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Alcohol abroad: Fewer students drink to excess while away ALCOHOL

BONNIE MEIBERS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

An ongoing study has uncovered that Miami students are wilder in the United States when they drink underage than when traveling abroad at the legal drinking age.

Maura Fawcett is a junior currently studying in Luxembourg through the Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC). She recently sent out three surveys to gather data on study abroad habits and trends, specifically drinking motives.

“I want to figure out how students’ drinking behaviors change and what motives fuel the change,” Fawcett said.

Fawcett’s anonymous surveys were sent to students studying abroad in semester-long programs.

The first was sent out to students before they left for the semester, a second during the trip and a third will be sent once they have returned home.

“Based purely on my observations, it seems like students drink on more occasions but fewer drinks

each time,” Fawcett said.

Many students, like 20-year-old junior, Savanna Kuertz, agree. Kuertz studied abroad in Paris, France last semester, where the legal drinking age is 18.

“I found that my peers and I drank more calmly and less,” she said.

Alcohol is to be enjoyed, rather than consumed for the sole purpose of intoxication.

SAVANNA KUERTZ JUNIOR Kuertz feels that many Americans come to college without much expericing drinking alcohol, causing them to go overboard when drinking.

In many other cultures, alcohol is served at almost every meal so young adults are more knowledgeable about alcohol and know their limits when they turn the legal drinking age. In Europe, there is a greater appreciation for alco-

hol. In fact, many restaurants have their own brand of beer. Alcohol is consumed because people enjoy the taste, not because they want to feel drunk.

“I feel like drinking is an important part of the culture and that alcohol is to be enjoyed rather than consumed for the sole purpose of intoxication,” Kuertz said.

It is commonplace to see drunken people in American bars. This is especially true of bars near college campuses because in American culture, alcohol is often consumed with the motive of feeling drunk.

In Europe, however, this is not the case.

“It is very rare to see a drunk European at a bar, and if you are drunk it makes you clearly stand out, which isn’t always a good thing,” Fawcett said.

Fawcett said lower alcohol prices, trying new alcoholic beverages and unfamiliarity with the area are reasons for the need to drink more responsibly abroad.

“It’d actually be cheaper to have a beer at dinner than drink water,” said Tre Clifton, a Miami senior

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DEANNA KROKOS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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Recent incidents and student withdrawals bring to light Miami’s expulsion and suspension rates DISCIPLINE

EMILY WILLIAMS SENIOR STAFF WRITER

First-years William Armour and Samir Lal defaced a bulletin board in Wells Hall with a slew of offensive graffiti last Saturday, April 4.

By Wednesday, neither were students at Miami University.

The U.S. Department of Education has reported an increase in

March 20, Bucknell University’s radio station (WVBU) aired three students who used racially offensive language. A prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, heard their statements and reported them to a prisoner advocacy group who passed the information along to the university.

By the following Monday, the three students were expelled. The university’s president, John Brav-

Last year, the university issued two dismissals and 50 suspensions. As of Feb. 28, the university had suspended 29 students and dismissed one during the 2014-15 academic year. racial complaints on college campuses; there were 555 complaints filed in 2009, which increased to 939 in 2014. Students at several universities, including Oklahoma University and Bucknell University in March, were recently expelled over issues of racist speech.

On a Friday evening broadcast

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Photos by Phill Arndt and Amanda Wang CAMPUS IN BLOOM Miami burst into color this week as the first signs of spring finally emerged. Warm spring weather will continue this weekend with partly cloudly skies and temperatures in the mid 70s.

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In 1998,The Miami Student reported that MU’s Student Court found ASG’s funding process illegal after a student senator filed a grievance.The court determined ASG was not explicitly explaining funding decisions.The ASG president called the offense an “honest mistake.”

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man, addressed the university regarding the incident in an assembly the following day.

Although many people have praised the swift responses made by college administrators, Oklahoma University’s president, David Boren, has recently been accused of violating the students’ freedom

of speech.

Three days after a video surfaced revealing members of the university’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing an explicit, racist song on a bus, Boren expelled two of the fraternity members.

Those who believe the First Amendment protects speech even if it is considered racist, sexist or otherwise offensive, have argued that Boren, a former senator and governor of the state, was in the wrong when he expelled those students.

Unlike those found guilty in the Bucknell and Oklahoma cases, Armour and Lal withdrew from Miami, an action which the university’s Code of Conduct refers to as a “formal administrative procedure,” and requires the student file a withdrawal form in the Oxford Office of the University Registrar.

According to Susan Vaughn, the director of Miami’s Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR), if a student withdraws from the university with a disciplinary action still pending, a notation is placed on their transcript until the

Student Body Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates Joey Parizek and Matthew Kovesdy defeated Kevin Krumpak and Amy Berg last night in the Student Body run-off election. Parizek and Kovesdy secured 51 percent of the 2,734 votes submitted between Wednesday and Thursday, winning by less than 100 total votes.

This week, the two candidate teams, after beating out three others in the general election, participated in this year’s annual presidential debate.

In the debate, proctored by current Student Body Vice President Natalie Bata, the two teams answered a number of questions regarding their plans and qualifications for their hopeful term in leadership.

Each team was asked about their main platform points, and were able to elaborate on why they think their goals for the position are worthwhile and important.

Both teams were further asked about the student body president as a position, and the qualities they feel are most important to embody, should they be elected.

“I think we have a unique ability to bring a radical change to the overall culture of ASG and cabinet,” said Parizek. “What we’d like to bring to the table is more of a team-oriented and relationshipfocused leadership style.”

As a review, their main platform points were addressing dining reform, promoting the creation of a centralized scholarship database and working to make studying abroad more affordable.

Now that the elections are over, the question remains how effective these new student leaders will be.

“I think the most important thing that a student body president can do is to unite the student body in general,” said current on-campus senator Brandon Fogel. “Policies and ideas are great, but if they don’t have the support of the student body, it’s going to be very challenging for them to have those ideas.”

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MU students spend more, work less than national trend MONEY

TALI HUNT

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Assumptions abound regarding Miami students’ financial statuses — where they get their money, how much they get and what they spend it on.

When compared to national trends, Miami students spend more and work less than the average college student. But, the amount of Miami students who receive financial help from their parents is right at the national level.

According to a study conducted

by Nationwide Bank, 75 percent of college students hold a job while in college. However, a recent study of 100 Miami students indicated that 36 percent work year-round, and only 3 percent during the semester.

A majority of those with jobs work during their summers to earn spending money for their semesters in Oxford.

“I applied to work at like five places this semester and Miami rejected me all five times. Otherwise,

I would have a job,” said first-year Emily Yates. “I use my money that I made over the summer if I want to buy anything.”

Spending money is the money one has available to spend on leisure activities and entertainment.

For Miami students who work to

Twenty-two percent of Miami student admitted to overdrawing their accounts or blowing their budgets at least once.

earn their spending money, 32 percent of students work on campus.

“I work at Harris three times a week, so it [my job] usually gives me about $60 into my checking a week,” said Megan Young, a sophomore at Miami.

While Yates and other students work to have spending money, many students receive funds from their parents.

At Miami, 55 percent of students said they receive some form of spending money from their parents.

The Nationwide survey reported 60 percent of college students nationally get help from mom and dad.

“I would say a pretty high amount comes from their parents,” said Young. “I hate making that assumption, but I don’t think there’s any way students could own the kinds of clothes or things that they do and have extra spending money all on their own.”

Nationally, the average college student has an income of about $1,200 a month — including allowance from parents.

Regardless of receiving funds from parents, 22 percent of Miami students admitted to overdrawing their accounts or blowing their budgets at least once.

“I am definitely conscious about it when I go somewhere I’m going to spend money, and make sure that I don’t spend too much or go out too much,” said Young.

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Undergraduate Research Forum exhibits student work, increased participation RESEARCH

SARAH BUOP

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University held its 21st annual Undergraduate Research Forum Wednesday, where students showcased a variety of creative and scholarly research projects.

Despite Miami’s reputation as an undergraduate research university, and the benefits of conducting research as an undergraduate, only about four percent of students participated in the forum this year.

This is a one percent increase from previous years. Miami typically has around 475 to 560 students involved in the event each year.

Martha Weber, coordinator of undergraduate research, provided statistics on student participation in poster presentations since 2013.

According to Weber, 434 students participated in 2013, 505 students participated in 2014 and 548 students participated in 2015.

“The number of students who present is determined by whether the student researcher and their faculty mentor agree that the research is ready to be presented,” Weber said.

Miami student research involvement is on par with its peer institutions. About 2.5 percent of the Miami undergraduate student population participates in research projects, while other public universities in the Midwest have between 2.5 and 3 percent student participation.

Along with the lower percentage of student involvement in the forum, many believe that the Undergraduate Summer Scholars program lacks a significant amount of applicants. What many students who are not involved with the research forum do not realize is the different benefits and skills developed when presenting to an audience.

According to a study in Science Education, a research analysis of 76 students involved in undergraduate research said that 91 percent of the

students referenced positive gains from their experience.

Joseph Johnson, psychology professor and director of the Office of Research for Undergraduates, discussed what Miami students could achieve from their experience.

“Participating in research as an undergraduate student has been shown to produce many benefits,” Johnson said. “This includes not just direct research-relevant skills such as understanding the scientific process and specific research techniques, but also transferable academic skills, as well as broader personal and professional skills.”

Johnson explained how presenting projects at the Undergraduate Research Forum not only provides a valuable experience in public speaking, but also helps students crystallize their knowledge through discourse of informing others about what they have done, how and why.

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FERPA: Old legislation, revived awareness PRIVACY

KELLY HIGGINSON STAFF WRITER

The Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA), designed in 1974, is a federal law that all universities throughout the United States must adhere to — Miami University being one of them.

Despite the longevity of the Act itself, many students around campus do not seem to know what it means to release FERPA and whether they have waived it.

FERPA gives students the right to control the disclosure of their education records to others, inspect and review their own education records and challenge the content of their education records.

When enrolling at any university, students are asked how they want to approach FERPA. Without prior consent from the student, they have the right to request information to be disclosed to their parents, potential employers — anyone that would want to access it.

Vice President for Student Affairs Jayne Brownell said she gets calls every week with parents asking for information of their child.

“We get a lot of calls about parents asking how their students are doing and we always have to ask them whether their son or daughter have a FERPA release,”

Brownell said.

According to Brownell, it’s becoming a national trend that students don’t know they can waive their rights to their financial and judicial records.

“There are no drop-down boxes. It is for the students to have access to their own files,” Brownell said. “Just like I have files for my own job to access, the students have theirs.”

However, some students don’t seem to know that this access is

on both sides of the spectrum — ones that don’t want their parents to access their files, and ones that want their parents to have full access because they don’t want to deal with it themselves.

“I see too many students that just leave it to their parents, and their parents — instead of going to the student — will call the school directly,” Brownell said.

Sophomore Natalie Cofield remembers filling out the FERPA only a short year ago when

“I think it’s one of those things where students register for Miami and they skim through all the details without really knowing what they are agreeing to.”

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granted to them. Sophomore Maggie Dankmyer hadn’t heard about her FERPA rights until her parents had called her asking for access to her grades.

“I had no idea I had even permitted my parents access to my grades,” Dankmyer said. “I think it’s one of those things where students register for Miami and they skim through all the details without really knowing what they are agreeing to.”

Brownell said there are students

registering at Miami.

“I read everything and specifically chose to manage and see everything but my grades,” Cofield said. “I will share my grades with [my parents] when I’m done, but I don’t like them nagging on me.”

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ANIMAL HOUSE Flounder the penguin and Lewis the mountain lion were only a few of the animals that visited Miami on Wednesday, as part of a special presesntation by the Columbus Zoo.

Project Civility for change MOVEMENT

REBECCA HUFF

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

With the vandalism that took place in Wells Hall on March 4, Project Civility, a subcommittee under the Student Government Association (SGA) of the regional campuses, is working to promote courtesy and respect within the Miami community.

Project Civility was founded

by Kofi Ansah and Shan Qureshi in 2012 “in response to rude, disrespectful and hurtful comments and behaviors demonstrated by students at the beginning of the 201112 academic year,” according to its profile on The Hub. Whenever someone is committing an act of civility, no matter where it is or what it is, that person is presented with a wooden civility nickel. The nickel giver and the person doing the act of kindness take a picture together and it goes on Project Civility’s Facebook page. “[Project Civility] ties in beautifully with the ‘I am Miami’ campaign because it’s saying you’re a part of our family, you matter,” said SGA Advisor and Regional Senior Associate Dean of Students, Robert H. Rusbosin.

Project Civility started on the Hamilton campus then spread to the Middletown and Oxford campuses, but it didn’t stop there. The movement continued to grow, grabbing the attention of Kim and Bonnie Nuxhall, teachers in the Cincinnati area. They donated the latest version of the civility nickel.

“The ultimate goal of Project Civility is to spread the movement worldwide so that our world can become a place where we can all work and play together in a much more collaborating and civil way than it is today,” said Project Civil-

ity Co-Founder, Kofi Ansah.

Hundreds of people have been accredited for acts of civility on Project Civility’s Facebook page.

They have over 700 people following their page. The committee is even gaining recognition overseas.

“Our past co-director, Shan Qureshi, gave a civility nickel out in London when he traveled there,” Ansah said.

Project Civility will be creating

“The ultimate goal of Project Civility is to spread the movement worldwide ...”

KOFI ANSAH

PROJECT CIVILITY CO-FOUNDER

a commercial on April 24 and May 1, which will serve as a public service announcement promoting the organization. The commercial will be aired on the campus TVs and shown during SOAR Orientations.

With Project Civility Co-Directors Shar Qureshi and Nicole Reckner graduating, some worry the continuance of Project Civility may be in danger.

“I believe that we have enough people to sustain it. As far as leadership is concerned, I’m concerned for Project Civility. We have a lot of people doing really awesome and great things but I don’t see necessarily leadership qualities,” said member Adam Reith.

Mitch Griffin, a member of Project Civility, is being considered for one of the co-director positions.

“Theo Ottesen would be a very good candidate for the position,” said Segi Adeseha, secretary for Project Civility. “He is very active in Project Civility in Middletown as well as Hamilton’s.”

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Baked goods take students home

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Heather’s Goodies of Bellbrook, Ohio sold at MacCracken Market

60-year-old reckless driver reveals intoxication

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KATIE CATTELL

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students who are homesick for a taste of mom’s freshly baked treats can now find it in Heather’s Goodies, a local bakery based out of Bellbrook, Ohio.

Since January, Heather Geldbaugh, founder of Heather’s Goodies, has been selling her assorted breads and jellies at Miami University’s MacCracken Market. Geldbaugh said she bakes for kids who miss the taste of a home-cooked meal.

“I think one of the reasons why kids like my stuff is it’s kind of like a taste of home,” Geldbaugh said.

“When they see my stuff, they’re like ‘Oh, my gosh, my mom used to make zucchini bread’ or ‘Banana nut bread reminds me of when I was a kid,’ so I kind of feel like their mom in a way. My breads are just like a little taste of home, a little hug.”

Geldbaugh also makes a variety of jellies, often creating fruit and jalapeno combinations that are both sweet and spicy. Some of her more popular flavors include cranberryjalapeno, mango-jalapeno, strawberry-basil, and peach-jalapeno.

Geldbaugh plans to debut two new products, quinoa granola and cherry-jalapeno dark chocolates, at the annual Local Vendors Fest, which will be held 3-6 p.m. May 7 in front of MacCracken Market.

Toward the end of the year, food options in Oxford can begin to feel limited, especially for students who still live on campus. Sophomore Alana Hallett is one of the students who relies on homemade, locally-based products like Heather’s Goodies when campus food starts to feel repetitive.

“You don’t always have the time to bake, and if your parents cook a lot, that can be hard to get used to,” Hallett said. “It’s nice to have that comfort food that’s actually been baked by a local woman. I like knowing that there are no preservatives and everything is natural. The care she puts into her products really shows in the taste and quality.”

Hallett said she often goes to MacCracken Market to buy Heather’s Goodies as a small treat to her-

self, her favorite product being the banana nut bread.

“It’s just so much fresher than anything that gets made at Miami,” said sophomore Haley Gooding.

“It’s such a unique treat that I can’t get anywhere else and it makes me feel like my mom or grandma could have just made it for me.”

the ones at Miami University and the University of Dayton.

Much of the inspiration for Geldbaugh’s products comes from her own children, to whom she hopes to one day pass the business down. Geldbaugh often has her three daughters help her with the business, believing it will teach

“I like knowing that there are no preservatives and everything is natural. The care she puts into her products really shows in the taste and quality.”

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Geldbaugh’s business began in 2010, when a co-worker taught her how to make jalapeno glazes, after she had brought many of the peppers from her garden into work.

Since then, she has sold her products at farmers markets, Christmas bazaars and college markets like

them about financial responsibility.

“It’s really nice that they can see it from the ground up. They see every stop, not only with making the product, [but] you also have to GOODIES »PAGE 4

IMMA SUMAITA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The special election on May 5 will impact Butler County taxpayers. The four levies considered in this ballot pertain to schools, public security and libraries.

The ballot proposes a five-year, $4.9 million public safety levy that trustees claim necessary to keep the police and fire departments afloat. If approved, the new levy will raise $2 million for the two departments at the expense of $171.50 per annum for every $100,000 house owner.

According to the legal ads posted by the Board of Elections, expenses have outpaced revenues, and the township is currently transferring money from the general fund to supplement the police and fire budgets. This has been the case for the past few years. Without the funding, cuts may have to be made in these departments.

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HUMAN RIGHTS Students for Life hosted a six-banner display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday on Slant Walk that prompted students to discuss and vote on when they believe human rights begin.

Miami first-year political science major Matthew Kline said he does not agree with this levy.

“Provided that public safety is of importance, this motion has not convinced me,” he said. “I doubt this will go down too well with the crowd and would prefer and like to hear a more convincing

any new tax incidence because of this. Edgewood has already made budget cuts by reducing full time employees and completely eliminating supplemental positions. To help finance, the administrative member even froze their pays for four years in May 2010.

Megan Gardner, an economics

The four levies that are being considered in this ballot pertain to schools, public security and libraries. case for it.”

Edgewood School officials have predicted a deficit by the 2018 school year unless their levy is replaced. Edgewood is asking for a five-year, $5.4 million levy in place of its current one.

This will not cost taxpayers any additional money.

The levy is designed to generate close to $2.69 million in its first year. The taxpayers will not have

major, is eager to see this levy be passed.

“It is obvious that the school has done its part in budgeting and they deserve this levy,” Gardner said. “Since it doesn’t increase taxes, it is definitely a positive levy.”

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Protest at Middletown police headquarters

Teacher charged for sex crimes against students

Ohioian charged with planning terrorism attack

Protest is being organized in result of police officer shoving a 12-year-old student to the ground during a school fight.

New Miami High School teacher receives three years behind bars for pandering sexually oriented material in the classroom.

Upon return to the U.S., an Ohio man, trained in Syria, was charged with terrorist involvement.

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ited her balance. Believing the walk and turn sobriety test unsafe, the officer conducted a simple horizontal gaze test, which the woman failed, revealing six clues of intoxication.

Suspecting drug misuse, the officer arrested the woman on suspicion of OVI and transported her to McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, where she submitted to a blood test in the ER. Meanwhile, a second officer preparing to impound the suspect’s vehicle found in the backseat a loaded Smith and Weston model 632 revolver: a gun about as old as the suspect. He cleared three bullets from the chamber and advised the officer with the suspect at McCullough-Hyde.

The suspect, who by law cannot possess a firearm, first denied having one in the car, and then conceded she had forgotten where it was and claimed it was not hers. She was charged with Having Weapons While under Disability, Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle, OVI, Weapons While Intoxicated and a license plate violation.

She was taken to Butler County Jail.

Recently-realeased parolee caught with drugs

Butler County taxpayers vote on local levies ELECTION

At 5:54 p.m. Monday, OPD was dispatched to the intersection of Patterson Ave. and E. High St. in response to a reckless driver. The concerned caller had begun following the Toyota sedan, which was pulled over at Church and N. Poplar Streets for failure to display a license plate on the front of the vehicle, as mandated by Ohio law.

The 60-year-old driver told the officer she was under driving suspension, but had driving privileges.

Whether true, the driver’s claim she was returning from a visit with friend in Hamilton certainly was not one of her privileges. Informing the officer she had multiple medical conditions and was “heavily medicated,” the suspect gestured to a cane in the passenger seat. According to OPD, the woman told the officer she takes Xanax four times daily.

The officer suspected the driver intoxicated, and requested she exit the vehicle. As she did, the officer realized the suspect could not stand on her own power. Again, the officer asked for the woman’s medical history, and she said, rather conveniently, she had inner ear issues that inhib-

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Around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, an OPD officer in the Walmart parking lot, 5720 College Corner Pike, observed a white male exit the store with no merchandise. Despite a cool, 51-degree evening and gentle breeze, the man appeared to be ardently perspiring.

Concerned by this, and the suspect’s eerily blank stare, the officer approached to ask if he was all right. He said he was fine and he was on his way home to Columbus, Indiana, a roughly two-hour drive west. When the officer asked what he was doing in Oxford, the suspect said he was returning from a bar in Cincinnati. The man could not produce the bar’s name or a reason for his visiting a bar three hours away other than “to meet women.”

Puzzled, the officer smelled no odor of alcohol on the man, who said he did not drink. The only ID the suspect could produce was his parole card issued from the Indiana Department of Corrections. The officer asked when he was released. “Monday,” the man

said — just six days prior.

The officer quickly discovered the suspect was wanted in Indiana on a parole violation. Before conducting a pat-down, the officer asked the man if he possessed any firearms or needles on his person.

“I don’t think I have any needles on me, but there’re some in my car,” the man said. Taken aback, the officer asked the man if he was diabetic, or had some medical reason to use a syringe.

“No, I use them for meth and heroine,” he said.

After telling the officer the needles were in his trunk and consenting to a vehicle search, the suspect watched as the officer discovered a baggie containing eight hypodermic syringes, five tunicates, three razor blades, and alcohol swabs. The suspect was arrested, charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and taken to Butler County Jail to await extradition to the Great State of Indiana.

Drunk girl placed in OPD holding cell during visit At 12:47 a.m. Wednesday, an OPD officer was patrolling the Oxford Commons parking lot after a recent influx of vehicle break-in reports when he heard an individual near a car. As he turned toward the woman, she noticed his presence and immediately ducked down behind the car.

Finding this deer-in-headlights routine suspicious, the officer approached to find the woman sitting on the ground, keys in hand, attempting to unlock the driver’s door. The officer pulled back his inconspicuous khaki jacket to reveal his badge and asked what she was doing. She said she intended to drive Uptown, but promptly handed the officer her keys, agreeing she may not be in the best shape to drive.

When asked for ID, she removed her credit card, handed it to the officer and said, “Here’s my license.”

According to OPD, the female admitted to being drunk and said she was in town visiting a friend. Wishing to make arrangements for the girl’s safety, the officer escorted her to her friend’s apartment to ensure she would be left in his care. The friend was not home, but a roommate was. After an unanswered phone call to the friend, the roommate said he knew the suspect, would take care of her and accepted her car keys from the officer.

As the officer left, he saw someone meandering through the parking lot who he hoped was the female’s friend. When greeted by the officer, the man, who was indeed the friend in question, said something unintelligible and kept moving toward a vehicle from which he removed an object. Obviously intoxicated, he promptly approached the officer and

began assaulting him with expletives and abusive language, OPD said. “I know the law,” the male screamed amid a barrage of f**ks and other such garbage as the officer was unable to get a word in edgewise.

Now concerned for the safety of the female, the officer followed her agitated friend inside the apartment. He immediately screamed at the woman, apparently enraged at her state of intoxication, and gruffly told her to, “get the f**k out.” The officer immediately removed the female from the hostile environment and while attempting to make alternative arrangements, the woman descended into a frothy state of utter incoherence and fiery emotional turmoil and distress.

At this point, her friend had approached the pair and resumed berating the officer, who raised his arm to protect himself and the woman.

“You’re not ready for life at Miami,” the friend screamed at the trembling girl, according to OPD. The man, unprovoked, then jumped back, raised his arms and said, “I fear for my life, don’t shoot,” according to OPD. After ignoring the officer’s pleas for her to “calm down,” the hysterically screaming, profoundly intoxicated suspect was placed in the back of the police cruiser. In the backseat, the female incoherently babbled and persistently, manically banged on the window glass until she had broken the strobe light in the back window.

At OPD, officers placed the female subject in a holding cell to calm her down and then photographed her hands, which she had injured pounding on the window. She was charged with vandalism and two counts of disorderly conduct.

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for a certain period of time.

“Let’s say you apply to medical school and they need certification information,” Brownell said. “According to our record retention policy, we hold on to those for a certain amount of years — but it really depends on the file.”

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cent of students wanted more education on financial management.

The average college student spends 40 percent of his or her money on discretionary expenses. At Miami, students spend the most money on eating out Uptown, followed by going to bars.

And the amount of money needed to keep up in the social scene can keep some students away.

“There are definitely things I would like to do that involve

college, there is an exception if a student is still a dependent for tax purposes. Therefore, if parents submit their tax return showing that they claim a student as a dependent, they can access their student’s records without the student completing the FERPA waiver.

According to Brownell, it isn’t common to see that happen but there are always exceptions in the law. money, but I like running and adventuring in the woods, and those things are free, so that’s nice,” said Yates.

Miami students who receive money from their parents often get it in the form of cash or a debit/credit card. An overwhelming majority of students, 97 percent, use personal checking accounts to manage their funds. At the national level, 84 percent of undergrads have at least one credit card, and seniors tend to graduate with an average of $4,100 in credit card debt.

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Wednesday. She and a colleague conducted research on the manipulation of veggie burger texture through carrot content.

“I think the experience of participating in the Undergraduate Research Forum has been more of a learning curve that can lead to more in depth research,” Guthrie said. “Now that I have conducted this research, if I were to do further research I would have a better background of food science and the scientific method.”

Other research projects that were presented included a poster presentation by senior Kimberly Parent on Yik Yak and anonymity on social media, an oral presentation by sophomore Taryn Neubecker on stereotyping in the Greek community and hundreds of others.

Although many students are

required to participate in the research forum for class, many leave interested and eager in conducting further research.

“I think the most interesting part of the research forum is finding out what other kinds of research projects are going on in other majors throughout Miami’s campuses,” Guthrie said. “I would recommend at least attending the forum if you don’t conduct your own research.”

According to Johnson, one of his primary goals is to increase the participation of traditionally underrepresented research fields, especially in the humanities and creative arts.

“There are great examples of inquiry-based learning, research and creative endeavors across all departments and programs here at Miami and we would like to showcase this broader notion of what ’research’ means, beyond the stereotypical image of white lab

coats in Pearson Hall and Hughes Hall,” Johnson said. “We have begun outreach efforts to accomplish this, and for the first time this year we are including undergraduate exhibits from the College of Creative Arts in the Undergraduate Research Forum.”

To encourage more participates, a new Office of Research for Undergraduates (ORU) has been made to help serve and guide students in any stages of the process, and who are interested in becoming more involved with hand-on research.

“The ORU continues providing assistance and support, such as by obtaining funding for projects or identifying other outlets for students to present or publish their work,” Johnson said. “The ORU can also help students identify and apply for external research experiences such as during the summer and winter terms.”

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package the product, and sell the product,” Geldbaugh said. “People just walk by unless you’re out there saying ‘Hey, would you like a sample?’

They’re getting all aspects of it and, luckily, all three of them seem to really like it.”

Geldbaugh believes that the business has changed her life in more than one way. She passes the lessons she has learned from owning her own business down to her daughters.

“I always tell my girls, ‘You girls are beautiful, independent girls, you can do whatever you want to do.’ I never thought that I would be doing what I’m doing now, but here I am and I love it.”

they deserve this levy,” Gardner said. “Since it doesn’t increase taxes, it is definitely a positive levy.”

The MidPointe Library has an operating levy that helps cover the operating expenses for the system with West Chester Twp., Middletown and Trenton. A $.75 million for five years levy has been proposed. The levy money currently makes up 40 percent of the library’s funding and is paramount in maintaining its functionality. Without the levy, the staffing and hours would have to be reduced and the growth of this institution will be completely halted, according to the Journal-News.

Lane Libraries System that has branches in Hamilton, Fairfield and Oxford, is also seeking a renewal for its levy. Similarly, this system requires $.75 million but is asking for a 10-year levy instead of a five-year one. The

levy covers operating expenses as it does for the MidPoint Library.

The levy will not add to the tax burden, according to the legal ads that the Board of Elections has put out for the public viewing of these levies. For Lane Library, the levy money accounts for 35 percent of its budget. The levy will help maintain optimal number of hours and also help pursue technical advances.

Miami University sophomore Jessica Silver feels strongly about the library levies.

“The library levy is necessary for the system to keep improving and maintaining quality,” Silver said. “It doesn’t have additional taxes so I don’t see what would keep it from getting approved.

Libraries are an integral resource for students like us and I am very much for these two levies.”

Voters can visit the Board of Elections website in the weeks prior to the election to view their sample ballot and ensure their eligibility to vote.

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where we wanted to be at the end of our season.”

After losing their first match of the tournament to Navy Academy in a tie-breaking third set, the RedHawks did not drop another match for the rest of the three-day tournament.

“We were a little discouraged after our first match against Navy, and then against Nebraska,” sophomore libero Aidan Leahy said. “Even though we ended up winning, we weren’t playing anywhere near the level we could play at. Luckily, we had a few hours to get away from the court and regroup. Once we were a few points into the Cornell game, we knew we were playing at the level we should be playing at. We were looking like a new team.”

The 10-man team totaled a 17-

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studying abroad in Luxembourg.

There is also a contrast in the behaviors of underage students versus students over 21. Fawcett said her research shows that students under 21 who travel abroad tend to be wilder when they arrive in Europe.

“It is such a novelty to be able to legally order drinks and know you will not get in trouble,” Fawcett said. “Based on my observations there is a difference in the drinking [habits] between people

set win streak after the first day of play Thursday.

“They walked into the gym with full confidence in taking home the national championship title,” vice president of women’s club volleyball Abby Cramer said. “They had control of the game throughout the entire match.”

After victories against Nebraska and Cornell, the team beat Western Michigan, Boston College and Oregon State Friday.

The wins gave the ’Hawks a DI AA gold bracket berth for tournament play.

“I don’t think, at any given time, that another team scored more than four or five points in a row against us,” Leahy said.

“And if that’s how you’re playing for an entire tournament, with the exception of the first game, you’re going to win that

tournament.”

With one national title under their belts, the men’s team strives to continue the success as they prepare for the upcoming season.

The RedHawks lose only one senior, and the returners are already preparing for next fall.

“I think our goals for next season are focused on trying to treat every tournament like we treated nationals,” Leahy said. “We came in feeling like we should win every game. We knew that we could absolutely win the tournament.

They might look at us like a rag tag group of guys with no huge hitters, but ultimately, we want to be regularly competing with the Ohio State’s and the Purdue’s and the California teams. We want to give them competitive games in the future, and always have them on their heels.”

who were 21 before they came [abroad] and people who were underage.”

In Oxford, underage students cannot order alcohol at bars, so they drink heavily before going out in order to stay drunk all night. According to Clifton, since many Miami students take classes on the Luxembourg campus, most weekends in Luxembourg are similar to weekends in Oxford. However, in Luxembourg, students under 21 can buy drinks at bars.

“Miami students will be Miami students,” he said.

Fawcett’s observations supported this. She says that when a lot of Miami students are together, there is more drinking because they feel safe surrounded by their classmates.

Because Fawcett’s final survey will not be given to students until after the semester ends, what really happens when students return is unknown.

“I am not sure what the results will be,” Fawcett said. “I think that once taken out of the study abroad environment that people will fall back into old habits whatever they are.”

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history in career singles wins after picking up her 81st victory against Toledo April 5. Badileanu won MAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week twice this season and is 5-1 in MAC singles.

In the past two matches, no player for the Red and White was taken to three sets.

“We’ve been working on our doubles, doing a lot of serve and return, as well as working on singles,” Shteyn, who shares a 6-0 MAC doubles record with Thurman, said. “We’re FROM BASEBALL »PAGE 10

nings of four-hit, two-run baseball to shut Miami down.

Xavier (9-27, 0-6 Big East) met the ’Hawks in the consolation game of the tournament after losing its opening game 4-0 to University of Cincinnati 4-0 Tuesday night.

XU jumped out early, scoring four runs off senior Clay Cinnamon, who started the game and lasted 0.3 innings.

After two walks and a hit batter, a Xavier double emptied the bases.

Cinnamon added a pair of wild pitches before his premature exit.

Junior Chris Ticherich came in on relief and allowed two more runs.

Miami trailed 6-0 after the first inning.

Senior Eric Stiene pitched seven

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case is resolved.

In contrast to a dismissal, withdrawing is a voluntary action. A dismissal from the university can be made only after the university has gathered the facts of a case through its disciplinary process.

Students who are suspended are administratively withdrawn, said Vaughn, meaning the student must leave the university for at least a semester. If a student decides to not return to the university, they do not need to withdraw after the suspension.

Last year, the university issued two dismissals and 50 suspensions. As of Feb. 28, the university had suspended 29 students and dismissed one during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Of last year’s suspensions and dismissals, many of them were the result of academic dishonesty. From the 258 cases of academic dishonesty reported, 186 students were found responsible.

From those found responsible, 10 students were suspended — making up 20 percent of the university’s total suspensions for the year — and one was dismissed.

The only dismissal issued during this academic year has been on account of academic dishonesty.

According to Brenda Quaye, Miami’s Coordinator for Aca-

really working on being aggressive.

We want to keep the streak going this weekend, and going 8-0 in the MAC would be a really big deal for us.”

Miami hosts Ball State University (13-4, 3-2 MAC) 1 p.m. Sunday at the Hepburn Varsity Courts.

The Cardinals roll into the meeting with the RedHawks, having won three straight matches. Junior Courtney Earnest leads BSU with a 17-4 singles record and a 13-4 doubles record. The Cards host Bowling Green and Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Friday before leaving Oxford. innings for the Musketeers and allowed only three runs. Stiene’s record improved to 2-3 on the season, and both his wins are against the RedHawks.

Miami scored a run in each of the middle three innings and added three in the eighth, but the comeback effort fell short.

MU hits the road this weekend for a rebound attempt against University of Akron.

The Zips (17-17, 8-4 MAC) are tied for first in the MAC East.

They enter the three-game series after a loss to University of Dayton Wednesday. Before the loss, the Zips had been on a four-game win streak, including a three-game series sweep over Northern Illinois University.

First pitch is 3 p.m. Friday at Lee R. Jackson Field. Saturday’s first pitch is 1 p.m. demic Integrity, about half of the cases are coming out of 100-level classes, primarily from firstand secondyear students.

“For a lot of our students, it really comes down to time management,” said Quaye.

Quaye said many instances of plagiarism, which account for about 55 percent of academic dishonesty cases, occur because students do not allow themselves enough time to fully grasp the information and interpret it in their own words.

Many students are not even aware that they have committed plagiarism until they are caught.

“We really do use the first offense as a learning opportunity for the student,” Quaye said.

A student must be found guilty of academic dishonesty twice before being suspended. If a student commits another offense after the suspension, the student is then dismissed.

In President David Hodge’s email following last week’s graffiti incident, he stressed the importance of directly addressing any actions that violate Miami’s values.

“As a community, we must stand together to confront behavior that violates the values and beliefs we hold, and work to create a culture built upon the respect and trust called for in our Code of Love and Honor.”

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Miami students can learn something about drinking when abroad EDITORIAL

For most Miami students under 21, a typical weekend night will begin with the recruitment of a fraternity brother, older brother or next-door neighbor. They all pitch in, coming up with enough money for a case of Natty, bottle of Kamchatka or both (plus a little extra for their white knight’s pack of dip).

Once the feeling of being forever in debt to their booze-buying savior gets old, they’ll spend their money on something more useful and freeing, like a fake ID. But for now, they’re stuck in their rooms, safe from the scrutiny of the law enforcement.

They binge drink. A few beers, a shot of vodka, some more beers, another shot of vodka.

They get belligerent and then they head Uptown for a night of incipient cavorting.

Sadly, this is what is expected in Oxford.

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

However, when they venture to another corner of the world, a semester or year abroad ahead of them, students’ views on alcohol consumption shifts.

It is widely believed that other countries, specifically countries in the European Union, have more laid back drinking cultures than the United States.

Recent research from the World Health Organization found that while 15- and 16 year-old teens in many European countries, whether the drinking age is 18 or younger, have more drinking occasions per month, they have fewer dangerous intoxication occasions than American teens.

In many European countries, alcohol is not viewed as a commodity for overindulging, but as an experience — it can complement a meal or cleanse the palate.

While European teens have a good majority of their teenage

years gaining an appreciation for alcohol, American students often come to college having never drank before. This causes them to overindulge.

of water.

It is the binge drinking, not the casual beers, that packs the double punch of being dangerous and giving Miami students a bad rap.

The issue occurs when a large number of Miami students are in one place, like Luxembourg.

The predominate Miami culture overpowers the unfamiliar one and the atmosphere becomes similar to nights Uptown at Brick Street.

Miami students can learn something from their European counterparts, and for a time, they do.

Most students report drinking more casually and less often while abroad. It can even be cheaper to order a beer or glass of wine with dinner than a bottle

This issue occurs when a large number of Miami students are in one place, like Luxembourg. The predominate Miami culture overpowers the unfamiliar one and the atmosphere becomes similar to nights Uptown at Brick Street.

But the notion that “Miami students will be Miami students” is

unacceptable. It is embarrassing and demands a call for a heightened cultural appreciation.

How do Americans feel about foreigners who fail to meet U.S. standards? Any scroll through Yik Yak will illustrate what Miami students think about the Asian students studying abroad here.

So why do Miami students act the same way when they study in a foreign country? There’s a major double standard. It is manifest of Americans’ delusional belief that they are somehow privileged.

The point of studying abroad, whether it is in Luxembourg, Peru, Kosovo or anywhere else, is for students to immerse themselves in an unfamiliar culture, or at least try to learn from it.

When students are no longer in the “Oxford bubble,” they should act accordingly.

Just because you’re in college doesn’t mean it’s not alcoholism DRINKING

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What’s the price of ending involvement in Afghanistan?

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MADDIE’S MATTERS On April 8, a guy named John M. Dawson was killed in Afghanistan as a part of an attack by an allied Afghan soldier. Dawson is from Whitinsville, MA: the 22 year-old went to school in my hometown, Upton, right across the street from my high school. He was the only one killed in the attack, and is the only U.S. casualty in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2015.

The numbers seem optimistic.

U.S. casualties have consistently plummeted since their peak in 2010. 2011 marked the height of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, with 101,000 troops occupying the area. Over the past 14 years, there have been a mere 2,357 U.S. casualties, only a 2.3 percent loss.

The math of it all makes it seem a little bit more palatable, especially as we seemingly reach a point where loss is no longer a trendy phrase in the media.

Stories like Dawson’s, though, bring us back. The irony of being the only U.S. casualty of 2015 is that the loss stings most out of its unnecessariness — my heart goes out to his family. Even worse is the

way he died: in an attack by an Afghan National Army gunman who “turned traitor” during an escort mission (as quoted in The Boston Globe). As many politicians argue, the war is far from over, even with plans to withdraw almost all troops by 2016 (we’ve heard that before).

And it’s true — Afghan-American relations are still extremely tense, as Dawson’s death suggests.

This story hits home for me especially on two levels: first, because this loss is literally close to home, and second, because my brother recently enlisted and is scheduled for basic training this June. Dawson leaves behind a sister and parents, and as the situation with ISIS continues to worsen in neighboring countries, I worry more and more about the fickleness of U.S. policy and how it will deal with ISIS as a security threat.

I worry most that it will lead to more families being left behind, US or otherwise. Dawson, a combat medic, was taking part in an escort mission as a part of the newly implemented US advise-and-assist program when he was killed, according to The Boston Globe.

The new program officially began on Jan. 1 of this year, with the goal of helping the Afghan military take over the security of the country by the time U.S. troops withdraw. The attack by the rogue soldier will not stop U.S. efforts, but brings into question how the

Afghan military views its U.S. aid, and how it will continue to operate after the U.S. leaves. As the sister of a future soldier, there’s an easy solution: no more war. No conflict means no U.S. casualty. But is it fair to ask ill-equipped countries to fend for themselves?

Certainly, it is America’s fault that the Taliban came into power in the first place, as the Taliban is a product of a power vacuum that was left when Soviet and American troops suddenly withdrew during the Cold War, leaving only guns.

Badly-informed Soviet military strategy trying to organize a tribal country and a disorganized and overnight withdrawal combined with very new Islamic extremism (violence in Islam only really emerged in the later part of the 20th century) left Afghanistan in a vulnerable state.

So is it our responsibility to fix what we helped break? Or has it gone on too long, with too much misguidance?

As 2015 slowly continues, we expect to see less and less U.S. military involvement, and ideally, less and less casualties.

But as the Dawson tragedy indicates, violence and tense Afghan-American relations are far from disintegrating.

MADDIE LAPLANTE-DUBE LAPLANMM@MIAMIOH.EDU

We’ve heard it all at least once before, be it from a reposted Yik Yak or a reassuring, friendly reminder on a Saturday at about 1:00 in the afternoon: “It’s not alcoholism if you’re in college.”

There’s definitely some sarcasm tied to this, and at the core of this phrase, it’s most assuredly meant to be taken as a joke with an entire shaker of salt.

That being said, this lighthearted “mantra” sheds light on an aspect of the college culture that tends to remain in the dark — and that is, alcoholism does (largely) exist on college campuses, whether it’s recognized/ acknowledged or not.

Before I continue on, let me state that I am in no way shaming drinkers or alcohol in general on college campuses (or at all, for that matter). I am a huge supporter and no stranger to dollar pitchers of Natty or shots of bottom self tequila — imagine how much greater in debt we would all be without it…

On second thought, don’t do that. At all.

One of the biggest issues with alcoholism on college campuses is that a lot of people don’t consider binge drinking to be a symptom or form of alcoholism.

We all tend to think that since we don’t need a double Jack and Coke to start our day, everything is good.

My realization that binge drinking is, at the very least a precursor to alcoholism, comes from personal experience, and though I wasn’t basting my liver in a steady stream of Kamchatka throughout the day, there was still a problem that needed to be recognized.

Starting the summer before my senior year of high school, I was allowed to drink with my family on occasions they deemed appropriate. Surprisingly enough, my 40-something year old parents’ first choice is not Natty Light, so I was exposed to slightly higher quality alcohol that was actually enjoyable to consume.

One day after rushing and struggling to get my life together before Saturday’s day drinking festivities, I asked myself “Why

exactly am I rushing so hard to get ready for another Beat that I am actually sweating?”

An hour or so later while trying to down a pitcher on an already unhappy stomach, I asked myself a very important question, one that I think it would do everyone well to ask themselves: why am I drinking this? It’s definitely not because it’s good.

I realized that it was because I really just wanted to be drunk.

Everyone else either was or was on the way there, and social interactions with a bunch of sweaty, drunk sacks of hormones is easy when your own sack of hormones is also sweaty and drunk.

We all tend to think that since we don’t need a double Jack and Coke to start our day, everything is good.

I wanted to be drunk because it’s easier. The biggest problem with this (other than what is more or less obvious) is the fact that a lot of people don’t think this is a problem; a lot of people are probably scratching their heads trying to figure out what the obvious problem is.

The college culture is definitely one that teaches us this behavior is normal and okay, and to a certain extent healthy in a cathartic sense — getting all the crazy out in four short years so you can jump into the real world and be ready to go.

Though the “Alcohol Task Force” is hilarious, the fact that it’s necessary, both on Miami’s campus and just about every other college campus, is not.

Binge drinking in excess is a problem and needs to be at least recognized as a problem.

Our brain chemicals and functions, livers and grades do not give us a free pass because we’re pseudo-adults and pay too much money for textbooks and sub-par living spaces.

CARLY BERNDT

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How my idol inspires me to push beyond my comfort zone LIFE

MILAM’S MUSINGS Kill your darlings. All of them. I’m paraphrasing William Faulkner’s famous quote about what the writer must do when writing.

Darlings could be characters, a sentence, and a description or anything that you hold dear, but doesn’t fit into the story. Kill it. Holding to darlings leads to bad writing.

Writerly advice is about as ubiquitous as finding a drunk person on Brick Street on a Saturday night and largely, if a writer gets too beholden to advice, which often translates to rules, they are likely to find themselves stumbling worse than that drunk person.

Even so, Faulkner’s quote is one of the better ones applied to writing, and to be sure, life. In life, perhaps you have to kill your darlings, too. Not literally, unless you’re Dexter Morgan and can get away with it (excuse the reference, I just started binging on the show).

I try not to take idols or “darlings,” in life. It leads to bad outcomes and to putting on the proverbial blinders.

Sure, there are authors, poets, philosophers, journalists and athletes I’m quite fond of, but I try to keep my distance, if I can. But in general, I gravitate toward those that excel at human achievement, whatever that achievement entails.

As a humanist, I like to see humans push boundaries, exceed expectations and perhaps more importantly, empower and inspire others to try to exceed their own self-erected boundaries.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey gets pretty close to being my “idol.” She’s a beautiful bad-ass that dominates in the octagon world of UFC, is comfortable in her skin to pose in a swimsuit for Sports Illustrated and versatile enough to appear in the latest Fast & the Furious movie.

Let me be clear, I couldn’t tell you a thing about jiu-jitsu or grappling or striking; honestly, my MMA knowledge struggles to achieve basic understanding. And yet, when there’s a Rousey fight, I’m plugged in. I’m watching.

I don’t care if her last fight against Cat Zingano at UFC 184, which they headlined, lasted a mere 14 seconds. Or that her

fight before that with Alexis Davis lasted a mere 16 seconds. Two fights, 30 seconds total.

Because it’s the most exhilarating and cool 30 seconds you’ll see in professional sports and athletics, barring Usain Bolt’s Godlike running in the Olympics.

Apparently, she’s a tad bit too violent for Walmart, as they’ve declined to stock her upcoming autobiographical book, “My Fight/Your Fight,” in May, which I’ve already pre-ordered on Amazon. The New York Post reported that Walmart deemed the content too violent to sell in stores.

The same behemoth that features fiction and nonfiction books with all manner of violence, as well, as you know, guns, won’t feature this book. Yeah, yeah, you can get it online through

I’m the biggest draw in the sport; how is that anti-woman?” she told Good Morning America.

Her backstory only adds fuel to her bad-ass fire because it shows how far she had to come. According to the Washington Post, she didn’t speak in sentences until she was six. Her dad committed suicide when she was eight. As she got older, she also struggled with bulimia and body image.

“I come from a very matriarchal lineage of strong woman.

I don’t know why feminism became like a bad word or something insulting to call someone,” she said to the Post.

Make no mistake, I’m not saying Rousey inspires me to want to step into the octagon and try fighting. I’d be scurrying over the cage as fast as I could climb.

As a humanist, I like to see humans push boundaries, exceed expectations and perhaps, more importantly, empower and inspire others to try to exceed their own self-erected boundaries.

Walmart, but it’s bewildering that they would neglect to sell it instore.

“Walmart is welcome to watch the success of this publication from the sidelines if they choose,” Rousey said on Instagram.

She’s bold and is going to do her thing regardless of what critics or, I suppose, Walmart decides.

I find Rousey empowering and inspiring because she’s come to not only dominate a sport where women were deemed unworthy, but she’s also the top draw of the sport’s biggest promotion, UFC. Just four years ago, Dana White, the promoter of UFC, told TMZ that women would never fight in the UFC. Then in February, two women headlined UFC 184.

Over 17,000 people packed into Staples Center in Los Angeles to see UFC 184 for a gate of $2.67 million. Additionally, Dave Meltzer, a journalist that covers professional wrestling and MMA, said the early estimates for PPV buys is between 500,000-600,000, which would make her the biggest active draw in the UFC. That’s 500,000 on the back of Rousey since the rest of the card was filled with no-names.

Even cooler, Rousey doesn’t shy away from the feminist label.

“Fighting is not a man’s thing, it’s a human thing. To say that fighting is anti-woman is an antifeminist statement. UFC, I mean,

But she does inspire me to be mindful of boundaries, mostly those pesky self-imposed ones. The nagging voice that says, “Nah, you can’t do that.

Hell, why even bother trying?

Sit down.”

She spearheaded a change in UFC’s business and the larger MMA culture stubbornly resistant to women fighters and that they can be thought of as just fighters without the patronizing preface of being “women fighters.”

The least I could do, then, is to tell my nagging inner voice to quiet down. When life seems hard, the struggles too insurmountable and all I want to do is continue binging Dexter. Not that there’s anything wrong with that sometimes.

When I think about Ronda, I think about her entrance into the octagon. YouTube it. If it doesn’t get your adrenaline pumping, you might be a corpse, seek help.

Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” blares over the speakers and Ronda appears, clad in a hoody with headphones around her neck and the most determined, fierce look you’ll ever see.

In that moment, it makes me want to arm bar my inner voice into submission. Now, the task of figuring out the proper way to apply it.

BRETT MILAM MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Would you rather make an impact or make it big?

As we reach the end of the semester, many anxious seniors have questions and uncertainty nagging at the back of their brains. What now? Do I dive head first into that impressive company? Do I take the offer from the firm I interned with? Do I go to more school? Do I take a year or two to work for Ameri-Corps, the Peace-Corps or a another charitable non-profit? Do I spend the rest of my life working for an organization like that?

How often do you hear someone truly consider that last option? More importantly, how often does someone who lays such a grand plan, make it much more than three years before trading in for a bigger name company or at least a more traditional field of work? Every year college graduates who may have been intending to work for a charitable Non-Profit face a dilemma. If they choose this path they may take their student loans and empty bank account to work

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or intern for a company who, if they pay, might not even pay them at the poverty line. It is difficult to justify this type of low or non-salaried work unless it’s a last resort. So this year seniors who dreamed of working for these organizations will make a choice. Do I take the job I can live off or do I take the job I am passionate about?

This is what I would call a broken system. It is undeniably difficult to make a comfortable salary working for a non-profit. What is more glaring of a problem is that no one expects you to. We expect people to make this immense sometimesunjustifiable sacrifice to work for companies with charitable output. Charitable organizations are slandered and bashed when onlookers and supporters find that much less than 90 percent of the revenue isn’t going straight to the cause or if CEO of the business is making much more than 40,000 a year.

Yet we also become distressed

when these organizations don’t yield an impressive output. You hear of people who pull donations from medical research institutions because they have not made progress yet.

We don’t get up in arms when successful for-profit companies pay their workers more than they spend on product or service output. We continue to buy shares in companies that have million dollar marketing budgets. We do this because we know it works.

This model of business has been successful for hundreds of years in the states. Stop and consider that maybe we should let a nonprofit business be just that: businesses. If Habitat for Humanity or the UNICEF was allowed to run itself like Nike how much more impact could they have?

And who knows if we let charities run like businesses, maybe businesses will run a little more like charities.

MAUREEN DUNCAN DUNCANM3@MIAMIOH.EDU

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As I sit in my English Literature class discussing “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” I can’t help but feel as though there is something a little too comfortable about discussing literature depicting the outrageous cruelty of slavery in a classroom constituted of students and one professor who all have one thing in common: whiteness.

Diversity is something that is oftentimes denoted as an enrollment statistic that can be found somewhere on a college’s respective website. Some skim over the information without a thought, and for others it invokes some degree of concern, or at least of interest.

Some colleges pridefully display the level of diversity on their campus websites, take Stanford University for example. After boasting that undergraduates attending Stanford stem from every one of the 50 states and 90 different countries, it states: “The Stanford community embraces a broad range of socioeconomic, religious, cultural and educational backgrounds. We believe that the best education can develop only in a vibrant, diverse community that actively affirms both the differences among its members and the numerous points of concern.”

Miami’s website, on the other hand, barely goes beyond stating the number of student representatives attending Miami University from each race or ethnicity.

This only displays Miami’s stark lack of diversity (out of the over 15,000 students enrolled at the Oxford campus, whites make up over 12,000, while blacks and Hispanics, for example, constitute around 500 students).

It is in the classroom that I am reminded, once again, of the great consequence of diversity to academia. It is not a matter to be met with shrugged shoulders, as I’m sure it often is by many of the white students who constitute most of this university.

The lack of diversity on campus should trouble us students who have taken one more step into the “real world,” a place filled with people that we are unfamiliar with and situations that inevitably cause discomfort in the hearts of those who have previously been constantly surrounded by people who are relatively similar to themselves.

When interpreting any text in a classroom, a variety of perspectives are necessary to ensure a sufficient degree of understanding. As members of the white race, the students in my English Literature class, for example, can not comprehend nor explain an experience that can compare to that of people of color, historically or currently. To reach the level at which understanding even begins to occur, a variety of voices must

be heard in the classroom. The expression of opinions, thoughts, interpretations, etc. by people from differing backgrounds and points-of-view could certainly provide for an uncomfortable environment, but discomfort in this case sheds its negative connotation. Discomfort in this sense provides for growth of the intellect and maybe even of the spirit, depending on the attitudes of those who listen.

From the campus as a whole down to individual classrooms made up of 20 students, the inclusion of people who identify with a multitude of ethnicities and backgrounds would aid in the people of one race learning about the experiences of another.

Conversely, from the idea that a significant degree of diversity can only have the potential to cause discomfort, I can imagine that having multiple representatives from each race engaging in dialogue with each other in a classroom would make each member more comfortable to speak about their own experiences because of the idea of being surrounded by people who are familiar (along with those who are unfamiliar) with their experiences as far as they have been influenced by race.

This could also aid in the denormalization of whiteness. As long as the majority of students in a classroom, for example, are white, it will continue to constitute the image of normalcy in the minds of students, whatever the age group (though it could be of especial importance at a young, and therefore to a greater degree impressionable, age). The way in which a person of one race expresses his or herself can not be considered valid so long as it resembles the model which the race that makes up the majority has, sometimes consciously and other times unconsciously, structured.

Difference must be embraced, celebrated even, for genuine attempts at understanding and real, meaningful, long-lasting progress to occur both inside and outside of the classroom setting.

If people of one cultural group only respected the people of another cultural group, if the people in the latter group conformed to the cultural norms of the people in the former group, has integration really occurred?

The inclusion of people of a variety of races in discussion implies the integration of differences, and is not a process of people entering into a society made primarily up of the people of a particular set of standards and “living up” to those standards; it does not stand for the embodiment of the majority.

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On the mound, junior pitcher Amber Logemann leads the league with 17 wins. The righty’s 1.88 ERA ranks second 125 strikeouts rank third. She is also 7-1 with a 1.29 ERA in MAC games.

However, the rest of the pitching staff is inconsistent. The bullpen owns a collective 3.62 ERA and leads the conference in innings pitched (232.1).

Defensively, the Red and White are sixth in the MAC with a .958 fielding percentage. Miami is one of six teams in the conference who have committed 40-plus fielding errors (42).

“We’re prepping for two different styles of offense and plan on containing them,” senior shortstop Kylie McChesney said. “We’re expecting four wins this weekend and to do that, we need to come out strong. We need to play our best. Offensively, we need to keep the ball down and make them work for the outs.”

The RedHawks host the Huskies 1 p.m. Friday in a doubleheader. Miami squares off against the Broncos at 2 p.m. Saturday and again at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Northern Illinois snapped a three-game losing streak on Tuesday after sweeping Valparaiso University 12-4 and 4-2.

Sophomore catcher/infielder Kayti Grable has been an offensive force for the Huskies, hitting .459/.784/.530 for the season. The team totals 50 stolen bases, while keeping opponents to 20.

Western Michigan has won eight of its last nine games. The Broncos hit .309 as a team, which is first in the MAC. The pitching staff has an ERA of 4.62, and teams have hit .297 against it.

“We’ll have to contain the offenses, two very different offenses,” Crowell said. “NIU is very aggressive on the bases while Western tries to beat you with hitting. Our pitchers have a good game plan for this weekend, and we’re excited to be back home.”

for his first place performance at the All-Ohio Championship. Freshman long jumper Grant Cole returns from a hamstring injury that forced him to withdraw from the decathlon last weekend and will compete in the long jump.

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The Miami men’s volleyball team might not have a coach, matching uniforms and warm ups, an official team photo or experience with the 2015 standard men’s volleyballs, but they left Kansas City, Missouri with a national title Saturday.

Miami triumphed over University of Virginia in two sets, 25-16 and 25-23. The RedHawks beat Loyola University, University of Kentucky and California State University - Fullerton en route to the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Division I AA National Tournament championship match.

The title is MU’s first in program history and the only title won by a Miami club sport this year.

“Historically, we average one national championship a year,” club sports director Mike Arnos said. “I think that club sports are defined by more than top 10s and national titles.

The thing that makes them fantastic is that we’ve all striving toward those. To me, it continues to reinforce the great athletes that we have

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Miami University men’s club volleyball after winning the National Championship Saturday in Kansas City, Missouri. here, and the education piece that goes right along with something like this. Having them do all the work and be able to pull off national championships while they’re learning how to finance, organize their club and be leaders — that’s the perfect epitome of what club sports are.”

Sophomore setter Ian McKenna was named MVP of Division I AA

men’s volleyball, while senior rightside Grant Heckmann was one of seven athletes to receive first team divisional honors.

“I was incredibly honored to win MVP title along with a national championship,” McKenna said. “I’m so glad I could help get my team to VOLLEYBALL »PAGE 5

RedHawks seek ninth consecutive win

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After winning its 12th straight Mid-American Conference match, its eighth consecutive match overall and a share of the MAC title for the seventh straight season, the Miami University women’s tennis team wraps up the regular season at home against Ball State University.

The RedHawks (13-6, 7-0 MAC) top the conference standings, while the Cardinals (13-4, 3-2 MAC) rank third. Miami can clinch the regular season MAC title outright with a

win or a loss by Western Michigan University against Northern Illinois University.

The match will also be Senior Day for seniors Ramona Costea, Christine Guerrazzi and Alix Thurman.

“We’re working on keeping the girls motivated,” head coach Yana Carollo said. “It’s the end of the season and it’s been demanding on them, but we’ve been focused.

They’ve done a good job of focusing. We’re still getting ready for the MAC Tournament. Motivation will continue to be big for us moving forward.”

The team’s doubles record is 13-3

in conference play. Costea and sophomore Andreea Badileanu paired up to win their 13th straight match last weekend with a 6-0 decision against Bowling Green State University.

Miami has been rolling singles action since entering MAC play March 20. The RedHawks have dropped only five singles matches in conference this season. Three players have won seven straight matches during this stretch: Guerrazzi, freshman Nelli Ponomareva and freshman Hannah Shteyn.

Guerrazzi is first place in program TENNIIS »PAGE 5

Hockey won’t miss a beat in 2015-16 COLUMN

LINSKI’S LIST Saturday was a beautiful day, wasn’t it? The sun was out, trees were blooming and many students were out and about enjoying themselves, just like any other warm Oxford weekend.

But, it felt as if something were missing. There should have been something else to do that day.

Indeed, there was something else happening that day. An important game was being played in Boston — a game that Miami was not playing in. Miami could’ve played in

that game, had they not fallen short a few earlier when they scored three goals without a goalie en route to a 7-5 loss to Providence. Providence, the team that ended The Brotherhood’s season, took home the NCAA title Saturday night.

Now that the college hockey season is officially over, what does next year look like for Miami?

It will be different not seeing Austin Czarnik, Blake Coleman and the other seniors on the score sheet. The ’Hawks must replace a senior class that totaled 134 points last season.

Head coach Enrico Blasi is not too worried about finding goal scorers.

“I think we have a pretty talented team coming back,” Blasi said.

“We’ve got a lot of guys that can score goals — Anthony Louis, Sean Kuraly, Riley Barber. We’ve got

some freshmen coming in that are going to have to, obviously, fill some of those roles. But it’ll be a different type of team, especially with an experienced D-corps and goaltending. I wouldn’t be too concerned about the offense, I think we have enough guys that can come in and do the job.”

While the ’Hawks lose some offensive talent to graduation, the returning guys make up for it.

Last season, Barber, Kuraly and Louis totaled 105 points. Matthew Caito and Louis Belpedio, Miami’s top two scoring defensemen, also return. Jay Williams and Ryan McKay both return in the net.

The RedHawks will be strong again.

The first step towards next year is COLUMN »PAGE 8

Red and White host Huskies, Broncos SOFTBALL

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After taking five of their first six games in Mid-American Conference play, the Miami University softball team stumbled last weekend when it split with Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo.

The RedHawks seek to right the ship in their home series with Northern Illinois University and Western Michigan University this weekend.

MU (23-16, 7-3 MAC) is second

in the MAC East, while the Huskies (20-16, 6-2 MAC) and the Broncos (13-18, 5-3 MAC) are second and third in the MAC West, respectively.

“It’s an important weekend for us against two good teams,” head coach Clarisa Crowell said. “We have to bring our A game in every aspect.

Our pitching and defense go handin-hand, and we’re going to have to score some runs this weekend.”

Senior outfielder Tiyona Marshall leads Miami’s offense, ranking second in the MAC in hitting with a .457 average. Marshall also ranks

first with 53 hits, second with 32 runs scored and fourth with 12 stolen bases. She hit .500/.556/.500 over four games last weekend.

Junior outfielder Taylor Shuey and sophomore second baseman Eryn McCarver have also proved themselves as valuable weapons for Miami. Both hit over .300, and Shuey is tied for fourth in the conference with 28 RBIs. The team is sixth in the MAC with a .282 batting average and is secSOFTBALL »PAGE 9

MU stuck at bottom of MAC BASEBALL

DANIEL TAYLOR STAFF WRITER

The midweek meeting of local Ohio teams did not fair well for the Miami University baseball team.

The RedHawks fell 7-3 to Wright State University Tuesday and dropped an 11-6 decision to Xavier University Wednesday.

Miami lost to both teams earlier in the season.

In Tuesday’s matchup against the Raiders, the RedHawks (6-27, 4-8 Mid-American Conference) left seven runners on base.

Each squad totaled eight hits, but

the Raiders (23-10, 10-4 Horizon League) brought the runners home.

Junior lefty Brian Thene gave up three runs, three walks and three hits in 4.1 innings of work. The relief outing for the Red and White was not much improvement. In 4.2 combined innings, the pair of junior Nick Scheller and senior John Monnig allowed four runs, three of which were earned.

Raider freshman starter Jeremy Randolph struck out five and allowed four hits and one unearned run in 5 innings. Redshirt junior reliever Jack Van Horn tossed 3.1 inBASEBALL »PAGE 5

’Hawks travel to Illinois TRACK & FIELD

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Fresh off a first place finish at the All-Ohio Championships, the men’s track and field team travels to University of Illinois for the Illinois Twilight meet Saturday. It is the first time in 15 years Miami has competed in the event.

The RedHawks face a field of 11 teams, including Indiana University, Eastern Illinois University, Valparaiso University, DePaul University, Bradley University and Butler University. Originally, the meet was scheduled to be held at IU, but it was

cancelled due to a lack of competitors.

Sophomore Andrew Dusing looks to build on the momentum of claiming the sixth fastest time in the 800-meter run in program history last weekend. Dusing will compete in the 1500-meter run for the first time since March 20. Sophomore Stephen Biebelhausen and junior Joe Stewart will run the 1500 as well.

Both athletes are coming off top two finishes from last weekend’s meet.

Senior javelin thrower Tyler Yee takes the meet off to rest his arm after receiving MAC Athlete of the Week TRACK »PAGE 9

Miami University club boxing ranks Top 10 in nation The Miami University club boxing team finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the 32-team National Collegiate Boxing Association. Club president sophomore Rahsaan Guyon was named the 147-pound silver medalist and an All-American at the NCBA National Championship April 12. Senior Tohru Kamiya finished as a national quarter finalist.