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Volume 147 No. 14
Miami University — Oxford, Ohio
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019
Audrey Davis, TMS managing editor, dies in hometown
Miami senior Zhizhe Han:
‘A big car guy’ and ‘a really good friend’
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CEILI DOYLE NEWS EDITOR More than anything else, Zhizhe Han loved fast cars. In his four and a half years at Miami, Han, who went by his last name, drove a Dodge Charger, then a Civic SI, a Mazda IX7, an Infiniti G75 and finally a Mazda Miata. His friends said Han’s love of speed was like that of Takumi Fujiwara, the speed-demon protagonist of the popular anime racing movie, “New Initial D: The Movie,” said Yaniui “Jerry” Huang, a Miami senior and Han’s roommate and best friend. According to Huang, Han died by suicide in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 27, in Hueston Woods State Park. Han was 22. Details of the death have not been confirmed by authorities. Kimberly Moore, dean of students, said the university could provide no further information about Han’s death. Han is survived by his parents, Xinzhao Han and Wei Hong Zhang, of Hangzhou, China. “He would not always share the dark sides or the deep sides of himself,” said Han’s friend Weihao Chen, a Miami graduate student. “We didn’t have a chance to see if he was depressed. We are only guessing he was depressed because he didn’t actually tell us about these things. He did not mention [seeing] a doctor.” Han was a computer science major who dreamed of one day opening his own car repair shop in Vancouver, Canada. He loved Hueston Woods. During his time in Oxford, Han raced through the winding roads of the state park and found peace in nature. Han and Huang would sometimes drive out to Hueston Woods to watch the stars. “I would call him ‘Capital Hueston Woods,’” Chen added. “He probably spent more time in Hueston Woods than anyone else.” Han hated seafood — couldn’t stand to even smell it, let alone eat it. “Sometimes he ate McChickens,” Huang said, “because they’re only one dollar.” Han loved what his friends called “real Chinese food.” During their first year, Han and Huang
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would drive to Cincinnati to find it, and it was during those frequent drives and dinners together that the two first became friends. Huang’s first impression of Han was that he was really funny. “We made a lot of jokes together,” Huang said. “We traveled a lot, but Han was not really interested in traveling [so much as he] loved spending time with his friends.” Huang and Han visited Miami, FL, and Toronto with their core friend group, most of whom have graduated and returned to China. The two roomates played PC games together on their desktop at home, watched videos about cars and shot hoops at the Rec. Chen recalled one summer when Han and he took a computer science class together at Miami and spent most of their free time in Oxford talking about cars. “Every time I needed to change a brake or add some new parts I always called Han,” Chen said. “He knew so much about cars.” Han took care of his friends. He was the kind of person you could rely on to pick you up from the airport, even in his loneliest moments, Huang said.
“We didn’t know exactly what he was thinking, but we always saw the bright side of him,” Chen said. “He was very funny. We laughed together. We had fun together. He was a great friend.”
Miami senior Audrey Marie Davis died suddenly on Wednesday, Dec. 26 in her home town of Hicksville, Ohio. She was 22 years old, and an editor at The Miami Student. Audrey died of natural causes while babysitting for two preschool children. The exact cause has not yet been determined. Her father, John Davis, said she had no known history of medical problems. She is survived by her father, her mother, Cheryl, and her younger brother, Johnny. Audrey double-majored in journalism and history. She began writing for The Miami Student weeks after arriving on campus and, as a junior, became a managing editor of the paper. She was a prolific writer and a natural editor who despised grammatical errors. “She was so good right away,” said Reis Thebault, editor-in-chief of The Miami Student when Audrey was a freshman. “She was quiet around the editors but totally fearless. On one of her first assignments she came with me to talk to this group of foul-mouthed, foul-tempered union rep workers and was not at all intimidated…She was always kind and CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
If you or someone you know needs help, call 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741-741 for free, 24-hour support from the Crisis Text Line. Outside of the U.S., please visit the International Association for Suicide Prevention for a database of resources. If students need support during this difficult time, please contact these resources: Student Counseling Services, 195 Health Services Center, 513-529-4634, or the Dean of Students office, 110 Warfield Hall, 513529-1877. doyleca3@miamioh.edu @cadoyle_18 AUDREY IN PRAGUE DURING HER SEMESTER ABROAD. MANAGING EDITOR ALISON PERELMAN
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Myaamia hockey weekend will celebrate university and tribe JULIA ARWINE CHLOE MURDOCK THE MIAMI STUDENT MIAMI, Okla. – Miami University’s first home hockey series of the spring semester will celebrate the partnership between the university and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Tribe leaders and assistant athletic director Darrell Hallberg announced the event Friday at this year’s annual Winter Gathering of the tribe. Miami will face the Omaha Mavericks on the ice Feb. 8 and 9 during “Celebrating Miami: Tribe and University.” The athletic department worked with the Myaamia Center — an on-campus research, education and outreach initiative — and the Miami Tribe to make the game educational and interactive. They hope to use the event to raise awareness about the unique relationship between the university and the tribe. Planning for the event began in fall 2018, although the idea emerged when Chief Douglas Lankford visited the campus last summer, said Hallberg. “It’s a celebration. It really is,” Hallberg said. “It’s bringing the groups back together.” The event is the latest in a decades-long history of the university and the Miami Tribe strengthening their relationship. It is a continuation of efforts by the Miami athletic department to incorporate ties to the tribe in what Bobbe Burke, coordinator of Miami Tribe relations at the Myaamia Center, called a “re-engagement.” “It’s important to showcase in the right light
THE NEW MIAMI HERITAGE LOGO HOCKEY SHIRTS WERE DEBUTED IN MIAMI, OKLA. PHOTO EDITOR JUGAL JAIN
and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Hallberg said. Throughout the fall semester, the Miami Heritage Logo (MHL), a symbol signifying the connection between university and tribe, was printed on tickets to every Miami athletic event, all sports schedule cards and all posters, Lindsay Sparks, assistant athletic director of marketing and fan engagement at Miami, said. Julie Olds, cultural resources officer of the Miami Tribe, designed a shirt given to all
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student-athletes and athletic staff at Miami last fall. She designed another shirt for the upcoming hockey night to give to the players. The shirt, which bears the MHL as well as the Myaamia phrase for “The Brotherhood,” wiicihsaantioni, will also be given as a prize to students throughout the game. The MHL will also be on the official pucks used in the game — something Chief Lankford initially joked about, but the athletic department made a reality. Myaamia students will deliver the
puck at the Friday game, and Chief Lankford will do so on Saturday. More than 100 custom pucks were made, some of which will be given to members of the tribe who are special guests. A bingo card will be given out at the game entrance. Attendees will be able to fill their cards by doing activities related to Myaamia heritage in order to win a t-shirt or puck. Those activities include traditional Myaamia games like the moccasin game, a guessing game involving colored marbles hidden under mats, and seenseewinki, or the plum stone game, a game of chance where players rack up points based on the colors and symbols of pieces tossed in a bowl. At halftime and during breaks, the big screens will showcase Myaamia students currently attending Miami. “Anywhere that we can incorporate the Myaamia students, the relationship and the tribe during in-game and pre-game, we will,” Sparks said. Myaamia spiritwear will be available at the merchandise cart, and a Myaamia shirt will be the specially-priced item of the day, Burke said. The tribe’s Business Committee, which includes Lankford, Olds and other tribe leaders, will attend the game. Miami Tribe members will receive discounted tickets. If the event goes well, similar events could be expanded to other sports. Sparks said that the athletic department is currently discussing ways to do this. “I think athletics is keen on this, and they want to keep it going,” Burke said.
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