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Miami Student reporters and MU students attended Women’s Marches at cities across the United States. See Pg. 3 for the full story.

Daryl Baldwin to speak at graduation COMMENCEMENT

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Daryl Baldwin, director of Miami University’s Myaamia Center and 2016 MacArthur fellow, will give the commencement address for Miami’s 2017 graduating class. Baldwin was chosen by a committee of students, faculty and staff members from Miami’s Oxford and regional campuses.

The university’s president, Greg Crawford, announced their selection while in Miami, Okla., where he was participating in the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma’s annual Winter Gathering and Stomp Dance. Crawford shared the news with Baldwin’s family and fellow tribal members at the home of Douglas Lankford, chief of the Miami Tribe.

“I was so pleased that we could have such an accomplished person who is one of our own speak to the students,” Crawford said. “I just think his wisdom is going to make for a great commencement speech, and the tribe was so happy.”

Baldwin was awarded the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” grant — an annual award given to individuals to help them pursue artistic, intellectual and professional visions — for his work in the preservation and revitalization of the Myaamia language and culture. Baldwin was the first individual at Miami to receive the award and the first Ohioan since 2004.

Baldwin, who is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, first came to Miami University in 2001 to lead the Myaamia Project, now the Myaamia Center. A linguist and cultural preservationist, Baldwin is also an

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Crawfords participate in Miami Tribe’s annual Winter Gathering

On Friday morning, Miami University’s president and ambassador, Greg and Renate Crawford, boarded the university’s plane, bound for another Miami — Miami, Okla. (pronounced my-am-uh), a small town of about 14,000 residents along the historic Route 66 and the national headquarters of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

This weekend marked the Crawfords’ first visit to the tribe’s headquarters. About 50 Miami students, faculty and staff members also made the trip southwest to join the tribe for their annual Winter Gathering and Stomp Dance.

For over 40 years, Miami University and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma have developed their partnership. The university carries the name of the tribe whose homelands are located in parts of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, lower Michigan and lower Wisconsin.

Since 2013, the Myaamia Center, located in Bonham House on Spring Street, has been the cornerstone of that relationship. The center has been the site of linguistic and cultural research and the development of educational programs and materials related to the tribe.

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Friday afternoon, Douglas Lankford, chief of the Miami Tribe, introduced the Crawfords at the Miami Nation’s Council House. Lankford thanked them for making the trip and presented them with a handmade Myaamia blanket.

“Without the university, we would not be where we are today,” Lankford said.

Greg offered framed photos of Lankford and Daryl Baldwin, the director of the Myaamia Center, at his inauguration in October as well as a medal for the tribe to symbolize the importance of their partnership.

During their stay, the Crawfords had accommodations at the Gordon House, a home built OKLAHOMA »PAGE 9

Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

First-year found dead at Morris Hall

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DEATH

POLITICS

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The Miami University Police Department is still investigating the death of Miami University first-year Erica Buschick, who was found dead the morning of Friday Jan. 20 in her dorm room in Morris Hall.

In a statement to the Miami community, released on Canvas, Dean of Students Mike Curme wrote that the 18-year-old Buschick was studying special education and was a member of Miami’s Best Buddies chapter.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Erica’s family and friends,” Curme wrote. “Erica’s passing represents a loss to our entire Miami University community.”

The Butler County Coroner’s Office has not yet released an official cause of death.

At approximately 8:55 a.m. on Jan. 20, Buschick’s roommate Reilley Graves called 911 to report that she woke up to find Buschick dead, according to an audio recording of the 911 call obtained by The Miami Student last week.

In the 911 call, Graves

In light of President Trump’s suspension of immigration for people hailing from seven nations last week, Miami University’s senior leadership on Sunday night released a statement via email “expressing strong concern” about the executive order.

“Providing opportunities for international students contributes to enhancing diversity and learning at a 21st-century university,” the statement read in part. “International students, faculty and staff contribute to our rich educational experience and mission. Miami is fully committed to remaining a globally connected university, welcoming students, faculty and staff from all over the world.”

Miami University spokesperson Claire Wagner told The Student that more than three dozen faculty and students at Miami are from the countries listed in Trump’s ban — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The statement said that Miami’s Office of International Student and Scholar Services is reaching out to

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Miami pledges funds for Oxford Amtrak TRANSPORTATION

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An hour outside the nearest major city, Oxford can sometimes feel disconnected from civilization. That’s why the years-old rumor of an Amtrak station is so exciting for students: it’s a relatively cheap, easy way to get to Cincinnati and Chicago. But after years of being just that — a rumor — the city and University have recently taken major steps to bring the passenger train to Oxford.

It’s hard to know when anyone started thinking about adding an Amtrak stop to Oxford. The first documented proposal came from four interested students in May 2009. These students proposed building a station on Amtrak’s Cardinal Line, which goes through Cincinnati, Chicago and Washington D.C. twice a week. They estimated the cost to be between $200,000 and $300,000. While the Cardinal Line already runs

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Miami Unviersity President Gregory Crawford talks with Chief of the Miami Tribe Douglas Lankford at the Trib’s annual Winter Stomp Dance on Saturday.

Inclusion series discusses free speech EVENT

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On Wednesday, Miami will kick off a series of four interactive discussions, open to students, staff and faculty, that are designed to facilitate scholarly understanding of national and global issues.

Dubbed the “Inclusion Series,” the initiative was conceived by Miami’s senior leadership in the fall, and Provost Phyllis Callahan

sought proposals on session topics from faculty members.

One such proposal came from political science department chair Patrick Haney, who along with dean of students Mike Curme will be moderating Wednesday’s panel discussion, “Free Speech and the Path to a More Perfect Union,” in the Shriver Dolibois Rooms at 5 p.m.

“Our republic needs to constantly be reminded that it’s an experiment in selfgovernment. The experiment

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can fail, and it can fail for a lot of reasons,” Haney said.

“One of the ways that this experiment in self-government can fail is if we have a sort of breakdown about a willingness to talk about and confront difficult issues.”

As catalysts for the freespeech forum, Haney cited what he called a “contentious” presidential election, flyers that circulated campus in December promoting a pro-white, “alt-right” blog

through Oxford, it doesn’t stop there.

“Looking at the map, I see this train leaves Cincinnati, hangs a left in Hamilton, rolls right through the middle of Oxford and doesn’t stop. Doing the research on this, Oxford hasn’t had a stop since the mid-70’s,” Derek Bauman, Vice Chairman of All Aboard Ohio, a statewide public transit advocacy organization, said. “It’s crazy to me that it doesn’t have a stop.”

In February of 2015, the City of Oxford and the Butler County Regional Transit Authority — BCRTA, the organization that runs the buses in Oxford — applied for a TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Grant. The grant would go towards the “Miami University Multimodal Transit Station,” including a bus terminal and pedestrian pathways.

Approximately 300 feet from the main hub, a small train station would connect Miami University to AMTRAK »PAGE 5

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Erica Buschick: Bubbling with energy, vibrant source of optimism IN MEMORIAM

CEILI DOYLE EMMA KINGHORN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Erica Buschick was a vibrant source of light and laughter to her friends, family and the Miami community. She was the type of girl who could turn any negative situation around with a positive attitude and a friendly smile, and offer her friends a piece of advice when they needed it most.

Erica, 18, was from Gurnee, Ill. and graduated from Warren Township High School last June.

A lot of her time at college was spent making others laugh and being silly around the friends she made in Morris Hall.

“I saw her in the bathroom brushing her teeth and that was almost the best time, because she was just so goofy and so full of life,” said first-year Lauren Brennan. “She was always energetic even if it was at nine in the morning.”

There was never a dull moment with Erica, first-year Brooke Waid said.

First-year Piper Fries agreed, and remembered knocking on Erica’s door before sprinting down the hallway or ducking into a bathroom as part of their year-long ding dong ditch game.

She was constantly bubbling with energy, but when it mattered, Erica could be counted on to lend her ear to her friends’ problems and was a very understanding and charismatic person.

“Everyone loved her, I mean everyone,” said Piper, “She loved life, and the world.”

“I never had to hide the struggles of

freshman year around Erica,” Lauren said.

“She was always there to comfort me and offer great advice whenever I needed it.”

Above all SOURCE: FACEBOOK else, Erica cherished her family. She was extremely close with her two older sisters, Loren and Danielle, as well as her mom and dad.

“One of my favorite memories is sitting on the porch with [Erica’s] family listening to music, going in the pool and her dad always cooked dinner almost every night,” said Julienne Egofske, a freshman at Bucknell University who was Erica’s best friend from home.

As a special education major, Erica hated when others used the “r-word” in a derogatory fashion. She was also very passionate about the Best Buddies program at Miami, which she was also heavily involved with in high school.

“She rubbed everyone the right way,” Julienne said. “One thing I will never forget about Erica was our [weekend] breakfasts.

It was our thing and all of our girl friends loved doing that, every time I’m out to breakfast I will think of her.”

“She created her own path for herself,” said Piper, “[she taught me] to be more of myself.”

Rinella moves to Shriver ACADEMICS

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Miami’s Student Disability Services (SDS) and Rinella Learning Center have new homes this semester as part of upgrades to Shriver Center.

Since the 1990s, SDS and Rinella had been located in the basement of the Campus Avenue Building (CAB), a locale SDS director Andrew Zeisler said had its disadvantages.

“CAB was a nice space and it served its purpose at the time, but we were in the basement,” Zeisler said. “Philosophically, that’s not a good place for disability services to be.”

Now, SDS is more accessible than ever, thanks to $25,000 in accessibility upgrades to the elevator already existing in Shriver. The elevator is now equipped with a button one can press with their foot and horizontal buttons inside the elevator. Also inside is an evacuation chair, to get someone in a wheelchair out of the building in case of an emergency.

SDS and Rinella have always had a partnership, but in CAB, they occupied adjacent office spaces. Now, the two share an entire floor of Shriver, with no walls or barriers separating them. That, said Rinella director Christina Carrubba-Whetstine, makes their collaboration more efficient.

“With no physical walls between Rinella and [SDS], we are able to move seamlessly together, whereas before I think

there was a little bit more of a dichotomy between the work that we did,” CarrubbaWhetstine said.

Shriver’s central location is an advantage for Rinella because it is closer to most academic buildings than CAB, in addition to being more visible, Rinella student tutor Taylor Bussell said.

“I think that the new space is better than the old location because we now have more tutoring stations, which allows for more students to be accommodated,” Bussell said. “I think the CAB building is less well-known on campus, and that caused some people not to utilize Rinella.”

There are some drawbacks to the new location, however. Though the old space in CAB only had nine makeshift testing areas, there was plenty of room for overflow test takers. In Shriver, there are 20 testing rooms, but less space for overflow test takers.

To solve this problem, Rinella is hoping to expand testing hours after spring break so that students in evening classes could take tests after those classes. To do this, Carrubba-Whetstine would have to hire more staff to work those evening hours.

For now, though, Rinella’s hours of service will remain 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“I’m hoping that it works, but anytime you have these situations, it’s a, ‘Let’s try it out and see,’” Carrubba-Whetstine said.

Despite the obstacles that come with a move, Carrubba-Whetstine and Zeisler agree they are happy in the new space.

“It’s been the best thing for the office and I’m excited about it,” Zeisler said.

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Erin Rodriguez: An infectious smile, an aspiring student athlete IN MEMORIAM

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

Erin Rodriguez’s infectious smile will be missed by her peers. Her humor will be missed by her best friend and teammate, Hannah Shteyn. Her quiet strength and determination will be missed by the tennis program. Her kindness will be missed by her family. And her constant positivity will be missed by Miami University.

Erin, a junior, was 20-years-old when she passed away on Jan. 10 in her sleep, without pain. A sudden drop in her potassium levels led to ventricular fibrillation and instant death. She died after a full night spent with friends and family, who are now coping with the loss of a friend, daughter and student-athlete.

“I don’t even know where to start,” Erin’s mom, Judi Rodriguez says. “She was beyond anything a mother could ask for — she was brilliant. She was funny. She was sweet. She was kind. Always made me laugh. I can’t even remember that much she did wrong —she was just an overachiever.”

Erin was majoring in Political Science with a co-Major in Business Legal Studies.

She dreamt of being a prosecuting attorney and was a student ambassador for the College of Arts and Sciences, a position held by less than 1.5 percent of the student body.

Mark Morris, a political science professor who taught Erin, nominated her for the position. He never saw her without a smile on her face, never received a late assignment and never heard complaints from her peers about working with her. He’d take a whole classroom of students like her.

“I think she really appreciated the fact that tennis was the ticket to play a sport that she loved, but also to get a really good education. I really expected the effort and the energy that she put into being a true student-athlete,” Morris says. “She understood both those roles and did them very well.”

Craig Bennett worked with Erin as an Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Academic services. He saw Erin discover her desire to go to law school, a moment that he describes as special. He remembers Erin as hardworking — as someone who didn’t effortlessly succeed academically, but as someone who worked diligently to get the respectable grades that she had.

“She just brought a unique energy and she would come in and she would light up the room,” Bennett says. “Just a very unique energy of goodness.”

Erin experienced the challenges of being a student-athlete. She balanced workouts, practices, classes and friends. Paul Becker, a business legal studies professor who taught Erin, noted how she usually came to class a few minutes late because she was coming from the other side of campus. He noticed that she was always out of breath because she was hurrying to get there, but she was always prepared and she always participated.

“I’m not just making this up. I have a lot of wonderful students. She’s not the only wonderful student I’ve ever had,” Becker says. “But she was just a great, great person. She was just a really good, sincere person.”

Erin played tennis since she was 11 and captained the RedHawks this year. She threw herself into the sport when she started her freshman year of high school. Her passion led her to convince her parents and younger brother Matthew to relocate from

New York to Florida.

Ricardo Rosas, Miami’s associate head coach, recruited Erin during her time as a junior player.

“We were drawn to her CONTRIBUTED BY JORGE RODRIGUEZ determination and her ability to fight, and her ability to compete,” says Rosas.

Erin loved CrossFit, was a quick learner on the tennis courts and was mentally tough, according to her coaches. She also had an ability to make other people laugh, either inadvertently (when forgetting to bring her tennis racquets to practice) or intentionally (when singing “Can’t Stop Dancing” to her 10-person team on a bus on the way back from a match in Buffalo, NY).

Erin laughed the most with Hannah.

They communicated in a language laced with a different accent each week. Some accents would mimic their coaches but Hannah’s favorite was one that sounded like Gru from “Despicable Me.” “As a teammate, she was always steady.

She was always there, you know?” Shteyn says. “She was my rock on the team. She was always so kind to everyone, so I’ll miss that. And as a friend — I don’t think anyone understood my humor as well as she did.”

Erin was kind and never judgmental, wanting to individually help everyone she could. She loved Lululemon. She wore sweatpants and sweatshirts like any other college kid, but she stood out to her coaches as someone who emanated quiet strength.

“We’re going to miss her a lot. She’s the person that the team relied on emotionally, whenever we went through the hard moments and she was there for everyone,” says head coach of Miami tennis, Yana Carollo. “It’s not the same anymore, and it’s affecting the team and we’re just going to miss her dearly and her attitude — her strength that she always showed up with.”

When Erin wasn’t playing tennis or getting a head start on studying for the LSAT, she could be found watching “Modern Family” with her mom during breaks, moming her brother, loving Cristina Yang on “Grey’s Anatomy,” or cooking in her apartment.

“She lived life,” Judi Rodriguez says.

“She had a lot of fun.”

Jorge and Judi thank those who knew Erin, and those who didn’t, for their overwhelming outpouring of love and support.

A picture Carollo took at Erin’s small memorial service at Miami shows rows of people. People from all over the country attended Erin’s celebration of life. At the tennis team’s match on Saturday, the University of Cincinnati gifted Ricardo with red Underarmour sweatbands that read “Erin Strong” in precise Sharpie letters.

“The story is best told by what others say,” Jorge Rodriguez says.

And others cannot stop saying how much they will miss the always smiling, constantly laughing, fiercely compassionate girl that Erin Rodriguez was.

A scholarship fund has been established at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in Erin’s memory. Contributions can be made out to the Erin Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship, and mailed to Miami University, 725 East Chestnut Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, or visit www.forloveandhonor.org/givetomu

Admissions visit center moves to Shriver Center, spurs parking change CAMPUS

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New visitor parking spaces this semester around Shriver Center displaced 150 parking spaces previously metered and used by students, faculty and staff. The change occurred in conjunction with the university’s Admission Visit Center’s move to Shriver Center.

Marked with Miami’s red and white “M,” the parking spaces along Maple Street and the MacMillan and Shriver Center west parking lots are reserved for visitors with an admission office parking permit from 7:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day; only those with a Miami University parking permit are permitted to park in the Shriver Center and MacMillan parking lot outside of that time.

Susan Schaurer, assistant vice

president and director of admission, said the Office of Admission is excited to have available spaces for guests near Shriver Center.

“We worked closely with the university to make sure we have available parking for our guests because it really impacts the students’ visit,” said Schaurer. “Those first moments really set the stage for their campus visit experience.”

The new location allows the Admission Visit Center to hold 1,000 more guests per week for their twice daily tours Monday through Saturday. Schaurer added that the university’s research showed that applications to the university increased when more students visited the university.

The heavy foot traffic, proximity to the Armstrong Student Center, and visitors’ ease in finding the Admission Visit Center were among

We worked closely with the university to make sure we have available parking.

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the reasons why the university supported the move and parking changes, according to Schaurer and Capt. Benjamin Spilman, Director of Parking and Transportation Services. Capt. Spilman said that the new center for visitors is “leaps and bounds ahead of where they were in the Campus Avenue Building. “[The Admission Visit Center]

needed to be sure they had a place for visitors to park, not that they were hunting around campus looking for an available spot and then have to find their way back to the Admission’s Welcome Center,” said Spilman. “We’re optimistic that this is going to meet their need.”

Some students are not happy about the cut in available parking

for students in that part of campus.

“I think that the new parking locations make sense considering admissions in now located in Shriver, but I think they changed too much of the parking on Maple Street,” said Sabina Bashir, an RA in Minnich Hall.

Students who previously parked near Shriver Center have had to park near Pulley Tower, including Integrated Environmental Science graduate students Anna Jean Petroff and Michael Browne.

“It’s already surprisingly hard to find a parking spot after 9:30 a.m., and it seems like the university keeps taking more away… without adding new spots,” said Petroff.

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INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP MU2DC program gives students a look at history POLITICS

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WASHINGTON — Droves of Americans poured into the nation’s capital to attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March the following day, many Miami students among them.

The Inside Washington and MU2DC programs sent students to witness history, as did the Government Relations Network (GRN), which was sponsored by Miami’s Office of Institutional Relations. Several students also attended on their own.

Junior Emily Weber spent the summer in Washington D.C. participating in the Inside Washington program and returned to the capital this month with the MU2DC program.

“After being so tuned into the election over the summer, I loved getting to see it come to fruition,” Weber said.

Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) of Ohio’s 8th district, which Miami is located in, was pleased with the crowd’s reaction on Inauguration Day. “Enthusiastic looking into the future, that’s the tone here,” Davidson told The Student.

Miami senior political science major Cameron Garcyk was less enthused by the crowd’s energy.

“It was disturbing,” Garczyk said. “It’s very worrisome that [attendees] would act like that, behave like children in some re-

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Senior Staff Writer Bonnie Miebers reports from the inauguration of the 45th President. gards.”

Hallie Jankura, a sophomore political science major who attended the inauguration through the MU2DC program, agreed with Garcyzk.

“We are the United States, but that has been so lost in this election cycle,” Jankura said.

On her way back from the inauguration, Weber was caught up in riots near K and 12th streets.

“It was a complete war zone,” she said. “I get not agreeing with Trump, but I don’t think breaking windows is the way to react.”

Jankura expressed concern about the division she witnessed.

“I fear that protesters will spend too much time in the next few years working against Donald Trump to actually accomplish

anything,” Jankura said. “It’s like a riptide. It’s futile to try and swim directly against it; you have to swim to the side, kind of working with it, until you get out of its vices.”

Students on both ends of the political spectrum said they are anxious to see what President Trump does in the days following the inauguration.

“It will be interesting to see how he approaches this,” Garczyk said. “I’m not too sure what to expect, but [I’m] not too hopeful.”

Weber shared his sentiments.

“I’m excited about his potential and I’m trying to be optimistic about it,” she said. “But I am not optimistic about the division among American citizens.”

GRN student reports from Capitol Hill POLITICS

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WASHINGTON – Welcome to The Swamp. In a town normally filled with career politicians, lobbyists and other governmental elites, the demographics on Jan. 20 were different. Because on this day, the most prominent right-wing outsider in U.S. politics, then-Presidentelect Donald Trump, brought in a crowds of supporters and protesters as he was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. I was fortunate enough to get a upclose seat.

Inauguration travels started early in the morning. In anticipation of long lines and tight security, my group—the Governmental Relations Network, a bipartisan

bunch of Miami students—left our Alexandria hotel just before 8 a.m.

We boarded a moderately busy metro car and rode the yellow line to the heart of the capital. Security was heavy in the metro station; police officers were numerous, some armed with rifles and others handling K9 units. Federal officers and national guardsmen also made their presence known.

As I emerged from the metro station escalator into the morning cool, I was greeted by raindrops and the bullhorn shouting of a protester. The protester and his group were dwarfed by the crowds moving past. On the nearest corner was a street vendor selling inauguration memorabilia. He had scarves, INAUGURATION »PAGE 5

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Nashville — Jack Evans and Jake Gold Elizabeth Davidson is 66 years old. She protested the Vietnam War and Kent State shootings in the 70’s. She started a family in ‘85.

She beat leukemia in 2016. And just under two weeks ago, on Jan. 21, 2017, she helped to organize the Nashville Women’s March.

“I am marching, myself, personally, because I do believe that love Trumps hate,” said Davidson. “But in particular, because I don’t want to be afraid, but I am fearful because a man who knows nothing about politics, which is, you know, a job, is the president. And I’ve said this to many people: ‘You wouldn’t hire a plumber to fill your teeth.’”

Despite her age, she is brighteyed and dressed in a t-shirt, jeans and a pussyhat. She spent the morning armed with clipboards and petitions before ultimately joining the flow of the crowd and shouting along with the throngs of marchers.

The event in Nashville was a single protest in a nationwide campaign that involved as many as 4.6 million marchers, according to University of Connecticut professor Jeremy Pressman.

Near Davidson stood another organizer, Tavia Garland. Garland worked with Davidson’s same enthusiasm in registering fellow marchers to volunteer for other activist causes. The main difference: Garland has never marched before.

“I’ve been lucky,” she said. “All of my 20s and 30s so far, the administration that was in office was back behind us and I felt like everything we wanted was kind of happening so I haven’t had to.”

“But now…” she trailed off.

Garland wasn’t alone. Mixed in with veteran protesters, like Davidson, were other activists completely new to this political process. The

newcomers’ reasons for protesting varied greatly. Garland got involved “as a woman, interested in pro-choice.” Several others came to defend science. One very vocal neophyte marched to “impeach the cheeto.”

The marchers all seemed to share one common sentiment.

“I plan on being in this for at least the next four years,” Garland said.

“And it’s going to be a long four years.”

Cincinnati — Ruby Cribbet My feet ached, my arms burned, my throat was raw… and my heart was full. I was feeling all of this and more as I came to the end of the Women’s Solidarity March in Cincinnati on Saturday, Jan. 21. With me, I brought two women that I lived with and picked up another close friend from the bus station.

So, when I arrived—slightly late— to the rally preceding the march, I felt strong with three amazing women at my side. We carried two signs: “Well-behaved women seldom make history” and “keep your tiny hands off our rights!” While we listened to poets, activists and allies speak on behalf of the rights and power of women, my friends and I were extremely amused to read all of the signs around us, our favorite being “This Pussy Bites Back.”

What inspired me most, however, was the diversity I saw in the crowd around me: all races, genders and social classes were here. Moms and dads, hipsters and businesspeople.

And when we all marched, each of these beautifully individual people chanting the same thing: “Love Trumps Hate. Love Trumps Hate.”

I have never felt so empowered, so loved. So I cherished my aching limbs and hoarse voice by the end. This is what the world needs, peaceful, powerful statements of strength. I implore my peers, and all citizens of the United States— and the world—to please take a les-

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Miami Student reporters Jack Evans and Jake Gold joined 15,000 others in downtown Nashville for the Women’s March on Jan. 21.

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More than 440,000 people convened in Washington, D.C. for the Women’s March, the largest in U.S. history. son from this movement: love will always be more formidable than hate or violence, and we are always stronger unified than divided.

Boston — Maddie LaPlanteDube We had been walking, cheering and rallying for about three hours in the Boston Women’s March by

the time we reached the Park Street Church. We were running on a high of surprising positivity - while the rally was vehement in its political position (inclusivity), there was no violence at the march. Instead, people were laughing, holding fists in the air, walking in solidarity.

Earlier that morning, Massachusetts’ Attorney General Maura

Healey stood on stage, declaring to the White House defiantly, “The message from the people of Massachusetts is: We’ll see you in court!”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “We are here! We will not be silent!” We used their words as fuel.

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Conan’s guitar: Finding meaning in L.A. TRAVEL

DEVON SHUMAN CULTURE EDITOR

I don’t remember what song he was playing.

I don’t remember what skit he’d just rehearsed or what notes his producer had made.

To be completely honest, I don’t even remember many of the jokes he made during the show later that night.

What I do remember about Conan O’Brien was the look on his face as he picked up a guitar and jammed out with his house band during the final rehearsal before taping.

Though normally the lanky personification of goofiness, the kind of ridiculous jokester who concludes every entrance by licking his own nipple, in that moment, Conan appeared very serious, very dedicated to the music he was producing. His eyes were closed as he bobbed with the beat and his fingers plucked at the strings. Despite his almost blank expression, he was clearly in a state of intense enjoyment and relaxation.

He wasn’t lost in the moment; he was immersed in it.

I had the opportunity to attend a taping of “Conan” over winter break as part of Miami’s Inside Hollywood

program, a three-week course designed to give students an inside look at Los Angeles and the entertainment industry. Through meetings with alumni and visits to some of the major studios, we were able to learn about all different aspects of the industry, including writing, directing, producing and marketing.

One piece of advice in particular that we heard from everyone we met with was the importance of hard work and perseverance. It’s a cutthroat business and if you want to rise to the top, you have to work hard enough to set yourself apart from the rest of the pack.

DEVON SHUMAN CULTURE EDITOR While it’s an important message The Griffith Park Observatory overlooks the neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Miami’s to hear, it’s not exactly eye-opening Inside Hollywood program gives students an inside look at L.A.’s entertainment industry. advice — you can really apply it to any venture in life. The world doesn’t hard. As a lover of film and television, to the end of each session so I could reward those who slack off. We all Hollywood was an immediate draw. stretch my legs and rest before the understood that before we even deFor the first week or so, it seemed next one. Even the prospect of seeing parted for L.A. I’d found what I was looking for. Ev- celebrities on the street had grown In fact, it was this very idea that ery new day was a journey. I rushed lackluster, I realized one day as I nondrew me to the entertainment in- into each speaker session and studio chalantly noticed Sissy Spacek pass dustry in the first place. While I tour with an eager curiosity, in total by on the Sony lot. What was once a understand the importance of hard awe of the seemingly magical world glorious new experience had become work, I wouldn’t say it’s something around me. horribly routine.

I particularly enjoy. Given the choice But by week two, that sense of This realization led me down a between hitting the books and hitting wonder had faded. Exhaustion had rabbit hole of depressing thoughts: If the sack, I tend to opt for the latter. replaced excitement at the start of my excitement over Hollywood could So I wanted to seek out a career do- each day. Instead of jumping at the only last a week, would I ever be able ing something I love, something that opportunity to learn from the alumwould make hard work seem not so… ni, I found myself looking forward CONAN »PAGE 9

Gallery hosts annual Young Painters Competition ART

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A plethora of diverse paintings immediately catch the eye when walking into the Hiestand North Gallery.

A portrait of a woman holding plates of fish heads in each hand, an image of a rushing creek painted on a block of wood and a painting of a subdued Oklahoma alley are among the many works showcased on campus representing the 10 finalists of Miami’s 2017 Young Painters Competition.

Thanks to a monetary gift from William (Miami ‘36) and Dorothy Yeck to Miami’s College of Creative Arts, artists ages 25 to 35 from across the country are able to submit their original works every year for this competition, which, since its inception in 2001, awards prizes of $10,000, $1,500 and $1,000 to the top three finishers, respectively.

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Humans oƒ Oxford Karen Mayet: Don’t stop the beat

Josh Anzalone: Josh of all trades PEOPLE

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No matter what she’s doing — working, walking, sitting in class — if you see Karen Mayet, odds are she’s thinking about one thing: music.

At only 5 years old she tried to soothe her younger brother, Rod,

who was fussing in the backseat, by creating her own lullaby.

She was awed by the melody’s power to close his eyes, though now she admits that he probably fell asleep because he was 3 and it was late.

Rod fell asleep and Karen fell in love.

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As a botany and classical languages double major, Josh Anzalone’s specialties and green thumb have culminated in rather unique research.

However, Josh often finds he gets more looks of bemusement and concern whenever he mentions his side hobby.

In his free time, Josh entertains his family and friends by spinning fire. He has even been hired for small parties and gatherings through word of mouth.

Josh studied fire spinning through a friend of a friend for over a year before he was able to light the wicks, which are attached to chains that allow for flexibility while firebreathing and fire-eating.

“We have a saying: It’s not if you’re going to get burned. It’s when,” Josh said with a grin, sporting his trademark tritium necklace.

The necklace contains a glass vial coated in phosphor that causes it to glow for 12 years as a form of harmless beta radiation.

Josh also practices martial arts, which helps him improve his form and the various complex movements that are required for fire

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spinning.

His friends and family were initially concerned about the potentially dangerous hobby, but after a few years of successful spinning, Josh has mostly quelled their fears.

His career goals are a little less explosive and more geared toward getting his Ph.D. and potentially teaching and researching more into the field of botany.

Growing up in southeastern Ohio

near Hocking Hills, Josh was often surrounded by nature. He and his family maintained their own garden, and that was what initially sparked his interest in botany.

Today, inside Josh’s apartment bedroom, he is growing an extremely rare healing herb called the Dittany of Crete. In nature, the plant can only be found on the mountains of FIRE »PAGE 9

Editors’ pop culture picks for this week The things we watched, listened to and streamed over winter break

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“FACING THE ANTHROPOCENE: FOSSIL CAPITALISM AND THE CRISIS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM” BY IAN ANGUS C.S. Lewis wrote that nature was “that which is real”, which I take to mean nonfictional. My interest has been increasingly in the nonfictional as our culture is losing its grip on what is real; foolishly focusing instead on what doesn’t matter. In “Facing the Anthropocene,” Angus suggests that we must learn how to respond to the increasing but hardly reconciled effects of industrial activity on all aspects of the “earth system.” His writing style is casual, but informative — those who have shirked away from dry academic writing on climate change will enjoy this book or at least tolerate it. Since all writers are propagandists and I have no interest in feigning objectivity anymore, I chose a book that explicitly relates the strains of our sociopolitical system with the environmental crisis. If you are cringing at the title or the politics pushed by this book, it may say more about your own assumptions than those of the author. (kyle Hayden, Design Editor) “KNOWN AND STRANGE THINGS” BY TEJU COLE After reading this Nigerian-American novelist and New York Times “On Photography” critic’s 2016 collection of essays, I knew that Teju Cole had solidified himself as one of my favorite living essayists. Cole fully utilizes the power of the essay as a means to encapsulate a dynamic progression of thought or narrative in sometimes as few as three pages. He is a writer’s writer, often interjecting snippets from his favorite poems that play like an accompanying soundtrack to his prose. Cole has an outrageous ability to craft consistently impactful introductory paragraphs. (My favorite: “Not all violence is hot. There’s cold violence too, which takes its time and finally gets its way.”) Particularly in light of current events, Cole’s essays on former president Barack Obama, racial tension in the United States

and the role of the immigrant in modern American society resonate even more now than when these pieces were first published. (Emily Williams, Managing Editor) “SHAMELESS” Over break I fell into the often horrifying, unflinchingly hilarious world of “Shameless.” The series follows degenerate drunk Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) and his ragtag group of kids that he’s abandoned. Twenty-something Fiona (Emmy Rossum) takes charge of the family, no easy task when she and her younger siblings are perpetually embroiled in criminal and legal trouble (sometimes simultaneously). The show’s general episodic formula is one of the Gallaghers making a massive, life-altering mistake, then enlisting the help of the family, and sometimes the neighborhood, to fix it. But their South Side shenanigans never get old (or at least, they haven’t as of season three), and the show’s near-constant, borderline slapstick humor makes its rare emotional punches sting even more. (Kirby Davis, Entertainment Editor) “HAMILTON” SOUNDTRACK It’s been just over two months since two of my fellow editors introduced me to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop Broadway musical about the eponymous ten-dollar founding father, but I still find myself listening to it every day. The show combines lyrical brilliance (“My Shot,” “Washington On Your Side”) with showstopping melodies (“Helpless,” “Dear Theodosia”), likening Hamilton’s story to that of a modern-day rapper as he uses his linguistic genius to write his way out of poverty and achieve greatness. It’s an original idea — where else will you see cabinet discussions framed as rap battles? — that’s executed with passion and precision. And what better time than now to listen to the story of an immigrant embracing the opportunities his new nation offers him? (Devon Shuman, Culture Editor)

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find a spot close to where he works.

Shriver Center’s east parking lot was changed from meters to employee parking to accommodate for some of the lost parking spaces for employees, many whom have been pushed further from the cen-

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shirts, sweatshirts, flags, and of course, hats. Bright red “Make America Great Again” caps were marked up to $20 each. No thanks.

The security and organization was impressive. Each color of ticket was assigned a specific checkpoint location and screening area to reduce crowding and long lines. My orange checkpoint was on D. Street SW, a block from the Department of Health and Human Services building. I flashed my ticket, was allowed in, and walked two blocks between walls of temporary fencing to my screening area, just behind the U.S. Botanic Garden, about a third of a mile from the Capitol.

The screening area consisted of dozens of metal detectors, which were manned by hundreds of security personnel. As I waited in line, the drizzling rain stopped falling.

I looked across the cloudy sky and noticed snipers on nearly every rooftop.

I arrived in my section at approximately 9:30 a.m., two hours before the festivities were set to begin. The section was already packed with eager onlookers. There were nearly as many young people as old, and an approximately equal number of women and men. A young couple standing in front of me held their small child in their arms. There were many “Make America Great Again” hats spread among the crowd, though not as many as I expected.

I spoke with people who traveled from all corners of America: Florida, the Carolinas, Texas, California and everywhere in between.

They were all eager for Trump to bring change to their government, a government which they felt had failed to represent their beliefs for the past eight years.

Oddly, the hundreds of thousands who had gathered in the National Mall were nearly silent for the next hour. Aside from the occasional crying baby or the constant low hum of conversation, few people made any noise. A gentle-

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“The biggest thing that we’ve tried to do is simplify the parking system,” said Spilman. He said the number of different parking permits and regulations were overwhelming when he was an undergraduate student at Miami University in the early 1990s.

More changes for parking on

campus will continue to make up for some of the lost parking spaces. Parking and Transportation Services will install parking meters on Shriver Circle this semester to create short-term parking options that do not require any parking pass and on the Cook Field parking lot, which will occur this summer.

man behind me tried twice to start a “USA” chant. It never grew larger than a few dozen people.

Behind me, a man climbed to the top of a large bush in a futile attempt for a better view and cell service.

The audience began to liven up once former presidents entered the inaugural stage. Jimmy Carter, who appeared impressively spry for a 92-year-old, entered with his wife Rosalynn Carter and garnered polite applause. Next came President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Clinton, who were greeted with both boos and light clapping.

Then entered President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush, who received a warm welcome. Unsurprisingly, this was a partisan crowd.

As video boards showed the arrival of President Obama, President-elect Trump, and their families, audience members became to liven up. Out of sync “USA” chants echoed in the distance. Trump noticed a camera and gave it two thumbs up, which gained him some laughter from his friendly audience.

A few minutes went by before Melania Trump and Karen Pence entered to loud applause. A man to my left remarked that Mrs. Trump looked “really smoking hot” in her dress. His wife voiced her agreement.

The United States Marine Band played a song or two before the outgoing and incoming presidents made their entrances. President Obama entered first, flanked by Vice President Biden, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Each was announced individually, and received polite applause, except for Pelosi. The crowd greeted her announcement with some of the loudest boos of the day.

The first to enter from the new administration was Vice President Pence. After his entrance, members of Republican congressional leadership entered, including Miami alumnus and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.

Finally, the man everyone had come to see made his entrance to thunderous applause. The show began.

Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri made opening remarks, followed by invocations from three pastors. After the final invocation, a woman to my right remarked: “Wow, that was one hell of a prayer!”

The next major speech was given

by Schumer. After a short opening, he began to speak of divisions in our nation, economic and otherwise. Once he touched on this theme, the crowd began to boo and grew continually louder and eventually started chanting “drain the swamp.” The booing was so deafening that I, along with the rest in the audience, could not near a single word of Schumer’s speech.

Next was the oath of office for Vice President Pence, administered

by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Known for barely speaking while on the bench, Thomas seemed nervous while reading the oath. With the words, “so help me God,” Vice President Pence’s position in the new administration was made official.

Now it was Trump’s turn. Surrounded by his family, Mr. Trump was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts.

During the oath, a few protesters tried to disrupt proceedings by blowing whistles; their efforts had no effect. Largely, the audience was elated and cheers rang out.

To an ecstatic crowd, the nowPresident began his inaugural address. He started low, talking about the problems and challenges America is facing. He made appeals for national unity and inclusion. In an excited crescendo, Trump moved to discuss the actions his administration will take to align the United States to his vision for the country.

Seventeen minutes after he had begun, to a deafening roar of applause, the new President of the United States finished the address with his famous catchphrase.

“Yes,” he said. “Together, we will make America great again!”

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Church, we could see a pair of hands were pulling ropes, ringing the bells manually. As we rounded the corner, the person in the bell tower began to play the national anthem.

Then, the most beautiful thing: the crowd began to sing along. It started as a small whisper — everyone was hoarse from cheering — but as the bells rang disjointedly and the bell ringer shuffled through his sheet music, the singing swelled.

It did something to the crowd: we

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Amtrak’s Cardinal Line.

TIGER Grants come from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a variety of transportation projects, often by major cities. The grant was denied.

Even without the money, the idea lived on. Amtrak’s interest began to grow recently for another reason: Amtrak’s new marketing strategy. As more and more millennials opt to use public transit instead of buying cars, Amtrak has hopes to grow their young adult market.

“Amtrak is interested in expanding their ridership, and Oxford just so happens to have a ton of Millennials,” said Alan Kyger, Oxford’s Economic Development Director.

The proposed site for the station is located south of Chestnut Street behind SDS Pizza. The site is the former location of Talawanda High School. Since the land is publicly owned, the city eliminated the potential expense of buying land to build the station, said Kyger.

The substantial cost associated with building a train platform is one of the biggest roadblocks for construction.

Fortunately for station advocates, Miami University offered to help. Because students make up the majority of the Oxford population, many of whom live near the Cardinal Line, it makes sense that the University would put money towards the construction.

The City of Oxford and Miami University each offered $350,000

slowed our walk, we looked up, we sang shyly, filled with pride. And when we sang “Land of the free / home of the brave,” everyone began to cheer.

The past election year — and indeed, this first week or so post-inauguration — has filled me with doubt about the future of this country. But in that moment, singing with over 175,000 people, I was proud to be American. I was proud to be from Boston. And I’ll keep walking, fighting, donating and working so long as the rights of Americans and aspiring citizens are threatened.

towards the construction. Even then, the platform’s construction would require additional funds.

“Just to be able to have the stop is somewhere in the area of 1.3 million dollars,” David Creamer, Miami University Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Services, said. “We might be seeking other grant funds.”

Although the City and University have both expressed interest and support, Amtrak has not yet confirmed the plans. CSX Transportation, the corporation that manages the actual track-laying, needs to get on board as well.

“We tried to make it quite clear that we’re anxious to have a train stop here and we’re willing to put forth the funding to make it happen,” Creamer said. “Hopefully it will give [Amtrak and CSX] more motivation.”

If Amtrak and CSX both agree to construct the stop, it will be considered by Amtrak to be a Category 4 station, meaning it will not be staffed and will include only a platform, a shelter or canopy to protect patrons from the weather and proper lighting for the station.

The Cardinal Line also runs only three times per week, but Bauman hopes that Oxford and Miami could be valuable advocates for a daily Cardinal Line.

“At this point, it’s a matter of time,” Bauman said. “It’s important that students and people in the community who are interested stay engaged.”

Support from the community, he said, will play an important role in keeping this project on track.

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2017 Academy Awards: Is ‘La La Land’ poised to win the most awards ever?

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KIRBY DAVIS

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The Academy Awards usually feel like a stiffer, soberer successor of the Golden Globes, weighted down by lofty prestige (plus predictability, based on previous award show wins). But after a decidedly lagging Globes broadcast last month, the Oscars don’t have much to live up to on Feb. 26.

In a brief reprieve from the nonstop political chaos besieging the news, Hollywood’s finest will gather to display their freshly painted manicures for E!’s nail polish red carpet camera and celebrate 2016’s most notable cinematic storytellers. Here’s what you should know for a properly immersive viewing experience: The Oscars may feel like a fourhour tribute to “La La Land,” should the nostalgia-seeped whirlwind of a musical win even half of the awards it’s after. Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s flick has joined the prestigious 14 Nominations Club, whose only other members are 1950’s “All About Eve” and 1997’s “Titanic” (both Best Picture winners).

A honeymoon period of nonstop praise followed the film’s December release. But upon further reflection, much of the initially dazzled American public has had a change of heart. Chief complaints include flat characters and a glitzy but seemingly hollow plot compared to grittier

(and less commercially popular) films like “Moonlight,” helmed

by Barry Jenkins and up for eight nominations.

“Moonlight” reigned as the most critically-acclaimed film of last year and stands a fair chance at taking home Best Picture. According to Metacritic (a review aggregator), it nearly doubled “La La Land’s” first-place spots in critics’ end-of-year best film lists.

Following 2016’s #OscarsSoWhite outrage over the exclusively white acting nominations, “Moonlight’s” awards season success is especially notable, as the film’s cast is primarily black (as is Jenkins).

“Fences,” which Denzel Washington directed and stars in alongside Viola Davis (both are up for acting awards) is another film with a primarily black cast nominated for Best Picture.

“Hidden Figures,” which beat “Rogue One” at the box office its opening weekend and earned Octavia Spencer a Supporting Actress nod, joins the refreshingly diverse Best Picture race as well.

This is not to say that the Academy is, all of a sudden, a revolutionary hotbed of cultural diversity and acceptance. But it’s still progress after a year in which, out of 20 best acting nominees, zero were people of color.

“Moonlight” and “La La Land” are frontrunners, but innovative alien invasion flick “Arrival,” bleak but biting family drama “Manchester by the Sea,” west-

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ern-oriented “Hell or High Water,” identity-seeking tearjerker “Lion” and Mel Gibson’s morally charged war biopic “Hacksaw Ridge” will also battle it out for Best Picture.

Viola Davis has made history with her Best Supporting Actress nomination for “Fences.” It’s her third Academy nod, making her the most-nominated AfricanAmerican actress ever. Meryl Streep reinforces her title as the most-nominated actress (or actor) in general, this time with acknowledgment for “Florence

Foster Jenkins,” but was beat out

by Emma Stone at the Globes.

Streep likely doesn’t stand a substantial chance against Davis and Stone this year, though I’m sure no one would object to another acceptance speech that gracefully eviscerates President Trump.

“Hacksaw Ridge” star Andrew Garfield earned his first-ever nod this year, as did Lucas Hedges for Supporting Actor in “Manchester by the Sea.” Stone’s suave “La La Land” counterpart, Ryan Gosling, and “Manchester’s” Casey Affleck, both earned their second.

Controversy has trailed Casey Affleck since the film’s release; he was the target of sexual harassment lawsuits from two women working for him in 2010. Despite his subsequent denial, the situation seems to emphasize Hollywood’s disconcerting prioritization of male actors’ and filmmakers’ talent over their treatment of women (Woody Allen’s acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes dredged up similar sentiment three years ago).

On less controversial note, Disney or Pixar films have won the Best Animated Feature award since 2007’s “Ratatouille,” and recent Disney princess films “Brave” and “Frozen” both took home gold statues. But is seafaring stunner “Moana” a match for the unprecedentedly feminist “Zootopia?” If the Disney/ Pixar inevitability trend doesn’t

continue, other films up for the award are “Kubo and the Two Strings,” “My Life as a Zucchini” and “The Red Turtle.”

Snubs inevitably abounded in this year’s nominated categories as well. “Hail, Caesar!” and “Sully” both received single disappointing nominations each, for Best Production Design and Best Sound Editing, respectively.

“Sully” is Clint Eastwood’s sleek, straightforward take on 2009’s Hudson River plane landing, and also failed to earn titular star Tom Hanks a nod. The Coen brothers’ film-lovers fantasy “Hail, Caesar!” was probably overshadowed by “La La Land” and the fact that it was released last February. But the film was unrelentingly hilarious and proved that future Young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) is a comic revelation.

Amy Adams’ acclaimed “Arrival” performance went unacknowledged by the Academy, as did Martin Scorsese’s work on “Silence.” “Deadpool,” honored by the Globes, was also ignored, but universally detested Suicide Squad” and “Passengers” managed to pull through with a combined three nominations.

Hopefully after the ceremony, it will be Viola Davis with an “Academy Award-winning” prefix to her name and not “Suicide Squad.”

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, the 89th Oscars ceremony will air at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26.

‘Blackfish,’ ‘Bee Movie’ and more titles to avoid while Netflix & Chilling FILM

HALEY MILLER

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With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, students all over Oxford are planning romantic evenings with their special someones. Dinner and a movie is a bit of a challenge, as the nearest movie theater is 30 minutes away. Besides, who wants to pay $10 to sit in a room filled with noisy strangers and eat stale popcorn? So, dim those lights and clean your laptop screen, because it’s time for Netflix and Chill™. Bewitch your lover on a budget but be sure to avoid these titles: “Blackfish.” It’s an incredibly moving and affecting documentary that is definitely worth a watch. That being said, the sexiest part of the doc is when the trainers have to pleasure a male whale in order to create more whales. The

male whale in question is Tilikum, who is to marine parks what Harambe was to the Cincinnati Zoo. Hence, unless you and your honey are down to cry about a giant whale that lived his whole life stuck in a tank and just recently passed away, skip this title on Feb. 14.

“Annie.” When in history has this formula ever worked for anyone: red wig + orphans + Great Depression?

Not to mention that the most romantic song in the whole movie is between an eccentric bald billionaire and his newly-adopted daughter. And not to harp on the whole orphans thing, but the orphanage and the title character will only remind you and your date of the negative repercussions of procreation.

“Bee Movie.” Where to even begin with this one. How about the fact that you and your lover’s “how we met” story could never compare to Barry B. Benson and Vanessa’s. When was

the last time you were in mortal danger and the love of your life saved you from being squashed by a pair of winter boots? That’s what I thought. Also, you either love the memes surrounding this movie or hate them. That will arise during the viewing, so you better hope both of you are on the same page.

Regardless of all the bee puns that you could make (“Bee Mine,” “Beestiality,” “Be My BaBee,” to name a few), bite your tongue and skip this title.

“Hot Girls Wanted.” This horrifying exposé on the online porn industry has a misleading title and logline (“They’re looking for escape, empowerment and easy money. But baring it all online leaves them overexposed.”) But, fear not, that’s what this article is for! If anyone you know watched this movie and liked it, but not in a, “wow that was so thought-provoking and shocking,” kind of way, run.

“Babies.” Another doc, “Babies,” is upbeat and will remind you why everything that is about to happen is trying to further the human race. Quite a buzzkill. Or maybe just the documentary subject you’re looking for, I’m not sure. And again, if either party gets too excited about the subject matter, make sure you’re practicing very safe sex.

“Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging.” This movie perfectly captures the angst that is middle school, arguably the least attractive time in everyone’s lives. If it sparks any discussion of middle school mishaps, the vibe will instantly be ruined. Not to mention that “snogging” refers to making out, yet is somehow an even worse term for kissing.

We’ve all had horrific Netflix and Chill™ experiences, so be kind to one another and don’t become a tragic Monday morning story.

‘Go on, I dare you,’ The xx urges listeners in latest album MUSIC

SAM KEELING

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The xx is unlike any other band today, simply because nothing about them is as it seems. Looking at the British trio—vocalist-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, vocalistbassist Oliver Sim and producerprogrammer Jamie xx—with their all-black outfits and hair, you might expect them to churn out moody post-punk. However, their exteriors don’t signify gloomy, brooding hipsters. Instead, The xx showcases a genuine vulnerability that stems from timidity and honesty.

What’s even more surprising is their new sound. Their eponymous 2009 debut was a down-tempo R&B stunner in which every guitar note, bass line, and drum beat is precise, sparse and dripping with emotion. Even though they write their songs with an uncanny ear for melodic pop, songs like “VCR” and “Islands” seem to exist on the edge of silence. There are audible spaces between notes that create an atmosphere of isolation and vulnerability.

“The xx” ended up going platinum, turning these shy indie artists

into fledgling stars. 2012’s followup, “Coexist,” kept the same less-ismore mentality with mixed results.

While its opener, “Angels,” is one of the most beautiful tracks of the decade, many others show The xx running in place, unsure where to go.

In the five years since that middling sophomore effort, things changed for The xx. Jamie xx started a solo career and demonstrated that he could engineer much more than a careful beat. His album, “In Colour,” is a vibrant electronica soundscape that offers an adventurous, towering sound untapped by his original group. Sim gave up binge drinking and partying, while Croft began dating (and later became engaged to) fashion designer Hannah Marshall.

For their next album, The xx had two surprises: Jamie xx and blossoming happiness.

The result is “I See You,” which immediately stands out as a bolder, larger and riskier collection of songs. Jamie xx’s beats, synths and samples define tracks like “Dangerous,” “Say Something Loving,” “Lips” and “On Hold.” The finale, “Test Me,” features a whining synthesizer melody that plays like a se-

quel to Jamie’s solo single “Gosh.”

Finally, The xx have proven themselves capable of incorporating new sounds, melting dancehall, disco and electro-pop into their trademark alt-R&B. Yet through all this upheaval, some things remain the same. The melodies feel as deliberate as before, with no note out of place. Both

of the album because it contains no percussion, but is not an emotional outlier. Vulnerability is a staple of The xx, and it comes in spades on “I See You.” Sim and Croft get more personal than ever, with the former tackling his partying addiction in tracks like “A Violent Noise” and “Replica,” where he asks, “Do I chase the night, or does the night

“Their exteriors don’t signify gloomy, brooding hipsters. Instead, The xx showcases a genuine vulnerability that stems from timidity and honesty.”

singers understand their strengths as vocalists, and play to them perfectly. Croft has a particularly magnificent voice that is simultaneously beautiful and sorrowful, and the album is at its best when her earcandy melodies weave between Jamie xx’s keys. Her solo vocal effort, “Performance,” is heartrending, complete with haunting strings and somber lyrics.

“Performance” is a unique facet

chase me?” Jamie xx supplements the song with melancholy steel drums that sound counterintuitively unhappy, like a person playing reggae music on a rainy day in a vain effort to cheer themselves up.

Meanwhile, Croft addresses her deceased parents in the tender “Brave for You.” This may be the only moment when Jamie xx’s presence is unwanted, as a couple overaggressive drum breaks interfere

with the otherwise gentle track in an anomalous misstep.

While these dramatic moments are strong additions to “I See You,” the album is successful because it injects even the most upbeat songs with vulnerability and emotion.

The xx understands something that most other writers of love songs ignore: there is no greater risk than falling head over heels for another person. It’s these moments that you are most vulnerable, when you offer someone your heart and have faith that they won’t break it.

When Sim and Croft sing, “You are dangerous but I don’t care/I’m going to pretend that I’m not scared/ If this only ends in tears/I won’t say goodbye,” they’re taking that “Dangerous” risk. In these songs, they reveal themselves more than they have in any previous sad song. Their voices go higher and bigger than ever before.

Even though they’re perfectly aware that the result could be the alienation and disillusion chronicled in “On Hold,” they’re willing to take that chance. And in the penultimate track—the greatest piece of music released so far in this new year— they implore the other person to do the same: “Go on, I Dare You.”

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Last year, I really thought “Room” was gonna snag Best Picture. Its gentle camera techniques captured the broken-down body language of two individuals trapped in captivity, layering overwhelming moments of grief atop a hopeful outlook. I left the theater drained, but also with a desire to break free from the rooms in my life. The film reminded me of the awe one can feel when looking outward instead of forward, and discovering the world outside the boxes we put ourselves in.

The Academy loves films that remind us of our perception, but understandably they also like ones that celebrate communication and truth. However poetic the medium may be, its most popular films rely on artifice while its independent counterparts make do with finding imagery in the natural world.

2016’s best films were all attuned to our relationship with the natural world. “Moonlight,” “Swiss Army Man,” “Manchester

By The Sea,” “Captain Fantastic,” “Chevalier,” “Knight of Cups,” “Loving,” and the list goes on; all independent films that manifest human conflict in settings that call us to address our fates not with material devices, but with inherent survival tactics.

In Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” Tilda Swinton plays Marianne Lane, a David Bowie-

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esque figure vacationing with a young partner on a remote Island in Italy. From the opening scenes, the film plays like a soft-core porno in the actors’ eyes, silent save for the sounds of the sea. When Lane’s former lover and manager, Harry (played by a shirtless Ralph Fiennes) crashes the vacation with his daughter, a love polygon ensues. From garden-fresh dinners on tucked away restaurants to swimming contests between grown men, the film illustrates a relentless lust to be one with nature; one that must be touched and tasted far from the screen.

Guadagnino’s film was named after the 1967 David Hockney painting of the same name, but

between the two was a 1975 film that also shares the title. That film follows the real-life Hockney in New York, retelling his relationship with his favorite model. The painting, however, had come only three years after Hockney’s move from London to Los Angeles and signaled a shift in style to a more graphic realism (like that of Hopper). But the images also had a deeper focus on the exotic beauty of nature. Today, he mostly paints trees.

From another foreign director, the Greek Yorgos Lanthimos, came “The Lobster,” a dystopian love story based on the premise that if you don’t find a partner in life, you will be turned into

an animal. Americans may see resemblances of both Wes and P.T. Anderson, but the film is delighted by a darkness Hollywood wouldn’t dare touch. Colin Farrell plays David, a man staying in the resort that offers him a last chance at love. He and the occupants are supplied uniforms and must adhere to a schedule, exhibiting a clinical counterpoint to the free sensuality of “Splash.” Even masturbation is prohibited. In this story, a sharp division is made between the facility, the wilderness and the city. The wilderness is home to single people—called “loners”—who hunt for their food and dig their own graves. When they need special amenities like

shampoo and handsaws, they must put on suits and travel to the city. Most of the film explores this conflict between the industrialized society and untamed nature. Primary filming took place in Dublin, Ireland as well as the Dromore Wood of Clare County, a diverse 1000-acre nature reserve with many different habitats. The rich flora and fauna stretch over the film with a cyan filter, prompting us to consider content of our modern environment and the masochistic rituals we inflict upon it.

These critiques are subtle.

While the power of film is the maximization of the landscape of moving pictures, more recently movies have been driven by writing and spectacular violent effects. “Hell or High Water” is an independent thriller that pins two rural bank robbers against commercial banks that are sucking the town dry. Its focus on blue-collar Americans is not as politically overt as, say, a climate change documentary, but even Leonardo Dicaprio’s production, “Before the Flood,” failed to attract viewers, coming in at #61 on its cable premiere.

When checking into the facility, David declares that if he is to be turned into an animal, he would like to be a lobster, “because lobsters live for over one hundred years, are blue-blooded like aristocrats, and stay fertile all their lives,” adding, “I also like the sea very much.” The hotel manager is impressed by his rationale.

“A lobster is an excellent choice.”

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Contains spoilers from season one of “This Is Us” NBC’s new Golden Globe-nominated drama, “This is Us,” debuted its winter premiere on Jan. 10, with plenty of twists and turns.

The show follows the Pearson family on their life journey through the past and into the present. It’s unique in that it’s not set in one time period, but rather critical moments in each family member’s life from the 1980s to the present.

Here’s the deal: Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) are the heads of the family.

Madly in love, outgoing and freespirited, they don’t originally plan on having children.

But, out of a Steeler’s game bathroom hookup comes triplets, one of which doesn’t make it. A baby boy left at a fire station fills the void after being dropped off at the hospital, and then, bam, the “Big Three”: Randall (Sterling K. Brown), Kate

(Chrissy Metz) and Kevin (Justin Hartley).

Fast-forward to the present, and we see the three Pearson children, now adults, each struggling in their own way.

Episode 11, “The Right Thing to Do”, follows the same direction as episodes one through 10, except the audience is offered a piece of information about Jack’s past for the first time. It leads viewers to realize why he has become such a caring, patient husband to Rebecca.

That new insight carries on into the episode, in which he is forced to confront his past when Rebecca hears word of the triplets and is so desperate, she considers moving in with her despicable mother.

Episode 11 also focuses on relationships of the younger generation. Kate’s plotline is frustrating in that it constantly flips from her struggle with her weight to her relationship with Toby; so far, it’s been hard for viewers to grasp the fact that for Kate, it has always been about the weight. So Toby, as something else to focus on, comes

off as either an evil distraction from her goals or a good distraction from her constant concern about her appearance. Therefore, in the aftermath of his heart attack, we see Kate running back to his

“It’s unique in that it’s not set in one time period, but rather critical moments in each family member’s life from the 1980s to the present.”

side. But is this true love or another distraction?

Kevin is also facing a choice between good and evil, having successfully moved on with playwright Sloane. But Olivia, Kevin’s ex-fling and co-star, shows up to wreak havoc again. Kevin has his first relationship crisis, and it’s great. Sloane is everything good: sweet, smart and caring, and Olivia is just the opposite, but what does Kevin want? Kevin’s dilemma

lets us see a new side to him, and it turns out he’s not just a selfish, mess-around kind of guy. He has concerns for the feelings of others, so when Olivia returns, he denies his own wishes for the first time for the greater good. But will it cost him both relationships?

Randall, on the other hand, doesn’t have girl drama, but rather dad drama again. Just when Randall’s relationship with his father is coming together, Randall has a new threat in the way. He discovers that William is gay on Christmas Eve, and when his boyfriend, Jesse, comes into the picture, he is faced with giving up his precious time with his father to Jesse. The three-way struggle between each relationship is complex, but crucial to learning about the personalities of each Pearson child.

Episode 12 struggles to keep up with the drama and insight the other 11 have given us. It’s a complete flashback, and we are handed back information we already have such as the drama surrounding the birth of the triplets, Dr. Nathan’s past and Randall’s arrival at the

fire station. The only new information we’re given is background about the firefighter who found Randall, which is completely irrelevant to the show’s plot. While we do see more of Jack’s immense love for his wife and the strength of his character come out, we already knew he had that in him.

Episode 13, “Three Sentences,” which debuted Jan. 24, brings an end to a lot of these struggles. Randall, Kate and Kevin, after finding time to reflect on their lives, each find points of clarity that help end their dilemmas. For Randall, it’s patience and an open mind and for Kevin, it’s moving away from his regular routine to go for the unexpected. Kate finds solace for the first time in letting go of the burdens of her past, and those burdens might give us the clue to what we have been waiting for this whole time: the cause of Jack’s death.

What I hope to see in episodes to come is a deeper understanding of why Kate holds so much more weight on her shoulders than her siblings and what information about the past it will reveal.

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It’s no secret that audiences love remakes.

Just look at the statistics. According to Box Office Mojo, seven of the 10 highest-grossing films of 2016 were either remakes of previous films or sequels to existing films.

Whether it’s due to nostalgia, interest in the interpretation or familiarity with the story, one thing is certain: remakes sell.

The most talked-about remake currently circulating is Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” which was released Jan. 13. The season includes eight episodes, two for each of the first four novels in Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.

We’ve already seen the Baudelaire children on screen with the 2004 film of the same name, yet their return via streaming brought an average of 3.8 million viewers each minute, according to Movie

Pilot. While Neil Patrick Harris as the star might have increased viewership, the show’s success likely has to do with the fact that we’ve already known the Baudelaires for quite some time. Theirs is a familiar story, and it’s one we’ve been wanting to go back to for years.

“Series” holds fourth place in terms of Netflix opening weekend viewership, behind “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” with 4.9 million viewers, “Orange is the New Black” season four with 5.8 viewers and “Fuller House” season one with 7.3 million viewers. No surprise there – mostly remakes.

More often than not, remakes offer their own special take on the existing story, whether that be a modified plot, extra scenes or a modernization of the original.

Take 2016’s “The Jungle Book” or “Ghostbusters.” Criticism aside, both films put their own spin on iconic stories while introducing some new element to rope in modern audiences.

“The Jungle Book” gave us Mow-

gli’s adventures with Baloo in a highly successful live-action remake, which alone was enough to bring in the fifth-largest domestic gross in 2016. “Ghostbusters,” on the other hand, gave us a female-led cast reminiscent of their 1984 male counterparts. While the latter was not received well by critics, it was enough to secure the nineteenthhighest domestic gross last year.

Audiences eat up remakes, and it’s likely due to their expectation that they will mirror the quality of the originals. Going to the theater to see a remake is a nostalgic experience, and it’s undeniably an exciting one.

The most anticipated film of last year was “Rogue One,” the eighth film addition to the “Star Wars” franchise and the year’s highestgrossing film domestically — an impressive feat given its late release.

While it was a new story, the plot revolved around a certain destructive space station that’s already had substantial time on the big screen.

“Rogue One” serves to bring under-

standing to the original “Star Wars” story and thus recreates much of the same familiar material.

Of course, prequels and sequels are not remakes per se, though their success still relies on the previous achievement of existing films.

The entire Marvel franchise has brought in over $21 billion with its films, all remakes of their comic book counterparts. The Marvel Cinematic Universe will only continue to expand with nine films planned through 2019, culminating in the long-awaited “Avengers: Infinity War”, which, you guessed it, already exists in comic form.

Remakes are nothing new.

They’ve been around for years, dating back to the 1983 rendition of the 1932 film “Scarface,” or the 2004 take on 1978’s “Dawn of the Dead.”

Audiences have always been drawn to existing stories retold in new ways, and Hollywood has caught on, dishing out more remakes than ever to the big and small screens.

Upcoming remakes in the next few months alone include “Beauty

and the Beast,” “Kong: Skull Island” and “Power Rangers.”

Filling the theaters with remakes is not a bad thing, though it does bring into question the value Hollywood puts on original content. In an

“Are original stories simply not good enough anymore to bring in crowds?”

era where most successful films are a continuation or recreation of existing stories, what does that mean for storytelling in general? Are original stories simply not good enough anymore to bring in crowds?

In a world of remakes, it’s important to continue to support original stories. However, it’s also important to celebrate successful remakes and reflect back on what made those original stories so great in the first place.

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“I think in the second half we just did a better job. We got the ball inside to Logan [McLane], we got the ball to Marcus [Weathers]. And then, defensively the zone bothered them,” Cooper said. “We did a much better job defending, it was still hard to get them off the boards, but we only had two turnovers in the second half.

The RedHawks fought to overcome their deficit with intermittent baskets marred by consistent misses. Layups were made by Marcus and Michael Weathers, then missed. The Bulls capitalized on Miami’s inconsistency and went on a 9-0 run.

True to the back-and-forth nature of the game, Miami then went on their own 7-0 run to cut the lead to 56-51 halfway through the second half. Three minutes later, Bischoff put the RedHawks within one with two good free throw shots.

Miami then found their first lead since the first half at 3:25 left in the half at 66-64. Almost to be expected, Buffalo tied the game at 74 a piece with 30 seconds left.

Redshirt junior guard Dion Wade was fouled with 1.4 seconds left. With the game at his fingertips, he sunk one of two shots -- his first free throw shot attempt in conference. Buffalo’s midcourt throw was no good and Miami held on to win 75-74.

“It was a crazy moment at that point. But after that, I just started thinking about myself,” Wade said.

“I’ve shot a million free throws in my life and this is just another one.

Shooting one out of two would give us the win, so I was just thinking about getting the win.”

Saturday’s 3:30 pm start again saw Miami fall behind early, but the RedHawks couldn’t overcome their deficit like they had on Tuesday.

With the win the Eastern Michi-

gan Eagles improved to 13-8 on the season and 5-3 in the MAC. The Eagles streaked out to a 17-3 lead eight minutes in. Michael Weathers, Wright and junior forward Logan McLane all battled back with their own baskets before subs came in to assist.

Junior guard Abdoulaye Harouna made two free throws to bring the RedHawks within five at 12:44 -- the closest they would come to catching the Eagles.

EMU’s offense, including sophomore forward James Thompson IV, led their 20-11 run, and at the end of the half, the RedHawks were down 41-27.

“Well I mean, I thought from a physical standpoint, they absolutely physically and strength-wise dominated us. I thought that was clear earlier in the game but as the game went on that became clear,” Cooper said. “Obviously, we didn’t make any shots and we turned the ball over entirely too much against that team.”

Miami couldn’t find their feet at the start of the second half as EMU scored the first six points of the half. The Eagles’ lead was never lower than 12 points for the rest of the game and Miami ultimately lost 74-57.

Miami’s McLane had 16 points and EMU’s Thompson would end with 20 points and 26 rebounds for a respectable double-double.

Though the first half showed Miami’s lack of offensive production, they were close to tying EMU in the second with the RedHawks’ 30 points to the Eagles’ 33.

“It took us a little while to get adjusted to their zone,” McLane said.

“And it too us too long.”

Today, the Red and White head to Bowling Green for another MAC matchup at 7 p.m. on ESPN3 and then return home on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. game against Kent State.

RedHawks were only able to get one shot on net before the puck was cleared and time expired.

The key to the Bronco’s victory was a mixture of blocked shots, a large volume of shots, and Miami’s inability to capitalize on their chances. The RedHawks were outshot 32-21 and went 0 for 4 on power plays. “[Tonight was] a lesson that we’ve got to learn about being ready to go and playing a little bit more determined, a little bit more committed to the game and not put ourselves behind the eightball,” Blasi said.

Saturday night’s game provided an opportunity for rebound for the RedHawks as they were able to hold on for a 4-3 victory over Western Michigan. Miami showed up with a chip on its shoulder and played aggressively for the whole game.

Sophomore center Josh Melnick’s two goals at 19:44 of the first and 1:19 of the second helped put Miami ahead, while Larkin’s 44 saves helped the RedHawks stay there. Larkin made numerous key saves in the second period — a puck passing him could have easily shifted the outcome of the game.

“The best player on the ice tonight was Larkin, there’s no question about it,” Blasi said. “He closed the door, they got a couple in the third period. I thought the last five, six minutes we really settled down, probably our best five minutes of the game — probably the weekend.”

MU led the Broncos 4-1 going into the third period but seemed to lose focus as Western Michigan was able to net two unanswered goals.

Furious late game action on both ends of the ice racked the nerves of the crowd until the sound of the final horn. The RedHawks were able to hold on despite being outshot 35-12 in the last two periods.

“I think we started playing our game, we started controlling the puck a little bit more and playing in their end,” Larkin said. “We had been in this situation before against Omaha, and things turned out differently. Western [Michigan]’s a good team, but we showed up for the last 10 minutes and really got to it.”

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egize in such a grand way, ‘Overwatch’ kind of culminates all of those together.”

The Miami Overwatch Team competes in the Tespa Collegiate League and will resume competition in the spring.

“Counter Strike: Global Offensive,” also known as “CS:GO”, was released in August, 2012 by Valve Corporation and remains as one of the most popular eSport games today. The tactical first person shooter pits two teams of five players against each other in a modern terrorist (“T”) and counterterrorist (“CT”) setting. For each round, the objective of the terrorists is to plant and explode a bomb in one of two bomb sites, or to eliminate all the counterterrorists. The counterterrorists aim to defend both bomb sites, eliminate all the terrorists and if the bomb in planted, they must defuse it before time runs out. The game is played until one side wins 16 rounds and the two teams switch sides once 15 rounds are played.

Led by senior team captain Bradley “eLTee” Hurst, the newly formed team is not as experienced as many of their opponents, but that motivates them to work even harder.

“As a collective, we are rather inexperienced in competitive play, but we have structured practice so we can strategize,” Hurst said.

“We try to play in our free time at a competitive level just to get more experience.”

Currently competing in the Collegiate Starleague tournament, Miami is 0-2 with both games being close at 13-16.

They will compete for four more weeks in groups, where they plan to qualify for regional playoffs. The Hawks’ next matchup will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 against the University of South Carolina.

“Hearthstone,” another game

by Blizzard Entertainment, was released in March 2014. “Hearthstone” is a virtual card game where two players utilize custom decks which are full of different spells and minions to defeat their opponent.

There are nine available heroes which give access to special cards and abilities. Each player starts the game with 30 health points and the game ends when one person reaches zero life or concedes. In competition, three players control one deck to discuss what moves they should make and to anticipate the plays of their opponents.

Being no stranger to competitive play, senior captain Adam “Schmigly” Darwiche is a strong advocate for eSports.

“It’s been so exciting for me.

Competitive gaming is something I’ve been doing for a couple of years now with ‘Hearthstone.’ Traveling to tournaments with friends, it’s been such a fun experience and, for

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growing influx of international players will be an interesting and entertaining trend to follow.

Going back to Antetokounmpo, I believe that now is as good of a time as ever to tune into this rising star’s career. He is currently in an exciting, formative period in his NBA stardom where his talent can be appreciated for what it is rather than what it is not.

Eventually, the questions and criticism will come, and they will be warranted. The Bucks are currently nine games under .500 and

me, it’s exciting to see the growth it has had and that’s what I think the varsity eSports program means,” Darwiche said. “It is that Miami is recognizing the excitement and energy within the eSports scene and it’s been a phenomenal thing to be a part of.”

The Hearthstone team finished in the top 16 of their region during the Tespa League fall tournament and start regional play for the Tespa spring tournament at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 against the Western University Mustangs. They will be competing on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. for the next seven weeks before playoffs begin.

“League of Legends,” or “League” for short, has the world’s largest player base, which numbers over 10 million. Released in October 2009 by Riot Games, League has defined modern eSports; the world championships have sold out the Staples Center twice and attracted attention of news organizations such as ESPN. In “League,” the five players on each team players pick from 134 unique characters to fit certain roles on the battlefield. In the game, players and their opponents push down three main lanes which are defended by turrets and computer controlled minions called “creeps” to get to the enemy’s base.

As players are pushing their lanes, one player on each team called the “jungler” goes around to aid or disrupt certain lanes to help their team. The first team to destroy the home base of their opponent, called the “nexus”, wins the game.

As a late addition to the RedHawks’ team, Paul “Iceberg Slim” Goldberg, uses his love of the game and long experience to bring an excellent jungler to the Hawks.

“I’ve been playing ‘League’ since season three [2013], and I’ve always just been in love with strategy games. There is no more in-depth strategy in any other game that I’ve found than there is in ‘League.’ It fascinates me,” Goldberg said. “I’ve put in days and days on the game and I don’t get tired of it, because I can always learn a new thing or see a new thing that just blows my mind. It’s just a satisfying game to play well.”

Miami League is currently competing in the Collegiate Starleague League of Legends tournament, and their record is currently 2-1.

Their next match is at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4 against the Olivet Nazarene University Tigers.

To support and watch Miami University Varsity eSports, go to Twitch.tv/MiamiUniversityOH. Each game will be streamed with helpful commentary from the team’s analysts. “Hearthstone,” “League, and “Overwatch” will always be streamed at their allotted game times. You can also find information about teams and players on www.redhawkesports.com.

in 9th place in a relatively weak Eastern Conference. Antetokounmpo’s jumpshot is far from perfect and his 3-point shot still needs time to develop. Nonetheless, for the time being, we should appreciate every coast-to-coastin-five-strides dunk and confidence-shattering block for what they are worth.

For those interested in catching a glimpse of The Greek Freak, Antetokounmpo will be starting in the 2017 All-Star Game on February 19 alongside the league’s greats. Here’s to hoping we all see something… freakish.

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to find something to truly make me happy, to make the proposition of getting up and grinding day in and day out not so terrible? Or was I doomed to succumb to the monotony of routine no matter where I ended up?

The misery worsened during our Q & A session with Conan. The man who walked into the conference room to speak with us was not the Conan I recognized, his normal showtime suit gone in favor of a ragged Guinness sweatshirt, and his iconic perky hairdo arranged in a messy mop. I recognized in his wrinkly face, devoid of any makeup, the same exhaustion I had grown accustomed to. If Conan O’Brien, professional comedian, beloved celebrity and world traveler, couldn’t overcome it, how could I ever expect to?

But then I remembered the other Conan, the one with the guitar in his hand in between rehearsals, the one who immersed himself in the joy of a single moment, and suddenly my fears dissipated. Maybe work is work, and maybe it will always be hard, even if you love it. But maybe if you find a way to break the routine every once in awhile, to get out of your head and appreciate a little moment here and there, maybe then, you can find a way to live.

Welcome back to Miami, and good luck to all in search of their own way to keep rocking on.

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and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit to campus as part of his “Dangerous Faggot” tour.

“A lot of people [were] saying, ‘Is that acceptable?’ ‘Is it legal?’ ‘Is it OK?’ ‘What can I do about it?’”

Haney said. “[It] seemed like a good time to kind of step back and say, ‘OK, let’s start at least by going over some basics and we can go from there.’”

The result will be Wednesday’s session, which comes just over a week after President Donald Trump’s inauguration and will discuss constitutional law surrounding free speech as well as ways the university can make its students feel welcome.

Representing the political science department in the panel will be Haney, Bruce Petrie, an instructor who also serves as a J.D. partner at the Cincinnati-based law firm Graydon, assistant professor Rachel Blum, and senior political science major and student body president Maggie Reilly.

Also on the panel are Rodney Coates, a professor of global and intercultural studies, and John Forren, an assistant professor of justice and community studies.

Haney said he and Curme will pose several questions to the panel during the two-hour event, then open the floor to questions solicited from the audience via Twitter and Google Docs.

“I think that what [the Inclusion Series] does is to highlight the idea that this is a place where it’s important to be open to new ideas, to confront new ideas, [to be] willing to consider other perspectives and think about how that might lead to a different level of commitment to your own political values,” Haney said.

Panelist Forren, of the justice and community studies department, said Wednesday’s event will draw attention to free speech as a particularly pertinent issue on Miami’s campus.

“If anything, the concern about free speech is playing out generally in society is especially acute on a college campus because we value freedom of inquiry and freedom of expression so much,” Forren said. “When someone comes to a college campus, they should be expected to be challenged and confronted with ideas they’re not comfortable with. It’s part of the educational process. At the same time, you have a right to come to a college campus and feel safe and feel like you are being respected and be free of harassment and personal attack. Where you draw that line is always a struggle.”

Haney said he feels that Miami is “not an extremely politically active campus,” using as an example Yiannopoulos’ trip to Oxford,

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The 2017 competition focused on “representational/realist painting” and was juried by Jed Perl, a New York City-based artist, writer and critic, according to a Miami press release.

This past Friday, the finalists were invited to Oxford for a reception celebrating their works, as well as the announcement of this year’s winner.

Although a few finalists were not able to attend due to scheduling conflicts, artist Blake Morgan of Chickasha, Okla., was present to hear his name called out as the first-place finisher. Morgan won for his oil-on-canvas painting, “Chickasha Alley.”

“You might be the first finalist we’ve ever had from Oklahoma,” gallery director Ann Taulbee said to Morgan prior to the announcement.

Morgan is currently an assistant professor of art at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO), according to the university’s website.

Taulbee said that it has been “such an honor” to be able to host the competition here at Miami.

“It creates vitality,” said Taulbee, who has overseen it since its start.

“You can really celebrate all the new trends and ways our artists work.”

Morgan’s winning painting will now join past winners as a permanent piece in Miami’s Best Young Painters of the Twenty-First Century Collection.

“The shadows are what struck me first, the odd geometry of it,” Morgan said of “Chickasha Alley.”

which proceeded as scheduled, while some of the controversial speaker’s other campus visits, including at DePaul University in Chicago and several University of California campuses, were shut down.

“I think on the one hand, that’s good in the sense that it indicates that Miami students are kind of in the middle,” Haney said. “They’re generally sort of open-minded about things. I think they’re willing to entertain different kinds of ideas, as opposed to that reaction that says, ’If it’s a view I don’t agree with, I don’t want to hear it.’

“On the flip side, though, I think Miami students, at some level, could be a little more politically active. It wouldn’t be the end of the world to see a little more picketing on campus.”

Haney added that his ultimate priority is for campus to continue the political conversation.

“I like the idea that we can build on a community that, in general, is open-minded, is willing to entertain different kinds of ideas and, again, in general, is, I think, oriented towards civil discourse,” he said. “It’s not required that one be civil in their discourse. The Constitution doesn’t say you have to be, but I think things work out better if you are.”

That’s the goal of the Inclusion Series, which will also hold sessions on March 14, April 11 and May 4.

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in 1917 by tribal member Emma Gordon McBee. When it was built, the three-story structure was one of the finest homes in Miami and continues to be one of the most historically notable sites in the area.

The Gordon family, who acquired their wealth from mining royalties, used to sneak African American bands from Kansas City to their home to perform at dances they held in their third floor ballroom. During World War II, the home was sold to the government and housed members of the British Air Force.

“It was really an honor to stay in the Gordon House,” Renate said.

“It’s really beautiful. It shows [the tribe’s] pride in their history.”

Throughout the weekend, the Crawfords were invited to not only discuss the tribe’s culture and traditions, but to actively participate — something which, Chief Lankford noted, they seemed extremely eager to do.

“I’m very pleased they were able to come here during their first year at the university. It shows en-

“I try and paint what I’m surrounded by. I don’t dismiss anything as too mundane.”

Morgan said he paints landscapes “almost every day,” looking off of USAO’s campus for inspiration. Also on display in the gallery was Morgan’s work “Columbia, SC.” Last year’s winner, Annie Ewaskio, was also in attendance.

Ewaskio received the $10,000 prize in the 2016 competition for her painting “After the Narwhals.”

During the recpetion, Ewaskio picked three finalists she thought might win. Morgan was one of them.

Since winning the competition, Ewaskio has been able to take up multiple residencies and paint a variety of, as she describes them, “abstract, supernatural landscapes.”

“It’s been awesome,” she said. “I was really fortunate.”

The award let her take time off work to participate in The Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard, Norway, as well as another 10-week residency in Omaha, Neb., covering travel costs for both ventures.

“I actually had to quit my job [to do the Omaha residency],” she said. “I don’t know how I would’ve done that.”

A selection of Ewaskio’s works from the past year are currently on display in Hiestand’s Robert E. and Martha Hull Lee Gallery in the exhibit “Arktos.”

Morgan plans to use the $10,000 prize for art supplies as well as for his travels. “It’s a real honor, [a] huge honor,” Morgan said after learning of his win. “It’s not just a tip of the hat.”

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tells the police dispatcher that she and Buschick had been out drinking the night before and that the two got home at around 12:05 a.m. She said that a cab driver helped her carry Buschick into the dorm.

“She was so intoxicated … so I was just like, ‘OK, I’m just going to put her on the bean bag,’” Graves said.

In the recording, a distraught Graves can be heard repeating, “This is my fault, this is my fault,” throughout the nearly five-minute-long call.

Graves, contacted by email, declined to speak with The Miami Student.

Vice President of Student Affairs Jayne Brownell said that Graves and other residents of Morris Hall were offered counseling and support immediately.

“The first response is heartbreak,” Brownell said. “Students at this age are not supposed to die.

“We are all as shocked when something like this happens as the rest of the community is. From there though, we know that it’s not about us and we owe it to the friends and family to set our own stuff aside and do what we need to support the people that are close to that student.”

Brownell said that once a police report is released, the Miami community can expect a “period of action” to occur.

“We have not stopped moving on all of this since the moment we learned of it on Friday. And there is a lot more that will be coming,” Brownell said.

If any students need support, they can contact Student Counseling Services, 195 Health Services Center, 513-529-4634, or the Dean of Students office, 110 Warfield Hall, 513-529-1877. gagement with the tribe,” Lankford said. “People have commented how friendly, how personable they are.

[Greg] wears his cowboy boots — he fits in down here.”

Greg and Renate also met with members of the Miami Tribe’s business committee and took a bus tour of the tribe’s properties and facilities. Greg sees opportunities for even more collaboration between the tribe and the university, he said, from further research about the Myaamia language to environmental projects.

Lankford noted that they discussed the possibility of bringing tribal business and legal representatives to campus to host workshops for Miami students. These work-

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the small Grecian island of Crete.

“There’s oregano for eating and the Dittany of Crete for [calming] stomach aches,” Josh said. “So I don’t have to buy Tylenol.”

His friends liken Josh’s bedroom to an apothecary. They jokingly call Josh an ‘amateur exorcist’ because his studies in ancient Greek and Latin often dovetail into him doing

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ticing on a small, homemade stage in her basement, made of wooden planks and the love of a mother. Karen rehearsed leading up to her audition for a kids talent show in Mexico, “Código F.A.M.A.” It was the first time she sang in front of people. Extremely nervous and with a producer watching, Karen sang ‘in’ words as opposed to singing them ‘out’ for others to hear. But all she knew was that she liked it.

She walked out and told her mom, “It’s okay. If it went bad, I’ll just audition every year until I get in.”

Karen never auditioned again, but she did continue to write and sing. She recorded voice memos of her work until the seventh grade when she got her first instrument:

homework with three spellbooks sprawled across the table.

While he has yet to summon the devil out of any dorms or apartments around campus, Josh’s most recent foray into his studies in classical languages had him reading “The Transition from Ancient Magic to Prayer.”

And during his few study breaks, Josh makes homemade bread, a dish for which he recently perfected his own recipe.

an acoustic guitar. Her mom wouldn’t let her buy an electric one.

“I’m forever grateful she wouldn’t let me [purchase an electric guitar] because from then on, everything clicked,” Karen explained. “Everything fell into place.”

Her songwriting has become easier — she composes and writes lyrics at the same time rather than separately. She writes about the people in her life and the people she hasn’t found yet.

Karen auditioned for “America’s Got Talent” late last semester. Since the producers only listen to acts for 30 seconds and few contestants actually appear on the show, she doesn’t expect a call back.

She isn’t giving up her music anytime soon, though.

“It’s a part of me,” she laughs. “I hate saying that, it’s so cliche. But it’s true.”

all international students, while the Office of General Counsel is working with Miami faculty and staff from the countries in question.

“We wanted to assure our own community, dozens of members of which were already asking us questions, that we were reaching out to those affected and to reiterate our support for them,” Wagner said.

President Greg Crawford also signed a joint letter from the presidents of Ohio’s 14 public universities Monday. The letter was sent to Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in support of the BRIDGE (“Bar Removal of Individuals Who Dream of Growing Our Economy”) Act, a bipartisan bill proposed in the Senate in December that would provide students with a provisional “protected” visa status and work authorization.

The BRIDGE Act seeks to bolster the current Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, whose future is uncertain under the new administration.

“DACA students on our campuses have enriched the learning environment and brought extraordinary talent to our state,” the letter said. “They have provided leadership in numerous disciplines from education to science and technology, and are actively serving their local communities and economies.

These students have been raised and educated in the United States and have proven to be an important asset to our society.”

On Sunday night, the Miami chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) published a petition pledging not to participate in admissions recruitment until university admin-

istration came out strongly against the ban.

“In good conscience, we faculty can no longer recruit students to Miami until we are satisfied that the university is doing all it can to keep them safe and free to study,” the petition read. “We will gladly renew our recruitment efforts once the university has made a clear and robust statement explaining how it plans to help keep our community of international students, staff, and colleagues safe, free, and part of a community of free inquiry at Miami.”

The university’s email statement was circulated shortly after the AAUP petition, which is consequently being withheld “until we discuss and understand more about what Miami is prepared to commit to with regard to support and protection of international students”, according to the petition website on ActionNetwork.org. As of press time, the petition had collected 105 signatures.

The AAUP petition was authored by professor of Global and Intercultural Studies Carl Dahlman, who told The Student via email that he was pleased university leadership had “taken the first step in acknowledging the uncertainty and fear [caused by] the Trump administration’s actions”/ “The government’s approach creates a climate of hostility towards many on our campus that is counter-productive to our educational mission and, I think, our values as a nation,” Dahlman wrote. “I look forward to hearing what specific and concrete steps the university will take to protect these individuals from government intrusions that may not ultimately accord with our constitution and laws.”

shops would teach students about how to enter into business ventures with Native American tribes.

Rachel Poyfair, a senior Myaamia student, was impressed by the enthusiasm and sincere interest she saw from the Crawfords throughout the weekend.

“It was enriching as a student to see that even the president of my university is interested in my experience here,” Poyfair said. “I’m coming back from a weekend that was with the president celebrating my culture — that just deepens my connections at Miami even more.”

Coming into the weekend, Greg was looking forward to hearing the tribe’s winter stories. Passed down through oral tradition, these stories can only be told from the first winter frost until spring’s first thunderstorm.

Miami tribe members and their guests from Miami University gathered in the tribe’s Council House Friday evening to hear these stories, some told in English, but others told in Myaamia. The meanings of these stories are not constrained to a single interpretation, but rath-

er can mean something different to each listener, or even evolve as the listener hears the stories over time.

“That’s not something we’re necessarily used to. It makes you think, ‘What do you get out of it? How do you feel about it?’ That was really intriguing,” Renate said.

They were both struck by how engaged the children were with the Myaamia stories.

“They were just sitting there and they were so taken with those stories,” Greg said. “Their eyes were focused on the storytellers.”

“The other thing I was really impressed with was that everything there was very intergenerational,” Renate said. “The elders are very respected, and the children are taken in at a very early age.”

The weekend’s events culminated at the tribe’s annual Winter Social Gathering where Miami tribe members as well as members from other nearby tribes participate in a gourd dance and stomp dance.

During the stomp dance, everyone is encouraged to participate.

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The media’s obligation is to information, not opposition The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

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n case you haven’t heard, Steve Bannon, chief strategist in the White House and former editor of Breitbart News, said on Thursday that “the media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while.”

In an interview with The New York Times, he added, “I want you to quote this. The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”

While Bannon cites no facts on this last point — and while “the media,” this gigantic, vague thing that Trump’s administration attacked over and over again, has made it clear based on retrospective research and reflection why Trump is in fact the president — it would be accurate to say that the 3 million additional voters that pushed Hillary Clinton to win the popular vote in this election probably don’t understand why Trump is the presi-

This is a dangerous time. The lifespan of a fact has essentially reached zero. But we especially step into treacherous territory when we begin to turn our back on the free press and turn it into a monster that it is not.

dent of the United States, either.

In the last week-and-a-half, Trump and his team have been pushing executive order after executive order across the Oval Office desk, inciting outcry, protests and a lot of constitutional questioning.

This is a dangerous time. The lifespan of a fact has essentially reached zero. But we especially step into treacherous territory when we begin to turn our back on the free press and turn it into a monster that it is not.

To say that the press is “the opposition party” immediately pos-

tulates the idea that anything the media publishes is a reaction to something. This is not true. The media is not opposition; it is information. And when laws are being made that threaten the constitutional rights of Americans (Dakota Access Pipeline), that send the message that Muslims are not welcome (travel ban) and that reduce access to healthcare, the media is morally obligated to provide information on what that means for the citizens who are wondering, whether they support these executive orders or not.

When “alternative facts” (i.e. lies) are cornerstones of White House rhetoric, then the media needs to find the truth. When the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer won’t answer questions at a press conference, the media is obligated to find out answers for themselves, especially when they contradict what Spicer says. When the U.S. is no longer a safe haven for refugees fleeing horror, the media must explain the palpable repercussions .

Consider this familiar statement: “Congress shall make no law

respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

The First Amendment essentially touches upon everything that’s been happening in this country since Trump was inaugurated.

For Bannon to say that “the media should keep its mouth shut” is rhetoric that is un-American, simply based on this integral part of the Bill of Rights of our Constitution. It’s ironic, too, coming from the former head of a grossly inaccurate and incendiary publication.

The media is not going to shut down and close its mouth, and nobody expects it to. In this time of great uncertainty, it’s the media’s job to keep ‘We the people’ updated and included. If those in power didn’t have anything to hide, they wouldn’t be so paranoid about media coverage in the first place.

An open letter to the administration of Miami University CAMPUS

TO THE EDITOR: As members of the Miami University community, we are deeply unnerved by the Trump administration’s executive order released on Jan. 27, 2017 entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” This order creates a temporary ban on immigration from Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen, and an indefinite ban on immigration from Syria. Many of the people seeking to emigrate here from these countries are refugees fleeing conflict in their

war-torn countries. Despite the title of this executive order, only one of the major terrorist attacks in the United States of the past 15 years was carried out by a refugee—all others have been carried out by United States citizens.

The ban goes directly against the values that help create a diverse learning environment on our campus.

As students, we all stand by our beloved Code of Love and Honor which emphasizes ideals of brotherhood and cultivates our inclusive university atmosphere.

We demand that Miami University join the many other universi-

ties across the country and take action to protect our domestic and international students and faculty who may be harmed by this directive. Thus, the university needs to take the following steps:

• Provide any and all possible support to the students affected by this order.

• Denounce the executive order that is causing undue strife on citizens, legal immigrants and refugees.

• Refuse to release the immigration status of all international students and faculty members who might be affected by this order.

• Honor all commitments made by the university regarding scholarships and other aid provided to international students.

The Miami community stands to be deeply affected by this executive order. It is our hope that the university’s administration takes the aforementioned steps, and uphold our Code of Love and Honor by welcoming “a diversity of people, ideas, and experiences.”

All we need is love ACTIVISM

RUBY CRIBBET

THE MIAMI STUDENT

My feet ached, my arms burned, my throat was raw… and my heart was full. I was feeling all of this and more as I came to the end of the Women’s Solidarity March in Cincinnati on Saturday. With me were two women I lived with and another close friend.

So when I arrived — slightly late — to the rally preceding the march, I felt strong with three amazing women at my side. We carried two signs: “Wellbehaved women seldom make history” and “Keep your tiny hands off our rights!”

While we listened to poets, activists and allies speak on behalf of the rights and power of women, my friends and I were extremely amused to read all of the signs around us, our favorite being “This Pussy Bites Back.”

What inspired me most, however, was the diversity I saw in the crowd around me: it was a crowd of all races and genders, hipsters, businessmen and women, moms, dads, children.

And when we all marched, each of these beautifully individual people began chanting the same thing: Love Trumps Hate… I have never felt so empowered, so loved.

So I cherished my aching limbs and hoarse voice by the end. This is what the world needs — peaceful, powerful statements of strength. I implore my peers, and all citizens of the United States — and the world — to please take a lesson from this movement: love will always be more formidable than hate or violence, and we are always stronger together.

Respectfully, Concerned and Impassioned Students of Miami University

MADISON COOK, ALEX DAHL, ABIGAIL CULPEPPER, NOAH WEZENSKY, CLARA GUERRA, KENNY HALT, TAYLOR EDWARDS, JACK EVANS, KYLE HAYDEN, REBECCA SOWELL, RACHEL HOLLINS, DAVID SHOEMAKER, RENEE BOYD, DION MENSAH, RICHELLE BOYD, MIRANDA WOODS, NATHAN MAYNARD, RYAN JAGO, JC STATT, BLAKE BURRELL & MANY MORE…

Speechless and ashamed no more SEXUAL ASSAULT

I Pledge Allegiance to the women, marching to take back the night, For, in order to form a more perfect union, I dissent.

Because silence is compliance, and right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil — triumphant are the women who refuse to stand down.

How lightly would we tread, if the fossils that fuel our lives, were not the bones of Mother, but rather, Father Nature?

It was a woman who gave you Jesus — was a feminist bending the arc toward queer liberation, And justice for all, Indivisible.

Provide for the common, Defense, provide for my sister en Una Nación, where black lives matter, and walls could never keep us down — still, we rise, resist — love — Is love, and kindness is everything, in the age of people over profit, where no human is — illegal, may I pose, but one last question?

Where, Are we meeting tomorrow?

MADISON COOK

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Two weeks before break I heard two students discussing their previous night out. One was talking adamantly about a girl one of the boys had hooked up with that night.

“Dude, she was so sloppy it wasn’t even worth it.”

I could stand on a soapbox all day and preach feminism and condemn the terrifying statistics that plague this campus: the reality that one in four women admits to being sexually assaulted at Miami University should be enough. But it is not.

I never thought that I would allow myself to become a statistic of sexual assault. To be honest, I struggled to even type those two words and associate them with myself.

I never thought that I would be the kind of girl to blame myself. I never thought I would get so drunk that I would have no ability to say no or to even think that “no” should have been the only appropriate response.

I never even explicitly said no.

One series of events led to another and I found myself trying to muster the strength to stop this total stranger before things progressed any further and shove him out of the door and out of my brain.

I suppose I should consider myself lucky — it could have been worse. The old me would be appalled at my feelings. Why aren’t I enraged? Why can’t I look anyone in the eye and talk about this?

I’m torn between wanting to block out the pieces I remember and the desire to be the passionate advocate I used to be, or at least I am for everyone but myself.

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I’m not even sure I can even blame anyone else but myself and I don’t know why. Everything that I’ve ever supported, read or advocated for seems to have slipped from my mind.

I feel as though I should be actively doing something but the fact of the matter is that I don’t even remember his name. I don’t know if that makes it better or worse — that I let a perfect stranger coerce me into hooking up in the study room of my hall, or that even if I wanted to take action I was hopeless.

I feel pathetic, and all I want to do is forget. I am supposed to be a strong, independent feminist, but all I want to do is forget. I feel so embarrassed and I cannot shake the feeling that it’s on me.

I am struggling with this sense of shame that I cannot even fully fathom, because to truly acknowledge it is to admit that I allowed myself to get so drunk that I could not even say no, and that makes me feel disgusted with myself.

How have we created a culture where any asshole with a charming smile can take advantage of a girl so drunk the only decision she should be allowed to make is to go to bed?

How have we established that consent is not even a question to be entertained — not even a passing thought?

How do we allow a man to be elected president who continues to perpetuate this culture through his “locker room talk?”

For every one out of four women on this campus, I am so sorry that the statistics do not lie.

Talk is no less excusable than action, and I am all out of talk.

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From Miami to the White House: My latest visit POLITICS

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So there I was, 43 years after living in Dennison Hall as a freshman at Miami University, standing in the East Room of the White House among the chosen media for the last official act of President Barack Obama.

I still can’t believe it.

Before a lively crowd in midJanuary on the Monday of the King Holiday Weekend, the occasion was to honor the Chicago Cubs for winning their first World Series in 108 years. I observed it all for Sports on Earth.com, and then I wrote a column about the Cubs, the President of the United States and the many times I threatened to pinch myself throughout the afternoon.

My collection of splendid moments began at the West Gate of the White House, where a Secret Service agent wanted my driver’s license or some other form of iden-

tification. After he studied my ID and the sheet of paper on the other side of the window, I was on the list. I knew I would be, but when I actually was, wow.

I moved through the metal detector, and on the other side, another Secret Service agent gave me a red tag about the size of a credit card to wear on a chain around my neck. Just like that, I had an official White House media pass, but I couldn’t believe what I saw. No picture of something such as the Rose Garden. Neither did it feature Dolley Madison running out of the burning building with a portrait of George Washington in her hands nor any of the slew of White House pets through the years.

It simply said “press.”

Up ahead was the West Wing, home of the Oval Office, along with something just as poignant to me, which is the White House press room. I thought of Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Sam Donaldson and all of those other White House reporters of lore. Before

long, we were signaled to come outside for something the veterans of the room called “The Gathering,” and then a small guy took us up some big steps, down a sidewalk and through the front doors of the White House.

‘I mean, am I really HERE,’ I kept thinking, with members of the United States Marine Band playing catchy tunes in their red uniforms from the lobby as we took a left turn into the East Room. Everything happened in this place, ranging from the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to the performing of great artists such as Aretha Franklin to the placing of caskets bearing Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy and five other deceased presidents on platforms across the way.

With my mind dancing between the past and the present, the Cubs entered the room in single file to trigger a standing ovation from the packed house singing “Go Cubs Go” at the top of their lungs. That was great, but this was greater:

Hostile tweet from Crawford draws criticism SATIRE

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ASST. EDITORIAL EDITOR

Miami University President Gregory Crawford came under fire over winter break for his tweet that called out former MU President David Hodge in a hostile manner.

“So glad to see 2016 end with MU ranked second in undergraduate teaching,” the tweet, posted Jan. 5 of this year, started. “Took Pres. Hodge years to get there.

Sad! Did it in my first.”

Crawford, who is known for his bold and often provocative style of communication, has been criticized before for his use of social media.

“Saw MTN interview with my wife,” Crawford tweeted last semester after a Miami Television News segment which featured his wife, Dr. Renate Crawford, aired.

“Pathetic! Questions completely unfair. Student media is a partisan

hack. MJF department is small potatoes.”

Crawford also drew near universal scrutiny for exaggerated claims about the size and influence of his inauguration last semester.

“Inauguration was beautiful with many, many young people.

Biggest crowd in MU history. Entertaining. Hodge’s could’ve put coffee to sleep!,” his tweet from Oct. 11 2016, the day after his inauguration, read.

Crawford’s incendiary remarks did not begin during his term as president. His ascension to the office was marked by consistently polarizing remarks that many thought would derail his chances to serve as president.

“Look, when Ohio State or UC sends their transfers,” Crawford said at a speaking event in May of last year, “they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending people like you. They’re sending their potheads, they’re sending GDIs, they’re bringing cargo

shorts and neck beards. Some are good students, sure, but a lot aren’t.”

It remains to be seen what will become of his many bold promises he made to Miami students as he was preparing to take on the office of university president, such as repealing and replacing the new food plan, temporarily banning Ohio University students from coming to campus and even threatening to pull out of the MidAmerican Conference.

Additionally, his claims of his own knowledge regarding specific scholastic subjects were called into question after some of the things he said this past year.

“I know everything there is to know about biology, believe me” Crawford said to a student reporter last May. “I know more than the professors, believe me. Nobody knows more about biology than me.”

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Somebody on the public address system announced the arrival of “The President of the United States,” and the place roared even more.

President Obama was hilarious, and then he was serious, and then he was hilarious again. Then after a few Cubs-flavored gifts from team officials and players to the man with just five days remaining as Commander In Chief, the whole thing was over.

Well, theoretically.

It still lives in my soul, and it will forever.

Which brings me to some final thoughts on my latest trip to the White House: -- No, that wasn’t my first time in the Executive Mansion beyond a regular tour. I was part of the media contingent in January 1996, when President Bill Clinton honored the Atlanta Braves in the East Room for winning the World Series the previous year.

-- After I dissect both White House trips, my biggest thrill came

during the first one, when I met the late Helen Thomas, the legendary wire-service writer who was called on by every president from Kennedy through Obama to ask the first question of press conferences. She was so kind, because she answered all of my questions, and I had a lot of them. I had more, but I didn’t want her to miss any deadlines.

-- I’ve now been up close and personal with 6 1/2 U.S. Presidents.

I’ve met Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush when they were out of office.

I’ve been in the same room with Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama when they were presidents. The “1/2” was Lyndon Johnson, who flew by our window at school in a helicopter as president when I was in the third grade in South Bend, Ind. I also touched the fingertips of a near U.S. President in Robert F. Kennedy, just two months before his assassination.

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Ask Angela: How do we get through this?

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Dear Angela, I am hopelessly lost. The things I see unfolding on social media, the executive orders being signed by our President, the progress that is being undone by just a signature … I feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t do homework, I can’t focus, I don’t want to talk to half of my friends because they clearly don’t understand … how do we get through this? How do I get through this? I’m just done.

Sincerely, Disillusioned and Disgusted Dear Disillusioned and Disgusted, The first thing I want you to do is unlock your mobile device -- iPhone, Android, what have you -- and then I want you to go to wherever you keep your social media. Now I want you to press down on that one app that has been making you feel like punching someone in the face just a teensy bit lately and delete it.

Yes. You read this correctly. Delete your damn Facebook. The only thing it’s good for is baby sloth videos, everything else is trash.

This is step one in Angela’s patented “Getting through the nonsense that is President Trump’s administration” handbook. And don’t give me any of that “I use FB to get my news” BS, delete Facebook and with the storage you just opened up on your phone, download The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, BBC, Chicago Tribune and any other news app your heart desires.

Facebook has been my number one source of stress during these hellish past few days and there is no better way to cancel out all that negativity than by going on a social media cleanse.

Step two: Stay AWAY from Uncle Bill and Aunt Sue. We all have those extended family members who aren’t very palatable and have slightly racist tendencies (i.e. moving to the other side of the street as a black man in a hoodie approaches, staring obnoxiously at that women in Kroger with the hijab, saying that “Well, I don’t believe that all Mexicans are bad people, it’s just that …” etc.)

If Uncle Bill or Aunt Sue ask you at your next family get-together anything mildly political, sneak a beer from the fridge (or a bottle of tequila from the liquor cabinet) and avoid contact at all costs. Familial relations are always the most tense in times like these and while you and I both want your aunt and uncle to be

awoken, some people lack the capacity to accept any opinion besides theirs -- their opinion is fact. I guess we can start calling that phenomenon Alt-Opinion.

Step three: Stay informed and stay active.

Fight back. Don’t be passive. In the words of one of my favorite mentors at Miami: Show up and show out. Attend rallies and marches and protests for causes you care about that Trump’s executive orders are attempting to destroy. There was one just yesterday in Columbus, a rally that resisted Trump’s recent immigration policy and demanded that the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines not be constructed. This is democracy my friend, so get out there and start exercising your First Amendment right to petition and assemble.

Join an activist group on campus.

Donate, donate, donate. Those $7 you want to spend on a trashcan at Brick this weekend would do a whole lot of good for the men, women and children fleeing Syria.

Stay informed properly. This is another prime reason deleting FB is a good thing -- you must stay far, far away from alternative facts. Support honest journalism. And please, subscribe to The New York Times.

I know you feel lost, Disillusioned and Disgusted, and I empathize with you. I wish there was more I could say.

Step four: roll a fat joint and smoke the hell out of that thing.

I know you feel lost, Disillusioned and Disgusted, and I empathize with you. I wish there was more I could say. Seek out counseling when you think you might break (although it may take three months for campus counseling to get you in), turn to your friends when you’re feeling alone, vent to your RA if you’re still living in a dorm -- it’s literally their job to listen to you -- and just hang in there for two more months, that’s about when Trump should be getting his ass impeached anyway.

And then I’ll write to you about how the hell we’re gonna deal with Mike Pence.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017

Miami splits homestand against Western Michigan

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The Miami men’s hockey team split a two-game series against the Western Michigan Broncos at home. The RedHawks lost 2-1 on Friday but battled back to win 4-3 on Saturday.

This weekend’s series helped Miami snap a four-game losing streak.

The team is now 9-11-6 overall, 5-74 in the NCHC and 6-4-3 at home.

WMU is now 14-7-3 on the season, 8-7-1 in the NCHC and 4-5-1 on the road.

The weekend began with Friday’s loss to WMU that proved the RedHawks’ struggle with overcoming early deficits. Western Michigan’s first goal was scored six minutes into the first period. Freshman defenseman Cam Lee’s shot from the blue line was redirected by a RedHawk through traffic and into the net.

Miami was able to draw a man advantage shortly after the goal, but WMU’s penalty kill unit had no trouble defending their net.

“I think we dodged a lot of bullets tonight, I thought [freshman goalie Ryan] Larkin played great,” head coach, Enrico Blasi said. “We made some plays where they didn’t capitalize, they had a couple of posts, but when you chase the game like that, you know you’re making critical mistakes, and at some point it’s going to be in the back of your net.”

With 54 seconds remaining in the first, Miami’s freshman defenseman Jared Brandt was called for a tripping penalty. With 9.8 seconds to go, Western Michigan’s sophomore defenseman Corey Schueneman carried the puck through center ice, stickhandled around Miami’s defense and snapped a shot past Larkin’s glove into the top right corner.

Miami caught a break and the

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“They have very good players; they’re good. They’re big. They’re strong,” Cooper said. “We’ve got to get bigger and stronger, but it still can’t be an excuse not to do your job.”

Marcus Weathers opened scoring with a layup, and the early minutes were marked with backand-forth baskets. The contest appeared to be evenly matched before Buffalo beat Miami to the basket to pull ahead 31-15 with less than 10 minutes left in the half.

Several free throws put Miami closer to Buffalo, but it was Wright’s good three-pointer that put Miami within 10 points with 6:17 left in the half.

A 7-1 run with a three-pointer from Wright and four points from senior guard Jake Bischoff led the RedHawks to end the half at 39-31.

Close your eyes and imagine a prototypical NBA point guard.

Odds are he is around 6 feet tall, has a bit of a scrawnier build and crafts his game around contorting layups and elaborate dribble moves. Now open your eyes and allow me to introduce you to Giannis Antetokounmpo.

That intimidating mass of letters is actually the name of one of the most promising and captivating young superstars in the NBA. Antetokounmpo, or the “The Greek Freak” as he has been affectionately nicknamed to make both broadcasters’ and journalists’ lives easier, is a 6-foot-11 human highlight reel. He has spent the last four seasons playing every position from point guard to power forward for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Heading into the 2016-17 season, Antetokounmpo had shown flashes of superstar potential and had pieced together an impressive resumé of vicious dunks and Vine-worthy crossovers. However, many pundits still questioned whether Antetokounmpo was capable of transcending his label as a gimmicky, high-upside player and transforming into a bona fide superstar.

Now, three months into the NBA season, “The Greek Freak” has responded with some freakish statistics. Currently, through 46 games, Antetokounmpo has averaged 23.4 points per game, gathered 8.7 rebounds per contest and, on average, dished out 5.5 assists.

Additionally, although he has seen a dramatic uptick in field goals attempted and played a much more significant role in the Bucks offense, Antetokounmpo has still managed to shoot career highs of 52.7% and 29.1% from the field and long-range, respectively.

New-age basketball statistics also reflect a leap in productivity for Antetokounmpo this year. He has received a Player Efficiency Rating (PER) of 27.1, according to Basketball-Reference.com, a mark high enough to receive the eighth highest score in the league this year. For reference, other notable entries include LeBron James (11th), Jimmy Butler (12th) and Stephen Curry (15th)... Maybe you’ve heard of them.

Antetokounmpo’s high PER is not an anomaly. He also ranks in the top 10 for other advanced metrics, including offensive win shares (9th), defensive win shares (9th), box plus/minus (4th) and value over replacement player (3rd). Antetokounmpo’s ability to contribute on both ends of the floor has allowed him to rise into the ranks of the NBA’s elite. He’s emerged as a genuine franchise centerpiece for the Milwaukee Bucks — a team that has not won a championship in over 45 years.

Antetokounmpo’s rise to superstardom coincides very well with the growing international nature of the NBA and the sport of basketball itself. The Greek Freak is part of an emerging class of superstars heralding from many different countries around the globe, including budding Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis (Latvia), Jazz center Rudy “The Stifle Tower” Gobert (France), high-flying Timberwolves wing Andrew Wiggins (Canada) and “King, Ruler, and Czar of Social Media” Joel Embiid (Cameroon).

Even in the state of Ohio, Australian-born Kyrie Irving has become a force to be reckoned with for the NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Our own Miami RedHawks are home to six players with international backgrounds.

As the NBA continues to expand its outreach into foreign countries and diversify its global brand, the

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Sophomore Josh Melnick scores a decisive goal early in the second period. The ‘Hawks would go on to win, splitting the series. coast-to-coast goal was ultimately waved off by the officials due to offside.

“They had the better of us for most of the night,” Blasi said. “I don’t think we came out with any kind of energy, they took it to us right from the moment the puck dropped and we chased the game the rest of the way.”

Miami was outshot 16-4 in the first period.

Western Michigan’s willingness to shoot from any angle and aggressive forecheck allowed them to dominate in the first period. Similarly, WMU came out firing in the second and caught the RedHawks on their heels, but Miami was able to kill the remainder of the leftover penalty and draw a power play of their own with a little over four min-

utes gone in the second.

Miami began to find a rhythm and attempted to stifle the Bronco’s momentum. A minor penalty on Miami’s senior forward Colin Sullivan at the 7:20 mark put the Broncos up a man.

However, the Red and White were able to capitalize on a shorthanded chance when the puck was dumped into WMU’s zone by senior forward Anthony Louis.

A flurry of movement led to the goal as sophomore forward Kiefer Sherwood gave chase after the loose puck. Sherwood won the battle and fed sophomore defenseman Grant Hutton. Hutton set up junior defenseman and captain Louie Belpedio in the center for his sixth goal of the season to tie the game at one goal apiece.

Belpedio’s shorthanded goal was Miami’s second of the season.

Miami then killed the power play but could not contain Western Michigan’s freshman forward Hugh McGing, who scored a go-ahead goal amid confusion in front of the RedHawks’ net with 8:16 left to go in the second.

Miami seemed to find some energy in the final period and fired 10 shots at Western Michigan’s freshman goaltender Ben Blacker. The RedHawks were able to control the puck in the opposing zone and generate genuine chances, but Blacker did not let anything through.

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Jacey Miller, a first-year midlaner for Miami’s League of Legends team.

MIAMI ADDS ESPORTS TO LIST OF VARSITY SPORTS ESPORTS

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These athletes do not wear numbers – they have gamertags.

These athletes do not practice in a gym – they spend hours sweating over a mouse and keyboard. These athletes do not play goalie, quarterback, point guard or shortstop – they play tank, attack damage or support. These athletes are the latest addition to Miami University’s varsity athletic program, and they are the varsity RedHawks eSports team.

Esports or “electronic sports” is simply competitive video gaming at the highest skill level possible. Esports does not just refer to one game but covers all areas of computer or console gaming. This phenomenon is taking the “sports world” by storm. With its rapidly growing popularity and wide range of available games, watching eSports is fast-paced and exciting for any spectator.

Earlier this year, Miami made history being the first D1 school to offer a varsity eSports program.

In the fall, potential athletes went through a weekend of tryouts conducted by the specific team analysts (graduate students or alumni who

coach each team) for the chance to compete at the collegiate level for their desired game. The varsity program currently consists of four main games: “Overwatch,” “Counter Strike: Global Offensive,” “Hearthstone” and “League of Legends.”

“Overwatch,” released in May, 2016, is the latest game from Blizzard Entertainment. This fastpaced first person shooter pits two teams of six players against each other. Using 23 unique characters with their own special abilities and weapons, each team picks a composition of two attack characters, two tanks and two supports to attack or defend the objective.

Through the varsity program, junior team captain Jarod “Jirryus” Haney gets to lead his team in the game that suits him well.

“I really love to play ‘Overwatch’ because I used to play a lot of “League of Legends”-style games that have a lot of skills and unique heroes, and I hadn’t found a first person shooter game that I could use my aiming skills,” he said.

“Having that ability to impact the game with skills and abilities, as well as just being able to generally aim and help your team to stratESPORTS »PAGE 8

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Redhawkss forward Rod Mills Jr. crouches for a shot.The buzzer-beating victory over Buffalo was head coach John Cooper’s 100th career victory

Basketball struggles to maintain lead against Buffalo and EMU BASKETBALL

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Miami men’s basketball grinded out a 75-74 win on Tuesday evening against Mid-American Conference opponent, the University of Buffalo, but couldn’t maintain momentum and lost 74-57 to MAC opponent Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

Miami is now 9-12 overall, 2-6 in the MAC and 9-4 at home. After the weekend, the Buffalo Bulls fell to 9-12 overall and 3-5 in the MAC. Head Coach John Cooper earned his 100th victory with the RedHawks’ win over the Bulls. Freshman forward Marcus Weathers dominated with 18 points, freshman guard Michael Weathers had 16 and redshirt sophomore guard Jake Wright had 14.