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Students marched across campus to celebrate diversity for Miami’s annual Unity Day March.

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Three of Miami’s student leaders discussed dining issues and the university’s approach to combating sexual assault, among other issues, at Monday’s Associated Student Government (ASG) Presidential Debate.

ASG hosted the debate at 7:30 p.m. in the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion.

Juniors Meaghan Murtagh, James Gale and Alex Boster are all vying for the position of Student Body President.

The debate commenced with opening statements from the candidates. Each student had one minute to present their personal background, describe past leadership experience and give a brief overview of their platforms.

Murtagh is a marketing major in the Farmer School of Business from Boston, MA. Her vice presidential candidate is junior Vincent Smith.

She was a senator in ASG her freshman year and, for the past two years, has worked as a Secretary for Advancement and Alumni Affairs Gale is a double major in urban and regional planning and economics. He is seeking election alongside vice presidential candidate junior Courtney Rose. In his opening statement, he expressed the campaign’s platform as “come together.” Gale expressed interest in uniting students from different backgrounds.

Boster is a double major in comparative reli-

When they started working to establish a substance abuse outpatient center at Miami, Sherrie Kleinholz and Janae Arno were shocked at how much the process dragged.

There was the physical set-up, of course, as they needed to transform the second floor of the Interfaith Center into a combined study hangout and clinical office. But, on top of that, there were medical record systems that needed to be launched, programming that had to be organized, staff to be hired and state regulations to navigate.

It took several months before they were able to start operating and serving the needs of Miami students struggling with drug and alcohol abuse.

Now entering its sixth month in Oxford, Miami’s chapter of the Haven at College is running like a well-oiled machine. It is even being used as a model to help train new chapters around the country, such as the recently announced outpatient center and recovery housing opening at the University of Maryland.

Arno, the student care manager at the Haven, points to the center’s flexibility and openness as the root of its success. Free from the rigid rules

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A week and a half after Miami’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) announced a sweeping social suspension due to hazing allegations, 12 chapters are now cleared to operate as usual.

The suspensions were lifted from chapters that did not have allegations of hazing against them, said IFC president Stephen Golonka.

The 12 chapters are: Beta Theta Pi (Beta), Alpha Chi Rho, Delta Tau Delta (Delt), Delta Sigma Phi (Delta Sig), Chi Psi, Delta Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon (Sig Ep), Delta Upsilon (DU), Alpha Epsilon Pi, Lambda Chi Alpha (Lambda Chi), Sigma Alpha Mu (Sammy) and Pi Kappa Phi (Pi Kapp).

The chapters were told on either Thursday or Friday of last week that their suspensions had been lifted, Golonka said. Suspensions are being lifted on an individual basis, but there is no timetable for the length of the suspensions on Miami’s 12 other recognized fraternities.

On Tuesday, Feb. 20, IFC announced that all fraternity activities were prohibited due to multi-

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COWBOY, TEACHER, SCHOLAR Music professor Tammy Kernodle has surpassed all of her dreams.

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Three Oxford third graders have a lofty goal: ending white supremacy. Watch the video at miamistudent.net/passion.

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Kip Alishio retires after 33 years at Miami A little over 40 years ago, Kip Alishio spent his days walking through Earlham College’s campus, in Richmond, IN, listening to The Moody Blues, his favorite band.

And up until last week, he wandered Miami’s campus, working as an administrator and a counselor rather than a student.

Kip, Miami’s director of Student Counseling Services for the past 26 years, retired from Miami March 1.

Nights in white satin/never reaching the end/letters I’ve written/never meaning to send At Earlham, Kip spent a lot of time listening and thinking deeply about what kind of career he wanted to pursue, but also, more importantly, about what kind of life he wanted to lead after graduation.

“My own time in college was a difficult

ple reports of hazing.

Chapters were also required to end their new member period early and initiate their newly recruited members by 5 p.m. that Friday, Feb. 23.

The 12 chapters which remain under suspension include the six which had cease-and-desist orders filed against them by their national organizations: Alpha Delta Phi (AD Phi), Alpha Sigma Phi (Alpha Sig), Phi Delta Theta (Phi Delt), Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji), Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) and Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE).

These orders prohibit fraternities from holding events, parties or membership activities while the representatives from the national organizations investigate the chapters.

These chapters were also prohibited from initiating their new members.

In addition to investigations made by national fraternity organizations, Miami’s Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) has been investigating the reports of hazing.

Since early February, 16 Greek organizations have been named in reports, said OESCR director Susan Vaughn. The office called in outside help last week to assist

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time in some ways, and that in itself led me to psychology,” Kip said. “My interests have always been in the development of late adolescents and young adults. That was my specialty in college.”

Kip graduated from Earlham in 1976 and earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Miami University’s psychology department nine years later.

“I came from a family that struggled

emotionally and that complicated my ability to do well emotionally in college,” Kip said. “I did seek out counseling when I was an undergraduate, and it helped a lot.

I remembered that when I was doing my doctorate work and developing an interest in families in particular and in that particular age range of late adolescents and early adulthood.”

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Miami University students plan to add their voices in the upcoming demonstrations in response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. School walkouts and marches, organized by students across the nation, will peacefully for an end gun violence.

A walkout has been planned for Friday, April 20 in which high school and college students will abruptly leave their classrooms.

Charles Kennick, president of College Democrats, believes Miami will show its largest display on solidarity during this walkout.

“By then, the situation will have had time to simmer in the political discourse,” Kennick said.

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and schedules of more traditional recovery routes, the Haven is able to attend directly to the needs of its clients.

“We are very accommodating, and students appreciate that because they’re all so time-constrained,” Arno said.

The Haven is a national organization aimed at creating a safe and supportive recovery community for college students. It currently operates at five universities and was approached by Miami a year and a half ago after the treatment and recovery work group of Miami’s Alcohol Coordinating Committee determined the university needed to offer better recovery services on campus.

Arno and Kleinholz spent the majority of last semester simply getting established on campus, and after all of their systems were in place, they only managed to attract two full-time clients. Now that they’re up and running, they’ve expanded their clientele to eight — and that’s not including the four students referred to them by OESCR, or by Student Counseling Services, for whom they’ve begun offering basic substance abuse screenings.

Additionally, they’ve expanded their physical space, adding a group therapy room, a yoga and meditation room and another counseling office. They have also hired another part-time therapist and started offering open educational classes for people who don’t necessarily need treatment but could benefit from examining their relationship with

substances.

While Haven clients have access to counseling and other clinical services, Kleinholz, who serves as the clinical director, said that most of their positive feedback comes in response to their welcoming atmosphere. You don’t have to identify as an addict to utilize the Haven. Anyone is invited to come hang out and study in the sober environment.

It’s typical for new faces to approach hesitantly, leary of being bombarded with doctors in white lab coats giving them pamphlets and telling them they need treatment. At the Haven, they’re met with a non-judgmental community that will meet their needs only if they decide on their own that they want help. The Haven will not release the identity of any of its clients — not even to parents, professors or law enforcement — unless they receive written permission to do so.

“We’re very medical and rule-driven, but that’s all behind the scenes,” Kleinholz said. “In front we’re like, ‘Hey, have a coffee.’”

The Haven currently employs six student staff members, whose responsibilities range from campus outreach to maintaining the office to designing programs and field trips. Following suggestions and requests from current clients, the staff is working to plan group outings such as a hiking trip and a bowling night. They want the Haven to be more than just a clinic; they want it to be a community.

Much of the Haven’s expansion is aimed at meeting the needs of its clients. Kleinholz and Arno are in the process of extending the loca-

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tion’s hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, typical party nights during which students often struggle to find sober activities.

They also are planning a cookout for Green Beer Day. Set to be held on the front lawn of the Interfaith Center at 11 a.m. on March 15, the event will offer free BBQ and be open to the public.

Kleinholz’s biggest concern moving forward is the center’s lack of recognition at Miami. When visiting a class recently, she asked who was aware of the Haven’s existence on campus. Three of 30 students raised their hands.

“The more we get the word out, the more comfortable people seem to become.” she said. “A lot of our goals right now are about mar-

keting, letting people know we’re here.”

Looking to the future, Kleinholz and Arno expect to continue expanding. They hope to upgrade to a bigger location within a year and are looking to hire another full-time mental health therapist. They also are working with former Miami staff psychiatrist Dr. Josh Hersh to establish a telemedicine service for students who require additional psychiatric services.

The Haven will also be opening sober housing next semester. Starting in August, all students will have the option to live at the Haven’s residential housing at the Miami Preserve. It will be large enough to accommodate seven residents and one staff member, and first-

years and sophomores who wish to live there will be granted an off-campus waiver from the university.

Whether students require a fulltime sober living community, or simply a place to hang out on a busy Friday night, the Haven focuses on providing them with the support they need.

“We take a tunnel, so to speak, that’s black,” Kleinholz said. “They see one door, and that’s the only door they see. We try to shine a light and go, ‘What about this door or this door? And if you take this door, what are the costs and what are the benefits?’ That’s what we try to tell people.” shumandb@miamioh.edu

Student body presidential candidates debate campus issues balance and food selection in dining halls.

The final general question of the night was centered around diversity on campus. All of the candidates saw diversity as a top priority in their platforms and indicated a lack of diversity as a paramount problem at Miami.

Gale’s first specific question regarded his platform’s ambition to investigate potential overlaps in student organization funding. He expressed concern that multiple clubs with similar ambitions both received funding.

His second question was about parking on campus. Gale seeks to change charges based on how many offenses the driver has.

Boster was asked about her goals to install more Uptown entertainment options. She said installing more recreation Uptown would decrease overconsumption of alcohol.

Next, she was asked about her ambitions to raise wages for student workers. She said that RAs specifically were not paid enough and is seeking to increase pay if elected.

Murtagh’s first specific question was in reference to the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR).

She stated that the lack of an interview process to get on the board was unfair to students.

Next, she was asked about the student involvement in the

Students can vote on The Hub from Monday, March 12 at 7 a.m. until Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m.

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-gion and political science. Her vice presidential candidate is junior Charles Kennick. Both Boster and Kennick are both off-campus senators, and Boster is a former student trustee for the Board of Trustees.

Following opening statements, the candidates were asked four general questions with two minutes allotted for each to respond. Additionally, each candidate answered two questions specifically directed at their respective platforms.

The first general question of the night questioned what the candidates’ top priorities would be if elected to the student body government.

“I’ve been working with international students for the past two years,” said Murtagh. “I’ve realized that there’s such a divide that I think needs to be broken down.”

Gale is most concerned about sexual assault on campus.

“There are so many different factors that go into [sexual

assault],” said Gale. “I believe if we were to find a solution to that it would mean that we’d also have found a solution to so many underlying issues.”

Boster stuck to a more general approach.

“As I think about what the top priority is for my administration, I simply want to make things better so that every student that says ‘I am Miami’ — which is anyone that walks onto this campus as a student — that they have the same opportunities that I have,” said Boster. “And [they] love Miami as much as I do.”

The second general question of the night was about sexual assault on campus. The candidates debated both how to prevent cases from happening and how to deal with instances of assault.

The third general question was focused on dining. The candidates debated the system of buffet swipes, declining

Oxford Chamber of Commerce. She stated that she wanted a heightened sense of student involvement in Oxford.

The debate ended with the candidates giving their closing remarks, each reiterating their platforms and voicing their ambitions if elected.

All Miami students will be able to vote in the race through the Hub. The polls open on Monday, March 12 at 7 a.m. and close on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. tilbear@miamioh.edu

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Events to catch this week for Miami’s celebration of Diversity Week

I Am Diversity

Diversity Keynote

‘The Mountaintop’

We Are Diversity

Armstrong Student Center Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Taylor Auditorium Friday, 9 p.m.

Hall Auditorium Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

McGuffey 322 Friday, 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Celebrate Diversity Affairs Week by creating a visual representation of a significant moment in your life for the “We are Diversity” art display on Friday. Members of Miami’s Diversity Affairs Council will be there to pass out free coffee and stickers. Take this time to reflect on what diversity means to you in preparation for the week of activities and performances.

Scholar, leader, educator and twotime Miami alum Damon A. Williams will be sharing his passion for making organizations inclusive, creating equitable educational outcomes and activating learning. His Ted-Talk like keynote presentation aims to engage people in a conversation about the most cutting-edge ideas regarding diversity, equity and inclusion leadership.

In a play rife with humor and political jabs, the LA Theatre Works is back to perform “The Mountaintop.”

Playwright Katori Hall imagines interactions between Martin Luther King Jr. and an unkown hotel maid. This year marks the 50th anniversary of King’s death. The show reveals his hopes and fears while bridging the gap between mortality and immortality.

Join the Diversity Affairs Council to celebrate the conclusion of Diversity Week with crafts, an art exhibit and music, featuring a funk-filled performance by The Wrong Crowd. If the arts and crafts and free tunes weren’t enough to come out, the event will also be catered by Chipotle and Insomnia Cookies.

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Tammy Kernodle a ‘national treasure,’ mentor and friend PROFILE

LYNN OCHAROENCHAI THE MIAMI STUDENT

As a little girl, she wanted to be a cowboy. If not a cowboy, Tammy Kernodle wanted to become a teacher. In an old photo, a young Kernodle stands in front of an aluminum Christmas tree with her younger brother and her present, a chalkboard twice her size.

Now a professor of musicology at Miami, Kernodle has also recently been elected President of the Society of American Music (SAM), a non-profit scholarly organization dedicated to musicology in the Americas.

“It has surpassed any of the dreams I’ve ever had,” she said.

The 48-year-old was raised around music, whether it was her father singing or records playing.

She still vividly recalls childhood memories of her mornings in rural Virginia.

“Radio and fine bacon.”

Kernodle remembers listening to The Carpenters and Stevie Wonder during breakfast as a child. Her grandmother played the piano, and so when she was three, her parents made her do the same.

“I did not want to play piano,” Kernodle said, “because my grandmother wasn’t very nice.”

Today, she holds a bachelor’s degree in choral music education and piano from Virginia State University, as well as a master’s and doctorate in music history from

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Ohio State University.

There to witness Kernodle receive her Ph.D in 1997 were five generations of “strong, fierce, black women” including her great-grandmother, a descendant of former slaves, she said.

In the same way these women — as well as African-American ab-

PROPOSED REGIONAL TUITION WILL CUT COSTS FOR STUDENTS

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The Miami University Board of Trustees has approved the extension of Miami’s Tuition Promise to the Hamilton and Middletown campuses — a move that will reportedly save students almost 8 percent on their tuition costs.

For students pursuing fouryear degrees at the regional campuses, the proposal would guarantee a tuition cost of $2,490 per semester for the fall 2018 entering class.

That rate would amount to a savings of $1,952.67 over four years for Ohio residents, or 7.7 percent less than the current tuition cost, said Cathy Bishop-Clark, interim associate provost and dean of the regional campuses.

The tuition promise was implemented at the Oxford campus in the fall of 2016. This measure guarantees incoming students that the cost of their education at Miami will be frozen for four years at the price they paid when they entered the university.

The cost includes tuition, room and board, special purpose fees and course fees.

The regional campuses currently offer a two-tiered tuition rate in which students pay one price for the first two years and an increased rate the final two years.

According to Bishop-Clark, as more students have sought fouryear degrees, it was increasingly difficult for them to plan for the full cost of their education. Now they will have access to their total cost before they start classes. “[The proposal] would guarantee the tuition cost of a fouryear degree at $23,520 for the fall 2018 entering class,” she said.

Universities in Ohio have only been permitted to establish undergraduate tuition guarantee

programs within the past several years. The Tuition Promise in Oxford was proposed soon after it was allowed by law.

Ohio tuition guarantees only apply to colleges with four-year programs, which influenced the decision to first implement Miami’s Tuition Promise at the Oxford campus.

Miami’s Hamilton and Middletown campuses have increased their number of four-year programs in recent years, now offering bachelor’s degrees in 19 programs.

“Ninety percent of students at the regionals are enrolled in bachelor’s degrees, so there is no reason to wait,” said university spokesperson Claire Wagner, regarding implementing the tuition promise at the regional campuses.

The new ability to plan for the total cost of their four-year education may have more of an impact on students and their families than simply decreasing the total price that they pay, Bishop-Clark said. The security of a fixed tuition rate could provide students with more motivation to finish their degrees on time.

“We anticipate the certainty of cost and reduced tuition will enable more regional students to successfully complete their bachelor’s degrees,” Bishop-Clark said. “We also believe it will result in higher retention rates over time.”

Student government leaders at the regional campuses are supportive of the proposed guaranteed tuition rate, both because of the lowered cost and the opportunities for increased success at Miami, said Monica Schwab, president of student government at the Hamilton campus.

“We believe that this tuition guarantee is a phenomenal idea,” Schwab said. “Not only could this be a selling point for the university, but it also gives students the comfort of knowing that their tuition cannot go up during their time as a student at Miami regionals.”

The measure is pending approval from the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education. If approved, the plan will go into effect beginning the 20182019 academic year. froudeec@miamioh.edu

olitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman — are her inspirations, Kernodle has been an inspiration for countless students.

Carly Jones first met Kernodle as a high school student while visiting Miami for her mother’s reunion. She recently called Kernodle to inform her that she is

now music director at the North Carolina Arts Council.

“I couldn’t have done this without you,” Jones told her former professor on the phone.

The double-degree graduate in Vocal Performance and Black Music History attended all of Kernodle’s courses during her time at

Miami, along with many students outside the music major.

“She truly is a national treasure. She’s just this wealth of knowledge,” Jones said.

To her, Kernodle was more than just a mentor. The professor, author and performer supported her through doubts of pursuing music, and also drove her from Ohio all the way to Atlanta to an ethno-music conference where Jones saw her first live opera performance.

Today, Jones is a professional opera singer.

“Dr. Kernodle doesn’t have any children, but to me, she has a lot of children,” Jones laughed, “Because I’m not the only one that she’s inspired.”

Here at Miami, Kernodle views herself as providing “mirrors for people.” Back in the 80’s, she wouldn’t have had opportunities like black students have today.

“When I went to that [historically] black college, I saw black woman professors. I saw black me.

I saw what I could be,” Kernodle said. “I know that when black individuals walk into the classroom and see me, they’re seeing something different.”

With her new role in SAM, Kernodle hopes to bring more cultural inclusivity into the organization, as well as work on her upcoming book on black female musicians, civil rights and protest music. ocharon@miamioh.edu

ASG supports student agriculture organization ASG

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

Behind Miami University’s Marcum Center are two greenhouses. Both look old and worn down. Grimy windows are covered with declarations of love and graffiti written in sloppy handwriting. Behind locked doors are empty flower trays — the metal crates which used to hold green foliage are now home to spider webs and excess tools left behind.

In the weeks ahead, one of these buildings is scheduled to be destroyed. The other was saved by a push from ASG and a handful of student farmers.

At the end of last semester, Kyle Chance, director of the Miami Farm Market (MFM) organization, began an initiative to grow local produce for students.

The resolution remaining greenhouse will be used by MFM in a joint effort with the Institute for Food to produce vegetables for students to purchase, which they hope to start in the upcoming weeks “If everything goes according to plan, our initiative will be cut greens: lettuces, spinach, etc.,” said Chance. “When we harvest it, we will then bring it to campus to sell.”

Since there are a limited amount of resources, Chance said the organization plans to operate on a Community Supported Agirculture model, selling produce on a subscription based process. There will be a list of students who have selected what share of vegetables they want, and there will be a specific location for them to pick up their share once it has been harvested.

“In our mind, this the most convenient way that we can provide fresh greens right now,” said Lucas Elfreich, ASG vice presi-

dent and member of MFM. “We don’t have the logistics to deliver, so this is the next best thing. In all honesty, we want to make this an institutionalized thing so other students later can pick it up and run with it.”

Since last semester, the group has been tabling in the Armstrong Student Center.

“We are relying on word of mouth,” said Elfreich. “We have set up flyers, and we got a lot of hits at our table. But for right now, word of mouth has been getting us by.”

Advised by Peggy Shaffer, co-director for the Institute for Food, Chance sent a letter to President Gregory Crawford, asking for greenhouse space from March 5 to May 11.

While the greenhouses have previously been used as a staging area to landscape campus, Chance proposed they would be put to better use as a component of a student initiative to grow local food.

Chance and Elfreich, along with other students involved, met in ASG on the sustainability committee and have been working on the project for over a year.

“It is just a group of us students using it for a couple of weeks,” said Chance. “We are not really using their resources but just using the space to grow local food.”

Last semester, they ran a produce market at Armstrong once a week, where they would sell fresh produce, harvested the day before by the Institute for Food.

“While we have been lucky enough to be supported by student government, this is still a 100 percent grassroots students movement,” said Chance. “We just want to bring fresh, local, organic food right to the students where some students don’t really have too many options.” mintona2@miamioh.edu

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A chilling wind whips two solid red flags across the faces of the marchers. Adorned in rainbow flags, anti-hate t-shirts and stern faces, Tristin Leavitt and his allies band together in the annual Unity March.

The line of chanting students extends down the entire block from Armstrong to the corner of Spring and Patterson. Each protester was armed with a homemade sign or t-shirt declaring war on the injustices they face. Tristin represents his LGBTQ community with a pink, blue and yellow flag draped across the back of his paint splattered leather jacket.

“It started with me just seeing all the shit that

was happening and feeling the need to so something to help to change it,” Tristin said. “But once I realized that I was queer it became personal, so that just added more to the fire.”

Tristan goes on to say that “queer” is an umbrella term that can encompass anybody within the LGBT spectrum.

“Personally, I identify as pansexual, but a lot of people don’t know what that means so I just use the term queer and people can assume that I’m something other that heterosexual,” Tristin said.

With all of the social pressures of high school, heteronormativity and the masculinity complex that he was faced with, Tristan felt pressured throughout his youth to be a hyper-masculine straight guy even though he wasn’t.

“And, after a lot of introspecting, looking around myself, sort of finding out what I actually

feel, I was able to overcome that and realize that’s not actually me,” Tristin said.

Now, he sports a high, dyed-pink bun, nose and ear piercings and a thick ginger beard that hangs off his chin.

“It wasn’t until I got to college and met some awesome friends who are also queer that I started to question whether I actually was what society conditioned me to be, or if I was just that way because society conditioned me to be that way,” Tristin said.

Over time Tristin has grown more comfortable with his sexuality and with the support of his friends and the LGBTQ community. It was a journey, but he has now found his place and is grateful to be a part of such a vibrant circle of people. brueckro@miamioh.edu

Making art more visible with a weekend of thoughtful theatre THEATRE

MADELINE MITCHELL THE MIAMI STUDENT

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, L.A. Theatre Works is bringing Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” to Miami for the Performing Arts Series. This performance is a part of Miami’s global initiative to generate dialogue on diversity and inclusion on campus.

Recipient of the Olivier Award for Best New Play, “The Mountaintop” is a fictional two-person play focusing on what life was like for King on the eve of his assassination. The play takes the audience on an emotional journey, and, as L.A. Theatre Works executive director Susan Loewenberg said, it “is leavened with great humor and a real sense of humanity.”

“The abiding principle,” said Loewenberg, referring to L.A. Theatre Works’ mission, “has been using theatre in a variety of ways to contribute to making people’s lives richer and helping people become more informed and engaged because good theatre makes you think. It challenges you. It sometimes breaks your heart, makes you smile; it is a compelling art form.”

The Performing Arts Series at Miami shares the basic ideals of this mission with its own mission, which is to change lives through the performing arts. executive director Patti Liberatore has brought in L.A. Theatre Works in the past, and is continually impressed with their work.

“We know we’re gonna get good theatre,” Liberatore said. “They also frequently pick titles to tour that are very meaty, issue-driven theatre pieces. It’s great for us to have that opportunity to bring them here and have something onstage that addresses a topic that is important from an educational perspective.”

As compelling an art form as theatre may be, De-

“Frankly, the arts are not that visible on this campus.

The arts can contribute to these conversations in ways that are unique.” partment of Theatre chair Julia Guichard noted that here at Miami, it is hard to get people to come to events like these.

“Frankly, the arts are not that visible on this campus,” said Guichard. “The arts can contribute to these conversations in ways that are unique.”

The Performing Arts Series and Miami’s Department of Theatre both work to carry out the vision set by President Crawford, which includes a pillar of diversity and inclusion. Miami’s Diversity Inclusion Statement, headed by President Crawford, can be found at our website, miamistudent.net.

“Often efforts the university is making don’t get talked about,” said Guichard. “I understand, because when there is a problem, we need to address it. [The Diversity Inclusion Statement] is woven throughout everything on campus.”

One way that the Department of Theatre has been a part of this ongoing effort was to include “We Are Proud to Present…” in its production season, which happened to be scheduled for the same weekend as “The Mountaintop.” Due to this conflict, the “We Are Proud to Present…” Thursday show has been moved to a Saturday matinee and the cast, crew and production team will instead be going to support “The Mountaintop.”

Guichard said that, because of the overlapping themes of diversity and representation of people of col-

or onstage, the conjunction of the two performances in one weekend will help to shine a light on these perspectives, and hopefully the conversation on diversity and inclusion will be carried into classrooms.

“This is an efficient way to learn about a piece of history,” said Liberatore. “And it is entertaining to learn it that way. It will inevitably make you think about issues or see the world differently.”

“We Are Proud to Present…” director Torie Wiggins is a professional actor who actually played the role of Camae in “The Mountaintop” at Cincinnati’s Ensemble Theatre in 2014. Wiggins said that “The Mountaintop” is one of her favorite plays and that the first time she read it she was moved to tears.

“With such iconic events in history you can’t help but wonder, ‘what did it feel like?’” Wiggins said. “It was just so moving, and the way this particular playwright fantasizes what happened is surreal.”

Guichard hopes that the weekend will leave audience members with two important questions: “Do you see yourself represented on this campus?” and “Is there programming on campus that shows me my voice is important?”

“The Mountaintop” is currently on a national tour, and will play in over 40 cities, big and small.

“For us that’s really what matters,” said Loewenberg. “We’re bringing it to places that might not ordinarily see the play. Going around the United States with this play has been a gratifying experience, and watching people watch the play and their response to it is just extraordinary. That’s why we do it.”

L.A. Theatre Works’ production of “The Mountaintop” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on March 8 at Hall Auditorium. mitche49@miamioh.edu

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Shinnenkai festival takes students on a tour of Japan STUDENT LIFE

DUARD HEADLEY

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Decked in paper ribbons and filled with people in ornate robes of pink and gold, the Shriver Center Heritage Room was unrecognizably festive last Saturday. It played host to a celebration called Shinnenkai, which roughly translates to New Year’s Party. The event was a collaboration by Miami’s Japanese Culture and Language Club, Taiko Drumming Club and Anime Club.

Booths adorned with delicate calligraphy and vibrant trifolds each boasted a different attraction, from origami to dress-up stations where visitors could try on traditional Japanese clothing.

Attendees were given a “passport” as they entered, which served as both a guide to the various stations scattered around the room, as well as a checklist that, when filled out, entitled the holder to access the buffet at the back of the room.

“The food was awesome,” said freshman Tristan Campbell, referencing dishes like curried vegetables, potstickers and spring rolls. “I liked seeing how they cooked real, Asian inspired food, and it tasted really good.”

Starting in one corner of the room, I wound my way through the event, taking in everything Shinnenkai had to offer.

At the holidays booth, I learned about Valentine’s Day in Japan, which is actually split into two separate days, one for girls to give gifts to boys and one for boys to return the favor. Additionally, I discov-

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ered that Japanese people give two kinds of chocolate to one another — one kind to coworkers and acquaintances and one kind for true loved ones.

At the arts and crafts station I watched as the station attendant expertly folded the colorful paper into graceful cranes and rotund frogs. Bending and twisting the paper myself, I clumsily mimicked the instructor, giving rise to a crumpled crane that I was proud of

all the same.

In the booths that followed, Taiko drummers encouraged passersby to try the instruments for themselves, and club members swept graceful calligraphy characters onto the stiff white canvas. The various stations painted a rich picture of Japanese culture.

“This is our biggest event of the year,” said JCLC president Danielle Rymers. “We plan for months, and we’re really happy with the turnout

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this year.”

Danielle said that most years, the JCLC hosts this event by itself, but this year, it wanted to reach out to other Japanese based organizations on campus to make the event as complete as possible.

Sprinkled throughout the event were various live performances.

The first to take the stage were JCLC’s faculty advisor and Danielle herself, as they acted out a complex and somber tea ceremony. Follow-

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

The fun the cast of “Bend, Tear, and Spindle” had in staging its performance was contagious as their obvious joy spread throughout Wilks Theatre on opening night.

“Bend, Tear, and Spindle” is a light-hearted play set in the 1970s about an older couple who agree to take in a foster child and, through a problem with the agency’s computer system, end up with seven more children than they bargained for.

The show was a charming diversion from Stage Left’s typical productions.

The organization is known for its well-produced shows with adult subject matter, which director Cami Kowalski acknowledges.

Though the show’s plot was simple and its comedy seemed a little childish, it was clear that the audience enjoyed it. There is no doubt that “Bend, Tear, and Spindle” is an entertaining show already, and it was made even more amusing as the audience watched fully grown college students pretend to be foster children.

CJ Wing was especially funny playing Dusty Porter, as he rushed around the set and draped himself over the furniture.The cast’s campy, physical

comedy ensured a delightful time for the audience, and performers and audience were matched in enthusiasm.

The cast was adept in putting their own unique spin on the material. Gina Moravec (Jane Doe) and Hayden Verdin (Walter Sheele) were heartwarming in their one-on-one scenes and Micki Smolenski (Aunt Addie) was a joy to watch as she bounded across the stage singing the praises of numerology. Mackenzie Mettey and Anna Page were excellent playing the talented Laker twins as they spoke their lines in creepy unison.

The apparent familiarity between the actors made it clear they had bonded over many rehearsals, which added to their performance as one very large family.

The crew also added its own subtle and endearing stamp on the production. The costuming was winsome with its turtlenecks, overalls and suede, which helped fix the play in the 70s, along with the amusing pop culture references. Sound equipment occasionally hindered the performance of the actors, but all recovered well.

The audience had come to spend an evening laughing, and Stage Left’s performance of “Bend, Tear, and Spindle” definitely delivered. glynnee@miamioh.edu

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ing them was the Taiko club, who enthusiastically pounded away at their drums in perfect synchronicity.

The event displayed a rich tapestry of Japanese culture, offering an incredibly wide variety of activities and events to enrapture visitors and bringing a touch of foreign splendor to Oxford.

It was Emily Myers’ third day working at the Hueston Woods Lodge and Conference Center, her first day working without another employee and her busiest day by far.

In addition to the lodge guests, couples and families filled the lodge for its 52nd annual Maple Syrup Festival. Emily had met people who had driven all the way from Cincinnati.

During the week, Emily is a firstyear student at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., studying speech, hearing and language sciences. But every weekend, she makes the two-and-a-half-hour drive from campus to her home just outside of College Corner, Ohio, to work at the lodge on Saturdays.

She sat by herself at a table near the entrance of the lodge.

An assortment of maple-related goodies were spread out on the table in front of her. A gallon-sized bottle of maple syrup for $69. A pint-sized bottle for the newer maple syrup connoisseurs for $17. A small bag of maple drop candies for $4. Maple dog bones for $1.25.

A couple walked up to the table.

“Hey guys!” Emily said. She greeted everyone this way — her chipper tone and wide grin had been going strong since the festival started at 8 a.m.

They picked up the various items on the table to get a closer look.

“How much is this?” the man asked, holding up a bottle of maple barbecue sauce.

“Seven dollars,” Emily answered.

“What’s this?” the woman asked, examining a bottle of maple balsamic dressing.

“I think you can put it on salads,” Emily offered. They looked at each other in confusion, skeptical about the prospect of a maple-flavored salad dressing.

“I’m not so sure about that,” the woman said.

“Well how much is it?” the man asked.

“That’ll be seven dollars too,” Emily answered, referencing her inventory sheet.

The couple gave each other a look — a mutual agreement that it wasn’t worth it.

“You should have samples or something,” the man said.

The woman scanned the table, and picked up a glass maple-leafshaped bottle of syrup.

“This would make a great gift!” she gushed.

“Oh yeah, that’s nice,” her husband agreed. “How much are those?

Seven dollars too?”

Emily laughed.

“No, those are actually 20 dollars,” she said.

The couple decided on a bottle of the maple barbecue sauce. Emily made a tally mark on her inventory sheet.

“Would you like a bag for that?”

Emily asked.

“Sure, anything I can get for free,” the man said with a chuckle.

“Have a good day, you guys!” she said as they walked off.

Turns out the man and woman weren’t the only people unsure about the maple salad dressing. Only two people had ventured to buy a bottle in the four hours the festival had been going on.

“I’m more of a ranch person myself,” Emily admitted with a shrug. fentermc@miamioh.edu

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‘Red Sparrow’ is a revolting, pointless show of human cruelty SAM KEELING

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“Red Sparrow,” the latest Jennifer Lawrence vehicle, is an espionage thriller with a bland plot and very little in the way of thrills.

It’s a film with a lot of production value that merely puts a glossy sheen over a story so trashy it ranks with gorefests like “Hostel” and other smut. It’s mindless and limitlessly cynical, its only saving grace that, eventually, it ends — though it makes us wait an excruciating 140 minutes for the sweet release of credits.

Lawrence plays Dominika Egorova, a star Russian ballerina whose career is ruined after breaking her leg during a performance. Unable to pay for her apartment or care for her ailing mother, Dominika turns to her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts), an intelligence officer. Vanya sends Dominika to a special military school, where she’s trained in the art of seduction and manipulation, into an intelligence-gathering sex spy, or a Sparrow. Her first mission is to obtain the name of a Russian mole from his CIA contact, Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton).

Although the endless betrayals and conspiracies add an air of complexity to the plot, it’s a thin facade which crumbles under close inspection — or any inspection, for that matter. The concept has been proven narratively and thematically bountiful by other forms of media, such as FX’s excellent series “The Americans.” Here, though, it’s completely

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hollow — a playground for writers’ twisted ideas rather than a place to convey a resonant message.

Speaking of those twisted ideas, boy, are there a bunch of them. “Red Sparrow” is unflinchingly brutal. The characters are like punching bags, mere objects meant to have various cruelties enacted upon them.

Throughout the film, people are raped, sexually coerced and assaulted, brutally murdered,

beaten with a cane, hit by a car and sadistically tortured. The camera captures it all with a disgusting callousness and coldness. The only significance of these acts is to demonstrate the idea of, “jeez, don’t these people do bad things?” It is gratuitous and trite, and adds disturbing exploitation in film without any new insight.

Dominika may be a ballerina, but this movie lacks grace. If torture porn and rape fanta-

The biggest Oscar wins, ranked by level of disappointment JACK RYAN

CULTURE EDITOR

As anyone who watched the 90th Academy Awards this past Sunday can tell you, I take awards shows way too seriously. For me, the Oscars is like watching my favorite team in the World Series 24 times, and every other nominee is the Yankees. This is what was going through my head for some of last night’s biggest awards.

I’ll Take It Guillermo del Toro winning Best Director Guillermo del Toro is a phenomenal director, using his incredible imagination and meticulous skill as a filmmaker to make unique worlds and monsters for his audience. I’m especially happy that he can finally share this superlative with his good friends Alejandro G. Iñarritu and Alfonso Cuarón (who have swept this award for four of the last five years). That being said, I really feel that this award should’ve gone to Christopher Nolan for the absolute visual and aural insanity of “Dunkirk.” The guy managed three equally incredible feats for this film — bringing out actual WWII-era planes and ships for his movie, shooting the whole thing in 70mm film and making a epic war film under two hours long.

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True Ambivalence “The Shape of Water” winning best Picture Again, Guillermo is a hard working guy and a wonderful story-teller, Sally Hawkins and this fish-dude steal the show and this movie is pretty amazing technically speaking. It’s definitely one of the most out-there Best Picture winners ever, adding needed diversity to the homogenous crop of drama films.

That being said, I have a feeling that we’re going to come back to this group of nominees in future years and wonder what stopped “Call Me by Your Name” or “Get Out” from taking home the cake. At that time, we’ll sigh collectively before someone reminds us: At least it wasn’t “Three Billboards.”

Kinda Frustrating Alexandre Desplat winning Best Original Score Alright, if this seems like a niche annoyance, stop reading this article right now, go find Jonny Greenwood’s score for “Phantom Thread” on Spotify and listen to any of the songs — particularly “House of Woodcock,” “Alma” or “The Hem.” You’ll come back equally pissed off as me that this man has only been nominated for a single Oscar over his exemplary career and that he lost to Alexendre Desplat for “The Shape of Water”.”

Entirely Hypocritical Gary Oldman winning Best Actor Regardless of the quality of Oldman’s performance as Churchill, this was the wrong choice. Given Oldman’s

background of domestic abuse, this win served as a major step backwardsfor the progress of the ‘Times Up’ and #MeToo movements, and shows the complacency that continues to rest in the minds — or at least the ballots — of the male-majority Academy. This is particularly inexcusable when there are such solid alternatives in this list — Timotheé Chalamet winning for his heartbreaking break-out in “Call Me

By Your Name,” Daniel Kaluuya and his mesmerizing performance in “Get Out,” or even the perfect send-off for recently re-retired Daniel Day-Lewis.

Absolute Bullshit “Coco” winning Best Original Song We may never have the opportunity to say “Oscar-winning musician Sufjan Stevens” again. How dare you, AMPAS? Choosing to enable Disney/ Pixar’s iron vise grip on this category (with their 16th all time win) rather than giving the new guy a shot — or even giving the most moving musical moment of 2017, “Visions of Gideon” a shot to compete? I was praying that John Williams would pull a Kanye, storm on stage and say what we were all thinking: Sufjan had one of the best nominated songs of all time.

Tragedy to Mankind “The Boss Baby” losing Best Animated Feature This is the children’s movie equivalent of “Crash” beating “Brokeback Mountain.” ryanjw@miamioh.edu

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Inspiration and support at the Oscars ALISON PERELMAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Absolutely No Disappointment Jordan Peele winning Best Original Screenplay; Roger Deakins winning Best Cinematography; All the Acting Oscars except Best Actor; Most of the Craft Awards The Oscars were a pretty straightforward affair this year, with most of the craft awards going to tech-heavy movies like “Dunkirk” and “Blade Runner 2049,” the acting awards going to the deserving frontrunners (thank God for Frances McDormand) and, for the most part, a lack of surprises. However, two major wins came as a bit of a shock, for their own respective reasons. First was Jordan Peele’s big writing win, topping the expected win of Martin McDonagh and cementing “Get Out’s” place in the cultural pantheon for good. Next was Roger Deakins’ enormous win for Best Cinematography. Deakins was in the front of the pack for most of this race, but given the fact that he’s been nominated 13 times (even twice in one year) and lost every single time until now, it makes sense that this was a very welcome surprise.

sies count as high art, then “Red Sparrow” is a veritable “Citizen Kane.” Director Francis Lawrence brought more nuance and subtlety to his “Hunger Games” adaptations. To think that those could be the greatest heights of his artistic expression should tell you all you need to know about “Red Sparrow.”

The film operates under the basis that the Cold War never really ended, and its politics play out that way. There are certain hints of that age-old Red Scare philosophy — Russians are pure evil, Americans are rays of sunshine — but the characters are so bland and nondescript that even this hackneyed idea goes nowhere. Yet again, the film tackles the same subjects and ideas as “The Americans” and fails to bring anything significant to the table. If anything, I should thank “Red Sparrow” for reminding me that I need to finish that series.

You could certainly find reasons to watch “Red Sparrow.” For example, you might want to see a character have his skin peeled off layer by layer. You could be searching for a film that portrays human suffering in the most visceral and brutal sense, full of cynicism and lacking in purpose. Maybe you just want proof that Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t do a great Russian accent. If any of this sounds interesting, then “Red Sparrow” has just what you’re looking for.

The Academy Awards are about winning, or so some say. They are about honoring those who have worked hard to get there. They are about celebrating movies. But more importantly, the Academy Awards are about celebrating and inspiring others.

In line with my reflection on last year’s awards, we shouldn’t let any upsets — whether popular snubs or personal disappointments — break us. Because those who lost certainly don’t, and those who won, whether I was rooting for them or not, made it worthy in their acceptance speeches.

Because Sam Rockwell said he has always been inspired by his fellow nominees and talked about his parents’ passeddown love for movies. And who could deny his wife’s pure elation for him?

Because Octavia Spencer didn’t stop smiling all night.

Because Allison Janney did it all by herself, but still made sure to mention that her fellow nominees “represent everything that is good and right and human about this profession.” Her speech may have been standard otherwise, but it was genuine.

Because while Jordan Peele wasn’t my first pick to win for the Best Original Screenplay category with some of my favorite films, he got the recognition deserved for his determined and creative mind. He reminded every aspiring writer that it takes a lot of drafts and thoughts of quitting, but your film can get made.

Because while Timothée Chalamet should have won (or Daniel Kaluuya, if he was your favorite), Gary Oldman touched us when he tearfully thanked his “99-year-young” mother, ending his speech with “put the kettle on — I’m

bringing Oscar home.”

Because while our Entertainment editor will need a year to recover from Greta Gerwig and “Lady Bird’s” complete absence from the winner’s list, Gerwig was a champion — proudly smiling throughout the show, receiving a “congratulations” from co-presenter Laura Dern on stage, being the only name mentioned by Emma Stone for the Best Director nominees and leaping out of her seat when Guillermo del Toro won over her. Gerwig’s enthusiasm is the kind we should all be able to show for our peers’ success, even when it means losing what would have been a deserved and historic feat.

Because del Toro should be an inspiration to everyone — especially those in film, but not just them — for the passion he has for his work. Because he is truly grateful for the opportunities he’s had and his accomplishments. And because he urged young creatives to kick open the door of the film industry and come in.

Because, while I would have been happy with almost any of the nominated women winning, Frances McDormand proved her worth with her change in tone from slightly hysterical to deadpan serious in the first line of her Best Actress speech. Because she honored every female nominee in the theater that night by having them stand with her and reminded the world that they are a force to be financed (earning herself a place next to Viola Davis for best acceptance speeches).

Because the Academy Awards, especially this year, weren’t necessarily about the individual winners. They were about the impassioned support for women, for diversity and for the entire film industry. perelmak@miamioh.edu

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Women’s empowerment and progress celebrated at the Oscars ROSS TAGUE

THE MIAMI STUDENT

As the lights went down on the 90th Academy Awards this past Sunday evening, one thing was certain: Women in Hollywood mean business.

Following January’s Golden Globes, at which attendees wore black in honor of the Time’s Up movement, the topic of sexual harassment was expected to be prevalent at Sunday’s Oscars, though not quite as dominant as they were at the Globes. Both the Academy and ABC, which aired the ceremony, had previously stated that they hoped to address the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements during the program without them overshadowing the night.

The movements were, however, given their own video segment during the ceremony, presented by Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra and Salma Hayek.

The video honored those that Hayek called “trailblazers” for women and diverse people in the film industry over the past year, including #MeToo activist and actress Mira Sorvino, “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig and “The Big Sick” co-writer and actor Kumail Nanjiani.

The three presenters shared their own powerful words when introducing the video.

“Many spoke their truth and the journey ahead is long, but slowly a new path has emerged,” Sciorra said, referring to those who have spoken out against sexual harassment as advocates of the Times Up and #MeToo movements, as well as those who have come forward with their own stories.

The ceremony was a “night for positivity,” as host Jimmy Kimmel said in his opening monologue. The evening saw women coming together and celebrating the achievements made in the past year toward equality.

“The changes we are witnessing are being driven by the powerful sound of new voices, of different voices, of our voices,

joining together in a mighty chorus that is finally saying, ‘time’s up,’” Judd said while introducing the video. She went on to say, “And we work together to make sure the next 90 years empower these limitless possibilities of equality, diversity, inclusion, intersectionality. That’s what this year has promised us.”

Looking forward as Judd did, others acknowledged the progress that has yet to be made both within and outside the film industry. Emma Stone brought attention to the issue of gender representation by announcing the Best Director nominees as “four men and Greta Gerwig,” and Kimmel

highlighted the problem of sexual harassment in his opening monologue.

“We need to set an example,” Kimmel said, “and if we can work together here to stop sexual harassment in the workplace, women will only have to deal with harassment all the time, at every other place they go.” It was a comedic statement that set the stage for the rest of the night, one that sought to enact positive change.

The evening was void of any fiery speeches or calls to action that we’ve come to expect from award shows, although the secondto-last award came close, with wom-

en quite literally standing up for empowerment and recognition.

In her Best Actress acceptance speech for her performance in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Frances McDormand called for every female nominee of the night to stand with her in a gesture meant to bring attention to women in the entertainment industry.

The Oscar for Best Actress, typically presented by the previous year’s Best Actor, was instead presented by former Best Actress winners Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster. Last year’s winner for Best Actor, Casey Affleck, withdrew from presenting in January after sexual harassment accusations against him surfaced, which were settled out of court. It was a fitting replacement in line with the evening’s message.

McDormand ended her acceptance speech on an obscure note, speaking to the crowd in the theater, “I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentleman: inclusion rider.”

While the statement originally brought about confusion to viewers, McDormand later explained in her backstage press briefing that an “inclusion rider” is a clause that actors can include in their contracts that requires cast and crew on a film to meet a certain level of diversity, thus ensuring gender and racial equality in the film. McDormand’s final two words, it seems, were a reminder to the stars in the room that they have the power to help bring a stronger diverse presence to Hollywood.

The ceremony was a moment for women of the film industry to sit back and take pride in their victories toward equality thus far, but the less-than-equal number of women who took home awards serves as an important reminder that there is still a long way to go. taguera@miamioh.edu

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Shows you need to start watching (so they can get renewed for another season) HALEY MILLER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

One of the few drawbacks of living during peak TV is facing the harsh reality that with so many great shows, many will also be cancelled. With that spirit in mind, here is my impassioned plea for you to watch five shows so they don’t meet that fate. Hopefully, you watch them because I convince you that they’re all wonderful comedies which deserve loyal and enthusiastic fandoms.

Then, once viewership spikes due to the massive popularity of this list, I will get to see another season of many of my favorite shows: “Brooklyn Nine Nine” What, you think you’re better than a bunch of teenage Olympians? This lovable cop comedy from the creators of “Parks and Rec” centers around Brooklyn’s 99th precinct and the detectives who work there. Spoiler alert: shenanigans ensue! Featuring countless hilarious actors such as Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher and Chelsea Peretti,“Brooklyn Nine Nine” is the rare network comedy that is smart, funny without resorting to stereotypes about women and minorities, and endlessly quotable. Its chanc-

es of being renewed for a sixth season aren’t great, but maybe with your help, we’ll get to see Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago’s honeymoon.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” This show is perfect for any woman who’s ever thought that media sends us mixed signals about femininity, gender roles, love, romance and self-confidence. Have you ever had that thought?

Oh, only every day of your adolescence when you watched at least three romantic comedies a week because you didn’t know how to navigate relationships?

Cool. With at least two original music videos in each episode, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” undermines all of our misconceptions and tropes about love through searing parodies of country music, empowerment pop and sexy getting ready songs. If you’re still on the fence about whether it’s worth a watch, I implore you to watch “You Stupid B*tch” and tell me that the lyrics were not lifted straight from your own inner monologue.

“Great News” Looking to fill that “30 Rock”-shaped hole in your heart? “Great News” may just do the trick. The show follows Ka-

tie Wendelson and her mother, Carol (Andrea Martin) as they attempt to work alongside each other at fictional cable news network MMN. Created

by Tracey Wigfield, who wrote for “30 Rock” and “The Mindy Project,” “Great News” has one-liners to spare and also features a surprisingly hilarious Nicole Richie playing an Instagram-influencer-turned-news-anchor. While other NBC comedies (ahem, “The Good Place”) may have loftier conceits and curry more favor with critics, “Great News” has heart — a weird and often gross, little heart, but a heart nonetheless.

“Lovesick” Formerly titled “Scrotal Recall,” “Lovesick” is a Netflix original series that begins with protagonist Dylan testing positive for chlamydia, then setting out on an excruciating journey to notify all of his exes about it. Over the course of three seasons, we see the unfurling of Dylan’s romantic past. Along with the company of his endlessly likable and very British friends, including “The Crown’s” Daniel Ings, “The Good Doctor’s” Antonia Thomas, Dylan and the gang discuss relationships old and new, all set to an appealing Alt-J soundtrack.

Easily binge-able, with only 22 halfhour episodes, “Lovesick” is a refreshing, English treat to place on your watchlist.

“Search Party” Mystery meets millennials in this TBS whodunit about the disappearance of Chantal Witherbottom, and the four former classmates who set out to find her, and turn their lives upside down in the process. Season one is a wild ride, constantly shifting between a noir and comedy that would put “Girls” to shame, while still managing to pull off a shocking finale twist. Don’t worry — no spoilers, except that season two keeps the momentum going, and has just as many surprises in store. Watch “Search Party” on TBS so we get to see more of John Early, Alia Shawkat, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds and the rest of the incredibly talented cast. Seriously, watch it; season two also ends in a big twist, and if you guys don’t watch it, the writers won’t write season three and I get no resolution. millerhh@miamioh.edu

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which Kennick thinks will make the demonstration more accessible and relevant.

However, the national walkout is set to occur at 10 a.m., a time when most Miami students are either between classes or have yet started classes for the day.

“You would just be late,” Kennick said.

“There’s no dramatic stand up and walk out, which is what you want.”

College Democrats plan to hold a gathering during the walkout period, though where it will take place is not yet determined.

Miami has designated free speech areas on campus, including the sidewalk outside the Shriver Center and the Phi Delt gates near Uptown. However, Kennick imagines the assembly transpiring by the Seal, a place at the heart of the university where many people can bear witness and get the full effect of what these students hope to accomplish.

“There needs to be an overall understanding that guns are very dangerous,” Kennick said. “It could happen here. It could happen anywhere.

And to change things, people need to see that we as students here stand in solidarity with students everywhere on issues that are important.”

Students from the Miami regional campuses are participating as well.

Sophomore Anna Thomas, who attends the Hamilton campus, recently made a trip to Oxford for a College Democrats meeting in hopes that the organization would endorse her plan to post signs around campus informing the student body that she is organizing a drive to attend the “March for Our Lives” gun-control rally in Washington D.C., on March 24.

Thomas is encouraging fellow students to join.

“I really do see a wave of change coming,” Thomas said. “If there was ever a group within society that is going to give the NRA [National Rifle Association] some serious pushback, it would be these youths. I think we could be on a turning point, and I think this march could be the beginning of that.”

Glenn Muschert, a Miami professor of sociology and social justice studies, has been studying school shootings for almost 20 years, beginning when he was a Ph.D. student in Colorado when tragedy struck at Columbine High School in 1999.

Muschert has seen strong advocacy for gun control in response to mass shootings before, but he has yet to see any significant changes in gun legislation, he said.

“There seemed to be a couple moments,” Muschert said. “Columbine seemed to be a moment. The Sandy Hook shootings in Connecticut seemed to be a moment. And it’s terrible, but it seems as if the issue of guns is so entrenched that I can’t really see it going anywhere.”

However, he still has some hope for change.

As an advisor for Miami’s chapter of Amnesty International, Muschert has seen the power of students advocating for social justice issues.

“I see the hundreds of students from all over the country, and that’s inspiring,” he said. “Social change does happen and it never seems to be the right time. I wouldn’t want to rule it out.

People expressing their ideas has value. They may not achieve their set purpose, but they may have some other effect.”

its single Title IX investigator, former Miami Residence Life director Gerald Olson.

By the end of this week, Vaughn expects the office will have conducted about 175 individual interviews. regarding this semester’s reports of hazing.

“Following the interviews, information is evaluated, and a determination made as to whether or not additional investigation is necessary or charges against an organization or individual are warranted,” Vaughn said.

Vaughn declined to disclose any details of specific hazing allegations while the investigations are ongoing.

The reports of hazing have come from anonymous, third-party sources, which has prohibited police from

pursuing investigations, said Oxford Police Chief John Jones.

Miami uses an online portal, EthicsPoint, which allows students and faculty to make anonymous reports of misconduct.

The reports made have been shared with police, Jones said, but without named complainants, the information was not detailed enough to pursue from a police standpoint.

Officers visited a few fraternities, Jones said, but police involvement with the suspensions is low right now.

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Miami advances to quarterfinals FROM PAGE 14

The two teams traded free throws for the final minute and a half, but Miami prevailed with a 68-55 win to advance to the MAC quarter-finals.

“I just think everyone contributed to the win,” Owens said.

Ringo’s 21 points were a gamehigh. Sibande finished with 13 points and a team-high nine rebounds. McLane posted 10 points and added a season-high four rejections.

Senior guard Mike Laster led the Bobcats with 16 points.

After dropping 21 points on Fri-

day, OU junior guard Jordan Dartis went out late in the first half with a leg injury. He didn’t return and was held scoreless in 11 minutes played.

Before Monday’s MU win, Ohio had won the last seven meetings in the “Battle of the Bricks.”

Miami will head to Cleveland to face the second-seeded Toledo Rockets (21-10, 13-5 MAC) on Thursday.

The Rockets will be well-rested after having a first-round bye. The game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. tip-off at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Quicken Loans Arena.

Baseball sweeps Rider in home series FROM PAGE 14

with neither team scoring until the ninth inning.

MU junior pitcher Zach Spears hurled six innings of two-hit, six-strikeout shutout baseball, but didn’t receive any run support.

The Broncs singled in a run in the top of the ninth inning to take a late 1-0 lead.

With the RedHawks down to their last out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, junior catch Hayden Senger smacked a ball into the right-center field gap that plated two runners and gave Miami a dramatic 2-1 walk-off win.

“Any time you get to run

around on the field at the last play of the game, it’s always fun,” Miami head coach Danny Hayden said. “I’m happy for Senger having a big night, but our pitchers did an awesome job keeping us in a baseball game today.”

Starting pitching reigned supreme once again in the series finale, as both teams were held scoreless until the fourth inning.

The RedHawks finally broke through in the bottom of the fourth, scoring five runs to take a 5-0 lead.

Miami added one more run for good measure on a sacrifice fly by senior shortstop Carlos Texidor in

the bottom of the eighth.

Junior reliever Jack Corbell wrapped up a 6-0 MU victory with a scoreless top half of the ninth.

Junior starter Bailey Martin (W, 1-1) earned the win after pitching six innings of shutout baseball.

“I’ll take the result today,” Hayden said. “Those guys’ at-bats were good and the pitching, all weekend, was fantastic.”

After the sweep, Miami’s won six straight games.

The RedHawks will travel to Dayton tomorrow for their first mid-week action of the season.

First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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After a series of back-and-forths and requests to table the discussion, Oxford’s city council moved to pass a resolution allowing a six-month pilot bikeshare program with SPIN — a San Franciso-based dockless bicycle sharing company.

Council voted unanimously to pass the

resolution at their last meeting on Feb. 20, but, several concerns were raised as council members debated the proposal.

City manager Doug Elliott requested to table the discussion after informing council that he had received an email from Miami University’s general counsel stating that “SPIN has no right to commercial access” on Miami’s property.

Members of Miami’s Associated Student Government (ASG), including student body

president Maggie Callahan, spoke on behalf of the pilot program which ASG helped to develop.

“There is no liability on the university’s end, but general counsel says we need to find a home [for this program] in the city,” Callahan said.

Council member Glenn Elerbe countered Elliott’s suggestions to table the issue by arguing that Miami students who try to solve problems are often presented with “a smile and an obstacle” from the university’s administration.

“If we table, we’ll provide you with another obstacle, and I don’t want to do that,” Elerbe said.

Kyle Rowe, SPIN’s liason for the Oxford pilot program, explained that the bikes are tracked via GPS. The program would be open to all Oxford residents including, but not limited to, Miami students.

“Each ride will cost a dollar a trip,” Rowe said. “But for anyone with a ‘.edu’ email address it will cost fifty cents, so students can use it a lot to get around town and campus.”

Rowe discussed how SPIN uses geofencing, a GPS technology that creates a virtual geographic boundary, to track where users are allowed and not allowed to leave bikes after completing their trips.

SPIN also has an agreement with BikeWise, a bicycle store in Uptown Oxford, to commission all SPIN bike repairs with the

local shop.

Mayor Kate Rousmaniere was concerned that a city decision to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SPIN would drive a wedge between the town and the university.

“We have given the university ample time,” Callahan said. “If [council] tables it, then the university has no reason to come to the table with ASG.” Junior and ASG senator James Gale also addressed city council.

“A signed MOU would force Miami’s hand,” Gale said. “If we wait two weeks there’s no faith Miami will come to talk.”

Ted Pickerill, executive assistant to the president and secretary to the Board of Trustees, commended student leaders for their efforts, but cited that the university has certain procedures to follow when dealing with vendors and student safety.

“Neither the university groups responsible for considering such services and conducting the necessary due diligence, nor those offices responsible for arranging any associated contracts, have received any proposals to consider [regarding the SPIN bike share pilot program,]” Pickerill said. “That said, we do plan to meet with Maggie Callaghan and other student leaders to learn more.” doyleca3@miamioh.edu

Kip Alishio retires after 33 years at Miami FROM PAGE 1

Beauty I’d always missed/With these eyes before/Just what the truth is/I can’t say any more After completing his doctoral work, Kip saw an opening in Miami’s Student Counseling Services (SCS) and decided to take a job as a counselor in 1985.

He took this position while his wife finished her doctorate at Miami. Decades later, Kip jokingly shudders at the notion that he and his wife are technically “Miami Mergers.”

“I hate the term, but yes, [we are],” Kip said.

“And, we both hate it because it suggests, somehow, that relationships are transactional, and I just bristle at that notion, whenever I hear that term.”

Seven years after starting to work at Miami’s counseling center, Kip was offered an opportunity to become its director.

“I never sought the role of counseling center director,” Kip said. “I agreed to take it on an interim basis 26 years ago as a way of resolving a leadership crisis that the counseling center had at that time.”

“It’s been a long interim period,” he added with a laugh.

There have been significant changes made during that interim period, both in the ways students think about mental health and the ways they seek out help.

In 1992, when Kip first began his role as the SCS director, the center only saw 3 percent of the student body.

Now, SCS regularly sees 12 percent of students — a dramatic increase over the course of 26 years, during which Kip contributed to the de-stigmatization of seeking help for one’s mental health.

“Back then, a lot of parents would be embarrassed or ashamed, and now it’s ‘you just do it,’ which is a step in the right direction,” Kip said. “I’m not leaving because I’m frustrated with the way things are going.”

In fact, SCS has made definite strides throughout the last several years.

The center recently hired three new counselors and, as one of Kip’s passion projects, has worked with TriHealth through McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital to develop in-patient treatment services.

Gazing at people, some hand in hand/Just what I’m going through they can’t understand “I’m not ambivalent,” Kip said. “I’m very ready to leave. As I slow down the pace of this place speeds up.”

That pace can often be overwhelming.

“Honestly, it’s been a little bit discouraging to see the level of pathology among young people, increasing as it has,” Kip said. “Because they’re not just more open to coming to counseling services, but the data’s pretty clear that they need the services in increasingly high levels that previous generations have.”

While the number of college-aged students diagnosed with depression has gone up, it hasn’t increased nearly as much as the num-

ber of students with anxiety.

Kip admitted that, throughout his career, it has been emotionally draining to work with students and their mental health difficulties, especially during college, and especially because so many students are much more anxiety-prone.

“To see [students] coming to college looking more like early high school students when it comes to their psychological resilience and strengths is a little discouraging,” Kip said.

But even so, progress is within reach for most students.

“When you’re able to see young people take advantage of what I have to offer and get better and knowing that is a seed that’s planted for the future — that they’re going to be able to build on that — is just thrilling and gratifying,” Kip said. “Just to have a couple of those types of sessions in a week offsets all the strain that comes otherwise.”

Still, Kip recognizes that it’s harder and harder to be anxious when you’re taking action, which is what he believes this latest generation of students coming into college are doing.

“Seeing the open advocacy and the demands of high school students in Parkland, Florida — seeing that this new generation, having such a voice, is very encouraging,” Kip said. “That kind of activity helps to balance the anxiety.”

Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend/Just what you want to be, you will be

in the end When Kip needs to relax, he bikes. He just a bought a new one.

He plans to spend more time biking during retirement and traveling, too.

“Our daughter is in Spain, so we will be able to visit her now,” Kip said. “One of the trips my wife and I have wanted to do for a long time is drive out to the Yellowstone area, which we may do in the early summer.”

After taking a few months off, Kip plans on entering into the world of private practice and is looking forward to being a therapist again, and not so much an administrator.

“I wish in some ways that I had been able to cope with the stress and the demands of the job in way that didn’t completely exhaust me as much,” Kip said. “I think the way that I’m built, psychologically, I’m more of a counselor, more of a one-on-one listener and the administrative demands of this job require something else.”

Reflecting back on his three-plus decades at Miami, Kip wishes there was a way we could learn how to bottle the perspective we find later in life, and give it to young adults.

“Listening to The Moody Blues, from my college days, helped me a great deal,” Kip said. “Focusing especially on their lyrics, which were like poetry...there are a lot of good stories that are useful for young adults in those lyrics.” doyleca3@miamioh.edu

Cincinnati Reds offensive preview MITCH HAUSFELD THE MIAMI STUDENT

When asked about his expectations for the upcoming season, Reds’ first baseman, Joey Votto, was clear with his expectations. “I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are getting tired of this stretch of ball. I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction,” Votto stated matter-of-factly to Cincinnati.com.

Votto’s mindset should be a breath of fresh air to Reds fans who have endured talks of “rebuilding” and “collecting assets” for the past three-to-four years. While the Reds have toiled in mediocrity with promises of a brighter future, Votto has seen the majority of his prime wasted away in meaningless seasons that have been effectively over by the All-Star Break. It only makes sense that a player of his caliber is fed up with losing and ready to contend a World Series title as soon as possible.

Most people seem to have forgotten, but through their first 59 games last season, the Reds were 29-30 and, inexplicably, only two games out of first place in the NL Central.

While the Reds were certainly not expected to contend for the divisional crown against the likes of the Cubs, Cardinals and Brewers, their unexpected surge to relevancy was a welcome sight to Reds fans everywhere.

Then, as they have become accustomed to doing, the Reds peeled into a nine-game losing skid and never recovered. After going 39-64 over their final 103 games -- a horrendous 37.8 winning percentage -- they again solidified themselves as last place in the NL Central and secured the fifth-worst record in the league.

All that being said, there were, in fact, signs of progress for the Reds in 2017. Although Cincinnati’s pitching once again reached near-historic levels of inadequacy -- a topic I will cover next week -- their offense and fielding actually combined to post the ninth-highest combined WAR (wins-above-replacement) in the Major Leagues. Additionally, unlike the previous season, the majority of the Reds’ starters are returning in a familiar role. In fact, of the eight position players who were deemed starters last season, seven are returning -- with Zack

Cozart being the lone exception. This brings us to our key players who should play a major role in 2018.

Any conversation about the Reds’ offense must begin and end with Joey Votto. Votto has proven himself to be a transcendent talent and the sky is truly the limit for his performance this season. Outside of Votto, though, the Reds actually have quite a few bona fide starters -- including some potential All-Stars who should provide stability for the team.

In 2017, Eugenio Suarez proved himself to be an above average, starting-quality third baseman last season and figures to be a key cog in the Reds’ lineup. Additionally, Scooter Gennett emerged as one of the top offensive second baseman in the National League and, although his career numbers indicate last season may have been a fluke, the Reds are excited to see what he can do with a full-time starting role. Defensive whiz Tucker Barnhart will also return this season with a contract extension and an expanded role, as he expects to see the majority of the innings behind the plate.

The major question marks on the Reds offense will reside in the outfield, though. Billy Hamilton has started at center field for the past four seasons and, while he has provided world class base-stealing and Gold Glove worthy defense, he has not shown a consistent ability to get on base.

Additionally, corner outfielders Adam Duvall and Scott Schebler can certainly mash a baseball, but in an era driven by analytics, the pair’s .300 level on-base percentages and large volume of strikeouts leave a lot to be desired. Newcomer Jesse Winker, who has been a top prospect in the Reds’ system longer than I have been in college, will likely make a strong push for one of Schebler or Duvall’s starting roles. The combination of his youth and proven track record of hitting for both contact and power likely gives Winker an advantage in this situation.

Finally, that brings us to the shortstop position. Zack Cozart’s exit left a gaping hole in both the top of the Reds’ lineup and the middle of their infield. Jose Peraza has been given the first opportunity to win the job in Spring Training, but it appears the Reds may have other plans in the works.

Peraza, who was a key player in the deal that sent Todd Frazier to the White Sox, showed great promise in 2016, but struggled mightily in the first half of last season. Although he

showed signs of a turnaround in the second half, it appears the Reds have already began working on a contingency plan in case Peraza does not pan out.

Nick Senzel, a consensus top-10 prospect in Major League Baseball, recently began training with Hall of Famer Barry Larkin in preparation for becoming the Reds’ next starting shortstop. Senzel, only two years removed from college ball, has played third base in both years of his minor league career, but all signs indicate that Senzel has excelled at his new position, just as he has excelled at every other task the Reds have thrown his way in the minor leagues. Most likely, Senzel will start the season in the Minors, but if he continues to produce at his current rate -- and Peraza continues to struggle -- he could realistically be starting at shortstop for the Reds by the All-Star break.

Other fun prospects to keep an eye on include: Outfielder Taylor Trammell, an uber-athletic center fielder who can pepper the ball all over the field and boasts elite speed.

Catcher Tyler Stephenson, a former first-round pick who had a healthy and productive season behind the plate last year in Dayton.

Outfielder Jose Siri, a speedster that broke the Midwest League consecutive hitting streak record in 2017 and also stole an eye-popping 46 bases.

Shortstop Jeter Downs and outfielder Stuart Fairchild, two of the Reds’ top draft picks last year who bring a great deal of potential to Single-A Dayton.

First baseman Brandon Dixon who may have a near-impossible road to the Major Leagues as a first baseman behind Joey Votto, but has hit very well in Spring Training so far.

All in all, the Reds’ offense figures to be their strong suit in 2018. If Votto can continue to produce at his otherworldly rate and a few other players -- such as Suarez, Duvall, Gennett or, ideally, Billy Hamilton -- produce at an All-Star level, the Reds could potentially employ one of the more potent lineups in the National League.

Stay tuned for the pitching preview next week!

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The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Kramer Elementary students want to put an end to white supremacy, and they have a plan.

As assistant news editor Ceili Doyle reported last month, third-graders Noel, Oliver and Paul spoke at a Not In Our Town (NIOT) interest meeting last month. NIOT, which was nationally established in 1995 and introduced to Oxford last fall, is a movement that aims “to stop hate, address bullying and build safe, inclusive communities for all,” according to its website.

The elementary students’ own website, stopwhitenationalism.weebly.com, which they’ve set up as part of their initiative to bring about social change, shares the same message against white nationalism. Noel, whose father immigrated from Cuba, said at the meeting that he first heard of the phenomenon on the radio, and that he “didn’t want [it] to happen to anyone else.”

Obviously, we know these kids can’t dismantle the centuries-old institution of white supremacy. But change has to start somewhere, and historically, it tends to start

with younger generations. It’s imperative that, when we encounter kids like Noel, Oliver and Paul, we put our own cynicism aside to support and encourage them.

These kids are post-millennials — so young there is not yet a universally accepted name for them and their peers.

While every generation grows up with different sets of issues, it’s important to remember that theirs is the first one which has had to watch these issues constantly play out on TV, social media and the internet, whether they want to or not. We often grossly underestimate how aware kids are of what’s going on around them, and the Kramer Elementary students, already social activists, are proof of that.

The NIOT interest meeting took place a month ago, but since Miami is currently celebrating its annual Diversity Week, it’s the perfect time to reflect on its message, to think about how we can engage in activism ourselves and how we can shape Miami into a school we want these kids to ultimately attend.

While Oliver acknowledged that they “probably” won’t achieve their goal in the next few years, that doesn’t mean it won’t have any effect on their community.

“The biggest thing that’s probably gonna happen in the

I shouldn’t have to tell you that women are funny KATE RIGAZIO

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“I honestly just don’t find women to be funny.”

My best friend said this to me over the summer while we were practicing improv with a group of people I respect and admire. He said it while looking me directly in the eye. I was the only woman in the room.

The worst part about this was my friend wasn’t trying to be offensive or hurtful. He was just stating an opinion he has heard repeated by so many others.

As a woman who devotes a big chunk of her life to practicing and studying comedy, I find this idea exhausting and frustrating.

The rebuttal I gave him then is the same I would like to explain now.

It is understandable to find men’s humor more relatable if you are a man, and women’s humor more relatable if you are a woman. In fact, it’s totally fine! I oftentimes find myself laughing harder at women’s humor because they speak toward experiences I’ve had, and they experience the world from a viewpoint similar to my own.

It doesn’t mean I don’t think men are funny. It just means I find women’s humor more relatable.

I’m not saying that all women are funny.

Some aren’t, just like not all men are funny. But making a sweeping generalization about an entire gender, and placing their talents below another, is wrong.

Saying “women aren’t funny” belittles the intellect, talent and hard work of every single hilarious woman who has made a killing in comedy — not to mention all the women who are just funny by nature.

When someone says that women aren’t funny, I assume that means they never had a mother, aunt, sister, cousin, friend, teacher, neighbor or any other woman in their life make them laugh. Personally, I find it hard to believe that’s true.

Saying that women aren’t funny is a small-minded comment, indicating that a person doesn’t know how to appreciate humor that originates from a viewpoint that differs from their own.

The fact that I am still hearing this comment and making this argument is astounding to me when I think of all the women who have contributed to comedic history. We have seen hilarious women like Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner, Wanda Sykes, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, Kate McKinnon and Tiffany Haddish kick ass.

And that is such a small fraction of the amazing funny women who have rocked comedy in Hollywood. I could write an entire op-ed just listing hilarious women by name, and I wouldn’t even begin to cover it (I won’t do it, but I totally could).

Women are intelligent, quick-thinking and bold. Women can pick up and exaggerate the nuances, quirks and oddities of everyday life. Women can fire off split-second witty remarks. Women can tell a joke so blue it makes a whole room blush. Women can write cutting satire. Women can kill in stand-up clubs, write knockout sketches, and perform as characters that are so funny you’ll laugh till your stomach hurts.

In short, women are funny. In fact, we’re fucking hilarious. rigazikm@miamioh.edu

next four to eight years,” Noel said, “is Miami will listen to us.”

Noel, Oliver and Paul might choose to attend Miami in nine years. If, as third-graders, they’re already speaking to rooms of adults at town meetings about combating white nationalism, and have produced an interactive website on the subject, think of all they’ll be able to do as college students — and before then — with support from their community. That community includes Miami students, who can check out these students’ website and follow Not In Our Town on social media, in addition to attending Diversity Week events and other events (and protests) later in the semester.

If Noel, Oliver and Paul do choose to come here, we hope that hazing is something they hear stories about, not experience, that they don’t need an “It’s On Us” campaign to teach people about consent, that every student feels comfortable and welcomed here, no matter their sex, gender, nationality or religion, and that diversity is something Miami is known for, not something the school has to strive for.

FRIENDS, FAILURE AND ‘FORTNITE’ MICHAEL STEMMLER THE MIAMI STUDENT

It’s that time of year. We’ve already locked ourselves in study rooms with friends in efforts to come out strong, but as our first exams approach, it seems as if doom is our destiny. Our friends have supported us throughout our studies and struggles so far, but this week is one to be universally dreaded — it’s midterm season.

The euphoric high of being back to school has officially worn off, as we adjust to the mundane cycle of classes, extracurriculars and the beginning of my least favorite part: group projects. Yet, this feeling is very similar to one of my personal favorite distractions: the game of “Fortnite.”

I’ve always been good at procrastination.

I could have hours of homework to do, but right when one of my friends texts me to play, I can’t help myself. In “Fortnite,” players join teams of four players, two players, or run solo in an effort to be the last one standing in a “Hunger Games”style battle arena. After landing anywhere on the map, players must find loot in order to survive, while a dangerous storm (which players must stay in) closes in on one spot. For many people, including myself, this game is a daily routine. Yet, the crossover between this video game and our college life is uncanny.

It all starts with your squad. Whether you have a group of people to study with, support you and keep you sane, or if you prefer to take on the world solo, we all have our own approach. Some of us need a whole group and some of us need

just one best friend. Some of us prefer to be alone, but all of us have to get into the game eventually.

After the squad comes the game plan.

There are many different routes you can take, and each week your strategy can change. We all have our starting places, but it’s how we play from here that determines our placement.

For those who choose to land into the books, the overwhelming stress of classes can force us to crack under pressure, while focusing on fun can sometimes put us right in the middle of responsibility crossfire. Over and over again we seem to take more losses, but with each setback and restart, we get closer to our dreams.

Many of us have had rough starts, and finding your way through the game of college usually takes a while. However, after dedicating constant hours to playing, we can finally start to taste the sweet sensation of victory. With each failure we’ve gotten better and better to the point where no one else trying to beat us can win. It may take a while, but in the end it all is worth it.

At this point we start getting small wins.

Whether you hit the chest of canvas and receive a golden grade on a paper, or a friend comes in clutch to deliver us coffee, our luck starts to turn around with each play-through. At this point, we are unstoppable. No matter what fights we get into over the next couple weeks, we can build our own path to success. We can aim far and reach our targets, because that’s what we have been training to do. stemmlmf@miamioh.edu

DEPRESSION — A SIDE EFFECT OF NOT TAKING YOUR ANTIDEPRESSANT KIRBY DAVIS

OPINION EDITOR

I did something dumb last month. Or, I guess, I didn’t do something, which was dumb — I didn’t take the antidepressant my doctor prescribed me over winter break.

When she advised me to take something, I suggested maybe meditation would be sufficient instead. That worked for my dad, and he’d been pushing me to try it.

“Oh, you’re way past that,” she said.

So I picked up the Zoloft at Walgreens that night. By that point, I was in such a bad place I was scared of what would happen if I didn’t take it. But the pills made me so sick I couldn’t eat for a week, and somehow losing five pounds didn’t make me feel any better.

I went back to the doctor, because I’d stuck a Q-tip too far in my ear and had started feeling my heartbeat in it, but also to address the antidepressant thing. They swapped out the Zoloft (and assured me the Q-tip incident was not incredibly uncommon).

It was the second prescription I’d received recently for Lexapro, but the first one I’ve had filled.

Near the end of fall semester sophomore year, I sunk into a pretty deep depression I couldn’t shake. My parents urged me to transfer, but I knew the problem wasn’t Miami — it was me. I loved my friends, my job and my major, but I was still struggling.

I saw a psychiatrist, and he prescribed me the same Lexapro dose I’m currently taking.

“I just looked up the side effects,” my mother said over the phone later that night, after I’d called her and my father to discuss the possibility of me taking the antidepressant. “I don’t like this — do you realize one of the side effects is ‘suicidal thoughts?’”

I didn’t have the heart to tell her I already had those. So they ended the conversation by telling me I was an adult, so I could do what I wanted, but they’d really rather me not take the medication.

They had their reasons, some of them valid, and after a week or two, for whatever reason, I felt better. So I tucked the prescription in my desk drawer and told myself I didn’t need it.

That prescription is probably still in my desk drawer at home now, buried under a bunch of leaky old highlighters and Target receipts. I never got it filled because, though I was hit with a few more waves of depression and heightened anxiety over the next year or so, they never lasted for more than a couple weeks. I told myself I could live with that, and I did — until last semester.

In October, I was hit with crushing anxiety and depression, and they didn’t go away. I was a functioning human being until winter break, but I didn’t feel like one; I took incompletes in two classes, and wine nights with my friends inevitably turned into drunken sobfests (usually after they left). None of my previous go-to antidepressants — Nora Ephron movies, Taylor Swift music, even writing— made me happy anymore.

I was a mess.

I desperately wanted to feel better, but I remembered my parents’ reservations about antidepressants, and I kept waiting for my feelings to dissipate, as they always had in the past.

They didn’t.

But even when a psychologist and my doctor recommended I take an antidepressant over break, I was hesitant. And by the time they switched the Zoloft for Lexapro, I’d already started convincing myself I didn’t need it again.

My parents were supportive now, and I had a prescription, so there was nothing stopping me — except the fact that this confirmed there was really something wrong with me. Yes, the previous year, a doctor had told me I probably had depression, but I’d felt fine a couple weeks later. I’d figured I would never have to worry about it again. And I was stressed about something happening over winter break, but once it was resolved, I secretly hoped my depression and anxiety would be, too — except, obviously, they weren’t.

Realizing this might never totally go away was terrifying.

This was not the puppy my parents temporarily adopted in 2009, then gave to a family friend. This was my little brother, whom they brought home from University Hospital in 2004 and, to my knowledge, don’t ever plan on giving away.

It was also scary how I’d heard people around me talk about mental health until that point — or, more troubling, that I’d barely ever heard anyone talk about it.

A guy I briefly dated at the beginning of last semester urged me to obtain some Prozac. He’d started taking it recently, and

said it made him feel better. Plus, according to him, “you can still drink on it.”

“I just get anxious, not depressed,” he was quick to clarify.

“I’m not, like, crazy or anything.”

I know he wouldn’t have said this had he known me better, but either way, he would have thought it. And it wasn’t just him; it was my parents’ trepidation the previous year and the fact that none of my friends (that I knew of) had the same problems. It was my exasperation with the fact that I couldn’t just wait it out this time.

I got the prescription filled. But after I returned to Oxford the next day, the Lexapro sat on my desk for a week. I felt okay again, for the most part, and when I didn’t, I would down a bottle of pinot grigio — which helped, even if only for an hour or two.

Then another week went by, and I no longer felt okay.

School was already stressful, and I felt myself slipping back into the same way I’d felt the previous semester.

I’d like to say I independently decided to stop pretending to not see the orange pill bottle on my desk and using wine to dull my unpleasant feelings, but it took two people lecturing me about it.

But I did start taking the Lexapro. It hasn’t magically absolved me of my depression or anxiety — sometimes, like this past weekend, I still feel the same way I did last semester, and getting out of bed is a feat — but it’s at least made my anxiety manageable. I no longer have panic attacks regularly or feel like my chest is caving in when I’m just sitting in class taking notes (or at any other point), and while I can’t really drink at wine nights anymore, it’s worth it.

Forty percent of college students have anxiety, and about one-third have depression. I grossly underestimated these numbers, and underestimated how supportive my friends would be when I told them about these issues. I’ve also realized I’m not the only one of my friends dealing with them — not even close.

It’s only been a few weeks, so I’m not trying to paint myself as a spokesperson for antidepressants, but I will say this: I wish I’d gotten the prescription filled the first time. daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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Attending church abroad: More museum than Mass KELLY BURNS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The gray and blue stone shoots out over the tops of the uniform orange shingles of Bruges’ buildings. Equally beautiful, yet somehow out of place, St. Salvator’s Cathedral towers over the carefully crafted, oldtimey Bruges like a grandfather sitting next to a 20-year-old with full makeup, striving to look old enough to get into a bar. The authenticity sometimes missing in the tourist packed streets oozes off of the cathedral.

There is no doubt in my mind that this place has been a place of worship since the 10th century. You can feel its quiet respect in the air as you walk through the red wood doors.

The interior is big, but not cavernous like some of the other churches in the area. It’s quainter, eliciting more of a homey than intimidating feeling. It’s smaller and emptier than the Church of Our Lady, across town.

It does have one thing I’ve yet to see in a cathedral, though.

Mass.

A priest, dressed in purple vestments in accordance with the Lenten season, is flanked by two white-clad deacons. They wait at the end of the aisle leading to the altar. The congregation sits quietly, facing forward, waiting for the music to start and signal the beginning of the service.

I almost don’t notice them when I enter; the rack of postcards and souvenirs blocks the sight of the priest from the door.

Tourists mill around the outside, snapping pictures and talking, their voices echoing through the hall. I wrote off the people in chairs as tired or lazy tourists who sat down for a moment.

Almost unconsciously, I walk to a nondescript corner behind the priests, put the lense cap over my camera and fold my hands. My Catholic upbringing instinctu-

ally jerks me out of tourist mode, though I haven’t been to Mass in months.

No one else seems to notice the ceremony, though.

Everyone is wandering, talking, taking pictures, touching columns and pawing through overpriced souvenirs. But why wouldn’t they? The place is a museum. All the cathedrals are. They’re full of old art and culture and rarely contain a priest — at least, not one in the main hall.

You go for the stained glass and sculptures of the Madonna, the magnificent altar pieces and triptychs. You don’t go for religion.

You go for the art and that odd whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling that is loosely religious, because Jonah was eaten by a whale in the Old Testament. If the cathedral is really impressive, you can see inside for the low price of 10 euro.

Now, with the sounds of the hanging organ bellowing through the room, you can’t hear the tourists but you can see their mouths continue to move. They barely look up at the noise. Some gather in the back to watch the procession, whispering to each other like they’re commenting on a play.

I stand in the corner as my friends creep towards the door, ready to leave after only a few minutes. Two of the girls are practicing Catholics, I know, and I can see the discomfort of the whole situation written on their faces.

I cross the hall, trying to make my footsteps silent on the marble, and join them on their way out.

Even before we reach the stream of tourists, the resonating sounds of the organ hymn are drowned out and forgotten as we join the fray and start the walk to our boat tour. burnskl2@miamioh.edu

Guy did not anticipate 1989 flannel shirt purchase would become staple of future daughter’s wardrobe SATIRE

KIRBY DAVIS

OPINION EDITOR

While Bob Lawson was purchasing a flannel shirt from the Gap in the fall of 1989, he did not anticipate his future daughter, Katie Lawson, stealing the article of clothing from his closet 26 years later and adopting it as her own.

“I don’t know, my mom made me go to the mall and said I had to pick out some shirts,” said Lawson. “I was home for winter break.

I’m pretty sure I didn’t consciously pick one out that would be so versatile my future daughter would be able to wear it over leggings OR jeans.”

Lawson, now 48, said a few days after Katie returned to Oxford for spring semester, he remembered he still had “that ugly red-andgray flannel” and wanted to wear it to Costco. It was no longer in his room.

He texted his daughter, who had been steadily pilfering items of clothing from his closet during her winter break, starting with an old cardigan he was going to donate anyway and graduating to his favorite turtleneck sweater. Katie responded to inquiries about the flannel’s whereabouts with a brief message: “idk lol ask mom.”

“She really threw me under the bus,” said her mother, Beth Lawson. “Even though she’d already posted an Instagram photo wearing the shirt at some frat party.”

Bob Lawson said while he was

glad the shirt got to spend some time at the Delta Chi house, where it lived in a drawer for two years in the 1990s, he was still irritated that Katie stole it.

“Again, it was ugly then, and it’s ugly now,” said Lawson. “But from what I see on her social media accounts, it’s pretty much all she wears now, and I have no fucking idea why.”

Lawson said he informed Katie that he was willing to shell out $60-$80 at Urban Outfitters for a flannel shirt that looked “literally exactly the same,” if she would stop swiping his own from his closet. Katie declined, saying that would be “too basic.”

“I mean, I was definitely prepared for Katie to steal Beth’s clothes when she got older,” said Lawson. “But not mine. I have no idea where this hipster nonsense came from.”

The Lawsons said she exhibited virtually no signs of “hipster” tendencies before starting her freshman year, and that they were shocked when she returned from “J-Crew U” with a sudden distaste for the Vineyard Vines and Patagonia apparel filling her own closet.

Beth speculated that her daughter might be dating a film major, or maybe watching less Fox News at school than she did at home.

At press time, Katie was wondering if her father would miss the horrendous green wool 1980s J-Crew sweater in the back of his closet. daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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MIAMI BEATS OU TO ADVANCE TO MAC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS MEN’S BASKETBALL

CHRIS VINEL STAFF WRITER

Seventh-seeded Miami basketball is moving on in the Mid-American Conference Tournament after defeating the 10th-seeded Ohio Bobcats 6855 at Millett Hall on Monday. The win marks the first time the RedHawks have advanced to the second round since 2013.

“After [Friday’s game], I literally could not sleep at night,” junior guard Darrian Ringo said. “I felt like I could’ve done a lot more to help the seniors. I just wanted to win for them tonight and win for my coaches. So I think everybody realized that and came out and played hard. We wanted to win.”

Things looked eerily similar to Friday’s contest early on as Ohio (14-17, 7-11 MAC) started out on a 5-0 run for the second straight game.

After two scoreless minutes to open the game, Miami (16-16, 8-10) got on the scoreboard with a midrange jumper from freshman guard Nike Sibande to make the score 5-2.

Sibande’s bucket was the first of a 19-2 RedHawks’ run spearheaded by seven points from Ringo.

Following the Bobcats cutting MU’s advantage to single-digits, the Red and White went on a 11-4 run that allowed them to take a 33-18 lead into halftime.

Ringo contributed 13 points in the first and completed the game with 21 points, tying his career high.

Freshman guard Jalen Adaway made two free throws to kick off the second half and stretch Miami’s advantage to a game-high 17 points.

Ohio started chipping away at its deficit on the ensuing possession, with a layup by junior forward Doug Taylor.

Over the next seven minutes, OU was able to slice Miami’s lead to 48-42 with 11 minutes left in regulation.

“The second half, we had some breakdowns there for about three or four minutes that allowed them to get back in the game,” MU head coach Jack Owens said. “Our guys fought and were able to keep their composure.”

After three minutes of back-andforth play, senior forward Logan McLane took over, scoring the next three RedHawk baskets, while also adding two offensive rebounds and a block.

The personal run boost Miami’s lead back to double-digits at 56-44. “[Ohio] ruined my senior night so it feels good to get it back,” McLane said.

“It feels just as good for us to still be chasing our goal as a team.”

Miami’s lead only dropped to single-digits once for the rest of the game.

With the RedHawks up 58-50 with two minutes left, freshman guard Isaiah Coleman-Lands knocked down a three that halted Ohio’s comeback chances.

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JUNIOR GUARD DARRIAN RINGO SHOOTS A FREE THROW TO HELP HIS TEAM BEAT OU ON MONDAY NIGHT AT MILLETT HALL. MATT HECKERT THE MIAMI STUDENT

RedHawks head to Cleveland following KSU win, first-round bye WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami women’s basketball will face Ohio for the Mid-American Conference tournament quarter finals after earning a first-round bye last week and finishing the regular season with a 58-35 win.

The ‘Hawks (20-9, 12-6 MAC) regular-season finale over Kent State (12-18, 5-13 MAC) was a defensive performance for the record books -- the game was logged as the seventh-lowest scoring total allowed in program history.

Before the game, Miami’s four seniors -- Jazz Smith, Kayla Brown, Molly McDonagh and Megan Galloway -- were recognized in a short ceremony.

“We’ve been through a lot together these last four years,” McDonagh said.

“Coach [Megan] Duffy and the staff and my teammates just made it incredibly special for us. It’s icing on the cake to get a win today.”

Junior forward Kendall McCoy and sophomore guard Lauren Dickerson, the RedHawks’ top two offensive threats,

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found themselves in foul trouble early in the first half. This left room for other players to step up and Brown would lead the team with 11 points on the day.

The ‘Hawks would hold the Golden

Flashes to only 27.5 percent shooting for the contest, and have stepped up their defensive intensity as the season has come to a close.

“I think we know who we are,” head

coach Megan Duffy said. “We’ve picked a plan defensively that’s going to protect our team and what fits us. We’ve learned to trust each other and be in the right position.”

The Red & White’s entire bench fit into the game on Saturday, as Duffy was able to rest her higher-scoring players like Dickerson and McCoy before heading to Cleveland for the MAC Tournament.

Freshman guard Kenzie Schmitz and junior forward Kristen Levering played 14 and eight minutes, respectively.

Miami secured a first-round bye, and will play tomorrow when they face No. 5 seed Ohio University after the Bobcats defeated the Akron Zips yesterday night.

Miami swept Ohio this season -- 65-55 at home and 78-56 in Athens.

“I think the big thing is, despite getting the four-seed, we have nothing to lose,” Duffy said. “Just to come with a confidence and keep the underdog mentality.”

The RedHawks’ MAC quarterfinals game will be televised on ESPN3. Tip-off at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Quicken Loans Arena, home to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Baseball sweeps Rider in first home series BASEBALL

CHRIS VINEL STAFF WRITER

The Miami baseball RedHawks (8-3) brought their brooms to Hayden Park last weekend as they swept Rider University (47) in their first home series of the season.

MU’s starting pitchers Spencer Mraz, Zach Spears and Bailey Martin combined for 18 shutout innings and held opposing hitters to a minuscule .120 batting average over the course of the series.

The ‘Hawks struck early Friday night, scoring one run in the first inning when Redshirt sophomore left fielder Kyle Winkler crossed home plate after Redshirt senior first baseman Ross Haffey grounded into a double play.

Freshman right fielder Parker Massman drove in another Miami run with an RBI single in the bottom of the second.

That’s all the run support sophomore starter Spencer Mraz (W, 1-0) needed. He blanked the Broncs over six innings of work and picked up his first win of the new campaign.

Miami added a third run in the sixth inning when sophomore second baseman Will Vogelgesang scored on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the seventh, Haffey crushed a two-run home run -- his second dinger of the season -- to extend the RedHawk’s lead to 5-0.

Rider scored its lone run in the top of the eighth on an RBI single.

The Red and White picked up a 5-1 victory in their first home game.

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SENIOR CARLOS TEXIDOR SLIDES TO SCORE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

Read about Miami hockey earning two conference points to end its regular season after an official tie with Denver University on Saturday night at miamistudent.net

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