ESTABLISH 1826 — OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2017
Volume 146 No. 9
Miami University — Oxford, Ohio
REPORTING ON THE RISE:
Last year, highest number of sexual assaults reported at Miami SEXUAL ASSAULT
EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
when 40 percent of the people who utilize EMS services are students rather than tax-paying residents. From Aug. 1 through Oct. 1 this semester, there have been 426 EMS calls, according to the OFD’s count record system. Last year, there were 361 calls during the same time frame, and, in 2015, there were 355 calls. “It could be a thousand different reasons as to why our calls have jumped,” Detherage said. “But the Miami population is bigger than ever and, personally, until the punishment fits the crime, I
Last year, 25 people reported being sexually assaulted at Miami University — the most to come forward since the university started releasing data on sexual assault in 2001. That figure is more than double the number of reports from 2015. Those figures, though, don’t represent the number of assaults which actually occurred in 2016. Reporting numbers are classified by the year in which an assault was reported, not when it happened. Of last year’s 25 reports, 11 incidents happened in 2016, and six occurred in 2015. The remaining assaults happened in previous years, with one report going as far back as 1987. In the last three years, 2016 data shows the widest spread of dates in which reported assaults occurred. In 2014, all but one of the 14 total reported assaults occurred in that year, and seven of the 10 reported assaults in 2015 happened that year. Miami President Gregory Crawford pointed to the 2016 jump in reports as a positive: more people are reporting. “We want people to report,” Crawford said. “It’s a positive when
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OXFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT RUSHES A PATIENT TO AN AMBULANCE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT UPTOWN BO BRUECK THE MIAMI STUDENT
Burnt out: OFD staff stretched thin FIRE DEPARTMENT
CÉILÍ DOYLE
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
Friday, Oct. 20 — 10:26 p.m. The atmosphere in Oxford’s fire department (OFD) can go from zero to 100 in a minute on any given night. One minute, six firefighters/paramedics and EMTs are gathered inside the firehouse trading jabs, making coffee, smoking cigars and stealing spoonfuls of one another’s ice cream sundaes from Spring Street Treats.
The next, someone’s radio sounds and the crackle of the Butler County dispatcher barks out a call. Three of the EMTs and one student volunteer training to be a paramedic board an ambulance. The night has just begun. Trouble on the horizon “Our numbers are up,” Chief John Detherage said. The OFD is under-resourced and overstressed. Not enough money is coming into the department to support the number of employees needed to care for both the city and the university, especially
New outpatient center provides Haven for students struggling with addiction MENTAL HEALTH
DEVON SHUMAN MANAGING EDITOR
THE OXFORD COPY SHOP AND ITS MANAGER, MATT RUPAL JUGAL JAIN ASST. PHOTO EDITOR
Oxford Owned: Oxford Copy Shop LOCAL BUSINESS
JACK EVANS
MANAGING EDITOR
There is a certain rhythm to the way that Matt Rupal compiles a coursepack. “I can come here and say I need AMS 248,” he said, fingers punching instructions into the touch panel of the behemoth printer in the Oxford Copy Shop’s front room. The inkjet whirs to life and starts spitting out pages — it can crank out 100 black-and-white copies a minute. “Then I can just grab it from there,” he said. He picks up a bright yellow cover page and lays it over the pile of still-warm copies. He knocks the pages twice against the counter, squarCONTINUED ON PAGE 8
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thrilling nights of
HALLOWEEN DINNER
The room resembles most other university common areas. Bean bag chairs and futons with throw pillows rest on the wooden floor. Flyers advertising on-campus events hang from the walls. Autumn decorations adorn the cozy brick fireplace. Baskets of snacks and school supplies are available on various tables and desks. On a central table lies a stack of small leaflets. At the top of each, above an illustration of crushed red party cups, reads the question, “Have You Had 1 Too Many 1 Too Many Times?” This is The Haven at College, Miami’s new outpatient center for students struggling with addiction or alcohol abuse. Located on the second floor of the Interfaith Center at 16 S. Campus, The Haven offers a variety of recovery programs and outpatient services, including individual counseling, group therapy and student-led recovery programs. However, the space also func-
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MUPD EXPANDING PRESENCE Miami’s force has added three new officers and upped weekend patrols.
tions as a safe, inclusive spot where any students can gather to study or relax. “It’s a safe place, a haven, where they can come and hang out and live a college life,” said Janae Arno, a student care manager at The Haven at Miami. The Haven is a national organization aimed at creating a safe and supportive recovery community for college students. It cur-
rently operates at five universities and was approached by Miami last October after the treatment and recovery work group of Miami’s Alcohol Coordinating Committee determined the university needed to offer better recovery services on campus. The Haven began by conducting a community mapping of Oxford and Miami. Representatives CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
THE HAVEN SITS ACROSS FROM THE PHI DELT GATES RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR
CULTURE P.5
OPINION P. 12
THE CRINKLED WING
SAFE SEX ON SALE IN DORMS
Who knew mastering oragami for the first time could be so difficult?
ASG is engaging in some safe government — and we could not be prouder.
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O C T 3 0 • 5 – 8 PM Maplestreet Commons
O C T 2 6 • 5 – 8 PM Garden Commons
O C T 3 1 • 5 – 8 PM Western Commons
SPORTS P.14
REDHAWKS BACK ON TRACK FOR MAC Coming off a three-game losing streak, MU Football beat Buffalo.