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City Council Debate slated for Oct. 18 POLITICS

JAKE GOLD

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

The Miami Student will be hosting its first city council debate at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18 in Wilks Theatre. There are nine candidates for four spots on Oxford’s city council.

All will be in attendance to discuss their views on Miami-Oxford relations, business and residential development and relevant social issues.

The candidates include: ― Austin Worrell, the first undergraduate Miami student to run for Council in recent history. Worrell — studying political science and business law and set to graduate this spring — is a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

This year, nine candidates are vying for four spots on Oxford’s city council. Over the past week, dozens of campaign posters have popped up in High Street storefronts. Ryan Terhune Photo Editor

Crawford looks toward second year at MU One year later, TMS talks with Miami’s 22nd president Q&A

EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

JUNIOR GRANT HUTTON CELEBRATES HIS SECOND PERIOD GOAL ON SATURDAY AT STEVE ‘COACH’ CADY ARENA. PHOTO: ANGELO GELFUSO

Hockey loses heartbreaker to Providence HOCKEY

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

Miami hockey battled to overcome a 2-0 deficit against the Providence College Friars Saturday, but the Friars scored in the final second of play to win 3-2. With Miami’s heartbreaking loss, Providence took both games of the non-conference Friday-Saturday series.

“It comes down to little details,” junior defenseman Grant Hutton said.

“Just like [Friday] night, it comes down to the little mistakes — not being ready, not being focused, not being hard on the puck cost us, obviously, late in the game.

So, we need to clean those things up.”

The tone of the game was set early, as

Throughout his first year, Miami and Oxford have gotten well acquainted with Gregory Crawford, Miami’s 22nd president, and his wife and university ambassador, Renate.

We know we’ll see him at sporting events, concerts and club functions. We regularly spot him biking around campus. We know he’s embraced the phrase “love and honor” since his first day.

We know even his new dog, Ivy. In his first year, Crawford had the opportunity to celebrate his inauguration in Millett Hall and his first graduation ceremony at Yager Stadium, travel to Oklahoma to participate in the Miami tribe’s Winter Gathering and cram seemingly every student-centric event into his schedule.

But, in the same year, Crawford also

sophomore forward Carson Meyer was whistled for boarding and then given a game misconduct at :26 of the first period -- Miami would play without one of their starting forwards.

Redshirt first-year forward Christian Mohs served the five minute major and Miami’s penalty kill looked solid for the first minute and a half. The Friars struggled to gain the zone as junior forward Josh Melnick fought to clear pucks and sophomore forward Gordie Green managed a scoring chance while shorthanded.

Less than two minutes remained on the penalty kill when the Friars struck twice. Sophomore forward Vimal Sukumaran and junior forward Erik Fo-

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Despite tension, study abroad to the island still set for J-Term.

“I feel very comfortable & very confident this year.”

Gregory Crawford, Miami University President

— promoting diverse interaction, eliminating sexual assault, addressing dangerous drinking — aren’t easily solved.

Crawford, though, believes the university is going in the right direction.

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GREG, RENATE AND IVY CRAWFORD LEAVE THE FIELD HOCKEY MATCH ON SUNDAY JUGAL JAIN ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

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‘CUBA IN TRANSITION’ CONTINUES

faced a campus grieving the death of first-year student Erica Buschick in January. He had to address community-wide criticism of student drinking at a university where he had only been a semester.

Overall, Crawford said, he feels confident coming into his second year, but the university’s perennial challenges

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City Council Debate slated for October 18 current ASG senator, as well as former ASG secretary for governmental relations and candidate for student body president. ― David Prytherch, former chair of Oxford’s Planning Commission — where he worked for 10 years — and current urban planning professor at Miami University. Prytherch worked on the committee to bring an Amtrak stop to Oxford and was the first sustainability coordinator for Miami. ― Jace Prows, a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors. Prows grew up

in Oxford, studying at Talawanda High School. ― Drew Davis, assistant director for business operations at Miami University.

Davis, born and raised in Oxford, earned his B.A., B.S. and M.B.A at Miami. He served on the Hueston Woods Visitors Bureau for two years. ― Chantel Raghu, a veterinarian with a degree in political science from University of Texas Austin. Raghu canvassed, phonebanked and did voter registration in Austin, San Francisco, St. Kitts and Oxford. ― Michael Smith, current vice mayor

and councilmember for Oxford. Smith went to Talawanda and Miami and has served on the Oxford Historic & Architectural Preservation Commission. ― Edna Southard, current councilmember of Oxford and president of the Board of Directors for Oxford Community Choice Pantry. Southard also sits on the parks and recreation and planning commissions, and is retired from Miami University. ― Samantha Vogel, an office manager born and raised in Oxford. Vogel has volunteered with a plethora of organizations in the greater Oxford community,

Crawford looks ahead to second year

including rape victim advocacy and crisis counseling. ― Corey Watt, who currently sits on the Oxford board of building/housing appeals. Watt has worked with state, county and municipal boards and commissions for over 15 years. goldjb@miamioh.edu

ASG elects new parliamentarian ASG

TMS: At the time of our first interview, only a month and a half into the school year, you were still familiarizing yourself with the Miami and Oxford communities.

Now, a year later, what has changed about your initial impressions or expectations? What have you learned about Miami or Oxford that has surprised you? How are you approaching this position differently now after your year of experience?

GC: When I came here, I knew it was a large university, of course, and I knew a lot about the academic departments and the divisions, but what I was really surprised by was the scale of the number of student clubs, and how much a part of the Miami experience they are. Miami has everything that one could want in a university — they have the programs, fantastic students, passionate and compassionate faculty members. It’s been a very exciting first year, but it had its challenges. The student death [of first-year Erica Buschick] was just devastating to me. It was very sad to all of us, and we need to do better about health and student wellness, and we’re trying to do better.

The year was nonstop. I tried to get out and do everything I possibly could. I tried my best, and there’s no way I can do everything. I feel really at home here. I feel very comfortable and very confident this year. It will probably prove to be equally busy, I’m sure.

TMS: On Oct. 18, The Miami Student is hosting a debate with the nine candidates vying for Oxford City Council’s four open seats. If you were to ask those candidates one question, what would that be?

GC: I’ve had the opportunity in my career to hire a lot of leaders, and I always ask the same question: If you’re going to be a servant leader, if you’re going to lead a life of higher purpose and work on the city council, I really want to know what principles drive your decision-making. My question to them is: What are your personal core values? The follow-up question would be, if you think about those core values, how would they help you to advance the Miami and Oxford towngown relationship?

TMS: As you said in our interview last year, “One sexual assault is one too many.” On Sept.

22, two sexual assaults were reported on campus within just hours of each other. Two others were reported Sept. 2. Despite efforts, these assaults unfortunately do happen. What is being done to improve the processes that follow sexual assault reports and to prevent future assaults?

GC: This past year, we have improved our Title IX Protocol for students, and reports will be investigated through OESCR now before the disciplinary hearing, so we think that investigation process will be improved. We’ve increased bike patrols and foot patrols of police officers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. We’re looking to see how we can sustain that.

We’re getting more aggressive on the Step Up training.

The Climate Survey is pretty holistic, and so that is also a place where we’ll find out other aspects of sexual and interpersonal violence. We’re really dedicated to this. We have to keep improving the processes.

TMS: This is a national conversation, particularly with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision to rescind guidelines set for how universities should handle sexual assault cases. Where is Miami placing itself on this issue when the country’s ad-

ministration is still debating how these processes should function at universities?

GC: Right now, we’re keeping where we’ve been, so we’re going to keep improving that process, and we’ll go from there.

TMS: Miami’s first-year class is its most domestically diverse yet. The international student population also rose, despite predictions of a post-election dip.

However, as Miami becomes more diverse, diverse interaction remains low. College admissions company The Princeton Review recently ranked Miami University as having one of the lowest levels of interaction between students of different races and economic backgrounds. What is the university doing to not only make the student body more diverse but encourage that interaction?

GC: I charged the Presidential Task Force with developing a new diversity statement, and it’s the university’s values and aspirations for diversity and inclusion. They did a fantastic job. They got input and socialized it around campus.

That, I think, was a wonderful exercise for us because it was a statement about the value of diversity for our university but also allowed those conversations to happen....We’re doing stuff, but so is everyone else on campus. So many other organizations and units and departments are contributing to this effort.

For programming this year, we have the Provost Inclusion Series and the Accessibility Symposium. “Dear World” is coming back, which I think was phenomenal last year. It allowed people to be vulnerable and share some stories that hadn’t even been shared before.

TMS: Last year, the Miami and Oxford community took a serious look at high-risk student drinking. Conversations happened on many levels with administrators, faculty, students, police and others. The Miami Student created a documentary and wrote a several-weeks-long series devoted to issues of student drinking.

The question remains, though: now what? What is the plan going forward this year, and what have you personally done in the last several months to address the issue?

GC: I want to congratulate The Miami Student for that documentary. It was much needed, and I think just an unbelievable educational tool for students and I hope you continue to get it out there, because it’s super important. We need to make progress, and we need to change culture.

Our biggest risks are alcohol and addiction, sexual and interpersonal violence and mental health and, oftentimes, they’re connected. We’re hiring more counselors, and we’re actually hiring more staff on the Tri-Health side, as well. I think we’re going to see progress there.

We’ve had a lot of discussions with national and state experts. The Haven started an outpatient substance abuse treatment program in Oxford this fall. Students who visit the student health center will be screened for possible substance abuse concerns now. We’ve added hometowns and birthdates to student IDs. Culture change takes a lot of time and we are putting in place safety aspects and also aspects of improved processes for student health. Every year, a new freshman class comes in, so we have the opportunity to set a tone and expectation.

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LILY O’GORDEN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

ASG Senate elected a new parliamentarian Tuesday after the resignation of former speaker and parliamentarian Jack Fetick, as well as students to serve on the student trustee selection committee.

In the special internal election to replace Fetick — who is currently studying for a combined bachelor’s and master’s degree in economics — Senate chose Max Mellott, a former senator and the Senate’s first technology officer.

The parliamentarian is a voting member of Senate who is well-versed in parliamentary procedure debate.

The role of the parliamentarian, in his opinion, is to know what the bylaws are and to be a resource for senators who need help understanding the rules. As parliamentarian, Mellott wants to work closely with senators and the administrative committee in order to make sure the rules and practices align in ASG. “Senate this year has a lot of fresh faces, and while in a lot of ways that is an amazing thing, it also means that we don’t have as many people who are as knowledgeable about our procedures as in years past, so I think that it is more important than ever that Senators have access to the resources that they need in order to do their jobs effectively,” Mellott said. “Senate is about representing students, but to do that as best as possible Senators need to have access to procedural tools, and that is where the Parliamentarian comes in.”

Senate also elected Darsh Parthasarathy and Conor Daly to serve on the board to elect student trustees. Student trustees participate in Miami Board of Trustee meetings, but do not have a vote. They serve to communicate student perspectives on issues to board members and to communicate the board’s decisions to students.

As a members of the selection committee, Parthasarathy and Daly are tasked with selecting trustees who best advance the interests of students.

At the forefront of Parthasarathy’s concerns when electing a student trustee was better representation for international students. She wants to use her perspective to make sure international students are not forgotten.

“I will do my best to represent the international students in the selection process,” Parthasarathy said.

Daly, the other member elected to serve on the committee, has specific requirements that he views necessary for a student trustee.

“To know —along with any leadership position in the university — that the person is willing to dedicate their time and work hard on things they deem necessary is a critical aspect of electing them for the position. Moreover, if the applicant can identify and come up with solutions for issues of higher education and with our university, then they are exceptionally qualified, as this is one of the significant roles of the position,” Daly said. ogordelm@miamioh.edu

Untold stories come to light during Ohio Archives Month LIBRARIES

HALIE BARGER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

KING LIBRARY HOSTS ARCHIVE MONTH TALKS PHOTO BY RYAN TERHUNE

In 1932, Stella Walsh, a Polish-American sprinter, won gold in the 100-meter dash at the Los Angeles Olympics and became a pioneer in women’s athletics. Her successful career landed her a spot in the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975.

Five years later, Walsh was murdered in a botched robbery. Her autopsy revealed she had a Y chromosome and was intersex.

On October 4, Sheldon Anderson, a professor in Miami University’s history department and author of “The Forgotten Legacy of Stella Walsh,” told Walsh’s story.

Throughout the month of October, Miami’s libraries will be hosting lectures such

as Anderson’s to celebrate Ohio Archives Month.

“Archives Month is about the preservation of history in our state and at our university,” said Jacqueline Johnson, an archivist at Miami.

Anderson’s story focuses on sex and gender identity.

“She was cruelly and wrongfully accused of being a man,” Anderson said.

The next lecture will take place at noon on Oct. 11 with “The Challenges of Following the Steps of a Trailblazer,” presented by professor Sharon Herbers.

Lectures later in the month include the president of the Society of Ohio Archivists speaking about general history and archives and a presentation on “Experiencing STEM Naturally.”

Don Koller, environmental educator, and Julia Johnson, senior project manager and

museum educator at The Hefner Museum of Natural History will talk about how the museum is using a 3D scanner and printer to open up their collection the public.

“We’re taking something that was so fragile, and we can scan and print it and put in the hands of a three-year-old,” said Robinson.

The lecture will also focus on the different ways the museum will be using technology to educate schools in the area.

“We have created these discovery trunks, and they make it accessible for local schools to learn and engage with naturally history,” Robinson said.

Jacqueline Johnson hopes the series will draw a large audience. “[History] is so important and so powerful,” Johnson said. bargerhr@miamioh.edu

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FRIENDS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES HONOR TOM DUTTON MEMORIAL

BONNIE MEIBERS NEWS EDITOR

When Tom Dutton first got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he received a balloon from his students that said, “Thinking of you.”

Janice Dutton, his widow, now has that balloon displayed on her fireplace mantle. It stayed inflated for months, hovering around his hospital room and then his living room when he came home.

“Have you ever heard of a helium balloon doing that?” Janice said. “Like that balloon rose above the gravity pulling it down, Tom rose above his cancer.”

Over 100 people gathered in the Dolibois Room in Shriver Center Saturday afternoon to celebrate Dutton’s life. He was a professor in Miami University’s architecture program and both found-

TOM DUTTON CONTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

er and director for the Center for Community Engagement in Over-The-Rhine (OTR), located just north of downtown Cincinnati.

Dutton was known for saying that the day he stopping learning from his students, would be the day that he stopped teaching.

The impact he had on students,

past and present, was evident in the memories written by current and former students. These written messages welcomed attendees in the hallway and also lined the back walls of the room.

Kind words and memories written by members of the Over-TheRhine community and Miami faculty and staff accompanied the student testimonies. There were also frisbees, a tribute to Dutton’s love of playing ultimate frisbee with his sons, Nathan and Nolan, and photographs of Dutton throughout his life.

Junior Jessie Leisinger said that one of her favorite memories of Dutton occurred her second semester at Miami.

“For our final project, everyone had built a massing type form. I was the only one who put details, specifically handrails,” Leisinger said. “Tom got very excited about the handrails and he took me aside after class and we walked up the stairs in Alumni [Hall],

Juniors now eligible for Goldman Prize AWARD

MEGAN ZAHNEIS MAGAZINE EDITOR

The eligibility requirements for one of Miami’s most prestigious student awards are changing this year to increase engagement.

The Goldman Prize, a stipend of up to $11,000 awarded to students pursuing yearlong research, creative or academic projects, will be given to two rising seniors in spring 2018.

Since 1991, the prize had been given to one graduating senior, to be used in the year after they left Miami.

Making the prize available to two current juniors instead, Goldman coordinator Zeb Baker said, would resolve several of the hesitations students expressed about applying for it.

One of the primary concerns students had was whether they could defer their student loans during their year working on the Goldman project.

But because Goldman winners were not officially enrolled at Miami during the prize period, their student loans would still need to be paid off, a fact Baker said “scared students away.”

Students were also hesitant to take what they viewed as a “gap year” after college to work on a personal project.

“We have so many ambitious students that...are primarily focused on when they graduate from Miami, leaving here to go right into graduate school or med school or law school or go right into the workforce,” Baker said. “So a gap year between the end of their undergraduate experience and either going to graduate school or going into the workforce just isn’t feasible for a lot of students.”

Baker, who serves as the senior associate director of the University Honors Program, said that asking recent college graduates to live on an $11,000 stipend while completing their project was also unrealistic.

“It really made us take a look at, ‘How could we rethink this while still achieving the same goals which is to provide students with a really meaningful, unique year-long opportunity to pursue creative, scholarly or service projects? How could we do that, and do it for undergraduates while they’re still here at Miami?’” Baker said.

The solution, Baker and the Honors Program Advisory Committee decided, was to modify the program to

and he said, ‘See, a handrail invites you in and connects you to a building.’”

Many others shared their fondest memories of Dutton and what his life’s passion meant to them. The memorial started off with a video from “Miss June” Alexander, a member of the OTR community.

Alexander said Tom gave her “permission to be human.”

A dozen people — colleagues, neighborhood friends and family members — also made comments on Dutton’s memory.

“Thank you, Tom, it was a privilege to know you,” said Mary Rogero, interim chair of Miami’s Department of Architecture and Interior Design. “We are all here today because you moved us.”

Bonnie Neumeier, a long-time resident and community activist in Cincinnati’s OTR neighborhood, spoke about the relationship that Dutton forged between Miami and OTR. The commu-

nity has come to rely on Miami to “hang in there” with them in hard times, as Dutton did.

“His voice will never grow dim,” Neumeier said. “We in Over-theRhine grieve with you.”

Former classmate and colleague, Tony Schuman, called Dutton a powerful agent of change.

“Over-the-Rhine was Tom’s ultimate symphony,” Schuman said.

His widow, Janice, gave an emotional, personal speech at the end of the memorial. She talked about Dutton’s deep love for his family and his talent for turning his passion into his life’s work.

“I hope that you remember him, not for his disease, but for his legacy. Remember how he rose above,” she said. meiberbr@miamioh.edu @BMeibers

‘Cuba in Transition’ trip proceeds amid diplomatic tension

become what Baker called “Summer Scholars on steroids.” Two members of the Class of 2019 (current juniors) will be awarded the Goldman Prize next spring, given a year to work on their project with the support of a faculty mentor and asked to present their results publicly at the project’s conclusion. Baker said students may combine their Goldman work with a senior thesis project or independent study credit.

Baker said that while all Goldman Prize winners have submitted high-quality proposals, the number of applications in recent years had dwindled to single digits.

As before, even though the Honors Program administers the prize, students are encouraged to apply regardless of their Honors status.

The Goldman Prize is intentionally broad-based in the types of projects it considers; the application says recipients might use their funds to “compose music, write a work of fiction, conduct scientific or historical research, or gather material for a work on American civilization.”

Past Goldman winners have designed and implemented an after-school poetry program for area high schools, studied empathy in marmosets in Austria, written a study-abroad curriculum for Miami’s 2020 Plan and started a clothing company.

Baker feels confident the past winners would do Joanna Jackson Goldman, the award’s namesake, proud.

Goldman was a 1943 Miami graduate who enjoyed involvement in a multitude of student organizations on campus before forging a successful career in music, publishing and the arts. Her husband, the late Eric F. Goldman, himself a Princeton University history professor and a consultant for President Lyndon B. Johnson, endowed the Goldman Prize in his wife’s memory. “[The prize] does honor someone who really got the most out of her undergraduate career while she was here at Miami,” Baker said. “We really feel like by trying to help other students now get the most out of their undergraduate career, we’re still living up to the spirit of the Goldman Prize.”

Interested students are encouraged to pick up application materials from the Honors offices in Old Manse. Goldman Prize applications are due December 1, and recipients will be notified in February. zahneime@miamioh.edu

A CUBAN ORGANOPÓNICO, LIKE THE ONE VISITED IN ‘CUBA IN TRANSITION’ CONTRIBUTED BY JACK EVANS

STUDY ABROAD

JACK EVANS MANAGING EDITOR Miami’s Cuba in Transition study abroad program is set to bring 22 students to the island nation this January, despite a recent flare in tensions between the United States and Cuba.

Only 90 miles apart by sea, but separated by a complicated history, Cuba and the United States are the will-they-won’t-they couple of the geopolitical world.

It’s precisely this ever-changing history that’s the draw of Miami’s Cuba in Transition winter-term study abroad trip, says international studies professor Juan Carlos Albarrán, who co-teaches the class.

“It’s not stagnant. There’s always something,” he said.

The latest “something” in U.S.-Cuba relations is President Trump’s expulsion of Cuban diplomats from their Washington D.C. embassy, which was only officially reestablished under the Obama Administration after decades of hostility between the nations.

The removal of the Cuban diplomats comes after a partial evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Havana due to a rash of headaches, cognitive issues and dizziness in workers at the embassy. The source of the symptoms, which were reported in a Sept. 29 State Department travel warning, is currently unknown.

“So far, the status of where we are today, the incidents that have taken place are not any grounds for cancelling the trip,” said Albarrán.

Both Albarrán and Melanie Ziegler, a Latin American studies professor and the other teacher on the program, say they are monitoring the situation alongside the Global Initiatives office and paying attention to the response of other universities planning excursions to Cuba.

Cuba in Transition is one of at least three Cuba-bound study abroad workshops that different departments at Miami University offered in the past several years.

Both the Farmer School of Business in Cuba program and the Media, Journalism

and Film (MJF) department’s Stories from Cuba program are no longer active.

“Global Initiatives is encouraging all departments and divisions to make strategic choices about what programs they offer,” wrote Lynn Butler, a Miami study abroad advisor, commenting by email on the withdrawal of the two programs. “They are asked to consider student needs in terms of academics as well as student interest in the academic content and location.”

Finding willing faculty and interested students for study abroad programs can be difficult, says said Patti Newberry, a journalism professor and former co-teacher of the Stories from Cuba class. This is especially true in the midst of the large number of study abroad programs offered by Miami faculty, she said.

“It’s really great for student choice, but it makes things competitive. It really does come down to a feeling that you’re competing with the office next to you.”

Cuba in Transition, which has been offered to Miami students since 2014, takes an interdisciplinary and hands-on approach to Cuban history, politics and culture.

“One day we are teaching in the park, the next day we have a class in the hotel lobby, or it could be in the bus while we are traveling to our next destination,” said Albarrán.

The locale of Havana, where the class is centered, is a unique one. Spanish forts, brutalist Soviet architecture and brightly painted facades coexist along the famous Malecón, a highway and seawall that spans the length of the city and serves a nighttime perch for Cubans young and old.

Beyond structural changes in the city, the class touches on organopónicos, or urban organic farms, and other adjustments to Cuban life that developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

A native Cuban, Albarrán has family on the island that he introduces to students, yielding an intimate perspective to daily life and culture on the island.

“We have a rooftop Cuban meal in a Cuban neighborhood with his relatives and there’s dancing,” said Ziegler. “It’s a special moment for the kids.” evansjm4@miamioh.edu

Sustainability Sukkot

Second Friday

MAP Movie: ‘Baby Driver’

Armstrong Student Center: Front Patio Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Oxford Community Arts Center Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.

Wilks Theater Friday,9 p.m.

If you’re looking to learn more about Miami’s own sustainable farm as well as taking time to chill out and grab a snack, come join Hillel outside of Armstrong and “sit down in the sukkah.” The sukkah, a traditional Jewish booth, is used during the week-long festival of Sukkot, which celebrates all things agriculture. What better way to learn and relax than in the comfort of a sukkah with snacks?

For this month’s Second Friday, a monthly celebration of the arts, the work of Oxford’s plein air painters will be displayed. Come view these natural scenes painted outdoors while listening to the sounds of the Low Country Boils, a band from the “deep outskirts of Oxford” that weaves everything from cajun tunes to the American Songbook into one unique sound.

If you missed this summer hit from director Edgar Wright, catch the flick for free at Wilks. With a big-name ensemble cast (Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm) and a pitch-perfect soundtrack ranging from The Beach Boys to Brenda Holloway, it’s a popcorn movie with critical acclaim that our TMS Entertainment Editor dubbed a “high-speed, nonstop delight.”

Asia Study Abroad Program (ASAP) Bucket List Winter blues in Oxford? Trade the blues for your bucket list.

• Wander the Taj Mahal • Look down from the Petronas Towers • Ride electric motobikes among the Temples of Bagan • Bathe elephants in a river in Chiang Mai • Soak up some rays on a Thai beach • Spend days wandering the temples of Angkor Wat • Hike mountains in Sapa, Vietnam

• Enjoy the view from Taipei 101 • Take the tram to Victoria Peak to see Hong Kong at night • Eat Shanghai dumplings • Marvel at the fashion in Tokyo’s Shibuya District • Climb the Great Wall of China • Sleep at Mount Everest Base Camp • Go whitewater rafting in Nepal’s Himalayas

Still not enough for you to trade those winter blues? There’s more: Wander the Old Quarter in Singapore Trek through a rain forest in Malaysia Relish street food in Bangkok Shop Bangkok’s Chatchuchak Market, the largest weekend market in the world • Take the 6-hour boat ride down the Tonle Sap River to Phnom Penh • Enjoy a night sleeping on a (very comfortable) boat in Halong Bay • Hike mountains on Hong Kong Island • • • •

• Sip coffee in the world’s highest Starbucks • Shop a night market in Taipei • Ride a maglev train and walk along Shanghai’s Bund at night • Eat fresh sushi at Tokoy’s Tsukiji Fish Market, the world’s largest • Visit Beijing’s 798 Art District • Trace the Dalai Lama footsteps in Jokhang Temple and Potala Palace • Visit Kathmandu’s Monkey Temple

And do almost all of the above in shorts and flip flops.

Check it out: asiastudyabroadprogram.org You’re one browser click away from changing your life with an incredible semester in Asia earning 12 to 15 credit hours across India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Tibet, and Nepal.

Worried about the cost? Check the FAQs at the website and do the math.

If ASAP is more expensive than what you pay for tuition and housing next semester, then the difference is what you’re paying for the experience above.

Will visiting 11 countries plus Hong Kong and Tibet ever be that cheap again in your life?

ASAP 2018: Experience It! Be There!

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‘Rock, Paper, Scissors, Die!’: The making of a MAFIA short

HANNAH EYRE IN ‘ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, DIE’ MAFIA PRODUCTIONS

FILM

MAYA FENTER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

“What are you guys still doing here?”

Though the kickoff event for the 48-Hour Film Festival ended an hour ago, Cameron Kadis, Nikki Saraniti and Dwight Wilt sat in the front row of chairs in the otherwise empty Williams Hall TV studio talking back and forth, throwing out ideas for their film.

Dwight had come up with the premise of the film a few days before: a wrestling-style tournament, but the contestants play Rock, Paper, Scissors. He doesn’t know exactly how or why the idea came to him, and thinks of it as a product of pure creativity and stupidity.

Miami University’s Association of Filmmakers and Independent Artists (MAFIA) hosts one to two 48-Hour Film Fests every semester, each with a different theme.

Inspired by the notoriously bad 2003 film, “The Room,” this fest’s theme was simply “Bad.” Each film had to include a character named Denny, feature a spoon as a prop and someone had to say the line, “You’re tearing me apart.”

“We have to kick you out now,” one of the executive board members of MAFIA told the trio around 8 p.m.

After agreeing to meet at 10 a.m. the next morning, they said good-

bye for the night and went their separate ways.

Hour sixteen “You better not drop his $10 Walmart tie,” Alec Hamblin said, watching Dwight walk with Nick’s four neckties draped over his left arm.

“Actually, it was $8,” Nick Schraub corrected. Nick played the announcer for the Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament.

Nick and Alec don’t go to Miami, but are Dwight’s friends from high school. They drove in that morning from Eaton, Ohio, about a 25-minute drive from Oxford, to help Dwight with his film.

They have made a few movie projects together in the past, so Dwight asked them if they could help. He felt more confident in working with actors he knew already, especially since he only knew the other crew members from a few MAFIA meetings.

“Here’s the hat for your costume,” Dwight said, tossing a red snapback hat to Alec. Alec’s character is contestant Mitch Bison, a trucker who fights on the side.

“Just say no to drugs,” Alec said, reading the white lettering printed on to the front of the hat.

“Yeah, you’re a straight-edge trucker,” Dwight said.

Nikki and her friend Maggie arrived at Collins Hall soon after. It was 10:30 a.m. and they were still waiting on two of the main actors:

Hannah Eyre, whom no one had met before, and Dwight’s friend, Riley Kitts.

Dwight called Riley around 10:30 a.m. Riley picked up, but Dwight could tell he had just woken up.

“I told him to get here at 11, so he’ll probably be here around 11:30,” Dwight said.

Riley’s character is a stereotypical “frat boy” named Dude Bro, who is competing in the tournament despite partying the night before. Dwight cast Riley for this part intentionally, figuring he would be hungover when they filmed anyway.

In the meantime, Nikki drove Maggie and Dwight to Walmart to pick up ingredients to make fake blood. They returned with two bottles of corn syrup, two packets of black cherry Kool Aid, one packet of strawberry Kool Aid (they thought that black cherry would be a darker red, but got strawberry too, just in case), blue food coloring and a box of Fruity Pebbles (for a scene where Alec’s character eats a bowl of cereal, but also for a snack).

Riley showed up at 11:30 a.m., just as Dwight predicted, wearing a USA basketball jersey over a dark gray hoodie. He admitted he was hungover, just as Dwight predicted.

Worried about wasting too much time, they decided to start filming the scenes without Hannah. The six of them filed out of

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Having a ball at the Beaux Arts Ball COMMUNITY

MADELINE MITCHELL THE MIAMI STUDENT

Black and gold balloons decorated the entrance to the Oxford Community Arts Center. Attendees roamed the building in suits and flapper dresses, nibbling on hors d’oeuvres and dancing to the live music escaping from the main ballroom. Laughter and excited exclamations bubbled over into the hallways as students, parents and Oxford locals enjoyed an evening of visual and performance art.

It was the second annual Beaux

Arts Ball, hosted in partnership by the American Institute of Architecture Students and Late Night Miami this past Saturday evening.

Approximately 300 people either attended or performed at the event throughout the course of the evening.

The Beaux Arts Ball is a national event that has been put on since the 1930s. Up until 10 years ago, the American Institute of Architecture Students put on the event every year. The ball took a six year hiatus and then returned in the fall of 2016 when last year’s senior architecture students decided it was a tradition worthy of bringing back

to Miami students and the Oxford community.

The Oxford Community Arts Center was chosen as the venue because of its longstanding tradition of hosting the Beaux Arts Ball.

“This space has a draw to it,” said Molly Meyer, senior architecture major and secretary of the American Institute of Architecture Students. “It has a long history.

We’re lucky to have adults that can help us and allow students to use the space. This is a strong community that we can tap into.”

Since it started out as an architecture event, the tradition was that attendees would come to the ball

Dwight’s dorm room, each person carrying some of the equipment — camera, tripod, light, reflector, microphone, audio recorder and a printed copy of the script.

Nikki set up the tripod outside of Collins Hall, in the grassy area of East Quad. It was a sunny day, slightly cool in the shade of the trees. They couldn’t have asked for a better day to film outside.

Or, at least for the next 45 minutes, a better day to solve their technical difficulties outside.

Neither Nikki nor Maggie had worked with that particular camera before, and took turns pressing various buttons to try to get the camera to zoom in.

Meanwhile, the audio recorder was both not reading the SD card and running low on batteries.

Dwight ran back inside and took the batteries out of the TV remote from the common room. When Alec tried Googling the problem with the SD card, his only results were people experiencing the same problem and a YouTube video titled “Do not buy, you’ll be sorry!” in reference to the recorder brand.

Dwight joked about ditching the script that he had written the night before and making a silent film instead. But the more time that passed without any luck, the more seriously he considered taking a different direction.

At 12:30 p.m., Hannah texted Dwight saying that she had just

woken up and that she was on her way. She played the female fighter nicknamed “Crazy Eyes.” Unlike all of the other characters, she had no backstory and no lines.

Cameron had told the team that he would be late today because he had Yom Kippur services in the morning. At 1 p.m., he texted Dwight saying that he wasn’t going to come at all.

Things went more smoothly once their technical issues had been solved.

Hannah arrived right as they were done filming all of the outside scenes and packing up the equipment to move to a study room inside of Collins.

Around 3 p.m., they all went to Jimmy John’s for a lunch break.

They wrapped up filming around 7 p.m. that evening, earlier than any of them had expected.

Hour thirty-nine Dwight and Nikki sat at a table just outside of Cafe Lux huddled around Nikki’s laptop. They met at 10 a.m. and had spent the past four hours importing all of the video and audio clips into Adobe Premier Pro, putting them in order and clipping them as needed. By 2 p.m., all that was left to do was add effects and music.

“She’s been doing most of the work,” Dwight admitted. “I’m just kinda sitting here.”

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dressed up as buildings. This time, the organization decided to pick a theme that more people might enjoy. Erin Socha, a senior architect major at Miami and president of the American Institute of Architecture Students, said that they chose the 1920s to “bring to life” what the College of Creative Arts is about, by picking something that is universally fun that allows for creativity.

Junior music and arts management double major Grace Rosus jumped onto the planning committee just three weeks ago. Rosus was in charge of bringing in performance groups and emceeing the entertainment for the evening.

Dance Theatre was the only returning performance group from last year. Groups that were new to the ball this year included the Best Buddies Friends Choir, Open Fifth a cappella group, Dance Corp, the Walking Theatre Project and Swing Syndicate. There were also performances done by students outside of official university groups, such as the Just Dandy Band, soloists Jenny Clemens and Molly Burns and a duet by Peter Witt and Alex Egan.

“Our mission was to acknowledge and celebrate the College of Creative Arts,” Rosus said. “To celebrate the students in it, and especially to showcase their work.”

Socha was the administrative planner who organized the event.

By working on this event, Socha said that she has learned a lot about other student organizations and gotten to bond with many creative people from all over Miami’s campus.

“I’ve met more people here in the last month than I have in the past four years,” she said.

Visual arts and creative writing pieces were also showcased at

the ball. Meyer set up the gallery in the North Parlor, which featured artwork, poems and short stories created by various Miami students.

The parlor had a separate display with selected works from Inklings Spring 2017, an undergraduate art and literature magazine.

Meyer was in the North Parlor all day setting up the gallery. She put all of the artwork, poems and prose on boards, and then hung them up on metal sheets.

“I was dancing with all of them all day,” she said. “But I’m glad with how it turned out.”

Freshman English literature major Darcy Brady was especially drawn to the visual artwork and writings. Her favorite piece was an overlay oil on canvas painting by Stephanie Cieslak, which experimented with showing the shifting of the head through a monochromatic blue scale.

“Cieslak’s piece is very beautiful,” Brady said. “It’s nothing I’ve seen before. The orientation of the room helped it stand out with the contrast of the blue painting on the yellow walls.”

Saturday was Brady’s first time at the Beaux Arts Ball. She had heard about the event by talking with the organizers at Mega Fair earlier this year, and had been excited to attend ever since.

“I came by myself,” Brady said.

“Everyone else was going to the hockey game or to Trevor Noah, but this was more up my alley.

Plus, it’s the roarin’ twenties, so it’s so fun!”

Swing Syndicate was one of the earlier groups to perform, but later in the evening, while the Just Dandy Band played a cover of Twenty One Pilots, Swing

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Published authors return to Miami for reading BOOKS

KRISTIN STRATMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Three recently published novelists visited Miami’s campus last Tuesday. Jessie Chaffee, Dave Essinger and Brendan Kiely read excerpts from their most recent publications. Two of the authors, Essinger and Kiely, are Miami alumni who graduated in 1998.

Chaffee’s novel, “Florence in Ecstasy,” revolves around Hannah, a recent college grad who flees to Florence, Italy, on a mission of recovery from a deadly eating disorder. The excerpt Chaffee read details a time that Hannah stumbles upon the Basilica of San Domenico in Siena and finds the frescoes depicting the life of St. Catherine, who starved herself for god. This knowledge leaves Hannah with a new outlook on her

own illness.

Kiely’s novel, “The Last True Love Story,” follows the lives of two teens, Hendrix and Corrina, who are on a mission to take Hendrix’s Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather to his old home in New York. Kiely says that “The Last True Love Story” is directly related to his personal experience with his grandfather who died of Alzheimer’s.

“I went on a wacky adventure with him that was ill-advised and overly romanticized, and this novel is a response to that,” said Kiely.

Finally, Dave Essinger’s “Running Out” is an adventure novel about a pair of long-distance ultra-runners and their infant daughter who get stranded in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash. The protagonist, Dan, sets off on a multi-day journey running across the Canadian wilderness to seek help. Essinger himself is a long-distance runner, although the rest of

the premise is fictional.

“My book’s about long-distance running and I think maybe one reason people do that is we don’t have manageable, containable conflict in our daily lives so we set up these goals,” said Essinger. “And I think that’s similar to why we read fiction, so we can vicariously deal with other people’s conflicts and watch them go through difficult obstacles.”

Each of the three novels is tied together by a common underlying goal: to overcome a crushing obstacle — be it a mental illness, the illness of a relative or miles of barren Canadian wilderness to traverse. These books are outlets through which the authors processed their experiences, and also through which readers are able to process their own feelings.

“Books do give us an opportunity, moreso maybe than non-fiction, moreso than news articles. Novels give us an opportunity

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to sit with something and process and experience,” said Kiely.

The reading was organized by Cathy Wagner, the director of Creative Writing at Miami.

Miami students who attended believe that the readings the creative writing department host are very beneficial.

“I find they’re always really helpful when they come,”said Carrie Bindschadler, a graduate creative writing student at Miami. “I went to a couple last year and they’re always super kind, they always get really excellent people to come in. It’s also fairly optimistic to meet people who are being successful in the business. It’s a really nice thing the English department figures out for us.” stratmkc@miamioh.edu

Miami Orchestra plays ‘The Symphony of the Dance’ MUSIC

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

THE REMAINING PLAYERS FEND OFF THE INFECTED WITH MARSHMELOWS AT MU HUMANS VS ZOMBIES JOE GURNIG THE MIAMI STUDENT

STUDENT LIFE

ALYSSA MELENDEZ THE MIAMI STUDENT

Tuesday afternoon. Sophomore Colin Evans and I had just finished an exam for Introduction to Software Engineering, we were walking past the seal, when I felt someone grab my left shoulder.

“Hello friends,” a voice said, eerily. I turned around and there was a girl with a bandana wrapped around her forehead.

“Crap,” I muttered under my breath. Colin didn’t notice what had happened at first.

“What?” He asked. Then his eyes widened in realization.

We were now zombies.

It all started out at Mega Fair. I was manning the table for an organization I was involved in while Colin was walking around, looking at the various tables. He thought it would be fun to do Humans vs. Zombies, an extreme campus-wide game of tag. Not wanting to do it solo, he put my name down without my knowledge, much less my permission.

After receiving several emails about the game and times of information sessions, I decided to do it.

The four days of tag that followed were exhilarating and nerve-wracking.

“If a zombie gets hit with a marshmallow, they are stunned for ten minutes and can’t tag any humans,” Steven Mitchell, one of the moderators of the game spoke from the front of the room.

Around me sat more than twenty other college students. At that point, I didn’t really want to play the game, but I sat there and listened anyways.

I looked down at the teal piece of fabric in my hands.

It seemed really simple at this point.

The humans and the zombies were distinguished based on where they wore their teal bandana. The humans wore them around their right arm, while the zombies around their head. If a human was tagged by a zombie, they were automatically converted. The game would go on for four days: Monday through Thursday. During the day, there would be safe zones. In buildings, on cross-

walks, off campus, you couldn’t tag or be tagged. But during the night, it was a different story.

Every night at precisely 10 p.m., a mission would begin. The humans and the zombies would meet at different locations on campus, none knowing where the other was. The humans were given a mission that had to be completed by 11 p.m. And if they were tagged before then, they were converted to the zombie’s team.

Monday came and the games began. I started out as a human. That first day, I only ran into two other players of the game, both humans.

But the night was a little more eventful.

That first night, the other humans and I started out on the front porch of Emerson Hall. The mission was simple: be at the North side of CPA a few minutes before 11 p.m..

A few of the humans went all out, with one wearing Jon Snow attire and another wearing a ghillie suit. I completed the mission that Monday night, without seeing a single zombie.

The next day is when I was tagged.

At first, I was annoyed and told myself I had been so stupid to not be paying attention to my surroundings. How had I not noticed the girl walking across the grass towards me, looking like she was ready to eat my brains out?

My initial goal was to last the whole game without being converted to a zombie, but since that mission had failed, that night, a new goal emerged: kill as many humans as I could.

We met in front of Western Dining Hall that night. Seven zombies and who knows how many humans.

I felt an immediate camaraderie in the air among the zombies that hadn’t been there with the humans.

We had an organized game plan of where we would go, when the night before, it had just been a free-for-all.

I ended up converting two humans that night. In fact, the zombies slaughtered so many humans that the moderators were considering doing a mass revival. But fortunately for us, they didn’t.

Afterwards, the seven zombies as well as the newly-converted zombies went to Pulley for milkshakes, to cel-

ebrate our success that night. There was something about having the same common goal with everyone else that created an instant bond.

But I did feel bad for the two workers who spent more than an hour making one milkshake after another.

Wednesday night, I couldn’t make it to the mission, but my fellow zombies tagged every single human but one. We were ready for the Thursday night grand finale.

Thursday night was a complete reverse of the first night. More than two dozen zombies showed up and only five humans. The zombies met outside of Alumni Hall. Before starting out, all of us stood there doing pre-mission stretches and yoga. To any passerby, we probably looked like idiots, just a big group touching our toes at 10 p.m. at night.

Then we took off. Most of the zombies headed in the same direction, up to the center of academic quad. But Colin and I took a different route. We ran over to Bishop Woods, then Shiedler Hall where we found our first human. We hid while he passed by before popping out at him.

The human took off like a dart. Now I’m a horrendous runner, so there is no way I would have been able to get this guy, but Colin ran in high school and caught up to the human in no time. One down, five to go.

It wasn’t even five minutes later, when we were heading back through Bishop Woods that we saw another human. Luckily, there was a third zombie near us so we were able to corner her. Two down, four to go.

I’m not sure if it was just luck that night, but we stumbled across a third human a short time later. Then the fourth was tagged by someone else.

The fifth completed his mission: to tag the doors of King library. But there was one human left. And, eventually, she was tagged.

I’d consider the whole game successful. Even though one human made it out alive, I managed to make a total of three tags and enjoyed the game.

Next semester, I’ll play again, and even sign myself up. The goal will be to make it through the entire game without getting my brain eaten, but we’ll see how I fare. melendak@miamioh.edu

Miami University’s Symphony Orchestra performed the first concert of its 101st season on Friday, October 6. The concert, titled “The Symphony of the Dance,” featured a diverse program of music, with all the pieces centered around the theme of fighting for freedom.

This year’s theme comes from the concert’s dedication to Daniel Pearl’s World Music Days.

Daniel​ P ​ earl​ w ​ as​ a ​ n​ ​ American​ j​ ournalist​ f​ or​ ​the​ ​ Wall​ S ​ treet​ ​Journal​ w ​ ho​ ​ was murdered​ b ​ y​ t​ errorists​ ​ while​ ​on​ a ​ ssignment​ i​ n​ ​Pakistan​ ​in​ ​2002.​ ​In response to the tragedy, his family and friends created World​​ Music​ ​Days, an annual​ ​series​ ​of​ ​orchestral​ ​concerts​, as a way to spread cross-cultural understanding and peace. Held every year in October, the event draws participation from over 140 countries. Miami’s​​Symphony​ ​Orchestra​ ​has​ ​been​ ​participating​​​since​​2009.

Conductor Ricardo Averbach, who’s been with the orchestra for all of their performances in World Music Days, said he wanted the concert to connect with the events happening throughout the world today. ​“I chose the pieces to demonstrate​ ​unity​ a ​ nd​ ​coherence​ ​out​ ​of​ ​apparently​​ contradictory elements,” said Averbach.

“These things make our concerts more meaningful than just one more concert of the university orchestra. We make connections of the repertoire with our own history and with what is happening in the world.”

Beginning with the loud bang of a gong, the concert was high energy from the very start.

The opening piece, Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” performed by an ensemble of brass players and percussionists from the orchestra, set the tone for the night with its strong, military-esque sound. The ensemble then performed a more modern piece, Anthony DiLorenzo’s “Luminosity,” while still keeping with the high-energy tone of the first.

Following the brass and percussion ensemble, the orchestra’s guests for the evening, the Peraza Music Workshop Ensemble, came to the stage to perform “Salut D’Amour” by Edward Elgar. ​Created​ ​in​ ​2005,​ ​the Workshop ​has​ ​become​ ​one of​ t​ he​ ​most​ n ​ otable​ m ​ usic​ ​ studios​ i​ n​ ​the​ t​ ri-county​ ​ area, with students going on to study music at pres-

tigious institutions such as The Juilliard School.

The students in the ensemble were middle and high school students from the Cincinnati area playing violins, violas and cellos, joined by their teacher and founder of the group, Marion Peraza. ​The piece was in stark contrast to the high energy pieces performed by the brass and percussion ensemble, changing the mood with its relaxed and gorgeous string melodies.

Professor Cole Tutino performed along with the orchestra next, playing Joachim Raff’s “Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra.” This piece of music was virtually forgotten after the composer’s death in 1882, and was only recently re-discovered and recorded by musicians. Professor Tutino came across the piece over the summer while researching possible concertos to perform with the orchestra.

Sitting on a raised platform in front of the orchestra, Tutino captivated the audience with his virtuosic playing. Audience and orchestra members alike couldn’t help but crack a smile while watching the expressiveness on Tutino’s face as he became fully engaged in his music. His performance earned a standing ovation and very long applause from the audience.

His performance marked the first time the piece has been played in Ohio, and was among only a handful of performances of the piece in the United States.

“I​ ​thought​ ​it​ ​would​ b ​ e​ ​a​ ​ good idea​ ​to​ ​take​ ​this​ ​forgotten​ ​piece​ ​and​ ​reintroduce​ ​it​ ​to​ ​audiences,” Tutino said.

The concert concluded with the featured piece, Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7,” one of the most famous and influential pieces of classical music.​ This is the first piece professor Averbach performed with the orchestra when he began in 2002.

After performing Beethoven’s third symphony with the orchestra at its centennial concert last year, Averbach had conducted all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies, and began the cycle again with what he claims to be his personal favorite.

Conducting from memory, Averbach emoted energy and passion with his expressive motions, keeping the audience and orchestra on their toes throughout the 40-minute piece. Once again, the audience rose to its feet to give a standing ovation to the orchestra as they finished their concert. ander198@miamioh.edu

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s we finish up midterms and put the closing touches on our mid-semester essays, it’s time to put the books away, let our brains relax and have some fun on Fall Break.

Yes, it may just be one day off of school that gets conveniently labeled a “vacation,” but this long weekend is actually a perfect opportunity to either go home and unwind, or embark on a mini-adventure of your own.

Whether you’ve already made plans or not,

we’ve got you covered. From tips and tricks to surviving your road trip, to nearby attractions for those remaining in Oxford, to several destinations ideal for day-trips or weekend getaways, today’s travel section is your all-encompassing guide for a fulfilling autumn break.

So slip into a cozy sweater, add some pumpkin spice to that latté and hit the fallen-leaf-covered road!

Devon Shuman, Travel Editor shumandb@miamioh.edu

LOCAL ART ENTHUSIASTS GATHER AT THE PREMEIRE OF ‘INTRUDE’ ATOP PYRAMID HILL SCULPTURE PARK IN HAMILTON RAHKEL BREWSTER THE MIAMI STUDENT

Outside Oxford: Rabbits ‘Intrude’ on Hamilton sculpture park DEVON SHUMAN EMILY WILLIAMS

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The bunnies dot the grassy lawn atop Pyramid Hill. Some lean back, relaxed, their droopy ears flopping on the ground. Others stand tall on their hind legs, reaching up with their curious noses, sniffing the leaves of the trees. The park is their playground, and they can be spotted across the hill, exploring, enjoying the calm and misty environment.

These bunnies aren’t small and furry, however. They’re massive, inflated, and illuminated. They’re also part of one of the most highly acclaimed public art installations in the world.

“Intrude” is a spectacle-sized work consisting of five inflatable rabbits that are illuminated when the sun goes down. From October 6-15, the installation will be on display at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park

in Hamilton.

In artist Amanda Parer’s native Australia, rabbits are considered a serious environmental and agricultural pest. First brought to the continent by European settlers in the late 18th century, rabbits’ overgrazing has led to the extinction of native plant species and, by acting as competition for food and shelter, rabbits have put already endangered Australian species at risk.

Despite efforts to reduce their populations, rabbits still cause an estimated agricultural loss of $200 million every year.

But, despite that detriment they cause, bunnies are cute. The artist knows it, too.

The intention, according to Parer’s website, is to evoke the “furry innocence” of the critters of childhood fairytales and fables. The cuteness should lure the viewer into the artwork, but reveal a larger message.

Their size — the largest stands at over 23 feet tall — is also a nod to the “elephant in the room,” in this case, environmental impact.

Admittedly, without that background knowledge, it’s unlikely that viewers of “Intrude” will be inspired to go save the environment — or even be aware of the display’s deeper meaning. But the exhibit does guarantee a bit of dazzle and, when the rabbits glow in the night, they have an Alice-in-Wonderland-like quality, like we’ve just taken a bite of one of those magical mushrooms and found ourselves shrunken down while the bunnies tower above us.

You can view “Intrude” daily, from noon to 10 p.m. until Oct. 15, weather permitting. (The bunnies can’t withstand rain or thunderstorms.) General admission after 7 p.m. is $10 for adults, $5 for children 6 to 12 and $5 for members.

Sure, it’s a little cheaper to view

“Intrude” during the day, but you’ll miss the display’s impact if you don’t see it illuminated.

In conjunction with the display, Pyramid Hill is hosting a “Hoppy Hour” from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, Oct. 10, featuring craft beer and soul music spun by DJ Grover Smith of the Queen City Soul Club. Gina Scarnati, creator of the hats in the first “Hunger Games” film, is hosting hat-making workshops at the park. All workshop participants get free admission to this Friday’s “Mad Hatter Tea Party,” which fully leans into the display’s “Alice in Wonderland” appeal, with themed snacks, spiked tea and croquet.

One of the rabbits will also be traveling to downtown Cincinnati for “BLINK,” a four-day light and art festival kicking off this Thursday. shumandb@miamioh.edu willi501@miamioh.edu

Catch some thrills at White Rock Park CHANDLER WILLIAMS THE MIAMI STUDENT

White Rock Park, located in St. Paul, Indiana, is a convenient hour and a half out of Oxford and about 45 minutes southeast of Indianapolis. Consisting of legal cliff-jumping, scuba diving, fishing, swimming, zip-lining, rope-swinging, overnight-camping, the park is a great weekend-getaway for those who enjoy adventurous and minimalistic times.

The environment welcomes people of all ages so long as people under the age of 18 have waiver signed by a legal guardian. General admission costs $15 but the prices slightly increase if you choose to scuba dive, fish, or camp out for the night.

Most cliff-jumping sites are illegal as they can be dangerous. While it is no high-diving site is foolproof of risk and potential harm, the three-quarry oasis is unique in that it is recognized as a legal and safe atmosphere for these types of activities.

White Rock has been a family-owned property for more than three decades. Their mission statement is

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to provide a family-friendly environment for adventure-seekers who can enjoy their time making unique memories.

I have visited a number of times over the years and every single time, it is nothing but good times all day and all night. This past summer, I had a blast working on a video project with White Rock. Not only was the atmosphere itself filled with great moments, the creation of this video was just as fun. My goal was to experience, capture, and share “the White Rock ex-

perience” accurately. While not everything that was experienced was filmed and while not everything that was filmed made it in this edit, I feel it successfully portrays a weekend at White Rock in the span of one minute.

For more information, you can check them out on their website. Show them some love and support by following them on Instagram @whiterockpark.

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The Red River Gorge: More than just a climbing town DEVON SHUMAN TRAVEL EDITOR

Nestled in the mountainous woods an hour east of Lexington, KY, lies the cozy town of Campton. It’s a veritable one-road village, the route 11 Mountain Parkway snaking its way through the terrain, sheer rock faces rising up on either side of the street.

Not many people recognize Campton by name, but whether you’re at the bouldering wall at the Rec or leading a pitch on El Capitan in Yosemite, if you talk to any rock climber, they know the area: This is the Red River Gorge.

With a wide variety of towering rock walls featuring plenty of crags and grips, the Red River Gorge (or the Red as it’s known in the climbing community) is one of the premier locations in the world for sport climbing. As opposed to traditional (or trad) climbing, sport climbers ascend walls that already have bolts permanently secured to the wall, allowing the

lead climber to clip in using quickdraws on their way up.

Whether you’re an experienced lead climber looking for a perilous challenge, or a beginner who thinks a “V8” is a type of vegetable juice, the Red is a fantastic spot to practice your skills on a real rock wall. You can either bring down your personal gear and find a route on your own, or you can hire a guide from a local company, such as Torrent Falls Climbing Adventure.

Don’t think that climbers have a monopoly on the Red, however. The area is a perfect fall getaway for any adventurer, a placid mountain oasis hidden in the middle of the Bluegrass State. The calming foliage and rustic wooden cabins will hypnotize you as you drive along the quaint Mountain Parkway. And as we embark deeper into October, the crisp chill creeping into the air provides a fantastic ambiance for an evening under the stars (and this far from a major city, you’ll see plenty

of them!).

For lodging, check out Land of the Arches Campground, a welcoming site popular among climbers. Just show up with your tent and sleeping bags and five dollars per person per night, and feel free to set up camp wherever.

The owner, Dave, will be around to answer any questions you may have, or to simply strike up a friendly conversation about whatever’s been running through his mind all day (in our case, his entrepreneurial idea for a “hillbilly hot tub”). As the sun sets behind the hills, campfires will begin to crackle around the campground, so walk around and meet some of the climbers, many of whom have made the pilgrimage from far away.

If you have time for a quick hike, make sure to mosey on over to Natural Bridge State Park for a moderate climb up to Natural Bridge. The eponymous structure is a flat rock arch that spans across the gorge, allowing for spectacular

photos from above and below.

Of course, no trip to the Red is complete without a meal at Miguel’s. The tiny pizza hut is the epicenter of activity in the area, a bustling hub always overflowing with climbers, some of whom actually set up camp in the fields in the back. With its variety of eccentric toppings (hummus or pesto, anyone?), its unrivaled popularity and its neverending supply of Ale-8 ginger ale, Miguel’s has become a world-famous institution. Climbers in the Alps would recognize the mustachioed logo if they saw the sticker on your water bottle.

Only a three-hour drive from Oxford, the Red River Gorge is an ideal fall break destination for those looking for a scenic autumn getaway. All you need is a tent, some friends and climbing gear, if you’re so inclined.

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At just shy of a two-hour drive from Oxford, Indiana’s capital city is a great bet if you’ve been procrastinating on your Fall Break travel plans. If you stay longer than a day, there are plenty activities to fill your weekend, but if your time and money are limited, you can still make a day trip worth your while. Not including gas, this whole itinerary will cost you about $50.

9:00 a.m.: Hit the road No need to wake up at the crack of dawn for this trip. Make a coffee stop (see Roadtrip Recommendations), cue up a couple podcasts and set your GPS to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. 11:00 a.m.: Get artsy at the IMA Between the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s four floors and the adjacent “100 Acres” nature and sculpture park, you could easily spend the day here, but since we’re pressed for time, make sure you hit a few highlights: Robert Indiana’s famous “Love” sculpture, Impressionist works

by Monet, Renoir and Picasso and James Turrell’s perception-bending installation, “Acton.”

Planning on coming back to the museum in the next year? Spring for the college student membership. At just $35, it’s cheaper than paying regular admission ($18) twice, and gets you into the museum and select special exhibits and events for a full year.

1:00 p.m.: Brunch/lunch at Patachou A self-proclaimed “student union for adults,” this Indianapolis-based chain serves up breakfast all day and a selection of soups, salads and sandwiches.

The menu isn’t revolutionary, but the food is fresh, healthy and locally sourced, and most meals

cost less than $10.

The biggest appeal of Patachou, though, is that the owners also operate a foundation by the same name that works to solve local issues of hunger and food insecurity.

2:00 p.m.: Stroll the Canal Walk The canals that run through Indianapolis’ downtown were dug in the early 1800s, but it wasn’t until they were refurbished that the three-mile path became a destination.

Paddleboats and kayaks are available for rental, but walking or biking along the canal will make it easier to appreciate the murals, sculptures and memorials along the path.

3:00 p.m.: Remember Hoosier veterans Second only to Washington, D.C. in its number of war memorials, Indianapolis devotes more acreage than any other U.S. city to American veterans. The most impactful, though, may be the Shrine Room of the Indiana War Memorial.

Between the shocking verticality of the room, the sheen of low, royal blue lighting and the overwhelming size of the American flag that hangs from the ceiling, it’s impossible not to linger, in silence, as you take in the space.

Beyond the shrine room, the deceptively plain monument contains an entire museum, chronicling every war the U.S. has fought since the Revolutionary War. Admission to the museum, which is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday, is free.

4:00 p.m.: Say hello to Kurt One of America’s strangest and most talented novelists, Kurt Vonnegut, was an Indianapolis native. The city takes pride in Vonnegut’s former residence, even dubbing 2017 the “The Year of Vonnegut” after the renova-

Outside Oxford BLINK Cincinnati Oct. 12 - 15 7 p.m. - Midnight This weekend, the Queen City will be lit up with one of the largest light, art and projection mapping events in the nation.

The four-day event will feature large-scale projection mapping installations, murals, urban artscapes, media light and interactive art. BLINK will span 20 city blocks, from Cincinnati’s Banks to Findlay Market. Better yet, the event is free, and no ticket is required.

Dayton LGBT Film Festival Oct. 13 - 15 Showtimes vary During this three-day festival, attendees will screen seven feature-length films and 10 shorts, carefully selected from over 100 pieces of new work. It’s billed as “one of the Midwest’s premiere LGBT events,” and moviegoers can buy individual tickets or full weekend passes, including admission to an opening night kickoff party. The festival is hosted at the NEON, Dayton’s independent movie theater.

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tion of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. True Vonnegut fans should make a trip to Indy specifically for the “Vonnegut Tour,” but any visitor can at least make a stop at the Mass Ave. mural depicting the famous author.

The street is also packed with boutiques, restaurants, art galleries and the nation’s oldest shoe store, Stout’s Shoes, established in 1886.

4:30 p.m.: Grab a pint and a pretzel Located in a 19th century Athenaeum building downtown, The Rathskeller is a bridge between the past and present in a city that’s rapidly changing year to year. Arrive early to avoid the $5 cover charge that starts at 5 p.m., but linger for the outdoor biergarten atmosphere, live music and Bavarian bar food. Sample one of their many selections of

German beer or take advantage of one of their cheaper domestic draft options (if you’re staying in town or have a designated driver back to Oxford, of course).

6:00 p.m.: Swing by the Coat Check Don’t go far after leaving your biergarten picnic table. Located in what used to be the coat check room of the Athenaeum is Coat Check Coffee, easily the most overtly hip coffee spot in the city.

It’s open until 7 p.m., so linger there and enjoy a one-and-one (a double shot of espresso split between a macchiato and a shot served straight up) until the espresso machine has quieted, and it’s time to make the drive back to Oxford — or to decide you need to spend another day in the city. willi501@miamioh.edu

Four recommendations of things to do and places to go an hour or less from Oxford Yellow Springs Street Fair Oct. 14 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Make the drive to the Village of Yellow Springs for this funky, all-day festival. Advertised as a “day of hoopla,” this colorful town is interesting even on an off-day, and with 200 arts, crafts and food vendors, a beer garden and two stages with full lineups of indie, funk and folk live music, it’s guaranteed to be a memorable day. For on Yellow Springs, go to miamistudent. net/yellow-springs/.

Valley Thrift Store Open seven days a week 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

If you haven’t yet heard of this thrift mecca just outside Hamilton, you’ve been missing out. It’s massive, kitschy and, with Halloween around the corner, well worth the trip. Valley Thrift is the kind of hipster heaven where you can find both vintage treasures and $2 shoes ­— a new wardrobe without having to survive on ramen until your next paycheck.

ROAD TRIP RECS Our editors share their tips, tricks and recommendations for surviving life on the open road: Podcast - Pod Save America I swear to you, seemingly endless hours in the car will go by in the blink of an eye with this podcast. Four former aides to president Obama sit around a table with some microphones and hash out the issues plaguing this administration with comedians, journalists, politicians and activists. The conversations are lively, freewheeling, unedited, unfiltered and enlightening. “Pod” comes out twice a week. And you cannot miss an episode.

- Angela Hatcher, Opinion Editor Album - Teens of Denial What better for a roadtrip than a band named Car Seat Headrest? But seriously ­ — clocking in at #4 on Rolling Stone’s best albums of 2016, Will Toledo’s sophomore album is an odyssey of 20-something anomie complete with casual nihilism and melancholy in major keys. “The Ballad of The Costa Concordia” is particularly cathartic, but the proper introduction is queuing up “Drunk Drivers/ Killer Whales” as dusk starts swallowing the highway. Ryan Terhune, Photo Editor Coffee — Pilot Flying J’s Intense Blend Being from Boston and having to make the 15-hour journey between Ox and Mass a few times a year, I’ve learned to feel at home alone on the open road. Podcasts and audiobooks keep me from growing bored, but I’ve found that the most sinister enemy behind the wheel is fatigue — if you ever feel yourself drifting off, recognize it and immediately pull over to catch some shuteye. But if you want to ward off the sleepies preemptively, there’s no better cure than a large cup of Pilot Flying J’s Intense Blend coffee. It might not be the best-tasting brew, but this is truly the good stuff — just a few sips of the truck stop’s extra-caffeinated blend will kick you into fifth gear. Devon Shuman, Travel Editor App Roadtrippers Still trying to figure out where you want to go this fall break?

Hop on the Roadtrippers app and browse through an array of pre-planned trips, or create your very own from scratch.

Once you figure out where you’re going, Roadtrippers makes it easy to add interesting stops along the way.

Headed toward Pittsburgh?

The World’s Largest Basket in Newark, Ohio is worth the stop. Driving through Virginia? You might want to check out Foamhenge — it’s almost as good as the real thing. The possibilities are endless. - Emily Brustoski, Videographer Podcast — More Perfect If you enjoy history, politics, government or just really good sound editing, check out podcast heavyweight “Radiolab’s” first spin-off series. Now on the third episode of its second season, the show takes a historical lens to the stories of the United States Supreme Court, revealing how complex — and often humorous — cases have served as the foundation for many of the debates we talk about today. Check out “Kittens Kick The Giggly Blue Robot All Summer” to learn how a ragtag bunch of judges in a swampy D.C. basement became the highest court in the land. - Jack Evans, Managing Editor

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Armed with this knowledge -- that even casual fans were aware of -- how then did the Steelers decide to throw the ball 55 times and hand it off to Bell only 15? I have no freaking clue!

The Steelers cannot use the excuse that they were trying to play catch-up, for they had the lead nearly 40 minutes into the game. What caused that to change? Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger throwing pick-sixes on back-to-back possessions.

Roethlisberger would go on to throw five interceptions on the day against the Jaguar’s elite secondary. It is inexplicable that the Steelers would attempt this game plan. The New York Jets -- a team many thought could go 0-16 -- beat the Jaguars just last week by running the ball 32 times for 256 yards with much worse personnel than the Steelers.

I was not in the Steelers’ meeting rooms, and perhaps there was some unknown factor that led the Steelers’ to take the approach they did, but it reeks of unadulterated obstinance on the part of quarterback and coach. It seems the team decided to ignore nerdy wastes of time like statistics and common sense.

As you grow up, you learn that there is no handbook for life.

For those who make it to the top, there is no one telling you what to do or how to do it. Those successful people generally like to continuing doing whatever got

them there. They’ve also gained a great deal of confidence from their repeated victories. Roethlisberger has put together a hall of fame career leading prolific aerial attacks under offensive coordinator Todd Haley, and they believe they can throw on anybody. I submit to you this as the cause for the Steelers’ pitiful showing: plain arrogance and refusal to self-examine. I know it may be arrogant for someone like me to question someone who’s (ostensibly) among the 32 best offensive minds on the planet, but it’s foolish to think that anybody has it all figured out or is immune to spells of idiocy like we saw Sunday.

Q. Clemson has the best resume of any team in college football right now and are defending national champions, why aren’t they ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll?

A. Thank you for this question!

I was beginning to worry I was the only one wondering this.

Alabama certainly has passed the eye test to possibly be the best team in college football, but so has Clemson. Clemson has beaten three teams ranked in the top-15 at the time of play while Alabama has beaten one.

Two of the three such teams Clemson beat have remained in the top-15 of the rankings while Alabama’s sole such opponent has fallen out of the top-25 entirely. Alabama has zero wins versus currently ranked opponents, yet a team with a better resume to this point which beat

them the last time they played is ranked behind them.

The reason this happens is because voters have informally given Alabama a special exception for years. As long as they don’t lose, they won’t be passed by teams with the same record. I won’t deny that if any team has earned this exception, it’s Nick Saban’s always dominant Crimson Tide. I think it’s absurd anybody would get this treatment. It introduces unnecessary bias into the poll -- which, luckily, does not determine the College Football Playoff.

I have no problem with moving Alabama back up as they accrue quality wins, but until then, the team with the best resume right now should be treated as such.

Otherwise, their early season wins are taken for granted by voters who have seen them “behind” a team for weeks.

One could argue pre-season rankings are the bigger problem, which the College Football Playoff Committee thankfully avoids, but those are never going away. They make for fun debate before the season begins and are usually fair enough.

The unwillingness to change them unless a team loses is the most frustrating source of unfairness.

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in her junior year, Nikki has editing experience from previous class projects. Not one for acting, editing is her favorite part of the process.

“The caffeine has worn off,” Nikki said around 2:30 p.m., resting her head in her hands.

“Really? I’m still a little shaky,” Dwight said.

Nikki would edit a section, then tap the spacebar to play the clip. She and Dwight watched, making comments when they saw something that needed cleaning up or something they liked.

After adding music, the finishing touch, they watched the entire movie.

“I can’t believe this turned out alright,” Dwight said.

“There’s a lot of magic that goes into editing,” Nikki said, smiling.

They finished around 4:30 p.m., with two and a half hours to spare before their 48 hours were up.

Closing ceremony Participants of the film festival — MAFIA members and non-members alike — sat on blankets, lawn chairs and even skateboards in the side yard of Surf’s Up, a small blue house on Spring Street that belongs to

Gabi and Lindsey, MAFIA’s Education and Social Chairs.

A white bedsheet taped to the side of the house served as the screen, and was paired with a projector plugged into a line of Christmas lights hanging out of the kitchen window.

As the sun set and the air grew cooler, everyone was growing impatient. They were told the screening would start at 7 p.m., but it was only dark enough to see the screen at 8 p.m.

People passed around bowls of popcorn and cracked open bottles of beer as the movies began to play. There were six films to view, including one that the executive board made.

The laughter was almost constant. They laughed at the witty lines, the pop culture references, the goofy characters, the nonsensical plots. They laughed at the out-of-focus shots, the awkward cuts, the deliberate and undeliberate “badness.”

The film fest was also a competition, but it seemed as though everyone had forgotten.

The bed sheet screen went dark after the last movie ended. Bowls with handfuls of unpopped kernels sat among the crowd. Applause filled the air — not just in praise for the last film, but for all of them.

The executive board congratulated everyone on a great “bad” movie festival, then disappeared around the side of the house.

After a few minutes of deliberation, they chose “Bad Apples” as the winning film, based on its ingenuity, ambition, humor and technical abilities demonstrated by the cast and crew. But MAFIA President Jack Ryan was pleased with all of the submissions.

“They all walked the line between being well-made and filling the genre of ‘bad,’” he said.

As a prize, the members of the team all received copies of “The Room.” It’s only fitting that the prize for making the best “bad” movie is the bad movie that started it all. Everyone laughs.

Though they didn’t win, Dwight and Nikki consider their first 48-hour film festival a success. They both plan on doing it again, and would do it together again, despite starting out as strangers.

The air is buzzing with conversation — compliments to other teams, quotes from funny scenes and propositions of collaborating on the next 48-hour film fest just a few short weeks away on Oct. 20. fentermc@miamioh.edu

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WOMEN’S SOCCER body’s business,” head coach Hugh Seyfarth said. “They have no clue what their record is, they go out and compete.”

Miami was without one of its top players, as sophomore midfielder Olivia Winnett was sidelined and on crutches. According to Seyfarth, she will be out for about a week due to a minor knee injury. Winnett has scored two of the RedHawks’ four goals this season, assisting on another.

Miami will take on two more northern opponents at home this weekend, with a Friday match against Central Michigan and a Sunday game against Eastern Michigan.

Friday’s game is scheduled to kickoff at 4 p.m, and Sunday’s at 1 p.m. Both will be held at the Miami Soccer Field.

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starting lineup for only the second time this year, but has proven herself to be one of the RedHawks most dependable options in central midfield.

Miami’s standout junior goalkeeper Patricia Koutoulas once again made incredible saves to keep the RedHawks in the game, but the equalizing goal remained elusive.

She finished with six saves on the day, as the game ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of Western Michigan.

Despite the result, it was one of the best halves that Miami has played all season long, especially against a talented and composed WMU team.

“I have to give them credit for it, our record is terrible, but they compete like no-

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BEAUX ARTS BALL welcomed the collaboration with smiles as they watched the complicated movements performed so effortlessly.

Syndicate’s co-president, Jackson Herbertz, and another Syndicate member came up into the performance space and started dancing to the fast beat with the high-energy St. Louis Shag. The audience welcomed the collaboration with smiles as they watched the complicated movements performed so effortlessly.

Herbertz is a senior music major at Miami, and when he heard that the ball was going to be 1920s themed, he knew that Swing Syndicate had to be a part of it, since swing dance originated in that time.

“One of our big things is the social aspect,” he said. “There is something so fun about moving to the music. We’re made to do that.”

Herbertz and the rest of Swing Syndicate led the room in a dance lesson after their performance, teaching the ball attendees the steps to the Lindy-Hop dance, which is the base for many other more complicated swing dances. The audience was eager to stand up and learn from the interactive lesson, and appreciated how well it matched the theme for the night.

Anjelica Chase helped with the event last year, and this year she came with her mother, who was visiting from Texas for Family

Weekend. The mother-daughter duo did not move from their spot on the left side of the main ballroom all night, transfixed by the performers.

“It’s a flapper theme and it really feels like it,” said Chase’s mother, Ruth Chase.

“The hors d’oeuvres are great. We like sitting here, that’s why we haven’t moved. This is what parents want. This is what we like to see.”

For the first hour of the ball, Socha ran around in her black fringe dress and silver beaded headband, making sure things went smoothly and that all of the performing groups had what they needed. When she was finally able to sit down and enjoy the event, she felt as though the ball was doing what she had always set out to do.

“We wanted to promote the interdisciplinary nature of the College of Creative Arts,” she said. “Art is a universal concept and bigger than one person or one organization.”

With its remarkable turnout and great fun had by all, the Beaux Arts Ball successfully set its course to come back as one of Oxford’s staple annual events. Meyer said that the event organizers are already starting to plan next year’s ball now. mitche49@miamioh.edu

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ley scored in the span of 26 seconds.

The RedHawks found themselves down 2-0 less than five minutes into the first.

“At this level, you just keep playing.

That’s all you can do,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “Especially, when you get down early like that -- a lot of hockey left to be played.”

A parallel penalty gave Miami a chance to even the score. Providence’s sophomore Brandon Duhaime was given a five minute major and a game misconduct at 6:06 for checking from behind.

Miami’s power play units debuted and generated three shots, but was ultimately unsuccessful in cutting into Providence’s lead.

For the rest of the period, Miami struggled to establish a system -- having to tag-team to muscle Providence players off the puck, failing to complete passes and getting caught on the backside of several odd-man rushes. The ’Hawks went into the intermission outshot 7-4 and down 2-0.

“You never want to be down in the

game, it’s more fun to play with the lead but you can’t sit back, you can’t sit back at all. Down two goals really early today, we knew we had a task at hand and I feel like we responded well,” Hutton said.

“The beginning of the game wasn’t our best, but we might have come out a little flat, obviously the five minute major hurt us. We bounced back strong.”

Providence started the second period as they had left the first -- dominant -and sophomore goaltender Ryan Larkin made an impressive save off the opening faceoff.

A power play gave the RedHawks a chance for offensive production at 7:31. Senior defenseman Louis Belpedio hurled the puck toward the net through traffic, but a definitive “ping” from the goalpost answered the shot.

The ’Hawks lack of cohesion was exposed by the Friars, as ice position was poor and pucks were being passed to empty corners. Hutton led a rush into Providence’s zone and attempted to skate through the traffic of three Friars before being tripped. Miami went to the power play for the third time in the game.

Senior defenseman Scott Dornbrock fed Hutton at left point and Hutton onetimed the puck into the back of the net to cut Providence’s lead to 2-1 at 13:03 of the second. Freshman defenseman Ben Lown was credited with the other assist.

Miami looked to be reinvigorated after the goal and forced junior goaltender Hayden Hawkey to make several good saves.

The ’Hawks killed another penalty in the final five minutes of the period, and the intermission horn sounded the end to an unexciting back-and-forth final minutes of play.

“I thought the first 20 minutes, they certainly outplayed us. They got that five minute power play right off the bat. We had one too, but the momentum was already shifted to their side,” Blasi said.

“So they did a good job in the first period.

I thought we battled back -- got one in the second, started to chip away a little bit.”

The third period started as Miami looked for the tying goal. The determined RedHawks generated chances and shots before Hutton found freshman forward Casey Gilling at the front of the net.

Gilling’s shot was redirected by a Friar and trickled past Hawkey to tie the game 2-2 at 6:29. Miami’s Larkin was credited with the second assist after feeding Hutton from his own end.

The equalizer served as the catalyst for Miami, as it started to win board battles and establish a system. The Friars countered the ’Hawks momentum, and killed off a Miami power play to keep the game tied.

It looked as if extra time would be needed to decide the contest, but a fa-

ceoff outside of Miami’s zone with less than a minute left led to trouble. The Friars’ Kaspar Bjorkqvist redirected a shot past Larkin with 0.9 seconds left in regulation, ending Miami’s gutsy comeback.

“We just kept trying to plug away, trying to keep things simple and we did a pretty good job in the third period, I was really proud of the guys,” Blasi said. “You know, they’re a good team. Good teams find a way to win.”

Providence outshot Miami 22-20.

Larkin was forced to make 19 saves, while Hawkey made 18. Two of Miami’s six scoring points went to freshmen -Lown and Gilling. Gilling and Hutton ended the weekend with a goal and an assist each.

Though offensive production improved from Friday’s 3-1 loss, Miami hasn’t played with the lead after opening weekend and was forced to play catchup.

“I think we need to play a full 60 minutes,” Hutton said. “We’re going to play back-and-forth with teams all year and you got to be able to play on both sides of the puck. You got to be able to play up.

You got to be able to play down.

Moving forward, Miami looks to win board battles and generate second-hand chances. It will have opportunity to do so against the USA National Team Development Program Friday. Puck drop is at 7:05 p.m.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do, it’s going to be a big week at practice and we know we have a good test next weekend against the 18s,” Hutton said. “So, we’ll get back to work and we’ll move along.”

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Responding to the devastation of the Las Vegas shooting The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Last week, the city of Las Vegas saw a shooting that resulted in almost 60 dead and nearly 500 wounded. The past eight days have featured mourning, confusion, investigation and all other varieties of fallout in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States.

With this tragedy comes renewed debate about gun control and our society’s policies and culture surrounding private ownership of firearms. However, this staff has touched on this issue before, and the point has come to pass where we must understand that these events will happen. The Miami community, as with any college campus in America, must come

to terms with the possibility that a mass shooting, like the one in Las Vegas and the shootings that have preceded it in the U.S. over the last several years, could happen here.

Therefore, the school should do more to prepare students for the possibility of such an event occurring on this campus. The presence of an active shooter is an incredibly foreign concept to almost anyone in society that has not been involved in combat of some kind. In such a circumstance, students and faculty in the area would likely have no defense mechanism available to them. Knowing how to respond physically and mentally to this situation could make the difference in surviving such an attack.

To the school’s credit, its YouTube channel features a video entitled “RUN

HIDE FIGHT Surviving an Active Shooter Event” that gives excellent detail on the procedure to follow if an active shooter situation were to occur. Additionally, Miami’s Emergency Procedures webpage gives a thorough rundown of how to handle the unthinkable. Anyone interested in knowing what to do during this situation should check out these resources. Groups interested can even contact MUPD and ask them to schedule a presentation, free of charge, with all this information.

However, the need for the entire student body to know these protocols is imperative, for this situation can happen to anyone at any time. No one person can take control during an active shooter situation, so it is only by educating everyone that Miami can ensure some level of resistance. Implementing even a short edu-

cational program for current or incoming students could make a difference.

It is important to note that those on campus should not live in constant fear of this occurrence; according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, there have been 273 deaths from mass shootings thus far in 2017. This number is obviously too large, but in a country of 320 million people, the odds of becoming a victim of a mass shooting are extremely low.

That being said, this situation is still possible, and even if this situation never happens here, educating people can at least subside their anxiety that we are completely vulnerable. Maybe education could even deter a potential perpetrator, dissuading him or her of the effectiveness of his or her actions. When it comes to such violence, one can never be too safe.

THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT: GUN CONTROL

A literal Second Amendment doesn’t represent our reality CHARLES KENNICK THE MIAMI STUDENT

The interlude of the song “XXX” by Kendrick Lamar featuring U2 is as follows: “Alright, kids, we’re gonna talk about gun control. (Pray for me) Damn!”

The interlude of the song is the break of a song that has two messages: a goating and violent description of what gun culture means when growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Compton, California to a critique of political and cultural factors that he credits intense and tragic that the relationship the residents of Compton and other low-income predominantly African American communities across the country.

What does this verse from a song released in April have to do with conversations that we hear in news coverage on CNN or in our friend groups last Monday morning about bump stocks or some “mentally sick” retired accountant and professional gambler?

It has to do with the way that the United States has experienced 521 mass shootings in the 477 days that were in between the Pulse Nightclub attack in Orlando in June 2016 and the attack from the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas last Sunday. It has to do with the fact that the Congressional Research Service reports that the United States has 112 guns per every 100 residents in the country – a number that has doubled in the past 5o years. It has to do with the paralyzing effect that guns, gun culture, and gun violence has on low income, minority communities, like in Compton has on economic mobility and racial discrimination. We have a socio-cultural problem that is being thrown under the rug.

The ubiquitous nature of our constant ineffective, conversations following major attacks revolving around guns and gun control are central to modern American life. The culture of guns and gun ownership are so intertwined with the history of America and its development that violence seems normal and regular. Since the Minutemen grabbed their muskets at Lexington and Concord, to John Brown’s Raid at Harpers Ferry, to the “taming of the Wild West” with a Colt .45, to black nationalist movements in the Civil Rights Movement; guns and groups who wield them have communicated to society and communities messages of power and control over another.

Above all else, we need widespread recognition of this integration of guns within our society past and present if we are

to change our policy.

But wait the Second Amendment?

This is who we as a nation, we are guaranteed this right Constitutionally?

But comparing the language in and using the Bill of Rights to justify the legal rights of American citizens to have unregulated access to firearms and firearm accessories is misguided. Hiding behind this antiquated line of reasoning is flawed and narrow sighted. The precedent for intervening when the use of guns has threatened public safety has been long established in the history of American governance. The federal government has always limited the use and ownership of guns; from the Whiskey Rebellion in 1791 to the creation of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms in 1886 and more recently Gun Free Zones in the public schools in the 1990s.

These laws and initiatives were responsive to the issues of the time, just as we have a need for our laws to be today.

These limits are set as the obligation of the higher, and most principal duty of the government, if we are to talk in the language of the Constitution, “to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare.” Collectively, we must all sacrifice liberties for the common good and safety of the society – this includes our rights and liberties surrounding guns. In the same spirit as school zone speed limits and driving under the influence laws that work to make our roads less dangerous, so should our laws regulating firearms.

So, in short, do I think this will happen without a serious reckoning with the culture of guns and the normalcy of gun violence in America? No. Would I be in favor of stronger and stricter gun regulations on the sale and ownership of assault rifles, bump stocks, extended magazines, and modifications to weapons that are unnecessary for the vast majority of our society? Yes. Can I bring or do I know the solutions and fine details of public policy of what and what firearms and firearm accessories not should not be permitted? No. What I do know is that we need to reframe our discussion about guns in this country, away from hyper sensationalization and polarizing gridlock of wild proposals from pundit A or B on CNN, and place pressure our policy makers to seriously sit down in a room and not come out until they are absolutely sure we as nation are safer from gun violence. kenniccd@miamioh.edu

Increased gun control is a statistically misguided cause LUKAS SCHROEDER COLUMNIST

Gun control is one of the most polarizing issues in the United States – and the split isn’t difficult to notice.

Americans on both sides of the isle typically possess deeply rooted, divergent views on gun ownership and the Second Amendment, views that are not easily altered.

Those who call for more gun control mean well. They wish to decrease violence in the United States, and believe the reduction of gun ownership in our country would accomplish that goal. However, these people are mistaken.

Studies estimate that there are well over 300 million guns in America – it is likely there are more firearms than people our country. Many on the left claim America’s high rate of firearm ownership is directly correlative to a higher rate of firearm violence, but the facts do not support this assertion.

More firearms do not lead to higher rates of firearm homicide – studies show the opposite. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and the Congressional Research Service, the number of privately owned firearms increased 56% from 1993 to 2013. In the same period of time, the firearm homicide rate decreased 49%.

Another study using 2014 Census and FBI data found no correlation between a state’s firearm ownership rate and its firearm murder rate. In fact, many of the states with higher than average gun ownership also featured lower than murder rates.

More firearms do not cause more firearm homicides, period.

This fact may be confusing, given misleading data commonly cited by left-leaning organizations. These figures, which report on all firearm deaths instead of just firearm homicides, claim to show an increase in violence over the past few years – Democrats commonly cite these figures as grounds for increased gun control. Why are these figures misleading? They skew the data by including instances of suicides by firearm.

While the rise of suicide deaths is highly alarming, gun bans don’t affect suicide rates.

Japan, a nation that has effectively outlawed private gun ownership, has a much higher suicide rate than the United States, up to 70% higher as of 2014.

Be wary when hearing arguments made on the basis of data measuring all firearm deaths, which include instances of those who take their own lives. Instead, trust citations of the firearm homicide rate over time – It is the best measure of the true trend in America: firearm violence is decreasing rapidly.

But what about mass killings? Would more gun laws prevent these tragedies?

Sadly, no.

In May of 1927, 45 people were killed in the deadliest school attack in American history. The weapon? Homemade explosives, not a gun.

In April of 1995, Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people in what was then the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The weapon? A truck bomb of oil and fertilizer, not a gun.

In July of 2016, an Islamic terrorist massacred 86 people in Nice, France, and wounded 458 more. The weapon? A large truck, obviously not a gun.

Mentally insane individuals, motivated to conduct mass murder, will not be blocked by any gun law – they will use whatever means necessary to commit evil. Those who promise the ending of mass killings through more gun laws are unfounded. Restrictions on firearms don’t impact a madman, but they do disarm his possible victims.

Many on the left claim our current president is an authoritarian figure. Ironically, many of these same voices also call for the abolishment of the Second Amendment, imagining a world where only the government had firearms. By this logic, this means the man liberals decry as authoritarian would be the only figure in control of this nation’s firearms – a hilariously blatant contradiction.

The founders, with the inclusion of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, ensured this horror could never happen in the United States. The founders knew the Second Amendment would serve as a powerful barricade to tyranny.

Many leftists argue the wording of the second amendment suggests the right to bear arms is limited to only members of a militia, not individual citizens. Unfortunately for them, only one ruling matters in this dispute.

In 2008, the Supreme Court decided: “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia … The [Amendment’s] text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms.” This decision represents the law of the land, plain and simple.

Leah Libresco, a statistician and former writer for FiveThriryEight, used to be a proponent of increased gun control. Then, as a result of her extensive research, she completely changed her mind. In a recent Washington Post article, she wrote: “We save lives by focusing on a range of tactics to protect the different kinds of potential victims and reforming potential killers, not from sweeping bans focused on the guns themselves.”

This is the approach we must take when tackling the subject of firearms in America. schroelm@miamioh.edu

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2017

A.J. NEWBERRY NEWBERAJ@MIAMIOH.EDU @AJNWBRRY

Free speech doesn’t apply to the messages of the alt-right PAOLO FEDERICO-O’MURCHU THE MIAMI STUDENT

One of the biggest issues in modern-day liberalism is its closed mindedness towards differing opinions. For a party base that trumpets open-mindedness towards races, sexualities and genders, it can be startling insulated and occasionally aggressive when confronted with conservative ideals. While not emblematic of the entire party, there have been enough instances of younger progressives threatening and deriding speakers with opposing viewpoints for it to be considered a widespread problem.

Therefore, when my friend at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill posted on Facebook that Richard Spencer would no longer be coming to speak at his university, my initial reaction was that it was a shame Mr. Spencer wouldn’t be allowed to speak. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that colleges do not have the right to decide whether a viewpoint is correct. Rather, they can say whether a viewpoint is academic.

A college allowing a speaker to have a platform in the school is tacitly endorsing them as having academic merit, and a viewpoint reasonable people could logically agree or disagree with. An avowed white supremacist does not meet these basic standards.

I was proud that in 2016 Miami University allowed Milo Yiannopoulos a chance to speak and that no violent protests resulted from his controversial words and actions.

While his bloviations can veer from politically viable to trolling, he was an important voice in the election and deserved to be heard out. Universities cannot ban alt-right influencers from speaking, not when such supporters are advising our president.

While the line can be thin, there are different interpretations of the alt-right movement. The more mainstream one, and the one often mentioned by the current White House, is highly protectionist and nationalist. It promotes strong immigration security and more deportations. It derides political correctness and believes America was greater in the more organized nuclear family days. Internationally, it is wary of trade and treaty agreements, and wants to internalize manufacturing. All of the above are legitimate and debatable political points and deserve to be heard and argued on campus. Incidentally, they are quite similar to other conservative and libertarian theories.

The other branch is more subversive and fringy; it is popular on the internet but rarely endorsed by modern politicians.

It crosses from nationalist to nativist, the

latter of which has a racial undercurrent.

While many conservatives espouse protecting the future of America from immigrants, this brand of alt-right talks of protecting the future of white Americans from minorities.

This is what Richard Spencer writes about on his website “Alternative Right,” and for all intents and purposes, it is another name for white supremacy. The Republican party has to continue to distinguish and differentiate its beliefs from these discriminatory ones that helped cause the chaos in Charleston.

Of course, free speech protects Mr. Spencer. However the First Amendment is often miscited and justified. Free speech does not mean you can speak wherever you want, whenever you want, it just grants you legal protection for your words. When those hate preachers disparaging homosexuality come to Miami’s campus, free speech, and human decency, dictates they should not be arrested or harassed. However, they are relegated to standing outside and are not endorsed as a school event. The same treatment should be given to White Supremacy, as such outlandish beliefs cannot be school sanctioned.

I do not worry about the student response if Richard Spencer speaks at a school. His views are too vulgar and unsubstantiated to convince anyone based on the traditional rhetorical appeals. Those who leave his talks agreeing with his views likely went into the talk with a racist worldview. However, the bigger picture is what worries me. When institutions like universities, bastions for higher learning, invite white-supremacists to speak, it pulls their beliefs from the recluses of the ideological edges into mainstream discourse. America right now has a grave issue of promoting highly fringe ideals, from both parties, and acting as though these are conventional.

When blatant outward racism is being discussed as a potential goal for the country, it becomes less scary, and more approachable.

America has already decided that “all men are created equal” is self-evident; there is no reason to discuss further. One should not question whether promoting the interests of one group of people over another is correct. White supremacy is undoubtedly, unquestionably and indisputably wrong, and one doesn’t need to listen to a speaker to come to that conclusion. Therefore, there is no reason a college should entertain their ideas or their speakers as well. federips@miamioh.edu

To the Odyssey: We cannot afford to not be feminists KIRBY DAVIS

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

I’ve mistaken a lot of real headlines this year for Onion articles (my favorite being “Chelsea Clinton accuses Bannon of ‘fat shaming’ Sean Spicer”).

But none have unsettled me, recently, as much as one published on The Odyssey Online: “I’m the Girl Who’d Rather Raise A Family Than A Feminist Protest Sign.”

Though the author claims she is “deeply thankful” for the women before her who fought for her rights today, the rest of her article begs to differ. Her argument, that feminism is “dividing our sisterhood” and shames females who choose domesticity over careers, while trying to force women to pursue the latter, is ignorant.

It was irritating to hear a guy freshman year tell me he really understood Hillary Clinton’s struggle, because he’d taken an Intro to Women’s Studies class, and a friend this year tell me he wished he could experience period cramps so he could empathize.

It was disconcerting to hear a guy I’d been hooking up with this year tell me abortion was “unconstitutional,” and that should I become pregnant and have one, he’d never speak to me again.

It is disappointing, but not at all surprising, to see male politicians, athletes, other public figures and fellow college students regularly undermine feminist efforts.

But it is disheartening, and borderline devastating, to see young women fall prey to the same misogynistic misconceptions.

This Odyssey article is not the first I’ve seen, and though it was no longer trending this weekend, a similar one (titled “I’m an 18-Year-Old Female and Will Never Be a Feminist”) was.

There’s nothing wrong with aspiring to be a homemaker and a stay-at-home mother. My own mom took on these roles until I was in middle school, and I respect her more than anyone. I’d potentially like to assume these roles someday, too.

It’s a choice — one I’ll make in the very distant future. The crucial point that these Odyssey articles miss, and their authors seem to misunderstand, is that becoming a stay-at-home mother wasn’t always a choice; it was an inevitability. The reason it’s a choice today is because of feminism.

Understanding what feminism really is — not forcing women to make certain choices, but ensuring that they have the right to make them in the first place — is more important now than ever. It’s irresponsible on these Odyssey writers’ parts to not only misconstrue the meaning of

feminism for themselves, but to spread it to countless other girls who will either feel justified in believing the same falsities, or impressionable ones who will buy into them. And it’s irresponsible to pretend that we no longer need to fight for female rights and equality, just because we, personally, may not be suffering at the moment.

Just this week, the Trump administration continued to enact blatantly misogynistic legislation. The House passed a bill that criminalizes post-20 week abortion, and Trump approved new standards that will permit employers to drop birth control from employees’ insurance plans, if they claim to be religiously or morally opposed to contraception. Universities can also now deny students birth control for these reasons.

But studies show that conservatives’ classic argument of fetuses feeling pain at 20 weeks has no evidence to back it up (actually, there’s evidence directly undermining it). And birth control isn’t just used for contraception. The pill can also help alleviate menstrual cramps and treat endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome and generally make periods more bearable. And, despite what men’s rights Twitter activists will tell you, it does not come cheap without insurance — the pill can cost up to $50 a month, and an IUD up to $1,000.

A lot of men don’t seem to understand concepts like these, which means it’s our job to teach them — or at least to try. But this isn’t a war that can be waged successfully on two fronts; we shouldn’t have to put time and energy into convincing other women that believing in their own rights are important, or continue to spread the false belief that feminism is some dangerous, radical notion.

I know that my friend, so eager last week to get his hands on a menstrual cramp simulator, would regret it once his imaginary uterus was contracting. And I imagine that the guy who preached to me last month about abortion violating the 14th Amendment might feel differently, had he gotten me pregnant. Or maybe not, but it wouldn’t matter, because in that situation, having an abortion would ultimately be my choice.

We can’t afford to be anti-feminist anymore because members of the Trump administration want to take this choice, and many others, away. And when females don’t believe in or fight for our own rights, it permits these men to do so.

Don’t make it easy for them. daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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Miami stunned by BGSU, falls to 2-4 FOOTBALL

COBURN GILLIES

THE MIAMI STUDENT

In a shootout that saw both sides combine for 1,117 total yards, Miami football found itself on the losing end for the second consecutive week in a heartbreaking 37-29 defeat to Bowling Green State University.

Saturday’s Mid-American Conference East Division affair shuffled the league standings.

Miami (2-4, 1-1 MAC) moved from second to third place, as the head-to-head tiebreaker allowed BGSU (1-5, 1-1 MAC) to usurp the ‘Hawks. Akron (3-3, 2-0) tightens its grip on the top spot, still in first after week two of MACtion.

Two themes prevalent within the game were lead changes and a slim point differential, as the largest deficit was 10 points.

Struggles on the defensive side of the ball was the main culprit for this. Supposedly, one of MU’s strong areas, this disappointed head coach Chuck Martin.

“We didn’t tackle good. We didn’t cover good. We weren’t in the right position, some of the times.”

While the Falcons struck first with a Jake Suder field goal, the RedHawks responded with two

MADE-UP MAILBAG:

Le’Veon Bell, Clemson COLUMN

NICK SCHLETER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Welcome to the fourth installment of the Made-Up Mailbag. I decided to field a couple of more specific questions this week.

I got a bit riled up answering them, but rest assured, gentle reader, I’ve excluded the worst of my rantings and ravings below.

Without further ado, this week’s Made-Up Mailbag: Q. What gives with Le’Veon Bell this past weekend? I was expecting a bigger game from the Steelers’ running back against the Jaguars.

A. You, me and everyone else in the football community (real or fantastical). Bell is the highest paid running back in the league this year, and most would agree he deserves it. Playing behind a quality offensive line and facing the league’s worst run defense heading into the week, Bell was a no brainer to go off. Not only that, but the Jaguars were the league’s best pass defense heading into the week. This double incentive to run the football is what Pro Football Focus’ Pat Thorman dubs a ‘reverse funnel’, and the Jaguars are the top reverse funnel in the league.

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scores of their own.

Redshirt junior quarterback Gus Ragland found junior wide receiver James Gardner with 6:00 left in the first quarter to claim a 6-3 lead. With 13:44 left in the second period, it was Ragland himself rushing 11 yards to paydirt to push the advantage to 13-3 — the game’s largest margin.

The rest of the first half saw a pair of lead changes, as the Red and White went to the locker room up 19-17.

The lead was temporary, as BGSU Redshirt sophomore quarterback Morgan James found Redshirt wide receiver Teo Redding on the second half’s first play from scrimmage.

This gave Bowling Green a 2419 lead.

In quick response, Ragland found Redshirt senior wide receiver Jared Murphy for a 36yard touchdown, reclaiming the lead 26-24 in Miami’s favor.

It had been business as usual for Ragland until the 4:28 mark in the third quarter, when Ragland came down with an injury.

“It doesn’t look good. They think he might be out for a little while, we’ll MRI. He’s got a lower-body injury,” Martin said.

“They think he’s going to be out a while.”

Ragland’s injury set the stage for the return of former starter,

A LATE PICK SIX LED TO MIAMI WALKING OFF WITH ITS SECOND CONSECUTIVE LOSS AT YAGER STADIUM ON SATURDAY. ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

turned backup quarterback Billy Bahl.

While the junior didn’t lightup the scoreboard, his game management kept the RedHawks in the contest. On his opening drive, Bahl marched the ’Hawks 45 yards to set up a 45-yard Sam Sloman field goal, giving Miami a newfound 29-24 lead. This would spell the end of MU’s scoring, though.

With 12:15 in the fourth quarter, lightning struck twice as BGSU’s James found Redding once more, giving the Falcons a

30-29 lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

After a slew of stalled drives on both sides, a James Gardner completion — originally called a touchdown — found the ’Hawks set up on the one-yard line, needing just three feet to potentially ice the game.

Then, the unthinkable happened.

“We snap a ball, [Nate] Trawick stuck his left arm out not intentionally -- wasn’t a bad snap,” Martin said. “When he was coming out of his stance, he

flipped his left arm out, ball hit his left arm -- almost unexplainable.”

This unexplainable event was a self-induced fumble by MU that was recovered by BGSU and returned 93-yards for the game-sealing score. Bowling Green would see its 37-29 advantage to the end.

The next time Miami play will be on the road against Kent State (1-5, 0-2). Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. gilliecj@miamioh.edu

Avery and Morgan: Teammates, friends, sisters FIELD HOCKEY

CHRISTOPHER BERRY STAFF WRITER

From losing every game freshman year of high school, to state semi-finalists senior year -- Avery Sturm and her younger sister Morgan had quite the impact on their field hockey teams growing up.

Whether it was having to practice on basketball courts or traveling seven hours a weekend for their club team, there’s no doubt the Sturm sisters are dedicated to an underappreciated sport.

Junior Avery was the first Division I field hockey player from Roanoke, a city of 100,000.

Freshman Morgan followed suit two years later to become the second. Their small private school of 490 students was the only private school in the city that provided field hockey, so they had to choose between playing volleyball,field hockey or cross country.

For Avery, there wasn’t much of a decision.

“I was much more passionate about it than I was for any other sport, so it was just a natural fit,” Avery said.

With a lack of interest and resources, Avery and Morgan turned to their dad for the guidance a coach should have provided. He spent hours pouring over video, teaching himself everything he could about the sport to give his daughters the best chance at success.

“He kind of became our coach,”

Avery said. “He spent so much time to help get us where we are today.”

And while the academic awards and athletic accolades add up, they still found time growing up to just be kids. They would film home videos of made-up dance routines and were outside whenever they could be. Sometimes, the pranks and jokes led to things breaking.

“I do this thing where I sit in her room and bug her like poking her,” Avery said. “She went to throw a pillow at me and, as she was going to throw the pillow, she tried to jump off of the bed and ended up breaking one of the boards under the bed and it snapped under.”

“I slept at an angle for like three months because we didn’t want to tell our parents,” Morgan said while her and her sister laughed together. “We eventually told our parents, but it didn’t really get fixed. They actually took away my bedroom and

MORGAN AND AVERY STURM, SISTERS OFF AND ON THE FIELD EMILY BRUSTOSKI THE MIAMI STUDENT

turned it into a playroom for my 10-year-old brother.”

All of her stuff was moved into Avery’s room when they left for college.

“We’re not too thrilled about that,” Avery said, still laughing.

Morgan expects to sleep in the basement when they come home which amuses both of them.

And when they were asked about each other’s quirks, there was a momentary pause before Morgan chimed in. While Morgan spoke, Avery started to cringe and laugh -- a combination of apprehension and amusement.

“She has a fear of belly buttons,” Morgan said. “So if somebody touches their belly button she gets really upset, but if you touch hers she’ll go into this fetus position because she feels like she’s going to throw up.”

Avery shrinks into a fetal posi-

tion, while her sister laughs.

With easy-going demeanors and an obvious connection whenever they’re together, the love between the Sturm sisters is deeper than their fluidity on the field together. And whether that love is shown on the field or in their rooms watching “The Last Song” together, they have each other’s backs.

“She’s very supportive and always gets what I’m going through,” Morgan said. “When we mess up on the field and get yelled at it’s almost like we both get yelled at and we both relate -- it’s that kind of thing.”

“She’s really funny. She’s kind of a quirky, weird person,” Avery said. “She has a really unique personality, but I really appreciate that about her. She’s always there to make me laugh.” berrycm2@miamioh.edu

Western Michigan hands RedHawks 12th loss of the season SOCCER

BEN PANZECA

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Western Michigan hands RedHawks 12th loss of the season Despite a strong second half display, Miami soccer was unable to avoid defeat at home against Western Michigan on Sunday.

The RedHawks fell to 0-12-1 (0-50 Mid-American Conference) on the season.

The Broncos from Kalamazoo were dominant early, possessing the ball for long periods of time and making the Red and White work hard to win it back. Senior RedHawk defender Jenny Barr countered Western Michigan’s elusive style of play with several physical tackles.

SENIOR FORWARD CHLOE KNUE ATTEMPTS TO PASS WESTERN MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY AT MIAMI SOCCER FIELD. RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

The Broncos patiently moved the ball around the field until they finally unlocked Miami’s defense with a goal in the 18th minute. The effort was led by a solo run down the left wing from senior defender Alyssa Smith, where she delivered

the ball to her namesake -- junior midfielder Alyssa Burke -- who calmly passed the ball into the bottom-right corner.

For the remainder of the first period, the Broncos continued to play calmly and patiently, how-

ever the RedHawks began to take the offensive in the waning minutes of the half.

The break at halftime did not slow their momentum, and the ’Hawks came out in the second period with an eye for a goal, and hopes of an equalizer. After being outshot in the first half 7-4, Miami generated the first four shots of the second half, and came close to a goal multiple times through the attack-minded play of junior midfielder Bianca Medancic and senior forward Kat Zalar.

Senior forward Shea van Gassen was used as a substitute, and looked dangerous for much of the second half, testing WMU’s back line on multiple occasions. As the time on the clock dwindled, Miami threw more and more players toward the net, desperate for a goal.

In the 76th minute, senior forward Chloe Knue was slotted through on goal with a brilliant cross from freshman midfielder Soph Spinell, but her shot went just over the net.

Perhaps the RedHawks’ best opportunity came when freshman midfielder Emily Roberts lined up to take a free kick from just outside the Broncos’ penalty area.

Her shot looked as if it was going to reach the back of the net, as it rose towards the top right corner of the goal, but Western Michigan’s Redshirt senior goalkeeper Stephanie Heber made an acrobatic save to maintain the visiting side’s lead.

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