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Volume 147 No. 9
Miami University — Oxford, Ohio
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018
AFTER MIAMI FIELD HOCKEY’S SENIOR NIGHT, THERE IS STILL WORK TO DO JJ HARTWELL
THE MIAMI STUDENT
DEMOCRATIC SEN. SHERROD BROWN AND REP. JIM RENACCI (R-WADSWORTH) SPAR DURING U.S. SENATE DEBATE. PHOTO EDITOR JUGAL JAIN
Brown vs. Renacci
SAMANTHA BRUNN NEWS EDITOR
At the U.S. Senate debate between Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Wadsworth) on Friday night, calls for bipartisanship were replaced by callouts as the candidates attacked one another on the last stage they will share before Election Day. WLWT moderated the debate, and the panelists included WLWT reporters Ashley Kirklen and Courtis Fuller and Miami University Hamilton professor of justice and community studies John Forren. “There are divisions in our nation, and I’m hopeful tonight we will begin to heal some of those divisions,” Brown said in his opening statement. In Renacci’s opening statement, he touted his background in business and accused Brown of being self-interested while in public office. “At the age of 24, I started my first busi-
Because of Miami’s postseason aspirations, Sunday’s field hockey win against Ohio didn’t hold as much emotion as a typical senior day. Miami wants to accomplish a lot more before the season’s over, as it looks to win the Mid-American Conference Championship and qualify for the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. The RedHawks’ eight seniors played their final regular-season home game and won in the most dominant way, beating the Bobcats 5-0. Their play embodied the success they’ve had since arriving in Oxford. “I think [all the seniors] lead by example,” senior midfielder Paula Portugal said, “which is something that other people have been looking up to.” The RedHawks and their fans honored Portugal and the rest of the seniors at midfield before the game. Each player was called up with her family before lineups were announced. No one shed a tear. There was still work to do. Once game time arrived, Miami had another convincing performance, something the seniors have done for the past four years. The seniors were involved in four of its five goals. First, redshirt senior back/midfielder Mariona Heras started the scoring in the 15th minute from left of the cage. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Tensions flare as U.S. Senate candidates play semantics over bipartisanship in final debate. ness and employed over 3,000 people over the course of my business and have created over 1,500 jobs,” Renacci said. “My opponent…has been in Congress for almost five decades now, creating only one job, and that’s for himself.” Despite Renacci’s assertion, Brown has supported job measures such as the Small Business Jobs Act in 2010, which intended to create over 500,000 new jobs. The candidates discussed the recent spate of packages containing pipe bombs that were sent to prominent Democrats last week. Brown voiced his support for the first re-
sponders and postal workers who dealt with at least 13 of the bombs. Brown used the mug placed next to his podium to emphasize his point on the divisions America faces. “I promise I didn’t put this here beforehand,” Brown said. Indeed, he had not. Both candidates had the same mug, each with an inscription, on their stools. “There’s a quote from Ronald Reagan here...‘More than any other country, our strength comes from our own immigrant CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
SENIOR FORWARD/MIDFIELDER PAULA PORTUGAL PLAYS THE BALL ON SUNDAY. THE MIAMI STUDENT MACY WHITAKER
BREAKING
Prayers from Oxford to Pittsburgh Hillel chapter holds services for victims of Squirrel Hill killings. ANNA MINTON STAFF WRITER
STUDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS MEMORIALIZE PITTSBURGH SHOOTING VICTIMS. PHOTO EDITOR JUGAL JAIN
Organizations from all across the Oxford community came together on Monday to hold services in memory of the lives lost at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pennsylvania. This past Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on the congregation in the small town near Pittsburgh. The massacre was declared a hate crime, and Miami University President Gregory Crawford condemned the attack in a public statement. Crawford said he was “horrified at the hate-fueled acts of violence we have seen during the past week,” in the statement released on Monday morning. “Let us stand together with all who face anti-Semitism, bigotry and violence, and
commit ourselves to peace, mutual respect, celebration of differences, and common good in a community where everyone can thrive,” Crawford said. Immediately after the national news broke, Oxford’s President of the Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life, Daniela Reuter, began to plan that same afternoon for a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the shooting. “Once I heard about what happened, I went through all of the crazy emotions,” Reuter said. “The next thing that I thought of was what we were going to do, as Hillel, and as the group...to connect with people and show our solidarity.” The program began at the Hillel Center on Walnut St. where people arrived to receive candles before their walk to the Seal at the center of campus. There, the program would continue with the Mourners Kaddish, a traditional prayer said after someone has passed, in remembrance of them. “We wanted to start at our Jewish location, and then move to our Miami location,” said Reuter. “We wanted to show that we not only are mourning for the victims as members of the Jewish community, but also as Miami students.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
This Issue
Election coverage page 6
“18 of the Last 9” honorees talk success
Halloween: Athens Style
Four of the 2018 honorees sit down with The Miami Student.
OU’s commitment to spooky pageantry blows Miami away.
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Badass Bart Battari
Moving toward progressivism
Football defensive back played through injury against Army.
A guest columnist shares his thoughts on Americans’ shifting politics.
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