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Police searched Tipton, not car Experts say lack of probable cause prevented OPD from searching Tipton’s car for weapons CRIME

approaching the building,” Varley said.

REIS THEBAULT Officers were waiting by the enNEWS EDITOR trance and Tipton parked on the On Jan. 31, the night before Larry other side of the building.

E. Tipton II shot and killed junior “His car wasn’t in the area Rebecca Eldemire and himself, three and they were searching him OPD officers met him in Eldemire’s before they took him upstairs parking lot at Level 27 apartments. [to Eldemire’s apartment],” Minutes earlier, Eldemire had Varley said. told a 911 dispatcher that Tipton Because officers were escorting owned guns. him further from his car, nothing inTipton consented to a search and side the car, even a weapon, could one of the officers patted him down, have put the police in danger.

OPD spokesperson Sgt. Jon Varley One thing they could have done, said.

Dressler said, was to ask for consent “They patted him down and to search the car. looked through the bag that he was But, even if they had, Tipton carrying,” Varley said. could have simply said no, Dressler The officers did not, however, said. And, since officers cannot use the denial of consent as an admission of guilt or probably cause, they There was no legal would not have been able to search justification for going the car. In short, even though denyand searching the car.” ing consent would be suspicious, officers still would not have been able to conduct a search, Dressler JON VARLEY said. There was little more they SERGEANT, OPD could’ve done.

“Absent consent, they had no constitutional right to search the search Tipton’s car. Varley said they car,” he said. did not have the probable cause necEven after the responding officers essary to do so. did everything they were supposed “At that point, there had been to, Tipton was still able to commit no indication of violence, there what Dressler said appeared to be a had been no history of violence, premeditated murder-suicide. there had been no threat of vio“It’s 20/20 hindsight,” to say polence,” he said. “So, there was no lice may have prevented the crime, legal justification for going and Dressler said. searching the car.”

Eledemire’s roommates told Eldemire, who had broken up OPD that Tipton went outside around with Tipton that morning, told a 911 midnight. Tipton, who spent the dispatcher he had been “a little vio- night at Eldemire’s, went to his car lent,” but he did not hit her. to retrieve a plant, Varley said. When “He was just throwing things he returned to the apartment, he was around,” she said. carrying a plant, but a weapon was Joshua Dressler, professor in the not visible.

Moritz College of Law at Ohio State, At 8:52 a.m. Sunday, about nine agreed with Varley. He said, under hours later, Eldemire’s roommates the circumstances, OPD officers called 911, reporting loud bangs and had no constitutional basis to search the wail of fire alarms coming from Tipton’s car.

Eldemire’s locked bedroom.

One exception to this, Dressler When police arrived, they said, comes if the officer suspects a found Tipton and Eldemire weapon in the car jeopardizes his or dead from gunshot wounds. her safety. Only then can the officer They found Tipton’s gun next search the car. However, for that to to the bodies. apply, the subject must be near the Police also found two suicide car. Tipton, Varley said, was not. notes — from Tipton — in Oxford Tipton’s car was in the parking lot. and at Tipton’s home in Columbus.

“When the officers encoun- Police have not disclosed the contered him, he was on foot, tents of the notes.

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MU implements new department Creation of Global and Intercultural Studies department to offer opportunity ACADEMICS EMILY TATE

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Miami University is in the process of creating a Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, to be housed within the College of Arts and Sciences. Under discussion for nearly a decade and in the works since 2012, the implementation committee hopes to have the department in place this fall.

The purpose of the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies is to “[foster] among students a strong intercultural awareness that will inform their citizenship practices, locally and globally, and contribute to solving global problems,” according to the Report of the 2014 Global Studies Implementation Committee.

The new department will consolidate several existing Miami programs, and, in the process, seek to strengthen those programs and increase the effectiveness of their coursework. These programs include American Studies, Asian/Asian American Studies, Black World Studies, International Studies, Latin American Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

“The incorporation of these global and intercultural programs into

one vibrant unit is likely to enhance the visibility and viability of these programs,” the report said. “The immediate creation of a department will foster the integration and connections among programs, and would streamline the workloads of the program directors.”

Phyllis Callahan, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and former dean of CAS, formed the initial committee for this department during the 2012-2013 school year. It is one of several structural changes she has led in the last few years.

“When I was dean of CAS, one of my priorities was to work with our curricula to delineate pathways for students to navigate areas of interest easily,” Callahan said. “This was part of that initiative.”

In addition to her work with the Global Studies Implementation Committee, she also played a significant role in the creation of the Media, Journalism and Film department, which combined the Communications department with the Journalism program, as well as the merging of Botany and Zoology into Biology.

“We were really trying to make our curricula more easily navigable,” Callahan said. “Global studies is an area we [have] reason to believe is a high priority for students.”

And, many of the affected

program directors agree. Kimberly Hamlin, director of American Studies (AMS), said there is a lot of support for this department and many on faculty are excited about the committee’s report.

“I think it offers some possibilities for exciting collaboration between faculty,” Hamlin said.

“And, it’s important to note, too, that all of the programs will retain their independent identities … and our majors will retain their independent curricula.”

Of the six interdisciplinary programs that will fall under the global studies umbrella, AMS is one of the smallest ones. Though the program only has about 40 majors and 20 minors, Hamlin said, it reaches hundreds of students through its Miami Plan classes (AMS 205 and AMS 207) each semester.

“We think that by having more visibility [through the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies], it will give more students an opportunity to encounter our curriculum and find us.”

Rodney Coates, interim director of Black World Studies (BWS), echoed Hamlin’s support for the department.

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Miami Greek chapter loses charter Alpha Gamma Delta sorority shut down over poor retention rates, low membership numbers

GREEK SARAH KNEPP

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Miami University’s Greek community lost one of its chapters last week.

After more than 30 years on campus, the Zeta Iota chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta (AGD), a women’s sorority, officially lost its charter at Miami and will no longer be recognized as an oncampus Greek organization after a decision from its international headquarters.

According to junior AGD member Bethany Brown, during a meeting between AGD international authorities and members two weeks ago, the sisters were informed their chapter was no longer going to receive any funding or even exist in the eyes of their headquarters.

This left a lot of members in

shock. Many said they knew their chapter’s continually low numbers were raising red flags at the national level, but they didn’t expect such sudden and harsh action.

news,” Brown said.

However, unlike other Greek chapters that are disbanded for violating national or university standards, AGD’s disbanding was the result of poor retention rates

I think a lot of us were aware of the possibility of having our chapter shut down, but we didn’t think it was going to happen that day.”

ANGIE RIFFLE

SOPHOMORE AGD MEMBER

“I think a lot of us were aware of the possibility of having our chapter shut down, but we didn’t think that it was going to happen that day,” said Angie Riffle, a sophomore member.

The news also left a sense of confusion and sadness among AGD members.

“We were really upset by the

within the chapter.

“We’ve had a size issue going on since 2006,” Brown said.

In order to remedy this problem, the chapter, with the help of its international headquarters, decided they would participate in informal recruitment rather than formal recruitment this spring.

“Going through formal

recruitment was unhealthy with our chapter size,” Brown said.

“We were trying to figure out a different solution.”

This attempt stopped when nationals made the announcement that the chapter would no longer be able to do any forn of recruiting for new members, period.

This decision is one that some members do not support.

“I personally disagree,” Riffle said. “I think a lot of us, especially the younger pledge classes, were prepared to do whatever we needed to get our numbers up and change AGD’s reputation for the better.”

In terms of logistics, the disbanding of AGD means the women of the chapter will no longer be able to hold events that are registered as “chapter” events. They also will no longer be able to use their suite, located in Minnich Hall on Central Quad.

Because the AGD chapter here was disbanded for low numbers

and not for violating rules or receiving an infraction, the members are still in good standing with AGD nationals and the university.

“We received Alumna status,” Brown said.

Although the ladies of AGD won’t be able to have “chapter” events anymore, they still have opportunities to get involved with their sorority.

“We can get involved outside of Miami’s campus, by helping out chapters in Dayton or Cincinnati,” Brown said. “I’m looking into doing that.”

Miami’s chapter of AGD may not be recognized as a collective group anymore, but members said their bond remains strong.

“We’re still sisters, which is what being in a Greek organization is all about in the first place,” Riffle said. “Not being recognized by the university does not change any of that. The name may be gone, but we’re still here.”

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Black History Month urges students to reflect on past, present DIVERSITY LANA POCHIRO

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This month, multiple organizations and offices at Miami celebrate black history with a wide range of programs and events.

Starting with a screening of the film “Dear White People” at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 in the in the Armstrong Student Center Wilks Theatre, events will continue through February and into March.

Juanita Tate, director of Divisional Diversity Initiatives in the Office of Diversity Affairs (DAC), said the events were too numerous to fit into a single month.

One of the largest and longest running events, the 26th Annual African American Read-In, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 in the Howe Writing Center in King Library. This year’s theme, “Movies, Music and Migration,” focuses on the history of the Great Migration. The read-in features multiple mediums of expression and creates a casual atmosphere for celebrating black history and culture.

In the past, Miami University Gospel Singers have led songs and cast members from last year’s production of “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” performed scenes.

Academic Resident Librarian Jennifer Natale said she believes it is crucial for King Library to engage its patrons in resources with diverse stories and information.

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian Jenny Presnell noted that Miami University Libraries’ Diversity Committee works to encourage exploration of difference. Those in charge of selecting new books for the libraries work carefully to provide a multitude of stories, opinions and information sources.

“We feel that it is really important for those who use our library to discover those viewpoints and

to preserve those viewpoints,” she said.

Other areas on campus are engaging in discussions about black history, diversity and race as well.

The Miami University Art Museum will host Black Voices: Spoken Word and Potluck dinner 2-6 p.m. Feb. 22.

Assistant Director & Coordinator of Diverse Student Development in the Office of Diversity Affairs and DAC Adviser Yvania Garcia-Pusateri hopes this programming will engage students in a larger dialogue about the climate at Miami.

“We’re in an institution that is 89 percent white. So how do we really navigate those conversations?” she said. “How do we nav-

The change starts with people and our relationships with people.”

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igate conversations about students being the only black or brown face in a classroom or being the only international student?”

Recent national events have sparked the beginning of these conversations.

Garcia-Pusateri said he was excited to see Miami take a more active stance on issues by posting a photo of a student-lead die-in demonstration in solidarity with protests in Ferguson on Miami’s Instagram account. The picture received both praise and backlash.

Comments on the photo posted by students reflected the malice and prejudice still present on campus.

Garcia-Pusateri mentioned the sometimes hostile climate is evident in other spaces as proven by the anonymous letter against international students and a quick glance through Yik Yak. She believes the Miami

community could do more to step away from stereotypes and notions of tradition in order to change the culture on campus. She hopes to see these events expand into more dialogues.

“I think it’s great to talk about Dr. King. I think it’s great to talk about Malcolm X. I think it’s great to talk about Rosa Parks, but there are so many more people with various identities that are part of this struggle,” she said. “With civil rights, it’s not just this African American/black issue; it’s a Latino issue; it’s an Asian issue; it’s a women’s issue; it’s an LGBTQ issue.”

Asli Soylem, DAC director of Public Relations and an international student from Istanbul, believes that more importance should be placed on explaining why diversity is important in everyday life. As an international student, Asli encourages domestic students to reach out, embrace differences and begin a conversation with students from different places and with different identities.

“The change starts with people and our relationships with people,” she said.

Tate and Garcia-Pusateri agree that a change at Miami must include students more actively participating and seeking out information about diversity and inclusivity.

Garcia-Pusateri believes engaging students not normally involved in diversity-related topics is crucial to changing the culture at Miami. She encourages students to step outside of their comfort zone and attend events.

Tate works with professors to promote ODA events in their classes. She also hopes that students will want to learn and explore black history and attend the various events, even if they are unfamiliar with the topics.

“It has to be on the students as well as us providing the programs – everyone has a role to play.”

Miami University students have the opportunity to branch out from the norm this spring break. Campus-wide organizations are offering unique experiences for students. From snorkeling with sea turtles in Maui to backpacking across the Appalachian Trail, Miami students are getting out and getting active.

Opportunities include both credit and non-credit opportunities over the break. Erin Brandyberry, who works in Miami’s Study abroad office, handles independent travel and off-campus internships.

“There are later deadlines for students doing independent studies. They handle most of the planning on their own and turn to the university for approval and credit,” Brandyberry said. “We usually have around 90 students who use programs through this office over spring break.”

The Outdoor Pursuit Center (OPC) provides Miami students with unique travel experiences over spring break. This year, they are offering three trips: Explore Maui, Backpack the Appalachian Trail and Climb Utah.

Jen Siliko, interim director at the OPC, is supervising Explore Maui, a brand new trip this year.

It is a non-credit, beginner level trip open to all majors. It is open for registration until Feb. 21, with several spots still available.

Through Explore Maui, students will have the opportunity to go backpacking, stand up paddle boarding, surfing and sea kayaking and snorkeling near Makena.

Students will be visiting Haleakala National Park along with a traditional Hawaiian luau.

“We are going to visit an old whaling town called Lahaina, geared around the industry of tourism where we will go on a

sea kayaking trip,” Siliko said.

“We will snorkel with sea turtles, tropical fish and hopefully even see some whales close up.”

Another trip, Backpack the Appalachian Trail, is supervised

by Hilliary Stradtman, a former Miami student and the current teacher of beginner backpacking. This trip consists of backpacking the last 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Georgia as well as camping and hiking. The trip lasts six days, and is open to all majors.

The trip is currently at a maximum capacity of 10 students, but there is a wait list. If enough students apply to the wait list, they will run two groups, starting at opposite ends of the trail.

“Backpacking is very self-sufficient. You’re carrying absolutely everything you need for that entire week on your back with you,” Stradtman said. “It really helps you put into perspective what you really need. It’s a life changing experience that I highly recommend to every student.”

The last trip the OPC if offfering is Climb Utah. Students will fly to Denver on Saturday, March 21, where they will meet with supervisor Russell Hobart to continue the trip.

Students will explore granite and sandstone crags throughout Utah and Colorado’s Western Slope. This trip is exclusively climbing, which includes bouldering, sport climbing and traditional climbing.

“To me, Ohio in March is dark and kind of gloomy, but in Colorado it is sunny and the rock looks like it’s on fire,” Hobart said. “It is invigorating.”

Hobart has taken students on trips in the past. Last year he took a group on a similar trip in the same area, with less climbing.

“We had a fantastic time last year, and this year should be just as great of an experience,” Hobart said.

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Kasich budget to cut school funds EDUCATION JACKIE MOONEY

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Governor John Kasich recently devised a new plan for Ohio education to aid school districts in need — a plan that will drastically cut funds for more than half of the state’s districts.

Local school districts Mason and Lakota are among those that will be most affected by the plan.

Butler County’s Lakota Local Schools would lose the most money of any school district in the state over the next two years — $5.9 million — under Kasich’s new proposal to divvy up state money for school districts. Warren County’s Mason City Schools ranks second among Ohio schools losing the most money, with $5.2 million less headed to the school next year under Kasich’s plan.

According to the new plan, the state would send less money to districts whose homeowners have the financial ability to pay more for their schools through higher property

taxes. Kasich’s administration determined whether to increase or decrease money from the state in part by looking at incomes and property values in the district.

“We want to help those who can’t help themselves,” the governor said last week in a press conference.

“And for those that can help themselves, we need you to step up.”

That means 307 of Ohio’s 610 public districts would see less state money over the next two years.

Ohio lawmakers are considering Kasich’s proposal, part of his two-year state budget, and some in the GOP have already spoken out against the idea. The state must pass a final plan, with the governor’s signature, by July.

Lakota Local Schools would lose 11.7 percent — four percent of the district’s total revenue, including property taxes.

“Our district just passed a 3.5-million dollar operating levy last November,” Jenni Logan, the district’s treasurer, said. “If this is trying to say that our community members aren’t giving as much as they should be, we need to talk about that.”

Mason City Schools would lose 13.5 percent over two years. That represents a 5.4 percent decline in the total revenue the school district receives, including local property taxes.

“We are very concerned that the governor’s proposal makes Mason students and taxpayers some of the biggest losers in the state of Ohio,” spokeswoman Tracey Carson said. “We know that this process is just beginning.”

Still, Mason residents’ current tax level is below the state average, according to an annual state measure.

According to the plan’s specifics, ten of Hamilton County’s 22 schools would lose state money under the plan. The money Mariemont City Schools would lose represents the largest percent-loss in the region — 21.5 percent over the next two years. The decline represents a 3.6 percent drop in the total taxpayer money the school district receives, including local property taxes.

Meanwhile, seven schools in Hamilton and Butler counties would each see their money from the state increase 21 percent over two years,

the most in the region: North College Hill, Indian Hill, Finneytown Local, Madison Local, Middletown City, Monroe Local and Hamilton City.

Kasich’s proposal has already received criticism from some majority Republicans in the Legislature.

Rep. Mike Dovilla said the plan had a “Robin Hood effect”: forcing districts with already high property taxes to send more of their income to the state, then asking them to raise property taxes even higher.

“Ultimately, there’s only so much we can squeeze out of those who are successful and who are paying their taxes,” he said.

Budget director Tim Keen said the “Robin Hood effect” is the general nature of taxes. The state needs to send money to poorer districts, he said, and sending similar amounts to wealthier districts would essentially require higher state income taxes.

“The districts who can raise taxes locally are better off to raise that money locally and control it locally, and they’re better off to have their state taxes as low as possible,” Keen said.

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BEST BUDDIES Students gathered at Phillips Hall on Sunday to take part in the Best Buddies game day. The students played games and spent time with special needs students in the area.

Retire/rehire request spurs controversy EDUCATION CAITLIN LAMB

sages,” she said.

She said one possible justification for such a move would be if no one competent to assume the role was available, but she doubted that is the case. If it is, however, she suggested a limited contract.

“I believe it should be for no more than two years,” she said.

She closed by saying the district should not allow the practice.

Several teachers, however, are in favor of the plan, including the co-presidents of the Talawanda Educators Association.

Kate Bowers, a fourth-grade teacher at Marshall and one of the co-presidents, said she supports Spivey’s request because the superintendent has encouraged creative problem solving while being fiscally responsible, adding Spivey offers “palpable support we feel as employees.”

On a personal level, she said she likes having women in leadership roles, which sets a “wonderful precedent.”

The other T.E.A. co-president, Greg Cawein, a high school teacher, also spoke in favor of the rehiring re-

Two students robbed on street at knife point OPD warns students against walking home alone CRIME

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The Oxford Police Department arrested two suspects who attempted to rob two Miami students at knife point early Sunday morning, Feb. 8, shortly after 1:30 a.m. The students were walking home from their residence after being out earlier that evening.

The suspects were driving in a minivan and stopped near the corner of Collins and Poplar streets. The female suspect got out of the van with a knife and demanded money from the student victims. The male suspect remained in the driver’s seat of the car. After the suspects pulled away, the students called 911 and Oxford police officers located and arrested the suspects minutes later, several blocks away.

The suspects were taken to Butler County Jail. The female involved was charged with aggravated robbery and the male that remained in the car at the time of the robbery was charged with complicity.

According to OPD Sergeant Jon Varley, the crime was out of the ordinary and there was no pattern involved with this type of robbery.

Police remind students and others to walk in pairs or groups at night and to be aware of their surroundings at all times. Most importantly, the police urge all citizens to call 911 if you see someone acting suspiciously.

“As in any situation, the biggest precaution you can take is to always know what’s going on around you,” Varley said.

In addition, BCRTA SafeRide provides a safe escort for persons traveling alone during evening hours. The service operates until 3 a.m. Monday through Saturday nights and 1 a.m. on Sunday night. Students can call BCRTA at (513) 785-5237 or toll-free (855) 42-BCRTA for this service.

“It’s scary to think that something like this can happen in Oxford,” junior Alexa Berry, who lives in a house off campus, said. “It seems like the safest place in the world, but now I’m nervous to walk home by myself.”

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A public hearing on the retire/ rehire request by Talawanda Superintendent Kelly Spivey was held last Monday, with residents and staff speaking out both in favor and against the scenario.

Spivey presented her original request at the December board of education meeting, first submitting her request to retire effective June 30 and then a request to be rehired as superintendent under a new contract.

The rule currently states that one can only hold the superintendent position for two years, which would explain her desire for the retire/rehire request.

She currently makes $114,000 a year. According to state law, any such request requires the school board to hold a public hearing before taking action.

During Monday’s hearing, Hanover Township resident Annie Dittman said she opposes retire/rehire scenarios, but has no issues with Spivey.

“I believe by allowing the retire/ rehire option, you send mixed mes-

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POLICE BEAT Male found with drug paraphernalia At 11 p.m. Feb. 1, officers were dispatched to 201 E. Vine St. in reference to an unresponsive male. The caller informed dispatch they believed the male may have overdosed because there was drug paraphernalia around him and he was unresponsive.

The officers arrived on the scene just prior to the arrival of the life squad. One of the officers observed the male passed out on the floor of the basement’s laundry room. He was rolled over onto his side, but he was still breathing. The life squad then entered the laundry room and the male was identified. After the EMTs woke the male up, he was uncooperative. He refused to answer their questions and became belligerent, yelling expletives at the officers and members of the life squad. The male became violent and began to push the EMTs away, to which the officers ordered him to stay still and remain on the ground. The officers located a glass smoking pipe in the pocket of the male’s jacket that was lying near where the male had been found. The officer asked the male if he had ingested any drugs, to which he responded that he only smoked marijuana. The officers routinely searched the male and discovered a container of marijuana along with a container containing Adderall on his person. When the officers asked him if he had a weapon on him, the male became evasive. He told the officers that “we are going to see if I have a weapon.” At that point, the officers handcuffed the male and informed him that he was being detained for officers’ safety. The male was charged with Disorderly Conduct, Drug Possession and Possession of Marijuana Drug Paraphernalia.

A fake fight and two Natty Lights At 2:30 a.m. Feb. 1, an officer observed a white male walking in the parking lot of McCulloughHyde hospital. The male was staggering and carrying a red plastic solo cup. The officers on duty questioned him to which he was uncooperative and unable to speak clearly. He was unsure of his whereabouts. The officers noticed the male smelled strongly of alcohol and asked him to show his identification. Upon discovering that the male’s ID was fictitious, the officers transported the male down to the police station.

While in the booking room, the male began to voluntarily talk about his night without being prompted by the officer. He explained to the officer that he had been at the hospital because his fraternity brother had been in a fight earlier that night and he was bringing him there because he had been hurt. The officers asked the male if he could verify his friend had been at the hospital and he stated that his friend never went to the hospital. The officers asked the male how much alcohol he had consumed that night and he stated “two low alcoholic beers,” which he clarified to be two cans of Natural Light. The male was cited for Sales To and Use By Underage Persons.

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The Pursuit of Waffles TRAVEL GREAT BRITTON One thing excited me when we decided to go to Belgium for our first weekend trip. The waffles.

Whatever your preferred breakfast place in Oxford — Patterson’s, First Stop, the Starbuck’s in Kroger’s — I’m sure you’ve had a good waffle or two (or 12) over the past years. I used to think a brunch at Patterson’s that included a Belgian waffle was the best there was. I was wrong.

When I say the only thing I was excited for in Belgium was the waffles, I’m being completely serious. We were staying in Brussels, where, as far as I’m concerned, the only claim to fame is waffles, chocolate, beer and a disappointingly small statue of a peeing boy. The architecture is beautiful, seeing the Grand Place at night made my jaw drop, and there really are chocolate shops on every block. But upon waking up on Friday morning, before I even got out of bed, I knew it was going to be a good day because one English class and train ride later, there was a waffle waiting for me.

I am in no way a food connoisseur. Not only am I one of the pickiest eaters you will ever meet, but I’m also the least daring eater on the face of the planet. I was raised on microwavable vegetables, chicken in dozens of sauces, Bagel Bites and Easy Mac, and I couldn’t have been happier.

After our group ditched our backpacks at the hostel, we set out in search of waffles for dinner.

In America, there are fast food restaurants on every corner. In Brussels, everywhere you look there’s a small cafe or restaurant selling waffles. American waffles come dripping with syrup and, as

MADELEINE LAPLANTE-DUBE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Oxford’s Morning Sun Cafe found a new home over winter term, moving just around the corner from High Street to Beech Street. The cafe now shares space with the more elegant dinner operation, Stella.

A year or two after buying the Stella building in 2007, co-owners Cher Uhl and her husband Tom decided they wanted to try serving breakfast and lunch elsewhere, prompting the opening of Morning Sun Cafe.

“It was really good place, but it was never ours, and [the owner of the High Street location] was never interested in selling it,” Cher Uhl said on the move. “We were putting a lot of money into repairs over there to keep up with the health code and we didn’t even own it. It was just getting ridiculously expensive to keep it up.”

Over winter term, the family transformed Stella into a double operation.

“It’s been wild,” Uhl said, who is also a professor in Miami’s English department and Peace Corp alumna.

“It was in December that we stopped serving at the cafe and started the process of moving things. It took most of the winter break because we wanted to reinforce the floor here, just make this facility stronger.”

Since the move, Morning Sun Cafe @ Stella goes through a daily

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Perelman poses with friend Leah Kessler at one of the four waffle stops during a weekend trip in Belgium. one website put it, are more like pancakes made on a waffle iron than real waffles. True Belgian waffles are street food, meant to be eaten with your hands, not with a fork.

They’re made with more yeast than flour, a difference that I could only explain in cooking lingo if I were Julia Child or Rachel Ray. All I know is that it makes them fluffier, richer and better. Syrup isn’t needed because they’re sweet enough completely plain.

In less than 48 hours in Belgium, I ate four waffles. The first had pools of warm Nutella in its perfect squares. When my friend Luke asked me how it was, the only thing I could muster was, “Like heaven.” The second and third were topped with whipped cream and had strawberries and kiwi, respectively. And, right be-

fore we caught our train back to Luxembourg, my friend Leah and I grabbed our fourth and final waffles — plain with powdered sugar.

Of the five meals I ate that weekend, only one wasn’t a waffle.

Food is such an important part of so many cultures — dim sum in China, pasta in Italy, haggis in Scotland, burgers in the U.S. In this global society, the cuisine of the entire world is available just down the block. But it never occurred to me that my go-to food for brunch was subpar, an impostor, nowhere near as delectable as the real deal. Just because it looks like a Belgian waffle doesn’t mean it is a Belgian waffle. The real thing was better than I could have imagined.

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metamorphosis; Cafe by day, Stella by night. Uhl, however, wants to reinforce that Morning Sun Cafe is still the same easygoing operation students and residents of Oxford have come to know.

“It’s still a comfortable, casual breakfast lunch operation,” she said.

“We didn’t turn it into a swanky Stella’s breakfast or anything.”

And the Morning Sun menu remains essentially identical to its predecessor.

We didn’t try to change much because we wanted people to come and have the same food they already learned to love.”

CHER UHL CO-OWNER

“We didn’t try to change very much because we wanted people to come and have the same food they already learned to love,” Uhl said.

The operation is still in the works, however. Grace Fetters, sophomore at Miami and recent Morning Sun Cafe @ Stella customer comments that the service, while polite, was slow at first.

“But the food was still really good,” Fetters said.

As a family with multiple alreadyestablished restaurants, the complications of service are no mystery to the Uhl’s. As with every move, get-

ting the details sorted may take time.

“We’re going to have, essentially, two kitchens and two inventories,” Uhl said. “We are still in the process of moving the oven in over from the Morning Sun and getting the Ansul system in so that we can have two ovens, and have two lines.”

As a family-owned operation, however, the restaurant is still not without its personal touch.

“The restaurant was named after my grandmother, Stella,” Uhl said.

“Both my husband and I thought she was a self-made woman. She always cooked for us. She also kept a garden, which is a tradition we also continue — in the summer we grow vegetables that we bring into the restaurant. She knew how to forage and find dandelion greens for cooking, and grew rhubarb and stuff like that. Fun things. She appreciated good food.”

And the appreciation of good food and informal atmosphere is what the Uhl’s hope to cultivate with this new move.

“What I’m hoping for from the combination of the two restaurants is that people who came to Stella, but didn’t know or visit Morning Sun will see it now in a new way, and [vice versa]. The population that had been in Morning Sun but never came to Stella will see that it’s an approachable restaurant. It’s family-owned, an easy place to come to.”

Interested customers can find Morning Sun Cafe’s new home at 12 Beech St., or contact the restaurant at (513) 523-7835.

In many recent romance films, love seems to be formulaic. You have the same shallow characters, the familiar settings, with the possibility of a slight twist near the end, but nothing that isn’t overcome easily. You can be 10, 15 minutes into a picture and know exactly where it’s heading, creating this viral cycle of what ‘love is supposed to be.’

Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2002 Palme D’or winner “PunchDrunk Love” is nothing like this.

It defies pre-set ideas of the romcom and does what was once considered impossible; it is a good, serious Adam Sandler film.

“Punch-Drunk Love” follows Barry Egan (a wonderfully dramatic Adam Sandler), a hyperinternalized novelty salesman who is prone to spasms of uncontrollable rage as his only form of catharsis. Barry is clearly very lonely. His only acquaintances seem to be his friendly co-worker Lance (Luis Gusmán) and his seven sisters who have subjected him to a life filled with verbal and emotional torment. His longing for companionship becomes so desperate that he makes a call to a phone sex line and foolishly reveals all of his personal info, just to talk to someone. He needs something else in his life.

That something else is Lena (Emily Watson), the self-confessed antithesis of Barry. She is unusually honest where he blatantly lies, her red dresses contrast beautifully with his bright blue suit and she embodies each frame with this warm, caring presence. She makes such an impact, that you can feel her in scenes that she is not physically present, as a red passerby in the background or as a visual symphony of color. Sometimes, it even seems like she is just off-screen, but in Sandler’s line of vision, calming him down or amping up his feelings of desire.

Speaking of Sandler, his performance as Barry is equal parts heart wrenching and hilariously uncomfortable. He spends much of his time on screen mentally or physically pushed in a corner, and when he occupies the full frame, he is either frantically

bouncing around with nervous tics and stutters, or subtly simmering with emotion. Sandler is in full control of a man who has no handle on his existence and finds a way to make this clear.

While “Punch-Drunk Love” is certainly an unconventional romance, it still agrees with some traditions of rom-com. In the film’s first moments, Anderson shows that he agrees with the idea of ‘love at first sight,’ but it isn’t expressed through the slow motion double take we’ve seen so many times before. In “PunchDrunk Love,” Barry witnessing an unsettling car accident is almost immediately juxtaposed with him meeting Lena for the first time, giving their first impression a jarring undertone. Although their encounter is brief, nothing is the same.

As Barry and Lena collide throughout this ridiculous plot line, color and sound become clear focal points. Jon Brion’s score is a brilliant blend of ambience, harmonium and pure noise that exaggerates the constant barrage on Barry’s psyche and emphasizes the calming effect Lena has on him. Robert Elswit uses many long takes to give Barry mobility, while still giving the impression that he is claustrophobically ricocheting around.

Due to Elswit’s masterful and unorthodox use of shadow and light, this film can occasionally be visually confusing to some, but for most it will be aesthetically gorgeous throughout.

One shouldn’t be deterred because this is considered “the art house Adam Sandler movie,” but rather should be aware that it is radically different than any other Sandler flick (or generic romance) in almost every sense.

Where other romance films would fall back on the successfully set tropes and stereotypes of the past, this movie embraces its originality. It’s weird, because love itself is weird. Beautifully, hopelessly, intoxicatingly weird.

However you end up spending your Valentine’s Day weekend, alone or with others, remember that “Punch-Drunk Love” is available through the wonderful convenience that is Netflix.

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We don’t want a bid to Greek Life: Miami would be better off without it EDITORIAL

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

With echoes of Bid Day chants ringing in our ears and a fresh round of Greek-lingo taking over our news feeds, we’re starting to play the “what if” game.

So, what if things were a bit different around here? Like, what if there were no snap-second judgments based on letters on T-shirts?

What if first-years didn’t feel the pressure to put on an act to be liked?

And what if life-long bonds weren’t formed with artificial methods?

What if binge-drinking wasn’t seen as sport? What if treating women badly wasn’t seen as sport? What if there wasn’t another measuring stick used to divide people?

These “what-ifs” wouldn’t be so far off without a widely-accepted system that amplified and rallied around these behaviors.

Ahem. Without the Greek system. That’s a big what-if. But to The Editorial Board, a college without Greek life sounds like a better campus.

Miami would be better off without Greek life. Miami would be better off without drawing meaningless lines between our student

body and without tallying up all the heinous acts college kids will do in the name of brotherhood.

Four of our board members are in sororities, and in the middle of complaints about girl-drama, long recruitment hours and boring chapter meetings, they agree.

take any direction that you fancy.

The allure of college is the freedom, the clean slate, the “I can be anyone I want to be” mantra that plays in the background on movein day.

If this is the purpose and appeal of college, then why are students so

So what if students put their enthusiasm and loyalty toward a goal more tangible — you know, used their powers for good?

When describing the college era in a young person’s life, a long list of metaphors come to mind. To us, college is most akin to an openended invitation.

These finite years at Miami act as an invitation to strip away the labels the world gives you, the ones you fought for the first 18 years of your life.

You finally have the option to pinpoint your own identity; you can be a blend of labels, a messy concoction of every stereotype in every bad young-person movie. You can

eager to pick those labels back up with Greek life?

As soon as rush begins, it’s like everyone is RSVP-ing to this invitation with a big, chant-filled no.

The clean slate is crushed.

After a few months of genuine freedom, students are suddenly ushered into a selection process based on looks, first impressions, brief five-minute conversations and lists of approved adjectives.

Rush is stressful, people complain and lose their voices and can’t remember whose face goes with

what names. Fast-forward to a few days later and oh-my-goodness everyone is totally best friends forever and ever.

Isn’t this a little messed up? How can we call this real?

Since so many students (literally) buy into the Greek system and seem to relish everything about it, we understand why this stance is unpopular. Greek life is all around.

Around 30 percent of students are involved at Miami, a statistic we all remember seeing in campus brochures and quickly filing away.

And, for many inside those exclusive walls, there are positive experiences, real friendships formed and perhaps even a genuine tone when talking about sisterhood. We’re not here to call all of that a lie.

Greek life isn’t the root of all college wrongdoing; it’s not to blame for every shameful headline attached to this university or for every bad thing college kids do.

However, it brings out the worst in students and in colleges and builds a party-hard reputation for all of us.

Can’t you have those same friends, same parties, same meaningful bonds without the ridiculousness and facades and structured meetings?

There are so many hours of effort, dollars and energy being poured into these sororities and fraternities. And those seemingly unbreakable bonds of sisterhood and brotherhood surely require a bit of charisma, right?

So, what if students put their enthusiasm and loyalty toward a goal more tangible — you know, used their powers for good?

We could find other methods of being social, other ways to organize party schedules, other ways to narrow down this big campus as first-years. We could have college without Greek life and it would be better, safer, more inclusive, unified.

If everyone else didn’t join in, wouldn’t the pressure be off?

Couldn’t we float? Maybe we’d be able to come to college and find our own sense of identity and make the most out of open invitations. Maybe it would be better.

When it comes to American Sniper, fans and critics are misguided POLITICS

American Sniper came out over a month ago and continues to spawn relevant criticisms, diatribes and squabbles from the flag waving — chest thumping Righties, and the skeptical Lefties. I can’t remember any other piece of entertainment that criticisms were so divided with party lines.

While Twitter wars were breaking out from critics like Michael Moore calling snipers “cowards” and Seth Rogen likening Clint Eastwood’s latest to Nazi propaganda, no one can deny that the film depicting the life of Chris Kyle is a success. The film’s performance at the box office is topping over $250 million worldwide and picked up six Oscar nominations, including best picture.

The film sparked a very partisan debate. You got MSNBC’s Ed Shultz saying the movie “normalizes Islamophobia” and Sarah Palin commenting, “Hollywood leftists: while caressing shiny plastic trophies you exchange among one another while spitting on the graves of freedom fighters.”

So who’s correct here? Well, nobody. I’m a proud liberal and a proud veteran and I’m embarrassed by most high profile responses to the film. It isn’t fair for a Navy SEAL like Kyle to be put

into a warzone, tasked with killing enemies threatening troops and to come back home only to find people calling him a psychopath. His job is to kill the bad guys, but when language like “freedom fighters” is used, it creates a culture of troops being infallible.

In today’s America, it’s almost blasphemy to bring up the defense budget or criticizing military action.

As a response to the horrible postwar treatment of Vietnam Veterans, America has overcompensated.

Since 9/11, troops have become our precious little angels and suggestions about deflating the defense budget are often confused with putting the troops and American people in danger. This is despite evidence suggesting we would be safer with a smaller defense budget.

The blind patriotism on the Right bothers me and their overcompensation of respecting the troops has an opposite effect on me. I appreciate people thanking me for my service in Afghanistan, but don’t act like if I wasn’t there Taliban tanks would be driving through Washington.

I am thanked a lot for “defending freedom.” I believe we do a lot of good projects that protect the Afghan people’s freedom. But your individual freedom was never in jeopardy. The attacks of 9/11 were hatched out of Germany and executed by a dozen men. The strength

RULE OF THUMB KRISTEN WIIG GRAMMY CAMEO Let’s face it: Awards shows can get a little dull. We’re all thinking it could be over in 5 minutes rather than 3 hours.

But Kristen Wiig’s performance of Sia’s “Chadelier” made it a little easier to hold our attention.

DUMBLEDORE RETIRES Probably one of the most recognizable characters in history, the actor who played Dumbeldore in Harry Potter, Michael Gambon, is retiring. He cites memory loss as his reasoning for leaving acting, and we’re sad to see him go.

BACK AND FORTH WEATHER On Sunday we were treated with unseasonably warm weather— we’re talking shorts and flip flops temperatures.

But come Monday morning it was right back to coats and boots. We’re just ready for spring.

MIAMI WINS HOCKEY CITY CLASSIC Despite warm weather causing some delays, Miami’s men’s hockey team was able to come out victorious against Western Michigan. We’re now ranked 8th overall in the country.

of the Taliban’s guerrilla army or the Islamic State doesn’t make or break any attacks on the U.S. or Paris by individuals.

Unfortunately, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are often combined and not seen as individual wars as they should be. Seven months after the United States invaded Iraq, The Washington Post found 70 percent of Americans thought Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. American Sniper even makes this same mistake. One scene has Kyle and his wife watching the 9/11 attacks being carried out over the news and the next scene Kyle is in Iraq. Imagine if I made a war movie and it showed a man angry about the Pearl Harbor attacks and then he found himself fighting in Korea.

In the movie, Kyle’s wife expresses she is tired of him going to war and he says he is protecting her. Kyle is convinced he is protecting his family, holding onto the George Bush foreign policy rhetoric of, “We gotta fight them over there, so we don’t have to fight them over here.”

There are also a few minor characters that express frustration with the war and question its purpose.

Kyle is always confused of their doubt, even going so far to blame a SEAL’s death on his deflated belief in the war effort.

I applaud Clint Eastwood’s guts

for having the film open with a child being killed — a vivid on-screen depiction of a young child being shot by Chris Kyle. It’s easy to look at American Sniper from a distance, see a war hero with an American flag waving in front of him on the film’s poster and think this will be a narrative packed with jingoism.

I’m fully on-board with going to see a war movie and rooting for your team. Black Hawk Down is an oversimplified depiction of the conflict in Somalia, but it serves the purpose of popcorn entertainment.

American Sniper does tread on popcorn entertainment, but wants your commitment early on. The audience is in for a ride, but they have to accept a taste of reality first.

Kyle’s critics often point to him identifying the enemy as “savages.”

Here’s a quote from his book, “I hate the damn savages. I love killing bad guys - maybe war isn’t fun but i certainly enjoyed it.” It’s ignorant to be unaware that soldiers in all wars had derogatory and often racist terms for the people they fought, there are plenty WWII veterans that are racist against the Japanese.

It’s a mystery as to why veterans sometimes miss war or even enjoyed it. I wrote about this in a past editorial, but part of the emotion comes from endorphins and a feeling of belonging. Regardless, there’s more nuance in Kyle’s state-

ments than some critics give credit for. The worst thing to happen in the Iraq War certainly wasn’t one SEAL thinking some of the people were savages.

American Sniper isn’t a good film, but not for the reasons some critics cite. The movie is surprisingly anti-war by highlighting PTSD, the struggles of the wives left behind, the blind patriotism some veterans fall into and the risks Iraqis went through to aid American soldiers. The film fails by casually passing by all these themes but not exploring any of them. By flirting with some serious and complicated themes, it’s no surprise people on both sides of the political aisle can get polar opposite experiences.

In the film’s opening scene of Kyle shooting the child, a Marine next to him laughs and congratulates Kyle on his shot. It’s obvious Kyle is bothered by what he was forced to do, but he doesn’t have time to explore these feelings. Those are the two kind of experiences someone can have while seeing this movie.

It’s easy to be the Marine and enjoy seeing an American hero gun down bad guys, or be like Kyle and see a dark story that depicts the casualties of war beyond the body count.

STEVEN BEYNON

BEYNONSM@MIAMIOH.EDU

Sorority recruitment process useless GREEK

Before I begin, I would like to preface the next 600 words or so by saying that this article is not intended to trash-talk Greek life or the people involved in it. If I truly wanted to trash-talk Greek life, GDI life or any other group of people involved in life, I have no doubts I could figure it out.

I know, that’s a really reassuring and totally emotionally stable sounding way to start off an article in the middle of a newspaper, isn’t it?

Sometime around the second week of J-Term, every one of my 983 Facebook friends who were already involved in Miami’s Greek system changed some aspect of their profile (usually their cover photo, but some went the whole 9 yards and used their profile picture) to read “Rush/Go XYZ sorority.”

I get this to some extent. The whole point of recruitment is to actually recruit people, which is a pretty vital component of having a functioning sorority (or any other Greek organization).

That being said, as someone who very recently dropped out of rush, I

will say the idea that “Potential New Members,” or “PNMs,” have control over the rush process and where they do/don’t end up is less of a practice and more of an illusion.

One of the hardest hitting realities for me—and a lot of other girls—is rooted in the “Recruitment Bill of Rights.” Essentially, the girls rushing and the girls recruiting have to be nice to each other; no hair pulling, name calling, Mean Girls style cafeteria brawls, or any of that classy stuff.

In the short run, this is a pretty solid practice. I can’t think of a situation more awkward than sitting on some dusty linoleum floor, picking at your cuticles quietly until the next girl in the same matching T-shirt came along to chat, because neither of you had to pretend you liked each other.

But then, when you really start to think about what that means in the long run, you realize how that, for lack of a better term, sucks.

In order to avoid the potential 5 minutes of awkward small talk or counting the tiles on the ceiling, every conversation gets treated like it’s the best conversation anyone has ever had, and odds are that isn’t

really the case.

So what happens next is you leave every round the first couple of days thinking that everything went great, amazed at how nervous you and all your friends were because you feel like you rocked every single conversation. You begin to wonder if you can get bids to more than one house, and when your friends tells you that’s impossible, you start to wonder if they’ll make an exception for you because you’re that great.

And then you get cut by most of the houses where you thought everything went great, and you have no idea why. And when your friend, who had nearly the exact same conversations with the exact same houses doesn’t get cut, you really have no idea why.

This is where the illusion of control comes into play. Since each conversation has to at least appear to go well, the foolish idea that each conversation actually did go well becomes the only idea you have for at least 24 hours. You think you know what you’re doing and you think that you control the situation, only the CONTINUED »PAGE 7

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Recalling a simpler time and wishing for a way to unplug LIFE MILAM’S MUSINGS There was a quaint time when the phone in my pocket flipped and the only thing it could do was send text messages and take small, grainy pictures.

In fact, it’s not even been full calendar year since I had to flip open my phone and actually maneuver my fingers around a keypad.

And yet, since finally upgrading and acquiring a smartphone, it feels like a digital eternity.

Now I wonder how I functioned with that relic of a flip phone in my pocket. Unable to be my compass when I inevitably got lost driving somewhere.

Unable to update my Facebook status. Unable to take a video. To snap. To Tweet. To email. To listen to a podcast.

And yet, I made it to the age of 23 healthy, in college and with some friends, all the same.

I’m not sure what was behind my stubbornness in holding out on joining the smartphone world.

Perhaps, given where my political sensibilities are, I’ve always had something of a contrarian streak in me.

The smartphone is simultaneously the best drug for a political and cultural junkie and well, it’s still a drug.”

After all, I was the type of kid to avoid the Pokemon fad when it came barrelling into my childhood. I had nothing against Pikachu and the rest of ‘em (he’s the only one I know…), but there’s an innateness within me to stake my flag in the harder ground.

It certainly had nothing to do with being opposed to technological advances or thinking my generation was too self-absorbed in the screen of their smartphones. I’ve always found those arguments cliched and without much merit.

However, I can’t help but look back on my pre-smartphone days with sadness. I’m teetering toward, “those were simpler times,” but they really were.. I wasn’t as “plugged in.”

I miss not having to “know” what’s going on at literally every second of every day. For instance, when I get out of a class now, I feel as if I’ve missed everything.

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find out that the only thing you really control is yourself, and sometimes, you find out that being yourself isn’t necessarily enough.

I’m not trying to say that every women involved in the Greek community or in the recruitment process is some Medusa hybrid whose only goal is to suffocate the self

or clever 140-character Tweets.

Today, Safari on my smartphone has endless articles waiting to be read and more added every day.

In those days, I could focus on movies and the latest television binge more instead of finding the movie theater the only place to “unplug” fully.

In those days, my favorite time of the day was that space between awake and sleeping, when you’d reflect on the day’s events and tomorrow’s possibilities. Today, that space is occupied by a glow in my face with the allure of more to see.

Maybe these seem like silly nostalgia points, but being so plugged in all the time is exhausting. I want to unplug more, far more than I do right now.

But it sure is a case of easier said than done. The only time I’m ever truly unplugged is when I’m sleeping and since my body runs on Monster and Starbucks, that’s far too rare.

The smartphone is simultaneously the best drug for a political and cultural junkie and well, it’s still a drug.

Tweets from, say, Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic or really, anything from the New York Times; fellow libertarians musing on Facebook; long-form articles about an exonerated death row inmate or a rape survivor; fiction stories with prose that dances on the page. These are my drug of choice.

And the red-numbered notifications? That’s like validation of your drug habit — someone else is plugged into your outlet.

Sometimes, it’s not all serious, either. I enjoy a darkly comedic comic strip from Cyanide and Happiness or the latest funny skit from Jimmy Fallon (the Saved by the Bell reunion one was on point).

There’s always something trending, something happening, something to look at. Sometimes, I wish I could just tell my brain to hush, my eyeballs to reside behind my eyelids comfortably and to get back to that space of reflection.

I wonder how many others are inundated in this way. When they’re at a restaurant, they’re thinking of the best filter to apply to their craft beer to post to Instagram; engaging in conversation with someone in the digital realm while their feet are planted with another person; looking at the Timehop of those times in the past when you were also plugged in.

Maybe we all need to get together and have an intervention.

Find a way to unplug, even it’s just a little bit. Maybe there’s an app for — dangit.

BRETT MILAM

MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

confidence of 18 year old girls. I have friends involved in Greek life, and I know that is not the case. However, I do think the conversation as to whether or not treating everyone fairly is actually fair is a conversation worth having.

CARLY BERNDT

BERNDTCN@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Opponents of halal meat are narrow-minded As someone who grew up in a conservative Catholic household, I find it appalling that ignorant and close-minded individuals object to the Oxford Walmart carrying halal meat because it somehow “forces Islam down their throats.” Really?

How exactly does a piece of meat at Walmart force you to practice Islam? I don’t hear complaints by those same individuals when stores carry Christmas or Easter decorations, both of which are Christian holidays. How is that any differ-

ent? There is something seriously wrong with us when we reject toleration and acceptance of those who are different than us, whether that be race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or nationality. All major religions urge us to love everyone, not simply those who share the same beliefs. I challenge anyone who is against this action

by Walmart to get to know a Muslim. I think you will find the vast majority are extremely virtuous and warm-hearted people who do

not condemn you for your religious views but want to live in harmony.

We must remember there are radical individuals in every religion, including Christianity with that whole crusades thing. What our world needs now, perhaps more than ever, is not hatred and bigotry. What we need is peace, acceptance, and love. Kudos to you Walmart for taking a step in the right direction.

ERIC KETTINGER

KETTINE2@MIAMIOH.EDU

Greek “tiers” don’t matter, let’s focus on better things GREEK LIFE DEAR ABBEY As a member of a Greek organization, I’ve heard all the usual snide remarks— that I pay for my friends, that my uniform is Bean Boots and a black parka (side note: I’m a proud individual, and I own a gray parka, thank you very much) and that my hobbies include crafting and Instagramming. Confession: I do love that Valencia filter.

None of these stereotypes bother me, and if you want to classify me as “basic,” then so be it, I’m unashamed of my love for Gossip Girl and Buzzfeed articles. However, one Greek stereotype does irritate me— and now that recruitment is done, it’s been more prevalent than ever in hushed conversations on campus and rude remarks on social media.

It’s the idea of tiers within the Greek community, and it may or may not be one of the most ridiculous things you’ve ever heard.

Thanks to websites like Greek Rank and social media apps like Yik Yak, college students tend to be under the impression that some fraternities and sororities are better than others. This argument typically revolves around sororities, and is generally a review of who is seen as attractive

or not attractive.

If I prescribed to this view of sorority life, I would purely base my love for my sorority and my sisters off of whether or not they look “attractive” on a daily basis.

I would be concerned with such things as whether I’m seen eating a salad instead of a three cheese panini while sitting in Farmer. I would put on makeup before stepping outside of my room wearing my sorority letters. I would base my recruitment conversations off of whether or not a girl would improve the “image” of my sorority, to put it politely.

What type of person would this make me? Certainly not someone I would want as a sister or friend.

To girls who opened their bid cards on Sunday afternoon only to feel bitter that they wound up in a “bottom tier” house rather than a “top tier” house, I would like to say in the nicest way possible: It. Does. Not. Matter.

Being in a sorority has been a wonderful experience for me at Miami, and that has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not my sorority is seen as “attractive” on an anonymous website.

Didn’t we leave the idea of the popular kids and the losers in our high school cafeterias? Weren’t we told we could be whoever we wanted to be once we got to college? So why would we want to revert back to the idea of some people among us being better than others?

Every person on Miami’s campus is unique, even if a lot of us share a fondness for black leg-

gings and Starbucks lattes. Joining a Greek organization should be based on seeing yourself being comfortable there, on seeing lifelong friends in the people who are already members and sharing the values that a particular sorority or fraternity promotes.

My Greek experience has been defined by the women I share my time with, the friendships I’ve made and the unconditional support I’ve received from my sisters throughout my time at Miami.

If my experience was at all defined by where my sorority falls within a “tier” system, I probably wouldn’t want to be a part of Greek life anyways.

So for all those reading this who have been laughing at sometimes-funny, sometimes-mean posts on Yik Yak about sororities, or vehemently defending their sorority’s position as a “top” house on Greek Rank— please put your Lilly Pulitzer-cased phone into your Vineyard Vines bag and move on with your life.

Being in Greek life is about being part of something bigger than yourself, looking out for your peers and caring about others. If all you can say about your Greek experience is that you were in a popular organization or that you dropped because you got a bid from an unpopular one, I’d say you didn’t have an experience at all.

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Sauce — advantage Giordano’s. Crust and meat (especially sausage) — advantage Lou Malnati’s. So, who wins in this deepdish duel? Giordano’s gets the slight edge from this pizzatologist. I’m hoping for a rematch in the near future.

The real winner in this heavyweight bout was my taste buds.

Now, back to hockey.

The ’Hawks were able to embrace the moment Saturday and more importantly, grab some points in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference standings.

Heading into the last month or so of conference play, the ’Hawks are third in the NCHC standings.

The University of Nebraska-Omaha sits atop the conference with 32 points, followed by the University of North Dakota (31 points) and Miami (28).

Each team in the NCHC has FROM TALAWANDA »PAGE 3

quest. He said he has taught in the district for 19 years and served on the T.E.A. executive council for 10 years.

Cawein said he has seen the relationship between the teachers and administration grow in recent years, “merging into one

four weekends of hockey remaining and 16 points separate seven members of the conference.

The top five teams are only five points apart.

Miami should come away from Colorado College next weekend with six points, as the Tigers enter the series with a 1-14-1 conference record.

In November, the ’Hawks swept Colorado College in Oxford by scores of 3-0 and 5-1.

After the CC series, the ’Hawks host the University of Minnesota-Duluth, head to the University of Denver and then host the University of North Dakota to close out the season. Each team in the NCHC has eight games left and those games will decide the conference.

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period as Noble capitalized off a pass by freshman center Katie Baldwin. Noble found the back of the net again a little over 13 minutes into the third and finished off the hat trick following a goal by sophomore forward Jordan Hanson.

Freshman goaltender Carly Van Orden put in work between the pipes for the ’Hawks, as she had 19 saves. The offense was able to generate 64 shots on goal.

Despite the wins over Ohio State, Ellis is keeping things in perspective.

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BWS is another small program, with about 25 majors this year.

Coates said about 120 students take the introductory course each semester, and the thematic sequence draws about 200 students.

Still, the program could benefit from additional visibility, he said, which a consolidated department would provide.

“It takes us off the footing of a program and gives us the vantage point of a dynamic and involved department called ‘Global and Intercultural Studies,’” he said.

“It helps the programs get out of their silos and into a much more dynamic exchange of ideas.”

The university intends to implement the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies immediately — which, in administrative terms, means as soon as all necessary pieces are in place. In this case, the committee expects that to be as early as fall 2015.

However, to meet that goal, much must happen in the coming months. The committee must successfully identify and hire a department chair, as well as develop the curriculum of the global studies department to account for the curricula of all existing programs.

But, beyond the initial imple-

mentation, the committee recommended further development of global studies at Miami. A new Global and Intercultural Studies co-major is under way, which will serve to complement existing majors as well as recruit others into the department.

“The idea of the co-major is that it would actually help bring students in to one of the [global] majors,” Tom Crist, co-chair of the Global Studies Implementation Committee and Director of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability, said. “We also think this co-major would complement lots of other existing majors in other departments, where a student who is in [one of the sci-

ences] or business or engineering wants that global component.”

Callahan agreed the co-major will be a beneficial addition to the department, providing more opportunities for transdisciplinary study and coupling students’ original majors with a global perspective.

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The Miami University men’s basketball team (8-15, 3-7 Mid-American Conference) dropped another close contest, this time at Kent State University (16-7, 7-3 MAC) Saturday night. After leading 60-54 with two minutes to play, the RedHawks went scoreless for the remainder of the game as the Golden Flashes captured the victory.

With the score tied at 37 at the half, the RedHawks came out strong in the second half, using a 9-0 run to jump out to an eight point lead with 6:28 to play. The teams went back and forth until Kent State senior guard Devareaux Manley scored five straight points to cut the Miami lead to 60-59 with about a minute

and a half to play.

Junior forward Chris Ortiz’s dunk with 42 seconds left turned out to be the deciding bucket as the RedHawks missed their last two shots of the game and the Golden Flashes escaped with the win.

“Just a tough game down the stretch for us as far as not being able to close it out,” Miami head coach John Cooper said after the game.

“Being right there and just not being able to get over the hump, I certainly feel bad for the kids.”

Junior guards Eric Washington and Geovonie McKnight led the way offensively for the RedHawks, scoring 17 points and 14 points, respectively. Washington also hauled in a team-high eight rebounds.

Manley and Ortiz put forth strong efforts for the Golden Flashes, contributing 20 points and 16 points, respectively, with Ortiz putting in the

game-winner.

The contest was the second game in a row that the RedHawks had a late lead, but were unable to secure the win down the stretch.

“The last six minutes of this game just really broke us down,” Cooper said. “There was a point where we had an eight point lead and now we have an opportunity to play the game down the stretch and take good shots, make good decisions defensively and we lost. In back-to-back games we’ve found ways to lose games down the stretch.”

The RedHawks look to get over the hump Tuesday night as they travel to Eastern Michigan University for their second and final meeting of the season. The RedHawks came away with the win in the first meeting between the two teams Jan. 10, 82-81 in overtime. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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The number of game-winning goals junior forward Sean Kuraly has this season. That ties the single season Miami record and is just two short of matching the NCAA mark.

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The Miami University women’s hockey team did no wrong this weekend as it dismantled Ohio State University despite being shorthanded. Head coach Scott Hicks and five players were with Team USA in Spain for the World University Games. The RedHawks (22-1-1) are in complete control of the CCWHA while the Buckeyes (1-18-1) are not in control of much.

With 9-0 and 4-0 wins, Miami clinched the CCWHA regular season title.

“They did a great job,” assistant coach Jim Stearns said. “We got off to a bit of a slow start and we needed to get used to playing with each other. Over time,

we wore Ohio State down with our speed and we were able to put the puck in goal. It was good to see Ellis and Visalli get hat tricks, especially Lindsey in her last game here.”

Miami had its way with Ohio State in Oxford as senior defender Lindsey Ellis and freshman forward Alyssa Visalli both recorded hat tricks on the night and both wound up in the penalty box in the waning seconds of the game. Freshman forward Carly Noble joined the pair with a hat trick of her own in Columbus.

After a scoreless first period, Ellis picked up two goals for the ’Hawks before sophomore center Cassidy Guthrie and junior forward Izzy Smith joined in on the scoring. Smith scored two goals, one of which came on the power play. Visalli tallied two goals at the end of the second to make the

score 7-0. In the third, Ellis and Visalli added goals to complete their hat tricks and met up in the penalty box with 31 seconds left in the game.

Sophomore goaltender Emalee Wills recorded 12 saves on the night as the home team put up 53 shots on goal.

“We started slow in the first period, but we really got fired up and quickened our pace a bit,” Ellis said. “We really played like a team after the first. Our passing was better. It’s hard with some of the players missing, but we’re able to trust each other. It’s pretty good [to get a hat trick] and it’s cool to do it in my last game here. I give all the credit to my teammates.”

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The Miami University men’s swimming and diving team closed its regular season with a 160-155 win over Ball State University.

Emotions were running high, as it was the last meet before the MidAmerican Conference Championship for both teams. But even more so for the RedHawks, as it was senior day. The RedHawks celebrated seniors Joe Baumgartner, Sam Crockett, Michael Heavilon, Andrew Kilkenny and Dan Nemeth, as they competed in their last meet at the Nixon Aquatic Center.

“I think it’s pretty crazy, I remember freshman year being up there and you don’t really think it’s that big of a deal and then all of a sudden I’m up here,” Baumgartner said. “It’s pretty crazy to think I’m a senior now and after this meet I am probably done swimming for the rest of my life.”

Coming out of the gates firing, Miami dominated the first event, the 200-yard medley relay. Taking the first through fourth place finishes.

The winning squad, made up of junior Heshan Unamboowe, Crockett,

Heavilon and Baumgartner, posted a time of 1:34.13.

The hot streak continued as the junior Chris Dieter took first in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:53.16. Next up was sophomore Bryan McNamara, winning the 200yard freestyle and then junior Davis Staley won the 100-yard backstroke.

Baumgartner, who also posted a winning 20.55 time in the 50-yard freestyle, reflected on his team’s senior day performance.

“I think everybody swam pretty well today, it was good to come back; our last meet wasn’t too hot,” Baumgartner said. “It was good to see everybody’s energy up.”

The RedHawks continued to stay ahead of the Cardinals in the back half of the meet. Junior diver Michael Nash took over the diving board, winning the 3-meter events with a score of 354.76. Other standouts included Kilkenny in the 100yard freestyle, Max Jelen in the 200yard backstroke and the RedHawk divers who took the top four places in the 1-meter diving event.

Kilkenny had another standout meet, but believes his team still has some work to do this season.

“I think it’s pretty exciting,” Kilkenny said. “We finish up here in our last duel meet of the season and

we’ve set some pretty hefty goals for ourselves going into conference in Geneva. We’re all swimming really well. I think we’re all having a pretty good time with the way we’re swimming. We’re not really done by any means. We can’t really get into that mindset because we have a lot to do still.”

The Miami women’s swimming and diving teams also finished their regular season on a high note, defeating Ohio University 172-126.

The RedHawks now enter the MAC Championship meet with an impressive 7-2 duel meet record.

The RedHawks were able win the majority of the events. Freshman Shay Spelman won the 1000-yard free, sophomore Logan Klinsky won the 200-yard freestyle, senior Annie Marquiss won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events, sophomore Pei Lin won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events and sophomore Stephanie LeMire came away with victories in her swims in the 200-yard medley and the 200yard breaststroke. The ’Hawks also won the 400-yard freestyle relay, posting a time of 3:29.72.

The MAC Championship starts Feb. 25 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The men’s MAC Championship starts March 5 in Geneva, Ohio.

A winning outdoor performance in Chicago bumped the Miami University men’s hockey to third place in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference after a 4-3 victory over Western Michigan University Saturday.

Miami also moved up one spot to No. 7 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today polls.

Miami (16-9-1, 9-6-1-1) controlled the first 40 minutes of the contest and finished the second period leading 4-0. WMU (1111-4, 4-8-4-3) had a quick threegoal revival in the third frame, but the ’Hawks skated away with the 4-3 win.

“We knew [Western Michigan] was going to make a push, and they did,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “We were fortunate enough to hang on there at the end.”

Senior forward Alex Wideman put Miami on the board midway through the first frame, and junior forwards Riley Barber, Kevin Morris and Sean Kuraly contributed one goal apiece in the second.

The RedHawks finish the regular season 3-0-1 against the Broncos.

Miami outshot WMU 41-28.

Junior goaltender Jay Williams moved to 14-4 on the year, stop-

ping 25 of 28 shots. WMU’s junior goaltender Lukas Hafner was pulled after allowing four goals on 26 shots in two periods. Senior Frank Slubowski subbed in and kept the Broncos close by stopping all 15 shots he faced in the third.

The start of the game was delayed three times due to problems on the ice. Earlier in the week, Blasi had mentioned this as a challenge that accompanies playing outdoors.

“There’s no secret to playing in an outdoor game,” Blasi said after the game. “You have to keep things simple. When you try to be cute you get in trouble.”

Freshman defensemen Louis Belpedio, who had a multi-point performance with two assists, agreed.

“You have to be simple with the puck,” Belpedio said. You can’t try to make the fancy play.

All the goals were ugly, right in front of the net. But that’s what it takes sometimes.”

Now, having competed in the Hockey City Classic twice, Blasi expressed his interest in returning.

“If they invite us to come back again, we’re here,” Blasi said.

“This is a great thing for our game, for college hockey. It’s a great thing for the players … for our alums, our fans and everyone associated with our programs.”

Hawkey City game was a classic COLUMN LINSKI’S LIST The RedHawks emerged victorious Saturday, taking down the Western Michigan University Broncos 4-3 in the Coyote Logistics Hockey City Classic.

The puck finally dropped at 4:40 CT once the sun settled behind the upper deck of Soldier Field and the ice froze back over. From discussions with a few of the men who maintained the ice, I heard the cooler underneath the neutral zone malfunctioned. It was a seemingly uncontrollable accident.

The guys, who told me they were rooting for the ’Hawks, took it in stride. One of them approached me and said, “You know they’re renaming this place, right? It’s Lake Michigan now.”

All jokes aside, to say the ice was chippy was a massive understatement. That’s all that needs to be said about the ice, though. Outdoor

games rarely see perfect ice conditions and both teams had to deal with the same rink/swamp.

The experience that surrounded the Hockey City Classic is what made the trip extra special. If you ever have a chance to see the game played in its natural element, go.

There’s something about the cold wind and (sometimes) naturally lit sheet that make the game that much better. I never had a chance to play pond hockey as a kid, but I bet the outdoor games are even more special for people who had a chance to grow up playing on a pond.

After going to the city twice for Miami outdoor games, I can agree with Frank Sinatra and say Chicago is my kind of town and my kind of people. My kind of pizza, too (that wasn’t in the song).

In a 72-hour period I had more than my fair share of deep dish pizza.

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