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MU music fest mixes it up West Fest aims to host Cage the Elephant, Acrtic Monkeys and more EVENT SARAH EMERY

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At first listen, Brett Eldredge, Twenty One Pilots and Panic! At The Disco may not seem to have many similarities. But, according to a recent study by Spotify, students at Miami University play these three artists more frequently than most universities and, if all goes according to plan, might even get to see two of them perform live on campus this spring.

Whereas Spotify’s study used listening trends to track its data, sophomore Benjamin Delano has been using social media and his own extensive research to decide which groups will appear at West Fest, a music festival coming to Miami April 18 and 19. The event, though not yet set in stone, is expected to have several stages around campus. The organizers hope to bring at least 25,000 people to Oxford for the event.

“The main difference between what Spotify did and what the West Fest staff did was that we directly asked what Miami wanted … we talked to a lot of people and we listened to Miami,” Delano said. He noted that since not every Miami student uses Spotify, he and his staff used their own research, rather than Spotify’s, to decide which bands to invite to campus.

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Although the exact lineup is still in its infancy, Delano said artists such as Cage the Elephant, Twenty One Pilots, Arctic Monkeys, Panic!

At the Disco, Tame Impala and Mister Wives are all in the process of being booked by the West Fest committee. Delano said they are still exploring the possibility of even more performers, along with many local acts that would perform at various locations around campus.

article states. The commercial music streaming service tracked the listening habits of students who had subscribed using Spotify’s student deal in order to calculate the 40 most musical universities in America.

According to the study, Miami students prefer pop and dance music and rarely listen to jazz or classical. Kanye West, Luke Bryan and Schoolboy Q were all dis-

We directly asked what Miami wanted ... we talked to a lot of people and we listened to Miami.”

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Whereas the West Fest staff used social media and collaboration with Miami students to choose groups, a recent study by Spotify used listening trends to track the 40 most musical universities in the country.

Miami ranked 11th in the study, beating out Ohio State University (21) for the most musical university in Ohio.

“Music accompanies much of the studying, socializing and just about everything else that goes on at universities, so we wondered: Which are the most musical universities? And what does each of those schools listen to?” Spotify’s

covered to be popular artists, and the most played tracks included “Summer” by Calvin Harris and “Am I Wrong” by Nico & Vinz.

Unlike the other universities tracked, Miami has a large Dan + Shay and Timeflies fan base and listens to “Sanctified” by Rick Ross and “We Dem Boyz” by Wiz Khalifa more often than most schools.

These artists all fit into the different genres the West Fest staff is hoping will perform at Miami. The goal, according the Delano, is to have easy transitions between artists, MUSIC »PAGE 9

FSB pays controversial columnist $48,000 for lecture Miami University’s Farmer School of Business welcomes Washington Post columnist George Will to speak at its annual Anderson Lecture Series Oct. 22 despite controversy concerning his June 6 column on campus rape.

Will’s piece, “Colleges become the victims of progressivism,” sparked debate after he disputed a 2012 report issued by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control that found one in five women on U.S. college campuses experience sexual assault.

“Colleges and universities … are learning that when they say campus victimizations are ubiquitous (‘micro-aggressions,’ often not discernible to the untutored eye, are everywhere), and that when they make victimhood a coveted statues that

GEORGE WILL confers privileges, victims proliferate,” Will wrote.

In September 2013, Miami administration updated its policy regarding sexual assault in response to the crimes ongoing prevalence; however, students and faculty this year have already received multiple MUPD alerts warning of reported sexual assaults.

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The line up for Saturday and Sunday concert event in April.

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Opening Act:

MisterWives

Just IMAGINE how good they are in real life

Headliners:

Twenty One Pilots Maybe someone can buy them a new “Car Radio.”

Panic! at the Disco Everyone, remember to please close your doors.

Tame Impala Let’s hope they address the Elephant in the room

Headliners:

Cage the Elephant Ain’t no rest when they’re around

Arctic Monkeys

You do wanna know how they sound live

Shideler construction unearths geography, geology department CONSTRUCTI MATT HARTSHORN

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The east side of Shideler Hall now lies in rubble. The building’s auditorium has been demolished to make way for a new addition that covers the entire east side.

According to Associate Vice President of Facility Planning and Operation Cody Powell, the project is currently in its beginning stage.

“The first phase of construction is demolition and abatement,” Powell said. “Probably the most visible is on the outside of the building.”

As for more demolition, Powell said most of that work has already been accomplished, except for perhaps a few minor projects on the outside.

Otherwise, the project is moving ahead.

“What will happen next in the course of this month, in October, we will be negotiating the final contract,” Powell said. “We hope to have that all squared away and contracts in place in November and work to commence probably in December if not late November.”

A large addition is planned for the east side of the building, which faces the intersection of Patterson Avenue and Route 73.

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Associate VP of Facility Planning and Operation Cody Powell said the Shideler Hall construction is projected to be complete by January 2016.

The design is likely to include a cupola, which is a domed structure on a building’s roof, and a welcoming, attractive entrance alongside the new auditorium.

In regards to the project’s completion, Powell said the project team anticipates its completion and Shideler Hall re-opening

by January 2016, in time for the 2016 spring semester.

The reasons for the renovation and expansion are two-fold, Powell said. Shideler’s aging and outdated composition is one.

“Shideler, the building itself, has not been renovated since it was built,” Powell said. “It’s

close to 40 years old.” He added it was one of the buildings most in need of renovation.

Although the building was still safe for students, Powell commented that the project was well overdue.

The second function of the renovation is to provide Miami’s

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In 2006, The Miami Student reported that a former university administrator was issued a summons to appear in court on a charge of aggravated menacing. The administrator allegedly pulled a gun on a reality TV star from “The Real World,” who was visiting Oxford at the time.

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geology and geography department with a new facility that serves their new teaching methods and research.

“The requirements of teaching and research today needed something better than we had,” Powell said.

The project team has been in close contact with the geography and geology departments to make sure their needs are fulfilled.

To accommodate for the renovation, however, the geography and geology departments were relocated to Culler Hall before the semester started.

Professor Bruce D’Arcus, chair of the geography department, said the transition has been fairly smooth. One factor of that has been the limited amount of lab equipment the department had to move.

D’Arcus added that Culler Hall has been a sufficient replacement for the time being.

“We haven’t had any problem not finding offices and spaces for faculty and staff,” D’Arcus said.

Still, there have been a few issues, such as noise levels and leaks in faculty offices, but the department has managed to resolve those minor issues.

As for the numerous trees the university has cut down in the

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New ASG bills pave the way for transportation ASG MARIAH SCHLOSSMANN FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

During their weekly meeting Tuesday, the Associated Student Government (ASG) elected to pass two new bills: the Miami University Crosswalk Resolution and the Bus Schedule Bill.

The Crosswalk Resolution had been discussed in other meetings prior to this week’s, where it was presented in its original state as the Cyclist Safety Bill. After the bill was passed, it became a resolution that went to the Student Senate for approval.

“There are many issues concerning pedestrians and bicyclists who consider one another to be a nuisance,” Katherine Caprez, offcampus Senator and author of the bill, said.

The goal of this bill is to increase awareness on campus of the proper procedures for walking and biking, and hopefully, as a result, both sides will

better understand and execute these procedures.

With this bill passed, a public statement will be made “making all students, faculty and staff on the Oxford campus aware of the laws that govern bicycling and the proper protocols for navigating around bicyclists as pedestrians,” according to the bill.

“We aren’t trying to change anything with this bill,” Elizabeth Beumel, Secretary for Sustainable Initiatives, said. “We’re just outlining the current problem and saying to Miami that they need to express their problems and make those aware of what the protocol is.”

The second bill that was passed at the meeting was the BCRTA Bus Schedule Bill.

The main concern for the current bussing system is there are no minute-by-minute schedules posted anywhere on campus. Instead, there are schedules posted at certain stops with ranges, as high as 14 minutes, of when the

buses could potentially arrive.

This makes for an inefficient and unreliable system for those who take the bus.

As a result, BCRTA has created an app for students and faculty to search the bus schedules with minute-by-minute accuracy of arrivals; however, it is facing a production setback. “$10,000 was already invested into the creation of the app, but there has been no productivity or work being applied to their hardware,” Cole Tyman, Student Body President, said.

ASG hopes to resolve this issue by placing minute-by-minute bus schedules at all BCRTA Miami University routes.

The two bills were passed unanimously.

“There is no reason not to have these two bills passed,” Senator Ifeoulu Clayton, Parliamentarian, said during debate of the bill. “It just shows another way that ASG is trying to help inform the student body.”

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Password pandemonium: Students find pet peeve in protection TECH LAURA FITZGERALD

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Miami University students express annoyance over the commonly misunderstood ritual that occurs every six months to a year — changing their unique Miami password.

Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Planning Cathy McVey said Miami requires students to change their passwords because the information the password protects, such as credit card information and class schedules, is very sensitive.

“Passwords that remain the same over a long time can be more easily hacked,” McVey said. “We have the policy because it helps keep your information safer.”

According to the IT help website, Miami’s password policy requires students to change their password every 180 to 365 days, depending on the strength of the current password.

After the 365 day time limit, students have a 14 day grace period to change their password. If the grace period expires, students cannot access accounts such as BannerWeb or myMiami until they change it.

It is annoying, but I feel like it’s necessary.”

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McVey said if hackers do manage to get onto a student’s account, they can drop or add classes, steal a student’s credit card and bank information or send emails from the student’s account.

Fixing damage from a hacker is not easy either, since sometimes students have no way of proving it

was not them who made changes to their account.

“It could be a big headache,” McVey said. “Things could be fine in the end, but it could be a pain.”

While most Miami students agree changing passwords is an inconvenience, students remain divided on whether the policy is really needed.

“It is annoying, but I feel like it’s necessary,” senior Katie Eagle said.

Other students had a different view on the matter. Senior Austin White said the policy is extremely annoying and completely unnecessary. Junior Taylor Shuey said Miami students should still be required to change their password, just less often.

McVey said hackers can obtain information through computer programs that run thousands of passwords or what is known as “phishing,” or fake emails that present an emergency with a student’s bank or bursar account and demand a student’s password.

Assistant VP for Security Compliance and Risk Management Joe Bazeley said hackers can even be someone close to the victim, such as an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend, and learn their victim’s password because they use it for other sites such as Facebook and other social media sites.

Bazeley said IT services is planning to raise awareness about cybersecurity during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, taking place this month. IT services will set up a booth on Friday, Oct. 17 to hand out fliers and talk to students about cybersecurity. They also have other awareness events planned at the regional campuses throughout the month.

Bazeley said students can better protect their passwords by avoiding making obvious changes to it, such as simply putting exclamation points or new numbers at the end of it, and instead pick a special character and insert it into the middle of the password.

“It’s trying to make it more difficult for someone to guess what your password might be,” Bazeley said.

There are also password managing softwares such as LastPass, Keep Pass and Password Safe. The apps generate new passwords and store all of them in one database so the user only needs one password to access the app, Bazeley said.

According to Bazeley, all Miami staff and faculty are also required to change their passwords. Other universities also have similar policies, although the amount of time students have the same password ranges anywhere from 30 to 365 days, depending on the college.

To increase security, Bazeley said Miami has also employed a twofactor authentication method for faculty submission of grades, student tax forms and student refunds. Faculty and students access this system through a base password and a code that changes every minute.

Selfless selfies: Miami students ‘Kill the Cup’ ENVIRONMENT CORINNE HAZEN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University is killing cups — disposable drinking cups, that is. The Kill the Cup University Challenge is now in full swing.

Miami currently ranks third, by a tenth of a point, among the eight universities that are competing for a greener footprint.

Promoted through the business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi, the Kill the Cup competition is a wastereduction competition, Sustainability Education Coordinator and graduate student at the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability Anna Ginsky said.

To participate is simple. Up-

The real way to make a difference is by changing the behavior of individuals.”

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load a picture or “selfie” of you or someone you know drinking a beverage such as coffee, hot chocolate or tea, from any location, out of a reusable cup to KillTheCup.com.

Each week one winner will be chosen to receive a $50 gift card

from Amazon. At the end of the month-long challenge, an iPad will be the final prize, which will be given away to a randomly selected participant. So, the more you upload, the better your chances are of winning.

There is just one rule. You can upload only one photo per day, Monday through Friday.

“By promoting the use of reusable versus single-use cups, we are promoting waste reduction and resource conservation,” Ginsky said.

“It’s a great cause to get behind. And if we win, we will receive $4,000 to put towards an environmental cause on campus.”

Certain dining locations on campus such as Dividends, Bell Tower Café, King Café, Tuffy’s and Emporium, have teamed up with the challenge. These stores allow people to purchase coffee in a reusable mug, making it that much easier to participate.

Sophomore Brittany Johns, head of the sustainability committee for Alpha Kappa Psi, said her main role in the campaign has been to get the Farmer School of Business involved.

“It is very easy to brush off environmental issues, especially because we are not immediately affected by them,” Johns said.

“This being said, the real way to make a difference is by changing the behavior of individuals. Drinking coffee and tea is something a CUP »PAGE 9

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Drum roll: The XYZs of Rhythm X MUSIC ALISON TREEN

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Rhythm X is no typical marching band.

According to its website, Rhythm X is a small percussion organization providing a source of music education and performance opportunity in the greater Columbus area.

It is also internationally well -known and well-respected.

Senior Jenny Cope and junior Jeremy Beard are two Miami students — and the only current Miami students — who are members of this prestigious ensemble.

Cope plays the piano and does electronic work, and Beard plays the base drum.

“Rhythm X is a visual aspect that’s a mixture between marching, acting and dancing,” Cope said.

The indoor ensemble consists of two parts: the front ensemble

is composed of vibraphones, marimbas, a drum set, a guitar set and piano. The marching ensemble, also known as the battery, consists of snare, base and tenor drums and cymbals.

Rhythm X and the groups it competes against are unique due to their performance structure.

Instead of a stereotypical marching band, the groups are assigned different concepts by a design team. The uniforms, music, and moves surround that concept and try to convey it as effectively as possible. A panel judges the performances on how well the ensemble plays and how well the performance conveys its concept.

“We have no say in any design,” Beard said.

He added that although members are given set uniforms to wear and steps and music to learn, their execution of the performance is essential.

Past concepts have been creative. The 2008 concept, called

“Gone,” focused on colors. The tarp on which Rhythm X performs and the backdrop were entirely orange. One side of the members’ uniforms was orange, and the other side blue. At calculated times, members would turn from one side to another, making themselves disappear into the background.

The season spans from November to April, but performances start mid-February.

There are generally 10 competitions per year, and as soon as one season ends, the design team gets to work to determine next season’s themes.

Rhythm X consists of approximately 50 people, and its esteemed reputation draws participants from all over the world. In fact, Cope said, in one weekend of rehearsal, the estimated commuter distance of all Rhythm X’s members was about 18,000 miles.

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HAPC upholds historical traditions Residents comply with historical ordinances in honor of tradition

Breaking the seal At 1:40 a.m. on Thursday, officers standing in front of the Oxford Police Station observed a male urinating across the street from them in the alleyway. There was also a second male standing next to the first as a lookout. When the officers approached the males, the one who was not urinating placed an unknown object on the ground.

When the officers were speaking to the males, the one who was urinating kept his hand inside his sweatshirt pocket as if he was concealing something. When the officers asked him what was in the pocket, the male produced a 25 oz can of Natural Light. The object the second male placed on the ground was also discovered to be a 25 oz can of Natural Light. The urinating male was cited for Disorderly Conduct and Open Container, and during booking was discovered to have outstanding warrants from Hamilton. He was transported to Hamilton and handed over to the Hamilton Police. The second male was cited for Open Container and released.

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When seniors Brian Beré and David Nelson moved into their Uptown rental house in the fall of 2013, the front door on the two-story home was painted bright red.

Two weeks ago, each of the eight students who currently live in that house received an e-mail from their realtor at Red Brick asking them to paint the door a different shade, preferably black.

Being one of the oldest towns in Ohio, Oxford has a very long history — one steep with tradition.

Even today, this history is captured throughout the streets of Oxford; every bit of construction, and each detail of architecture is thought out in such a way to preserve that history.

“Our realtor from Red Brick let us know that the color of our door has to be changed from red to black because it is a historic pre-civil war house,” Nelson said. “Basically the outside appearance has

to stay the same as when it was originally built.”

Just like most other buildings in Oxford, the boys’ home, located on 214 Church St., has a very long history. However, according to the Oxford Historical Preservation’s official website, “the house was probably built before the Civil War, but little is known about its occupants in the 1800s and 1900s.”

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districts, one of which is the Uptown Historic District. The Uptown Historic District includes nine blocks on East High street, South Campus avenue and East Spring street.

In order to save Oxford’s historical architectural structures, the Historic and Architectural Preservations Commission (HAPC), which was founded in 1979, created a list of design policies. A design policy is

The need for maintaining the historical look of Oxford is an important asset to the community.”

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The only fact that remains known about this house is the Presbyterian Church inherited it from an old woman who did not have any family. The Presbyterian Church sold the house to Red Brick Realty Company, which eventually renovated the house and painted the door red.

Oxford is divided into three

an outline of requirements that every construction in the district, such as a house, college campus structure, monument, fountain or sculpture must follow in order to preserve the architecture standards of the past.

Every aspect of the buildings in Oxford, including the door of the 214 Church St. house carries

important historical value. HAPC has an extensive list of door design policies. For example, one of them states that “Door styles with small, irregular shaped windows should be avoided” in order to create an inviting atmosphere to passers-by. Another policy states that “doors should be treated with the pain matching the existing color of the doors” which explains why house on 214 Church St. had to be repainted from the red to its original black color.

According to a document published by the HAPC, the organization’s main goal is to “prevent deterioration of historic properties and promote revitalization through investment and economic development.”

“The need for maintaining the historical look of Oxford is an important asset to community,” Oxford City Planner Sam Perry said. “The people who live Uptown Oxford can easily change the interior design of their houses, but the outside of the houses must strictly follow the design rules created by the HAPC.”

Open Door meetings aim to localize state election

Family Feud At 11:19 p.m. on Monday, an officer was flagged down by a male in front of TJ Maxx and the male informed the officer that there was a fight occurring in the parking lot of the Speedway gas station on the same road. When the officer arrived at the gas station there was no fight to be found, but the officer observed a male searching the ground around his truck in the parking lot. When the officer asked the male if he had been in a fight, he said that it was nothing and that he had been arguing with his mother’s boyfriend. The male then said he was going inside of the gas station to find his friend. While the male was inside, the officer ran his information and found that the male had a suspended license. The officer observed the male leave the gas station by himself, get into the truck and cross the street into the parking lot of Circle K gas station with his lights off. The officer then proceeded to pull over the male, who exited the truck acting as if he did not see the officer. When the officer asked the male to stop he replied “Come on, don’t do this.” The officer noticed an odor of alcoholic beverage coming from the male and asked him to perform several field sobriety tests, to which the male agreed.

The male then proceeded to fail the tests and refused to cooperate. The male was arrested and the vehicle was impounded. He was charged with Driving Under the Influence and Obstructing Official Business.

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core), state income taxes and the direction of Ohio’s economy are topics that have been previously mentioned in the meetings.

According to butlercountyelections.org, the November ballot in Butler County consists mainly of educational tax levies and charter amendments.

Representative Derickson is running for re-election this November, and has been using these meetings as a way to reach out to the voters and address concerns they might have about topics in the news.

“The main goals for these meetings are to make state government as local as possible and show the community that I’m available to them,” Derickson said.

As a citizen born and raised in Oxford, Derickson likes to remain involved with the

community, and even said people can contact him on his personal line when necessary.

“Lots of people around here have my cell phone number, and they know they can call me anytime with questions or concerns,” he said.

So far, Derickson is pleased by the attendance at these meetings.

“We’ve been holding these meetings since June, and attendance has definitely increased over the months,” Derickson said.

“I’m happy about that. It shows that the constituents want to be involved in their government.”

The president of College Republicans at Miami, Charlie Meyer, has been in contact with Derickson’s campaign, and said the Miami alumnus is planning on speaking at a College Republicans meeting later in the month.

Meyer, in turn, plans to support the representative at his meeting.

“Several members of our organization will certainly be meeting with him on the 17th, including myself,” Meyer said.

Alyssa Knight, president of College Democrats at Miami, is not planning on meeting with Derickson.

“I agree that changes are necessary in Ohio regarding higher education especially,” Knight said.

“However, we also need to focus on issues such as worker’s rights and local funding. Last year, the state balanced the state budget by using funds collected by local governments and our cities need that funding restored. Derickson supported the ways in which our budget was balanced.”

Other Miami students and influential people in the Oxford community have also been in attendance. Miami’s student body president Cole Tyman and the Chairman of Oxford’s Arts Commission Jack Williams have both stopped by one of the previous meetings to have a conversation with Derickson.

The Open Door meetings on Oct. 17 are the last to be held before the November election, and Derickson encouraged everyone to pay him a visit.

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TAKE A HIKE Students from a geology lab class take a field trip to Prefer Park.

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Green Door Gallery owner prefers small town lifestyle in Oxford SAMMIE MILLER

COMMUNITY EDITOR

In 1986, local shop owner John Malan began his jewelry making business in Indianapolis. Over the years, he has opened jewelry shops in an array of locations from Cincinnati to Key West, but has found a home in the small town atmosphere in Oxford.

Malan now single-handedly runs the Green Door Gallery, an Uptown shop most popular for its unique selection of Bohemian style jewelry and gifts.

“I really enjoy living and working in Oxford,” Malan said. “I certainly don’t make as much at this location as I did when I worked in bigger cities, but I consider my choice to work here more of a lifestyle choice than anything.”

Malan said that he enjoys most the easy living style Oxford offers. He can get to and from work easily and because the location is smaller than shops he has previously ran, he is able to make his own hours and working conditions. For Malan, jewelry making has become less of a way to make a living, but a way of life.

Malan has crafted all of the jewelry at the Green Door by hand. He explained he uses a

Representative Tim Derickson (R) from Ohio’s 53rd will be holding “Open Door Meetings” for his constituents Oct. 17, throughout Butler County.

These meetings are open to the public and provide a one-on-one opportunity for citizens to voice their opinions on Derickson’s platforms as well as give feedback on his campaign and the area in general.

The Open Door meeting in Oxford will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Oct. 17 at the Oxford Municipal Building. There will also be meetings held in Middletown, Monroe and Trenton that will follow throughout the day.

These meetings are set to take place in each town’s respective municipal building.

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The main goal for these meetings are to make state government as local as possible.” wide array of materials including brass, bone, glass and sea beads.

Malan spent a semester studying at Miami in 1968. He enjoyed his time as a student, but transferred to Indiana University in order to be with his girlfriend.

Now, 46 years later, he has returned to the town where he began his education.

At 65 years old, Malan enjoys running the Green Door and pursuing other hobbies on the side. He has played guitar for many years and enjoys traveling to Columbus and Cincinnati to see live music shows.

His wife, who teaches history and women’s studies at Miami University, also enjoys the small town vibes that Oxford brings.

“We moved here mainly so my wife could teach,” Malan said. “But, we have made an excellent life here.”

TIM DERICKSON

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

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The teen killed his childhood friend last year and will now be the youngest inmate on deathrow in Ohio.

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U.S. troops assisting in Ebola mission may be quarantined

Death toll climbs as Nepal rescuers search for missing hikers

The troops, who were exposed in Liberia, may be quarantined for 21 days.

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Nepal officials have confirmed that at least 27 bodies have been found in the Himalayas.

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Death with Dignity provides safe way for terminally ill patients to end life EDITORIAL

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

“I don’t wake up every day and look at it.” Brittany Maynard said with a laugh. “It’s in a safe spot, and I know that it’s there when I need it.”

Maynard is referring to pills she is in possession of that will allow her to take her own life when she chooses the time that she is ready. These pills were provided to her legally through her doctor in Oregon, thanks to the state’s “Death with Dignity” law.

Death with Dignity is a growing movement across the country that implores states to implement laws that give terminally ill patients the right to have access to medication that can end their life. Currently, only Oregon, Washington and Vermont have laws that allow this.

The law requires that a person must be 18 years or older, a

resident of one of the previously mentioned states, capable of communicating health decisions

People like Maynard seldom have any options or control over what is happening to them, but Death with Dignity can change that.” and diagnosed with a terminal illness that will lead to death.

We at The Miami Student think these laws are important and necessary, and should become more widely available than just three states. Death with Dignity gives people a choice on how and when they wish to end their life, which is a sense of

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control that people with terminal illness rarely have.

Additionally, the editorial board notes the safety and regulation that comes with laws such as these. For someone without access to a Death with Dignity law, suicide is still an option.

However, these laws provide a safe means of ending one’s life with medical supervision rather than someone having to go “under the table” or choose unsafe methods to end suffering.

We do see problems with these laws as well. First and foremost, the requirement that someone must be capable of communicating health decisions raises some questions. When is someone determined to be capable, or not capable, of making decisions?

Especially with degenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s, this seems to be a clause that could

cause a lot of legal problems.

Should patients be allowed to grant someone, such as a spouse, parent or child, the right to make a Death with Dignity decision for them? That would seem to be a solution, but as we saw with the legal struggle surrounding Terri Schiavo and life support that lasted fifteen years, this could still cause problems.

Another issue is the requirement that someone be 18 years of age or older. If a minor was diagnosed with a terminal illness, do they not have the right to end their life without pain? This also leads back to the question of whether or not someone else, like a parent or guardian, would be allowed to make this type of decision for their child.

We at The Miami Student believe that everyone has the right to choose how they want to die,

whether it be naturally or with the help of Death with Dignity medication. Terminally ill patients, such as Brittany Maynard, did not choose their situation.

They did not ask to become terminally ill, or to be told that their death would be painful. People like Maynard seldom have any options or control over what is happening to them, but Death with Dignity can change that.

The peace that comes with knowing when you will die, and ensuring that death will come calmly and surrounded by loved ones, is something that everyone deserves to have.

“I can’t even tell you the amount of relief it provides me to know that I don’t have to die the way that it’s been described to me that my brain tumor would take me on its own,” Maynard said.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reach out to residence life about a sexual assault Assistants are resources on campus for all students. They are highly trained to provide support and resources for a variety of reasons. In order to clarify and remind the community of the role of Residence Life staff in responding to Sexual Assault, we are providing a guide to response when a student discloses a Sexual Assault/Interpersonal Violence to a Residence Life staff member.

This response includes such disclosures as: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and/or Stalking.

Residence Life staff will maintain the highest amount of privacy they are able to provide under the safety and security guidelines set forth by the federal government through the Clery Act and Title IX. When a student discloses to a Resident Assistant that a sexual assault and/or interpersonal violence has occurred, that Resident Assistant is required to share that information with

their supervisor.

That supervisor will contact Miami University Police Department to report the incident. The victim/survivor retains the right to not pursue criminal charges or make a police report.

Miami University Police will inform Deputy Title IX Coordinator/Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Becca Getson, who will reach out to the victim/survivor with additional resources and information.

Students looking for confidential resources (not required to report to Title IX Coordinator/Deputy Coordinator or law enforcement) can access the following resources: Women Helping Women (rape crisis counselors) is available 24 hours a day at 513-381-5610 or toll-free at 877-889-5610 Counselors at Student Counseling Service are available during normal business hours at 513-529-4634 After hours emergencies can

access counselors by calling the Miami University Police at 513529-2222 or 911 and asking for the on-call counselor Medical staff at the Student Health Center are available during normal business hours at 513-529-3000 Off-campus clergy, counselors and physicians, including McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital (513-523-2111), where a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) is available 24 hours a day The safety and security of all students and the community is paramount to Miami University.

We encourage students who are victims/survivors of sexual assault and/or interpersonal violence to reach out to the resource they feel most comfortable with to receive the support they need. Please remember, no one is alone.

COLLEEN BUNN

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The fight for equality still needs people, starting with our generation GLOBAL In February of this year, 80,000-100,000 people marched in Raleigh, North Carolina to fight for justice and equality. And you never even heard about it.

This peaceful protest was the brainchild of Reverend William Barber II, North Carolina’s current NAACP president, and was part of a larger movement dubbed Moral Monday.

By the time of this massive event, the movement had already been alive for a year and is still continuing as you read this.

According to Rev. Barber, there are five main objectives for this movement: 1. Insure economic sustainability by securing prolabor and anti-poverty policies, 2. Education equality in terms of both quality and funding, 3.

Healthcare for all and environmental justice, 4. To address flaws in the criminal justice system involving race and class, and 5.

Defending and protecting voting rights, as well as general rights for all (based on race, sex, gay or straight, immigrant or native; you name it, they’re fighting for it).

Just sounds like a bunch of liberal hoopla, right?

But it’s not.

“It’s a deeply moral, deeply constitutional, anti-racist, antipoverty, pro-justice, pro-labor

transformative fusion movement,” said Barber during the Moral Monday panel at the Freedom Summer conference on Tuesday.

The panel opened with Barber apologizing for being on the stand so long.

“In the Forward Together Moral Monday movement, ‘we’ is the most important word,” he said, explaining that it is not just his own voice behind the movement, but thousands.

After the panel asked everyone in the room to stand and join them in a hand-clapping rendition of “Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed On Freedom,” Barber got down to business. Admittedly, it was easy to be a bit weary of the situation.

Was this just another religious movement with a hidden agenda? Was it just a different way of framing protests like those of the horrific and infamous Westborough Baptist Church? But as the panel continued on, these wild notions were completely blown away.

“We are black, white, Hispanic, we are men, we are women, we are people of faith, we are people not of faith, we are gay, we are straight, we are Democrat, we are Republican, we are North Carolina,” said Barber at the February protest.

These notions of equality and basic love of humanity were palpable during the panel presentation, blasting any existing religious stereotypes that may be associated with the movement.

Barber also taught the audience a little bit of history, which was backed up academically.

“The worst thing you can be is loud and wrong,” he said.

Post-civil war, Fusion politics took over the government for half a decade. In 1868, the legislature (which had more black men in it then than it does today) rewrote the constitution.

Under this new legislature, it was written that “all persons are created equal.” Barber calls this the first Reconstruction.

In 1872, there was a violent reaction to African-Americans involved in the government, called the “Redemption Movement.”

The Ku Klux Klan began its true insurgence and America entered a period of progressive rewind as minorities, especially AfricanAmericans, were violently discriminated against. In these periods of regression, Barber claims that five basic building blocks of a group are typically attacked: rights to education, labor laws, criminal justice laws, tax laws and voting rights.

Reconstruction number 2 is one many people are more

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familiar with: the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Was there regression after this? Barber claims there was. Icons of the movement and well-loved leaders amongst different (as well as overlapping) groups were assassinated; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcom X, John and Robert Kennedy. The list goes on.

Miamians? After all, our very own Western was the site of training for the historic Freedom Summer. The ideals of equality are pumping through the veins of this very campus (or at least they used to).

Every revolution needs a young face. Looking at photographs of the Civil Rights Move-

The ideals of equality are pumping through the veins of this very campus (or at least they used to). Every revolution needs a young face.”

With the election of Barack Obama in 2008 and his promotion of Fusion Politics. Barber speculates that we are “entering the embryonic stages of the third Reconstruction.”

And yet again, in North Carolina especially, there was an attack on voting rights in the form of voting restrictions in order to “decrease voter fraud,” which is virtually impossible to pull off.

But the third time’s the charm – Barber claims that acting now is what may help finally secure equality and basic rights.

So what can we do,

ment, many participants were youths ready for change. In the Middle East with the 2011 Arab Spring, university students were at the forefront. Here’s another chance to help shape our country’s future, state by state.

“The goal here is not just to remember what has happened, but we need to have a revival and go to work,” said Barber. “The movement is alive. People are standing up everywhere.”

MADELEINE LAPLANTE-DUBE

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CHRIS CURME FORMER EDITOR

Sober Saturdays: A night on the town without drinking really makes you think DRINKING “Walk straight, you idiot,” I told Adam. “No, that’s not a bathroom,” I told James. These are some of the things I had to tell my friends this past Saturday night when I went to Uptown with them and remained completely sober. I was curious what the college party scene is like in a controlled state of mind, so I decided to forgo all drinks that night — even the free ones. It was an interesting night to say the least — not one I’d like to repeat, though. However, going out sober really put Miami’s nightlife into perspective for me.

This is an account of the night’s events. For the purpose of protecting their identities, my friends have been given false names.

time doing something far more productive with my life, I think to myself. Though, truthfully, if I weren’t there, I’d probably be in bed continuing “House of Cards” on Netflix.

12:16 — James returns with a beer. I realize then how much he’s had to drink — four beers and a mixed drink at the frat party, a Trash Can at Brick and now he’s having another beer. I may have to intervene.

12:19 — Adam walks over, drunkenly embraces James and spills the beer. James is irate and demands Adam gives him money for another.

“You should probably think about slowing down at this point,” I tell James.

“No man! That was mine and

Every once in a while, we should refrain from drinking such copious amounts. It puts things into perspective and it puts you in a position to prevent your friends from showing up in the Police Beat.”

10:25 — We’re clad in Sperry’s and Polo shirts, so you could guess where we are: frat party. In contrast to the cool night air, inside the house is a sweaty moshpit. After pushing through the crowd to the buckets, everybody grabs cans of Natural Light (except me, of course).

10:52 — My friend Adam is feeling the effects of the Natty already. He finds a ski mask on the ground; it’s time to perform my caretaking duties. “Don’t you dare put that thing on,” I tell him.

That was the first of many commands he ignored.

11:29 — The beer supply is depleted. The walk to Uptown begins. We get in an argument over which bar we should go to on the way there. Tim, David and Shaun want to go to New Bar, but James and Adam want to go to Brick Street. This is the first dilemma of the night. Which group of people do I follow? Who needs a clearminded friend more?

11:43 — I quickly find that 11:43 is too early to be arriving at Brick. Adam is so gone at this point he’s begun to dance on the floor all by himself. I would tell him how ridiculous he looks, but this is too funny.

12:12 — Brick is still desolate. Adam is still dancing. James has left to go get another drink —leaving me alone in my boredom. I could be spending this

this [expletive] spilled it!” James yells, shoving Adam. I have to get between them, and I have to tell James that he’s done for the night.

It wasn’t easy. The look he gave me was a scary one, but it had to be done.

12:38 — Now, it’s a party. Martin has showed up! Of my friends, he’s undoubtedly the craziest. He asks me if I want to go “on the hunt” and see if any girls want to dance. I tell Adam not to stray too far and I follow Martin.

12:48 — “I think you’re beautiful and I love you,” Martin tells a girl. She laughs and they start dancing. What? How did that work?

12:52 — The strobe lights leave me feeling drunk. The eloquent lyrics of Lil’ Jon pour out of the speakers and I fully realize my hatred for music that’s played at bars. Martin is now with a different girl. I look around at everybody groping one another on the dance floor, many of them probably not knowing the last names of the person they’re dancing with. The outright promiscuity in every direction disgusts me. But if I were drunk, I might have been in Martin’s shoes. The next hour is the longest of the night. I feel isolated. Everybody around me is enjoying the thumping music and embracing the headache-inducing lights, but I’m alone 1:41 — Martin and I are

sitting outside to escape the heat.

James comes up and hugs me.

“Maaaaattt I love you, man.” He said. That’s funny. An hour and half ago it seemed like he wanted to kill me. “Where’s Adam?” Oh no. I think. Where is Adam? I had one job — keep track of my friends — and I failed. Frantically, I call and text people until I find out he’s at Pulley Diner — crisis averted.

2:59 — We’ve been at Pulley for over an hour now and I just want to go home. Much of the bar crowd is here. The obnoxious actions around me should be entertaining, but I’m annoyed, bored and missing my bed.

3:17 — The walk home had the usual mishaps. Adam nearly tripped over his own feet right in front of an oncoming police officer and James relieved his bladder in a bush — both actions very indicative of insobriety. But nobody got arrested so I suppose the night was a success. I’m finally in bed, but I lay awake weary and puzzled. Much of the night was boring beyond belief; I think I would have rather sat in my geology lecture for five hours. Some of the night was stressful; James got very angry with me and I thought I lost Adam at one point.

Some things left me questioning how I feel about college party culture. Why do people consider this socializing? We usually stay with our own little groups of friends and the music is often too loud to hear others speaking. Why do people spend all this money to go out and forget everything that happens? Is this good for us in the long run?

Odds are, if you are a student who enjoys the party scene, I won’t be changing your mind about how you want to spend your Saturday and Friday nights — or Tuesday or Thursday nights for that matter. We’re young. College is a place where we’re supposed to let loose, right? Perhaps. However, College is definitely a place where we’re supposed to learn to be responsible. Every once in a while, we should refrain from drinking such copious amounts.

It puts things into perspective and it puts you in a position to prevent your friends from showing up in the Police Beat. It’s annoying having to nurture your friends as if they were infants, but the role of caretaker is not one that should be overlooked. Next weekend, it may be me stumbling home; I hope my friends will be controlled enough to get me there.

MATT ARVIZU

ARVIZUMV@MIAMIOH.EDU

We need to stop listing out our lives, break the order AMANDA’S APPROACH LIFE

Of the items listed under “my thing,” numbers don’t make the cut. If you couldn’t tell by the lack of mathematical c h a r t s and Excel references on this page, I’m a words kind of gal. I would much rather weave together my points and my perspective on life with a string of delicatelyselected words and build them together like a stack of colorful legos than try to fit my life into an equation.

Which is why I’m really starting to grow a distaste for lists — those finite outlines of tightly arranged bits of information that all seem to revolve around numbers. Lists are slowly and subtlety invading our number-obsessed society, putting a limit on our daily interactions and attempting to plot out our futures in an easy ten-step plan.

Don’t get me wrong, there are certain places where lists reign: pros and cons, grocery stores, todos and Christmas gift ideas you send to your mom.

But lists can’t do everything.

They can’t embody the whole journey of your unique life, the hidden moments, the maidof-honor speech, the taste of blueberry waffles, the rush of air you feel during an early morning run, the late night conversations with your family around the fireplace.

Those are places where you need words to fill in and form full-fledged ideas. To me, the best aspect of list-making is breaking the order: adding a carton of ice cream to my cart or scrapping my homework in order to grab coffee at Kofenya.

The completely off-the-fly decision to not follow what your list is telling you at all, because something beautifully unplanned is waiting for you. If we didn’t have lists, we might not know the thrill of crumpling that post-it note up and tossing it away.

You’ll find plenty of quickly

digestible factoids in lists, those ones that circulate on Facebook and you scroll through while you should be listening to a lecture, but does it really tell you the whole story?

Lists are all around us and we are becoming more and more conditioned to swap big, bright, complex ideas for short snippets of half-truths.

Suddenly, the entirety of world happenings can be summed in 5 things to know and quick tweetable nuggets. Sorry kids, that’s not journalism.

And when it comes BuzzFeed’s incessant need to tell me “17 reasons why my best friend is neat” or “21 ways to make the coziest cinnamon rolls,” I have to roll my eyes. Because BuzzFeed gets it wrong.

To me, the best part of list-making is breaking its order.”

There are not enough bullet points in the innards of Microsoft Word to tell me what a conversation with my best friend actually means to me and I’m extremely loyal to my cinnamon roll brand (it’s called Pillsbury, what up).

As we continue to read these lists, share them and nod along to their relatable moments, they force us to start viewing our days, our jobs, our relationships and our most daring aspirations in a small, oversimplified way.

When we continue to view our life events as something to check off, as a quick tagline next to an ascending set of numbers, so much of the in-between kind of experiences get lost.

You start to believe that life can fit into a standardized recipe, instead of a figure-out-as-you-go adventure. And if it’s up to me, I vote for the latter, the adventure, every time.

Because lists rely on the certainty of whole numbers and I would rather reside in the infinite fractions of life; I would rather set up camp right there where no scary number, big for small, can reach me.

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with different types of artists performing on different days.

“I’ve never heard of Brett Eldredge … I tend to play pop music, but I listen to a lot of rock, rap and singer-songwriter,” Samuel Hunter said. Hunter, a first-year, said his most played song on his iPod is “Droplets” by Lewis Watson, featuring Gabrielle Aplin.

Spotify’s analysis also tracks when students listen to music at Miami. Like most universities, listening spikes the highest in the late afternoon and dips the lowest in the early morning. Hunter said he listens to music while walking to class, and said he sees many other students doing the same. By track-

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process of these renovations, there are mixed emotions, the geography department included.

“I think a lot of people are sad about [the trees] but recognize it’s … out of our hands,” D’Arcus said.

Powell said they have been aware of the value Miami places on its trees during the planning and construction processes.

“We spent a lot of the time in the design of this renovation and the new edition in trying to figure out how we could save the

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ing listening habits, Spotify could also track the average amount of sleep a Miami student gets in comparison to all schools in the country. According to the study, Miami students tend to begin listening to music (or wake up) at 9:45 a.m. and stop listening to music (or go to sleep) at 12:45 a.m., getting an average of nine hours of “sleep” per night.

“I get less sleep than the average Miami student, clocking in at about seven and a half hours per night,” Connor Koester, a first-year student, said. He listens to many of the artists mentioned in the study, although he gravitates toward hiphop and alternative music rather than pop. Koester also stated that he only listens to Spotify in the

evenings, mostly after 8 p.m.

Since many of the artists who might attend the music festival fit the categories that Spotify states Miami students enjoy, including acoustic and instrumental attributes, the West Fest staff is hopeful the Miami community will participate in the festival.

The entire study by Spotify, which includes data from schools like University of Colorado in Boulder, where students often play relaxing music, and Purdue University, where students often listen to skatepunk music, is available in full online. To learn more about West Fest and receive immediate updates on confirmed acts or to suggest artists, follow @WestFest2015 on Twitter.

majority of the trees,” he said.

“We did the best that we could to try to save as many as we could.”

Another topic surrounding the Shideler renovation is the Shideler globe. Professor D’Arcus said it is currently in storage and will not be returning to its former location in Shideler Hall, though faculty are still trying to determine what to do with it in the future.

The details on its replacement have yet to be figured out, he said.

“The idea is to keep the sort of good characteristics of the globe in the new Shideler,” D’Arcus

said, “but it will just be in a different form.”

Elsewhere, the designers have planned to keep in touch with traditional Miami architecture, with special plans for the renovation.

“The building is at one of our main entry points to campus,” Powell said. “As the building was, it was a very underwhelming entry point ... We’re taking this opportunity to make sure the building not only functions very well for the academic needs but also creates a very nice entry point for our campus.”

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lot of people do everyday, and so by just tweaking a daily activity [using a reusable cup rather than a disposable one], you can make a tangible difference.”

The winner for week one of the challenge was Vinny Cirrito, an employee from the Physical Facilities department. Ginsky said the next winner will be announced this Sunday night.

Sophomore Rachel Cacchione participated in the challenge and believes it is a positive endeavor for the university. She decided to

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Foreigners may even move to the area for the season, just to be nearby.

Rhythm X remains at high standards not only due to the talent of its musicians, but also due to their commitment to the organization.

Rehearsals, which take place in the Cincinnati area, can run up to 25 hours a weekend.

“Rehearsals drag on,” Beard said, “but performing is why everyone does it.”

Cope agreed the hard work and intense commitment are worth it.

“Once you’re at Rhythm X, there’s not really another competition to go to,” she said.

Rhythm X’s success earned it a name for itself, in the website’s words, “setting our own standard of excellence.” It competes against other groups in its Independent World Ensemble class in the Winter Guard International (WGI) Sport of the Arts.

Of more than 10 seasons, Rhythm X has won the World Championships three times (2008, 2009 and 2013) and received other awards as well.

At the 2013 World Championships, Rhythm X scored the highest any group has ever scored, with 98.263 points out of a possible 100, making Cope, Beard and their co-members world record holders.

According to Beard, what sets Rhythm X apart from its competitors is its daringness.

“It’s contemporary,” he said, “[by] trying new things, pushing the activities.”

participate in Kill the Cup after learning about it through her involvement in the Dean’s Student Advisory Group.

“They sent us a picture of all of us holding our [reusable] cup and told us we could upload it,” Cacchione said.

Cacchione said she hopes the challenge gains more campuswide attention, so that it can truly be successful.

“I thought it was a cool concept of helping the world and just showing how many cups are being saved through every picture taken,” Cacchione said.

But beyond the glory and prestige, Cope and Beard cite the social aspect as another benefit.

“It’s about being around people who enjoy the same thing as you, where people want to be the best,” Cope said. “You’re with 49 other people who know about the activity and share the same interests.”

Cope and Beard also serve as role models to high school students who play in smaller divisions. “[Being in Rhythm X] is a big dream a lot of high school [students] have,” Cope said.

Yet despite Rhythm X’s prestige, it is relatively unknown around Miami’s campus.

Beard believes this is because it is an individual organization separate from the University.

However, this April, high school ensemble groups are scheduled to perform at Millett.

Auditions for Rhythm X are happening now, and although they were members last year, Cope and Beard will both have to audition again, as they do every year. That includes learning new music and performing both as an ensemble and alone.

Cope and Beard said they are both proud to be members of the elite ensemble performance group.

“I do it because it’s fun,” Beard said. “It’s a challenge.”

Along with personal growth, Cope said she likes being a member of Rhythm X for the end result.

“My favorite part is performing in front of people who appreciate what you’re doing,” she said.

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to be worried.

“I think as a team as long as we come and compete and prepare ourselves this week I think we’ll be ready to go,” Joyaux said. “As long as we’re working hard I think our goalies will back us up.”

Senior Blake Coleman said it’s less about Ohio State and more about what Miami can do as a team.

“We don’t really look at our opponent as much as where we need to get better in our game,” Coleman said. “But [Ohio State] is going to be a tough test.”

The RedHawks have a dangerous offense as well. Miami scored two goals Friday and three Sunday against Bowling Green. They also put up 11 in their second preseason game against Simon Fraser University.

“We’re still just looking to get better,” Coleman said. “We’re FROM SOCCER »PAGE 12

practice on talking to each other and clearing balls out. We’re all friends, so we trust what everybody is saying.”

For the half dozen or so RedHawks, including sophomore midfielder Jenna Weiner, who hail from the Chicago suburbs, Friday’s meeting with Northern Illinois will reunite old friends and perhaps FROM W. HOCKEY »PAGE 12

with 15 points, while freshman left wing Carly Noble and sophomore right wing Cassidy Guthrie are in a four-way tie for fifth place with 10 points.

The team has been able to score at will this season, finding the back of the net 48 times in four games. However, the ’Hawks have struggled to stay out of the penalty box as they have accumulated 26 penalty minutes with freshman forwards Alyssa Vissali and Eliza Abraham leading the team with six penalty minutes each.

Sophomore goaltender Emalee Wills and freshman netminder Carly Vanorden are in a five-way tie for fourth-lowest goals against average with a 1. The two have combined for a 4-0 record, 39 saves and a .907 save percentage.

Michigan (1-0) is coming off a 1-0 win over the University of Vermont, as it got an unassisted goal from sophomore

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fect storm of pressure resulting from the issues surrounding domestic violence and the sport, it seems as though the league has become wide awake to the concerns of its female fans (at least to the extent that they can hurt the bottom line).

However, bringing Perry aboard to do the Super Bowl halftime show seems slightly like pandering and hoping that bringing a musical act that has popularity across the board makes up for appearing to condone its players’ actions in regards to domestic violence.

It can also be argued that NFL is maintaining society’s status quo, as it is having a female artist perform for a sport that is mostly exclusive to men and is predominantly watched by men (not to mention the music industry’s own history of presenting women in a certain way).

It feels so wrong, but Perry is the right fit for the league as she as has been an enormously successful artist. Her Teenage Dream album in 2010 was the first since Michael Jackson’s Bad (1987) to have five No. 1 Billboard Hot

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definitely not where we want to be yet.”

Blasi said there’s not one specific aspect of the game the team is looking to improve on, but rather continuing to play good hockey and put together a full 60 minutes.

“I thought we did a lot of good things on Friday, I thought we did a lot of good things on Sunday,” Blasi said. “But we haven’t played 60 minutes yet and in order to be a great team and a team that is going to contend in the end you have to learn to play 60 minutes consistently.”

Miami opened the 2013-14 season against Ohio State in a homeand-home series, in which the ’Hawks won both games. They beat the Buckeyes on the road 6-2 and at home 6-3.

Puck drop for Friday’s game is 7 p.m. and Satuday’s is set for 7:05 p.m.

Fans can listen to the game live LAUREN OLSON PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR on redhawkradio.com Miami players, including junior defenseman Chris Joyaux celebrate a goal. rekindle old rivalries.

“I know a few girls on [Northern Illinois],” Weiner said. “It’ll be fun to play them again.”

Western Michigan, the preseason MAC favorite, brings another set of challenges to Miami Soccer Field Sunday. Weiner and Kramig both noted the Broncos as a strong, physical side that will be hard to handle.

Bronke, a savvy veteran and member of the 2012 RedHawk squad forward Jenna Trubiano and senior goaltender Kelsey Duggan picked up the shutout. The Maize and Blue are currently in 14th place in the ACHA standings with two points.

This weekend is the beginning of an important four-game stretch for the RedHawks, as they take on a Michigan team that finished eighth in the ACHA a season ago and wrap up their home stand next weekend to take on Davenport University.

“We’re working on improving our communication, avoiding breakdowns and having great communication is what will set us apart,” Wills said. “It’s not going to be easy this weekend; it’ll be a hard fight. There’s no guarantee of a win.”

The RedHawks host the Wolverines at 9:15 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday in the Goggin Ice Center’s Rink A. Saturday’s game is the team’s “Pink the Rink” game in honor of breast cancer awareness.

100 songs and was the first album by a female artist to do so. Success seems to be a part of her as she was listed in seventh place in Forbes 2013 list of “Top Earning Women in Music” while founding her own record label in 2014.

It is not like performing at the Super Bowl would be something alien to Perry, either. Per an Aug. 5 interview with Rolling Stone: “I just feel like people don’t always come out to see live shows but people want to see my show.

And it’s sold out. People are responsive. It’s being offered to me and I don’t know if that will always be the case. It’s exciting times to be able to sell out arenas in a time where people are blacking out arenas. You know what I’m saying? So be grateful for the opportunity now, because it may not always be that way. I may not always be here. So do it while you can.”

Whatever the case may be on how we got Perry to perform at this year’s halftime show at the Super Bowl, we will get to see her roar on one of the grandest stages in the world despite the fact that she is doing it for league trying to shed its much-deserved criticism.

that went undefeated in the MAC, is not letting her focus drift past the next opponent.

“Every MAC game is hard and this year especially the competition level is high,” Bronke said.

“We’ve just gotta keep doing what we’ve been doing and hopefully it works out.”

The RedHawks kick off against NIU 4 p.m. Friday and take on WMU 1 p.m. Sunday.

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The ’Hawks have lacked the services of senior playmaker Dawan Scott the past two weeks and fifth-year tight end Alex Welch last week. Martin is hopeful they’ll be back this week.

“You take out Welch and Dawan, those are major, major weapons for us …” Martin said.

“We’re hopeful to be getting guys

back this week.”

Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. eastern in DeKalb, Illinois.

“We really feel like we are getting better, but we need more games,” Martin said. “I wish we had played a 20 game schedule this year. Tough games on the road; that’s how we get better.

That’s how we improve, that’s how we get our program where we want.”

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RedHawks host final home matches SOCCER JUSTIN WOODS

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Sitting in second place in the MidAmerican Conference standings, the Miami University soccer team (10-2-1) wraps up its home regular season slate this weekend against the Northern Illinois University Huskies (5-7-2) and the Western Michigan University Broncos (9-4-1).

With six conference matches down and five to play, the RedHawks (13 points) are looking up at only the University at Buffalo (14 points), which is unbeaten in the MAC with a 4-0-2 record.

“We’re in a pretty good position right now,” head coach Bobby Kramig said. “I’m happy with how we’re playing and I’m happy with where we stand.”

But this weekend will not offer any respite from the competition.

Both NIU and WMU hold winning conference records and,

according to Kramig, will demand nothing less than Miami’s best soccer.

“These are two very difficult games,” Kramig said. “Northern is right there with us [in the league] and Western is a very good team that is tough defensively, disciplined and well-organized. But it’s critical that we take home points when we have the chance to do it.”

Speaking of teams that are difficult to break down, Miami has a formidable defensive unit of its own.

The ’Hawks have allowed only three goals in MAC matches and blanked four of those six opponents.

Miami has recorded seven shutouts on the season. Junior defensive midfielder Jess Bronke believes one of the keys to keeping the ball out of sophomore goalkeeper Vic Maniaci’s net is to keep up the chatter.

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Miami junior midfielder/forward Haley Walter fights for the ball during a game against Toledo.

’Hawks hit road to face Huskies FOOTBALL TOM DOWNEY SPORTS EDITOR

The last time Miami University and Northern Illinois University faced off, the RedHawks left with a stunning 26-21 victory over the Huskies in the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championship.

The stakes aren’t the same this time around and the two schools are on different paths.

Since the two teams played, NIU (4-2, 1-1 MAC) has won two MAC championships and every MAC West title. Meanwhile, Miami (1-6, 1-1 MAC) hasn’t even posted a winning record.

“I’m excited to go there on the road and see how we matchup on the road against arguably the best team in the league … ” head coach Chuck Martin said. “I’m kinda excited to see week 8, 1-6, on the road at Northern Illinois, what do we got? Where are we at mentally, physically? Cause we’re gonna have to fight our tails off … to me it’s an exciting challenge for us. I’m hopeful we’re gonna be up for the challenge.”

NIU is coming off a 34-17 loss to Central Michigan University.

The loss snapped a 24-game regular season winning streak against MAC opponents and a 28-game home winning streak.

The ’Hawks are hitting the road for the fifth time in six weeks and head coach Chuck Martin thinks NIU will be “ticked” after losing to Central.

“Unfortunately, we’re getting them on probably not the right week,” Martin said. “They’re probably pretty ticked. I was hoping they would be feeling good and don’t think we’re very good and overconfident.”

The Huskies are led by redshirt sophomore quarterback Drew Hare, who has the unenviable task of replacing former Huskie great Jordan Lynch. Hare has completed 59.4 percent of his passes for 997 yards, 10 touchdowns and just one interception. He is third on the team in rushing with 235 yards and two TDs. Solid numbers, but not Lynch-esq numbers.

“Hare is playing very well, but you’re losing a guy who was up for the Heisman Trophy,” Martin said. “It’s not a knock, because Hare’s numbers in the passing game are good and he’s run effectively, but they’re not running

Hare 35 times like Lynch.”

Martin has nothing but praise for NIU’s offensive line. “[They are] big and physical up front,” Martin said. “Really experienced offensive line. I haven’t seen all the offensive lines, but they are as good as I’ve seen in this league and better and significantly better than a lot of them.”

Much of the onus to apply pressure on Hare falls on junior defensive end Bryson Albright.

He’s second in the MAC with five sacks, a number that already matches his career high.

The RedHawks will once again lean heavily on fifth-year senior quarterback Andrew Hendrix to carry the offense. Despite completing just 48 percent of his passes, Hendrix is ninth in the nation in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

“As far as scheme goes, they’re pretty similar to Akron, so it’s pretty nice for us to be able to game plan pretty similar to last week,” redshirt freshman Jared Murphy said. “We can carry over what we did and improve on last week.”

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MU faces OSU in home-and-home MEN’S HOCKEY STEVEN PERKINS

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The Miami University men’s hockey team is gearing up for another in-state home-and-home series after a split with Bowling Green State University. This time, the RedHawks face off with the Ohio State University Buckeyes.

Miami is on the road for another Friday in Columbus, before hosting the Buckeyes Saturday.

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The Buckeyes opened their season last weekend with a pair of overtime games against thenNo. 3/4 Providence College. Ohio State won the first game 5-4 and lost the second 2-1.

Head coach Enrico Blasi recognized Ohio State’s talent this year.

“Watching them on video, they are a very dangerous offensive team,” Blasi said. “I thought their goaltending was extremely good too.”

Buckeye sophomore goalies

Christian Frey and Matt Tomkins made 53 saves on 59 shots during the weekend.

Ohio State’s offense was also effective, as the Buckeyes tickled twine five times Friday including.

Three of those goals came off the stick of junior forward Anthony Greco, earning him the NCAA third star of the week.

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The points senior forward/midfielder Kelsey Dinges has this season.

Dinges has 13 more than any other RedHawk and four more than any other Mid-American Conference soccer player.

NFL schedules its Teenage Dream with Katy Perry RINARD’S RUNDOWN COLUMN It’s been recently reported that Katy Perry will be performing the Super Bowl halftime show. This follows a statement where she said “I’m not the kind of girl who would pay to play the Super Bowl,” referring to the fact the league forces acts to pay it in order to perform at the Super Bowl (because that’s how they do).

The news comes at a time when the NFL is dying to have good PR (horribly misman-

aging a crisis can do that to a company), so what better way to combat the current negativity regarding its perceived views on women (i.e. “Ray Rice video?

What Ray Rice video? Buy our pink jerseys, ladies!”) surrounding the sport with a musical act that is all about female empowerment with songs “Dark Horse,” “Roar,” “Part of Me” and “Firework,” right?

The NFL has been hot and cold in regards to its bumbling around of Rice’s case, while simultaneously being a big proponent of breast cancer awareness, more so than the other major North American sports. After a perCOLUMN »PAGE 10

Miami takes on Michigan WOMEN’S HOCKEY JORDAN RINARD

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After rolling through Lindenwood University and Midland University to open the 2014-15 campaign, the Miami University women’s hockey are set to open CCWHA play as it hosts the University of Michigan. The RedHawks (4-0) have won each game by nine or more goals this season.

“Getting into conference play, we need to be at our top level and we need to be clicking,” head coach Scott Hicks said. “We’re working on our attention to detail, working on paying attention,

maintaining our pace and improving our communication. We expect Michigan’s best and we have the target on our backs. It’s a big rivalry game. It’s big for us and it would be big for them to pick up two points. We have to work on minimizing our mistakes.”

Miami is currently in a four-way tie for third place in the ACHA standings with eight points on the season. Four of the top eight point leaders in the ACHA belong to the Red and White as sophomore right wing Rachael Booth is in first place with 16 points, junior center Haley Williams is second W. HOCKEY »PAGE 10