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Scholarship discrepancy International students receive less aid than domestic students MONEY EMILY C. TATE

UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Sophomore Shuai Li, an international student from China, works 22 hours a week — the maximum a student employee can work at Miami University.

Li does this, and said she would do more if she could, because she has to help her parents pay for her education.

Her college expenses total more than $45,000 each year — and her parents aren’t willing to pay that by themselves. The deal is they’ll pay for tuition if she covers the room and board, books and any additional fees.

Li is like many other international students at Miami in that she receives no scholarship compensation from the university. In fact, only 34 percent of last year’s accepted international students received a scholarship offer, while 70 percent — more than double — of accepted American students were offered a scholarship.

This discrepancy is the result of a combination of factors working against the international community, Associate Director of International Admissions Aaron Bixler said.

“They just don’t have the same opportunities,” he said.

For instance, international students are not eligible for university merit scholarships unless they have taken the ACT or SAT, which few have access to in their home countries.

Li said she took the SAT, but had to travel to another location to take it.

“I went to Hong Kong to take the test,” she said. “It was a twoand-a-half hour flight, but Hong Kong is the only place to take the SAT in China.”

Perhaps more problematic is that international students are not eligible for government aid, such as student loans or Pell grants.

Bixler said some students’ home countries, like India, offer student loans, but it’s rare.

Though international students are not considered for university merit scholarships without these standardized tests, Miami offers the International Education Scholarship to alleviate some of the expenses. Of course, it’s highly competitive, according to the MU International Admission Fact Sheet.

It is the source of most international students’ scholarships, ranging from $2,000 to $16,000 per year. Bixler said there are no specific requirements for this award, but the admissions office considers diversity when selecting recipients.

Friday folly: Students speculate schedule shift ACADEMICS ALISON TREEN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

For some Miami University students, the weekend begins one day early.

A sequence of Oxford undergraduate English classes show ta decrease in the number of courses offered on Fridays in recent years.

In the fall semester of 2007, there were 87 English classes offered on Fridays. In the fall of 2008, the number rose to 97; in the fall semester of 2013 the number dropped to 69; and this fall semester of 2014, the amount slid to 62.

Why the hike in classes in 2008?

In 2006, Miami University printed a news release establishing an alcohol task force whose job was to find ways to curb student alcohol abuse. Among the task force’s suggestions were building a new student union, increasing punishments for underage drinking and using false identification — and adding more Friday classes.

Specifically, the release states to “increase the percentage of undergraduate classes scheduled for

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early mornings and Fridays to at least 30 percent by fall 2008.”

“The Task Force of ‘06 was part of the President Garland Initiative to Reduce High Risk Drinking,” Rebecca Young, Director of the Office of Student Wellness and part of the current Task Force, said.

“That Task Force did recommend an increase in Friday classes because data suggests that when students have Friday classes they will drink less on Thursday nights, thus decreasing negative consequences from high risk alcohol use,” Young said.

While trends in classes seem to support the previous Task Force’s recommendation, the current Task Force has neither confirmed nor denied its opinion on increasing Friday classes.

“The current Task Force is reviewing all policies and recommendations that are supported by data,” Young said.

Regardless, students and faculty alike take note of their Friday classes.

“Attendance is an issue,” Professor Scott Johnston of the Architecture and Interior Design Department said.

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SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Stilt walker struts in the Armstrong Student Center Tuesday afternoon for OxVegas Homecoming Week.

Police investigate Hughes Hall bomb threat Miami University police learned late yesterday evening of a bomb threat for today, Friday, Oct. 31, at Hughes Hall.

“The MUPD and the University are taking this very seriously and are taking steps for

safety,” Director of University News and Communications Claire Wagner said.

For safety reasons, neither the University nor the MUPD were able to disclose any extra information concerning the threat.

The Andrew Hendrix Experience FOOTBALL JACK KOCHMAN

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Miami football head coach Chuck Martin doesn’t hesitate in describing his starting quarterback.

“Do you remember the show Bill Nye the Science Guy? That’s Andrew Hendrix.”

Miami University football fans have suffered a historically long losing streak over the last two years, but at long last, the football team won over the University of Massachusetts Minutemen Oct. 4.

Per the norm, Miami quarterback Andrew Hendrix was leading the charge.

Hendrix proceeded to win the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week, as well. He completed 32 passes on 58 attempts for 437 yards and four touchdowns to get a QBR of 80.1.

His 13 carries for 81 yards helped Miami overcome a 27-point deficit. But, despite his recent claims to fame, few students know who Hendrix really is.

Hendrix is at Miami as a Kinesiology and Health Science graduate student. He spent his undergraduate years at the University of Notre Dame, as a pre-med student and football player.

One of the main reasons

Hendrix switched was because of his lack of playing time with the Fighting Irish, he said. Throwing 58 passes in three years isn’t ideal for any college quarterback.

Since Hendrix didn’t play freshman year, he utilized the NCAA’s graduate transfer waiver that required both Notre Dame and Miami to allow him to play as a RedHawk during grad school.

“Coming from Notre Dame,

lus problems at the dinner table,” Martin joked.

Hendrix said a number of factors impacted his decision to transfer. One of which was the opportunity to take a struggling program with potential and lead it back to a competitive level.

“To be a collegiate starter would be a dream come true,” Hendrix said. “For my fifth year, I started looking at schools and I’m from

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I didn’t play much and I really wanted to finish my career as a starting quarterback,” Hendrix said. “That was something I always wanted since I was a little kid.”

“Unfortunately, he didn’t grow up watching Monday Night Football. They had him doing calcu-

Cincinnati so I was always going to consider Miami. Once Coach Martin told me he was coming to Miami, he wanted me to come and compete to be his quarterback, then it was pretty much a done deal.”

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In 1995, The Miami Student published a story about the growing trend of Pagan worship in America. The article quoted firstyear Ashley Boyd, a practitioner of Wicca — more commonly known as witchcraft. “We need people to know witchcraft is a beautiful religion of love and not something wicked.”

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“We are trying to recruit in places we don’t have a lot of students,” Bixler said. “We’d choose a Brazilian who wants to be an architect over a Chinese student studying finance.”

This, he said, is because the university focuses on diversifying not only its total student body, but also the countries represented within the international student body and the areas of study those students pursue.

And even with the International Education Scholarship, Bixler said the average international student receives just $3,000 in scholarship offers.

He also said it is nearly impossible for an international student to attend Miami on full scholarship, with the exception of international athletes.

“We are very upfront in saying, ‘If you need a full, 100 percent scholarship, then you shouldn’t apply,’” Bixler said.

But according to the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA), 80.9 percent of international undergraduates studying in the U.S. pay for their educations with personal and family funds — meaning Miami students are far better off than the national average (66 percent).

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE Sophomore and Miami Activities and Programming (MAP) member Emily Felton promotes Homecoming Week on Wednesday with a prize wheel on the Hub.

Gettin’ lucky in OxVegas Cash your chips at Miami University’s 100th Homecoming EVENT ALISON TREEN

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Homecoming comes around every year; it is a week of schoolspirit related activities and culminates in Saturday’s football game.

But this year, Homecoming at Miami is different.

While Homecoming has its traditions that students can expect to see this year — including the parade, Homecoming court and Redfest — Miami’s 100th Homecoming not only celebrates a century, but also hopes to appeal to students with new activities and a unique theme.

“Big-number anniversaries are always special because they help put our history into perspective,” Claire Wagner, Director of University News and Communications, said.

But this year’s Homecoming is more than an impressive number; Miami Activities and Programming (MAP) has taken the reins of Homecoming this year and has many plans for the event-filled week.

This year’s Homecoming theme is OxVegas, and many students have likely already noticed the theme take shape over the week.

Golf carts offering rides are circling around campus and asking trivia questions — an activity MAP called “Riding Roulette,” also known as Miami’s “Cash Cab.” Some may have noticed the

Vegas-like performers in Armstrong, and others might have spun the wheel on the seal and answered Miami trivia.

“The major thing that’s different this year is the size of the parade,” said MAP member Tess Kneisel.

Kneisel is part of MAP’s Impact Group, which organizes the three events with the highest attendance over the year — Welcome Week, Family Weekend and Homecoming.

Kneisel cited MAP’s partnership with Miami’s organizations as a reason why the parade will be bigger. Not only will members of various campus organizations participate in the parade, but members of Greek life will also be walking.

“There hasn’t been as much push for organizations to sign up as [there has been] this year,” Kneisel said. “It’s going to be massive.”

Homecoming king and queen can only be nominated if they are members of a campus organization, another new concept this year.

“I think that brings more of an organizational aspect to Homecoming,” Kneisel said.

Kneisel and fellow MAP member, Dara Winegard, hope the new organization of Homecoming incites school spirit among their peers. “[Homecoming] promotes getting spirit for Miami,” Kneisel said. “That’s something I think we lack here. No one goes to our

football games; no one goes to our sports games. Hockey isn’t even as big as it should be. We don’t have school spirit like other schools do; that’s something I don’t think people realize they miss out on.”

For Winegard, the goal begins even smaller.

On Monday, she and other MAP members were handing out apple cider in front of Farmer.

“People were coming up asking us what it was for, and asking when Homecoming was,” Winegard said. “People don’t know about [Homecoming] so we’re trying to spread awareness.”

Kneisel said that tailgating is another reason why this year’s Homecoming will be different than the past. Beginning in early September, football fans may tailgate at Millett and cook out or play games in preparation for the game. Alcohol is prohibited.

“Not only do we get alumni, we get parents coming to our games,” Kneisel said.

Kneisel said she has already noticed its positive impact at football games.

“People were still tailgating after the Kent State game on Saturday during [the Aziz Ansari performance]”, she explained.

Miami also hopes the history and events of this year’s Homecoming will be a pull for alumni.

“We always try to reach out to alumni,” Winegard said, “but since it’s 100 years, we are really trying to get the community more involved, too.”

The market is packed tonight; it usually is after a fresh shipment of bodies.

The aisles are sorted according to what is featured, what’s on sale, then by country of origin. The bigger the country, the larger the selection they have — America and Russia are among these giants, their shelves filled so full that an occasional limb disappears from the see-through packaging. The month’s special is Italian men, ages 19 to 36.

There are no Italian women for fear of long, silky hair found trapped between molars and canines, pulling tight as if to constrict the teeth from ever sinking into flesh again.

Children, in particular, are a delicacy, though in limited supply. In some places they are found in abundance — bodies sticking together, skin rubbed and chaffed, bringing life to the dead.

The vegetarians have resorted to processed beef and factory chicken; they refuse to partake in the soft flesh for fear that behind closed doors they will tear at their own skin, layer by layer, until they reach whatever lies beneath. Cookbooks tell us nothing beyond the epidermis; years ago I witnessed the beginnings of a scare — if the public knew what happened in the processing factories, we would be forced to find another source of protein.

My cart has the remains of a 40-something African American sticking to its silver surface.

Once exposed to room temperature, the skin melts onto the metal, running like candle wax into a collected pool. A greeter brings a mini-shovel, pushing the now hardened matter into a chute. No one knows where it goes — hell, perhaps.

I start with Russia, looking for promise there. Hairy men peek around each corner, most without the delectable facial hair my boss would find appetizing. I am hosting a dinner tonight for All Hallows’ Eve. The celebration calls for adults

and a smuggled youth from an old friend. My appetite does not leap at the sullen flesh from the Russian men; if only Lithuania were in season. Inside my pocketbook is a list of favorites from my guests, but they’re all halfhearted requests. I could bring in a leg from a homeless man and they’d eat it without batting an eyelash. *** My grandfather once spoke of a world where everyone was civil to one another, where they ate products of the earth with strange names. Lettuce and cabbage were two of his favorite ‘greens,’ as he affectionately called them. When I asked him to describe their taste, he could not do so in a fashion I understood. I only know of salty flesh and ironed bracken of the sweet pockets in the trapezius muscles. Because I did not understand, he gave up and went to lie down for his afternoon nap.

I stared at his stomach and questioned how far I’d have to dig before I encountered the remains of the lettuce and cabbage he once sampled. Human remains can leave traces in our systems for years because of how well our bodies adapted to eating another. It was as if our flesh cried out for another, to feel the juicy cellulite creep down the throat to coat the intestines. I wanted to know what these greens tasted like. They were so foreign to me, in every way, that I didn’t think of the man lying there and his relationship to me. Kin held no bounds in my eyes — food is food. I gently pulled his shirt up to reveal the wrinkled belly that rose softly in his sleep.

As a kid, we couldn’t just dig in to a meal if given the chance, so we had tools given to us at the schools to help with the process of tearing through someone. I was given a knife that held two secret compartments: inside the first one near the bottom of the blade was a small spinning-saw perfect for cutting through bone. The second hiding place held my favorite option I had yet to use: a needle that held a deadly poison in its point that paralyzed the prey before freezing their body. I was supposed to use it if I somehow escaped our sector and couldn’t find a more honest means of eating something outside of hunting season, which is mostly for population control.

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Crowdfunding frogs: Miami professor jumps into genomes SCIENCE JENNA TILLER

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

When people hear “cryogenic freezing,” they probably think of Austin Powers or space movies — it is a good idea, surely, and might even be achievable in the near future.

Miami University’s Andor Kiss thinks it may very well be within our reach, and that the key lies in a species of wood frog.

A Miami professor since 2007, Kiss has taught a wide range of biology courses, including Cell Biology, Human and Animal Physiology and Capstones in Adaptational Biochemistry and Applied Physiology, among others.

Kiss said he hopes to find a tool — an annotated wood frog genome — that would allow him to understand the mechanism that enables this organism to tolerate freezing. If this could be achieved, it seems feasible that wood frogs may help humans do

the same.

“This animal may guide humankind towards understand cryo-preservation, metabolic depression — both necessary for organ preservation, as well … as what would be needed for NASA’s proposed manned space mission to Mars,” Kiss said.

maximum viability time for a human kidney is estimated at 35 hours; a liver 20, and a lung less than 10.”

The wood frog, therefore, is extremely promising — if an animal can freeze itself and reanimate upon thawing, then it may provide the key to allow us to do the

Maybe people would pledge toward a project that potentially saves lives.”

ANDOR KISS

MIAMI BIOLOGY PROFESSOR

The need for organ preservation is dire. According to Miami microbiology professor Iddo Friedberg’s blog, 18 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant, and every 10 minutes another person is added to the waiting list.

“There is a very short window between the time an organ is donated and the time it can be transplanted,” Friedberg said. “The

same with human organs.

Although research has been done on wood frogs before, only recently the technology has made genomic studies feasible.

“We [now] have the genetic tools and the cost has become affordable to really develop the ability to generate the DNA level information on a genome wide scale to truly pursue the mystery of the wood frog,” Kiss said.

Although his work is cutting edge, cold-adaptation research is nothing new to Kiss.

“I’ve been involved in coldadaptation research since undergraduate,” he said.

He has been working with wood frogs since about 2009, but the idea stemmed from a guest lecture in 1992 when he was in school.

“Ken Storey came to speak to our third-year biochemistry class and gave a lecture on the wood frog,” Kiss said. “At the time, the Human Genome Project and the movement … toward large genome projects was beginning — but the possibilities … [were] becoming obvious to everyone in molecular biology.”

Not only is his research unique, but his methods of funding are also out of the ordinary. Unlike most laboratories, Kiss depends entirely on crowd funding — accepting donations from the public through websites like Kickstarter.

So far, all of his funding has come from the website Experiment.

Kiss said he got the idea

from someone trying to generate a better MP3 player using crowd funding.

“Maybe people would pledge toward a project that potentially saves lives,” Kiss said. “I think crowd funding is more about people feeling as though they are making a difference than raising X dollars … the whole crowd funding in and of itself, is an experiment.”

Kiss said his ultimate goal is to reach $3,750.

According to Friedberg, with that amount, it would be possible to sequence the entire wood frog genome.

“If we achieve the goal, more people will need to come ‘onboard,’ and I’ll be looking to involve undergraduate researchers to aid in the annotation and the publication of the final paper,” he said. “So, there’s a definite role for Miami students … to be involved.”

As of Oct. 30, Kiss had funded 68 percent of his goal of $3,750, and the crowdfunding will continue for an additional nine days.

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Two men die in water tower fall DEATH JEREMY O’BRIEN

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Butler County Coroner’s office has released information that Oxford residents Florjan Nilaj, age 25, and Gazmend Vukaj, age 40 were killed Friday night after falling from scaffolding around a Reily Twp. water tower.

The water tower was owned by Southwest Regional Water District at the 3500 block of Oxford Reily Road.

According to the Butler County Coroner’s office, both men worked for Southweat Regional Water District and were working at the time of the fall.

According to the Coroner’s Office, Nilaj died of head trauma while Vukaj died of multiple traumatic injuries. The men were working on painting and sandblasting the water tower when a pulley on their lift

broke and they fell.

Neither Nilaj nor Vukaj were wearing safety harnesses at the time of the incident. Norma Pennock, operations manager for the Southwest Regional Water District, said workers are always told and required to wear safety harnesses.

“According to their coworkers,” Pennock said. “both of them had worked all day long that day and normally did work properly harnessed.”

Pennock said that Nilaj had worked with the company they were contracted with, V&T Painting, for three years and Vukaj for over five.

“For reasons we won’t know, they chose for that last bit of work that day to take off the harnesses and do without them,” Pennock said. “We just won’t know. People in all kinds of jobs take shortcuts sometimes for poor reasons. It is very sad.”

The incident is currently under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

POLICE BEAT A troublemaking ‘pear’

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SINGING SELFIE During Wednesday’s concert at Brick Street, Dan + Shay snapped a selfie on stage in front of a full crowd.

Empty Bowls event to aid in community hunger relief EVENT MACKENZIE CLUNE

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Oxford Empty Bowls will hold its 12th annual luncheon Nov. 8, dedicated to hunger relief on the local community. Local potters as well as various student organizations are involved with the upcoming event, donating or painting ceramic bowls used at the luncheon.

This year, Oxford Empty Bowls will be held on Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oxford Community Arts Center.

The event is co-sponsored by the Miami University Art Department with support from the Office of Community Engagement & Service and the Office of Residence Life.

Over the past 11 years, the event has raised $51,000.

The majority of bowls provided at the luncheon are donated by Miami’s Art Department. According to Connie Malone, who has been a coorganizer of Oxford Empty Bowls for 11 years now, the donations from

Dennis Tobin and his students are the foundation of the event.

“Last year, we donated 600 bowls,” Tobin said. “This year we are hoping to donate between 500 and 600 again.”

According to Malone, that contribution provides the luncheon with either the quantity or variety of bowls needed for the 600 to 700 projected guests this year.

“Mr. Tobin and his students work tirelessly on this throughout the semester, turning 25 or more bowls each,” Malone said. “Hours and hours of their time and talent for which we are enormously grateful.”

A student of Tobin’s introduced him to the organization a few years ago, as his high school teacher in a suburb of Detroit had started the organization. Tobin has been actively involved with the organization for nearly a decade now.

“We have been working on this off and on since Sept. 15,” Tobin said.

“Two of my graduate students and myself started this summer.”

Among the organizations participating in Oxford Empty Bowls’

luncheon preparation are the Student Association of Nutrition and Directors (SAND) and the sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi (Alpha O).

Hannah Surwillo, an active member in both SAND and Alpha O, wanted to be involved in a project with a mission to help the people of Oxford.

“My sorority, Alpha O, and I paired with ‘You’re Fired’ and held a sisterhood event to paint and donate bowls to the Empty Bowls event,” Surwillo said. “My sisters were prompted to volunteer because we all believe in giving back to our own community in numerous ways.”

According to Malone, the women of Alpha O ended up painting 37 bowls for Oxford Empty Bowls- these will be part of the approximately 150 hand-decorated bowls that will be available alongside those that Tobin and his students make.

“I believe I can speak for all of us when I say that having the opportunity to spend time together while making a difference is something none of us took for

granted,” Surwillo said.

Surwillo also enlisted the help of SAND to help bake and donate a dozen loaves of fresh bread to the event.

According to Malone, for $10, guests choose a handmade bowl, donated by Miami University and Talawanda students and local potters. The guests then fill up their bowls with soup, donated from local cooks, and keep the empty bowls once they finish. The empty bowl is a reminder to the guests that there are always empty bowls in the world.

Each year, this event has grown in numbers and Malone predicts that Oxford Empty Bowls will host between 600 and 700 guests. The luncheon does not have its’ organizational basis resting in a single entity; everyone feels welcome to help, and everyone feels welcome to attend.

“I’m proud to say that everything we have and do is donated,” said Malone. “Every penny, every year, goes toward alleviating hunger and food insecurity in the Oxford community.”

Locals find unique coffee shop experience at Kofenya BUSINESS LEAH MARSHALL

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Uptown Oxford scene is scattered with bars and restaurants, boutiques and bookstores, and of course, a college essential: the coffee shop. It goes without saying, on a campus where Starbucks coffee is on tap at every dining location, there is a Starbucks promptly located on High Street. But, were someone to crave an atmosphere devoid of the uniformity provided by the popular chain beanery, he or she might be inclined to walk another block and stumble upon Kofenya.

Kofenya is at the corner of West High Street and North Beech Street in Oxford’s Uptown district. The cafe is adorned with worn maple floors, art bestowed walls, warm lighting and

prominent door sign, “We proudly do not serve Starbucks, so please don’t bring it in”.

Started by two Miami students in the fall of 2004, Kofenya immediately took off as a small business.

“If you visit any college town, anywhere, you’re going to come across a handful of coffee shops — and one of those is going to be a really awesome independent one,” Kofenya founder, Nicole Ayres said. “Oxford didn’t have that.”

Ayres, along with her friend and business partner, Liz Snyder, were liberal arts majors at Miami when they decided they wanted to expand on the coffee shop they had worked at in their hometown.

Past employees of the small chain, Kidd Coffee, Ayres and Snyder tried to pitch the concept of an expansion to Kidd’s owner.

Threatened by the instability associated with the college town market, he declined.

“First, we pitched the idea with a semi-formed business plan to Kidd Coffee. We were just hoping to work for them. They said ‘no thanks,’ and we said, ‘okay, we’ll do it ourselves,’” Ayres said.

Undeterred by this setback, they moved forward. They had set out to start a place where students and townsfolk alike could come to hang out. So, that’s what they did.

They researched capital, location, how to handle the “offseason”, got business advice from their employers at Kidd Coffee and read thousands of online articles, as well as books, ranging from beginning small businesses for dummies to the 101 of running a coffee shop.

“We scoured Google,” Ayres

said. “We networked.

And everything beyond that was pure guess.”

She stressed how important it is to know the product, the industry, the location, and have the numbers crunched. Ayres and Snyder would often joke that the reason their business plan was so successful was because English majors wrote it.

After obtaining a series of grants, loans and investments, they were off, in pursuit of what could be described as Oxford’s first indie scene.

The small business occupies its corner location at about 2000 square feet and strays from the basic set up featuring just tables and chairs. Couches and armchairs are scattered throughout in addition to bookshelves, end

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IN THE NEWS OXFORD Area site qualifies for historic marker Indian Creek Pioneer Church and Burial Ground successfully qualified for an Ohio historic marker.

–Oxford Press

Seven Cincinnati-area communities named ‘Best Suburbs’

At least four dead in Wichita Airport plane crash

Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply

The communities were recently named in Business Insider’s 50 Best Suburbs.

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A prop plane crashed into a building yesterday morning in Wichita, Kansas.

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The deal will guarantee that Russian gas exports flow into Ukraine during winter.

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At 2:41 a.m., a male flagged down an officer in the 0 block of E. High St. and informed the officer he had been walking down the sidewalk when he was struck in the forehead with a piece of fruit believed to be a pear. The male identified the window of an apartment where he believed the fruit to have been thrown from, and an officer used the spotlight from the squad car to illuminate the window. The officers were able to identify two males inside the residence, one wearing a shirt and one shirtless.

As the officers were speaking to the victim, another male, who also lived at that apartment, approached the officers and asked them what was going on. The officers asked if the male would let them into the apartment and the male refused. The officers asked the male for his ID and the male refused and began to walk away. The officers stopped him and informed him that if he did not he would be arrested. The male struggled to get away and was eventually subdued on the ground and placed in handcuffs.

The officers were able to locate his wallet and identification, as well as a key that looked like it might open the apartment lobby. The male was cited for Obstructing Official Business and released. The officers then knocked on the apartment door and spoke to the other residents.

The shirtless male seen through the window admitted to throwing pears earlier in the night at a few people who he knew on the sidewalk but that he had not thrown anything at strangers.

The male was arrested and taken to OPD and once informed that the victim had dropped the charges, he admitted to throwing the fruit. The male was cited for Littering and released.

Bruno’s burglary At 2:10 a.m. on Oct. 18, a male patron walked into Bruno’s Pizza and asked to buy two slices of pepperoni pizza. The bill totaled $4. The male swiped his credit card and it only paid $.47 toward the bill. Several employees told the male that the bill was not paid in full and that he would need to pay the remainder of the balance.

He took the slices of pizza off of the counter and ran for the front door in an attempt to flee the store. The management at Bruno’s restrained the male and immediately called the police.

When the police arrived on the scene, they questioned the male about his actions. The officer on duty suspected the male had consumed alcohol that evening, which they later found to be true. The male was charged with Theft and Offenses Involving Underage Persons.

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He said he views attendance as a student’s responsibility, and if they miss the information, it is essentially their loss. However, he pointed out, after the first test of the semester, the attendance tends to rise, including on Fridays.

Sophomores Althea Perley and Brianna O’Connor have noticed a similar trend in their Friday classes.

Perley said she does not skip her Friday Spanish class because, although her teacher does not take traditional roll call, he gives out a worksheet that indicates who is there and who is not.

Still, Perley said that the incentive is not always enough for attendance.

“Class is definitely smaller on Friday,” she said.

O’Connor’s microbiology professor uses a similar tactic in the Friday morning session, by giving Critical Thinking Analysis assignments that are due in class.

O’Connor said that for her class, this approach has been effective in keeping attendance up.

“I don’t skip class,” she added.

Although O’Connor consistently goes to class, she said she has noticed a drop in Friday classes for her schedule. Last year, she had three in the fall and two in the spring, but has only one this semester.

Junior Paul Rodriguez said he has also noticed a decrease in the amount of Friday classes compared to his freshman year and

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Along with head football coach Chuck Martin, Hendrix was accompanied by seniors Alex Welch and Lo Wood. According to Hendrix, Martin was the inspiration for the players to transfer.

“They loved Coach Martin like all the guys here do,” Hendrix said. “He’s a coach that expects a lot out of you, and oftentimes he expects more out of you than you do and that was something we all appreciated.”

Hendrix has only played a few games as a RedHawk, but already he has seen the effects of a lengthy losing streak — especially when MU got the elusive first win.

“When they did that, it was almost a disbelief to me,” Hendrix said. “To see our guys run out there, I’ve seen the pain after only five games and it took 22 games to get to that point.”

It was indeed a spectacle. Like a curse broken, fans were ecstatic.

After trailing by 27 points to the Minutemen, Miami stormed back to win the game 42-41. In such a tense game, the emotions flowed afterwards.

“Just to see some of our guys crying — the cheerleaders, the

last year.

This semester, he has one class on Friday.

“It’s the only class I would skip,” he said. “I have other stuff to get done.”

Rodriguez said he thinks the effect of Friday classes on Thursday night partying would depend.

“If you’re a responsible student, that’d definitely affect [going out],” he said.

O’Connor disagreed.

“I think [adding more Friday classes] would cause kids to skip more and get worse grades. If I had more later in the day I’d probably skip them,” she said, citing going home early for the weekend as a prime reason.

Another factor that may affect the amount of courses on Fridays is the growing number on online courses.

English 223 offers three classes in Oxford this semester, one of which is on Friday. Next semester, the Friday class will become an online course.

Professor Lynette Hudiburgh of the Department of Statistics currently teaches a course where 40 percent of the material is online.

“Friday sessions are optional.

So clearly I have fewer students attend on Fridays than on other days,” she said.

Perley said she feels similarly toward classes being scheduled on Friday.

“It’s so pointless because the teachers don’t want to be there and they know you don’t want to be there,” she said. fans, the families, the trainers, everyone who has been a part of this entire streak — working to get out of this hole; to be out there with them and to sing the fight song was an unbelievable experience,” Hendrix said.

For a man who has been with the school for less than a year, he was all smiles when discussing Miami as a whole.

“I really do love Miami,” Hendrix said. “It’s been great.”

Hailing from Cincinnati, Hendrix was familiar with the territory.

“I had been up here a few times for some baseball tournaments and I had a few friends who went up here,” Hendrix said. “The campus is unbelievable and the people are incredibly nice.”

Although, some may say Miami is a hockey school, fans still love their football.

“The people here love their football and that was apparent the first time I came here,” Hendrix said. “They really wanted a winning team, so to start to be able to give that to them has been great for the community and great for us.”

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“I think the main thing for us is just limiting our mistakes,” Hendrix said. “We are talented enough to compete with every single team left on our schedule. If you look at the first six games for us, we were in a lot of the games but we very well could have won them all … If we limit our mistakes offensively and don’t go backwards defensively, get turnovers, and don’t give up big plays, then we’ll definitely be able to win. Those are our focuses going forward and if we do that and don’t worry about the scores, we are going to like the results and get more wins.”

Martin said Hendrix is the ideal leader.

“He’s the hardest working guy we’ve got on the team,” Martin said. “He works hard in the weight room and in the film room. He watches more tape than everyone so he always is 100 percent positive picking everyone up. When he gets sacked he never complains about anybody missing their blocks or anything like that. He’s what you look for as far as being a leader and doing everything right

in his own life but also trying to encourage everyone else to do things the right way.”

But, there is more to Hendrix than meets the eye — in his case, more than just football.

“I like to think I’m a bit of an outdoorsman,” Hendrix said.

“I’ve been hunting a few times and I like to fish with my dad. I like to hang out with friends. I really just enjoy being with the guys that I spend time on the field with, and hanging with them off the field is really a great time.”

Hendrix’s long time teammate Alex Welch knows Hendrix particularly well. The two roommates met at Notre Dame as freshmen four years ago.

“He’s fun, he’s free-spirited, and he likes to sing a lot so I have to deal with that since I live with him,” Welch said. “We play a lot of Madden. I tend to beat him every time we play.”

Just like many roommates do, they play video games together, eat together and hang out together.

However, this duo is unique because they have stuck with each other for quite some time.

“We both decided that we wanted to seek a fifth-year option somewhere else and once we decided that

we kind of had an idea we wanted to play together, Welch said. “We played together for four years and are both from Cincinnati so we’re familiar with each other.”

Martin had many inspiring words to say of Hendrix.

“He’s probably one of the nicest, most genuine people you’ll ever be around. Honestly, he does not ever think about himself,” Martin said. “He always is worried about everyone around him and just again one of the most unique and one of the most diverse college student-athletes I’ve ever been around for being as talented as he is academically; and he has a lot of interests outside of just playing sports which is pretty unique.

He’s pretty talented, pretty gifted and a great kid.”

Hendrix said he is enjoying his time at Miami, but is also looking forward to his options for the future.

“Hopefully this season, the last few games, go great,” Hendrix said. “I would love to pursue something on the football side of things, maybe train in the spring.

But if that opportunity doesn’t present itself, I’ll try to finish my degree and then I’m going to apply to med school this spring.”

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stereotypes circulate about international students, including that they are all wealthy.

Keitges said the unavailability of scholarships for international students feeds this stereotype.

“If the university cannot provide need-based scholarships,” Keitges said, “then the students who do come — without scholarships — are going to be wealthier than those who could come with need-based scholarships. You’d just expect that.”

Bixler agreed. He said, unfortunately, this is an inevitable cause and effect scenario.

“There are so many international students who come from diverse places that apply,” he said.

“They just can’t afford to come here because we don’t have the resources. That hurts us, but it’s just kind of the reality of it.”

benefit in other ways, too. For now, they pay the equivalent of out-of-state tuition, but at other schools, that’s not the case.

“There are some schools that have added an international student surcharge, like Ohio State and Purdue,” Bixler said, “but we haven’t done that yet.”

Despite its supplemental fee, Purdue University has the 11th largest international student body in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report.

And, more than a financial burden, the lack of scholarships available to international students at Miami may be fueling a negative stereotype.

Director of International Students and Scholar Services (ISSS) David Keitges said many

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Halloween is just another weekend of drinking, with slightly more makeup EDITORIAL

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

The going-out forecast for the next two days may seem typical for most weekends in Oxford, but you may notice something different. Yes, thousands of students will still stumble around various Uptown establishments, sloshing cups with brightly colored liquids, making nonsensical chatter with one another until closing time. Along with all of the usual ensuing ridiculousness that happens, this weekend we get to add candy corn shots and props “that go with my character” to the mix.

Intoxicated guys will approach unassuming girls using pick-up lines that involve “boo!” and “trick or treat.”

The go-to ice-breaker will no longer be about age or hometown, but confused looks of “what exactly are you

supposed to be?”

This is the portrait of how college students take on Halloween — and we, as the Editorial Board, are pretty much over it.

Going out is already a challenging task, but now we have to spend a month Googling creative costumes only to procrastinate and spend Friday rummaging through our closets to find something that could serve as a cape.

We are already routinely graced with the sloppiness that shows up at Brick Street on Saturday nights, but now we get to watch plaid-wearing lumberjacks make out with girls dressed in all black, claiming to be one rodent or another.

So if you notice a group of disgruntled young people sitting on the side of the bar, dressed as

LETTER TO STUDENTS

Google Translate isn’t going to help students cheat I believe the article on Google Translate and other translators has it wrong. These translators produce satisfactory translations, but too often they make terrible errors consistently. For example, in translating from French to English, adjectives and numerals used with nouns are always placed after the nouns and sometimes much later in the sentences, even when the adjective in the original French preceded the noun. Here is an example of a sentence in French: On parle également souvent de coupe de la main secondaire. As translated by Google Translate into English, it reads: Another often cut off-hand. As I translate it: One may refer equally

often to the technique of the secondary hand.

As a former sometime academic, I would have no difficulty in unearthing such poor translations at graduate level.

Usually, students who plagiarize works do not understand (or haven’t read them carefully) and therefore apply them badly. Prepositions and postpositions in languages are applied differently and sometimes regionally (e.g. German) and indicate the level of the writer’s understanding.

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RULE OF THUMB EVENT OVERLOAD We’re not opposed to having a lot to do, but having Greek Week, Homecoming and Halloween all in the span of a few days has us sligtly overwhelmed at what to do or see.

SCARY MOVIES The chilly weather and Halloween season has us in the mood for some thrillers.

Netflix has you covered with great choices from “The Blair Witch Project” to the classic “Halloween.”

VICTORIA’S SECRET CAMPAIGN Visitors to some Victoria’s Secret stores and to the company’s website were greeted with an ad of skinny models promoting “The ‘Perfect’ Body.”

PENNSYLVANIA KILLER CAUGHT After weeks of evading capture by hiding in the Pennsylvania wilderness, cop killer Eric Frein has been detained.

The disappearing foliage finally left him nowhere to hide.

MIAMI HAUNTS We’ve all heard the stories of the ghost in Peabody Hall and the bloody door stored in the archives. We’re curious to investigate, but isn’t that how all horror movie characters end up in trouble?

WINDOWLESS PLANES A U.K. based technology company has designed a plane without windows that has OLED displays for walls that show the outside world. We have to admit it’s pretty cool, but it would be a little weird to fly in a plane where everything outside is visible.

“muggles,” it’s probably some of The Miami Student staff. We are looking around at the mimes and the basketball players and ninjas and we are desperately longing for the Halloween of our youth.

We have a bone to pick with whoever made Halloween weekend such an obnoxiously exhausting thing for college students.

We miss marking a big smiley face next to Oct. 31 in our calendars and counting down the days until trick or treat. We miss dressing up as a fly in a cobweb, beanie baby, Mr. Potato Head, Captain Hook or the tooth fairy.

We miss getting into the spirit of it and our parents letting us eat a whole bag of candy.

We remember excitedly going from door to door and

exclaiming, “I’m a Power ranger” and then asking our friends to swap a Reese’s for a Jolly Rancher. Halloween was once about the simple, childlike fun of pretending to be something else for a night, of entering a world where you could walk down your neighborhood as a princess or a cowboy and nobody would look at you.

But now, we’re stuck in this twisted adult version of Halloween where we swap bags of candy for incessant amounts of alcohol and our favorite childish costumes for skanky outfits that in no way make sense in Ohio’s weather.

Don’t get us wrong: Halloween is still pretty fun. We enjoy the creativity some students display with their witty costumes.

But, for the most part, we miss

the old days.

Halloween has progressively lost its appeal as the years have gone on. It’s worse than any other weekend in Oxford because there’s so much pressure to have a clever, yet attractive costume when you show up to a party. Sometimes, we would just much rather drink our beer in our normal clothes.

When we continue to partake in Halloween festivities at this age, we are holding onto our childhood. We are full functioning adults, disguising ourselves as fictional beings — escaping reality for a moment.

So, don’t be offended if we spend this weekend dreaming of Halloweens past, waiting for everything to go back to normal. even if we are in costume.

What Eminem represents to me LIFE MILAM’S MUSINGS “‘Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up,” so starts E m i n e m ’s song featuring Nate Dogg, “Till I Collapse.”

Giving up is easy and intoxicating and it’s even easier to rationalize it to yourself. I give up a lot day in and day out that sometimes it settles in like an old T-shirt.

For instance, staying in bed scrolling endlessly through my Facebook feed or watching the next episode of South Park (I’m currently making my way through the series as a first-time viewer), even though I have free access to a YMCA two minutes from my house. In this way, I give up on getting necessary exercise.

One day a few weeks ago, however, after an early morning Saturday work shift, a whimsical notion planted itself in my mind: I was going to run a mile. It was an absurd notion since I’m not a runner and I hadn’t seen the inside of a gym in over a year.

I was operating on two hours of sleep and no breakfast, but I was convinced: I was going to run a mile.

On that morning, as opposed to all the other Saturday mornings where I get off work and fall into the one-two punch of coffee and the Internet, I wanted to prove to myself I could do it.

Sure, I wanted to run a respectable time; but more than anything, I wanted to do it. I didn’t want to be predictable and give up.

When I got home, I stayed on my feet. I knew if I sat down, then I’d succumb to the comforts of that old T-shirt. I put on my running shoes, which is a peculiar type of shoe for me to have, and grabbed my headphones.

Eminem was the artist of choice, of course, with a Spotify playlist of my favorite songs randomized. There’s always been something about the way Eminem spits his rhymes that I’ve gravitated toward.

He’s vicious, bitter and angry with something to prove. He raps like he has his back to the wall and the world is his enemy.

There’s something about that “me

against the world” vibe that I dig, that never-give-up attitude.

From growing up in a low-class Detroit neighborhood with an absent father and often squabbling with his mother, to becoming not just the biggest rapper of all time, but one of the biggest artists ever with 155 million albums sold worldwide — that’s a story I can sink my teeth into. Gritty beginnings to great endings.

Admittedly, I’m not that knowledgeable on rap so I’m sure someone reading this will scoff at me and toss out names like Tech N9ne, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G and Kanye West, all of whom I’ve heard bits and pieces of, but they don’t dig into my bone marrow like Eminem’s verses and biting delivery.

It also doesn’t hurt that some of Eminem’s songs, like “Till I Collapse,” or “Lose Yourself,” make for great pump up songs.

was the sunrise with its beautiful palette of oranges, yellows and reds. Even though a sunrise happens every day, it still manages to wow me every time, and this one especially wowed me.

Then the electric guitar kicks in and Eminem’s voice, “Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?”

It was the most empowering, almost spiritual moment I’ve experienced. The syncing of that chest-thumping song with the breathtaking enormity and brilliance of the sunrise made me feel like I was floating.

Most importantly, it made me ignore the usual synapses that tell me to give it up, to go back.

Instead, I went forward.

Sure, after I finished the mile, I was tired with spit hanging off my leg because I inexplicably missed the street and I just want-

It was the most empowering, almost spiritual moment I’ve experienced. The syncing of that chest-thumping song with the breathtaking enormity and brilliance of the sunrise made me feel like I was floating.”

With MapMyRun turned on, I do something that would seem absurd to an onlooker: I slapped myself a few times. It’s one of those things I do to get in that “zone” and stay focused.

Teeth gritted, I set out from my porch steps. It was a crisp, mildly warm morning and the air felt good in my lungs. Well, at the moment, it felt good.

Almost immediately, the brain starts firing those synapses telling you, “Okay, this was a fun idea 20 minutes ago, but now that you’re actually doing it, this sucks. No, this really sucks. Turn back, give up. Now. Go back.”

I was only a street away from mine, turning back would be easy.

But I kept going down Chateauguay Drive, a street I’ve lived by for 16 years and still don’t know how to pronounce. Then when I rounded the corner of the street, one of those rare perfectly timed moments occurred.

In a playlist of 28 songs randomized, the ultimate Eminem pump up song, “Lose Yourself,” hits. The subtle, but simmering piano starts and the street I’m running on slopes downward so that at the bottom, you get an expansive view of the horizon.

Just coming up over the horizon

ed to collapse into a cheeseburger, but I had turned a whimsical notion floating in my head into a reality measured by analytics on MapMyRun. Ridiculous, right? One moment of not giving up sandwiched between many moments of giving up.

I’m not going to lie and say my whole mentality changed right there on that street corner. I didn’t run a mile the day after that or the next week, and I still eat Chipotle on a regular basis.

But, it’s nice to rage against the status quo of your existence sometimes.

It’s like the Dylan Thomas poem, “Do not go gently into that good night.” He says, “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

That’s what Eminem’s music represents to me, the feeling that coalesced into the moment before the sunrise.

I’m not always successful. I fail and give up a lot, but every now and then, I push back against the “dying of the light.”

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HALLOWEEN 2014

Midterm elections offer the Republican party a chance at redemption POLITICS ACCORDING TO ANDREW Election day is Tuesday, and it’s likely that the GOP will take back the Senate with a slim majority. National Republicans should pat themselves on the back for their solid candidate recruitment and commitment to a strong turnout operation this cycle, but understand the limits of the impending victory.

It’s good to be realistic, so let’s start with the limits. Heading into this cycle there were Democratic Senators from the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, West Virginia and South Dakota. A few days out the only seat Democrats can

feel confident they’re keeping of that bunch is North Carolina, but that race is a toss-up.

What do all the aforementioned states have in common? They went for Mitt Romney in 2012 and, other than North Carolina, all are pretty deep red states. This means a changing of the guard in these states was natural. Winning back these states will be like making your free throws in a basketball game.

Another factor that limits the importance of a Republican victory: the six-year itch. Since Reconstruction every two-term president, but Bill Clinton has seen their party drop seats in both houses of Congress. Polls indicate Republicans will win back about six more seats in the House, and also take back the Senate. The Obama presidency, though it tried to pretend it could beat back against the historical currents of the American political system, looks as if it will fall

victim to yet another common political occurrence.

Enough of the gloom and doom — the last two Senate cycles Republicans have had similarly strong fundamental advantages, and have found a way to screw it up with terrible candidates. That

Hampshire competitive with solid candidates. Both races are toss-ups headed into election day, but it would not be surprising to see a Joni Ernst victory or Scott Brown’s return to the Senate.

On the turnout front, after the 2012 election, the Republican

On the turnout front, after the 2012 election, the Republican party understood it had a problem with its use of technology as a voter turnout tool...

If Tuesday is a disappointment, we will know the party did not do enough to close the tech gap did not happen this cycle. Candidates like Tom Cotton in Arkansas and Cory Gardner in Colorado, though both locked in tight races that appear to be breaking for them late, represent the future of the Republican party in a way that someone like Todd Akin never could.

They also found a way to make states like Iowa and New

party understood it had a problem with its use of new technology as a voter turnout tool. Democrats simply turned out their base much more effectively than Republicans in 2012, so the GOP has invested heavily in closing that gap. If Tuesday is a disappointment, we will know the party did not do enough to close the tech gap with Democrats.

Now for a reality check: the nature of the Senate means Tuesday’s results do not really mean that much substantively.

George Washington compared the world’s greatest deliberative body to a saucer that cools hot tea for good reason. Even if Republicans have the Senate majority, the filibuster and a refusal to operate quickly using unanimous consent means the Senate will probably still move at a snail’s pace.

But if the polls are right and Republicans are able to control the both houses of Congress headed into 2016, it will operate as a solid confidence booster. For a party that has won the popular vote in a presidential election just once since 1992, not messing up an easy victory is s omething to celebrate.

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What running has given me in college and in life, besides trophies LIFE AMANDA’S APPROACH It happened at the halfway point of the first race I ever ran, when I heard my mom’s voice distinctively echoing from the crowded sidelines, telling me to slow down.

My short legs were s o m e how running stride for stride with my big brother’s, and I gathered from both of their exasperated expressions that they thought I would collapse if I tried to keep up for the full 3.1 miles.

But, I didn’t slow down. And much to my (allegedly) supportive family’s surprise, I did keep up.

That was it — ­ the moment, the precise instant, that I fell in love with running.

I don’t remember making a conscious decision to run faster, or thinking “okay, now you’re going to be a runner,” but I do recall the inherent click of my legs

making that motion and a subtle chant waging war inside me, saying “you have more.”

And I remember listening. Because when it comes down to it, when that voice inside you says “more,” it demands to be heard.

It’s been eleven years since that race and I’ve continued to fall in love with running. I’m talking in a head-over-heels kind of way, every single day.

marathons or across America) has brought me to a place that small sixth-grade girl could’ve never fathomed.

As a senior, this is my final cross-country season, and there’s something overwhelmingly surreal about that.

When I think about running and being with my teammates, who fill a part of my soul I never knew I had, I think about what running is

Running is about hitting your breaking point, and then realizing you’re still in one piece. You take a minute off it and you leave it behind. It’s about discovering you’re still breathing, and the instantaneous reaction that comes next: wanting more.”

Through jogging hundreds and hundreds of miles, through good races, heart-wrenchingly bad races, and even the occasional stress fracture, running has been like a lifelong friend who knows when to take it easy and encourage you, but also knows when to kick your butt.

Running on the varsity cross country team at Miami (yes, it’s a legit sport here; no, we don’t run

truly about, what even that childlike version of myself knew deep down.

Because here’s what I know: running isn’t really about trophies or perfectly calculated miles or the number on your stopwatch or the six-pack on your stomach.

It's about the air in your lungs, the rush of earth around you, the soft pounding of your feet, the burning of your legs, the flip of your

ponytail. It's about the person next to you, matching your stride, propelling you forward with the silent echoes of exhales.

You have this idea of your limit, a number in your head, a big doubtful voice that tells you that you can't go further. And then, somehow, you do.

Running is about hitting your breaking point, and then realizing you're still in one piece. You take a minute off it and you leave it behind.

It’s about discovering you’re still breathing, and the instantaneous reaction that comes next: wanting more.

It's about the moment you cross the finish line. When your legs slow to a stop and your body crumbles and your eyes halfway close and in between the gulps of oxygen, you look back and realize you just did something incredible.

It’s not about what’s going on around you, even if that’s your mother’s worried words. It’s about proving to yourself what you’re truly made of.

This is the essence of running for me, the reason I get out of bed every morning when my alarm

clock sounds at 6:15 a.m. and what keeps me moving forward when every muscle in my body is saying, “please do less.”

Every year for the past eleven years, as cross country season rolls in, I’m reminded of the purity of running, of pushing yourself beyond what you think is possible.

Next year though, when the leaves of October hit the ground, I won’t be able to lace up my spikes and proudly put on my uniform stitched with that beveled-M. I won’t be able to train with my best friends as we watch the sunrise or watch Bridesmaids incessantly as we travel to races. Thinking about that is hard. It’s one of those gutpitting, rimmed with nostalgia, kind of feelings that makes me want to eat ice cream for every meal. It sums up to me desperately wanting more time, one more year, one more season, one more workout with my team, one more “you have more” moment.

All I know to do now is breathe it in and relish every race I have left — to see it as one more shot, one more chance to celebrate all the years, the miles and the immeasurable joy of wanting more.

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onto the cart. The memory doesn’t haunt me, but taunts, always burning my desire to try these vegetables and other fruits of olden days. What enraptured these people so much that made them dismiss the urge for skin?

Such thoughts are not allowed in our sector. We set the example for the food chain: dominance.

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tables and a bar with stools against a window facing the street. All this furniture sits atop a 100-year-old maple floor that the duo had uncovered and restored by the landlord upon buying the location.

“Kofenya was originally built for people who enjoyed coffee, conversation, or needed another place to call home … or any combination of those three” Ayres said. The pair wanted to have variety in their business: open for conducting all sorts of activity from lounging around to powering through notes to sitting outside on a gusty fall afternoon and people watching.

Hannah Smith, 23, is a recent graduate of Miami with a degree in Art Education and is currently an employee of Kofenya. Better known to her coworkers as, “Stormy,” Smith describes her work environment as being both relaxing and fun.

“It’s perfect for whatever you need. Whether that’s a study spot for the evening or a place to meet a friend to catch up and hang out,” she said.

Kofenya’s menu features basic coffee shop favorites: the latte, the cappuccino and the espresso, along with myriad iced options.

But in order to set themselves apart from just any run of the mill coffee shop, Ayres and Snyder decided to buy their beans from a supplier in Pittsburgh. In the hopes of keeping up with popular demand, the café also offers Fair to think such thoughts. This meal needs to please the executives and my fellow board members. I want the main dish to stand out from the others, to be so delectable that — There. I have found it. A young Italian, aged 20. He is soft, eyes shut like blinds from the sun’s glare. His parts remind me of foods I’ve never tasted but read about; their pictures dance across my memory, comparing their shapes and colors to the young

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Annie Hunt is one of many Kofenya customers. An active member of Miami’s CRU organization and Greek life, she uses Kofenya as a place to do homework, as well as meet with people to discuss religion and plan events. Hunt appreciates the creativity in the drinks Kofenya makes.

“They have a lot of variety, drinks like Snickerdoodle latte’s and Snicker’s frappucchinos.

You don’t find stuff like that at Starbucks.”

As a startup business, Kofenya lacked the capital to buy ovens and therefore lacked the ability to bake their own treats. However through bakery suppliers and a symbiotic relationship with a local donut shop, they are able to provide muffins, bagels and an assortment of pastries. In addition to the treats, Kofenya works as a café, offering sandwiches and snacks to their customers.

“I eat there pretty often,” Hunt said. “It’s good food, especially considering that’s not what they specialize in.”

Kofenya focuses on providing customers with a vibe that is often difficult to find elsewhere at Miami. Upon walking in, the shop is littered with boys in beanies and girls in flannels, sitting behind MacBooks and reading novels.

Kofenya’s crowd features a wide variety of students and people who don’t attend the University.

“We didn’t want Kofenya to

feel exclusively built for college students. We wanted the townies to feel like this place was theirs too,” Ayres said. “I think we’ve successfully built an environment for a hodgepodge of people who normally would not interact to interact ... and we love that.”

There isn’t a specific “type” to the average Kofenya customer, said Smith, and that’s what she likes about it. The customers occupy a wide range but are all the same in that they are seeking a unique atmosphere to hang out in.

Customers curl up in armchairs with freshly brewed tea and do homework, write music, stories, papers, bible studies and journal entries. They read textbooks and novels and magazines and poems and dissertations. They type on laptops and talk with their peers and professors and friends and roommates. The shop focuses on being a place where college students, townspeople, professors and friends can hang out and take advantage of the free Wi-Fi. While some may prefer to stick to the well-established Starbucks right down the street, Kofenya is an Oxford specific that gives character to the town.

Smith said she loves working there.

“I think students gain a change of pace when they hang out at Kofenya,” she said. “It’s a place where you could grab a bottomless mug and write that paper you totally forgot about or a place where you can lounge on some couches while catching up with a friend.”

specimen before me. I love him and his pepperoni nipples. I want to taste his strawberry tongue, kiss his peppermint nose. His fingers, like cinnamon sticks, pull me into his abyss. I wonder what cinnamon sticks taste like.

There are canyons and valleys along the road from his chin to his toes, each crease and bend like folds of chocolate made in the factories of long ago. Beneath his cherry toes were skin grafts for taste testing: one sample remained. I placed the parcel in my

mouth, each taste bud jumping to his essence.

I swallow, and lights burst.

If I could only find forever in his remains. Is this the feeling people had when they tasted pepperonis or strawberries?

When they smelled cinnamon or picked cherries?

I delicately placed his frame on the cold slab. I wonder if he has ever tasted lettuce or cabbage.

I guess it doesn’t matter.

Tonight I would feast upon his candied heart.

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RedHawks take on Ball State in MAC finale FIELD HOCKEY SADIE MARTINEZ

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The Miami University women’s field hockey team plays its last conference game of the season against Ball State University.

Ball State (5-10, 1-4 MAC) has lost its last three games to Kent State University (6-1), Ohio University (5-3) and Longwood University (1-0).

Ball State has a total of 27 goals this season, while Miami has 37 goals this season.

The RedHawks (6-11, 3-2 MAC) have already clinched a berth in the MAC Tournament, but have yet to secure their seed.

Senior back Ali Froede knows the team cannot get complacent with its position.

“We have a spot right now, but we need to keep our momentum going,” Froede said. “We need to FROM HOCKEY »PAGE 10

RedHawk defensive core.

“I don’t think we did anything out of the ordinary or anything spectacular,” Paulides said. “It was just all clicking for us. We just did the things we do to make us good everyday.”

Blasi agreed it didn’t take skill to shut down the Saints.

“Defense is all about hard work,” Blasi said. “Let’s face it, you don’t need any skill to play defense as far as playing a good brand of team defense.”

Blasi said this weekend the focus will be the team’s mindset.

“Your mindset has to be right, the work ethic has to be there, the

make sure we have a good seed in the tournament and that starts with a win this weekend.”

The Cardinals can’t make it to the MAC tournament, meaning this is their final game of the season.

“Ball State has nothing to lose,” Froede said. “ They are not going to the MAC Tournament, so they’re going to bring whatever they have left and we have to be ready for that.”

Senior back Gabby Goldach feels Ball State will come after the RedHawks with a desire to beat the two-time defending MAC Champions.

“It’s going to be more challenging because it’s a conference game and we are two- time MAC Champions,” Goldach said. “If they were to beat us that would make their season because they aren’t going to the tournament.

The ’Hawks travel to Muncie, Indiana 1 p.m. Saturday to face Ball State. will to sacrifice needs to be there,” Blasi said. “It’s a lot of hard work, it’s painful work. You have to have the right frame of mind going into the game to do that.”

A bench-clearing brawl wrapped up this series in Oxford last year. Coleman took the first punch from Duluth and it was a fiasco from there. He said they know how to compete without getting penalties.

“It’s in their arena so any after the whistle stuff is in their favor,” Coleman said “[The key is] playing hard between the whistles, but staying out of the stuff after the whistles.”

Puck drop is 8:07 p.m. CST both Friday and Saturday.

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The Cavs should not expect a ton of resistance in the East.

There are few teams in the conference that can legitimately challenge them. There’s the depleted Indiana Pacers and the young Washington Wizards, but it’ll be a tall order for them to not get swept; a talented Cleveland team will outclass them.

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Martin said WMU tends to load the box and plays press coverage, which means Miami’s wide receivers will be counted on to win one-on-one matches.

“The tough thing against them, whether they are in quarters or man, they press you on the outside,” Martin said. “You gotta be able to beat their corners and they’ve been lock-down guys.

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passing off the servers. Our talent level increased as our confidence increased, so we’re looking to continue that this weekend.”

In the match against Buffalo earlier this year, the ’Hawks struggled mightily offensively as they only hit .107 for the match and were outblocked 135. Rusek led the team with 11 kills while Ingle and senior outside hitter Sarah Chaney posted hitting percentages of .500 and .455, respectively.

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for the Western Conference champions: San Antonio Spurs San Antonio will return to the Finals despite having some of the oldest starters in the league due to the power of their depth and the power of coach Gregg Popovich’s sideline interviews. They will navigate their way through a tough West, featuring the Thunder, Clippers and Warriors, to name a few, and they will be up to the task, setting up a third straight

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You gottta be able to win some one-on-one matchups, which no one’s been able to do.”

One of the players counted on is senior wide receiver David Frazier. He’s developed into fifth-year quarterback Andrew Hendrix’s favorite target. Frazier has 49 catches for 813 yards and four touchdowns.

“It’s really gonna be a big week for receivers to step up and do what we gotta do …” Frazier

said. “It’s an opportunity.”

Ultimately for Martin, WMU presents a challenge that Miami needs right now.

“We’ve got them at home and we’re getting a little better,” Martin said. “So, again, we need this challenge. We need to keep playing good teams and see what it looks like, feel what it looks like and feel what it feels like. Its’ gonna be a great challenge, but they’re pretty good.”

Bishop went off for the Bulls as she tallied 18 kills and 14 digs on the night, while junior setter Marissa Prinzbach recorded 27 assists, seven digs and six block assists.

“Buffalo has a great outside hitter,” assistant coach Jesse Ortiz said. “We weren’t very successful when we last played them, but we’ve grown since then and we can do better.”

Rusek had a big night with 17 kills and seven digs against Akron in the ’Hawks MAC opener this season, while junior outside hitter Annie Reiswig barely

missed a double-double as she had nine kills and 11 digs. Riley recorded five kills, 24 assists and seven digs.

Three Zips posted double-digit kills, including senior middle blocker Mary Delich with 11, but the team was unable to do much on offense as it hit .153 for the match.

“Akron’s been productive despite their record,” Ortiz said.

“They’re a feisty team, and they have a great middle.”

The RedHawks host Buffalo 7 p.m. Friday and take on Akron 7 p.m. Saturday.

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Miami faces Minnesota Duluth in NCHC opener HOCKEY STEVEN PERKINS STAFF WRITER

The No. 10 Miami University men’s ice hockey team hits the road this weekend to open conference play against the No. 17 University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.

Head coach Enrico Blasi said this is his favorite time of the year.

“This is the fun part of the season when you’re playing in-conference and you’re on the road,” Blasi said. “It’s a great environment and there’s no one there but

the team and I’m looking forward to hopefully playing well.”

Miami is 4-2 on the year after sweeping Ohio State University and splitting with Bowling Green State University and St. Lawrence University. Miami is coming off an overtime win against St. Lawrence. That game was decided in the extra frame by junior forward Sean Kuraly. He has four goals on the season and three of those are game winners.

Senior forward Blake Coleman also had a big weekend against the Saints. He had three points Friday, including two goals and an assist.

Coleman has at least one point in

five of the six games played this year. He said little adjustments will help him replicate that offense against UMD. “I just have to keep working hard,” Coleman said. “Keep correcting little things in practice all week.”

Defense was the theme of Saturday’s game as Miami held St. Lawrence to just 11 shots, including a 30-minute span where the Saints were unable to put a single shot on net. Senior defenseman Ben Paulides said it was just another day at the office for the HOCKEY »PAGE 9

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The amount of touchdowns Western Michigan University running back Jarvion Franklin has through eight games this season, good for tops in the nation. Franklin has more rushing touchdowns than 96 other teams do.

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’Hawks host Western Michigan FOOTBALL TOM DOWNEY SPORTS EDITOR

The last player a team struggling to stop the run wants to see is a talented, workhorse tailback.

But, that is exactly what Miami University faces Saturday when they take on Western Michigan University for homecoming.

Freshman Jarvion Franklin is the one of the best running backs in the nation. He leads the country with 213 carries and 19 touchdowns. He’s fifth in the nation

with 1,148.

The RedHawks (2-7, 2-3 MAC) are 95th in the nation in run defense and are giving up 192 yards per game on the ground.

“Anybody that’s been able to run the ball has run the ball for 300 against us,” head coach Chuck Martin said. “So I’m sure they’re licking their chops.

They’ve watched Buffalo, they’ve watched Northern Illinois. And they’re thinking we run the ball better than Buffalo and we run the ball as good as Northern Illinois. And [Miami] can’t defend the run at all. We’ve got a

daunting task.”

The Broncos’ defense is also stout. WMU (5-3, 3-1 MAC) limited the “Falcon Fast” Bowling Green State offense to just 14 points, their lowest output all season.

“They absolutely beat the dog out of BG,” Martin said. “They couldn’t move the ball on them.

BG is gonna score 80 points on everybody. Got the greatest thing or show on Earth and they can’t move the ball on them.”

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MU rides longest MAC win streak since 2009 into matches with Bulls and Zips VOLLEYBALL JORDAN RINARD

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In the midst of its longest MidAmerican Conference winning streak since the 2009 season, the Miami University volleyball team is looking to avenge a 3-0 loss at the University at Buffalo earlier this season while also hosting the University of Akron.

Miami defeated the Zips in four sets early this season.

The RedHawks (14-8, 7-3 MAC) are in third place in the MAC and have the second-longest active winning streak in the conference with five wins. The Bulls (14-10, 4-6 MAC) and the Zips (8-17, 2-8 MAC) are in third and fifth place in the East Divi-

sion respectively.

“We’ve been going all-out in practice this week,” redshirt junior middle blocker Jenny Ingle said. “We have to be ready for anything and we’re going to attack them hard. It’ll be a hard fight against Buffalo, but we think we have what it takes and we look forward to building on our momentum.”

Miami’s winning streak has been helped by two of the top five hitters in the MAC. Ingle and sophomore blocker Paige Hill have hitting percentages of .406 (1st) and .352 (4th), respectively. Senior setter/outside hitter Meg Riley has continued to be productive, earning MAC East Offensive Player of the Week honors after posting a tripledouble against the University of

Toledo and accounted for nine points in the sweep against Ball State University.

Freshman outside hitter Olivia Rusek leads the team with 2.72 kills per set, while sophomore setter Krista Brakauskas has 5.95 assists per set in MAC play this season.

“We’re getting to the point in the season where we’re playing teams for a second time and sometimes they’ll have changed personnel depending on who’s hot,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “We’re emphasizing our blocking strategies, how the defense aligns to blocks, as well as serving and passing. We’ll be facing some tough servers, but we’ve generally done a good job VOLLEYBALL »PAGE 9

The Miami University men’s and women’s cross country teams travel to Mount Pleasant, Michigan for the Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday.

According to head coaches Warren Mandrell and Kelly Phillips, both squads are healthy and excited to run.

As reigning MAC Champions, the women’s team plans to do nothing less than win the title again.

“It’ll be a great battle,” Phillips said. “There’s no reason why we can’t go in there and win.”

Phillips expects to see the usual top scorers leading Miami again: seniors Jess Hoover, Anna Lamb and Elisa Frazier, and juniors Laura Bess and Brenna Poulsen.

“They all have had excellent individual performances throughout the year, but we need all nine runners to do well if we want to win,” Phillips said.

Phillips thinks team effort is the key to victory.

“It all depends on team effort and who has the most stellar team,” Phillips said. “It’s about how the whole team runs, not individuals.”

The RedHawk women have competed against most of the MAC schools thus far and feel they know their competition well. Northern

Illinois University, University at Buffalo and Western Michigan University are the only teams they have not faced.

Phillips believes the University of Toledo and Western Michigan University are the biggest threats, as both squads are stacked with seniors and juniors. However, Phillips knows Miami can easily defeat them, as her team is built in the same way.

“It really comes down to who runs the toughest,” Phillips said.

For the men, Mandrell expects to see junior Joe Stewart carry the team.

As for who will finish after Stewart, it’s a toss-up. Mandrell’s only hope is that the team as a whole moves up closer to Stewart’s position.

“Almost every time you never quite know what you’ll end up with,” Mandrell said. “One of the things we’ve been experiencing all year long is guys taking turns having good races. Now hopefully they can put it together on the same day. That would make a very nice team.”

The men’s squad understands how tough the competition will be, as it has raced against all the MAC opponents except Buffalo.

“Eastern Michigan beat everyone at Pre-Nationals reasonably comfortably, and Akron is the defending champion of MACs,” Mandrell said.

“Miami is probably a little ahead of [Ohio University], so we’re right in the front mix of this match up.”

Both races begin at 11 a.m.

A totally serious NBA season preview RINARD’S RUNDOWN COLUMN Now that we’ve arrived at the start of the NBA season, is there better time than now to unveil a season preview? Remember: these awards are made up and the predictions don’t matter (that’s right, the predictions are like $48,000 of a school’s donations going to a terrible human being). So, off we go on your unofficial preview of the NBA season that’s always right sometimes: The winner of the Greg Oden Glass Knee Award: Derrick Rose Few can bring fans to their feet like Chicago point guard Derrick Rose. As in, everybody wants to stand and watch to see if Rose can jump and land without dissipating into a cloud of dust and putting the Bulls’ postseason chances in jeopardy (again). It is unlikely that he will ever “return,” as he has not played a full season since his MVP campaign.

The winner of the LeBron James Comeback Player of the Year Award: Kobe Bryant After missing most of last season due to injury, Los Angeles

guard Kobe Bryant will look to lead a retooled Lakers roster featuring Jeremy Lin, Carlos Boozer and “Swaggy P” Nick Young, despite losing Steve Nash and Julius Randle for the season (and in Nash’s case, possibly forever).

LA will need all the production it can get from Bryant. The rest of the roster leaves much to be desired as it competes in a stacked Western Conference and fights its way out of a second consecutive lottery selection.

The winner of the Brian Scalabrine Kinda Useful White Guy Award: Kevin Love As big as it was to get center Kevin Love from Minnesota, Cleveland is still LeBron’s team (it was still his team after he left since Kyrie Irving apparently didn’t want to lead his team to the postseason). This year’s Cavaliers will feature a lot of Kyrie feeds to LeBron while Love does just enough on the boards to contribute. It’ll be interesting to see what gets out when the Cavs lose due to Love’s history of being a less than stellar teammate.

The winner of the Michael Jordan Most Valuable Player Award: LeBron James Because duh.

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