The Miami Student | September 17, 2019

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Volume 148 No. 3

Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Faculty sends proposed policy back to University Senate

‘I NEVER WALK BACK ALONE’

Students react to sexual assaults on campus

SARA BEY

STAFF WRITER Faculty members unanimously voted to send the controversial proposed reporting arrests policy back to University Senate for further discussion at the Sept. 10 faculty assembly.

“It just seems like it’s another long line of things that makes Miami feel more hostile,” said Mary Henry, associate professor of geography.

“It seems just unnecessary.” In her 17 years at Miami, this was her first faculty assembly.

Professors from Oxford and regional campuses packed the 300-seat Shriver Center admissions auditorium to voice their opinions on the proposed policy that would require them to “report any formal police report, arrest, charge or indictment for alleged criminal conduct ... to the Office of General Counsel within three working days.”

Provost Jason Osborne stressed the importance of co-workers holding each other accountable during the assembly.

“There is nothing new here except for the expectation of reporting,” he said.

When the floor opened for discussion, many faculty members voiced their negative opinions about the proposed policy.

Gaile Pohlhaus, a University Senate member and associate professor of philosophy, said she thanked the audience and AAUP for bringing the policy details to their attention. She referenced “crisis fatigue” as to why the policy was not debated over more.

“Expecting a [sexual assault survivor] to report within three days, or to report at all, is a lot to ask,” said Deborah Lyons, associate professor of classics.

After more discussion, Crawford introduced the vote.

At least 25 percent of all Miami’s continued faculty members had to be present at the assembly, and of that 25 percent, 60 percent had to vote yes in order for the proposed policy to be sent back to University Senate.

When Crawford asked who was in favor, many faculty members voted “aye.”

When he asked who was against, the room remained silent. @sara_bey beysc@miamioh.edu

SEXUAL ASSAULTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN FIVE LOCATIONS ON CAMPUS. THREE MORE WERE REPORTED ON CAMPUS WITHOUT EXACT LOCATIONS ILLUSTRATED BY CONNOR WELLS

RACHEL BERRY ERIN GLYNN NEWS EDITORS

When first-year Heather Yenchesky walks around campus at night, the sexual assault bulletins that have been filling her inbox plague her thoughts.

She knew this happened at urban campuses but didn’t expect them as much at Miami University. This is her new home, but she doesn’t feel safe walking to her dorm at night.

Her friends have a system, an app called

Life 360, that allows them to track each other.

They also text when they leave, so someone will know if they don’t make it home.

These are precautions Yenchesky feels are necessary to remain safe in light of the number of sexual assaults that have happened in her short time at Miami.

Eight sexual assaults have been reported in Oxford in the past three weeks. At this time last year, there were three sexual assaults reported.

Two of this year’s reports described a woman being assaulted outdoors by someone she didn’t know, one in Central Quad and one on

Cook Field. “[The Cook Field report] did make me uncomfortable because it’s right there, and I walk past it every day,” said first-year Tori Rammelsberg, who lives on East Quad. “I usually walk back with other people — it makes me feel more comfortable, and if I’m alone, I usually call someone.”

First-year Liv Mullenix also plans her night with safety in mind.

“I never walk back alone,” she said CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

‘Turn that fear into action’

Former EPA administrator talks climate change

GABBI BRIGHT

THE MIAMI STUDENT Facing a full house of Miami University students from Miami’s Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES), Gina McCarthy stepped up to the stage in the Harry T. Wilks Theater on Friday night.

The former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator under President Barack Obama’s administration had one overarching message for the crowd gathered to celebrate IES’ 50th anniversary.

“Climate change needs to be personalized, not vilified,” she said, reacting to what she called the disaffected attitude of some Americans toward climate change. “We need an edginess to our discussion now.”

McCarthy — best known for her EPA tenure — championed initiatives to reduce air pollution, protect water safety and reduce carbon byproducts from power plant production. She also sponsored American engagement in the Paris Climate Agreement as a part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Now, she’s the director of the Center for Climate Health and the Global Environment and a professor at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

McCarthy commended Miami students’ pursuit of a better future.

“You epitomize everything I love about the USEPA,” she said.

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FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR GINA MCCARTHY ENCOURAGED STUDENTS TO CHANGE THE CLIMATE CHANGE DISCOURSE. ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

‘Turn that fear into action’

‘I NEVER WALK BACK ALONE’

Former EPA administrator talks climate change

Students react to sexual assaults on campus FROM FRONT

THE FORMER EPA ADMINISTRATOR CALLED STUDENTS TO TAKE ACTION ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

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U.S. EPA,” she said.

But, she suggested that most Americans don’t understand the real gravity of climate change because they don’t realize its effect on their lives.

“Hardly anybody relates to polar bears and glaciers,” McCarthy said, demanding her audience find an alternative to the current form of advocacy in the United States.

Eager students need to “turn fear into action,” rather than present climate change as a distant threat, she said.

In order to enact real change, McCarthy advocated for emphasizing public health issues and the economic and innovative opportunities in countering climate change. Only then, she said, could common people find the impetus to change their lifestyles and accept that climate change is not “a distant scientific problem.”

She chided the Trump administration’s deci-

sion to defund the EPA and various protection programs, referencing her role in organizing the United States’ involvement in the Paris Agreement.

In 2017, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the agreement, which pledged to maintain global temperatures below a 2°C increase from pre-industrial levels. Although the U.S. is unable to withdraw until 2020, the country currently violates regulations set by the Paris Agreement.

“Things are changing, and I’m okay with that,” McCarthy said. Rollbacks, she claimed, are not as important as the landmark successes in the U.S. Supreme Court — 92 percent of which have been ruled in favor of the EPA. McCarthy has full faith that the U.S. will rejoin the Paris Agreement and pursue methods that will meet the challenge of climate change.

She concluded her presentation with “three

things to say to climate deniers:” climate change is real, climate change is man-made and women need to rule the world.

Eliciting cheers from her audience, McCarthy then revised her third item: we can’t wait for an election to change the world. Activism, McCarthy said, is as simple as planting trees or walking to class. She encouraged young people to participate in any way possible, especially by voting.

“Democracy is not a spectator sport,” she said, to applause.

McCarthy closed with further resolve, pledging to never give in to resistance and drawing attention to the importance of young people’s advocacy.

“You have to be the person at this garden party who’s hopeful … and I will be screaming that until the day I die.” brightga@miamioh.edu

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Seeing these reports can also affect those who have been sexually assaulted.

“As a survivor myself, and with lots of people that I know who are survivors, it’s worrisome, and I think it makes a lot of people very frustrated, and we feel sort of helpless,” said senior Viengsamai Fetters. “I, personally, do not gain anything from getting those emails every day except a sinking feeling in my stomach.”

Although Fetters agrees transparency is important, they think there needs to be a way to be informative in a sensitive manner.

“It’s important if there’s any sense that there’s a danger to the community, of course, the university is obligated to put out the bulletins,” said Jane Goestch, director of the Women’s Center. “It may also be triggering for people who have a direct experience or even an indirect one.”

As alarmed as first-year students are by the volume of reports, some upperclassmen are more blasé.

“It’s almost to the point where it’s so much that … you’re kind of exhausted hearing it all the time,” senior Brittany Kaiser said.

Kaiser said she has noticed an increase in sexual assaults this year, but she feels relatively safe on campus, especially because she lives off campus and has a car.

But in the meantime, first-years like Yenchesky are forced to take precautions when walking home alone.

“Just the knowledge that there have been so many sexual assaults on campus makes me kind of worried,” Yenchesky said. “I didn’t expect it to be so prevalent.” @racheldberry berryrd@miamioh.edu @ee_glynn glynnee@miamioh.edu

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Age ain’t nothing but a number

20-year-old Miami student runs for Hamilton City Council

AT JUST 20 YEARS-OLD, IF ELECTED, DANNY WILL BECOME THE YOUNGEST COUNCILOR IN HAMILTON HISTORY THE MIAMI STUDENT MACY WHITAKER

BRIAH LUMPKINS

ASST. NEWS EDITOR Miami University junior and Hamilton native Daniel “Danny” Ivers is running for Hamilton City Council. At just 20 years old, Ivers’ potential win would make him the youngest city councilor in Hamilton’s history.

Ivers, who attends Miami’s regional campus in Hamilton, wants to bring his

generation’s voice to a larger platform and make a difference, which inspired him to run in the election.

“They want to attract young people to the city,” Ivers said. “So having that young perspective on City Council [is important] to generate those kinds of ideas and be a part of the decision-making process for the future of the city.”

Ivers’ interest in politics began during the 2016 presidential election.

Butler County Progressive PAC endorses three City Council candidates TIM CARLIN

ASSIST. NEWS EDITOR The Butler County Progressive Political Action Committee (PAC) endorsed City Council candidates Jason Bracken, Glenn Ellerbe and Bill Snavely at the group’s meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10.

Bracken is making his first bid for council, Ellerbe is a current councilor running for re-election, and Snavely served on council in the past and chairs the planning commission, which assesses all potential construction projects in Oxford and recommends their approval or denial to City Council.

The candidates each gave a short speech about their respective platforms and goals if elected to council.

“I think I represent progressive values,” Bracken said. “To me, that means empathy, compassion and representation of underrepresented groups.”

“As a part of council, what I try to do on every decision that gets made is a) think, ‘Is this moving the city of Oxford forward?’’’ Ellerbe said. “And b) ‘Is this something that is healthy, progressive and respectful of everybody’s values?’”

Snavely was unable to speak at the PAC meeting because he was attending a planning commission work session, but his wife, Kay, spoke on his behalf.

“He has expressed a great deal of interest in some modern issues,” Kay said. “One is the climate change initiative — that is the mayor’s covenant — that was just passed … in addition to that, he wants to help fight for affordable housing, something that’s an ongoing problem we have.”

The Progressive PAC also endorsed three of the four candidates running for seats on the Talawanda Board of Education: Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Becky Howard and Chris Otto, one unopposed candidate for Oxford Township Trustee: Kate Rousmaniere and one unopposed candidate Oxford Township Fiscal Officer: Shaunna Tafelsi.

This story is the first in a series of The Miami Student’s City Council election coverage. The Student will publish profiles of each City Council candidate, as well as hold a debate among the candidates in late October. @timcarlin_ carlintm@miamioh.edu

“To me, that means empathy, compassion and representation of underrepresented groups.”

- Jason Bracken

He attended many rallies for different presidential candidates but found a particular interest in Donald Trump’s campaign.

“He wasn’t a typical candidate at the time,” Ivers said. “No one expected him to go as far as he is now. So, it’s interesting to see how it all played out.”

The same can be said about Ivers and his campaign.

At 20 years old, he isn’t a run-of-

the-mill candidate. Initially, Ivers was concerned about how the public would feel about his age and decision to run, but he has been met with unexpected reactions.

Ivers wants to improve the city’s infrastructure in hopes of bringing in new businesses and, potentially, new jobs.

He supports the construction of Spooky Nook in Hamilton, which, when built, will become the largest indoor sports facility in the United States. This facility is estimated to bring 100 full-time positions and 365 part-time positions.

“Occasionally, people will say, ‘How old are you?’ or ‘You look too young,’” Ivers said. “But after I relay my message to them and what I’m going for, they don’t say, ‘Well, I’m not going to vote for you because you’re too young.’ I don’t get it as much as I thought I would because when they hear me and hear my message, they resonate with it.”

Ivers hopes his young age will be a catalyst for more diversity on city council.

As a Hamilton native, Ivers has built a special connection with the city and its citizens. He attends every community event he can and has helped a few handfuls register to vote. If elected, above all else, he said he plans to keep the people first.

“My passion is the city, and I want to keep the city on the right track for the future,” Ivers said.

Ivers has the support of a few prominent figures in the Hamilton community, including Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones.

“I like him. He’s everywhere you go;

he wants to be involved,” Jones said. “I think he’d be an asset.”

Jones says some people doubt Ivers because of his age, but he thinks Ivers has what it takes to make an impact.

“I’m for giving him a chance,” Jones said. “Just because people are older, and they are in these positions, doesn’t make them the greatest at everything they do.”

But this campaign season has not been easy for Ivers. He has to balance being a college student, working parttime at Henry’s Candy Company and running for council. This semester, he is taking his classes online to alleviate some of his stress, but Ivers admits he has a lot of responsibilities on his plate.

“It definitely does get overwhelming sometimes, but it’s worth it,” Ivers said.

Ivers hopes his run will be an inspiration to others to persevere and a message to young people that they can do anything they put their minds to.

“I think [my campaign] gives hope to our future,” Ivers said. “I think it gives hope that if you put in enough hard work, you can do it — whatever your dream is and whatever your passion is.”

Election Day is Nov. 5, with early voting beginning a month prior. There will be a candidate forum on Oct. 10 at the Miami’s Hamilton campus where he will defend his platform against other candidates, two of which hold seats now. @briah_lumpkins lumpkibm@miamioh.edu

Miami hosts students’ rights activists for 50th anniversary of Supreme Court case JUSTEEN JACKSON

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Mary Beth and John Tinker, famous for their student activism, emphasized the need for students to think critically and speak up for their rights at their keynote address kicking off Citizenship and Democracy Week. The siblings spoke on Monday, Sept. 16 at Miami University’s Hamilton campus to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines. The decision was a key victory for the First Amendment and student rights in public schools.

During the talk, John and Mary Beth Tinker discussed their history of activism.

John Tinker began the address with the broader context of the Tinker family’s activism. John Tinker said their parents were committed to civil rights and anti-war activism.

Their father, a methodist preacher, lost two jobs because of this work.

John Tinker said that growing up, the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement began to intertwine.

“War, generally, is a sign that there is something really broken,” John Tinker said.

Mary Beth Tinker began her fight for students’ rights at age 13.

She was inspired by Freedom Summer hosted by Western College of Women in 1964, as well as the bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963.

She saw the other students fighting for their lives and standing up for their rights in the aftermath of these incidents. This inspired her to wear her first black armband, a symbol of mourning, at 11 years old in protest of the Vietnam War with her brother.

THE TINKER FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF ACTIVISM. THE MIAMI STUDENT JUSTEEN JACKSON

“This is just a piece of cloth, and people are being killed,” John Tinker said.

Mary Beth Tinker said that it only takes a little bit of courage to stand up for what you believe in.

“It was very scary to do something that was against the rules,” she said.

Mary Beth Tinker said she was a quiet and shy girl. She faced threats to bomb her home, hate mail and death threats at 13 years old. However, she said, she was doing what she thought had to be done — standing up for peace in a time that really needed it.

“That’s the power of kids. Children see through the hypocrisy,” Mary Beth Tinker said. “They send sparkly Christmas cards with sayings like, ‘Peace on Earth,’ but what were the adults actually doing … war, war, war.”

Mary Beth Tinker said that students are in a position to make change because they’re observant.

Students recognize when there is a difference between what is being said and what is being done.

“Young people want adults to actually do what they say … and that goes for the Constitution today,” Mary Beth Tinker told The Miami Student. “We want to live up to the ideals of the Constitution, not just have it be something we learn about to pass the SAT.” Mary Beth Tinker said that the question became what should she do with her experience. After being a trauma nurse and witnessing racial disparities in relation to violent crimes, she realized that she needed to continue to tell her story. Today, she and her brother travel all over the country speaking to students.

The rest of Citizenship and Democracy week includes a naturalization ceremony, voter registration, a showing of Knock Down the House, a blood drive and more at Miami’s regional campuses. The siblings will speak again at 1 p.m. today in the Harry T. Wilks Theater in Armstrong Student Center on the Oxford campus. @heyitsjusteen jacks250@miamioh.edu

ASG launches satellite counseling service for more access to mental health support on campus MAGGIE ANGEVINE STAFF WRITER

Last week, Miami University launched Campus Care, a new mental health outreach program pioneered

by Associated Student Government (ASG).

Campus Care is a drop-in counseling service for students who wish to speak with a trained mental health professional in a less formal setting than the traditional therapy offered through the Student Counseling Services (SCS).

“I think one of the best things that Campus Care does is start to help destigmatize seeking counseling for people who haven’t used it before,” said Shelby Frye, an ASG off-campus senator who helped start the program. “Everyone should check in on their mental health the same way they do with their physical health.”

The service is offered at King Library, Armstrong Student Center and Farmer School of Business (FSB). It

operates on a first-come, first-served basis, with 15-minute sessions that are open to any student on campus.

“It provides flexibility (in time and location) that the [SCS] might lack, simply because the hours are more regular and the building is not centrally located,” Frye said. “Students can now talk about how they are feeling with a more objective source about things that might be causing them immediate anxiety, like a break-up or a stressful exam.”

At Campus Care, no topics are off-limits. According to the website, common concerns for students using the service are “stress, relationships, academic performance, financial struggles, sadness, worry and family problems.”

Campus Care sessions are free and have no associated fees, unlike SCS which is $25 a visit after the first three visits. The sessions are short and informal; if the private office door is closed, a visitor simply waits until it opens and the clinician comes out to greet them.

Director of SCS John Ward said the school hopes the program will help increase student engagement with mental health services at Miami and is meant to reach students who may not seek out mental health services through “traditional means.”

One driving factor behind the launch of the Campus Care program is the infamously long wait times at the counseling center. Frye said the wait times can be long and it can take several weeks to get an appointment.

Sophomore Alli Lowe recalls a twoweek period between when she called the center for an appointment and when she actually met with a counselor for the first time.

“I wasn’t seriously concerned, but what if it had been an emergency and I needed someone right away?” she asked.

The long wait times can be a deterrent to students, but Frye hopes that Campus Care can open doors for students who may be considering more intensive therapy.

“It is a program meant to give students who might be considering going to longer-term counseling a taste of what counseling is like or for students experiencing more situational anxiety as opposed to a more sustained feeling of anxiety, depression or other mental health concern,” Frye said.

Lowe is optimistic about the new satellite counseling.

“I think this will be a good idea, especially for people who have issues that aren’t giant but also need attention sooner than a few weeks out,” Lowe said. “Even if they just need five minutes of advice, I think this will be perfect.”

The 15-minute sessions may be convenient for students, but their effectiveness has come into question from students skeptical of the process.

Ward believes that they can be effective, primarily for smaller issues or as an add-on to traditional counseling.

“I don’t see Campus Care as an opposition to current, traditional services, but rather a way to supplement them,”

Ward said.

For now, the program is starting small. Sessions will be available from 5:15-6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays at King Library in room 108, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays at the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion in Armstrong and from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Thursdays at FSB in room 1011.

If the program is actively utilized by students, Ward said Miami hopes to expand the program in the coming months, potentially increasing both the hours and locations.

Campus Care is not psychotherapy, and Ward encourages students to utilize counseling center resources in addition to Campus Care sessions, though the care providers are trained mental health professionals who can offer advice as needed. @NewellMaggie angevims@miamioh.edu

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Abandoned bikes auctioned off in Oxford HANNAH HORSINGTON THE MIAMI STUDENT

At 10 a.m. Saturday morning, crowds gathered outside campus in a make-shift bicycle graveyard. Potential buyers walked up and down the rows, inspecting each bike, from those that were old and rusted to others that were brand new. The sound of a ringing bell could be heard wafting above the crowd every few seconds.

The auctioneers walked around, greeting familiar auction-goers by name. For others who looked lost, the auctioneers offered to explain how the process worked. They announced every few minutes that they would be starting the auction precisely on time.

Behind the Miami University Police Services Center, bikes covered the parking lot for Miami’s annual bicycle and vehicle auction.

The rows of bikes extended the entire length of the parking lot, and the auction also included a used four-wheeler and four Miami service trucks that were taken out of circulation.

By 9:30 a.m., around 50 people had already gathered to survey the available vehicles before the auction officially began.

Bidders were encouraged to move any bikes they wanted auctioned first to the front, so they would not end up waiting hours for a certain one.

These prospective buyers included local families, university employees and students. For students, attending the auction was a way to buy a bike without having to transport it from home, and it is potentially a cheaper option.

“I work on Sunday mornings, and the buses aren’t running yet,” said senior Olivia Shade. Shade said that she needed a bike to get from her apartment to her job safely and efficiently.

By the time the auction was under way, more than 150 prospective buyers had registered to participate in the auction. Bidders crowded around the bicycles while they were auctioned off in groups. The winning bidder had the ability to choose

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any bike from the group. Winners could buy multiple bikes out of the group, but each bike would increase in price, depending on how many they chose to buy.

The bikes being auctioned off had all been abandoned on campus by students at the end of last semester. As summer break approached, emails were sent to all students warning that any bikes left on campus would be considered unwanted and collected for the auction.

Students were instructed to leave a note on any bike that they were still using, indicating to the police department to leave the bike.

Each summer, approximately one week after the semester ends, officers travel around campus with a physical facilities truck and trailer to collect any unclaimed bikes.

Officers must log the make, model, color, serial number and location the bike is found in, said Miami University Police Department Officer Jarrad Sizemore. After the bikes are collected, they are taken to the police services building and stored in large containers. Each bike and

MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO BID ON ABADONED BIKES, UNIVERSITY CARS. PHOTO EDITOR JUGAL JAIN

its location is cataloged before it’s placed in storage in case students wish to pick up their bikes. Students who did not leave a note but wish to retrieve their bike can do so but must pay a small storage fee.

License plate scanning technology replaces physical parking passes

MUPD DRIVES AROUND TO SCAN LICENSE PLATES WITH NEW SCANNING SYSTEM. PHOTO EDITOR JUGAL JAIN

CAROLINE HAUBENSTRICKER STAFF WRITER

The Miami University Police Department (MUPD) has fully implemented a new parking pass system on campus, replacing physical passes with a license plate scanning technology.

Under this new system, called License Plate Recognition, a vehicle’s license plate is registered if the license

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plate is in MUPD’s system. Essentially, a vehicle’s license plate is now considered its parking pass.

“Anybody who is parking on campus has to make sure that they are displaying their permission to park – their license plate,” MUPD captain Benjamin Spilman said. “Now, I understand that some states do not issue a front license plate, but that doesn’t change our requirement.”

MUPD has issued warnings, as well as tickets, to owners of vehicles

that don’t show their license plate — whether it is obstructed altogether or the car is parked in a way so its license plate isn’t visible.

But, police are considering alternatives to this issue.

“I like registering online, but I feel like they should have kept the stickers because it sometimes stresses me out by not having one since I was used to having one last year,” sophomore Abby Fox said. “I really didn’t appreciate the lack of that communication

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about it, too.”

Fox found out about the new system through word-of-mouth from her friends who had already registered their vehicles.

The recognition system uses GPS satellites, high resolution cameras, optical character recognition technology and a parking management database to help MUPD efficiently enforce the university’s parking regulations.

Police use MUPD-issued vehicles — not police cars — to scan a license plate, the scanner receives information from GPS satellites about the car’s location and that information is saved with photos taken of the vehicle and license plate.

Afterward, that information is cross-checked with MUPD’s parking database to see if the license plate is registered with the university.

When an image is captured, the optical camera recognition technology decodes the license plate numbers and letters into machine-readable characters. The text of the license plate, GPS, date, time and location information are all sent to the parking system. It immediately gives a response to determine whether or not the vehicle is properly registered and parked where it is supposed to be.

“So [this system] makes us a whole lot more efficient at maintaining the parking resources on campus,” Spilman said. “So, no longer are we having to walk around campus and look on the dashboard and compare that to the time, day and location. This is now all done electronically.”

A parking technician inside the vehicle sees a context image, a license plate image, indication of any prior violations and whether the vehicle has a permit to be parked where it is. From there, an automatic ticket will be issued by the technician.

The violation gets printed inside the MUPD-issued vehicle and is left with the vehicle that receives a violation; an emailed copy is sent to the owner of the vehicle along with instructions about how to appeal or pay for the violation. This email goes out within 15 minutes of getting the written citation. “[This] is a big improvement over the previous systems where we had to rely on synchronizing the handheld equipment that the parking enforcement staff was using,” Spilman said.

“It was a laborious process, and now we can just drive around.”

Spilman knows there are not enough parking spaces for every car on campus, but this new enforcement system is designed to regulate parking and make sure there are spaces available for the people who need them, when they need them. @haubenstrickerc haubence@miamioh.edu

This school year, Miami University’s Student Success Center welcomed its inaugural class for the new GradU8 program. The program was created to help in-state students graduate in eight semesters and improve Miami’s retention rate.

Ashley Hopkins, senior assistant director at the Student Success Center, works directly with GradU8 students and meets with them at least twice per semester.

“The goal is really to help [students] graduate in as little time as possible and to move on successfully to the next step in life — whatever that is for them,” Hopkins said.

In addition to meeting with Hopkins, students in the program must enroll in 15 credit hours each semester to graduate in eight semesters.

They also must enroll in the one-credit-hour GradU8 course “Introduction to Strategic Learning Tools” during their first year.

Craig Bennett, director of the Student Success Center, began developing the GradU8 program last year.

“I hope it helps our in-state graduation rates,” Bennett said. “It’s primarily good for students, but then as a whole, it shows that Miami University graduates Ohio students at a high rate.”

If Miami keeps 37 more students, Bennett said, the retention rate goes up by 1 percent. The GradU8 program offered admission to 242 Ohio students, and 225 students are enrolled for the year.

These students were admitted to the program based on data provided by the Office of Admission.

“We looked at students holistically,” Hopkins said. “So from their admission essay, their full admission profile, their FAFSA information, really looking for students who would contribute to the program as strong scholars but who would also make the most of the scholarship opportunity.”

One benefit of the program is a book scholarship. Bennett estimates that the scholarship will be between $200 and $300, depending on how many students meet the scholarship requirements.

The scholarship is accessible to students on the condition that they maintain a GPA of 2.8 and earn 12 credit hours during their first semester. After the first semester, students must earn 15 credit hours with a GPA of 3.0.

“We want this program to have some teeth so that students are like, ‘Yeah, I want to keep coming back,’” Bennett said.

Hopkins said that as long as the requirements are met, the scholarship can be renewed every semester and is included in students’ financial aid packages.

First-year psychology major Lauren Haus is currently enrolled in the program. She said she enjoys the access she gains to the trained upperclassmen “learning partners.”

“We got a peer leader for small group, and that’s probably my favorite part,” Haus said. “I think it’s just a really good resource to have.”

Hopkins described the learning partners as “a cross between a peer mentor and a UA” to help GradU8 students learn about on-campus resources. The learning partners lead small groups during the class as well as schedule one-on-one and group activities outside of class.

Hopkins said learning partners must go through an interview process and a training program that she is helping develop. The topics covered in the training program include campus resources and issues surrounding diversity, time keeping and record keeping. Partners have completed five hours of training and expect to complete an additional hour every week of the semester.

Peer leaders are only one of the many resources available to students in the class. The class covers lessons like academic goals, career goals, money management, academic advising, course registration and academic resources. Bennett said the Center for Career Exploration and Success will also help students connect with job shadowing opportunities over winter term.

“It’s been really great working one-on-one with so many amazing, great students,” Hopkins said. “We have a great class that came in this year in general. And so it’s been really great to get to meet all of them and be in the classroom with them.” bammeraj@miamioh.edu

6 CULTURE

EMILY DATTILO DUARD HEADLEY CULTURE EDITORS

The first month in a new place is always intimidating.

Especially when that new place involves a class of nearly 4,000 people you’ve never met and dozens of red-brick buildings that all look identical.

That love for new-found independence, in combination with the nostalgia and longing to be back with your family and old high school friends is common. It’s so common, in fact, that it’s usually a starting point for making new friends.

And after a few weeks, a routine starts to form. Things slide into place and Oxford begins to feel like home. But these snippets of awkwardness and adjustment often linger in the minds of those who experienced them well after they find their feet.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

FRESHMAN SHOCK

ILLUSTRATION BY ALYSSA MARTIN

Orange you glad the first day is over?

LEXI WHITEHEAD

THE MIAMI STUDENT I love orange juice.

For me, it’s kind of like coffee, since I never actually tried to enjoy overdosing on caffeine first thing in the morning. So, before my 8:30 UNV 101 class, I poured myself some orange juice and made my way to Irvin Hall with my morning fuel on one side of my backpack and hydroflask on the other.

Stay hydrated, kids.

When I finally found my classroom, I was greeted by a cramped circle of too many desks.

To be fair, the amount of desks was correct for the amount of people. But, the amount of people was too high for the size of the room.

To make this grouping even more unfortunate, the desks included those weird tabletops attached to the side that rotate. And, while it’s a nice concept, the desks require you to move that tabletop anytime you want to get in, out or under the desk.

The class was pretty uneventful.

I sat squished between two other girls and sipped my juice, trying to stay awake. It was introduction after introduction then syllabus.

Pretty standard, boring, first day stuff. But when I decided to get a pencil out of my backpack, the girl to my left had the same thought at the same time and “BAM!” The desks slammed into each other.

Okay, it wasn’t that dramatic. It was more like a bump and a thud but it was enough to send my cup onto the floor in the middle of our circle. The orange juice splashed onto the floor and every one of my classmates saw.

My first thought: Wow, that’s embarrassing.

JOEY PUCKETT

The car was soaked in a tense silence.

We drove past collapsing trailer homes not three miles from a community of several well-preserved country palaces. It was a far cry from Minneapolis. At the sight of an imposing red brick home nestled next to an idyllic, undersized cornfield, my old man quietly mumbled to himself.

My father had not set foot in Ohio for over 23 years. He told me to turn my music off and then began violently coughing.

Ferocious, empty coughs.

He leaned his passenger seat back. His bald head squeaked against the leather and his wide gut flattened as he lowered. He lulled himself to sleep with his complaints.

Less than an hour later, we arrived in Oxford.

I was thrilled to be seeing Miami University for the first time. Eyes wide, I breathed a sigh of relief. The campus was as picturesque as advertised. I was giddy, anxious to move into my dorm.

My dad, immune to my contagious attitude, remained silent, except to point out spots where his old friends used to hang out during his days as a student.

Our first order of business was not to pick up my student I.D. as we had planned. Rather, he asked me to approach a Kroger parking lot just a little ways off-campus. I thought he might be gunning for some cold water or hot soup, both of which often helped to ease his frequent coughing fits.

He remained in the car. I unbuckled my seatbelt, but he ordered me to drive off.

He guided me into the neighborhood behind Kroger.

“This was the edge of our farm,” he said, stonefaced. He did not speak again for two blocks. He stared out the window. “Lot’s changed.”

“I used to drive the tractor all up and down here,” he said to no one in particular. “Aunt Pammy would sit on it too. Dad didn’t want any of the

My second: The professor just explained how technically, food and drink wasn’t allowed but it was fine as long we didn’t make a mess.

My third: I had to clean this up. (These are all very calm versions of what I was thinking.

I was very much freaked out. Curse words and self-deprecation were definitely involved.)

I got up out of my hazardous desk and quickly picked up my cup before rushing out to find paper towels. Everything was fine — I just had to find a bathroom.

“So as it turns out, it might be true that no one really cares what you do in college.”

But, I didn’t actually have any idea of where one was.

I hurried through the maze-like halls, halting to read every door sign and then picking up pace again.

It was like playing a game of red light, green light — except I was all by myself and I had no idea where my goal destination was. I zig-zagged through the hall, almost bouncing off the walls in a freaked-out frenzy trying to look around every corner until I saw it.

My savior took the form of a rectangle on the wall with a simplified figure of a woman on it.

I had made it to the women’s restroom.

I shoved the door open, ripped countless paper towels from the dispenser and made a beeline back to the classroom.

Upon my return to the cursed circle of desks, I used my wadded up paper towels to clean up what juice hadn’t already soaked into the carpet.

This was the first time my professor realized what had happened and it didn’t seem to bother him in the slightest. Everyone in my class had already moved on to filling out their “life-maps” and probably did so less than two seconds after my spill.

So as it turns out, it might be true that no one really cares what you do in college. Especially all the other freshman in your UNV 101 class who are likely as embarrassing as you are. whitehan@miamioh.edu

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girls driving the tractor if me or Uncle Tom was around to.”

It was rare for my dad to talk about his own father. He rolled down the window and the fresh air carried away the new-car scent.

My father’s family moved constantly as a kid.

His father, a carpenter, moved the family between four states before my father left them for Colorado. In his 12 years of public schooling, he attended 10 different schools. Oxford was the only city they stayed in for over a year. They lived there for three.

He and his brother both returned to Oxford to attend Miami for college. They did this because, unbeknownst to me, our family has deep roots in the area. Though my father and I are close, he never told me how connected I am to Oxford.

As we walked up High Street, my father stopped long past any of the popular bars and restaurants to point out the rooms above a janky lawyer’s office.

“Grandpa and grandma, my grandpa and grandma, lived up there for 40 years. He sold oriental rugs, that old hippy.”

I had no clue that my great-grandparents lived in Oxford. You’d think that my father would have mentioned that at some point during my college selection process, but he didn’t.

We walked back down High Street, and he tried to remember the old spot of the restaurant where he worked at as a student in 1979. We walked into the new business, a sandwich joint called La Bodega. We ordered our sandwiches, and the two undergrads behind the counter got to work.

As she threw my Reuben into the toaster, my dad approached the counter and asked her, “Do you know if a restaurant named ‘Mother’s’ used to be here?”

The undergrad looked at him as though he came from outer space.

“I have no idea.” pucketj6@miamioh.edu

Wrapping up move-in weekend SARAH GRACE HAYS THE MIAMI STUDENT

As I strutted from the hotel lobby to the car, I knew Miami was my place and I could not wait to begin my college journey. I was filled with wonder about the day ahead.

Would it be magical?

No. An hour into my move into Collins Hall, my mom and I had already fought over the assembly of a refrigerator shelf and a six-cube storage cabinet. My dad had decided he would sit by and watch. Eventually, he offered to take the trash out.

That’s when the day took a jarring turn.

My roommate had moved in several days earlier for the Made@Miami event, so the trash can was already full. As my dad tugged at the bag to remove it from the bin, a bright pink latex object fell out onto the floor.

A condom. Out of its wrapper.

After a few seconds of pure confusion, he began to gag.

Across the room, my mom and I went into a fit of laughter.

My dad stormed out of the room to find the nearest bathroom and rub his hands raw with soap and water. As he tried to pull himself together, I received a text from my roommate saying she would be at the dorm in about 20 minutes.

My parents promptly decided that now was the best time to take a quick trip to Walmart. As we searched the store for S-hooks, tupperware containers and more, my dad continued to worry about the inevitable meeting with my roommate.

“Who could she possibly have done that with this early on?” he asked. “Is she a party girl?”

He spiraled into an anxious stupor as my mom and I tried and failed to assuage his concerns.

When we finally arrived back on campus, my mom and I carried the bags to my room as my dad parked the car. My roommate was waiting

with a plate of warm cookies and an eager hug.

She introduced herself to my mom, then flitted from the room to meet a friend for lunch.

When my dad arrived, his relief was obvious.

Finally, it was time for my parents to leave, and I assured them I would investigate the mystery of the bright pink condom.

Several days later, I finally built up the courage to ask my roommate about it. She explained that she worked at Planned Parenthood, and as a result she has access to an abundance of condoms.

“I was filled with wonder about the day ahead.

Would it be magical? No.” One of them had been flavored, and she and a couple of her friends were curious.

Enter the unwrapped condom in the trash can.

I was comforted and I explained to her what had happened with my parents. We shared a good laugh and moved on easily.

Now I’m eager to see the formal introduction of my roommate to my dad. hayssg@miamioh.edu

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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Humans of Oxford: The power of Pokémon DAVID KWIATKOWSKI THE MIAMI STUDENT

Walking class to class, you see all different walks of life.

Students walking around with empty briefcases?

Common.

Students zooming past on Lime scooters?

Too common.

A tattoo-covered, gauge-wearing, 47-year old man with a ZZ-Top-level beard carrying a tablet playing Pokémon Go? Pretty uncommon.

Larry Combs, a retired tattoo artist from Hamilton, Ohio, devotes his time to aiding the Oxford Pokémon Go community in its quest to “catch ‘em all.” The “full-time grandpa” comes to work with his wife who is a food production leader in the Armstrong Student Center.

During her nine-hour shift, he gets busy trekking across campus. He averages about 10 to 15 miles a day and 90 hours a week on the app. He also plays on two accounts, one for himself and one for his granddaughter.

Initially, his kids got him hooked on Pokémon.

“They were into the show when they were younger, and I’ve always been into video games,” Combs said. “We started playing on day one, it was a bonding thing we did. However, eventually they got bored and I didn’t.”

With over 2,000 Pokémon under his belt, he has more than proved himself to be a Pokémon master, but it’s the sense of community that keeps bringing him back.

“This community is beautiful,” Combs said.

“I have friends who are college kids, I have friends who are older than me that play. The worst part is when they leave.”

He keeps in touch with them through the Discord chat created for the Oxford Pokémon Go community. Discord is an app that allows gamers to create their own video-game specific group chats.

The Oxford group has over 600 members.

And the community is just as appreciative of Combs as he is of them.

“He’s just a wholesome guy,” sophomore Simon Foster said. “He is always eager to organize raids and help out when he can — he is the core of this community.”

Students are constantly messaging Combs to see if he is going to be at the next raid. A raid is an event where a Pokémon that would not be able to be caught in the wild is hatching, and other people are needed to help capture it.

“I have no reason to go [to the raids],” Combs said. “I’m as high as you can get in the game, but I’ve been requested to help because I’m good at organizing things for people, and I enjoy it.”

Combs particularly enjoys the connections he makes with Miami students. He takes on a fatherly role with them.

“I’ve always enjoyed being a father figure. I

love kids,” Combs said. “Sometimes I catch myself scolding them for playing the game when I know they probably have a class. I remind them that it’s fun to play, but you’re here for an education.”

The students, in turn, have shown their appreciation for Combs by giving him his own nickname: Lucky Larry, which he’s named after for his unbelievable luck in catching shiny Pokémon (a shiny is a special-edition Pokémon that people have a very small chance of catching).

“One time, Larry complained to me about not catching a shiny in three days,” Foster said.

“I had not caught one in three months.”

Combs is not quick call himself a mentor though.

“I don’t like to put labels on myself,” he said.

“People like me and I don’t understand it. If I saw me, I would tell my kid to get away from that man.”

Despite his rugged exterior, Combs greets anyone with a smile and a hello.

“I’ve been so used to people all of my life judging me for my appearance, but it’s not like that here,” he said.

He has a saying that he personally chooses to live by: “If you look me in the eye, I’m gonna say hi.”

Pokémon Go is not merely a game for Combs: it is also his medicine.

Combs was forced to retire from tattoo artistry after being diagnosed with degenerative arthritis in both of his hands. It has since spread to his spine and his hips, and his doctor recommends exercise that makes him move as much as possible.

Pokémon Go is his best-case scenario. It is his own brand of physical therapy, while simultaneously giving him a place in a community that loves and cherishes him. His arthritis will progress no matter how much exercise he gets, but he does not let it get the best of him.

“Eventually, I will be wheelchair bound,” Combs said. “But I don’t think it’s going to affect my playing. I’ll get one of those little scooters if I have to.”

His favorite Pokémon, Eevee, is a perfect example of his own sense of perseverance.

“Eevee is one of the only Pokémon that can transform into 8 different forms of itself. It amazes me that one little thing can do so many different things,” Combs said. “We, as humans, do the same thing. We do so many different things without getting stuck in a mindset of what we can and can’t do.”

Combs is in the process of organizing a group of Oxford players to go to next year’s Go Fest — the annual Pokémon Go convention. It will be his first time leaving the Oxford area to play Pokémon Go. When it comes to finding unexpected treasures on the streets of Oxford, Combs knows his stuff. Life lessons? Pokémon? He’s caught them all. kwiatkdm@miamioh.edu

POKEMON GO SERVES AS MEDICINE AND PROVIDES A COMMUNITY TO COMBS. THE MIAMI STUDENT KELSEY WARNING

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PROMISES DYNAMIC LINEUP OF DIVERSE SHOWS

FROM D&D TO SHAKESPEARE, THIS THEATRE SEASON HAS A LOT TO OFFER. THE MIAMI STUDENT ABBY BAMMERLIN

KELLY MCKEWIN

THE MIAMI STUDENT Miami’s Department of Theatre kicked off its 2019-2020 season with auditions for fall shows. The season will feature four plays, with two performances per semester.

All of the shows will have different

plots and styles, but will each explore the year’s theme of health and wellness, whether it be physical, mental or emotional.

This semester’s shows are “When We Get Good Again,” which will debut in October, and “She Kills Monsters,” which will be performed in November. “When We Get Good Again” is a four-person play about the stresses

“All of the shows are so incredibly different that there’s something for everyone this time around.”

-junior Jamie Chmielewski

of college life, told through the story of Tracy, a girl who writes and sells term papers and the peers who buy her papers to cheat their way through classes.

“All of the shows are so incredibly different that there’s something for everyone this time around,” said junior Jamie Chmielewski, a cast member in “When We Get Good Again.” “‘She Kills Monsters’ is super weird and modern ...We have a Shakespeare show and a show about a high school girls’ soccer team.

There’s something for everyone to love.”

“She Kills Monsters” follows the story of Agnes, a girl who uses her late sister’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook to address her grief over her sister’s death.

Despite the heavy themes, many of the plays still have comedic elements.

Senior Sam Adams believes this is espe-

cially prevalent in “She Kills Monsters,” where the main character enters a fantasy world filled with her sister’s characters.

“Under it all, it’s insanely fun and magical.

Even though [Agnes] is looking back on the past and it can be sad, the fact that her sister can be on stage with her is fun and magical and uplifting,” Adams said. “I show up three or four times in the dragon world, and every time I enter, I proclaim my entrance and die immediately. I’m really excited for that. Being the comedic relief, I don’t think I’ve had that before.”

“When We Get Good Again” is a more serious show as it’s based in reality, but Julia Burkholder, the show’s stage manager, says there are still lighter moments to balance out the rest of the plot.

“It’s serio-comedic,” Burkholder said. “The first act is pretty funny, while we’re dealing with serious subject matter, but there are funny moments. The end has more dark subject matter.”

Next semester’s shows have not yet been cast, but in March there will be a performance of “The Wolves,” which follows the story of a girls’ soccer team as they practice and bond.

The final show of the year will be a performance of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors,” a tale of mistaken identity and slapstick humor.

Burkholder believes this season will hold a lot of laughter and relatable messages for a college-aged audience. Though the shows are each different from one another, she thinks each has something to offer and that all will be enjoyable.

“There’s a lot of relatable content and a lot of laughs within this big variety of theater, from a classic Shakespeare comedy to a brand new play,” Burkholder said. “I think overall there’s a lot of relatability among the characters throughout this wide variety of themes.”

Chmielewski hopes students and faculty alike come to this year’s shows, whether they are avid theater fans or have never attended a Miami play.

“My personal favorite thing about theater is that I don’t think you can walk in and leave the same way you were feeling before,” Chmielewski said. “There’s always something that changes you or the way you think. Just show up and support the theater and be open to letting these plays have a significant impact on you, because once that happens it becomes a whole new world.”

The first show of the season, “When We Get Good Again,” opens on Wednesday, Oct. 2 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 6. Tickets will be available through the Miami Box Office. mckewikm@miamioh.edu

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Brett Gabbert’s Miami success is 12 years in the making CHRIS VINEL

SPORTS EDITOR Brett Gabbert steps up to the 16yard line at Kinnick Stadium and stares down the Iowa Hawkeyes’ defense.

It’s the first half of his first collegiate game, but the 19-year-old freshman quarterback is calm and confident. This isn’t the first time he has stood in a venue that holds 70,000 people.

After one last pre-play look at his receivers, Gabbert calls “hike,” catches the shotgun snap and goes to work.

Three steps back. His brown eyes look right. They latch onto a target.

Flick.

He floats a rainbow throw toward the back-right corner of the end zone.

Touchdown. The first of many collegiate scores to come.

While it might have been the first one to count, that play wasn’t Brett Gabbert’s first touchdown pass with “MIAMI” written across his chest. *** Three weeks ago today, Brett Gabbert still didn’t know if he’d play a single snap in 2019. As part of a threeway battle to become Miami’s starting quarterback, he could’ve easily fallen to third in the race and watched Jackson Williamson or AJ Mayer line up under center for the RedHawks.

But he won the job, becoming the first true freshman quarterback in Miami history to start Week One. He wasn’t told he was playing until just hours before his first touchdown pass.

“It’s been pretty surreal,” Gabbert said after leading Miami to a 48-17 shellacking of Tennessee Tech Sept. 7.

In his three games as the starter, he’s completed 59 percent of his passes for 481 yards and two touchdowns.

He’s added two touchdowns on the ground and turned the ball over only twice.

Brett arrived on campus more than four months after the position battle began. He didn’t mind. He’s always been the last in a three-quarterback race.

Both of his older brothers, Blaine and Tyler, were quarterbacks.

Blaine is 29 years old, and Tyler is 28. They look alike, with long, slender faces, light eyes and blond hair. Blaine is 6’5”, and Tyler is 6’1”.

Next to his brothers, Brett stands out. He resembles them enough to still be a Gabbert, but he’s built differently.

Miami lists Brett as six-feet-tall, but he admits he’s “officially” 5 feet and 11 and a half inches. Like his brothers, he’s muscular, but his face isn’t as thin. His hair is more brown than blond, and his eyes are dark.

Despite the age gap and physical differences, the Gabbert boys share football.

“Whether it was with my brothers or my dad, we were always out there, in the backyard, throwing the football around,” Brett said.

Blaine starred as Missouri’s starter for two years, before the bright lights of the National Football League became too great to ignore. He was the 10th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft and currently serves as the backup for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

While Tyler never started, he attended Mizzou before transferring to the University of Central Florida.

There, he threw seven career passes, including one touchdown.

“It was pretty cool,” Brett said.

“Most people don’t get to have that in their family. A lot of people don’t have two older brothers that have been there and done that.”

Because his brothers are so much older, Brett started attending college games at the age of eight. He grew up in big stadiums, traveling every Saturday to wherever one of his brothers was playing. He even got to sit backstage with his family and dozens of future

NFL players the night Blaine was drafted.

While his brothers were still in the recruiting process, 6-year-old Brett got to accompany his family to different schools around the country.

Their first-ever visit? Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

The RedHawks were recruiting Blaine, but Brett was struck by the place.

There are pictures of him wearing a red Miami t-shirt and standing in the middle of the team’s locker room. Naturally, he’s holding a football and grinning, imitating that same quarterback flick he would display against Iowa 12 years later.

After that day, Brett kept Miami in the back of his mind.

“I always told my head coach at my high school and my mom and dad and brothers, if I’m not going to go Ivy League or go to a Power Five school, I’m going to go to the MAC, and I’m going to go to Miami,” he said.

As a three-star recruit, he wasn’t pursued by those bigger schools. Missouri and Iowa never called like they did for five-star Blaine and four-star Tyler.

Miami became Brett’s clear choice.

He committed during his junior year of high school after taking his own campus visit.

“I visited other schools,” Brett said.

“No one had a campus like here, no one had the facilities like here. There were other great coaching staff, but I liked the atmosphere here. I liked the players here, and I liked the coaching staff the most here, so I was like, this is the best fit out of all of them.” *** After sticking with Iowa for 40 minutes but, ultimately losing 38-14, Brett showered off, grabbed his equipment bags and headed toward the team bus.

He was greeted by four familiar fac-

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es. He knew his mom, dad and Tyler were in the stands watching him, but he had no clue Blaine was there. He wasn’t supposed to be.

Blaine was in the middle of NFL training camp but decided to make a surprise flight to Iowa to watch Brett play his first game as a Miami player — something Blaine had thought about becoming more than a decade earlier.

There were no brotherly jokes or critiques. Only hugs.

“He said he was proud of me,” Brett beamed. @ChrisAVinel vinelca@miamioh.edu

FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK BRETT GABBERT ARRIVED IN OXFORD FOR FALL CAMP. HE STARTED FOR THE REDHAWKS 12 YEARS AFTER FIRST VISITING MIAMI. (TOP) THE MIAMI STUDENT ZACH REICHMAN (BOTTOM) CONTRIBUTED BY ERIC KOEH-LER

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SATURDAY THE REDHAWKS LED 10-0 AT CINCINNATI LAST WEEKEND BEFORE EVENTUALLY LOSING 35-13. THIS WEEKEND, THEY PLAY OHIO STATE, WHO BEAT INDIANA 51-10 LAST SATURDAY. THE MIAMI STUDENT ZACH REICHMAN

CHRIS VINEL

SPORTS EDITOR The Miami RedHawks have 1.3 million reasons for playing Ohio State this week.

That number is the dollar amount the Buckeyes are gifting Miami for coming to Ohio Stadium and receiving a predicted walloping Saturday.

After winning its opening three contests by a combined 107 points, No. 6 Ohio State is favored against the RedHawks by 40.

Not even MU head coach Chuck Martin thinks the matchup is fair.

“It’s kind of like going to recess, and they have the first 85 picks,” Martin said.

In Week Two, the Buckeyes blew out Cincinnati, 42-0. That’s the same Bearcat team that beat Miami 35-13 last Saturday.

“They’re what you expect,” Martin said. “They’re a really good Ohio State team. They’ve been really good for a number of years … They don’t have any weaknesses. They’ve got good players backed up by good players.”

Regardless, it’ll be another learning experience — something Miami has emphasized this season.

“It’s an awesome opportunity for us to continue to figure out where we’re out in 2019,” Martin said.

Offensively, the Buckeyes are led by sophomore quarterback and ear-

ly-season Heisman-hopeful Justin Fields and junior running back J.K. Dobbins.

The duo has posted video-game statistics so far this season even though they haven’t played many late-game snaps due to their team’s large leads. Fields has thrown for nine touchdowns and rushed for two more, while Dobbins has rumbled for 425 yards and four scores.

“I know they’re big, fast, and they’ve got athletic players,” junior defensive back Mike Brown said.

“They’re pretty basic on offense, so it’s going to come down to us just being men and doing what we’ve got to do, tackling and covering. But we know what they’re going to do.”

Schematically, Martin compared Ohio State’s defensive unit, dubbed the “Silver Bullets,” to his own team’s.

“Obviously, a little different clientele,” Martin said. “Structure is one thing. What the body types look like is another thing.”

The unit has recorded 31 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, three interceptions and one recovered fumble. The Ohio State defensive front will look to stuff the RedHawks’ ground game and force freshman quarterback Brett Gabbert to make plays.

“We’re going to have our hands full,” redshirt sophomore running back Davion Johnson said.

The game is scheduled for 3:30

and will air on the Big Ten Network.

Miami’s injury woes The RedHawks lost three offensive linemen to injury against Cincinnati Saturday. Martin said he didn’t know if any of the three would play at Ohio State.

If they don’t suit up, Miami will struggle to run the ball even more than it already would have against the talented Buckeye defensive line, often considered the team’s best position group.

As for other banged-up RedHawks, several starters might be back in action this week.

Junior running back Jaylen Bester missed the contest against UC, but Martin hopes he returns to the lineup this week. Ditto for redshirt junior linebacker Ryan McWood.

Redshirt junior wide receiver Jack Sorenson played last weekend but was on what Martin called “a pitch count.”

He should be closer to 100 percent by Saturday.

Matchup history Ohio State has won all five games its played against Miami. The last matchup was a 56-10 Buckeye win in 2012.

The Buckeyes haven’t lost to a school from Ohio since falling to Oberlin College in 1921. @ChrisAVinel vinelca@miamioh.edu

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Miami fields only collegiate women’s baseball club in U.S. LUKAS NELSON

THE MIAMI STUDENT Women’s baseball isn’t well known – yet.

That could change on our campus, however, with the Miami Women’s Baseball Club.

The team was started in the fall semester of 2016 by Callie Maddox, a professor in the kinesiology and health department. It is the only known collegiate women’s baseball club in the United States, Maddox said.

Maddox started the club because there are so many young girls involved with baseball at an early age that are then forced to switch to softball. She doesn’t want them to have to quit something they love.

“Traditionally, in American society, girls and women have been told to play softball,” Maddox said. “There are plenty of girls who play Little League Baseball, who love baseball, but then are forced or told to switch to softball … A lot of girls have seen their baseball dreams fade away because we replace baseball with softball for women.”

Maddox wanted to change that.

When she first started the club, it had about 15 members. Since then, membership has stayed in the 10-20 range. This includes not only women,

“We have a glove for you to use.”

-Callie Maddox

but also men who help coach the club.

They’re scheduled to have an open-tothe-public recruiting meeting in McGuffey Hall on Sept. 26.

“Everybody’s welcome,” Maddox said. “Faculty members, staff, students, members of the community – we’re very welcoming to everybody.”

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So far in its existence, the club has only ever held practices. Because Miami is the only college with a women’s baseball club, finding other teams to play can be difficult. However, the club has reached out to women’s baseball teams in Chicago and Washington, D.C. In addition to that, there is a women’s baseball tournament in Florida every November. Competing in that is the team’s ultimate goal.

The players have everything they need to compete, including the equipment and uniforms.

“Now it’s just a matter of getting people interested,” Maddox said.

“Getting that impetus to really get out there and travel so we can play some games.”

For Maddox, this is not only about women’s baseball at Miami, but about growing the women’s game everywhere.

While it may not be popular yet, women’s baseball is on the rise. There is a U.S. Women’s National Team, as well as a Women’s Baseball World Cup, which started in 2004. Japan has a women’s baseball league named the JWBL, which was founded in 2009.

In the U.S., however, opportunities for women’s baseball are slim. Besides the national team and rec leagues, there are not many opportunities for women to play. Maddox hopes this club will change that, specifically at the collegiate level.

“The big dream would be to have a network of collegiate women’s clubs,” Maddox said. “Miami has very successful club sports teams, and they all belong to these regional and national networks. So the big dream would be to start to create that and to have other universities start women’s baseball clubs as well.”

Above all else, the Miami Women’s Baseball Club is open to all new members, regardless of experience.

“Our goal is that we want everybody to feel welcome, no matter your skill level,” Maddox said. “If you’ve never played before, that’s fine.

“We have a glove for you to use.” @LukasTheDream nelso156@miamioh.edu

You win some, you lose some Miami volleyball splits another weekend

JUNIOR OUTSIDE HITTER GABY HARPER RECORDS A DIG AGAINST DAYTON ON SEPT. 3. SHE FINISHED THE CONTEST WITH SEVEN DIGS AND FOUR KILLS. ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

MIKE GUISTOLISE

THE MIAMI STUDENT Just when it looked like Miami (44) was about to go on a multi-game winning streak, the vision faded.

The RedHawks once again split a weekend with a win on Friday against North Carolina and a loss to Oakland on Saturday.

Friday got off on the right foot with Miami and North Carolina both exchanging blows and keeping within one point of each other for the first half of the opening set. Back-to-back Miami kills along with a service ace allowed the RedHawks to pull ahead.

A kill from senior outside hitter Taylor Daignault sealed a 25-19 Miami victory.

The RedHawks and the Tar Heels continued their close battle in the second set. This time, it would be North Carolina who looked to pull away, establishing a six point lead. The RedHawks then showed resilience, as they stormed back and stole the lead in the closing possessions of the set. Four of the last five kills belonged to Miami, as did the set, with a final of 25-23.

While Miami ended up dropping the third set, it sealed the match in

the fourth set with another comeback victory fueled by sophomore outside hitter Gaby Harper. Along with six kills in the final set, Harper and the RedHawks cemented the 3-1 match with a 25-23 fourth-set victory.

Harper and Daignault both recorded double digits in kills and digs; Harper tallied 15 kills with 14 digs, while Daignault had 10 kills and 11 digs. Other RedHawks to take note of were the setters, junior Morgan Seaman and sophomore Louise Comerford, who combined for 54 assists.

Freshman outside hitter Parker Austin knocked down 12 kills for the Tar Heels and had help from sophomore setter Annabelle Archer, who had 39 assists on the night The Saturday match started with a set that would’ve been hard to watch for RedHawk fans. Miami held the lead only once, as the Oakland Golden Grizzlies ran away with a 25-15 victory in the first set.

The second set saw more grit from the ’Hawks, showing no fear down one game in the match. Daignault, Harper and junior right side hitter Sarah Wojick each had four kills to charge Miami to a 25-23 set victory.

The RedHawks went back and

forth with Oakland in the third set.

With 11 ties, the set was close until the very end, as the Grizzlies were able to take the last two points and sneak out with a 25-23 win.

That loss seemed to drain the RedHawks, as they ended up dropping the fourth and final set of the match 25-18.

Gaby Harper closed out her weekend run with 14 kills on Saturday to compliment junior right side hitter Sarah Wojick’s 12.

Oakland’s junior middle hitter Jamie Walling had 13 kills, while junior libero Linday Wightman anchored the Grizzly defense with 23 digs.

With another weekend split, Miami still sits at .500 after eight games. The stretch away from Millett Hall continues with a huge bunch of matches — three in two days — coming up at the Buckeye invitational.

The RedHawks will tip off against Ohio State at 6 p.m. on Thursday in Columbus. @GustoSports guistom@miamioh.edu

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

STAFF EDITORIAL

‘From Now On’ we want real talk, no more fluff.

The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Miami recently unveiled a new commercial campaign and music video for recruitment purposes entitled “From Now On.” Michele Sparks, Miami’s vice president of marketing and communications, said the video intended to show both who we are and who we want to be at Miami.

Essentially: We may not always have it right, but we’re always striving to be better.

We applaud that acknowledgement, but feel that it should be coming from all levels of the university, not just the communications department when our reporters call for comment.

This Wednesday, Miami will host The Voices of Love & Honor: The 2019 Inclusion Forum. The forum aims to foster a dialogue between administration and student leaders about culture and diversity on Miami’s campus and how it can be improved.

We encourage the administration to use this forum as the first step toward actually creating the narrative shown in the video; acknowledge where Miami has failed our campus community, and outline ways in which Miami is striving to be better.

Because, ultimately, suggesting that this is what Miami is going to be “From Now On” begs the question: What has Miami been up until now?

Whether it be 23 racist images in 50 years of Recensio or, more recently, students using racial slurs in group chats, anti-Semitic Venmo requests or postings advertising for white supremacy groups, our campus’ history is no stranger to racism.

“From Now On” glosses over this part of our history altogether. It fails to encompass everything Miami is – the good, the not so good and the reprehensible. “From Now On” fails to take ownership for Miami’s past and

present.

It also disregards the activism and hard work we’ve seen on campus the last few years from our students and faculty in an effort to change the campus culture and promote equity. But this isn’t just about racial equity — it’s also about renovating our campus culture generally.

The ad campaign features beautiful camera shots of what campus life looks like from the outside. A voiceover

It’s time Miami speaks to how they have failed our students and staff and validate their experiences by looking at how we can improve. calls for future leaders to be “bold and bright,” “lead from the heart” and act as though “we’re brave and we’re stronger.”

But what concrete steps has the university taken to uphold these morals? Where’s the line between aspirational advertising and false advertising?

It’s not “bold and bright” to not pay your workers a

Good Morning Miami:

Finding lemonade in a world of lemons

EMILY DATTILO

CULTURE EDITOR On Friday, Panera gave me a little reminder with my mac n’ cheese.

My brother, John, and I were headed home to Chicago for the weekend and left Oxford around 5:30 p.m. John insisted we stop at Chick-fil-A for dinner and I agreed, despite the closest one on our route being nearly two hours away.

Traffic inched along and I grew more and more impatient. When we finally glimpsed that wonderful red-and-white sign and pulled into the parking lot, my brother discovered that, although the restaurant was technically open, it wouldn’t be serving food for another four days.

Great.

Visibly annoyed, I scanned the parking lot for other ideas, desperate for a drivethrough and mac n’ cheese.

Panera offered both.

John and I placed our orders of mac n’ cheese at the window, pulled forward and waited for the one customer in front of us to collect their food. Fifteen minutes crawled by, and the only sign of life within the pickup window was a lonely beverage accompanied by a straw that was passed to the waiting car.

At this point, it was 7:45 p.m. and John is diabetic, which requires him to eat regularly to avoid low blood sugar.

When we finally reached the window, my brother asked, “What’s going on there, man?”

The Panera guy looked a bit confused, but my brother explained his health condition, saying he needed to eat and asked for a lemonade.

Within 30 seconds, the Panera guy handed him a large lemonade – free of charge – and asked if he needed anything else.

There’s a lot of bad things going on in the

world, from the continual political battles to the ridiculous recurring Twitter fights.

It’s gotten to the point where news organizations have started grouping content and categorizing it as “Good News.”

And, honestly, most days, we could all use some good news.

That guy at Panera doesn’t know it, but his decision to act quickly, free of any attitude or rudeness, made a difference. It made a difference to my brother who needed a quick boost of sugar and appreciated being treated like an adult. It made a difference to me who, like lots of us, can sometimes forget there is still good in the world.

That’s a real cliche, but we all need a reminder that we can greet negativity with positivity.

A recent news story about a little boy from Florida who was bullied after wearing a homemade t-shirt with the University of Tennessee (UT) logo taped to it wrote that UT responded in a big way by deciding to make this little boy’s design into a real shirt.

The shirt has 50,000 pre-orders, and the boy’s been offered a full-ride to UT. I read that story and immediately smiled.

UT stepped forward and brightened the day of a little boy who really needed it. It was a classic example of helping others, not because you have to, but because you want to.

We’re surrounded by a pretty self-centered world.

We’ve been raised to value our successes and advancements before almost anything else. We compare the quality of our friends, our internships and our vacations to those around us, and we have social media to thank for that.

I’m not trying to say we should all adopt selfless attitudes and never think about ourselves. Instagram isn’t terrible and neither is being focused on our own achievements — it just shouldn’t be all the time.

A story from Chicken Soup for the Soul captured this concept well. The premise of the story is of a man who is “trying to bring love back to New York” so he goes out of his way to compliment others around him on their work ethic or abilities, hoping they’ll take that bit of positivity and share it.

He shrugs off his friend’s doubts about the individuals he compliments passing on that kindness to someone else. He resolutely believes there is still good in the world and that he has the power to be a part of it.

He’s right. He does. And so do you. dattilec@miamioh.edu

living wage.

It’s not “leading from the heart” when we have eight reported sexual assaults in the first three weeks of the semester.

And we’re certainly not “brave and we’re stronger” by cutting tenured faculty positions at the expense of underpaid and overworked adjuncts and visiting assistant professors.

It feels like Miami wants to pick the parts of diversity and campus culture that are convenient. Pushing this narrative is not an honest reflection of what this university has done.

“From Now On,” Sparks said, was meant to signify that students will have their perspectives shifted by their experiences on campus. Once you come to Miami, your worldview will be forever changed.

Your time in college should definitely break your worldview open and make you a better, more empathetic and more curious person. But once you become a student of the world, you’re not going to accept PR campaigns as real institutional signifiers of what this university has stood for.

It’s time Miami speaks to how they have failed our students and staff and validate their experiences by looking at how we can improve.

Shying away from these conversations acts as a disservice to an increasing portion of our student body and perpetuates a culture where people in our campus community are subjected to racism, unfair wages and institutional shortcomings.

We want Miami to answer our questions at Wednesday’s forum honestly.

Put away the prepared speeches and buzzwords and think critically about how the university can better provide an equal experience to everyone on this campus.

THE COLLEGE COMMANDMENTS

Thou shall not waste thy youth REBECCA WOLFF

STAFF WRITER The Cobblestone Community Church filled with wise words as lead pastor Andrew Holzworth spread the word of Christ like butter across the warm, crisp morning air of the church at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15.

Holzworth stepped out on stage with Proverbs 9:10 on the screen behind him, reading, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding,” “Would you have worshiped the way you did if Jesus was right here?” Holzworth said, motioning to the space next to him.

He explained how just this week, there were days he forgot Jesus was alive. He had been treating Jesus as though he were dead, and that the words of the Lord were there to remind us of his lessons.

Holzworth turned toward the audience and told them he would be inviting Jesus into the sermon today, because he is alive and well. Many people dropped to their knees and began to pray.

Many people, myself included, don’t align themselves with an organized religion. Even though I have no religious affiliation, I am going to different church services around Oxford in hopes of a spiritual awakening to improve my college experience.

Every religion has something to offer in terms of knowledge and wisdom about the meaning of life.

So, why not check out a few pews around town and take a shot at seeing the big picture?

We’re told that Jesus died and rose from the dead. That today he lives on in order to guide and help those who are lost.

What does it mean to be alive?

There are days every week that I forget I am a living and breathing person. Days where I wake up and start my morning routine, which turns into my daily routine and then finish off with my bedtime routine. I wake up the next day only to start all over.

We’re taught that following routines keeps us organized and on track so we can remain efficient and be successful. These same routines also have a habit of allowing me to just go through the motions. The bare minimum of living and getting by.

In college especially, it is easy to get set in a schedule once we find one that allows us to get everything done in the easiest way possible.

The problem with this is that staying on track isn’t the same thing as staying alive.

“I feel like having a routine makes me present, because I’m just doing the things that I need to do that day, but I’m not living or going out on a limb,” said sophomore Hannah Matthews.

Most college students fall into the age range of 18-22 years old. In other words, we’re super young.

Why do we hold ourselves back from taking risks and spontaneous actions in our day to day lives, and, instead, allow ourselves to be consumed by the fear of what lies outside of the routine?

Proverbs 9:10 tells us that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Is the fear of spontaneity and failure the beginning of our dedication to our plan-

Have our books of scheduled events that lie stuffed in our backpacks become our own personal bibles? ners? Have our books of scheduled events that lie stuffed in our backpacks become our own personal bibles?

Self-discipline and working hard to achieve your goals is amazing, as long as you don’t look back in 10 years and remember the exact time your alarm went off every Tuesday so that you could get to Starbucks on time, so you’d get to class on time and get your assignments in on time.

So you can live your entire day, week and month on time.

“If I could put my hand on you and pray for all of you, this would be my prayer; Jesus,” Holzworth said as he ended Sunday’s sermon.

In other words, let Jesus reveal himself to you and be present in your life.

In my words, let adventure reveal itself and be present in life.

If I could have one wish for myself in college, it would be this: live. wolffrg@miamioh.edu

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