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MU hopes tailgating increases attendance New alcohol policy among several initiatives Miami athletic department hopes will liven up football Saturdays FOOTBALL TOM DOWNEY SPORTS EDITOR

In an effort to increase attendance and improve students’ overall gameday experience, Miami University has overhauled football Saturdays in Oxford, starting with tailgating.

“What we’re basically doing is taking the tailgating into the West Millett lot and support it with all of our efforts,” Athletic Director David Sayler said. “We want to have a really lively area that’s got activity for adults, for students, for everybody, for kids of all ages. What I want to see is smoke, music and balls in the air. If I got those things going, and it’s a confined space and there is people having a good time, then I know we’re on to something … It’s something that we want to do. It’s a part of America: football and tailgating. And we want to take part and grow that here.”

Students will be able to do all the things that happen on a college football Saturday, including

consume alcohol.

“I think there is an understanding that kind of stuff is what happens on a college Saturday,” Sayler said.

“It’s just managing it and monitoring it and taking the appropriate measures. I don’t think it’s going to be anything draconian. We want everyone to have a good time and do it responsibly.”

The tailgating area is free for students, unlike for alumni and ticket holders. The student area is called the “End Zone” and the rest of the tailgating area is called the “Red Zone.”

“We’re trying to have students be more interactive with us and more involved in the things we’re doing,” Sayler said. “I think that is one way to do it; you gotta make it free.”

Another change happening this year is that the teams have switched sidelines. Miami will now be on the sideline in front of the press box and the opposing team is on the sideline in front of the Miami student section.

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change on a whim, the school had to get permission from the Mid-American Conference.

“For any school in the league that wants to pursue this now, they’ve got to fill out a plan of action, and ours was approved,” Sayler said.

It’s a part of America: football and tailgating.

And we want to take part and grow that here.”

DAVID SAYLER

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

“So the league will be watching closely, but we feel comfortable enough with the distance that if you really go down there, the distance to those seats is pretty far from the field. We think we can manage it appropriately.”

Sayler said he thinks the move will create an advantage for Miami.

“It’s exciting for us,” Sayler said.

“I feel like moving the team back was the right thing to do, as far as getting them back to the press box side. Where the sun is at our back and we’re in the shade versus at our back and we’re staring into the sun, which is usually a disadvantage. So I just think it was the right thing to do and I’m really glad the league worked with us and President Hodge was very involved in getting the league to allow this. So I’m very thankful to him for getting us this opportunity.”

The move will allow the students to heckle the opposing team, within reason of course.

“Obviously we don’t want students throwing anything, but it is just like the same guidelines when we have the two periods where we have opposing team’s goalie down in the student end in hockey,” Associate Athletic Director of Marketing, Sales and Licensing Anthony Azama said. “Our students have a little bit of an intimidating atmosphere.”

In addition to the sideline changes, Miami is trying to make the

gameday experience more interactive than in years past.

According to Azama, Miami will make the game part of the experience, not the whole experience.

Giveaways will be common, as will free food and other activities.

“You look at in-game, we’re doing something that’s called the Swoop’s FanFEST, that’s basically a playground for fans of all ages …”

Azama said.

Miami also added a new sideline host in Jackie Sprauge, a Miami alumna. Sprague is a former TV reporter who graduated in 2006.

“It is changing the culture with students; telling them we want them involved, we want them to create more of that home field [advantage] at our stadium,” Sayler said. “We’re looking at some things with that for basketball. We want to bring students closer to the action and have them be a part of the outcome.”

Miami’s next home game is against Eastern Kentucky University. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Yager Stadium.

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Supreme Court decision seals the deal CRIME LIBBY MUELLER

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Students charged with minor misdemeanors must now wait a year before having their case sealed.

An Ohio Supreme Court decision following the controversial “rape flier” scandal last year brought the issue into the spotlight.

The case involved a flier created by a former MU student in the fall of 2012 proclaiming “The Top 10 Ways to Get Away With Rape.” The student pled guilty to disorderly conduct, a minor misdemeanor, and applied to have the court case sealed. Judge Robert Lyons of the Butler County Area I Court granted the sealing and the case disappeared from the public view, according to court records.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, the primary newspaper in the Great-

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er Cincinnati area, filed a lawsuit in November 2013 against Lyons, asserting the case was improperly sealed. The Enquirer, seeking information about the case, had earlier filed for a court mandate against Lyons to unseal the record. In response to this previous charge, Lyons had unsealed the case and set aside the conviction, but resealed the case after the charges for the mandate were dropped.

In response to the most recent Enquirer lawsuit, Judge Lyons admitted to wrongly referencing an Ohio statute in the form used to immediately seal minor misdemeanor cases that resulted in convictions, like the rape flier case. However, Lyons’ affidavit stated he still interpreted Ohio law to allow the immediate sealing of eligible offenders’ minor misdemeanor cases upon application.

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First-year Madison Collins enjoys a buffet-style brunch at Harris dining hall.

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SENIOR STAFF WRITER

It started with a tweet — “Why don’t we serve vanilla peanut butter milkshakes?” — and ended with a new item on the menu at the Armstrong Student Center’s Pulley Diner. The entire process took mere hours. When it comes to a gratified stomach, you can

call Miami University’s Culinary Support Center (CSC) the fairy godmother of food.

“Our entire department is about satisfaction and having satisfied students and service,” Nancy Heidtman, senior director for dining and culinary support services at Miami, said.

The CSC is proud of its response to student feedback.

Last spring, the CSC used focus groups made up of a wide demo-

graphic of Miami students to review dining holistically, according to Mark Andrea, manager of computer systems and marketing for HDRBS. “They really tried to get down to what students want,” Andrea said.

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In 1913, The Miami Student predicted the university football team “should be winner this season.”

Thirty experienced players reported for practice under coach J.C. Donnelly.

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Hot energy source fuels Miami’s future GREENHAWKS ANGIE RIFFLE

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For students living in the new Western dorms fall semester, air conditioning and heating will not be fueled by Miami University’s traditional coal-powered methods. Instead, Miami has taken a step toward eliminating coal as a power source by building a geothermal power plant on Western Campus.

The $9 million geothermal power plant and well field provide hot and cold water to three new dorms and a new dining hall on Western Campus through 72 miles of underground piping.

According to Doug Hammerle,

the director of energy systems at Miami, the geothermal system is expected to be 442 percent more efficient than the old system of steam boilers and cooling towers.

Miami’s utility master plan calls for 40 percent of campus, including all of Western Drive, to be converted to geothermal energy by 2025. Simultaneous heating and cooling will be included in renovations for buildings in the remaining 60 percent, beginning with the construction of East Quad buildings.

By 2025, Miami plans to completely eliminate coal as a fuel source.

“It’s about developing a longterm strategy that makes both financial sense and environmental sense,” said Thomas Crist, the

director of Miami’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability.

The geothermal energy project cost the university a total of $23 million, which is $10 million more than updating the current system. This new system of energy production, however, will save up to $1.5 million a year in utilities and maintenance.

“We’ve got two of every pump in the basement, so that if one breaks down it’s still operational,” said Larry Davidson, the geothermal energy plant manager.

“You’re probably talking 15 years before you have to do any overhaul on anything.”

A photo timeline on Davidson’s office wall shows different stages in the plant’s construc-

tion. Original construction for the geothermal project began in July 2012 and was officially completed in February 2014. Connections to the dorms were put up in early April.

“The great thing about Ohio is that we have seasons,” Hammerle said.

Additionally, the plant uses a closed-loop system, which circulates water through the build-

It’s about developing a long-term strategy that makes both financial sense and environmental sense.”

THOMAS CRIST

DIRECTOR OF MIAMI INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

In order to provide heated water in the winter and cold water in the summer, the geothermal wells use the steady 55-degree temperature of the earth to heat cold water and cool hot water.

ings and wells without losing any water in the process. This will save around 7 million gallons of water annually.

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MUlaa swipes in the right direction Reforms to Miami’s meal plan a good start, but not perfect DINING ALISON BLOCK

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The beginning of a school year is a time for new classes, new school supplies, new friends and, for Miami students this year, a new system for MUlaa and meal plans. While the Housing Options, Meals and Events (HOME) office is excited about the new system, students have yet to react to the changes, which will be more relevant at the end of the school year.

Contact from students and parents to the HOME office prompted the change; the most common complaint was students and parents wondering why their MUlaa could not be refunded, though it was their money on their account.

“Our staff, we sort of just get tired of saying “I’m sorry, we can’t do that,” Brian Woodruff, Director of HOME said.

Previously, any money left on a student’s meal plan at the end of the school year rolled over into his or her MUlaa account, which remained active from year to year, while the meal plan account had to restart every fall.

When a student graduated or otherwise left the university, meal plan money transferred into the MUlaa account, and all money in the MUlaa account was absorbed into the university and could be reactivated if an alumnus visited campus and wanted to use the remains of their balance.

The Housing Options, Meals and Events (HOME) office notified students by email in July that the system had been reformed. Students now have more access to their own money. Starting this year, the money leftover in students’ meal plans at the end of each year will carry over to that student’s meal plan for the next year for the duration of their enrollment at Miami, rather than being transferred over to MUlaa as it previously did.

The meal plan will also transfer automatically from Diplomat, which is the meal plan for students who live on campus, to Express, for students

who live off campus and do not receive the discount on food on campus. MUlaa will continue to roll over from year to year, and when a student graduates, the leftover MUlaa will now credit back to that student’s bursar account. Extra meal plan dollars at graduation will no longer transfer to MUlaa and will still be absorbed into the university and students can no longer transfer funds from their meal plan into their MUlaa account.

“One thing we’re going to do is work really hard to keep students informed, to help keep them aware of their balances and let them know, ‘Hey, you’ve got this amount of money, you might not want to add to your [meal] plan,’” said Woodruff. “We want to help you, because our goal is that it all gets spent; we don’t want anyone to have to leave any money.”

Before the change, neither leftover MUlaa nor meal plan could be refunded, but now, MUlaa is refunded to the student and the meal plan is absorbed to the university.

The HOME office hopes that by making the meal plan easier to plan out, students will not have money left on their account.

“I think it’s going to be a lot easier, because you don’t have to figure it out just for this one year. It’s, ‘As long as I’m here it’s going to roll over with me, I can be tracking it online …’” Woodruff said.

And while the system is more streamlined now, some students feel it could be even better.

“I think that the end of your years at school, [meal plan money] should be absorbed into MUlaa, not just go be absorbed into the university, because we shouldn’t lose the money we didn’t spend,” sophomore Creative Writing major Abby Pickus said. “Overall it’s improvement …

Not as good as it could be, but it’s a step in the right direction.”

Whether students are satisfied or not, this type of approach is progressive for a university.

“A lot of schools still have the kind of plan where you pay a certain amount, you get three meals a day,

and if you don’t use it you lose it,” Woodruff said. “And so Miami’s always been ahead of the curve, so to speak, with those flexible spending accounts, [the] Diplomat plan you can use when you want, where you want, and now it’s just adding that flexibility that you can use it during whatever year you want.”

These changes began when officials in the HOME office decided in late 2013 to react to the feedback they consistently received from parents and students — namely, why could a student not be refunded for their unused MUlaa? “… To be honest, I couldn’t come up with an answer to that, and neither could my boss. And so, we also made the decision, well, how can we make this refundable?” Woodruff said.

It was not only the work of the people in the HOME office, though.

Representatives from the bursar office, university accountants, dining staff and even students from ASG (Associated Student Government) were consulted at some point in the process. “[The President of ASG] and I were approached during the final stage of the change, at the end of last year,” Secretary for On-Campus Affairs of ASG and sophomore Political Science major Maggie Reilly said.

The collective effort of this process was to make the change as useful as possible to students, but it’s too early in the year to tell if that is the case.

“I have heard complaints that people have way too much money on their MUlaa account this year because they did not use all of their meal plan last semester,” Reilly said.

“In that case, the change would help those people.”

The results of these changes will likely not be determined until the end of the current school year, and the HOME still wants to take the students’ opinions into consideration.

“We’re here for you and want to make sure that what we’re doing is what you want,” Woodruff said.

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MEGAFAIR IN THE AIR From 6 to 9 p.m. last Wednesday, Aug. 27, students flooded Central Quad to preview the hundreds of organizations represented on campus.

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PINWHEEL PRINCESS Miami cheerleaders celebrate a touchdown against Marshall University at Saturday’s football game.

Miami rips off Band-Aid with McCullough-Hyde HEALTH MARIAH SCHLOSSMAN FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

This past year, Miami University switched providers from McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital to Tri Health, a health care service based outside of Cincinnati, to manage the student health centers for Miami students. The schism between Miami and McCulloughHyde ways not due to any negative reflections on the hospital’s evaluated year, but because Tri Health had greater experience, knowledge and services to offer.

In the spring of 2013, Miami’s university employee in charge of managing the student health centers resigned, leaving a gap, and due to the complexities of health in today’s world, Miami thought it time to consider its options.

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, just five minutes from campus, has always been there to aid in the health and needs of students and faculty at Miami University. The reputation of the hospital among faculty, students and locals has always been fair and after extensive discussion, the university awarded McCullough-Hyde with the position of managing the student health centers for Miami University at the end of the 2013 spring semester.

The initial contract for McCullough-Hyde was set for one academic year. With this change, it was the first time in history that Miami University used an outside health provider. Lack of precedent and a short time frame required that the contract be re-evaluated at the

end of the academic year.

The contract stated there would be an interview process in which proposals from hospitals, clinics and other medical centers would be brought in to provide more in-depth information on how they could manage the student health centers.

Tri Health was the one that could really meet the students’ needs.

DAVID CREAMER

TREASURER AND VP FOR FINANCE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

During the spring term of 2014, Miami University issued a request for proposals, which led to the selection of Tri Health, a unified health system, to manage the student health centers for Miami University.

“Tri Health prides themselves on being a unified health system in which physicians, hospitals, and communities work together to improve the lives of citizens,” according to the Tri Health website.

“The contract was awarded to Tri Health for the experience, their greater knowledge and expertise, and the wider variety of services they offer,” Treasurer and Vice President for Finance and Business Services David Creamer said.

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TALAWANDA TAKEDOWN The sun sets on the remnants of old Talawanda High School for one of the last times; the Chestnut Street building’s demolition comes two full years after the new buildling was put to use

For Oxford, summer break a reprieve from crime CRIME YING LIANG

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With less students and less alcohol, Oxford’s crime rates decreased dramatically during the summer months.

According to data recorded by the Oxford Police Department (OPD), there were 157 reported criminal incidents involving the OPD from June 1 to Aug. 1 (an average of 78.5 per month). Of these incidents, the highest reported type was theft (28), followed by criminal mischief (20) and shoplifting (13). During the school year, from Jan. 1 to May 31, there was an average of 133 cases a month (41 percent increase from summer months).

Of these incidents, the OPD reported the highest number of cases in underage alcohol violation (128), followed by theft (110) and criminal mischief (77). Underage alcohol violations averaged to 25.6 incidents per month in this time period, with 105 cases (82 percent) involving Miami students, and a total of 112 Miami students arrested. Data from this summer indicated only seven alcohol cases, two of them involving Miami students. Thefts during the school year averaged to 22 per month, and 34 victims (30.9 percent) were Miami students. In comparison, sum-

mer data indicated four victims of theft were Miami students. This coincided with summer criminal mischief rates, where four victims were also Miami students and involved vehicle damages.

Sgt. John Varley from the OPD said the department divides Oxford into five districts based on regions.

Districts 1, 2 and a part of 3 encompass university property and have many cases of theft, property crimes and alcohol-related incidents. District 4 extends to the area around Walmart, which has a substantial number of drug-related incidents. District 5 is residential, and cases here tend to involve property crimes and burglaries.

According to Varley, common student crimes in the first few districts include theft, marijuana use, underage alcohol violations and assault, with the most incidents occurring from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the morning. Seasons also play a role, as less crimes are reported when the weather is bad.

Due to the underage drinking problems that occur on campus, both the MUPD and OPD have adopted a “Good Samaritan” policy for the safety of Miami students, having launched the pilot program late last fall.

“When someone drinks too much, it’s dangerous,” Varley said. “[We] don’t want people to be afraid to get help … Barring no other problems, if someone

else calls, and [alcohol is] the only problem, we’ll walk away from it.

We don’t follow up in the hospital … or go after the person who called … [the incident is] logged in as a medical run.”

Varley said that once called, the police will arrive, and any repercussions that may occur because of other illegal activity or school policies may not be applicable.

This policy was enacted to address the underage drinking problem at Miami.

Students charged with underage alcohol violations make a substantial portion of Wayne Staton’s clientele, according to Timothy J. Meloy. Meloy works as an associate attorney at Wayne Staton Co., one of the three law firms in Oxford. He has practiced law for five years under areas including criminal defense and civil litigation.

“Eighty percent of [our] cases deal with Miami students,” Meloy said. “Most cases deal with underage drinking … there are some marijuana cases … some assault cases.”

Pertaining to underage alcohol violations, Meloy said students often underestimate repercussions from the university.

“University [repercussions are] sometime more severe than legal repercussions,” he said. “Students don’t realize…. Often it seems that the students are under peer pressure.”

To illustrate this difference, he cited Ohio’s underage drinking policy. Underage drinking is a first-degree misdemeanor, just under felony. Students can be charged up to a $1,000 fine for holding a drink while underage. Meanwhile, Miami policy states that students must take a mandatory semester off after two charges of underage alcohol violations are brought against them.

Meloy said he has seen a rise in the number of underage alcohol and marijuana charges over the years.

“The summer is quiet though … students don’t come in often,” Meloy said.

Varley recommended some safety measures to prevent against campus crime, especially alcoholrelated incidents.

“If a friend is gone or missing, look for them … especially women,” he said. “Usually when sexual assault occurs, a female has been separated from friends … Lots of people leave [wallets] unattended in bars, and then they’re gone.”

Varley said that the majority of criminal cases uptown involve alcohol, and many of them are preventable.

“If something doesn’t feel right, leave and find safety,” he said.

“Watch out for each other; pay attention to where you are … we’re just doing our job. We’re here to protect you.”

Discount card supports Oxford small businesses BUSINESS

ing to use it a lot.”

One of these places Hoover visits often is locally owned and operated coffee shop, Kofenya. Liz Snyder, who owns the shop, hopes the discount card will encourage students to take advantage of local places.

“I believe that having a thriving local business community is crucial to the long term viability of oxford,” Snyder said. “We need Miami students to be proud of Oxford and all it has to offer, because why would

anyone care for this town and respect their fellow citizens if they don’t hold the businesses and community members in high regard?”

Not only does the card support local business, but also non-profit organizations that help aid the Oxford community. These organizations include the Oxford Community Choice Pantry, the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown Sprouts Program, and the Friends of the Oxford Lane Library.

“It really helps the shops,” Ordway said. “It is very important to support local business and this card really helps make that happen.”

Hoover said one of the main reasons she purchased the card was because it featured local business in the Oxford community and listed the local non-profits that the proceeds go to on the front of the card.

The Shop Local discount card has been sold to students for several years, but this year they hope to make it more usable for students by including a smaller version of the card that attaches to keys.

Oxford students and local residents alike can use this card at an abundance of places, many of which Snyder claims are part of what makes Oxford the town that it is.

“I don’t think I could’ve stayed here for 13 years without the delicious cross cut fries at skippers, or without the friendly and personable service from Doug at the bike shop, or without getting the occasional pampering at Luna Blu,” Snyder said. “That’s just a small sampling of local businesses doing what they do- taking care of their customers and keeping us ‘townies’ sane.”

To purchase the discount card and support local business and the Oxford community, students can find it on sale at Juniper located uptown at 9 E High St.

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Student charged for threatening students with school shooting Talawanda HS student was arrested on Thursday for threatening to bring weapons.

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Crews search for missing boy in Elizabethtown A boy still remains missing after falling in the Great Miami River on Monday.

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Obama says that he would join a union On Monday, the president told a large union audience that he has always bet on workers.

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Guantanamo prisoner transfer not imminent A U.S. Navy base in Uruguay is still being negotiated and is not likely to occur before elections in South America.

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The McGuffey Montessori School and many of Oxford’s most popular local businesses have teamed up to create a discount card for students to use which will support local business, as well as several Oxford-based nonprofit organizations.

This discount card is $15 and features 22 local businesses. For that price, students can enjoy year-long discounts and special offers. The list of featured businesses includes restaurants, bars, shops and salons.

According to Jenny Ordway, who owns local boutique Juniper, the card will pay for itself after a couple of uses because all the great discounts. Each time the card is used at Juniper, shoppers will receive 15 percent off every purchase.

Students who have already purchased the card are already reaping the benefits from the discounts. According to junior Jessica Hoover, she purchased the card at Juniper and has already made several purchases.

“Even though many of the discounts are small, I go to a lot of the places featured on the card everyday,” Hoover said. “I’m really hop-

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SHOP LOCAL The discount card sold at Juniper features discounts for 22 local businesses.

IN THE NEWS

At 10:56 p.m. on Monday, Sept.

28, the Fire Department was summoned to a Miami University student’s home on W. Vine St. by a smoke detector alarm. Upon entering, the firefighters found a prescription pill bottle containing marijuana, a red grinder and a glass pipe. The resident of the home called 911, and police confiscated the paraphernalia. The resident claimed it was his roommate’s, who was not home at that time, though he did provide police with his roommate’s contact information. The Oxford Police successfully made contact with the suspect, who then described the confiscated items and received all but the pill bottle full of drugs back. The alleged drugs have been sent to the Miami Valley Crime Lab and charges of Possession of Drugs and Marijuana Drug Paraphernalia are pending based on results.

Keep it classy, not grassy At 2:22 a.m. on Saturday, an officer observed a male student passed out on W. Walnut. The upper part of the male’s body was laying in the grass while his legs were sprawled in the street. The male was unresponsive, so the officer summoned the Life Squad.

Though the male had two over-21 wristbands and an Ohio driver’s license that placed his age at 22, the officer found a real Ohio license in a hidden compartment of the wallet that placed the young man at only 19 years of age. The over-21 ID was later found to be a canceled license belonging to a different person. The suspect was charged with Sales to and Use

by Underage Persons, Certain Acts Prohibited and Intoxication: Harmful Condition. He was transferred to McCullough-Hyde for observation.

“Instascam” At 2:27 p.m. on Sunday, a female student residing in Oxford West Apartments alerted police that she had been a victim of an Instagram scam. After seeing posts from a couple friends holding large amounts of cash promoting a money scheme, and being assured by those persons through their Instagram accounts that the program was 100 percent real, the victim contacted the host of the money scheme account on Instagram. The host then contacted her via text message, instructing her to purchase a gift card for $350 then transfer the PIN and Zip Code of the card to them so they could access the funds. They would add a zero to the end of the balance then refund her a large portion of the cash. The victim was assured that this was completely legal and legitimate. She purchased the gift card and transferred the money to the host then received a text saying they wanted her Instagram account information. Shortly after, she received an additional text from an unknown number claiming that the host was an “undercover officer” investigating her for participating in money laundering and that they wanted to post a scam alert using her Instagram account, and only then would she receive her money. The victim did not respond but contacted Oxford Police for the initial report and has not responded to further OPD queries about the case.

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Arts therapy aids patient ailments at local museum ART

KYLE HAYDEN

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University Art Museum opened an exhibition last week that touches on the various kinds of therapies related to the arts. “Revealing the Light Within: the healing power of expressive arts,” is on show now until Dec. 6.

In the gallery, two of its primary spaces are dedicated to revealing the stories of those who explored the arts as a means of recovery after illness, trauma or loss of a loved one. Known as “expressive arts therapies,” these “modalities” include painting, drawing, drama, creative writing and music, in which the patient creates works of art and participates in plays or music performance as an alternative to traditional conversationbased therapy.

According to Sherri Krazl, coordinator of marketing and communications at the museum, one of the inspirations for the show was a South Carolina artist named Harry Hansen, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia in his late fifties. After his diagnosis, Hansen could not draw or paint for five years. He returned to painting and drawing through his wife’s suggestion. His sense for composition, color treatment and line were rebuilt. Although Hansen could not verbally

express himself, drawing and painting became an important vehicle for communication.

“There are some very powerful stories here,” Krazl said.

The works of other artists and non-artists alike are on display, some coming from an angle of loss, in which painting and drawing, as well as sculpture and writing, helped the patient overcome the immense grief of losing a loved one. Another was a cancer patient struggling with the pain of chemotherapy and the image issues associated with hair loss during treatment.

There was another side of arts therapies, which do not create tangible results. These modalities included dance, music and theatre or drama. The patients actively participated in stage plays, music performance and poetry reading.

Photographs of patients in treatment are displayed with asides and anecdotes from the therapists themselves, as well as testimony from the patients.

The museum will be hosting programs associated with the exhibit wherein drama therapists David and Lisa Peacock will speak about “Building a therapeutic community: Helping veterans recover from homelessness” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18 . At 5 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, Dee Hansen and Susan Hansen Staves will talk on Harry Hansen’s “Immutable Passion: an artist’s life with vascular dementia.”

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MONDAY MUSIC The Residence Hall Association, Student Activities and Second Year Programs hosted the Labor Day End of Summer Bash, where Greg Burroughs (right) Band performed.

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Along with a name change, Lane & Kate underwent interior design and inventory changes.

Uptown boutique builds brand “Collected Works” store becomes “Lane & Kate” FASHION RACHEL TRACY

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Previously known as Collected Works, Lane & Kate is a “new” store run by siblings, Rachel Pfeiffer and Jessica Greene. Located at 29 E. High St., these sisters believe their store has something to offer that other stores Uptown do not.

Everything in the store is handcrafted by artists inside and outside the United States, and each item also has a background that comes with it.

“A personal item that has a story of its own,” said Katie Noble, manager of Lane & Kate. “It is such a deeper testimony to the artist.”

The store features high-end and affordable handcrafted items.

“Hand made items is what makes us different,” Pfeiffer said. “There is something a little different in each store Uptown, and we compliment each other in our differences.”

The name Lane & Kate came from the middle names of Rachel and Jessica. Rachel’s middle name is Katherine and Jessica’s middle

name is Lane. The two names also run in their family.

Collected Works had been uptown since 1989 and Rachel bought the store in 2011 after the owner passed away.

Hand made items is what makes us different” RACHEL PFEIFFER OWNER, LANE & KATE

“It was something I always wanted to do,” Pfeiffer said.

Rachel and Jessica began remodeling the store and reopened with a brand new name in June of this year.

“Since they bought it in 2011, it’s been in transition,” Noble said.

“The store is stepping fully into the new ownership and I think it’s great.

It’s really, really fun.”

Rachel, Jessica and Katie just returned from a buying show in New York City where they found the art-

ists they wanted to represent in their store. The theme this year was centered on lifestyle and home designs.

They had home décor, jewelry and kitchenware, Noble said.

“People keep saying the place looks bigger. We have clean white walls and it’s brighter,” Noble said.

“Having the ability to display items more clearly has made people realize that we have lines we have had for years.”

Students and other costumes can expect to see higher-end jewelry, new stationary patterns, custom cut engagement rings and bridal lines for Miami mergers. They will be featuring men’s jewelry and other affordable jewelry styles for ladies, Noble added.

Students have also gravitated toward the sterling silver line of jewelry, gold and diamond rings and paper stationary. Students can also expect to see a line of art prints coming into the store soon, Pfeiffer said.

Lane & Kate is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. To keep up with the latest Lane & Kate news, connect on Twitter @LaneandKate or on laneandkate.blog.com.

With fall around the corner, EA Sports is beginning to release some of their more popular games.

Among that list is NHL 15, set to come out Sept. 9. Over the past fewyears, the NHL series has been reconstructed for better gameplay and, as the sport’s popularity has grown in America, so has the game’s.

This year, probably the biggest change in the game is the new rotating camera angle. While skating up and down the ice, the camera will adjust to where the players are on the ice, anchoring to the person with the puck. This allows for a better view of open shooting and passing lanes as well as changing the entire dynamic of gameplay.

Another big change in the game is the new “Real Puck Physics.” In all the previous games, the puck never really had any mobility other than going completely straight. Now the puck can flutter and bounce and just make the entire gameplay experience more realistic. Though these changes do not really seem like a big deal, the difference between NHL

15 and previous games is going to be massive. All in all, this game could transform how people play and make sports games.

In recent years the popularity of this game has skyrocketed, especially on Miami’s campus. I have personally seen the growth my freshman year in 2012, to now. When I came to Miami, NHL 12 was the newest hockey game out. What I saw was, for the most part, the only people that owned the game either played hockey or were avid hockey fans. But once NHL 13 came out, more and more people started to buy the game and get more into the sport.

Then, last year with the Winter Olympics in full swing, it seemed like the entire campus came together to support the United States hockey team, attracting even more people to the game. It is now safe to say NHL, along with Madden FIFA and Call of Duty, is one of the more popular games on campus.

The NHL series’ rapid growth in popularity over recent years is likely to continue with these changes.

Whether it be professional or our own RedHawks squad, NHL 15 will draw more and more people to the sport.

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“The only time we need water is when we are putting new buildings on the line,” Davidson said.

The geothermal power plant, located behind the new Western buildings and Havighurst Hall, will not only provide year-round heating and cooling, but also serve as an educational outlet.

A small deck on the second floor of the plant includes a section of the same material used on the building’s green roof for students to observe and interact with. Additionally, the vibrant colors of the plant’s piping are not just for show.

“The pipes are actually colorcoded for educational purposes,” Davidson said.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 Each pipe is colored according to the temperature of the water that flows through it so students can see how the water is transferred between the ground, pumps and chillers.

Davidson has already begun giving tours of the plant to architecture and engineering students, and expects more students to come in the future.

“I’ve had about four or fivehundred students come through so far,” said Davidson, who was expecting 27 engineering students to tour the plant later that day.

“It’s super cool that they’re using geothermal energy,” said Alana Carson, a sophomore interior design major living in one of the new western dorms. “It’s interesting that Miami’s looking

into new technology. I definitely think we could benefit from using the plant as a learning tool.”

Cody Powell, the associate vice president of facilities planning and operations at Miami University, said that Miami is a leader for energy efficiency in Ohio’s higher education.

Miami’s sustainability is appraised using the LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, system.

LEED ranks building projects based on their efficiency and environmental impact.

According to Powell, Miami has successfully achieved LEED silver, the third-highest ranking, in all of its new building renovations so far, and will continue to strive for improvement in its sustainability in the future.

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decision, and Tri Health simply came out as a dominating force.

“The University went through a bidding process and McCulloughHyde was one of three finalists who were asked to present a more in-depth presentation of their services,” President of McCulloughHyde Memorial Hospital Bryan Hehemann said.

“We were disappointed by the decision but we understood the rationale that went into the choice.”

The job that McCullough-Hyde performed as managing the student health clinics of Miami was not terminated due to any specific complaints or wrong doings, but some students who used the hospital’s services had a few things to say on the matter.

“The hospital was extremely accommodating in helping me with what I needed at the time of my initial visit, but things like the paperwork and financials were not made clear to me at the time of my visit,” Miami University sophomore Margaret Bosch said.

“I had things hanging over my head, things having to do with insurance, paperwork, and financials for months after my visit.”

“McCullough-Hyde did a wonderful job [managing the student health centers] but at the end

of the day, Tri Health was a better provider with more experience and more options,” Creamer said. “We went into this knowing that we needed to make the best decision for the students, and Tri Health was the one that can really meet the student’s needs.”

Tri Health operates clinics such as urgent care and employer clinics, and offers an array of services that other providers just did not match up to. Experience is invaluable, and that really was a huge factor in the decision process.

“Students will always have the choice of where they would like to go for aid,” Creamer said.

“The patient can be referred to Tri Health or McCullough-Hyde hospital. This new selection does not limit where the patient has to go for services. There will always be a choice.”

According to Hehemann, McCullough-Hyde worked with Tri Health up until July of 2014 to help them in the initial transitioning period. McCullough-Hyde also still offers services in the student health centers for Miami University.

The university will continue to explore ways on how to improve the student health centers and the selection processes for providers, but Tri Health will be managing the student health centers for Miami for the next 5 years.

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The Miami divide: Greeks and non-Greeks not as different as you think EDITORIAL

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

Stereotypes are something that we deal with regularly in everyday life. On Miami’s campus, two of the most prevalent are the images of Greek students and unaffiliated students. If you picture a student in a fraternity or sorority, the image of expensive clothes and drinking and taking photos involving some sort of hand sign probably comes to mind. The opposite would be the stereotypical “GDI,” (a widely used term for non-Greek students, short for “Goddamn independent,”) who doesn’t drink, spends all their time in the library and scoffs at the idea of Greek life.

At a school like Miami, considered the top party school in Ohio, but also one of the best undergraduate educations in the nation, these two worlds live side-by-side. Even

though we all rub shoulders in classes and meetings, these two groups often mock one another, whether through in-person conversations or on social media apps like Yik Yak. In reality, are we two worlds or just one large, mixed group?

Most media outlets portray Greek life as an exclusive world: a world that thrives on tradition, appearances, money and reputation. This misconception creates tensions on campuses around the country, and is likely the cause of the so-called divide between people who are members of fraternities and sororities and those who are not. Last year, we published a controversial comic that brought to light the sometimesheated differences between Greeks and non-Greeks. However, living in Oxford and witnessing the student

A bridge too far: an oddly common theme in politics POLITICS The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards bridges? Wait, that’s not right — but it might as well be. Over the last year bridges — metaphorical, imaginary and even literal — have somehow become a key part of our national conversation.

First, there was “bridge-gate” and that whole mess about inconvenient traffic cones appearing on the Fort Lee Bridge. And after a years’ worth of investigating, it’s pretty clear the real scandal was not traffic related at all. Instead, it was about the insistence of the media to provide extended coverage of a faux scandal for the sake of slinging mud at a popular Republican.

Not exactly the definition of bridge building.

Then there was that time Zack Beauchamp, one of the “smartest thinkers” over at Vox, tried to build his own bridge, even if it was imaginary. In his article, “11 crucial facts to understand the Israel-Gaza crisis,” Beauchamp fabricated the existence of a bridge connecting the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

No seriously, he actually wrote that there was a bridge connecting the two territories and that Israel, like Governor Chris Christie, limited its traffic.

In Montana, when it was discovered that John Walsh borrowed (or “bridged the gap”) while writing his thesis, the dude himself, Jeff Bridges, was one of the names rumored to be a replacement candidate for Walsh. Even though we didn’t end up with “Bridges for Montana,” it doesn’t mean there are not other bridges involved in electoral politics.

Super PACs love bridges, too.

Just ask the progressive American Bridge PAC, committed to showing how independent expenditures can save our democracy – I mean build a bridge to the future. Disclaimer: as a matter of personal preference I tend to favor non-bridge PAC names like “Cats for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow” and “Bearded Entrepreneurs for the Advancement of a Responsible Democracy.”

We haven’t even started talking about the best kind of bridges, the ones appearing in MSNBC’s “lean forward” ad campaign. The left-leaning cable news network loves bridges and they’re not afraid to have Rachel Maddow and Al Sharpton express that love. In their over-the-top ads, the network hosts rant and rave about the state of the country while appearing in front of the Hoover Dam Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge.

And lastly, no recently-released book would be complete without a timely title. We have Rick Perlstein’s latest in his series on the Republican Party and the modern American conservative movement, which is called “The Invisible Bridge.”

So after all of this what are we left with? I don’t know. We haven’t bridged the gap, built new bridges or even helped to elevate the equally cliché “national conversation.”

It seems like it’s all just a bridge too far. Maybe we should just cool it on the bridges this and bridges that for a while. But hey feel free to disagree, because you know “if you believe that, I’ve still got a bridge to sell you.”

GREGORY DICK

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RULE OF THUMB FOOTBALL’S OFFENSE Despite the loss, the RedHawks had a solid showing in the season opener. The team scored more points and gained more yards than any game last season.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES ARE BACK PSLs made an early comeback at Starbucks. Even though it’s still 90 degrees outside, we love our Fall-themed caffeine.

PIZZA PRICE BUMP It now costs $1.25 for a piece of pizza from Will’s. Who has the patience to fork over an extra quarter for late night cravings?

CELEB NUDE PHOTOS LEAKED A hacker leake a series of naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other female celebrities. The photos are now circling around the Internet, but let’s all just agree to not look at them.

body in action has given the Editorial Board a different perspective.

Here at The Miami Student, our staff of editors and writers is a blend of Greek and non-Greek, a variety of majors and hometowns, political opinions and future aspirations. We work together daily and share our thoughts and opinions openly without fear of ridicule. The fact some made the decision as freshmen to join a certain organization hardly defines our personality.

Greek life can do a lot for people.

It provides a close-knit group of friends in a school with thousands of people, it encourages strong academics and philanthropic work and it fills your weekends with socials and date parties. Most importantly, it gives contacts and networks across the country for after graduation.

However, not everyone uses Greek life for these things. Strong friendships can be found anywhere, a focus on grades and philanthropy can be something that anyone can have, parties and social events are of easy access to all college students and connections for jobs can be made with Miami faculty and alumni.

Greek life in general is a lot like any other organization or club at Miami. Dues are paid, meetings are held and friends are made through similar interests and values. Sometimes this is overshadowed by the bad publicity Greek organizations receive, but fraternities and sororities are really just a way to become involved on campus and meet new people.

We at The Miami Student feel

Greek and non-Greek students are not so different. While some of us wear T-shirts with our organization’s letters on them, we all wear the same school colors. We all must complete the Miami Plan requirements for graduation, we all have dealt with a frustrating group project member and we all enjoy some late night Bagel & Deli.

Perhaps you judge the guy in your Statistics class wearing a fraternity T-shirt, jotting notes in his notebook. Maybe he, in turn, acknowledges you are not his brother and dismisses your existence. But we believe if you were to meet in the real world — with no mention of alphas, sigmas or deltas – you could undoubtedly find similarities and coexist. In the end, we’re all Miamians.

Race is the driving force of the ongoing Ferguson conversation MILAM’S MUSINGS POLITICS Race is back under the national microscope after Michael Brown, a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, was killed

by Darren Wilson, a white police officer this summer.

For many white Americans, this situation is likened to yet another Al Sharpton race-bait theater show. Only 37 percent of white Americans think the Ferguson case raises important issues about race, according to Pew Research. Compare that to the 80 percent of black Americans who think it does.

Colorblindness is the operating philosophy of white America; they say it is actually those who bring race into the discussion that act as the purveyors of racial division.

The thinking from this philosophy goes: It’s 2014. We have a black president, we’re 50 years removed the Civil Rights Era and even further removed from Jim Crow and slavery. The problems in the black community derive from blackon-black crime, which nobody discusses. It depends on the breakdown of the black family unit and the lack of personal responsibility from black Americans.

Race is no longer a factor, according to the cohorts to colorblindness.

All this thinking, while prevalent — after all, 47 percent of whites said race is getting more attention than it deserves in Ferguson — is inaccurate and a symptom of white privilege.

Let’s face it. It’s nice to be white.

We can control the narrative and say race doesn’t matter; worse, we can say we’re operating from a higher moral plane by buying into colorblindness. We can say history no longer influences the present, even though it does. We can say that we exist in a post-racial society, even if we don’t. We can ignore the pleas of the black community.

To be clear, the events in Ferguson not only transcend the death of Michael Brown, but are also not solely about race. There’s an important discussion (which I’ll save for a later time) to be had about policing in America and the justice system. However, race is a component so easily dismissed that it needs to be brought under a spotlight.

A black author, James Baldwin, once said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Colorblindness is code for apathy, for not facing our history and how it has informed

present-day conditions.

I will start with black-on-black crime. Between 1976 and 2005, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 94 percent of black victims were killed by black offenders.

However, also between that period, 86 percent of white victims were killed by white offenders.

Crime is about the intersection of opportunity and proximity. Since blacks tend to live with blacks and whites tend to live with whites, crime tends to fall along racial lines.

But you won’t see anyone talking about white-on-white crime or raising alarm bells about the divorce rate among white families because black-on-black crime insinuates that it’s a uniquely black problem instead of just a crime problem.

It’s appalling when peddlers of the black-on-black crime red herring suggest that those in the black community aren’t discussing crime in their community. This goes back to shutting out the pleas of the black community. There are so many organizations, like CeaseFire, in Chicago and other cities, with marches and spearheaded by black leaders to push back against the cycle of violence.

high incidence of single parenthood and children residing without parents among blacks is not new. The pattern is clearly evident as far back as 1850 among free blacks. From 1880 through 1960, the percentage of black children with at least one absent parent was fairly stable and about two-and-one-half times greater than the percentage among whites. Recently, the percentages of both black children and white children with absent parents have risen dramatically …”

In other words, despite what Williams and Sowell would contend, the so-called breakdown of the black family unit has historical roots and does not necessarily signify an absentee father. More importantly, it cannot so readily explain the violence in the black community.

Do not take away from this piece that I’m suggesting all whites are racist or to blame for all the ills of black Americans. My intention is to point out the structural racism, which has existed since the days of slavery and continues on today.

You can’t have centuries of white supremacy through slavery and Jim Crow laws and then the Drug War,

Colorblindness is the operating philosophy of white America; they say it is actually those who bring race into the discussion that act as the purveyors of racial division.

The other myth — the absentee black father — gets a lot play, but it is also inaccurate. A study published by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that black fathers are not just involved in their children’s lives on a daily basis, but even more so than their white or Latino counterparts. Sure, 67 percent of black fathers don’t live with their children, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t involved in their lives.

There are those, like black economists, Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell, who will argue black family structures were similar to white families from the late 19th century until the middle 20th century.

Professor Steven Ruggles from the University of Minnesota, in his article, “The Origins of AfricanAmerican Family Structure,” said, “The revisionists thus implied that the distinctive African-American family pattern is of recent origin, and this reinforced the now widespread view that economic disadvantages faced by blacks in the recent past are responsible.”

Ruggles concluded in contradiction to Williams and Sowell, “The finding of recent studies that the

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mass incarceration, redlining and racist housing policies and then say, “Yeah, but if you just pull yourself up from your bootstraps!”

Yes, personal responsibility matters, but it’s not nearly the whole picture.

As Te-Nehisi Coates, one of the most important writers about racial disparity in America, said, “The policy of America has been, for most of its history, white supremacy. The high rates of violence in black neighborhoods do not exist outside of these facts — they evidence them.”

We cannot begin to face the systemic racism in America until we do away with these myths that try to erase the legacy of white supremacy or the real impact of racially disproportionate policies. Facing these disparities, but more importantly, listening to the black community, is the only way to move forward on solutions.

White privilege and the legacy of white supremacy do not mean white people are currently guilty for the problems of black people.

But continuing to ignore the roots of those problems does make us guilty.

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With cell phones, there’s no need to look up anymore AMANDA’S APPROACH POLITICS I have a formal complaint to file against all things, from chatty classmates to inanimate objects, for interrupting my lookingdown-time.

In an ideal world, I would be able to continuously look down at my phone while walking without fear of what I can’t see or without feeling obligated to make eye contact with passersby.

When I’m texting and walking, it’s pretty inconvenient to look up. Looking up disturbs the flow of my Facebook stalking and my hurried responses to my mother’s “good morning” messages.

So can’t we all just agree to let me look down? It’s becoming more and more tiresome to look outside my immediate peripheral vision.

I’m tired of worrying about running into telephone poles, moving cars, poorly placed mailboxes, benches and the occasional human. I’m tired of having to lift my eyes up in interspersed moments to make sure I’m not about to walk off a curb. I’m tired of checking to see if I have the right of way – there’s certainly no time for such an act. Plus, I’m really skilled at texting while walking if you omit all these nonsensical obstacles.

You see, looking down at my baby blue iPhone with the dent on the bottom is my favorite way to spend any sort of in-between occasion in daily life. From the spare seconds at the crosswalk to the pauses in conversations, I love looking down at the illuminated screen and scrolling through each application.

What else would I do while I’m walking to class, standing in line at King Café or waiting on a professor to begin a lecture?

Those are my precious moments for snapchatting, instagram-ing, retweeting and sending far-fetched emoticons.

During these moments, I have no patience for following traffic patterns. Can’t you see my thumbs rhythmically typing? Can’t you see my fingers tapping?

If it wasn’t for the streetlights and the opening doors and the overall signs of life happening around me, I could easily walk anywhere and never actually look up. These things, quite literally, are in my way. My eyes would rather stay perpetually glued to my Twitter feed than look up to see the happenings around me.

Beyond this tiny lit-up screen,

a small child could be learning how to ride a bike, the sun could be shining in a particularly unique way or a friend could be waving, in vain, to capture my attention.

But I’d rather just keep scanning through Instagram profiles (preferably without having to dodge that aforementioned bicycle).

I’m saying all of this now, in hopes that maybe these complaints are not just of personal concern, but perhaps a universitywide issue. Maybe we can band together and outlaw anything that gets in the way of texting and walking and keeping our heads down. Maybe we can all cut out the act of looking up.Wouldn’t it be nice if our classes, relationships, meetings and meals were simply the filler in between our string of text messages and snapchats? Wouldn’t it be nice if we switched the priorities? If we could go throughout our whole day with tired eye sockets and fuzzy headaches, which are just the minor side effects of staring at cell phones and typing in young people codes for extended periods of time?

And while we’re at it, let’s cut out listening with undivided attention. Isn’t that a bit old fashioned in the age of constant buzzing and instant notifications?

I’m tired of having to lift my eyes up in interspersed moments to make sure I’m not about to walk off a curb.

I’ll be honest. It may sting a little bit when I decide to have a real-life conversation and my friend pulls out their phone. But at the same time, I get it. It’s the urge that rises slowly and then all at once –- to reach into my jean’s pocket and pull out my iPhone and tap any button just to see what shows up.

I understand the need to respond, to check in, to update, to scroll. And we’re all experts at listening while texting by now anyway, right?

It makes me think: yes, this is how conversations should always be and how meaningful friendships were meant to be. Life is certainly best when seen through the peripheral. We’re not missing anything. We don’t even have to look up at all.

AMANDA HANCOCK

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Thank you for redesigning the newspaper and website for the benefit of the Miami community Dear Katie, I want to say a huge thank you to you and your team for all of the hard work put forth to making this website re-design a success. It takes a lot of optimism and trust to uplift an organization and point it in a new direction, but I think we can confidently say, “We did it.”

This process often forced us take a moment to stop and look at the paper with new eyes. We were always asking questions like, “Well, why do we even need that,” or “What would make it easier for the user?” That’s what I love about this new website. Every decision that was made came from the intention of making it easy and enjoyable for the reader, and ultimately The Miami Student body as a whole.

We were faced with the challenge of having to design a website that could live through an abruptly changing executive board. As I graduated, you prepared for your senior year, and many of the section editors entered their last semester.

We realized that this website would be one of the only sources of stability The Student would be left with.

Our decisions to have the site hosted in-house with Miami IT

services and published through the CMS platform, Wordpress, were both made because they stand the test of time and are able to grow and evolve with our ever-changing organization.

I am so proud of what the new website has to offer and I can’t wait to see it continue to evolve over the year. The new website offers features that will make our readers have a seemingly effortless, but exciting experience. It is completely responsive, retina ready, and compatible across all Internet browsers.

I hope to see the Miami students take advantage of the new opportunities opening up from this new site. We now need digital marketers, social media marketers, photographers, videographers, writers, etc. With the larger window for producing both print articles and multimedia open, there are gold mines of opportunities just waiting to be claimed.

We both continually credited the knowledge we had learned from our IMS classes throughout the process. The Interactive Media Studies department allowed me to discover where I offer the most value to the technology field. They challenged me to believe I could create my

own opportunities, and I am proud to say that my position was created through our recognition that we could do better. We knew we could make a website that could produce, function and look better and when the opportunity arrived, we jumped in to take over. If I were to give any advice to incoming freshman, it would be to sign up for an IMS class; you’ll thank me later.

It’s been a great year and I am so thankful for having been given the amazing opportunity to develop this website. Your dedication to The Miami Student is undeniably obvious and I couldn’t imagine anyone leading at this time but you. You understand what it takes to make a difference in all aspects of the paper and I know the future of The Miami Student has your time and dedication to thank.

To the Miami Student team: enjoy your new website, I know you guys will rock it! A special thanks to Drew Davis, Brad Koby and Miami IT services for all of your help, we couldn’t have done it without you!

Best of luck in the coming year!

Sincerely, Brielle Pearson

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The Miami Community Chimes In: Ferguson Protests Show Underlying Tensions in America What do you think of the riots and rumors surrounding Missouri?

What’s interesting about Ferguson is that we live in a time where information is passed quickly through so many sources that it becomes skewed. I think the riots are drasmatic but get the point across.

RACHEL STOCK

SOPHOMORE, PSYCHOLOGY

I fear that Ferguson demonstrates that we, as a nation, are well aware of the problems that lie before us yet we appear either incapable or unwilling, as a nation, to do anything about them.

DR. CHARLES STEVENS

SENIOR LECTURER, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The things involving race that have happening in my lifetime have been big, but this seems more politically charged. It shows that we still have strong undertones of racial tension in America, which is really sad to me.

ALEX CHITWOOD

SENIOR, DIPLOMACY AND GLOBAL POLITICS

CONTRIBUTED BY LAUREN NOLAN

“Hands up, don’t shoot!” was the rallying cry of the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri show their support for Michael Brown, the black teenager who was shot by a police officer.

The point of a protest is to make a statement. If protestors act in a way that contradicts the statement that they are trying to make, then the message gets lost. Violence cannot be used to protest a violent act.

EMILY WESTERFIELD

SOPHOMORE, CREATIVE WRITING

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disagreed with Lyons and ruled in June on the case that the courts must wait a year before granting a sealing of minor misdemeanor convictions and must hold a hearing before sealing minor misdemeanor cases that do not result in convictions.

Dennis Deters, attorney at Haughey, Deters & Niehaus, said he agreed with Lyons’ interpretation of Ohio law.

“I also interpreted the Ohio statute in the same way Judge Lyons does, which is a case that is not a criminal conviction does not have to wait a full year to be sealed because minor misdemeanors are not criminal,” Deters said. “You can’t go to jail for them.”

According to Deters, the decision presents some questions as to the treatment of minor misdemeanors versus criminal offenses. Deters said minor misdemeanors include such offenses as littering, speeding and disorderly conduct, which are less severe than criminal offenses. According to Deters, it makes sense for courts to be able to seal these minor offenses immediately.

The Enquirer reported Lyons’ Area I court sealed far more cases than Area II and Area III. Deters addressed this issue, pointing out that Area I court sees all cases involving MU students.

“You’ve got a court [Area I] which services mostly young people in a position where their reputation is paramount,” Deters said. “If they do get in trouble, it’s more likely that their attorney and the people involved are going to want to seal the case. If you take the same court, for example Area III in West Chester, most of the people getting in trouble there are not young people start-

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ing their adult life so sealing might not be as important.”

According to Deters, most offenses in Oxford are alcoholrelated. Before the Supreme Court’s decision on the Lyons case, charges on first offenses related to underage alcohol consumption were dismissed and a sealing was filed. Now, defendants will have to wait a full year before applying for a sealing on such cases.

The Supreme Court’s case decision had little effect on Lyons himself. Attorney Wayne Staton of Wayne Staton Co. agreed with Deters that Lyons acted within the bounds of the law.

“Ethically, he did nothing wrong,” Staton said. “It was his interpretation of the statute. Each judge has their own interpretation.”

Senior Rob Businger said he believed the ability to easily apply for an immediate sealing should not be a safety net for students.

“I can see where being able to seal a case right away would make sense if it’s something small and where it could negatively impact a college student when they have a minor incident,” Businger said. “But it kind of goes along with the idea of not posting pictures of partying or drinking on Facebook because that can affect your employment.

If you make foolish decisions, there might be consequences. It’s just a matter of responsibility.”

For MU students, the Supreme Court’s decision means the stain of a minor misdemeanor conviction will not be easily removed from public view. Unclean records will now remain to haunt the internship and job search process for students who previously may have been able to quietly seal them.

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each of the dining halls and a company that surveys students about their dining experience, the staff at the CSC learned what students wanted from them this year and acted accordingly.

“We evaluate our programming every year,” Heidtman said. “We look at demographics, we look at usage, we look at hours of operation, what’s trending, who is the class of 2018.”

What the CSC found was students wanted later dining hours and more grab-n-go options.

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Breakfast Express was created so students could grab a hot meal on their way to class, without having to make time to sit down and eat something. But, Harris and Martin could continue to serve a breakfast buffet.

Several changes have been made in regards to hours of operation, Mary Barrera, manager of culinary support services, said.

Bell Tower Place is now open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and MapleStreet Station will open more of its locations on the weekend — Delish and Pacific Rim will now be open Saturdays for lunch, while The Americas and Encounter will be open for dinner on Sundays.

In the past, few on-campus dining options were open during the weekends, but these extended hours are a direct response to student requests.

Feedback also highlighted students’ concerns with eating healthy, so the CSC waved its magic wand and opened the fourth Trader’s Greens alongside Tuffy’s in the Shriver Center.

Jon Brubacher, director of procurement and food purchasing for Miami, said Scoreboard Market and Grill, located in Martin Dining Hall, was restocked with healthier foods to accommodate requests from students living on North Quad.

The CSC is also concerned with meeting Miami students’ special diet needs. One of the biggest changes this year, according to Heidtman, was opening and operating Western Dining Commons, which houses an allergenfree station that provides food without the top eight allergens and gluten.

“I got potatoes and a quinoa mixture, the allergen-free option.

It was great and had good flavor,” sophomore Tess Cassidy said.

Western Dining Commons consists of the Tea Hive, modeled after a popular tea company called Teavana; the International Station, which features unique cuisine from Asia, Africa and South America, among other countries; and the Grill and Roast, with traditional favorites like flatbread pizzas and sliders, pre-made and ready-to-eat. According to Heidtman, it is Miami’s first new dining hall in 70 years to be built from the ground up, with the intent to serve the ever-changing needs of the student body.

“Overall, the food seems healthier than other locations on campus. It has a wide variety —something for everyone,” Cassidy said. She said she would recommend Western Dining Commons to students who are concerned with healthy eating.

Not only was Western Dining Commons opened this school year, but another major accomplishment, according to Heidtman, was opening First Stop South — a mirror to MapleStreet Station’s popular First Stop — next to Harris.

Beginning Sunday, Sept. 7, the CSC is bringing back the famed 1809 brunch that ended when the restaurant closed. Located in Western Dining Commons and colloquially termed “Super Brunch,” it will consist of the most-loved dishes at 1809 including crepes, eggs benedict and frittatas, Barrera said.

Both First Stop South and the “Super Brunch” were created because of the popularity of their predecessors among Miami students.

Miami dining services as a whole is shifting toward à la carte options and away from buffetstyle dining, but this might be one trend Miami students are less excited about.

“It is more expensive than other options on campus,” Cassidy said. “It’s also slower than the traditional buffet-style.”

However, à la carte dining reduces food waste, according to Barrera, who said that buffetstyle dining sees waste on both the food producing end and the food consuming end with the students taking more than they need and throwing the excess away.

Heidtman said the à la carte dining is also a response to the portable meal plan that allows students to eat whenever and wherever they want. It would be impractical to keep buffet-style

dining halls open at odd hours, but with à la carte dining, students can eat whether their stomachs are grumbling for lunch at noon or at three in the afternoon.

It is also easier for students to create their own meals with the wider selection of à la carte items.

“It’s all customizable,” Brubacher said, “Most everything we’re adding or new operations are because that’s what the students want, that’s the feedback we’re getting — customizable, fresh.”

Speaking of fresh, culinary services sponsors a local vendor day held outside Market Street at MacCracken, Andrea said. Vendors bring samples of their products to campus once a semester for students to try and the market often purchases items to sell.

“These are where Miami gets the products that can’t usually be found in Kroger or grocery stores,” Andrea said.

According to the dining website, 26 percent of the food distributed is local, including beef served at Encounter.

Other feedback gleaned from student input resulted in a revamped menu at The Americas as well as a create-your-own sandwich option at Delish, Barrera said.

Results showed, however, that a large portion of what students are asking for is already available to them, they are just unaware, Heidtman added.

Sure the CSC cannot meet all student requests — like stocking MacCracken Market with beer — but it weighs heavily the feedback it receives from Miami students and wants anyone with questions, requests or concerns to get in touch.

“We encourage students to contact us if they have questions or look at our website, call us, follow us on Twitter and Facebook,” Barrera said.

The dining website features a new blog with space for students to provide feedback, set up to be like a review of dining services, Heidtman said.

The staff at the CSC is active on social media, where more than one student has had questions answered and problems solved.

“If you tweet at us, someone will respond immediately,” Barrera said.

Just ask the student at Pulley Diner whose wish for a vanilla peanut butter milkshake was happily granted.

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After a 5-1 loss this weekend to No.5 Syracuse University, the Miami women’s field hockey team hopes to regain their confidence before its next match.

Senior back Ali Froede said the team lacked confidence, as well as dedication to their game plan.

“Something that will help us is believing and trusting in our game plan,” Froede said. “We were trying to do too much ourselves.”

Miami freshman midfielder/ forward Cooper Hudspeth scored her first goal for the RedHawks to avoid a shutout against Syracuse.

Senior midfielder/forward Valentina Neira assisted on the goal.

“She was in the right place at the right time; it was a great goal,” Froede said.

Prior to every game, Miami head coach Inako Puzo goes over a game plan that the team is expected to stick to.

Froede said this game plan might have worked, if the team would have stuck to it.

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to an 11-0 lead and never looked back. The Colonials came back and took the second set after the Red and White failed to seal the deal when up 20-18 and surrendered a 7-2 spurt.

The beginning of the third set was also close before an 8-1 run proved too much for RMU as Miami won the set 25-12. The RedHawks came through in the fourth set as they ended with a 9-3 run, enabled by two kills each from Hill and junior outside hitter Annie Reiswig.

Hill and Reiswig tied for the most kills in the match with nine each, while Riley missed out on a triple-double with eight kills, 21 assists and 11 digs. Freshman libero Maeve McDonald tallied 21 digs in the match.

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and his superpower of delivering amazing interviews.

No. 15 Southern Cal After hiring Steve Sarkisian in the offseason, the Trojans have gotten closer to unlocking the achievement for hiring all the assistants from the Pete Carroll era as head coach. However, games against Oregon, Stanford, and UCLA will keep them out of the hunt until USC recovers from Lane Kiffin’s tenure and actually develops offensive linemen.

No. 14 Wisconsin I can’t name a player on your team and you open the season with LSU and play Bowling Green, Northwestern and Iowa?

Also, Jump Around at Camp Randall is pretty impressive, but does it feature a Stormtrooper and a Mohawk Man? I believe not.

No. 13 LSU Few coaches in the country lose the big games that Les Miles loses and still have good job security. The best thing you could say about this year’s team is that no one has been suspended ... yet.

No. 12 Georgia You have a Heisman candidate in Todd Gurley, but you will lose to teams that you shouldn’t lose to, just like you always do (Note: teams in Athens tend to do this).

No. 11 Stanford Hard-nosed scholars that occasionally play football, the coattails of Jim Harbaugh and Andrew Luck on their way to being a perennial Top 15 team.

Kevin Hogan wasn’t a scholar in the 2014 Rose Bowl against

“Inako basically sets a game plan on what he believes will help us win before every game,” Froede said. “We did it at short burst throughout the game and when we did it we performed really well.

We really have to believe in it and if we stick with it we will win.”

Senior Gabby Goldach said the team may have nerves to blame for their shaky first game.

“I think we got nervous because of the name of the jersey in front of us,” Goldach said. “We didn’t do anything to make them deserve five goals … Like our coach said, it was a test to see if our game plan worked but we didn’t play with our game plan, so we still don’t know if it works or doesn’t work.”

The RedHawks next match is their home opener against No. 14 Northwestern University.

“Our next game is definitely a short turn around,” Froede said.

“We need to keep focused and evaluate our roles on the team.”

Goldach said the team has been preparing for the game since the bus ride home from Syracuse.

“Right now we are just physically and mentally recovering

trying to figure out what we can do for the team. We need show up and move on from the loss and the scramble of a game we played this weekend,” Goldach said.

Unlike the game against Syracuse, Miami has played Northwestern in the past.

“They’re a high ranked team as well,” Goldach said. “We played them in a past and it’s always a good game.”

Northwestern had its first game of the season this weekend against Boston University, which the Wildcats defeated 3-2 in double overtime.

“We have a girl on the team who has a sister who plays for Northwestern now so it’s going to be a high competition game, and we are excited for sure,” Goldach said.

Froede feels trust is a main aspect in winning this season.

“We need to do our jobs the best we can do it and not worry about what everyone else is doing,” Froede said. “Something that is really important is trusting our teammates passing the ball.”

The RedHawks face Northwestern 3 p.m. Tuesday in Oxford.

in the second set as they went 126, getting kills from six different players to go up 20-14 and eventually tie the match with a set win.

The third set was also close but the Red and White pulled away late with an 11-6 at the end of the set run to take the lead in the match. The host team responded in the fourth set with a 9-5 run to close the set and send the match into a fifth stanza. After going down 4-1 early, Miami was unable to complete the comeback as it dropped its first match of the season.

Riley recorded yet another double-double with 11 kills and 30 assists, while Hill accounted for 16 kills in the match. Redshirt junior Jenny Ingle had 12 kills with a .611 hitting percentage and Brakauskas had a near double-double with 23 kills and eight digs.

“Our middle hitters did extremely well this weekend,” Condit said. “Paige Hill knows how to score and put the ball down, Jenny Ingle did a really nice job,

and [freshman middle blocker] Meredith Stutz helped us win both matches and rarely made an error… Maeve McDonald and [senior libero] Tori Clifford are going to team together at the libero spot and be a pretty good duo for us. Our outside hitters had strokes of brilliance but were never really consistent,” Clifford echoed the sentiments of her head coach.

“This was a great start to the season,” Clifford said. “We played hard and showed a lot of fight and we know what we need to work on. We never gave up and fought for every point. Now, we need to focus on the little things on our side of the net and get better.”

The RedHawks now travel to Bloomington, Indiana for the Indiana Invitational as they take on Indiana University at 7 p.m.

Friday and square off against Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Saturday, respectively.

Michigan State as the team only mustered 11 first downs in the whole game, much to the disdain of Nerd Nation who apparently took a day off from class to come up with a name for their fan base.

No. 10 Baylor Your offense can put the points on the board, but lost to UCF in the Fiesta Bowl because you don’t have a defense. Also, you’re still Baylor.

No. 9 South Carolina Steve Spurrier may be your (immensely entertaining) coach, but if he couldn’t win a SEC title with Marcus Lattimore, Alshon Jeffery and Jadeveon Clowney, he’ll never win one at South Carolina. How this team got a first place vote in the USA Today Poll is beyond me.

No. 8 Michigan State Mark Dantonio has done a good job turning the Spartans into an elite B1G team, but they’re not in a great city like Ohio State and don’t have the tradition or academics of Michigan. It’s also not good when your mascot is clearly on PEDs. No. 7 UCLA Jim Mora Jr. is doing great at his rebound job with the Bruins, but it’s only a matter of time before he scratches the itch of coaching in the NFL. And despite the success, they’re still the little brother to USC even while big brother became inconsistent and incompetent for a few years.

No. 6 Auburn You made an impressive run last year, but your trees are dying and you were beat by a freshman

quarterback in the national championship game. But now that you went to the national championship game, it’s time for a couple more years of mediocrity and a new head coach.

No. 5 Ohio State Now that Braxton Miller is out for the season, this ranking isn’t looking too great, is it? At least they can count on their running game without Carlos Hyde and their defense without Ryan Shazier and Courtney Roby. (P.S. The Spartans should’ve been B1G favorites anyway.)

No. 4 Oklahoma You consistently win 10 games a year, but you always find a way to lose big games. Having a Big 12 defense might be a problem when playing Baylor and Oklahoma State as well. At least there’s not a professional sports team in Oklahoma that takes attention away from you.

No. 3 Oregon You have a Heisman contender in Marcus Mariota, but you still don’t have Chip Kelly. The Fighting Nikes will have to make do without a defense and with Bedazzled uniforms.

No. 2 Alabama You have an amazing track record of producing NFL talent, but you’re replacing a quality quarterback and it’s only a matter of time before Lane Kiffin runs this offense into the ground.

No. 1 Florida State Your coach is named Jimbo and the most impressive thing your quarterback has done so far has been staying out of jail.

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production here in the past and he hasn’t been one of the most productive guys, but a couple of Marshall coaches made mention to me right after the game about Dawan.”

Fellow Notre Dame transfer and tight end Alex Welch caught four passes for 28 yards and a TD. The touchdown catch was the first of Welch’s career and it fittingly came from his former Fighting Irish teammate Hendrix.

“It was great, honestly,” Hendrix said. “That was something we talked about four years ago coming out of high school when I would throw with him on Elder’s campus, at The Pit … It was great for that to finally happen.”

Miami fell behind early in the game and entered halftime trailing 28-3. The ’Hawks had their chances, but came away empty too many times.

“They are capable of more than what they believe they are capable of,” Martin said. “At some point they gotta see it.”

Martin went for it on fourth down a few times early in the game, something that he doesn’t normally do. Miami was just one for five on fourth down attempts.

“Did I make all the best decisions for winning games? No I didn’t,” Martin said. “Did I have some struggles in my mind of what I know I should do and what I need to do for this football team right now? Yeah, there were times.

Going for it on the 45 in the first quarter. If anyone has ever followed my career, it’s never ever happened. But we weren’t playing. These kids need someone to push them out in the middle of rush hour traffic. And I’m the guy to do that.”

The Red and White came out firing in the second half though, and cut the lead down to 28-20 at the end of the third quarter.

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says the pace was “pushed a little too hard,” and the runners probably felt the effects Saturday.

However, the team’s young sophomores were able to capture some points for Miami. Redshirt Patrick Santino finished 13th in his debut race with a time of 16:12. Matthew Dietrich, Stephen Biebelhausen and Andrew Dusing each ran a time of 16:22.

Mandrell was impressed with their performances.

“Hopefully that’ll translate into always being able to have

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team in the country, obviously not, but do we have enough talent to play with a team that everyone thinks is pretty talented, talking about going to a BCS Bowl game,” Martin said. “If you weren’t at the game you won’t know, but if you were at the game, you’re thinking maybe they’re not as good as everyone says they are or maybe Miami isn’t as bad as everyone says they are. And hopefully it’s the latter not the former, because I think Marshall has a pretty talented team and I think they’re gonna have a pretty good season.”

However, Marshall held on to the win, in large part thanks to junior running back Devon Johnson.

He rushed for 151 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries.

Senior quarterback Rakeem Cato was effective in the short passing game, including throwing three touchdown passes within 15 yards, but looked inconsistent beyond that. Even with the interception, Hendrix outplayed Cato.

Miami did struggle with penalties, accumulating 12 penalties for 107 yards. Martin was responsible for two of those, both for 15 yards. He drew a pair of flags before a kickoff with 2:01 to go in the game following a Marshall touchdown. Martin was engaged in a heated conversation with one of the officials when he drew the flags. In his post-game press conference, he declined to say what he did or said to draw the flags.

“Losing is never a good feeling, but there is obviously a lot more hope coming out this game than a lot of games last year,” Kern said.

“We know what we’re capable of.

We’re gonna be ready to go next week. We’re not gonna come out slow like that first half.”

Miami’s next opponent is Eastern Kentucky University, an FCS school. The Colonels defeated Robert Morris University 29-10 in their season opener. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at Yager Stadium. someone,” Mandrell said. “When our top guys aren’t doing well, we’ll have someone able to take their place.”

As for now, Mandrell wants his players to “keep doing what they’re doing” in order to prepare for the next race.

“They’ve been working hard and I’m sure they’ll continue to do so,” Mandrell said. “Our only home meet is in a couple weeks, and that’ll give us another opportunity to get into racing mode.”

The men’s squad will continue its season in Oxford at the Miami Invitational Saturday, Sept. 13.

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523

The number of wins by Miami volleyball head coach Carolyn Condit. It is the most wins by a Miami coach in school history. Condit is in her 31st season as head coach at Miami.

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Miami senior wide receiver Dawan Scott tries to round the edge of the Marshall defense during the RedHawks’ 42-27 loss.

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Miami University extended its NCAA-worst 16-game losing streak to 17 in a 42-27 loss to Marshall University, but put up more points and yards than it did in any game last season.

New head coach Chuck Martin’s squad didn’t look anything like they did last season, which was the goal. But looking better than last season isn’t good enough for Martin.

“They are excited about losing by [15],” Martin said of his team.

“That scares the hell out of me.

Our guys are excited. That’s mindboggling to me. Why be excited?

You lost by [15] at home. Our fans are excited. We’re getting cheered off the field. Like, I’ve been throwing things.”

The RedHawks had more points, first downs, passing yards, passing attempts, passing touchdowns, total yards and a higher time of possession against Marshall than they did in any game last season.

“Obviously our offense stats last year were anemic,” Martin said.

“So we haven’t even talked about if that’s the measuring stick. We could still be pretty horrendous and surpass some of the things we did on offense a year ago.”

Miami’s offense was led by fifth-year senior quarterback Andrew Hendrix, who made his first college start after transferring from Notre Dame. Hendrix was 24 of 49 for 318 yards and three touchdowns. He threw one pick and also picked up 46 yards on the gound.

Excluding negative yards from the four sacks Hendrix took, he had nearly 400 yards of total offense.

“It was four years overdue for me,” Hendrix said. “It was really

exciting to get out there. Obviously, I did not come here to lose games in any fashion. This one is gonna sting because it’s one where we look back and we had a lot of mistakes and we could have taken this game.”

Redshirt junior tailback Spencer Treadwell was the team’s leading rusher, picking up 47 yards on 10 carries.

Eight different players caught passes for the RedHawks. Senior wide out David Frazier led the way with 109 yards on six catches.

Senior wide receiver Dawan Scott picked up 42 yards and a score on five catches, while redshirt sophomore WR Rokeem Williams had 99 yards and a touchdown on just three catches.

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Miami falls to Northwestern SOCCER JUSTIN WOODS

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After kicking off with two wins, the Miami University women’s soccer team dropped its first match of the season Sunday at Northwestern University.

The Red and White (2-1) entered halftime down only one goal, but the Wildcats (3-1) extended their lead to three in the second half before junior Haley Walter added a late RedHawk goal to take the score 3-1 in favor of NU. Miami never found a comfortable rhythm in the game as it was outshot by a 15-2 margin. Head coach Bobby Kramig thinks Northwestern deserves credit for its performance. “[Northwestern] presented a huge challenge to us,” Kramig said.

“I was impressed with their physicality, fitness and organization.

They’re a Big Ten team and they play like a Big Ten team.”

The artificial turf playing surface at Northwestern presented a challenge of its own to the ’Hawks, who are accustomed to grass fields.

“It was a new surface and we weren’t really able to play our game,” the goalscorer Walter said. “We came out a little too hesitant and not as aggressive as we should have been. Because of that we got stuck defending more than we had opportunities going forward.”

Miami spent Monday watching film to uncover and analyze the mistakes that led to the defeat against the Wildcats.

“I told the team that this isn’t a bad thing if we can learn from it,” Kramig said. “We needed a game like this. We needed to play a team that would expose us. If you don’t ever play a team that exposes you, you’re never going to find out what

some of your problems are and get better.”

Walter hopes that by discovering their weaknesses now, the RedHawks will be well prepared for similar tests down the road.

“We watched film for a while,” Walter said. “Hopefully if we get these same challenges presented to us again we will have learned from them.”

The ’Hawks will complete their demanding four-game road trip Sunday at the University of Louisville. Miami will use another long week of practice to get ready for Louisville and prepare for the rest of the season.

“We’re gonna have a week of hard physical work – getting that game fitness is a priority right now,” Kramig said. “There are also things organizationally that we need to clean up and there will be an emphasis on playing more aggressively.”

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The Miami University volleyball team started the season with 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-23) and 3-1 (25-11, 22-25, 25-12, 25-19) wins against North Dakota State University and Robert Morris University before being defeated 2-3 (21-25, 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 11-15) by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Panther Invitational. Senior setter/outside hitter Meg Riley and sophomore middle blocker Paige Hill were named to the All-Tournament

team following their performances over the weekend.

“This weekend was a good start to our season,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “We faced our biggest challenge in Milwaukee and we went five sets and lost by four points. They have a great defense and a dominant hitter. They would be a top four MAC team.”

In the first set against North Dakota State, Miami traded blows with NDSU, but found itself down 18-23 before four errors by the Bison and kills by senior outside hitter Sarah Chaney and Riley assisted in the comeback by the ’Hawks. The second set was also tight until the 7-7

mark, when the Red and White exploded on a 6-0 run en route to 25-15 win. The RedHawks completed the sweep when a bad set

by NDSU awarded the winning point to the RedHawks.

Freshman outside hitter Olivia Rusek and Hill led the team with nine kills each, while Riley recorded a double-double with 15 assists and 13 digs. Sophomore setter Krista Brakauskas barely missed having a doubledouble herself with 17 assists and nine digs.

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Why this year’s college football preseason rankings are awful RINARD’S RUNDOWN COLUMN Year in and year out, college football fan bases around the country get a false sense of hope when the Associated Press releases its Top 25 poll for the upcoming season, where teams get evaluated despite not playing a down. This is an exercise in futility, because teams are rarely as good as we think they are and are not worthy of their “official” ranking. Here’s a rundown of the Top 25 and why they are all overrated: No. 25 Washington Chris Peterson of Boise State fame is now your coach, but there are lingering questions about the coach who made a pretty nice living off one game: Can he handle playing a tougher schedule?

How will he adjust from recruiting the PAC-12’s table scraps to … recruiting the PAC-12’s table scraps? And most importantly: can he win games on a green field?

No. 24 Missouri You lost the Defensive Player of the Year in Michael Sam and you are in the SEC East, which will feature improved Georgia, Florida and South Carolina teams. Good luck with that, Mizzou.

No. 23 North Carolina You have been good recently at producing NFL talent, but how can you expect to compete in the ACC when your players will be ineligible due to academic fraud?

Also, you somehow let Duke become a bigger football power than you; that’s something you have to live with.

No. 22 Nebraska

It’s incredible to believe that Bo Pelini is still your coach after never winning a conference a title since he was named head coach in 2008 and allegedly ripped the fan base. However, he’s featured in the most cat memes in the nation, so I guess that’s something to be celebrated.

No. 21 Texas A&M Money Manziel left and you still play in the SEC West. You’re not hooking anybody, Aggies.

No. 20 Kansas State ESPN keeps telling me that Bill Snyder is a great coach, but I would take the Wildcats more seriously if they had won more than two Big 12 titles in the 22 years that he has been the coach. He’ll have to wait a year, since Baylor and Oklahoma are supposedly dark horses for the playoff.

No. 19 Arizona State I have no idea who is on your roster and you play UCLA, USC, Stanford and Notre Dame? The only one getting swarmed in the desert is you, Sun Devils.

No. 18 Ole Miss You have inexplicably put together some great recruiting classes, but like the Aggies, you have to play in the SEC West.

Also, Oxford, Mississippi isn’t the best Oxford in college football, just so you know.

No. 17 Notre Dame You’ve lost both of your coordinators from a year ago and are embroiled in a(nother) cheating scandal. Everett Golson is back, but how will he adjust without his quarterback-whispering offensive coordinator?

No. 16 Clemson Even with Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins, you got boatraced by Florida State last season. Dabo Swinney will have to find a way to compete in the ACC armed with only a rock COLUMN »PAGE 9

Men place third in season opening race CROSS COUNTRY GRACE REMINGTON FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Miami University men’s cross country team opened its 2014 season Saturday at the Flyer 5K Challenge in Dayton, Ohio.

The team finished with 79 points, putting them in third place behind University of Louisville and Ohio State University. Dayton University, Northern Kentucky University and Wright State University followed in fourth, fifth and sixth place, respectively.

Junior Matt Stewart blazed the way for Miami with a time of 16:06, earning him 10th place.

“He had a very nice race,” head coach Warren Mandrell said. “It’s the first time he’s been a top runner, and the highest he’s ever

finished on the team.”

The rest of the RedHawks’ top runners did not run as well as Mandrell had hoped. Going into the season, all eyes were on senior Daniel Garleb (16:27) , but he placed 30th. Junior Zach McBride came in 34th place with a time of 16:31. Junior Joe Stewart wasn’t able to run after re-aggravating an injury from the summer.

“We could have done better, but we also certainly could have done worse,” Mandrell said. “We had some that ran very well and some that were a little off, which is pretty normal early on. People are going to be a little rusty. So this kind of thing is expected.”

Mandrell thinks part of the reason for some of the runners’ poorer performances may be because of their workout Wednesday. He CROSS COUNTRY »PAGE 9

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