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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Volume 146 No. 4
Miami University — Oxford, ohio
BOARD TALKS BONDS Creamer cleared to issue $22 million TRUSTEES
Céilí doyle
asst. news editor
head coach chuck martin protests a delay of game call late in the fourth quarter before UC’s game-winning touchdown. photo by angelo Gelfuso
Bearcats Stun Redhawks late FOOTBALL
BRADY PFISTER staff writer
For nearly 59 minutes Saturday night, it appeared the Miami RedHawks (1-2, MAC 0-0) were going to defeat the Cincinnati Bearcats (2-1, 0-0 AAC) for the first time since 2005. With 1:07 remaining, the more than 20,000 fans inside Yager Stadium saw an interception for a touchdown to give Cincinnati the lead for good. “We should have won 17-14,” head
coach Chuck Martin said. “It should have been a hard-fought victory. It should have been exactly what we wanted, and unfortunately twice in three weeks, we’ve self-inflicted and not won football games.” For the majority of the matchup, Martin’s squad was doing what it took to get the victory, led once again by their defense. Senior defensive back Tony Reid played a huge role, collecting 11 tackles. Fellow defensive backs junior Josh Allen and Redshirt senior Heath Harding consistently shut down Bearcat attempts to set up bubble and tunnel
“We should have won ... It should have been a hard-fought victory.” Head Coach, Chuck Martin
screens in the flats. “We were ready for pretty much everything they gave us,” said cornerback Harding. “Hats off to our coaches for that because I think we were well
Last Friday, Sept. 15, Miami University’s Board of Trustees (BoT) passed a resolution granting David Creamer, senior vice president for finance and business services, the ability to issue $22 million worth of refunding bonds to manage the university’s debt. Creamer explained that this debt — and all long-term debt accrued by a state university — has to be financed through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds. “Tax-exempt bonds are things that corporations, banks and individuals buy that are then issued to the university,” Creamer said. “There is an annual interest payment that follows that, we use it only for capital construction. The law is very limiting on how we can use these mechanisms.” The debt in question accumulated from the university’s construction projects during 2012, in which several residence halls on East Quad were renovated. While Creamer will have the power to issue these refunding bonds between now and when the next payment is due in March 2018, it is unlikely he will.
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International students asked to share their stories
A STUDENT DESCENDS INTO THE NEW ARMSTRONG ADDITION photo by ERIK CRAIGO
The first-year ‘shock’
GRAD STUDENT leno davis photo by Jugal Jain INTERNATIONAL
Devon Shuman managing editor
Last Thursday, roughly 30 students, faculty members and university employees dotted the seats of Kreger 319, a spacious lecture hall. They’d gathered for a Graduate Students of All Nations event, a Mindfulness Week session led
by Miami grad student Ancilleno Davis in which international students and faculty were invited to share stories of their experiences at Miami. Apart from Leno himself, very few international students were in the crowd. Notably absent were the authors of the stories, the very individuals Leno organized the continued on page 10
FOOD page 8
The first semester away at college is tough. Whether your parents washed your dirty laundry your whole life or you were the most self-sufficient, I-know-my-social-security-number-and-how-to-use-jumper-cables kid in your high school class, there’s some adjusting to do after arriving in Oxford. Among the things our first-year writers found
nEWS p.2
‘one miami’ climate survey Miami wants to know how you feel about life here on campus.
out:A box full of bright-pink tools isn’t the worst way to make friends. It can hurt to watch your parents drive away. No, Brick is not a movie theatre. Store-bought tortillas do not taste as good as your grandmother’s. It’s easy to feel lonely on campus — but there are always reasons not to. Read stories of first-year ‘shock’ from some of our new writers on Page 11.
CULTURE p.5
OPINION P. 12
dog on the job: oxford’s new k-9
GIVING THE SPACE TO SPEAK OUT
Meet Roscoe, the latest (and furriest) addition to the OPD.
We can do more to make international students’ voices heard.
SPORTS P.14
reid fights adversity for team Senior Tony Reid doesn’t let Crohn’s Disease stop him on the field.
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