted, and much care went into keeping the plant alive (or it was sprayed with chemicals). The plant was harvested to travel many miles to get into your mouth and give you the energy needed for your day.

If you get your produce from on-campus markets or Kroger, chances are that it was picked before it was ripe so it could travel across the country to the store (on average, most produce travels over 1,000 miles before reaching a store). Early picking and long-distance traveling cause the produce to lose most of its nutritional value.

Well that isn’t good — aren’t fruits and vegetables supposed to be good for you? Yes, and they still can be. Buy local whenever you can. Here in Oxford we have many available options for local foods. There is the Oxford Farmer’s Market Uptown and MOON Co-op next to Little Caesar’s.

Buying local ensures a more nutritious food product as well as boosting your local economy and helping your local farmer.

Produce is all fine and dandy, but what about the meat you eat?

Like many Miami students, I frequent Chipotle for delicious dinners. Recently, our Chipotle has had a sign that says that due to shortages, they are serving conventional beef. Why do they need to tell you that? Because typically, Chipotle raises their chicken, pork, meat cows and

dairy cows unconventionally.

Conventionally raised meat means that it comes from a factory farm. A factory farm is nothing like the picturesque farm scenes we’re often exposed to.

In fact, reality is harsh enough to make your stomach turn.

Much of the beef you eat comes from a feedlot. Feedlots host large quantities of cows crammed together in tight quarters. This can be very unpleasant for the cows. Not only that, but the cows are typically fed a grain-based diet. Sometimes, parts of cows can be found in the grain feed these cows receive (this is responsible for mad cow disease). Grain feed in general upsets the cows’ four stomachs causing the cows to be very unhealthy. Many times, a grain diet can cause the death of cows.

But feedlots aren’t only dangerous and unhealthy for cows; they’re also bad for the environment and those who consume the meat. Methane contributes more to global warming than CO2 and feedlots are essentially methane factories, pumping greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. And as for us, a grain diet increases the acidity of the cows’ stomach, which naturally contains E. coli. Under normal situations, our stomachs can fight the E. coli because our stomachs have been more acidic than the cows.

But given the increased acidity in cows’ stomachs caused from the grain feed diet, the E. coli are evolving to survive, causing an increase in cases among humans.

So what do we do? It’s simple really, feed the cows on pasture. Give them space to graze and roam. They’ll be happier and healthier and we’ll save money on gas not having to mow pastures. I’ll let you in on another secret: grassfed beef

tastes better too.

But also, what about chickens, pigs and turkeys? Sadly, they are also products of the factory farm system. Chickens are often raised in confinement barns where they are trapped in cages with their beaks chopped off, unable to move beyond pecking their “food” and going to the bathroom on the chickens below them. These situations can be so unhealthy for the chickens that they have to be fed antibiotics, which we end up eating when we eat the chicken, weakening our immune systems. To prevent this article from being any longer, I’ll let you know that turkeys & pigs are in similar situations on these factory farms as well, but please research the specifics yourself.

The alternatives to factoryfarmed pork, chicken and turkey are also easy. Buy free range, cage free, and pasture raised, non-antibiotic and non-GMO fed animals. Trust me, it’s possible. I’m looking forward to my Thanksgiving turkey from a local organic family farm that meets those standards.

As a college student, I understand that this seems impossible.

But believe me when I tell you that it is very possible. With the farmer’s market, the co-op and vegetarian options, avoiding factory farmed meats and animal by-products is very possible and should be encouraged.

Do the right thing for yourselves, the planet and the animals and buy local, non-factory farm produce, meat and animal by-products. It tastes better and feels a lot better for the body.

JOSH SCHULTZ

SOPHOMORE, POLY SCI & ENV. SCIENCE

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EMILY’S ANTICS

Creators of anti-rape wear claim confidence, protection can be worn by women You can’t rip them. You can’t cut them. You can’t pull them down. But you can decide if antirape wear is helpful or just downright disrespectful.

The creators of the product are Ruth and Yuval of EMILY Nyack, New ELDRIDGE York. The two women started an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for their “anti-rape wear” back in October. Within the first few weeks of their campaign, Ruth and Yuval raised the $50,000 needed to bring these prototypes to the shelves.

But the overall mission of the anti-rape clothing line, to offer “wearable protection for when things go wrong,” has seen its fair share of criticism.

The idea is that women would wear these garments—which range from brief-type underwear to yoga pants and cargo shorts— in situations where they could possibly be faced with a dangerous situation like a going out for a first date or traveling to a foreign country.

The waist and thigh bands around can be adjusted to fit, but only by the person wearing them.

To do this, the woman sets a lock “combination,” almost like two hands on a clock.

The “unified protective skeletal structure” is made so that it remains soft and comfortable but cannot be torn, cut or stretched which will theoretically prevent an attacker from pulling or ripping the undergarments off, allowing the woman to fight back and escape.

Their Indiegogo page says, “resistance increases the chance of avoiding a completed rape without making the victim more likely to be physically injured.” Some may say the resistance of the clothing could anger the attacker, ending in even more trauma to the victim.

I’d argue there really is no way to predict if the innovative structure of anit-rape wear will prevent a rape from happening, but the message it conveys is really what people are talking about.

If you want more specifics on AR Wear, watch the promotional video on their Indiegogo page.

AR Wear has reached its goal of $50,000 from around 2,000 separate donations. But they haven’t put a smile on everyone’s face.

The Washington Post asks if this anti-rape wear is feminist.

The Guardian wonders who would ever donate money to this kind of product.

And a UK newspaper called The Telegraph said in an online article that there are three problems with the undergarments: One, men get raped too. Two, why is it the woman’s responsibility to prevent being raped.

And three, just because they can’t get your pants off doesn’t mean you’ll be OK. And finally, a Slate.com article is full of satirical commentary.

Author Amanda Hess writes, “After all, nothing makes a woman feel comfortable in her own body like a constant physical reminder that she’s expected to guard her genitals against potential sexual assaults at all times. Then again, it beats explaining to mom, dad and the local public defender why you failed to strap on your rapedeflecting bootie shorts when you fell asleep at a friend’s house and ‘things went wrong.’”

There are a lot of things wrong with this anti-rape wear.

For starters, what if you have to pee? What if you want to have sex? Or what if AR Wear doesn’t carry your size?

These things can’t look good

under a slim-fitting dress or pair of skinny jeans. And if you forget the combination, you’re literally stuck.

But looking a bit deeper, I want to ask when it became the woman’s responsibility to guard areas of her body with a “bulky vagina plate”?

Unfortunately, there is still this disturbing misconception that a woman who is raped is the one

being completely ignored here.

When a product comes out that restricts a man in a way antirape wear restricts a woman, this whole argument will be balanced.

Until then, anti-rape wear only places more emphasis on the idea that it is the woman’s responsibility to prevent being raped.

Though I can’t be totally critical of this innovative clothing line. I think rape culture has in-

There are a lot of things wrong with this antirape wear. For starters, what if you have to pee? What if you want to have sex? Or what if AR Wear doesn’t carry your size? who should be blamed; she was asking for it.

And so I think the problem with anti-rape wear is that it makes it seem like the best way to prevent rape is for a woman to literally be under lock and key.

I’m not suggesting women shouldn’t take precautions to protect themselves when they plan on traveling to a foreign country or out for a drink, but it seems as if the responsibilities of a man are

stilled paranoia in a lot of young women and if AR Wear wants to market their product to this group of people, that is all well and good.

Anything that allows women to feel confident and protected is fine by me. Though I still can’t warp my head around the spiked female condom...

SENIOR, STRATEGIC COMM. ELDRIDEG@MIAMIOH.EDU

COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY

Americans choose to “Keep Your Health Plan” in 2013

True Thanksgiving history not common knowledge

“I just see a huge train wreck coming down,” Sen. Max Baucus said.

These were the choice words Baucus (D-MT) had for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius back in April regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. We are six weeks

Having been caught in the act of a lie and criticized by President Clinton for not honoring the promise he made, Obama held a press conference last Thursday.

into the implementation of the law and it appears Baucus couldn’t have been more right.

In the first month, only 106,185 people signed up for insurance using the law’s exchange systems.

To put that into perspective, that’s still about 3,000 people less than it would take to fill “The Big House”, the University of Michigan’s football stadium.

And if enrollment rates continue at their current pace of 23 people per state per day, as former director of the Congressional Budget Office Douglas Holtz-Eakin has pointed out, “it will take five and a half years to reach the administration’s goal of 7 million [people].”

Still the stats get worse for the Obama administration because. as a result of the law, an estimated 4.8 million Americans have received cancelation notices from their insurance companies. This means, despite President Obama’s repeated promise that “if you like your plan you can keep it” millions of Americans will have no choice but to enroll in the exchange system.

Having been caught in the act of a lie and criticized by President Clinton for not honoring the promise he

made, Obama held a press conference last Thursday. He addressed the failures of the implementation.

Stopping short of admitting that he knowingly lied about the nature of the law, the president did say that he offered a fix – a partial delay that would allow Americans to keep their plans for one more year.

Not leaving it up to the president to honor his word, on Friday, the House of Representatives passed the “Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013.” Passed with 39 Democratic votes and by a final count of 261157, this one-page bill introduced

by House Chairman Fred Upton (RMI) does just what its name implies – it allows individuals to keep their health insurance plan if they like it.

Just for good measure over in the Senate, Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is leading a group of Democrats who have introduced a bill that would also allow millions of Americans to keep their current plans.

When taken all together, this could be just the beginning of Obamacare’s problems. As Ezra Klein of the Washington Post notes in a column that is unusually critical of the administration, it could even lead to some bigger problems.

Klein says of the legislative developments, “It would mean millions of people who would’ve left the individual insurance market and gone to the exchanges will stay right where they are. Assuming those people skew younger, healthier, and richer -- and they do -- Obamacare’s premiums will rise.”

In all of this, there still exists an opportunity. An opportunity for the Republicans in Congress to replace the existing law with something better. There are plenty of ideas out there from those already in Paul Ryan’s budget to those articulated by Yuval Levin and Ramesh Ponnuru in a joint column for the Wall Street Journal. Here, these market based alternatives that put the power in the hands of the consumer represent a way to clean up the aftermath of the current train wreck.

As the air starts to chill and the leaves start to change color, everyone knows that Fall is here, denoting the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving. For universities around the United States this means that the students are given a much-needed break before finals. For almost everyone, it means eating turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy with their families. All of these things are great but, why do we celebrate Thanksgiving and where did the Holiday come from in the first place?

Movies, social media and grade school teach us as children that Thanksgiving was a time when the Native American’s and Pilgrims came together to celebrate.

The Pilgrims had just come to America and their first winter had been a rough one. Then the next year, thanks to some of the natives of that area, the Pilgrims had a good harvest. They decided to sit down after the harvest with the Native friends, have a feast and thank God for the good harvest.

Some people like James W. Baker believed this was the start of Thanksgiving. According to the official Plymouth Plantation website, “despite disagreements over the details, the three-day event in Plymouth in the fall of

1621 was “the historical birth of the American Thanksgiving holiday,” Baker said.

They believe although this began as only a tradition in the New England area for over 100 years, it was the day Thanksgiving started.

There are others, however, who disagree with this. They say that those events happened but that because it was not repeated for the next few years, it was not the start of the national holiday.

Many believe that the holiday was actually started during the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

Sarah Josepha Hale, an editorial writer for the “Boston Ladies’ Magazine,” was supposedly the person who helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday.

According to the website Wilstar, “after a 40-year campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale’s obsession became a reality when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving.”

To many, this shows that 1863 was really the time when Thanksgiving became the holiday we all know today.

Both of these opinions are correct in some way. The tradition

of Thanksgiving was started with the Pilgrims in 1621. The feast they had with their Indian friends thanking God for the harvest is an event that is still passed down, even today.

The problem with this is it set up the tradition, not the national holiday. It became the national holiday we know of today in 1863 when Hale pushed for it and

Many believe that the holiday was actually started during the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln made it official. Whether one believes that 1621 is the date or 1863 is up to them. What is important is that this now equates to a time when people enjoy a meal with their families and students give their brains a rest before heading back for finals.

ROBERT HANES

JUNIOR, HISTORY HANESRV@MIAMIOH.EDU

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fense we should be able to hit more shots.”

The RedHawks also had 27 turnovers in the victory, and Wright said the decision-making needs to improve.

“Some of the turnovers were [travels], maybe we were trying to force a few things,” Wright said. “Certainly it’s our decision making that needs to get better, as they continue to get more and more game experience.”

Defensively, the RedHawks held the Cougars to 21 percent shooting from the field and 19

percent shooting from behind the arc en route to their first victory of the year.

“I thought we had some good minutes on the defensive end,” Wright said. “We need to build on that for practice, and the practice after that, and all the way until we head to [the University of Illinois at Chicago].”

The RedHawks have a week between games to improve from their first victory before they travel to Chicago to take on the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames.

The Flames are off to a 1-2 start, and will host the RedHawks 4 p.m. Saturday.

incidents this semester are probably a result of careless cooking.

Senior Samantha Kent, a Resident Assistant of McKee Hall, said most cooking fires occur because students walk away from the microwave when cooking popcorn, do not add water to Easy Mac, or put aluminum foil in the microwave.

Abowitz said the annual Fire Safety Fair for first-year students emphasizes safe cooking habits.

“It’s a serious concern because it desensitizes people to the alarm,” Abowitz said. “Our expectation is that everyone gets out of the building, including staff.”

However, Kent said residents sometimes ignore the alarms because they think they are another drill or burnt food.

“I don’t think students think about how old these dorms really are and that they could easily catch on fire,” Kent said.

According to the Incident Type Report, there have been no damages to university property so far this academic year—the Fire Department has spent most of its time chasing down false alarms. The Oxford Fire Department does not bill Miami for these calls however, keeping the

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Last year’s bill was not so low.

During the 2012-13 academic year, there were $10,110 in damages to university property. Havighurst Hall was responsible for the majority of those expenses with $10,000 in damages from two separate fires.

Detherage said most of the damage was a result of the sprinkler system going off to contain a fire in a hallway trashcan.

Damages to property are not the only expenses when a fire breaks out. Detherage estimated the cost per hour for the firefighters to be approximately $25. The fire trucks cost nearly $175 per hour, and ambulances cost about $75 per hour.

The Incident Type Report for the 2012-13 academic year reports 130 incidents. Of those incidents, 26 percent were fires, and 60 percent were false alarms and false calls. The remaining 14 percent included service calls, good intent calls and other non-fire hazards.

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“What’s sounds good, boys?” A string of incomprehensible responses and random suggestions comes from some of the players a few rows back, so Smitty just pops in the first disc he comes across. “Coach Carter” soon flashes up on the interval of monitors that jut down from overhead every couple of rows. Several of the players watch intently as Samuel L. Jackson spends a few hours of screen time molding a rag-tag group of basketball underdogs into respectable student athletes and championship contenders. He gets them to believe, to understand that they are capable of more than anyone gave them credit for before.

“What is your deepest fear?” Jackson repeatedly asks his players. One young man eventually stands up with a line that’s oddly applicable to the RedHawks themselves. Many of the bus passengers are now paying attention to the movie, and a few even know the quote by heart.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,” he tells his coach. “Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

Fueling the Fire The 3x2 itinerary printed out on lanyards for every player breaks down the team’s actions hour-tohour, minute-to-minute. It’s going

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night for the seniors. Now I’m in the position of being one of those seniors so I appreciate it even more than I did before.”

The Bulls stampede into Oxford behind one of the most talented linebackers in the country, senior Khalil Mack. According to a pair of mock drafts on CBSSports.com, the 6-foot-3, 248-pound Florida native is projected as the seventh overall

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2013 to be a highly-structured stay at the Cuyahoga Falls Sheraton Inn for the RedHawks, one that provides an opportunity for the players to ready themselves through a combination of eating right, resting up and reviewing game tape and strategy.

Back at the hotel, each player is paired off and checks into their respective rooms. The suite-style atmosphere is comfortable, and after the guys have a few minutes to settle in, they head down to the event room for a team dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Calling the buffet a feast would be a severe understatement. Chicken, pasta, steaks and potatoes are on display as the servers come from the kitchen in waves to keep up with the voracious appetite that some of these players possess. Even the graduate assistants go back for seconds, though it’s nothing compared to what the linemen can put away. Coach Marlatt warns that for coaches, GA’s, and traveling journalists, it’s far too easy to gain five pounds while on a trip like this. He’s right.

Their hunger temporarily abated, willing players are ushered into a makeshift chapel down the hall by defensive coordinator Jay Peterson. A few minutes after 7 p.m. he introduces friend and pastor Robert Brooks, who serves as the Cleveland Browns’ chaplain. For 30 minutes, Mr. Brooks gives an eloquent and impassioned sermon that calls the team to action for Christ. He focuses not only on the RedHawks’ on field play, but on how

to grow and become men of action, a discourse that compliments what the RedHawk staff has stressed all year.

The coaches sit in the back and listen intently. Bath’s head is bowed, his hands are tightly clasped.

“Amen,” they all conclude, together.

pick. In 10 games, Mack leads Buffalo with 74 tackles, 13.5 of which have been for a loss.

He has also recorded 7.5 sacks, and has three interceptions to his name, two of which he returned for touchdowns. Add on two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, and those stats cement Mack as one of the most dangerous linebackers in the NCAA. “They’re just a big, strong football team and I have a lot of respect for them,” Bath said.

“Then they also have probably one of the two best football players in the conference in Khalil Mack. He’s different, he’s special.”

Despite Mack’s presence, the Bulls have surrendered an average of 383 yards per game, 152 of which are through the ground – which might give Miami’s offense, which managed 112 yards on the ground against Kent State University, a fighting chance.

Kickoff for the final home game is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Ghosts of Football Past It’s not easy to live up to tradition, and Miami University is in no short supply. It might surprise some current students that as of the beginning of the 2013 season, Miami is 24th alltime in FBS program wins with 668.

That’s more than Wisconsin. That’s more than California. It’s 64 more than Oregon.

Tradition is just one of the reasons this 0-9 season has been so hard on the current program, as well as the university. But if you were to attend just one practice, you would know it’s not for lack of effort – far from it, in fact. Practices are brutal, tiring affairs that drag on in the eyes of anyone not in top physical shape.

The up-tempo sessions are spelled by few breaks, and each repetition is scrutinized by coaches and GA’s.

“Pick up that block! Square up your shoulders!” You hear phrases of the like belted out on every play, and the intensity is palpable.

“I’ve taken pride in the fact that these young men have been working hard,” Bath says. “We’ve got great young men on this football

team and it’s unfortunate that we’re overall where we’re at from a record standpoint. But from a man-to-man, within this program [standpoint], these young men have stepped up.

They’ve rededicated themselves.

They’ve practiced hard.”

It’s difficult not to consider 0-9 a lost cause. Anyone who has competed in some form of athletics can recall the tribulation that a losing record embeds in the locker room. How do you rise above it, overcome it? For Coach Bath and the RedHawks, you do that by taking things one day at a time.

“This senior class has a lot to play for because they really do believe they’re setting the foundation for the next decade,” Bath explains. “And they’re doing a great job of it. The results aren’t on the scoreboard right now, but anyone that’s been at practice knows that these guys are busting their rear ends. They lead by example. It’s something I hope will get acknowledged over the next 10 years when this program gets back where it will go.”

The “carpe diem” mentality wouldn’t gain any traction if the seniors didn’t commit to the cause.

Thanks in large part to the four redshirt senior co-captains, that’s the reality of things around the RedHawk locker room.

“Anybody can lead when things are going well,” tight end and captain Steve Marck explains. “Everybody wants to be a part of the team, every-

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body wants to come watch. When you’re a winless team, it’s tough. Just being positive and realizing what position you’re in, guys are looking up to you. What you do as a fifth-year captain is a large part of what … freshmen are going to do.”

Being positive is essential to the RedHawks’ growth as a program, but it can only go so far, and their situation is admittedly dire. Miami is lucky to fill one-tenth of Yager Stadium’s 24,286-person capacity at home games. It’s a disconnect that players and coaches alike point to as the most tragic thing about this recent spiral: students just don’t care about Miami football anymore. When asked why that is, Coach Bath thinks to himself for a while before answering.

“This program needs to be more visible,” Bath says. “Whoever is the next head coach, or the administration, needs to make the program more approachable, more engaged, more visible on campus, just getting out there more. My hope for this program is that it does that, because that’s been lost a little bit here lately, and when it was lost I don’t know.”

Bath ponders for a moment more.

“And that’s on us.”

There are a lot of variables that factor into the chasm between students and their athletic peers, and fault lies on both sides, as well as with the university. But one of the reasons is glaringly apparent, and both Bath and Marlatt have referenced it on the trip.

“We need to win.”

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HOCKEY

Brotherhood splits series against Badgers

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

For the third time in four weeks, the Miami hockey team has split a weekend series with a team ranked 12th or higher in the USCHO national poll, following a battle with the No. 12 University of Wisconsin.

Sophomore goaltender Ryan McKay led the way for the RedHawks Friday night. The netminder improved upon his already impressive save percentage by stopping all 30 shots he faced in a 2-0 victory.

“It was no real surprise to us in the quality of the game,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “It was a good college hockey game. We got a bounce to give us the 1-0 lead and they had their chances. It could have gone either way, but obviously we’re real happy it went our way.”

The opening frame was a physical one, and Wisconsin threw its larger bodies around with gusto.

Twenty-one shots in total were fired, but McKay and the Badgers junior goalie Landon Peterson stood tall. It took a great individual effort halfway through the second period by junior Blake Coleman to set up Anthony Louis in the slot, who put it where grandma hides the thin mints to break the scoreless tie.

It was the freshman forward’s fifth goal on the year.

After more than a period of silence from both offenses, the Badgers pulled Peterson with just over a minute to play. It gave junior captain Austin Czarnik the chance to net his sixth goal of the season, sealing the deal for Miami. McKay improved his record to 5-1-1.

“It’s a credit to our team defense,”

McKay said. “If you want to compare it to the beginning of the season, it’s a dramatic difference, and that’s why we’re getting results.”

The following night’s results weren’t necessarily what the RedHawks had in mind.

They might have entered the third period with the lead, but two untimely goals ultimately gave Miami a 3-2 loss at the hands of Wisconsin.

“I thought we played well and so did they,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “It was a close game and it came down to who was going to make a play or two, and we didn’t. It’s a tough weekend when every shift is crucial, but give them credit; [Wisconsin] played hard, they played well, and they made a few plays at the end.”

The Brotherhood battled back in the second period with two scores of their own to take the lead.

The first was a bar-down snipe

by Coleman at 5:01 of the frame, giving the RedHawks their first power play score of the weekend.

With just a few minutes remaining in the second, Czarnik danced his way into the offensive zone off LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR a 100-foot pass by junior forward Jimmy Mullin, using his saucy Miami forwards Riley Barber, Jimmy Mullin, Blake Coleman, Austin Czarnik and Alex Wideman celebrate Coleman’s paws to dazzle the defense and power play goal during Miami’s 3-2 loss to Wisconsin Saturday. tickle the twine.

Miami was 23-0 last year when post and deflected a shot off his to get these W’s. Splitting is no more linemate Riley Barber who dished out two helpers. leading after two periods and 7-0 shoulder in, silencing the crowd and longer acceptable.”

The ’Hawks return to action this year, but that streak ended giving his team the boost it needed McKay recorded 23 saves in the against Wisconsin. The Badgers to finish in front. losing effort, his worst outing of the next weekend when they travel to spoiled the potential sweep for the “You’ve just got to make simple season. Despite dropping to 5-2-1, Omaha, Neb. to mix it up with the RedHawks when they scored two plays like off the glass and out,” McKay still boasts a .943 percent, University of Nebraska-Omaha. goals in a five-minute span, tak- Czarnik said of his team’s de- which checks in at fourth best in Nebraska-Omaha is currently reing the lead off a goal by junior fensive-zone play. “I don’t know the country, as well as a stellar 1.74 ceiving 26 votes in the USCHO forward Joseph Labate. He caught what happened – we just col- goals-against average. Czarnik fin- poll, which lands them just three Ryan McKay cheating off the lapsed … we’ve got to find a way ished with two points, as did sopho- spots shy of No. 20.

FOOTBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Miami closes road stand with trip to XU RedHawks host Bulls in final home game of year

BY ZACH MACIASZEK FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University men’s basketball team (0-2) finishes up a tough three-game road stretch to open the season when it takes on Xavier University (3-0) Wednesday at the Cintas Center.

The RedHawks have lost their first two road games of the season by double-digits against big-time opponents in the University of Notre Dame and Arizona State University.

Head coach John Cooper said the team needs to persevere through a difficult set of road games against quality competition.

“This is the gauntlet to start the year,” Cooper said. “We knew it was going to be tough.”

A player who has thrived through the first two games of the season is sophomore guard Reggie Johnson.

Johnson has averaged 23 points per game and has shot 55 percent from the field so far this season. He is the only RedHawk averaging doublefigures in points.

The ’Hawks have not gotten off to the start offensively they had hoped for. As a team, they are shooting 37 percent from the floor, and 24 percent from three-point range. The story hasn’t been much better defensively, as they have allowed their opponents to shoot 53 percent from the field and 50 percent from three, while being outrebounded by an average of nine boards per game.

Johnson said he does not believe he or his teammates have been discouraged by the start to the season.

“I think we’ve got a confident group,” Johnson said. “The experienced players will be able to take in people like me, the sophomores and freshmen, and just rally us and keep us levelheaded. Just [remind us] that it’s early in the season.”

The ’Hawks receive another crack at their first win of the season against their in-state rival Xavier. The Musketeers are coming off a 79-56 drubbing of Morehead State in which they improved to 3-0, with all of their victories taking place on their home court.

Xavier is led in scoring by 6-foot3 sophomore guard Semaj Christon, who is averaging 17.3 points per game and shooting over 60 percent from the field. Second on the team in scoring is 6-foot-10 junior center Matt Stainbrook, who is averaging a double-double with 10.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

Johnson had a laundry list of items the ’Hawks needed to work on before they take on Xavier.

“We need to work on finishing games,” Johnson said. “Defense, boxing out. Just paying attention to the details. Just knowing the things that we talk about before the game and executing on them in the game.

It’s pretty much just minor things.”

Johnson said he believes this “gauntlet” of an opening to the season will ultimately help the RedHawks in the long run.

“I think it is going to help us later on in the MAC [Mid-American Conference],” Johnson said. “It’s good preparation.”

Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday.

BY JOE GIERINGER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University football team has reached its final attempt to capture that elusive first win at home. Tuesday, Nov. 19 is Senior Night for the winless Red and White, who host the 7-3 (5-1 MAC) University at Buffalo Bulls.

Buffalo makes a strong case for case for best team in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) East Division. Despite a 51-41 stutter against the University of Toledo last weekend, the Bulls have cruised their way through conference play after losses the first two weeks to National Championship contenders Ohio State University and Baylor University.

For Miami, this is do-or-die time for the upperclassmen in their final year of eligibility.

“Regardless of what your record is, when it comes down to the tail end of the season it really is about the seniors,” interim head coach Mike Bath said. “It’s a culmination of your program and what they’ve meant to it, so it’s something that’s important to us, and we’re making this week about the seniors.”

Players like redshirt senior captain and tight end Steve Marck know this will be the last time they ever get to step foot in Yager Stadium with a Miami uniform on, so he plans on making the most of it. “[A win] would mean everything,” Marck said. “Obviously it’s been a tough year. But everyone wants to win senior night, and when you’re an underclassman you want to win senior

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

’Hawks put up first win of Wright Era

BY JUSTIN MASKULINSKI SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The Miami University women’s basketball team earned its first victory of the season Saturday, as it defeated Chicago State University 55-39.

The win was the first for the RedHawks’ head coach Cleve Wright.

The RedHawks were led by sophomore forward Jessica Rupright, who recorded her first career double-double as she scored 12 points and snagged 10 rebounds.

“I thought [Rupright] played well, she’s getting more comfortable with the system and her role,” Wright said.

Also leading the ’Hawks was freshman forward Nicole Anderson, who recorded her second

straight double digit rebounding performance as she had 10 rebounds and added seven points. “[Anderson] has great energy and she just needs to play with that intensity and energy all the time,” Wright said. “It helps [the team] when she does that.”

Anderson, who is three games into her collegiate career, is averaging 12 points and 11 rebounds per game. “[The transition to college basketball] has been tough at times, because it’s obviously a lot harder than high school,” Anderson said. “The team and the coaches have made it an easier transition.”

Anderson is determined to improve her play, using a “never good enough” mentality.

“You can never be satisfied in basketball,” Anderson said. “You always want to get better as a

team and as a player, and that’s the goal that I’m always looking for every day.”

The RedHawks dominated the glass Saturday, winning the rebound battle 54-26. “[Winning the rebound battle] certainly helps us,” Wright said. “It’s not the only thing we need to do [to win], but we did rebound well.”

Despite the victory, the ’Hawks struggled from the field and from beyond the arc, as they shot 35 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

“I think we’re a much better shooting team than what we’re showing,” Wright said. “We need to get our feet set better and as we get more comfortable with the of-

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defender during Miami’s 55-39 win Saturday.