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MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO

A LABOR OF LOVE

Miami University employs more than 4,000 people, many of whom go unrecognized as they keep the university running smoothly. This issue highlights several of those individuals.

AMANDA WANG THE MIAMI STUDENT

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On my off days it’s just school, school, school and studying.

But, I’ve got to support myself,

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ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

I really like working here. I feel like the environment is very positive. Even when it’s

CARLEIGH TURNER WEB DESIGNER

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Working with these kids and doing a service that I know very few people can provide,

I’ve got to make a living. Plus,

busy and even when people

that makes me feel good about

whenever I get the chance, you

are stressed out we do really

myself. So that’s why I still do it,

know, I’m sleeping.”

work well together.”

even though it’s really tough.”

— Chaz McGary, Pulley Diner

—Kristen Wright, Maplestreet Station

—Stephen Mays, Building and Grounds

Campus security keeps regionals safe

Housekeepers make dorms feel like home

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Miami’s campus security makes it possible for students to study in a safe and peaceful environment. “[We want] to make sure nobody breaks in or nobody is on campus that shouldn’t be on campus,” said Chris Baker, a security guard for the regional campuses.

Baker has three associates and is on his way to earning degrees in political science and history at Indiana University East. He has been working at Miami for the past year.

Campus security isn’t all about looking for illegal parkers. They are responsible for securing cam-

Many people contribute to and maintain Miami’s picturesque appearance. Kim Durham, building and grounds assistant, is one of them.

Durham has worked at Miami for 13 years. She started in Dining Services at Shriver, but transferred to housekeeping last year.

While her primary task is maintaining McFarland Hall, she makes it her responsibility to take care of her students like they’re her own family.

“We call ourselves the McFamily,” Durham said.

Several students who have long

A closer look at those who keep Uptown running on a busy holiday weekend

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HOUSEKEEPING »PAGE 9

Whether it’s catching stray bats in Swing Hall, treating a bald-faced hornet’s nest at 5 a.m. or ridding those pesky pests in your dorm, Miami’s “Bug Man” is on call 24/7 to keep students safe.

Building and Grounds pest specialist Stephen Mays, 59, has been catching creepy crawlers for 30 years. However, his favorite part of the job has little to do with insects.

“I’m working with a great bunch of kids, man. I love you guys so I try to treat you all like you’re my own kids,” Mays said. “To me, that’s a real honor.”

Mays started working in pest control when a family he grew up with in Richmond, Indiana offered

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IT services keeps campus online

Working, day and night, to support family

ABIGAIL KELLY

KRISTA SAVAGE

EMILY WILLIAMS

From helping students with their computer issues, operating online resources and managing the campus wireless network, Miami’s IT services plays a critical role in the university’s infrastructure.

With a large technology system like Miami’s, Assistant Vice President of End-User Services Annie Pagura works with her team to help the community they serve.

It’s after-hours. The next lot of drunk students line up at Pulley Diner to tame their appetites. For employees, this means it’s time to get to work. Taking orders, cleaning up, passing out food when it’s ready — all tasks that need to be accomplished no matter the time of day.

For Chaz McGary, however, work doesn’t end when he clocks

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PULLEY »PAGE 9

In the morning, Kristen Wright comes in to work at Maplestreet Station. She preps the kitchen for the day, turning on all of the equipment to heat up before preparing the fried rice, General Tso’s chicken, dumplings and other fare for lunch at Pacific Rim. During her years at Miami, she’s worked at a few different campus locations, like Bell Tower and the Marcum Center, but she said Maplestreet Station seems to have a

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MU HONORS TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA Students, faculty reflect on anniversary of hurricane

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FUNDRAISER CELEBRATES LABOR DAY

Stars & Stripes program places American flags on donors’ front lawns ‘

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THE LATE SHIFT UPTOWN

SHAMEFUL HOUSE NAMES

Editorial board condemns inappropriate house names that make light of sexism and racism

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ROAD TO RIO

Miami senior chases dreams of qualifying for 2016 Summer Olympics

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‘The Bug Man’ keeps insects at bay, prevents pests for over 30 years WEB DESIGNER

him the job. After working with them for 10 years, the company was bought out and Miami officially hired him. Twenty years later, he’s never left.

A usual day for Mays might begin with the removal of a wasp’s nest before sunrise. Later, a trip to the Department of Physical Facilities to see what was called in the night before, prioritizing the more urgent cases, responding to any day calls and practicing preventive maintenance on all of Miami’s buildings.

On average, Mays will go on seven to eight calls a day and around 1,550 service calls a year — all by himself.

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From prepping a kitchen to preparing for life ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

particularly good environment.

This is her second year as a cook at the location.

“I really like working here,” she said. “I feel like the environment is very positive. Even when it’s busy and even when people are stressed out we do really work well together.”

The flexibility in her hours at work, she noted, has been very helpful to her as a graduate student and mother of a 1-year-old girl.

MAPLESTREET »PAGE 9

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Ten years later: Miami remembers Katrina victims ANNIVERSARY

BONNIE MEIBERS

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

On August 27, 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf of Mexico tearing apart the Southeastern U.S. and leaving many without homes. Today, many of those people are still displaced. This Level 5 storm was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the country’s history.

Miami, along with several hundred other universities nationwide, welcomed students from Tulane University when the flooding from Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana 10 years ago last week.

The typical admission process was bypassed for these students and they were accepted promptly. The Miami Report said Miami also waived tuition for the Tulane transfer students.

Miami accepted 30 students in total from Tulane, according to Tulane University’s website.

“Miami is helping the displaced students settle into courses and residence halls,” said John Skillings, Miami’s vice-provost at the time. “Faculty and staff are being asked to provide assistance to ease their transition.”

Skillings was vice-provost 10 years ago and oversaw curricular and instructional affairs for the university.

After Katrina decimated New Orleans and the surrounding areas, the Miami community rallied together to raise money to aid those affected.

Hays Cummins, a Miami professor and native of New Orleans, led several service trips to New Orleans and Lafitte, Louisiana. The group of about 20 students was made up of Harrison Scholars and students from the Western Program. Miami funded transportation for these trips, he said.

The first of four trips to Louisiana involved completely gutting homes, which meant removing everything from inside the home to the road outside. This made it possible for the homes to be rehabilitated.

“A year after that first trip we helped build homes,” Cummins said. “That trip was a lot more hopeful than gutting them.”

The owners of the homes often lived in trailers nearby. Cummins said they were very appreciative of the Miami students’ service to people like themselves who had lost everything.

“Entire neighborhoods were underwater,” Cummins said. “You couldn’t help but think of the people that lived there and their life story after seeing all their belongings in the street.”

Senior Kate Friedler, also a New Orleans native, was in the sixth grade when Hurricane Katrina struck.

To the people of New Orleans, hurricanes are a regular occurrence, Friedler said. “Hurricane days” are built into the school year, similar to how snow days are built into the school year in the Midwest.

Her home was relatively unscathed, as the flooding had stopped six blocks away from

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Miami faculty and students traveled to New Orleans to aid relief efforts. One of the delegation’s tasks was to clear out the interior of houses that were underwater during the storm. where she and her family live, but Friedler knows many people who weren’t so fortunate.

“One of my friend’s dad died,” she said. “A lot of people who stayed back to rescue others didn’t make it.”

The outpouring of help from Miami and other schools across the country is something that Friedler said gives her goose bumps.

“It makes me happy that they were so willing to help,” Friedler said.

Among other efforts to help the victims of Katrina were “Miami Art Responds to Katrina” (MARK).

Student injured in fall at Brick Street ALCOHOL

EMILY TATE

MANAGING EDITOR

Miami junior Daniel McClary is recovering from a severe head injury after a 15-foot fall onto the cement floor of Brick Street Bar early Wednesday.

McClary, of West Chester, Ohio, was celebrating his 21st birthday at Skybox, the second-story level of Brick Street, when he toppled over the railing just before closing at 2 a.m. Bartenders told police he had “purchased large amounts of shots.”

Oxford Police Sgt. Jon Varley said McClary’s tumble sent him five feet out from the bar’s upper level before he plunged to the floor.

McClary, 6’1″ and 250 pounds, fell on a female Miami student who was walking down the stairs toward the dance floor. The female, who is underage, asked to remain anonymous to protect her job at the university.

“I just remember my head hit the ground really hard, and I opened my eyes and I was on the floor,” she said.

Since the incident, she has experienced soreness in her neck and back and visited a doctor to check for a concussion.

She said a friend pushed McClary’s legs off of her so she could get up, and when she did, she looked

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Junior Daniel McClary is recovering after a 15-foot fall at Brick Street. down and saw him for the first time.

“We honestly thought he was dead,” she said. “I was immediately just like shocked. We saw him and we were all really terrified.”

Because it was late, the bar was mostly empty, she said. Only a few people — some customers, others employees — saw McClary on the floor.

Varley said McClary was found “lying face down in a pool of blood on the cement floor.” The officer on the scene, Matthew Hatfield, saw a large cut on McClary’s forehead and later saw that his teeth were chipped.

McClary was taken to McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford, then by in-

tensive-care ambulance to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Clifton, where he was released Thursday afternoon.

He was admitted with bleeding in the brain, said his mother, Beth McClary, but that has since begun to ease. He sustained multiple fractures to his face, which are impairing his vision, and his teeth will require serious repair.

“He took the entire blow on his face,” Beth McClary said.

He also has deep facial lacerations that extend from above his eyebrow to the top of his head.

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For Miami University students, gaining an international experience is no longer restricted to studying abroad. This semester, the College of Arts and Science unveiled the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, weaving together six existing course areas to explore different aspects of global studies.

The department’s chair, Jana Evans Braziel, hopes the wide array of subject matter will attract students.

“This major will foreground technologies, policies, ecologies, human relations and identities in a rapidly changing world,” Braziel said. “We’re not just interested in institutions but humans, such as migration, environmental justice and global sexual paradigms and justice for queer communities. It’ll encompass a myriad of aspects.”

The department is composed of six different courses: American stud-

ies, Asian American studies, black world studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, international studies and women, gender and sexuality studies. Starting in December, students will be able to register for the course as a co-major.

Other departments, such as Media, Journalism and Film and Modern Languages, have worked with the new department to create a learning experience that explores many different cultures.

“The major appeal of global and international studies is that we’re all aware that the world is rapidly changing, that technology, social media, the information technologies have exploded in ways that make us more interconnected. But even though we’re so interconnected, we don’t always understand each other,” Braziel said.

Phyllis Callahan, the former dean of the College of Arts and Science, began developing the program three years ago. Callahan, along with several other departmental members,

strived to create unity among the global studies courses.

“Since it’s such an important area of study, the university decided that what was best was to bring them together and form synergies between them,” said Chris Makaroff, the current dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Renee Baernstein, the associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, who has been affiliated with the creation of the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies, said she looks forward to the department’s potential.

“The new Department of Global and Intercultural Studies brings together six pre-existing programs in interdisciplinary studies and adds to them,” Baernstein said.

Global and Intercultural Studies is a compatible co-major to almost all areas of study. Students may use this program to expand their major on an international level.

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Miami’s branch campuses also lent a helping hand to victims of Katrina. The Middletown campus collected children’s toys, supplies for pets and encouragement cards. The Hamilton campus collected funds and toiletries.

Miami raised over $10,000 along with supplies for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Tulane University’s President Michael Fitts thanked President Hodge and Miami last week for its kindness and recognized all the universities that took in transfer students to support the Louisiana school.

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This group collected household items and toiletries for a Baton Rouge church that was housing several hundred evacuees. MARK also supported art students displaced

by Hurricane Katrina, according to The Miami Report.

Another project Miami undertook was a Katrina Care Concert in September 2005. All ticket profits for this event went toward aiding victims of Hurricane Katrina. Miami’s Greek community also put on a concert to benefit those affected by Hurricane Katrina in Oxford’s Uptown Park that same month.

ResponsibleOhio’s Green Rush tour bus rolled on to campus last Monday, Aug. 31, with high hopes that the college-age vote will help them pass the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Issue 3.

With bright green signage and a marijuana-themed mascot named “Buddie,” the activist group was primed to attract the college-age voter. However, while some Miami students supported Buddie’s visit, others found his presence controversial.

According to ResponsibleOhio’s website, the Green Rush campaign aims to hit over 150 locations within Ohio’s 88 counties. Many of these stops include college campuses.

Among those visited, they have toured the University of Dayton, University of Cincinnati and now Miami University.

This focus on younger constituents may turn out to be a savvy political move for the proponents of Issue 3.

In 2013, a National Institute of Health Survey reported that those between the ages of 18 and 25 were more likely to have used pot in their lifetime than any other age group, at almost 52 percent. ResponsibleOhio hopes that with the prospect of legalization, the Green Rush tour can motivate this traditionally underrepresented voting demographic to say “yes” on Issue 3.

Many students are quite supportive of the group’s appearance on campus and welcomed the Green Rush bus’ aims. First-year Ethan Hendricks voiced his opinions on the legalization of marijuana.

“I support legalization. I think our resources can be put to better use than fighting marijuana,” Hendricks said.

To other students, the campaign is acceptable, even if they don’t plan to vote yes on Issue 3.

“I’m perfectly okay with these groups coming to campus and giving their opinion,” said Greg Hess, a first-year diplomacy and global politics major. “It’s an important part of the democratic process.”

Others, however, have expressed concern over ResponsibleOhio’s appeals toward a younger crowd, especially in regards to the mascot, “Buddie.”

“I have seen critics already

point at the marketing done by ResponsibleOhio as being targeted at those underage to legally possess based on their proposal,” said Claire Wagner, Miami’s director of communications.

Some members of the community are specifically worried about the vibrant mascot’s appeal to very young kids.

“We didn’t believe it when we saw the photos. We were pretty shocked,” said Nick Lashutka, president of the Ohio Children’s Hospitals Association in an interview with Cincinnati’s WLWT5. “This is nothing less than

ResponsibleOhio hopes that with the prospect of legalization, the Green Rush tour can motivate this traditionally underrepresented voting demographic to say ‘yes’ on Issue 3.

a ploy to market to children.”

Many college students interacting with the Green Rush tour are under the age of 21, which would be the legal age for consumption of marijuana under Issue 3. In addition, the Green Rush bus tour made no contact with the Office of Student Activities or the News and Communications Office before arriving on campus.

Ian James, the executive director of ResponsibleOhio, defended criticism regarding the marketing of “Buddie” toward those under 21.

“Buddie is a fictitious character that has a ‘21 and Up Club,’” James said. “He works on the college campuses to reach the millennial voters and talks to them, helps them with voter registration, both by mail, and social media. It’s all geared to the folks who are 21 and up.”

Regardless of the success of the Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative in voting booths, the passage of the law will likely create zero material changes regarding marijuana and drug policies at Miami, Wagner said.

“Even if marijuana possession may be made legal at the state level, it is still a federal violation,” Wagner said. “Permitting it on a campus would be a violation of the Drug Free Schools and Workplace Act.”

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Star-spangled fundraiser decorates Oxford for Labor Day COMMUNITY

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Around Oxford this Labor Day weekend, houses and streets sported the American flag. Many of these flags are a result of the Oxford Community Stars & Stripes program that the Oxford Rotary Club organizes.

Stars & Stripes allows community members and businesses to donate money and have an American flag placed in front of their homes or businesses. Residents are supporting the Oxford Rotary and Hefner Fund Support Programs while star-spangling their neighborhoods.

Kathy Butterfield, a member of the Rotary Club, said she is astounded by the feedback they’ve received from the community. The club was especially spirited on Independence Day. “Every year we have the Fouth of July parade Uptown, and some of us wore our shirts,” Butterfield said.

“And I heard so many comments saying, ‘Wow.’ It was beautiful.”

Stars & Stripes began in February 2015 as a new way for the Rotary Club to raise money for the

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Oxford Community Stars & Stripes program collects donation for various charitable funds. In exchange, residents are provided with American flags to place in front of their homes or businesses. community. Their previous fundraising event, a golf tournament, had slowly been losing interest.

“We wanted to replace the funds we were raising from that [golf tournament],” said Chris Hensey, a Rotary Club member. “I think we’re

in the ballpark of having done that.”

To date, they have 270 subscriptions. They hope to reach 300 by the end of 2015. All the subscriptions are within roughly five miles of Oxford’s center, or the “mile square.”

“When we started the project

we had a goal of 100 flags,” Butterfield said. “And boom — we did that no problem.”

Hensey noted their next goal, in addition to gaining more subscriptions, is reaching more public places in Oxford and involving

more of the community.

“The City of Oxford is mulling letting us use public parks,” Hensey said. “But we’re not really clear if we’re going to be able to do that just yet.”

This fund raises money yearround through Stars & Stripes as well as other fundraising events.

Money from the fund supports the Talawanda School District in a multitude of ways as well as Miami Little League baseball and softball.

Notably, the club provides scholarships to eight Talawanda seniors for $1000 each to help aid their college expenses.

Jim Haley, another Rotary Club member, noted that, beyond those benefiting from the fundraising, many others are impacted positively by Stars & Stripes.

“I’m impressed each time I get a note from someone who wishes to subscribe and have a flag,” Haley said. “And they make some comment about this being a great project and it’s a beautiful program to make Oxford look more patriotic.”

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Birthdates on student ID cards inhibit use of fakes at bars Uptown ALCOHOL

EMILY O’CONNOR

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami’s decision to add birthdates to student ID cards is causing controversy among students who may no longer be able to use fake IDs Uptown.

According to Dean of Students Mike Curme, Miami removed birthdates from student ID cards in 2011, but the decision was reversed this semester. Many bars Uptown are taking advantage of the change and are requesting a Miami ID for admittance rather than other forms of identification, which may have false birthdates printed on them.

Brick Street Bar recently began requiring students to show two forms of ID. Other Oxford bars, including Mac & Joes and 45 East Bar & Grill, do not require students to show their student ID. A significant number of college students own and use a fake ID. A 2010 study by University of Missouri and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center (MARC) found that of the 1098 college students surveyed, 21 percent admitted to having a fake ID of some kind.

A first-year Miami student, who owns a fake ID and wished to remain anonymous, said the new student

IDs are annoying, especially since most upperclassmen don’t have birthdates on their cards.

He added the student card is making it more difficult to use his fake ID and said he now has to resort to finding a 21-year-old to buy a drink for him.

Another male student, who wished to remain anonymous, said he doesn’t think adding birthdates to student cards will affect the Uptown nightlife whatsoever.

“Students with fake IDs are just going to find a bar that doesn’t require the student ID in order to get in,” he said.

The student said that he thinks the new addition, although a good idea for the university, can be inconvenient for students.

Many students feel the new addition to identification cards is a direct response to underage drinking and fake IDs on campus.

Last semester, universal support for the change was sought throughout the campus and Oxford, according to Curme. The department that prints the cards, Housing, Dining, Recreation & Business Services, did not object to the change.

“Oxford permit holders have been a part of this conversation, and they are committed to doing the right thing,” Curme said. “Not

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Last year, Miami added birthdates to all student ID cards, a change that made using fake IDs Uptown more difficult. just because they can face legal consequences for serving those who are underage, but because they want to build a better community for everyone.”

Senior Alexa Nobis said she feels adding birthdates to IDs is a step in the right direction.

“I think it will ruin fake IDs, but it’s a good thing,” she said. “Many people, like freshmen, don’t know how to drink responsibly and don’t need to be going to bars Uptown.”

Nobis also said she hears many underage students are attempting to

scratch off their birthdate on the ID. “The scratch marks on their IDs are obvious and it probably won’t work,” she said.

Jerry Olson, director of the Office of Residence Life, said adding birthdates to the cards will be useful to the university when violations to the Student Code of Conduct occur, especially those being alcohol-related.

Any reports involving a violation of the Code of Student Conduct are sent to specific offices in which birthdates of the individuals involved are needed.

“Thus, having birthdates on the IDs saves time in looking for this information elsewhere,” said Olson.

Sophomore Megan O’Connell said although the new student cards may render fake IDs useless at many bars Uptown, she doesn’t’t think they will affect the drinking culture on campus. She said fake IDs are just one of the ways students get alcohol.

“I think fake IDs are a problem on college campuses everywhere in the U.S.,” she said. “I don’t think there is an easy solution to the problem.”

Community questions whether Oxford City Council should receive pay raise CITY COUNCIL

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After Oxford City Council approved a 2 percent pay raise for full-time public employees Sept.

1, some community members are questioning whether council members themselves should receive pay increases.

Councilwoman Edna Southard explored this issue amid two concerns: city council hasn’t given itself a raise in 15 years, and the low pay will discourage potential candidates from seeking office.

Incumbent members of city council won’t benefit from a proposed council member pay increase and are exempt from the

2 percent pay increase that has already passed.

Newly elected officials can only expect a raise if a resolution is passed prior to Nov. 24, according to city manager Douglas Elliott.

Some council members feel pay is too low.

“We are all concerned about the relationship between politics and money, but we don’t want an oligarchy where people can only serve our city council because they can afford to do that,” said Southard. “But we also don’t want to prevent people from serving our city council because they can’t afford to.”

The path for better benefits and pay increases is simple but controversial, Elliott said.

“It’s in councilmembers’ hands to decide what the pay of council is,” Elliott said. “I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to ask an employee what the employer should pay themselves.”

Councilman Steve Snyder also feels higher salaries are unethical and shouldn’t be used to entice prospective candidates. Snyder said his annual salary for public office was $900 in the 1980s.

“If you’re in it for the money, I’m not sure you should be running for public office,” Snyder said.

Councilwoman and Vice Mayor Katie Rousmaniere noted that public office is one of many positions where workers shouldn’t be in it for the money.

“As an educator, I’m very used to people saying teachers shouldn’t be in the business for the money, and now we have a shortage of teachers,” said Rousmaniere. “Oxford council members earn $3,200 a year.

We are comparatively, as far as I can tell, the lowest paid of all the local municipalities.”

Oxford Mayor Kevin Mckeehan believes the pay increases will prove futile, considering census data and the city’s fluctuating population between the academic school years.

“I can see both sides of it,” Mckeehan said. “It’s been 15 years. I remember the words of [former city councilwoman] Katie Currie as she was leaving council,

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the salary didn’t cover her childcare expenses.”

About 100 fulltime employees are expected to get a pay raise.

According to Oxford’s human resources director Candi Thurpin, the ordinance also creates a new finance specialist position that requires expertise in accounting.

The finance specialist position is listed under “Pay Band 5” with a salary ranging from about $41,000 to $70,000 yearly, according to city documents.

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Uptown after midnight: Working the late shift

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Students linger on the patio outside Bagel & Deli while Uptown over the weekend. Inside, employees working the late shift deal with the post 2 a.m. crowds.

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ALISON PERELMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Saturday, 12:15 a.m.

Most would still consider it Friday night. Uptown is alive, buzzing with energy.

At Bagel & Deli, a handful of employees make bagels for the 10 or so students on the other side of the counter. The closet that usually holds the bags of chips is boarded up. The high tables and chairs are pushed away to make room for the crowd that will take over in a few hours.

One of the workers whistles the Usher song that starts playing.

Another joins in.

“Does anyone else want to order a bagel?” an employee shouts.

Silence. Only the hiss of a bagel steamer answers her.

A group of girls walks in, forcing the employees to yell louder. One takes a picture of the “Bagel & Deli presents ‘You Know You’re a Freshman When…’” tip jar.

“Are you guys in line?” one boy asks us. He must be a freshman. Doesn’t he know that Bagel & Deli never has lines?

I watch him step up to the counter. He asks the closest employee

which bagels are good. Definitely a freshman.

A guy in a Hawaiian shirt and backward baseball cap orders two ‘Salty Hors.’ He turns to his friend and makes the obligatory, overdone joke.

A few minutes later, I watch as a girl drops half her bagel on the floor on the way out. She stares at it for several long seconds, as if contemplating whether the fivesecond rule applies before following her friend outside.

Saturday, 12:45 a.m.

Down High Street, a pair of girls orders at Insomnia Cookies. One bugs her friend about her cookie choice.

“Who gets oatmeal raisin?

That’s gross.”

The woman behind the cash register laughs a little to herself.

Within five minutes, the store is completely empty. Just the sound of Britney Spears through the speaker, the opening creak of the warming oven and the crinkle of wax paper in the cookie boxes.

A delivery guy returns, refills his bag and heads out again.

A group of students meander in for cookies.

A few minutes later, the woman behind the counter runs outside to chase them down. I thought they’d forgotten their change,

but when she comes back, out of breath, I hear her explaining to a coworker that they’d stolen the tip money.

“Crazy tonight,” she remarks to me.

Sunday, 1:30 a.m.

An Oxford police officer stands watch over the tables of students eating 3-Ways and oyster crackers.

Steam fills the kitchen area as employees make plates full of Skyline’s famous chili spaghetti.

Two waitresses refill drinks, while a few other employees take a break at the counter.

We talk with Ross Vanbibber, who has worked at Skyline for three years. He tells us he doesn’t mind working so late on the weekends.

“I love all this nonsense,” he says.

We watch as the guys preparing food sing loudly to the song playing through the speakers. A few minutes later, they dance to one of the employees’ wedding songs.

“It’s all family, dude,” Ross says. “We’re all family here.”

Sunday, 2:45 a.m.

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Segel, Eisenberg excel in ‘The End of the Tour’ FILM

JACK RYAN SENIOR STAFF WRITER

While speaking in support of omission in writing, Ernest Hemingway once remarked that, “The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one eighth of it being above water.” “The End of the Tour” is a testament to the success of this “iceberg theory,” exploring the late, acclaimed writer David Foster Wallace by forcing the viewer to truly discover him in themselves.

Despite its biopic status, “The End of the Tour” is not a sweeping, grand biography à la “Goodfellas” or “The Aviator.” In fact, David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) is not even the main character. Instead, “The End of the Tour” is the story of David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg), a young writer sent out to interview Wallace for a Rolling Stone profile, during the final days of Wallace’s book tour for his magnum opus, “Infinite Jest.”

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All we know of Wallace at the beginning of the film is of his notoriously dense “Infinite Jest” — over a thousand pages, filled with endnotes and footnotes — and of its universal acclaim, forcing us to see him as a reflection of his work and fame, as an outspoken narcissist. Within seconds of meeting him outside his snowy Illinois home, our preconceived notions of arrogance are voided.

Some parallels aside (first name, profession, age), screenwriter Donald Marguiles poses Wallace and Lipsky as foils. The reporter wants nothing but the success and fame that Wallace has achieved, Wallace is vehemently grasping at the mundane bliss of the average man, to the extent that he lives buried in a televisionless, book-infested cave of a home with only two dogs as housemates.

In short, Wallace is — or wants to be — the epitome of the everyman.

In terms of plot, nothing really happens in “The End of the Tour.”

The pair go on a trip to the Twin

Cities for a few days and then they come home, essentially having one long extended conversation the entire way. This may sound a bit dry, and, at points, it is, but the film’s seemingly casual premise is in itself a reflection of its major theme: the magnificent existence of beauty within the unremarkable.

One of the greatest achievements in “The End of the Tour” exists in the screenwriting of Margulies, who adapts two interesting characters to the screen and provides us with an abundance of memorable dialogue and unique moments (existential discussions over McDonalds being a personal favorite).

Eisenberg is strong and convincing in his performance as David Lipsky, managing to show admiration, spite and hubris all at once. His openness and displays of emotion perfectly complement Segel’s reserved nature.

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Miami University alumna (’11) Kelly Bennett thinks she has the coolest job ever.

As manager of social media and marketing strategy for Miami, Bennett runs all of the university’s main social media accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.

She creates the content for those pages and uses them to promote the university and events going on around campus.

Her typical day involves checking emails, consulting with other departments and a lot of customer service.

When there’s an issue and people don’t know who to go to, they reach out to the Miami social media accounts. Bennett is the one who then figures out how to connect them to the faculty or staff member who knows the answer to their questions.

But her job is so much more than that.

“The biggest thing is trying to figure out where to invest my time,” said Bennett. “It’s been interesting to see where our audiences are and what makes the most sense to put our time [into].

We were one of the first universities on [Snapchat] and that’s kind of my motto: let’s get on these sites and see if they take off or not and if they continue to do well, we’ll invest our time.”

The Miami Snapchat has taken off. Bennett began by running to events all around campus, trying to capture student life in Oxford.

Now she has a first-year intern, James Oakes, to help with the physical tasks of running the Snapchat account.

“It’s a really cool experience … it doesn’t feel like work,” Oakes said.

He loves working for Bennett and the university. He thinks it is great to have the opportunity to give people a feel for what Miami and its clubs are like, especially through Snapchat.

Every Monday morning, Bennett and the rest of the marketing team also create a “snap story” newsletter called “Oh, snap, it’s Monday,” and post a series of fliers that show everything going on around campus for that week.

They have also started doing more contests and interactions.

Every Friday is “MiamiOH Spirit Fridays,” where someone

is awarded a free T-shirt by snapping a photo of themselves in their Miami gear and sending it to the Miami account.

Bennett started the job in 2011 after she graduated from Miami with a degree in Mass Communication.

“Basically, as a senior in college I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life,” she said. “I loved Miami and I loved social media and I just couldn’t even think past graduation because I was just loving life here at Miami so much.”

In the second semester of senior year, Bennett took a social marketing class with the interactive media studies program, where she worked with a team to improve Miami’s social media presence.

“It kind of all started from that class, which basically proved that social media was not going away and that it was an important thing to have,” Bennett said.

“And, then, basically from that, the position got created and I got hired right after graduation. I really lucked out.”

Since she started in 2011, Miami’s Twitter has grown from 126 followers to nearly 30,000, and Facebook went from only 9,000 likes to 60,000.

Kelly never doubted her decision to stay at Miami. It gave her the opportunity to stay with her best friends who were going to be fifth years and stay in the town she loves.

“It’s just still such an exciting environment to see what the students are doing and all the impact that they’re making and the opportunities that they’re getting,” Bennett said. “I feel like I get to relive my college experience all over by getting to promote that and to highlight different student stories.”

Being an alumna has also given her a great advantage in her job. She already knows the different buildings and traditions of the campus that give her connections and the ability to relate to other alumni, current students and even prospective students.

Bennett loves that her job encompasses both social media and the Miami community.

“I have so many good memories here that have just made me the person that I am and I’m just so excited to see that continue on through all the students that come here,” Bennett said. “It’s cool to get to see that year after year.”

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SIXTH SENSE David Howes, a professor at Concordia University, spoke about the Evidence of the Senses on Thursday night in Marcum Conference Center. The lecture was the first of an entire series on the senses, and was put on by the Altman Scholars.

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President’s Annual Address

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Armstrong Pavilion

Wilks Theater

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Brick Street

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End of the Tour” is Jason Segel, using a wonderfully controlled performance to bring a literary icon to life. Small mannerisms and ticks turn a bookworm recluse into a tortured genius, who wants nothing more than to be normal.

However, “The End of the Tour” would crumble without the stable direction of James Ponsoldt, who uses a variety of techniques to provide the dialogue-heavy film with a backbone. Ponsoldt makes Lipsky the clear audience surrogate, forcing us to slowly learn and unravel aspects of Wallace’s personality and life, not unlike being in the detective’s point of view in a crime film. He also utilizes the traditional shaky-cam to give the entire film a documentarylike feel, adding to the realism and,

thus, our perception of the characters as genuine people.

Most biopics and character study movies make you feel one of two ways about their subject. Either you walk out of the theater inspired, wishing and hoping that you will one day achieve the protagonist’s level of grandeur, or you leave feeling equal parts empathetic and grateful, thanking some higher power that your life isn’t that god-awful. The curious, and ultimately, great thing about “The End of the Tour” is that it leaves you feeling like you already, impossibly, exist on the same plane as its genius subject, forcing you to look inwards and discover the rich wisdom and sadness of such a fascinating man is an extension of yourself.

BRICK STREET » FROM PAGE 2

GLOBAL » FROM PAGE 2

about eight hours,” she said.

Brick Street employees told police McClary was briefly unconscious, but was able to hold a conversation after Oxford EMS arrived.

“Well obviously I got way too drunk and fell over the rail … knocked out my teeth,” McClary told police as he regained consciousness. “I broke my neck in high school, just hope I didn’t break it again.”

McClary’s mother confirmed that he had an accident in high school that required titanium pins in his neck. The neurosurgeons informed McClary’s parents that those pins protected his spinal cord during the fall and prevented him from further injury.

Beth McClary said her son is home now, but in a great deal of pain. He has to avoid light and noise.

She is consulting her medical insurance provider to determine whether Brick Street is liable for any of McClary’s injuries.

Mark and Will Weisman, owners of Brick Street, had not responded to requests for comment at the time of publication.

Beth McClary said her son is determined to return to school for the fall semester, and doctors think he can be back on campus in two weeks.

“We hope that students will see global and intercultural studies as a place that they can add to their existing degrees,” Baernstein said. “We think it’s going to be an exciting set of new options for students.”

For Christina Ostrosky, a junior international studies major, the induction of the new department will benefit students of her major in addition to a wide variety of lesser known studies.

“There’s a bunch of majors that don’t really have a home in the College of Arts and Science, and the new department will give them a better way to organize and continue to grow,” Ostrosky said.

Braziel believes that social media has made the world far more connected than ever before. The new Department of Global and Intercultural Studies allows students a way to interact and connect on a deeper level, immersing themselves in culture and policies they would have otherwise never known.

“For me, the main thing is that the world can be strange and foreign,” Braziel said. “And to know the world, to be able to participate in cultural exchange and translation, will make us all better citizens in the world.”

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eryone is searching for somewhere else to pass another hour or so. A steady stream of people moves in and out of Bagel & Deli.

The trashcan out front overflows, full of Styrofoam cups, empty Doritos bags and balls of silver tin foil. A muffled voice next door at Skipper’s announces numbers and orders, to an audience that clearly isn’t worried about getting their Mac & Cheese bites.

At about 10 till 3, someone flicks the switch to turn off the red and green ‘Bagel & Deli shop’ sign.

“What’s your name?” one employee asks a customer.

“Jack,” he replies.

“Nice to meet you Jack. I can’t

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munities, but that Oxford’s support of the fundraiser is equal to or higher than areas more than double the size.

“We have to be mindful of the fact that our goals are set on the

shake your hand, but…” They bump elbows.

Gary Franks, one of the co-owners, walks over and locks the door.

It clears out as, one by one, everyone takes their bagels and makes their way back outside.

When we talk to Gary after all the customers have gone home, he tells us that, for a weekend, it’s been pretty slow.

I ask if he minds working so late at night.

“I enjoy it,” he says. He laughs.

“My wife thinks I’m crazy.”

The student employees goof off in a corner, checking their phones and making jokes They’re an odd family, bonded by experiences with drunk people and rude customers.

Kyle Poole tells us that he’s

seen a coworker harpoon someone with a broomstick, girls pee in the corner by the refrigerators and his boss jump over the counter to grab a guy trying to steal beer.

It doesn’t matter. He still signs up for the late shifts every week.

Not only is the money great, but he enjoys the craziness.

“It’s what Bagel’s really all about, honestly.”

size of Oxford, including students,” Haley said. “We have a lot of opportunity here.”

Currently, most of their subscriptions are full-time community members. Haley said this was because students are not on cam-

pus for most of the holidays that put up flags.

Residents interested in supporting the project either through subscriptions or through volunteering can contact the Oxford Rotary Club.

Sunday, 3:10 a.m.

A few people linger on the patio outside Bagel & Deli. The rest of High Street seems deserted.

Music plays from the speakers at 45, to a nonexistent crowd.

The only people left Uptown are inside somewhere, cleaning up for the night, clocking out,and heading home.

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Offensive house names: When a humorous tradition is taken too far EDITORIAL

Miami students and Oxford residents walking up Spring Street or cruising down Collins likely notice that many of the houses don’t just have street numbers, they have names. Some, like “Tequila Mockingbird” or “The Great Fratsby,” draw inspiration from famous literary works. Others play off their locations, like “Walking A Vine Line” and — our personal favorite — “At Church and Almost High.” Not surprisingly, many of the most popular puns are related to alcohol — think “Whiskey Business,” “Jager Stadium” and “Sex on the Beech.”

But there are plenty that shouldn’t make you laugh.

At their best, names can give a house character and make it stand out. At their worst, they are demeaning, disturbing and flat out disgusting — crude jokes that highlight decades of racism and a lack of respect for women. The sign art for “Cherry Poppins,” for example, is a sexual depiction of a woman’s legs spread wide.

House names such as “Smack My Bishop” and “How I Met

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

Your Daughter” hold the same sentiment. These house names are nothing more than an ever-present equal to the sexist and disrespectful banners that caused controversy at Ohio State University two weeks ago.

Many people claim the house names are “just a joke.” This excuse begs the question: Where is the humor in degradation and narrow-mindedness?

Unless it’s a punch line that went over our heads, calling a house “Plan B” is not funny. What message does that communicate to friends and visitors: “Come on in and have unprotected sex — we’ll just fix it in the morning?”

There’s also something uncomfortable about people living in a house called “Smegma.” Nothing screams welcome like the buildup of dead skin cells, oil and moisture that occur around genitalia.

Now, we don’t want to come off as too uptight. We are students, too. We like a good joke.

And we will give credit where credit is due. For example, “Bored of Education” is a won-

derful play on words. “Absinthe Minded” is quite clever. And the brightly colored “Sunny Delight” and “Orange Crush” are classics, as well.

But we are young adults. We have values. And we have par-

At their worst, they are demeaning, disturbing and flat out disgusting — crude jokes that highlight decades of racism and a lack of respect for women.

ents, to whom we would rather not have to explain why our nextdoor neighbors christened their home “8 Out.” One of the most common defenses of these uncomfortable house names is that they are tradition — a part of Miami’s history. However, not only are some of the house names new, but they seem to get worse as the years go by. It’s as though there is an unspoken competition to out-do one

MUPD ride along exposes effects of drinking culture on police, EMTs POLICE

MILAM’S MUSINGS I had a chance to see a different side of Miami’s drinking culture on Sep. 4: from the perspective of responding police officers and EMTs. A storm had just passed over the area on that night and the ground was still wet, but it didn’t deter hundreds from pouring into Brick Street. Most of the calls to dispatch came rapid-fire around 2 a.m. when then the bars started to close.

Now, obviously, not all 15,813 students on Miami’s campus drink, and even for those that do, many manage either by being smart and/or lucky, to not end up needing a police and ambulance response.

But unfortunately, I saw up close those who did and it was eye-opening. I’m not immune to partying myself and I’ve seen my fair share of drunk, passed out individuals, but from the perspective of the police and EMTs, those individuals I saw looked completely helpless and pathetic. And I couldn’t help but wonder what brought them to that point.

Surely, hours before, these wasted individuals were having a good time, with friends and the like, and then at some point, they careened past their limits and the friends had disappeared. Some end up making mistakes that go beyond a terrible hangover, like getting in a fight and waking up with a bloody shirt.

Drunks stumbling home from Brick Street to wherever their dorm room is, alone in the dark, some barely managing to get into a taxi and others making the disappointing call to try to drive.

Meanwhile, MUPD and the three ambulances from the city of Oxford were doing their best to respond to the predictable influx in drinking-related incidents.

So many calls were coming in for drunk students, all of the ambulances at one point were tied up in those calls and a seizure call was delayed for 10 to 15 minutes.

Granted, responding to someone that may have alcohol poisoning or be in some other perilous circumstance is necessary, but at the same time, one makes a choice to drink; one doesn’t make a choice

to have a seizure.

I just kept asking myself, “What is wrong with these people?” It’s hard not to feel self-righteous and judgmental when you’re sober literally looking down on a drunk person stumbling into an ambulance, but it seems the height of foolishness to me.

Nobody likes to be preached out or moralized to, but I like to think most of us came to Miami to further our education, establish a foothold for a future career and/ or for the purpose of learning for its own sake. However, it’s not surprising that if you take thousands of kids fresh out of high school and put them in an atmosphere away from home, that they’re going to go through the trouble of a fake ID or getting it from someone older, to engage in the “drinking culture.” Or the older ones that have been welladapted to that culture after years of a being here, maybe see it as aa reprieve of sorts in-between days of studying and hard-work.

I get that. But whenever I drink, I try to follow three simple guidelines to ensure a fun, but smooth night. First and foremost, I know what my limits are, but

eton Review’s latest ranking of party schools, Miami is 19 on the list, which is actually down from two years ago when Miami ranked ninth.

Last September, President Hodge announced the Alcohol Task Force, charged with better understanding the impact of highrisk alcohol on the community, evaluating the efficacy of interventions and to developing a strategic plan for reducing the costs associated with high-risk alcohol consumption.

Tasks forces usually generate eye rolls because it looks more like the optics of appearing to do something rather than actually doing something. And for good reason, Miami’s go-to the last few decades is to create a task force of some sort.

Nevertheless, the report does show that MUPD and the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution spend a lot of time and resources every year on alcoholrelated issues. For instance, last year, there were 347 intoxication citations, 555 citations for prohibited use of alcohol and 20 citations for property damage/ theft involving alcohol.

Granted, responding to someone that may have alcohol poisoning ... is necessary, but at the same time, one makes a choice to drink; one doesn’t make a choice to have a seizure.

things do happen, so secondly, I have friends that watch my back and I watch theirs. I wouldn’t let a friend stumble home alone or take senseless shot after senseless shot when I know they’re already far gone. And third, I tend to not put myself in environments where I know I could end up doing something illegal or necessitating a police response.

The most obvious example here is pre-arranging a way to get back home if you’re drinking, so you don’t even get tempted to drive.

For sure, I’m not perfect, either, and I’ve made my fair share of mistakes in a night of drinking.

But I had the aforementioned guidelines in place to act as a safety net, plus a little luck doesn’t hurt.

There’s nothing wrong with responsible drinking, but I saw the face of irresponsible drinking that night and it was ugly.

According to The Princ-

another, to be more extreme and to edge closer to the line between clever and crude.

Other owners of offensively named abodes argue, “This is college, lighten up!” Yes, college is a time to enjoy ourselves and be

As is often the case, though, issues, especially issues concentrated in the student body, is up to the students themselves to fix. No amount of pestering from Miami or task force action is going to make students drink more responsibly.

This is just me, student-tostudent, hoping to persuade some people to make better choices when hitting up Brick Street.

Moreover, I would encourage any student to go on a ride-along with MUPD on a typical Friday or Saturday night to get this other perspective on the dangers and the stupidity involved in irresponsible drinking.

I think if every student who drinks did this, then they would be more likely to make safer and smarter decisions.

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a little irresponsible. But it is also a time to learn important lessons, one of which is to have respect for those around us. It’s easy to think of Oxford as just a college town, but it’s not. In reality, all kinds of people live here including older adults, young children and families. Chances are they don’t appreciate placards like the one on “Liquor Box,” intended to be pronounced “lick her box,” which features a pair of lips and is a vul-

gar reference to oral sex.

The one house that stands at the pinnacle of obscenity is “Plantation,” the large white colonial that bears an eerie resemblance to a slaveholder’s mansion. This house name is blatantly and unforgivingly racist. As in the debate of the Confederate flag, arguing for the protection of “rich cultural heritage” is an evasion of the truth. This relic has gone from a celebrated symbol of Southern pride to an insensitive reminder of past injustices and a heritage of oppression.

Above all else, this house name needs to be abolished.

Just like trash on a lawn or cracks in the sidewalk, a lewd house name can be an eyesore. In a town offering both historical and state-of-the-art architecture, an unmatched landscape and an intelligent student body, do we want to be remembered for our tasteless sense of humor? After all the work that has been put into beautifying Miami, it’s a shame to let our own obnoxious artwork detract from our vaunted reputation.

MU students rejoice after cargo ban SATIRE

JOEY HART

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The following is a piece of journalistic satire. None of the quotes said by any of the sources, real or fake, are factual.

Late Wednesday, Miami University’s Board of Trustees instituted a campus-wide ban on the use of cargo shorts.

The ban, which took effect immediately, is applicable on all campus property and defines cargo shorts as “any trimmed pants that exhibit an amount of pockets exceeding four,” university officials confirmed.

Julia Binski, director of Student Health Services and proponent of the ban, said the main

hadn’t worn cargo shorts that night, he totally would have gotten with this blonde chick.

“She was literally talking to me the whole night,” he said.

Although a recent survey conducted by Student Health Services showed that 78 percent of Miami students feel that cargo shorts are “honestly so lame,” dissenters still exist.

Sophomore Brandon Morchetti said he doesn’t believe in the ban.

“Wait, this is serious?” Morchetti said. “I don’t understand why people care so much about how others dress in a setting where we’re supposed to be open minded.”

Binski begged to differ, describing the dangers of “secondhand cloak,” a phenomenon

This ban is similar to Miami’s 2013 ban on wearing socks with Sperrys ... purpose of the policy was to prevent students “from looking like lame-ass freshmen.”

“I believe that in a college setting we should always strive to create a healthy environment for all of our students,” Binski said.

“So when some students wear an article [of clothing] that makes them look like they just transferred from GDI University, it’s vital to take steps against it.”

Binski cited statistics in her argument against the blacklisted apparel, including results from a University of Michigan study published last year, which found that cargo shorts prevented 1,344 hook-ups from occurring on college campuses across the United States in 2013. Thirtyseven percent of these cases reportedly involved a girl that was “so hot.”

“There is simply no reason that in 2015 we should still be debating the merits of such a corrupt style,” she said. “What the hell do you need all those pockets for, anyway?”

Samuel Dickinson, a junior and supporter of the ban, explained that his opposition to the use of cargo shorts began his freshman year during a group outing with friends, when one member of the group decided to wear cargos.

“It was traumatizing, like I was at OU or something,” Dickinson said. “It didn’t matter how many Vineyard Vines button downs and pastel salmon shorts the rest of us [had on], it wasn’t enough to diminish the effect of the cargos on our flow.”

He added that if his friend

in which one person’s “super dweebish” clothing makes those around them look dweebish as well. She noted that one in five college students report having been exposed to second-hand cloak at least once by the time they graduate.

“The concerns that surround this issue are real, and no matter how much big cargo companies try to sweep it under the rug, we will continue to fight,” Binski said.

She added that next year the university plans to bring in representatives from J.Crew to talk to students in intimate small group seminars about the long-term consequences of wearing clothes intended for third-graders.

This ban is similar to Miami’s 2013 ban on wearing socks with Sperrys, but comes without the notable stipulation that it’s okay as long as you’re also wearing some fly croakies.

Miami University President David Hodge reaffirmed the policy change in a speech to donors Thursday evening.

“Miami is a special place, a place that values all peoples, creeds and differences, and as long as I am President of Miami I will fight to keep it that way,” he said. “But I mean, seriously, if you wear cargo shorts you’re honestly just a geed.”

In the wake of these developments, the Board has announced that next month it will consider a measure that would require sorority girls walking together in groups of five or more to be wearing Lilly Pulitzer dresses.

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OPINION 7

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

A. J. NEWBERRY NEWBERAJ@MIAMIOH.EDU

For seniors, Kofenya serves a shot of nostalgia LIFE

MARISSA STIPEK OPINION EDITOR

It’s a Monday morning, I don’t have class until 1:00, and I have a considerable amount of homework I have neglected over the weekend. All signs are telling me to go grab a cup of coffee and post up at my favorite study spot, Kofenya, for the next few hours.

I trek up High Street, prepared to hunker down with my textbooks and a mug of House Blend.

As I reach to open the door, I notice with mild interest that the usual sign reading “We Proudly DO NOT Brew Starbucks Coffee (So Don’t Bring It In Here!)” is missing. When I enter, I am confronted with more changes. The once-colorful walls have been painted black and the mismatched seating options have been replaced with standard table and chair sets. What happened to the eclectic coffee shop I loved?

Let me be honest — the main reason I was so thrown off by Kofenya’s new look is because I don’t like change. And as we all know, Miami has gone through quite a bit of it in the past few years.

My freshman dorm, Dennison, was affectionately nicknamed “The Dirty Den;” the name is hardly fitting for the pristine residence hall it has been transformed into. First-years assigned to live there will never stand in line for brunch on a Saturday morning, anxiously awaiting the 11 a.m. opening of Erickson Dining Hall.

They will never get ice cream from Tuffy’s in Shriver Center.

They will never know that the first floor of King used to be filled with cubicles to study in.

Looking up and down High Street, a lot has changed as well.

The skeleton of Bill’s Art Store stands empty on its former corner.

The Pita Pit is gone. Part of the building that used to house Morn-

ing Sun Café has been replaced with an electronic cigarette store.

That’s not to say all the changes have been bad — I’ve never heard anyone complain how much they miss TGD, the restaurant that served Thanksgiving food 365 days a year. And I’m definitely not complaining about the addition of Insomnia Cookies.

Underclassmen are fortunate to live in the new, upscale residence halls. It’s just that nothing makes

Luckily, some of the aspects I consider intrinsic to Kofenya’s character still remain. The usual board games are available up at the counter. The menu still offers the classic coffees, teas and specialty drinks, along with breakfast options like oatmeal, bagels and some really great muffins. And the bathroom still features the practically iconic chalkboard walls, where visits scrawl song lyrics, inspira-

It’s just that nothing makes me feel like a washedup senior more than knowing that the Miami of my first year is completely different than the Miami the incoming first-years will come to know and love.

me feel like a washed-up senior more than knowing that the Miami of my first year is completely different than the Miami the incoming first-years will come to know and love.

Kofenya’s makeover is kind of like in the movies when the nerdy girl disappears for the summer, then comes back with better-behaved hair and more fashionable clothes. Kofenya has transformed from quirky to cool. It is sleeker and more sophisticated. And this “grown-up” look seems to be exactly what the owner intended.

Owner Liz Snyder wrote on Kofenya’s website that when she opened the shop with a friend in 2004, she was a naïve 20-yearold, uncertain of what would come of her venture. Ten-years later, the business was still going strong, but it was time for a makeover. Her focus shifted from being hip to being high quality. However, she writes that the “heart” of Kofenya has stayed the same, saying, “We are here for the people.”

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tional quotes and the occasional inappropriate cartoon.

Although I was initially shocked, I suppose I could get used to the “new” Kofenya. After all, it’s nice to have a couch to sit on that isn’t bursting with stuffing or held together with duct tape. It doesn’t seem as though my fellow customers are bothered by the renovations either.

They value Kofenya not just for what it looks like, but what it is — a place to study, to meet with friends, to clear your head during a particularly busy day. By 10 a.m. the place is packed. To my left, a group of older men are discussing religion. To my right, a couple is sharing a scone. These are familiar scenes. This is the Kofenya I remember.

As I sat there enjoying my drink, I noticed a girl at the table next to me unpack a telltale pink “La Boulange” bag and pull out a bagel. So, on a serious note, they might want to consider putting that whole “No Starbucks” sign back up.

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Donald Trump is leading in the public opinion polls. Donald Trump, the man who screams, “You’re fired” at unsuspecting businessmen is running for a chance to sit in the oval office.

In the latest poll from the Iowa Caucus, Trump has 25 percent of public support, a seven point lead over the next highest candidate.

What’s weird is that most people I talk to are terrified at the idea of a Trump administration. In fairness, a lot of them are political science majors who tend to pay more attention to politics than most. Regardless, response toward Trump is overwhelmingly negative in my unscientific public opinion polls.

Real public opinion polls, the ones done by pollsters that involve actual math and a broader range of people, are a pseudoscience — entirely manufactured by the media, often completely without its awareness.

When the media brings attention to a policy or a candidate, the public deems it as important. The media acts as a gatekeeper, deciding what information to bring to the public light — like what is happening in Washington, or lately, Iowa.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, until we bring public opinion polls into the conversation. The people and issues that the media covers are the people and issues that perform well in public opinion polls.

Donald Trump garners the media’s attention. He is unafraid to speak his mind, often offensively.

He’s misogynistic and blunt. And quite often, he’s wrong about the facts that drive his misguided campaign platform.

Because he says such outrageous things, the media covers him. The attention is not always as positive as his polling rates, but his name is in the media daily, even hourly. His

name is in the forefront of people’s minds because he’s in the news for something he said every day.

So ,when pollsters call John Smith in rural Kentucky to ask whom he’s likely to vote for in the 2016 primary election, he says Donald Trump because it’s the name he hears most often.

Now, as an aspiring journalist I’d like to believe that most report-

What’s weird is that most people ... are terrified at the idea of a Trump administration.

ers know enough about politics to not want a Trump White House. I refuse to believe that this is an intentional way to skew the polls in Trumps favor.

But I do think that Trump is entertaining. He makes some really off-base comments. He stars in Internet memes. Put simply: Trump gets clicks.

In today’s media environment, clicks are synonymous with revenue. Donald Trump’s campaign makes money for the news media industry by being the laughing stalk of the Internet.

I get the appeal of income for a struggling industry, I really do, but covering Donald Trump cannot be the way to go about it.

The irony of being “media” myself and writing about Trump is not lost on me. But it’s time journalists stop giving his campaign serious coverage.

Stop covering the campaign and Trump stops leading in the polls.

When he stops leading in the polls, the public will be more interested in legitimate candidates who have more than a giant wall and a bad attitude to bring to the White House.

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The training staff also educated the players on making healthy food choices and how to monitor calorie input and output. After every workout, the staffers evaluated each player and designated which ones were to lose, gain or maintain weight.

After the offseason, the results were clear, and to prove it, the training staff took before-andafter pictures of the players with the biggest transformations and posted them to Twitter.

“Seeing is believing,” Harker said. “Being able to take a step back and see what you looked like January 5 or what you looked like May 5 or what you looked like August 5 and see that transformation … it’s a pretty impactful visual to see. Hopefully it serves as motivation for them.”

“They definitely get excited about getting to flex and pose and see what they look like and seeing who’s got the most definition.

And you know, putting it on Twitter doesn’t hurt either … boost the ego a little bit.”

Several players experienced significant body transformations with the completion of summer

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A number of offensive linemen put on weight as well. Redshirt freshmen Zach Swarts and Jordan Rigg and sophomore Zach Hovey began the offseason in the 240-pound range and are now in the 280-pound range. As for junior Colin Buchanan, Harker noted an increase in strength, flexibility and agility.

“A lot of guys put on good muscle mass, and now they’re looking the part when they’re on the field,” Harker said.

When asked for his thoughts on the transformations, Thackery immediately pointed across the field.

“Chris Hudson,” he said. “Chris Hudson by far. He’s one of those guys where every day you see him and you’re like ‘gosh — I remember when you came in as a lazy, immature freshman.’ He did not buy into the weight room, wasn’t excited about lifting. And he’s probably our highest-energy guy in the weight room right now.”

“He has transitioned from worrying about himself to taking everybody else with him. In my racks upstairs where we workout,

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he’s the leader. “ Hudson said he feels the change, too.

“I feel like I made a lot of progress,” Hudson said. “I’ve lost 35 pounds since the start of camp last year, so I feel pretty good.”

Now that the season is underway, the themes of accountability and energy become more important.

“Everybody knows their role on the team,” Hudson said. “Everybody knows where they stand. Everybody knows who the leaders are and who can step into those roles.”

And while the players keep working, Thackery and the training staff will continue to push them harder.

“We’ve got a team feeling in here where hard work is encouraged and all the players are going to push each other,” Thackery said.

“In the past, we’ve had guys who are concerned with themselves and pushing themselves, but now we’ve taken that next step where everybody’s taking care of themselves and bringing other guys with them. When somebody is doing hard work, he’s bringing other players with him and getting them encouraged and making them want to work hard.”

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pus buildings and handling disorderly conduct complaints.

“Some people yell obscenities at us, they yell at the professors and faculty, too,” Baker said.

The disruptions have been so severe that campus security has had to escort the student perpetrators out of the building.

Despite all the hassle Baker goes through, he still finds the job rewarding.

“My favorite part is being outside and keeping people out of handicapped spaces that aren’t supposed to be there and keeping traffic cleared,” Baker said.

Campus security works around the clock, every day, including holidays.

“If we weren’t here, [students] wouldn’t know if someone was hiding in the buildings, if their cars were being broken into or stolen,” Baker said.

Campus security does not have the power to arrest offenders, but, Baker said, the officers are crucial in keeping the campus and students safe.

since graduated from Miami still stop by to see her when they visit Oxford. She even had two of her international residents from China spend Christmas with her one year.

“I maintain a close contact with quite a few of them,” Durham said.

She also recalled a time when somebody stopped her in the hallway simply to thank her for everything she does.

Durham works hard to provide a loving and caring atmosphere in McFarland. She regularly checks in with her students to see how they’re doing and how their day is going.

And if someone is injured, she makes sure they have everything they need.

“If it weren’t for the kids, we wouldn’t have a job,” Durham said.

“I look forward to my day.”

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graduate program. When talking about her career goals after Miami, she spoke with absolute assurance.

“In my dream world I would be working with chronic illness patients to manage their health and not just their symptoms,” she said.

To achieve that goal, after finishing her degree, she’ll probably move closer to Cincinnati. For now, though, she enjoys being here. She met her husband here at Miami; she’s made her friends here. She brings her daughter around campus sometimes and takes her to the Mini University childcare center when she’s working.

At work, she said, she often feels like a big sister to the younger employees.

It will take another three years of working and taking classes before she earns her degree, but she smiled when she talked about that day.

“It will definitely all be worth it.”

“[It’s difficult] trying to keep up with everything because there’s so much ground to cover,” Mays said.

“It keeps you running, literally.”

One night, Mays had to trap a bat that had gotten into Swing Hall. He was able to catch the bat by observing its repeated flight path, then by placing his net in the middle of it. The bat flew right in the net.

“It was great seeing all the RAs stationed with brooms and pans on their heads up and down the hallway,” Mays said. “It was hilarious.”

Another enjoyable part of the job for Mays is helping students through pest situations that may scare the bejeebers out of them.

However, he said he wants people who may be scared to know most bugs on campus are harmless, plant-eating insects. And, usually, there is nothing to worry about.

Mays’ extensive knowledge of insects has also helped him keep relatively sting-free for the past 30 years. After treating thousands of yellow jacket, wasp and bull-faced hornet nests over the span of his career, his only insect injuries have been off the job.

Being Miami’s sole pest control person has its ups and downs, Mays said. And being on call for so many years has proven difficult for Mays and his family.

“I’ve missed a thousand dinners and birthday parties, so being on call is tough,” Mays said. “You can’t really plan anything because it always comes at the worst possible time.”

However, Mays is about to make up for some of those lost moments.

“I can count on two fingers the times I’ve taken a week off in 20 years,” Mays said.

Mays and his wife have been saving up for 20 years to go on vacation, he said.

The couple left for their two-week vacation in Hawaii this week.

“You have to decide if you love what you do and that’s why you do it, really,” Mays said. “Working with these kids and doing a service that I know very few people can provide, that makes me feel good about myself. So that’s why I still do it, even though it’s really tough.”

Even though some people on campus see IT services as a headache, the specialists are constantly working to improve the future use of technology on campus.

“The goal for us is to provide our constituents with the quickest and easiest path to find a solution,” said Pagura.

Pagura received her undergraduate degree in social work from Ohio State University.

Now her job is to advocate for the users of IT services.

“I kind of fell into this path of helping people through technology because people can do really great things if they have really good technical support,” said Pagura.

For example, when Canvas crashed last Tuesday, it was important to Pagura that a message was sent out to students and faculty. Pagura said she believes that the communication aspect is a balancing act, but is something they strive to make better.

“We want to try to communicate as quickly as we can, be as open as we can about what we know about it so that folks don’t sit on hold for a while on a problem,” she said.

Pagura said IT services staff has been working on continuous improvements to best serve the community since current vice president for IT, JP Natale, came to Miami in 2013.

“He is bringing transparency,” she said. “I think over the course of this next year and following subsequent years, you will be seeing more transparency coming out of IT services,” said Pagura. “You are going to see more client engagement.”

IT services’ new goal of client engagement includes improving their communication with the community and talking to areas of the university to see how technology can help them reach their future goals.

“We are doing this continuous improvement and that is the engagement that we are hoping to get from students and staff,” said Pagura. “But our real value will come if the people come in and engage with us.

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McGary is a student from Mason, Ohio who attends Sinclair Community College. He will graduate in 2017. This job is just a step along the way for him.

When he isn’t working at 3 a.m., he’s studying.

“On my off days it’s just school, school, school and studying,” McGary said. “But I’ve got to support myself, I’ve got to make a living … plus whenever I get the chance, you know, I’m sleeping.”

He works 40 hours a week on top of school, and all of his shifts are late night. He also has a young daughter he supports with his job in food service.

“I have to show my daughter a proper role model,” he said. “The sacrifice I’m making now it’s all going to be worth it in the end.”

McGary’s social life is hardly visited, with a late night job and class during the day, he says it’s hard for him to do much anything else, but it’s all “part of the plan.”

“My social life sucks because I sleep half the day when I’m not studying or working,” he said. “But your true friends will be there for you and mine know I’m trying to make an honest living for myself and prove myself.”

McGary enjoys making the best of situations, he doesn’t live with his parents, he has bills to pay, his daughter to support and a degree to earn. However, he enjoys his job because of the people he is meeting and the students he gets to talk to when he’s behind the counter.

“I’m meeting good people, I’m getting a decent wage. It’s not a bad job at all,” he said.

“It’s a learning experience and I’m taking it by stride.”

To balance full-time employment, motherhood and her education, she said she is finishing her graduate degree by taking one course a semester.

She first came to Miami in 2002, pursuing a degree in education with a minor in French but, with just her student teaching left to complete, was forced to withdraw from school because of her health. Wright found out she has a connective tissue disorder with symptoms similar to multiple sclerosis.

When she was able to go back to school, she said her passion wasn’t in education anymore.

After going to specialist after specialist for treatment and seeing friends undergo similar situations, she was determined to help people in her position to achieve health holistically.

She finished her Bachelor’s degree in Health Promotion and is now in the process of completing Miami’s Health Promotion

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Balancing academics, a job, extra-curricular activities and social life can be overwhelming for a college student, but throw in Olympic training and it seems impossible.

However, that’s not the case for Miami student Karan Sachdeva.

Sachdeva became a member of the Indian National Track and Field team during the summer and is training to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. “Right now, if you factor in twoa-days, I’m hitting about 100 miles a week.”

The fifth-year senior said that like it’s no big deal.

Training to qualify for the Olympics is no small feat, and his friends notice his work ethic.

“He doesn’t go out,” Ryan Covington, a close friend of Sachdeva, said. “He is locked in on his goal.”

Sachdeva’s dream began in 2012 when he attended a book signing for In The Long Run at the Shriver Center on campus. The book is written

by distance runner Bob Schul, the only American to win gold in the 5,000-meter run. The 5,000-meter run is Sachdeva’s current event.

When the two met, Schul saw potential in Sachdeva and took him under his wing.

“He has always told me that I can do better,” Sachdeva said. “Those words have pushed me to new heights in my running.”

The coach and the runner quickly developed a strong bond.

“Coach Bob is a grandfather-figure to me. I’m blessed,” Sachdeva said. “When I was at my all-time down, he was the only light I saw.”

This light was his way out – a place to channel his grief after the passing of his grandfather, which happened around the same time he met Schul.

“Coach Bob is the only coach for me,” Sachdeva said. “Even when I go to India to run, and other coaches try to give me advice for workouts, I defer to Bob.” Three years later, Sachdeva has achieved what he never thought was possible.

“My real dream is to not only

qualify for Rio in 2016, but to be able to run in the 5,000-meter run in Tokyo in 2020,” Sachdeva said.

“It’s the same place where Coach Bob won gold in 1964.”

Qualifications for the 2016 Olympics loom, but no matter what happens for Sachdeva, one thing is clear: the journey to Rio has changed his life.

“I’ll probably make it,” the runner said. “Now that my workouts are starting to get ramped up, I’m peaking at the right time … it kind of hit me this summer after I qualified for the national team. I then realized that I’d be receiving the official Indian Track and Field gear.”

Schul, however, is making sure Karan avoids complacency.

“I can’t say if he’ll qualify,” Schul said. “But I can say that if he follows the training given, he’ll have a shot.”

The deadline to reach the benchmark 13:28 qualifying time is February 2016. Between now and then, Sachdeva and Schul will continue training, and Sachdeva will be running down his dream with every stride.

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Karan Sachdeva and coach Bob Schul at Fairborn High School, their training location.

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Like any team with a 2-26 record over two seasons, the Miami University football team had a list of problems begging for answers when it entered the 2015 season.

Rebranding the team culture became a focus of the coaching staff.

The result: the first season-opening win in seven years.

But the change wasn’t a new workout and nutrition regimen; it’s a change in the level of accountability throughout the team.

“From the top down, it’s a new level of intensity, accountability, as well as transparency,” Director of Strength and Conditioning Paul Harker said. “Everybody, without a doubt, is unequivocally on the same page. There’s no hiding behind anything … expectations are the same across the board whether you’re a fifth-year guy or an incoming freshman. The accountability is at an all-time high.”

Both Harker and Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning Adam Thackery worked at Miami during the RedHawks’ 2013 winless season. Both are impressed with the quick culture change they’ve seen.

“It’s changed immensely in the past year,” Thackery said.

“Mental toughness has gone through the roof.”

Harker said the results are starting to show in how the players look physically, how they carry themselves and how they compete.

As for attribution, he said it’s the team’s drive — the players understand they must earn their positions every day.

“You’re getting praised one day in practice, but the moment you start feeling good about yourself or the moment you start feeling good about getting praise in the weight room or you hit a PR, the next day if you’re not living up to that same level, you’re gonna hear about it,” Harker said. “You’re gonna hear about it from me, you’re gonna hear about it from the position coaches, you’re gonna hear about it from Coach Martin.”

The newfound accountability manifests itself in all areas. Take, for example, a Wednesday morning lift. The sessions are scheduled for 5:45 a.m., but players walk through the door and begin prepping at 5:20 a.m.

The culture shift began in the offseason.

Because the offseason is long and monotonous, the training coaches recognized the need to provide opportunities for daily competition. During the summer, they held a team weight lifting competition. After senior players drafted teammates to their lifting squad, teams would receive points for using the weight room, progress in the classroom and community service involvement.

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MU VICTORY Above: Quarterback Drew Kummer scrambles for first down during the football team’s 26-7 victory over Presbyterian Saturday.. Below: Running back Alonzo Smith charges down the field. Smith led the team in rushing yards with 86 total yards and two rushing touchdowns.

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The national ranking of the Michigan State University women’s volleyball team that Miami beat Saturday. The RedHawks won in three sets and improved to 3-4 this season.

Miami University cross country began the 2015 season Saturday with Willy Wood as its new head coach. MU adopted a joint model for the program in this new era, combining the men’s and women’s team into one.

Wood boasts 26 years of head coaching experience and is ready to lead the RedHawks to success.

“We want to establish a new culture and lay down the new foundation,” Wood said.

Wood spent the past season as the track and field/cross country coach of Bradley University, where he led the women’s XC team to a Missouri Valley Conference title. The Braves placed third at the NCAA Midwest Regional, their best regional finish in program history. The Bradley men’s team also reached a pro-

gram best, placing third at the MVC Championship.

Before that, Wood shaped Columbia University cross country into a powerhouse during his 20year stint. The men’s and women’s teams combined won seven Ivy League titles and appeared in the NCAA Cross Country Championship nine times, finishing in the top five 20 times. His highest finishes were the men’s eighthplace performance in 2013 and the women’s eleventh-place performance in 2002. During his tenure at Columbia, he saw 68 school records broken and coached two Olympians and 29 All-Americans.

Miami’s runners are excited for what the future holds.

“I think he will be really great for this program and will be really sustainable,” senior captain Laura Bess said. “He is very positive, and he will be a great change for the program.”

Bess said the runners have had no problem adjusting to the changes.

“We communicate well with Coach Wood and we have talked with him about what would make a conducive training environment,” she said.

Wood has high expectations for his squad, and the athletes recognize it.

“Coach Wood is different.

He puts emphasis on the little things,” Bess said.

Wood also focuses on building a strong atmosphere for his team.

“I always strive for an environment that fosters on camaraderie,” Wood said. “We need to not only do things, but we need to do them together.”

After placing fourth at the Flyer 5k Challenge on Saturday, the cross country team travels to Lexington, Kentucky this weekend for the Bluegrass Invitational.