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Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATES MULTIPLE HAZING REPORTS All fraternities suspended indefinitely GREEK LIFE

STAFF REPORT Miami University’s Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) is bringing in outside help to investigate reports of hazing in Miami fraternities.

Multiple outside investigators are assisting Jerry Olsen, Miami’s Title IX investigator, after the university received multiple reports of hazing this semester, said OESCR director Susan Vaughn.

On Tuesday, Miami’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) announced that all fraternity activities would be suspended indefinitely. Chapters were also directed to have all of their new members initiated by Friday at 5 p.m., ending the new member period several weeks early.

In a release, IFC called the alleged actions “antithetical to the pillars of Greek life” and noted that university investigations would begin “immediately.”

Vaughn said she could not specify how many or which fraternity chapters are under investigation.

“Our goal is to move through these as quickly as we can, but, when we are doing interviews, it could be one or two people, or if we have a significant amount of information, we might have to talk to an entire chapter,” Vaughn CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Junior forward Kiefer Sherwood celebrates his game-winning goal in double-overtime on Saturday night. ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

OFD sees recent jump in alcohol EMS runs ALCOHOL

CÉILÍ DOYLE

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

During a weekend jam-packed with events — the conclusion of sorority recruitment, Miami University’s 2018 Charter Day Ball and Brick Street Bar & Grill’s 6 a.m. opening for the Winter Olympics U.S. v.

Russia men’s hockey game — 24 individuals were transported to the hospital for alcohol-and-drug-related EMS calls.

That’s more substance-related calls than the Oxford Fire Department (OFD) had seen in the two previous weekends combined.

The calls occurred from Thursday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 18. Eighteen of the alcohol-and-drug-related calls were for underage individuals, according to the OFD’s count record system.

There were 53 total EMS runs that weekend, said OFD chief John Detherage.

Of the 24 alcohol-and-drug-related runs, 14 were male and 10 female.

In comparison, the department responded to 14 alcohol-and-drug-related calls during the first weekend of this semester and just five substance-related calls from Feb. 8 to Feb. 11.

Last year, President Greg Crawford

Former Miami Trustee reflects on term PROFILE

JULIA ARWINE

THE MIAMI STUDENT

In August 1962, 10-year-old Dennis Lieberman walked into the bathroom of an Alabama rest stop.

His family was making the trip in their station wagon from Indiana all the way down to Pensacola. They were not wealthy, but his parents always believed in taking a vacation every summer. They wanted to see the porpoises, and Dennis was excited to see the Florida tree moths, which fascinated him.

The bathroom he walked into had a sign on the door: “Colored Only.”

When Dennis entered, the young man inside looked at him in horror and shock. What was a white boy doing in a segregated restroom?

When the proprietor of the rest stop realized what had happened, he started yelling at Dennis’ parents.

“That left a real indelible vi-

called for an emergency meeting among fraternity and sorority leaders after 21 students were hospitalized from Thursday, Feb. 9 through Sunday, Feb. 12 — the weekend that followed Greek recruitment season for the 2016-17 school year.

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Lilly and Me: Separation Anxiety MANAGING EDITOR

MIAMI ALUM DENNIS LIEBERMAN JUST FINISHED A 9-YEAR TERM ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ERIK CRAIGO THE MIAMI STUDENT

sion in my mind as to how we treated people who didn’t look like us,” Lieberman said, “and how wrong I thought that was.”

A few years later, in the process of filling out his family tree,

EMILY WILLIAMS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Two female Miami University students reported to Oxford Police that they were sexually assaulted by men they know.

Both assaults, which are unrelated, occurred off-campus on Sunday, Feb. 25.

One student reported that she was

They call for receptacles to be placed in bathroom stalls across campus.

24 Alcohol/Drug related calls

DEVON SHUMAN

SEXUAL ASSAULT

FEMININE HYGIENE BILLS PASSED

53 Total EMS runs

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he discovered that family on his dad’s side had been killed in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

These two incidents hardwired Dennis’s dedication to

promoting diversity and acceptance, a dedication that would be reinforced many times throughout his life and one that CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

Three sexual assaults reported this week

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assaulted by a man she met at an Uptown bar. She told police that she did not remember what happened during the evening and woke up at the man’s apartment in the area of South College Avenue.

Another student reported that she was sexually assaulted in an apartment on the 0 block of North College Avenue.

On Tuesday, Feb. 20, a male student reported that he was sexually assaulted at about 11 p.m. The assault occurred

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This is the most direct action the university has taken against hazing.

off-campus, but the student did not specify where.

The student told police he met the male suspect using a dating app.

Descriptions of the suspects are not available.

Miami University posted notices about the assaults on the myMiami homepage.

These three assaults were the first reports which the university shared with students this semester.

After about 20 minutes, I felt my fragile sense of calm begin to dissipate, and the world around me started to spin.

I fought back a bout of nausea and fumbled to get my phone from my pocket.

Dialing, I put the phone to my ear, still scanning the woods and listening for the jingle of her collar.

“Hey, I’m down at the trails. Do you have a car? Can you get down here? I can’t find Lilly.” *** I think one of the most common misconceptions about anxiety is that it’s purely mental.

Sure, when I’m feeling anxious — which is about the same as saying when I’m awake — the majority of what I’m experiencing can be described as a sort of mental hyperdrive: racing thoughts, a brutal, paranoid awareness of what others are thinking about me, a pit-inmy-stomach sensation that something dreadful lies constantly around the corner. My mind is continuously imagining worst-case scenarios, and regardless of how infrequently those situations become reality (read: virtually never), it’s preparing me for the inevitable shame of the moment my world becomes my worst nightmare.

Even though the root of this lies in a toxic thought pattern — even though generalized anxiety is literally a “mental illness” — it often manifests itself physically. In my most anxious moments, I feel short of breath, like there’s a dumbbell on my chest and I need to struggle to pull in any air. I sometimes get hot and sweaty. My hands shake. Worst of all, I CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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SENIORS SENT OFF STRONG Miami RedHawks Hockey won Friday and officially tied Saturday.

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20-year MJF veteran left strong legacy for students

HECKLER AND HER DOG, PIP. CONTRIBUTED BY IAN MARKER, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

OBITUARY

MEGAN ZAHNEIS MAGAZINE EDITOR Most students who took journalism classes with associate professor Cheryl Heckler came to know her passion for Whitelaw Reid, an 1856 Miami graduate and Civil War-era journalist and newspaper publisher.

Heckler called Reid Miami’s most famous journalism graduate. “Who,” she asked students on the first day of classes, “is going to be the next Whitelaw Reid?”

It was Heckler’s way of inspiring her classes, from syllabus week throughout the semester.

That question is one Jenna Sauber ‘07, a former Miami Student editor who studied journalism, won’t forget.

When Sauber moved to Washington, D.C. for an internship after graduation, she sent her former professor a message on Facebook.

“I can’t promise I’ll be the next Whitelaw Reid, but I’ll do my best,” Sauber wrote Heckler.

Years later, Heckler recalled Sauber’s promise in another conversation: “Clearly, my dear, you are well on your way to giving Reid a run for his money.”

The memory had Sauber tearing up days after Heckler died suddenly Feb. 18.

“It just really moved me, because Cheryl was always such an inspiration,” Sauber told The Student. “She never stopped being her students’ cheerleader, never stopped encouraging them to go for what they wanted.”

Nor did Heckler stop seeking innovative ways to teach journalism — when the Netflix documentary series “Making a Murderer” was released, she spent a week discussing the role of journalism in the Steven Avery case. And in her “Media and the Military” course, Heckler brought students to a gun range with Miami’s ROTC instructors so they would better understand their subjects.

Leah Rupp Smith, who worked with Sauber at The Miami Student when Heckler served as the paper’s advisor, recalls nights the editorial staff spent at Heckler’s house, enjoying home-cooked pasta and board games and talking about journalism.

“She [was] a human being, and she [was] not afraid to show you that side. She’s not just a cold instructor, she was a real friend,” Rupp Smith said. “I don’t know any of her students that wouldn’t say that about her.”

Senior Olivia Weinberg remembers being in Heckler’s classroom for her very first college class.

“I was honestly terrified because it was my first day of college,” Weinberg said. “I had never met somebody so

unique in my entire life, I don’t think.

I just remember being in awe of her.”

In Heckler’s last semester at Miami — she was on medical leave this spring — she taught Journalism 101 and, in an effort to get to know each of her students better, made it a stipulation in the syllabus that each one would need to visit her office hours three times during the semester.

Midway through the term, though, Heckler’s health declined; she’d faced a number of health issues, mostly stemming from a breast cancer diagnosis, throughout the last several years. So Heckler confessed to her colleague, senior lecturer Patti Newberry, that she was reducing the syllabus requirement to two office visits.

“I thought, ‘Well, you’re doing way more than most people,’” Newberry said with a laugh. “Most of us don’t require office hours at all. That was how dedicated and how much she wanted to get to know students.”

“She had a real knack for finding a student who needed a friend,” Newberry, whose office was next to Heckler’s, said.

Oftentimes, Heckler forged those friendships literally as well as figuratively — she often connected with her students on Facebook even before their first day of class with her. It was a policy Newberry came to admire, having originally opposed student-teacher interactions on social media.

Once, Heckler offered Weinberg’s class an extra-credit assignment: Go outside, make a snow angel and send her a photo.

Whoever had the best snow angel, Heckler promised, would make an appearance on her Facebook page.

Also at Miami, Heckler founded and helped fund the Reid-Heckler-Gambrell Scholarship for Overseas Reporting, which was named for Whitelaw Reid, herself and a former student, Associated Press senior Gulf correspondent Jon Gambrell.

A 1981 Miami graduate who returned to

Oxford as a faculty member in 1997, Heckler also enjoyed a robust career as a journalist, focusing on international reporting and the intersection of religion and politics.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Miami and a master’s from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton and published two books, co-authoring a third. While teaching at Miami, Heckler doubled as a correspondent for the Geneva, Switzerland-based religion wire service Ecumenical News International. Her byline appeared in over 100 newspapers, and she once scored an interview with Jimmy Carter by befriending the former president’s pastor.

“Southern people can’t say no to their pastors,” Heckler, a devout Christian herself, had reasoned. “If you need an interview with someone, befriend their pastor.”

In her later years, Heckler discovered two new passions — her golden doodle, Pip, and painting — both of which were featured frequently on her Facebook page.

The last Facebook post Heckler made was on Feb. 16.

“I’ve proclaimed today National Gratitude Day,” her status read. “What are you most grateful for?”

For Sauber, Heckler herself was the answer.

“She always was there to be the proud teacher, the proud mentor and friend, no matter what. And no matter all her own challenges that she was going through.”

And in Sauber’s estimation, Heckler gave Whitelaw Reid a run for his money, too.

Cheryl Heckler died at age 59 at her home in Carthagena, Ohio. Memorial services were held last weekend in her hometown of Celina, Ohio; the Department of Media, Journalism and Film is planning a memorial service in Oxford for later this spring. zahneime@miamioh.edu @MeganZahneis

Service organization teaches local kids to code SERVICE

BONNIE MEIBERS NEWS EDITOR A tow-headed third grader pokes his head into a classroom in the basement of Benton Hall.

On a normal day, he might have seen college students twice his age and three times his size and heard the clack, clack, clack of fingers typing away at the computer keyboards in the room. But instead he saw other kids his size and heard their giggles echoing through the empty halls.

“You’re not late, you’re right on time,” said junior Logan Brown to the child and his mother.

Last Sunday, this basement classroom was home to Kode2Learn, a student organization that teaches third through fifth graders the basic logic behind coding and programming.

Former Miami student Nora Husani founded Kode2Learn in May 2014. Since its inception, the club expanded its roster from just Husani to 124 students regularly involved with the club.

The club has grown from serving one elementary school to serving Kramer Elementary, Bogan Elementary, Highland Elementary and Marshall Elementary ,as well as having a coding club in Benton Hall for children that can’t make the other sessions. The young students learn basic Java and how to make points, lines and squares.

“The most important thing for our

organization is the teaching aspect. The kids are the main things and the coding part comes second,” said Mike Wedzikowski, a junior and current president of Kode2Learn. “At our core, we’re a service organization.”

On Sunday, Brown began the lesson by splitting the kids into three teams and instructing team members to “program” one member of their team to walk over to the wall. They call this game “Program Me.” “Walk fifteen steps forward.”

“Turn 90 degrees to the right — no, I mean the left!” The teams erupt into giggles when someone walks straight into a desk.

After each team successfully makes it to the wall, the ten volunteers help 12 students ranging in ages from eight to twelve to learn the basics of Java via the website Tech Rocket. “[Elementary school] is when you’re still open to a lot of things, if someone puts a line of code in front of you, you’re less likely to be scared away than if you were high-school age,” said Kode2Learn member and former president and historian, Molly McConaughey.

The student volunteers in the club said they stay involved because of the difference they feel they make in a child’s life.

“At the beginning of semester, we always ask the kids what they want to be when they grow up, and there were these sisters. One said ‘nurse’ and one said ‘doctor.’ At the end of the program we asked again and they both said ‘pro-

KODE2LEARN MEMBERS MEET IN BENTON HALL TO TEACH LOCAL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HOW TO CODE. CONTRIBUTED BY KODE2LEARN

grammers,’” Brown said. “It made me feel like I did what I was supposed to do.

[With Kode2Learn] it’s possible I shape the mind of a student.”

McConaughey said that everything the club does with the kids is free, so there are no barriers for students of any socioeconomic class.

“The field isn’t very diverse now, but we’re hoping that something like this can diversify the field, get more women and people of color involved,” McConaughey said.

The group hopes to not only increase the number of elementary school students who attend the club, but also the number of college-aged students who help out.

“We want to reach out to education majors [to join] because we’re actually going into schools. We want to get other majors involved,” Brown said.

Brown and Wedzikowski said the club is for anyone who likes working with kids. Little to no coding knowledge is needed to participate.

“Anyone can join. You don’t have to have a programming background to join.

If you like working with kids or teaching, this is a great opportunity, this is also a great opportunity to learn code,” Wedzikowski said. meiberbm@miamioh.edu @BonnieMeibers

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said. “So, it wouldn’t really be fair to say there are two or 20 under investigation.”

As of Monday afternoon, no one had come forward to report hazing to the Oxford Police, said OPD chief John Jones.

The incidents they have investigated have been reported through EthicsPoint, an online portal which allows students and faculty to submit reports of misconduct anonymously.

While Miami has more leeway in looking into these cases, Jones said, police need named complainants in order to move forward with a criminal investigation.

“If people have information on these crimes, they need to come forward and report it,” said Jones. “But, given the nature of the crimes, it’s sometimes difficult for the victims to do that.”

Six national fraternal organizations have filed cease-and-desist orders against their Miami University chapters. IFC Vice President Lorenzo Guidi said the national

organizations will be sending representatives to the Miami chapters.

Chapters under a cease-and-desist order were not permitted to initiate their new members.

The six are: 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). “[The six fraternities] must abide by the restrictions outlined by their national organizations while investigations are completed,” university spokeswoman Claire Wagner said.

“And it’s unfortunate that this happens because A) if you’re playing with students’ safety there’s no room for that and B) you’re tarnishing the reputation of those fraternity members who really are interested in student leadership and philanthropy and doing good things,” Wagner said.

Previously approved parent and family weekends, philanthropic and service ac-

tivities may continue, though fraternities will not be allowed to host any other social events.

All new IFC initiates are required to attend new member convocation and Greeks Step Up programming as usual.

For Miami’s seventeen sororities, overseen by the Panhellenic Association, normal programming can continue, although the sororities may be indirectly affected by the inability of fraternities to participate in some combined social events.

“In this situation, we’re kind of separate from IFC,” said Panhellenic president Emily Wolfzorn. “We’re still supporting them in every way, and they’re still part of our community, of course, but this was really an internal thing for IFC.” IFC was unable to estimate how long it will take the university to investigate the reports.

“We’re not sure of any sort of timetable at this point,” said Guidi.

The university supports IFC’s decision to suspend fraternity activities, Miami

University president Greg Crawford wrote in a statement.

“We believe this is a productive first step, but not the only step we will take to address our concerns and keep our students safe,” Crawford wrote. “We are investigating multiple reports of misconduct involving hazing and have shared those reports with Oxford Police, because hazing is a criminal act.”

In Ohio, hazing is defined as “doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any student or other organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person.”

For those found guilty in Ohio, it is a fourth degree misdemeanor.

Anyone who suspects or knows of occurrences of student misconduct may report to Miami University Police at 513529-2222, or Oxford police at 513-5245240.

Check miamistudent.net throughout the week for updates on this story.

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TMS-hosted ‘City Matters’ forum talks alcohol, hazing

REPRESENTATIVES FROM MIAMI AND OXFORD SPOKE IN WILKS THEATER WEDNESDAY. JUGAL JAIN PHOTO EDITOR

OXFORD

JULIA ARWINE STAFF WRITER Last Wednesday, The Miami Student hosted a public safety forum, City Matters, which was attended by Oxford and Miami officials.

The event was moderated by assistant news editor Céilί Doyle and editor-in-chief Emily Williams. It covered topics including the Good Samaritan policy, recent hazing allegations against Miami fraternities and towngown relations in Oxford.

Staffers at The Miami Student first discussed hosting a community-wide discussion about safety concerns in Oxford after this newspaper published an article about strain on the Oxford Fire Department’s (OFD) resources.

The article, “Burnt out: OFD staff stretched thin,” published on Oct. 24, 2017, and written

by Doyle, discussed students’ use of emergency services, often for alcohol-related incidents.

An increase in incidents Miami and Oxford police experienced an increase in EMS calls last semester: between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1, there were 426 calls, compared to 361 calls during the same period the previous year and 355 the year before that.

Many of these calls were alcohol-related.

Whether this is because more people are making bad decisions or just because more people are asking for help is unclear, said OFD chief John Detherage. This increase was likely caused, in part, by increased enrollment at the university, Detherage noted.

Dean of Students Mike Curme suggested the increase could also be related to the Good Samaritan policy, which allows for one emergency call without concern for arrest.

“We would rather have people call than not call,” said Miami University Police Department (MUPD) Captain Ben Spilman.

The consequences “There’s a fear that we’re on borrowed time,” said city councilman Mike Smith. “That

RHA, ASG coordinate on feminine hygiene bills

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GOVERNMENT

JACK EVANS MANAGING EDITOR In a show of student support — and a rare move of legislative coordination — Miami’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Associated Student Government (ASG) unanimously passed twin feminine hygiene care bills last week.

The legislation calls for the installation of receptacles for used feminine care products in bathroom stalls across campus.

The push behind the bills came from a survey that RHA sent out last semester to students living on campus. Of the 1,087 respondents, more than 80 percent supported placing feminine hygiene receptacles in every dorm bathroom stall.

After looking at the data, RHA President Effie Fraley and other RHA members contacted ASG senators, including first-years Craig Beuerlin and Jasmine Adkins, to write joint legislation addressing the issue.

“I think it’s great when ASG and RHA can work together to identify needs for students that live in our residence halls,” said Vicka Bell-Robinson, Miami’s director of residence life. “And if there’s a gap in the way we are providing our services, I think it’s great for them to come together and look at look at those problems.”

The bills only express support for the installation of receptacles — neither body has the power to implement such a change without approval from Miami administration. However, Fraley, Beuerlin and Adkins

hope to use the success of their legislation to force the university to action.

“RHA is standing up to this and making sure the administration knows that this is something that can’t be ignored and it won’t be ignored,” Fraley said. “RHA believes this legislation will reach all of the administration with good measure.”

In the past year, students across the country have become more vocal about universities not just providing better ways to dispose of used tampons and pads, but offering feminine hygiene products for free, according to reporting from USA Today and Newsweek.

Miami University currently doesn’t supply its students with those products, but Fraley is looking to change that as well.

“Our next plan is to get [hygiene receptacles] implemented, then from there we want to further Miami’s inclusive measures and create a more accessible way to get tampons and feminine hygiene care products that are no cost or at a reduced cost to our residents,” Fraley said.

The cost of installing, emptying and maintaining feminine care receptacles in every restroom in campus could be high, however.

“A case of 24 of the Scensible bags cost us $56.00. One box contains 24 individual bags and will typically last two weeks,” wrote Stacy Decker, Miami’s director of building services, in an email to Bell-Robinson that was provided to The Student by Fraley. Decker also noted that it takes 30 to 45 minutes on average to clean a residence hall restroom.

The proponents of the bill argue that broad installation of the receptacles could reduce the repair costs that can come from flushing used feminine products down toilets.

But at the end of the day, Fraley believes the potential financial cost to the university shouldn’t keep the measure from being put into place.

“Our main concern is not necessarily what the cost to the university will be, but the needs of the students,” Fraley said.

Bell-Robinson said the Office of Residence Life couldn’t comment on the timeframe or feasibility of the implementation of the programs supported by RHA and ASG. She referred those inquiries to Miami physical facilities and auxiliary services.

Those offices were not able respond to requests for comment by the time of publication.

“We are looking to make sure that it can be implemented by the end of this year or the beginning of next year in hopes to align with renovation plans,” Fraley said. evansjm4@miamioh.edu

if we were to have a significant fire event on a Thursday or Friday or Saturday, that would pull all of the fire professionals away and they wouldn’t be able to assist the students.”

The reverse is also true: There may come a day when police and firefighters are too busy attending to students to respond quickly enough to a serious fire event.

The many instances of overconsumption of alcohol also puts a strain on health professionals at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital.

Pam Collins, Chief Patient Services Officer at McCullough-Hyde, described a typical busy weekend night at the hospital.

She explained how many healthcare workers have had experiences where intoxicated patients hit them, cursed at them, urinated or vomited on them.

Detherage said the ambulance has needed repairs after being damaged on some calls.

“Yes, we’re there for everyone,” Collins said.

“But it is very challenging to take care of people when we know that if different choices had been made… they could have taken care of themselves and still had a good time.”

Looking for a solution Doyle asked the panelists if they would support adding a fee to Miami’s tuition that would go toward Oxford’s municipal facilities, especially the fire department.

However, City Manager Doug Elliott said university employees already provide more than half of the city’s income tax revenue, and that incurring such a fee would impact low-income students already straining to pay tuition. Curme added that he was not sure it was legal to use tuition money in that way.

One solution offered was a change in culture regarding drinking and hazing. Student surveys revealed that most students do not approve of blackout drinking, but they do think that other students approve of it, Curme said.

“We have a norm-ing problem, where stu-

dents think that blacking out is more normal than it is,” Curme said. “We need to re-stigmatize that behavior.”

The panel also discussed the suspension of fraternity activities due to reports of hazing, announced on Tuesday by Miami’s Interfraternity Council (IFC).

In these cases, the panel members emphasized that people needed to step out and report incidents so that police can actually investigate and take action.

“If you come forward and report these events, you could be saving a life,” Smith said.

“We need to change the culture that threatens the idea of reporting hazing.”

Bridging the gap The panel also discussed the importance of collaboration between permanent residents of Oxford and Miami students.

“The problems are caused by a very small number of students… Everyone needs to realize that,” Detherage said.

Spilman said that MUPD has criminal contact with less than 2 percent of students per year. However, because Oxford is a such a small town, the students that make up the 2 percent are a highly visible minority, he said.

Miami students are active in the community; some serve on government boards and commissions, and some go through EMS and fire training. Such interactions are encouraged, Smith said.

Curme said that Oxford residents highly value their individual relations with students, but the community as a whole has a more negatively skewed perception, due to the actions of a few.

“We need compromise on both sides,” Jones said. “Residents need to remember that they were young once. Students need to remember they are living in a community with families and children.” arwinejk@miamioh.edu @juliarwine

Low enrollment threatens Arts and Science minors ACADEMICS

LAURA FITZGERALD STAFF WRITER Due to low enrollment, 34 of Miami University’s minors and 48 of its thematic sequences are in danger of elimination.

A policy in the Miami University Institutional Policies Handbook mandates that undergraduate thematic sequences and minors that graduate less than 12 students for four consecutive years will be sent a notice of termination in their fifth year.

The program can then petition to be granted a sixth year. If it fails to increase its enrollment after that, it will be cut as a program from the General Bulletin — the document that lists all majors, minors and thematic sequences.

Dean of the College of Arts and Science Christopher Makaroff said the decision came as a way to streamline the educational process.

“It happened in part because of things that have been coming down,” Makaroff said. “The state thinks that higher education costs too much and that we waste money, so they want us to streamline things and make education more efficient and affordable.”

Students also complain that the curriculum is too confusing to navigate, Makaroff said.

He added that all classes in those programs will still be offered, and students who are currently enrolled in one of the programs will still be able to keep their minor or thematic sequence.

The College of Arts and Science recognizes the vital role those classes play in offering a diverse liberal arts education, even if few students enroll in the minor, Makaroff said. In the last five years, 172 students graduated in the minors facing cuts.

The Asian/Asian American Studies (AAAS) is one minor in danger of being cut. Professors in the AAAS department released a petition and statement this week calling for the minor to stay. The statement said that eliminating cultural programs erodes the liberal arts mission of Miami, devaluing diverse perspectives and cultures.

“Cutting programs like Asian/Asian American Studies, Black World Studies and Jewish studies sends the message that international and minority students are not welcome at Miami and intellectual and pedagogical labor that enhance students’ critical awareness of cultural differences and racism have no value at Miami,” reads the statement.

The statement also stated that the cuts

are coming as Asian international enrollments reach all-time highs and racism and threats to minority cultures come into mainstream American culture.

Global and Intercultural Studies assistant professor Tani Sebro said classes are full, but students are reluctant to minor in identity-based studies because they are more focused on programs that they think will lead to a job.

With 141 students enrolled this fall, the Introduction to AAAS class saw the highest enrollment in five years this fall, and 80 students enrolled in the class this semester, according to the Office of Institutional Research. But only 14 students were AAAS minors this year, up from 7 last year.

“We’ve become sort of a service department, where we provide the service of offering these classes but people are aren’t ready to commit to actually majoring or minoring in them,” Sebro said.

With only one minor enrolled, Jewish Studies is also in danger of being cut.

Comparative Religion lecturer Hillel Gray said the Jewish Studies committee is unsure whether they will petition to stay, but no classes will be cut.

History professor Charlotte Goldy said while few students minor in the program, deleting the minor from the bulletin decreases the visibility of a minority perspective.

“We might still have almost as many classes, but you might not notice them,” Goldy said. “If you’re looking to fill a thematic sequence for example, or with another major or a minor, there isn’t any presence. You don’t see it in the catalogue.”

Senior Angela Day minored in AAAS because she wanted to learn about her identity as an Asian American. Even if the classes were still there, Day said she might not have taken more AAAS classes without a minor present.

“If I didn’t know there was a minor, I don’t think I would have taken other classes for it because being able to say I have a minor in something that relates to me kind of shows that you are valued,” Day said.

At the same time, Goldy said, decisions have to be made considering the resources at hand.

“I’ve spent over a decade chairing a department, as well as directing Jewish studies,” Goldy said. “I am very aware of the choices that we have to make. I don’t see this as being out to get anybody or any other motive other than responding to the shrinking budget and the shrinking faculty.” fitzgelm@miamioh.edu

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feel on edge, like there’s so much to keep straight in my mind that I can’t even sit still.

This is what makes it hard sometimes to get started on an essay or a project for class — when all I can think about is how much I have to do and how little time I have, my mind struggles to focus on what I need to do most, which is just get started.

This punishing, on-edge sensation is exactly what I felt last Friday as I pulled away from my friends’ apartment and drove down Route 27 toward Cincinnati. It stayed with me as I parked at CVG, went through airport security, grabbed a bite to eat at the Max & Erma’s in Terminal B and finally boarded my flight.

Lilly, you see, was no longer with me.

With plans to fly home to Boston for the weekend to surprise my mom for her birthday, I was faced with two options: Go through the difficult and expensive process of getting Lilly registered to fly, or leave her in Oxford for 48 hours.

Practically speaking, the latter was possible — I have lots of responsible friends who would be more than willing to watch over her for a weekend. What I was worried about was Lilly’s separation anxiety. Lilly and I share our nervous approach to the world, and while we certainly help each other cope (what’s better for calming down than a doggy cuddle?), she doesn’t do so well when I’m not around.

This is a dog, mind you, that jumps on me in excitement when I return to the house after leaving for 30 seconds to grab the groceries from the car; a dog that, on multiple occasions, has pulled my comforter through her cage while I’m in class and torn it to shreds. How was she going to fare with me gone for two whole days?

The answer, surprisingly, was quite well.

She struggled a bit, which was to be expected. She refused to eat much, for instance, and on several occasions she indicated to her sitters that she needed to use the bathroom, only to bring them out into the pouring rain for nothing.

But all in all, when I returned on Sunday, I learned that there had been no intense panic attacks, no signs of extreme anxiety.

I, on the other hand, found myself attacked by a constant

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stream of worrisome thoughts: What if she thinks I abandoned her? What if every time the door opens she thinks it’s me and then gets her world crushed when it’s not? What if she doesn’t recognize me when I get back?

Like most of my anxiety-fueled imagainings, however, those worries existed only in my head. Despite my mind’s efforts to convince me otherwise, the separation did not ruin us. We’re perfectly fine — in fact, her head is resting on my thigh as I write this.

Sometimes, though, worries aren’t unfounded. Sometimes, bad things do happen. Sometimes, for instance, your dog runs into the woods on the Oxford trails, and when you whistle for her to come back — a command she always responds to — she keeps running.

And before you know it, she’s gone. *** “Ok. When was the last time you saw her?”

Alison, who I’d called in a panic, was doing what I had now failed to do — namely, keep calm. She was thinking logically, asking me to retrace my steps.

All I could think of was the fact that if I couldn’t find her, Lilly was going to be spending the night out here in the woods, alone, wondering why I had abandoned her.

“Like, 20 minutes ago.” I could hear the crack of my own voice. “She ran off the trail, which she does sometimes, and I called for her to come back, but she just kept going. I don’t —” And suddenly, there she was, bounding down the trail toward me, her tongue way out to the side of her jaw.

I wanted to do a lot of things.

I wanted to cry and scream at her, to tell her to never, ever, do that again. I wanted to bring her back to the house and never let her out of my sight again.

I wanted to call my mom and apologize for that one time I hid behind the vending machine at the YWCA when I was four and sent her into a similar frenzy.

But at that moment, all I did was wrapped Lilly in my arms, hugged her tight and let her warm presence remind me that everything was going to be okay.

People began to gather in the atrium of Armstrong around 6 p.m. on Friday. They brought a dozen tables, several trays of food, signs and banners and enough cups to hold an ocean. The Tea Tasting event was set to begin at 7 p.m.

Hosted by Miami Activities and Programming and the International Student and Scholar Services, the event, happening for the second time ever, brought various student organizations together under the banner of brewed beverages.

Tables representing various countries sat in a semi-circle in the atrium, and participants were encouraged to make their way from station to station, experiencing the taste of teas from around the world.

Since the event was smack in the middle of the Armstrong lobby, people who were simply passing through were able to stop and sample if they wanted, and those who came out specifically for the event were able to take it all in with ease.

After swiping my ID at the MAP station and chuckling at the giant teddy bear with a name tag that read “Drew Bearymore,” I walked to the one end of the row of tables and began my globe-hopping, tea-sipping journey.

Starting in China, I was served both green and black tea by students from Miami’s Confucius Institute. At the booth, students dressed in elaborate gilded gowns and ornate folded robes showed me the step-by-step ceremonial process of serving the tea. Although the tiny paper cups made poor stand-ins for the smooth china on display, the tea was excellent.

In Malawi, I learned that the country’s inhabitants only ever take their tea hot. As I proceeded

to scald my tongue on the molten beverage, I learned that they take their tea excruciatingly hot.

At the table for Moldova, Angela Trubceac and Maya Popova, Miami students and Moldovan natives, served tea made from a plant called elderflower and offered chocolate that Angela claimed was far superior to American candy.

Angela said that she’d heard about the event happening last year and thought it’d be interesting to participate.

“We wondered why we weren’t a part of it last semester, so when ISSS asked us to participate this time, we said absolutely.” Angela said.

Chai tea from India, ginger tea from South Korea and green tea from Japan were also offered, and by the end of the circuit of tables, I had amassed a stack of paper cups almost half a foot tall.

A friend who had accompanied me to the event went back to the Thailand booth four times for extra helpings of Thai chai tea. By the end of the evening, nearly 14 cups in, she had entered a state that I’d describe as “tea drunk.” Repeating words, stumbling over sentences and giggling uncontrollably, she eventually had to be cut off.

Jing Luo, the event’s coordinator on behalf of ISSS, said that she hoped the gathering would serve as another step toward further integrating Miami’s local and international student populations. “[At ISSS] we’re always thinking about ways to bring students together,” Jing said. “Many countries drink tea in many different ways, so we figured that a tea event would be a good way to showcase many different cultures.”

Jing said that she hopes to continue hosting events like the tea tasting, and that the ISSS can expand its role in helping bridge the gap between Miami’s students.

“We hope that a small thing like a cup of tea can open a much bigger conversation.” headledd@miamioh.edu

Abigail and Steven: ‘So middle school’ KEXIN GUO ADJUSTS HER TRADITIONAL TEA SET AT THE TEA TASTING EVENT MATT HECKERT THE MIAMI STUDENT

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Abigail Wenger sat outside of Emerson Hall two and a half years ago on a warm, September evening.

She only planned to do homework.

She never expected to meet the love of her life.

People started filtering in around the table where she was, and Abigail soon realized she was

in the middle of a Cru informational meeting. She had been interested in joining Cru, but had found herself part of the meeting by chance.

Steven Ruane was standing nearby, and the two struck up a conversation.

Both lived in Emerson — Abigail on the second floor and Steven in the room directly above.

Steven’s roommate would often bounce a golf ball on the floor. The noise would echo down into Abigail’s room and throughout their

whole side of the hall.

“That would be his roommate’s cue to be like, ‘Hey, come up here if you want,’” Abigail said. “So, I would go up there and say, ‘You’re annoying me,’ but it was actually to spend more time with Steven.”

“There were all sorts of trickeries in the beginning,” Steven said with a smirk. “Like, ‘I just baked a whole loaf of pumpkin bread, and I don’t know what to do with it. Steven,

will you take it off my hands?’ She’d have the same problem with chocolate chip cookies, too.”

But eventually, their antics paid off. Their first date, if you can call it that, Abigail said, was a planned set-up by her roommates.

“Abigail’s roommates went off to a movie, and Abigail was ‘left behind,’” Steven said.

“Well, I claimed to be left behind.”

“She told me that she was left behind, and so she texted me, and was like, ‘Hey, do you wanna hang out?’”

Steven walked down to Abigail’s room where they planned to watch “Parks and Recreation.”

“We put a laptop on a chair in her room, and we sat in two other separate chairs — not touching,” Steven said.

“Whatsoever.”

“At some point, Abigail says, ‘you know what I like? Ice cream. We should get ice cream some time.’

And we just decided to do it right then. So we walked to Graeter’s together. That was the first time, I think, we really talked one-on-one for an extended amount of time.”

Steven admitted he was a little slow to get into a relationship because Abigail is his first girlfriend.

“I tease him for this a lot,” Abigail said. “But I definitely was the initiator. It all worked out how it needed to, and knowing each other so much better now, it totally makes sense how we came together.”

“I had no idea what I was doing,” Steven said. “No idea. I had watched some friends in a relationship, and I was super into reading all sorts of books and lectures about ‘what’s good dating’ and that might be my rational side coming out.”

But sometimes, Steven said, those things don’t translate into reality very well.

“It didn’t help that I was kind of shy and absolutely not a ladies’ man in high school,” Steven joked. “So in addition to being my first girlfriend, Abigail was one of the first women I’d talked to in my life.”

They both said Abigail had to initiate everything in their relationship, from holding hands to their first kiss.

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Abigail and Steven continued fore even officially dating, they went to go see Macbeth on campus. After the play, they went back to Abigail’s room to watch a movie.

“We were sitting on my bed, watching a movie, and both of us were thinking about holding hands, for sure,” Abigail said.

“We knew it was time.”

“It was so middle school! It was the most middle school thing you can imagine. I strategically placed my hand…”

“On my knee.”

“On your knee?”

“Yeah. Or, maybe it was your knee?”

“It was my knee,” Abigail stated.

“I was trying to make it known that I wanted to hold your hand and was making little movements. The whole time I was watching Steven and I could see his eyes watching my hand.

I knew in his head that the wheels were turning and he was deciding what he wanted to do.”

“I was paying no attention to the movie. I was hyping myself up the whole time. I was watching every twitch of her pinky, waiting for my moment to move in.”

Abigail finally just grabbed his hand.

“The first time we hugged, my brain was going crazy,” Steven said.

“I had nothing. My mind just shut down and had no awareness of my surroundings. I had walked her to ballet, to dance and we hugged to part, and I was so oblivious to everything that I got hit by the closing door in the middle of the hug, right in the back.”

Steven went back to his roommates and asked them if there was a better way to go about it.

“I said, ‘Roommates, I hugged for the first time, but I don’t know how to do it right. Do you go arms above hers? Arms below hers? A crisscross?’ They said, ‘Ya just have to kinda feel it out, man.’”

Abigail laughed as he told his side of the story.

“It all seems so silly looking back on it now.”

That summer, they went on a mission trip together in Guatemala.

“We got to serve in a poor, rural community, but we also got some opportunities to explore,” Steven said.

“We climbed an active volcano. That was a good bonding experience for us.”

“I think being in a foreign country together, you kind of, especially in a place that’s already so vulnerable and raw, you just bond a lot closer together,” Abigail said.

They both admit having a serious, long-term relationship while in college can be pretty tough sometimes.

“It’s hard being in like a ‘hookup’ culture because we’re both really invested in our faith,” Abigail said.

“It’s super tempting to be in a culture where hooking-up is so prevalent to be like, ‘Well, we should just be able to do whatever we want.’ When you commit to something and you set your heart on it, you can grow a lot from that. When you find that, why would you want anything else? That’s your person.”

“I think, definitely, the sense of commitment that we feel toward each other and feel toward not bailing out at the first sign of trouble, and being willing to communicate and forgive each other … is something that I think is really important for us and is maybe a little more rare than it should be,” Steven added.

Abigail describes herself as a free-spirited extrovert who’s “all over the place.” Meanwhile, Steven, she said, is extremely logical and introspective.

“He’s the one who would grab my shirt when I’m about to jump off of the cliff.”

But still, Steven has his quirks.

“Steven loves to, even when no one is around and even if people are around, and there’s no music or anything, sing and dance to himself. I’ll be having a conversation with someone and he’ll be off to the side and I’ll look over be like ‘what.’”

“It’s true…” Steven said. “And you just have like an alternate dictionary of communication through faces and noises. Overtime, I’ve had to pick up on it and learn it.”

“There’s the ‘cold’ one where instead of going outside and being like ‘oh, I’m cold,’ I’ll just scream.”

“There’s also the ‘I really want a bite of that food you’re eating’ grunt,” Steven added.

“I feel like we’re finally slipping into a place where we’re embracing our quirks rather than saying, ‘oh my gosh, why are you like this?’” Abigail said.

“Yeah, especially because we spend basically all day, every day together now.”

“We have our friends and independent organizations, but my favorite part of the day is when I can hang out with Steven. I can be myself, completely myself.” davisa10@miamioh.edu

The circus is coming to town.

The Performing Arts Series will continue its tradition of bringing unique talent to Miami this Tuesday by welcoming Cirque Éloize to campus. The troupe of performers is reinventing the idea of the circus and will perform its newest show titled “Saloon: The Wild West Comes Alive.”

Founded in 1993 in Montreal, Cirque Éloize defies the traditions of the circus.

Combining live music, dance, comedy and theatre with typical aspects of the circus such as acrobatics and juggling, Cirque Éloize creates a one-of-a-kind experience.

Tuesday evening’s performance tells a thrilling love story set in America’s wild west. The show features live covers of familiar hits from artists including Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, as well as stunning acrobatics. The circus performers describe their show as a “music-packed theatrical thrill-ride.”

Performing Arts Series director Patti Liberatore saw Cirque Éloize for the first time last year while attending a conference in New York. She had been aware of them for a long time, but seeing them was an eye-opening experience for her.

“In my field the lens is always very critical when viewing a performance, but this show took my breath away,” Liberatore said.

As soon as the show was over, Liberatore told the group’s agent that she wanted to book them for a performance.

The process of bringing the circus to Miami had unique challenges due to the size of the production. Many factors

had to be considered, such as whether the show would fit anywhere on campus. Despite initial worries, Liberatore and her team found a way to make it work.

Cirque Éloize has taken “Saloon” all over the United States and Canada. Its unique blend of the performing arts captivates audiences with what The Performing Arts Series has described as “Cirque du Soleil’s hipper, sexier cousin.”

“The recognizable music played live on stage and the integration of the different performing aspects really adds a whole other level of entertainment and polish to the event,” Liberatore said.

“It’s rare for us to get theatrical events like this that have live music performing.”

Dinner from Miami University Dining Services will be available with the purchase of prix fixe tickets. These will provide an appetizer, main dish and dessert before the show. The menu can be seen on Miami’s box office website and offers dishes such as grilled salmon or steak for an entrée and a s’mores pie for dessert. Prix fixe ticket holders will also be given a souvenir to take home.

Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. and will conclude prior to the start of the performance. Concessions will also be available for all ticket-holders and will include items such as pulled pork sandwiches and hot dogs. The concessions will also open at 5:30 p.m. and seating will be available in the concourse.

“Saloon” will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Millet Hall and will conclude by 8:30 p.m.. Tickets are available through Miami University’s Box Office located in the Campus Avenue Building or online. ander198@miamioh.edu

Stage Left prepares for ‘Bend, Tear, and Spindle’

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Cast members of Stage Left’s upcoming play “Bend, Tear, and Spindle” took shelter from the rain last week inside a McGuffey Hall fourth floor classroom.

The room was sprinkled with umbrellas, Starbucks cups and bright yellow scripts. They had one week left of rehearsals before the technical run and then opening night.

Director Cami Kowalski helped move the scenes along as the actors stumbled over forgotten lines and worked through humorous blocking patterns.

“Don’t laugh during the scene,” Kowalski said to the cast members as they tried to collect themselves and carry on. A few giggles bubbled over anyway, and the cast collectively burst out into another round of laughter.

“Good luck,” said sophomore geology and sustainability double major Ryan McGuff, Kowalski’s assistant director.

“We don’t tell them to do these funny things,” McGuff said. “They just happen and we let them because that’s what it’s supposed to be. The show is really, really funny.”

“Bend, Tear, and Spindle” centers on a couple that is too old to have their own children and decides to become foster parents. Instead of getting one child for Fourth of July weekend, a mix-up in the computer system leaves them with eight foster kids. The couple then falls in love with each of these children, and the story turns into a comedic game of hide-and-seek as the family tries to trick the social workers into thinking there is only one child in the house.

Almost none of the cast members knew each other before the first rehearsal. Sophomore social studies education and history double major Abigail Downs, who plays the role of Ms. Pender, had never even been in a play at Miami before.

“It’s refreshing to meet a new group of people,” said Downs.

“I’m very extroverted. I could easily consider all of these people my friends.”

Downs’ castmate Gina Moravec, who plays Jane Doe, also appreciates the close bonds that have come out of this rehearsal process.

“It’s been really fun,” Moravec said. “We’ve been constantly making jokes, and we connect easily because of the humor in the show.”

Moravec is a sophomore with a theatre minor, but it has been a year since she’s been in the theatre scene.

“It had been a while since I auditioned for anything at Miami,” Moravec said. “So I thought, ‘why not?’ I’ve never had a role like this. I always got cast as snooty or angry in high school, but this is the first time I’m a softer, more realistic character.”

Both Kowalski and McGuff have been onstage in the past, but this is both of their first times working as directors.

“In high school, my directors were the boss,” McGuff said.

“I’m not the boss, in a good way.

They take suggestions, like in the show we’re just one big family, but we get stuff done.”

As rain continued to come down outside, laughter filled the room. The family in the script came alive through the actors in the classroom.

“It’s a cute little family comedy,” Moravec said. “Younger audiences and older audiences will both get something out of it.”

Stage Left will be putting up Lloyd Sylvesper’s “Bend, Tear, and Spindle” at 7:30 p.m. on March 1-3 in Wilks Theatre.

Admission is free. mitche49@miamioh.edu

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Dayton’s Oregon District is usually known for its nightlife, but the historic part of town is also worth an afternoon visit.

It’s a Saturday or maybe a Sunday. Hopefully it’s drizzling, because no other weather will feel more natural when you duck into Neon Movies for a matinee.

The independent movie theater has only two screens, so your options are limited, but you’ll likely catch a film that hasn’t appeared on the marquees of your average first-run cinema.

In the next week, that might mean a flick about a femme fatale falling in love in Liverpool in 1978, or a showing of this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts.

At the snack bar, you’ll pay a shockingly reasonable price for popcorn and a soda that isn’t bigger than your face, because it’s the Neon — and we watch “films” here, not “movies.” It would be pretentious, except it isn’t, not at all. The seats are uncomfortable and the screens are relatively small and the staff treats every customer like a regular.

You don’t recognize any of the films advertised in the previews.

After the show, you decide to browse the shops down Fifth Street. Before the movie, you parked behind a row of bars with varying degrees of seediness. It only cost $3 to park for 12 hours, so with 9-and-a-half hours of parking time to spare, you don’t have any reason to not step under the yellow awning of Omega Music.

Inside, you find a wide, but not overwhelming, selection of new and used records, CDs, cassette tapes and 45s. You flip through the boxes of bargain options that sell for 49 or 99 cents each.

As you’re flipping through the musty cardboard sleeves, you notice a crate of packages wrapped in plain brown craft paper.

Each package has the same label: “Omega Grab Bag, 10 vinyl records, $3.99.” You pick up the second-to-last one in the stack and buy it, because, boy, that’s a steal.

You walk a little farther down the street and pass a small archway off to one side of the street that reads, “Oregon District.”

The origins of the Dayton neighborhood’s name are relatively unknown, but they’re deep — 19th century deep. The first mention of “that part of the city known as Oregon” was in an 1845 issue of a local newspaper.

Right now, the area is a particularly interesting mix of the shabby and the stylish. A shop of carefully curated clothing, accessories and home goods, Heart Mercantile, moved into a Fifth Street storefront a few years ago.

It’s the kind of place that has a “Come in, we’re awesome,” sign on the door, a wide selection of heather grey Ohio-themed t-shirts and random rotary dial telephones scattered around for decoration. It’s lovely and it smells lovely and it looks lovely. Maybe you buy a scented candle with a quirky name or a pennant that says “Happy Camper.”

Maybe you don’t, though, because boutique shopping isn’t really what you drove to Dayton for, is it?

When you emerge from the boutique, you look to your right and see the street’s trademark sex store, Exotic Fantasies. It’s the kind of place that unabashedly displays its wares up front, visible through the shop windows, and writes unpunctuated, seasonally-themed messages on its marquee sign (“WE GOT LUBE SLIDE INTO SPRING”).

It’s funny, but maybe a bit much for a Sunday afternoon, so you find your in-between: Feathers, a vintage shop that is a decades-old Oregon establishment.

When you walk in, the man behind the counter is talking on his cell phone.

“I’m playing Ray Charles right now,” he says into his phone. And he is. It’s “I’ve Got News For You.” He puts down the phone and asks if you’re looking for anything in particular, which of course you aren’t because you’re not quite sure what this store is doing, selling stacks of old photos of Dayton’s trolley cars and hideous 80s prom dresses and a suitcase full of old action figures.

You can hardly move around because the store is packed like your grandma’s basement (and sort of smells like it, too), but the items are so strange and the music is so good that you lose at least half an hour paging through old postcards and sifting through racks of corduroy jackets.

After all the browsing, you need some energy

before you drive back to Oxford. So, you walk down to the traffic light and turn left until you smell the coffee.

It’s coming from Press, a specialty coffee shop with high ceilings, calming wood accents, bright lighting and tastefully-tattooed baristas. It’s the kind of place that you’ve definitely seen before in another industrial-urban area.

Your best bet is the in-store mug — batch coffee for just a buck. Today, the self-serve carafe tells you it’s Colombian with notes of vanilla, cherry and lemon with a syrupy body, which sounds nice and fancy but it just tastes like a good cup of coffee, and that’s more than OK. It’s strong, so you’re buzzing after the first cup as you step outside of the shop, tucking your grab bag of Omega records under you arm.

You realize you still have another 7 hours of parking time left, and you wonder, “What’s showing at the Neon tonight?”

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Your roommate booked a cruise to Cancun.

Your sorority sister is headed to Breckenridge to hit the slopes. Even your Stats professor is bragging about their planned trip up to Windsor to win big at the blackjack tables.

And you… well somewhere amid the stress of Fall finals and the rush of the holiday season, you forgot to make spring break plans. And now you’re staring down the barrel of a lonely week in Oxford while your fellow Miamians are living it up abroad.

Well, worry not — there’s still time. And though it’s probably too late to plan a quintessential trip to a tropical beach filled with free-flowing booze and scantily clad co-eds, there’s still plenty to do a little closer to home. If you’re still looking for something to do come March 17, here are a few recommendations.

Learn to climb at ‘the Red’ About an hour east of Lexington, KY, the picturesque route 11 Mountain Parkway snakes its way through granite cliffs and placid forests, every winding turn giving way to a new clearing of sheer rock faces. This is the Red River Gorge (or, “the Red”), a mountain oasis in the middle of the Bluegrass State that’s known the world over for its fantastic sport climbing opportunities. With a wide variety of towering rock walls featuring plenty of crags and grips, there’s no shortage of spots where you can throw on a harness and scale your way to the top.

If you’re experienced and belay certified, grab

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some rope and quickdraws and climb away. If you don’t know the difference between El Capitan and Captain Morgan, then opt for one of the Red’s many guiding companies, such as Torrent Falls Climbing Adventure, where you can hire a professional to, literally, show you the ropes.

And whatever you do, make sure to stop by Miguel’s, the tiny and eccentric pizza parlor at the center of this thriving climbing community.

Explore a new city Some of you might argue that because you don’t have a car on campus, you couldn’t travel anywhere even if you wanted to. But, with the ubiquity of travel apps like Uber, Lyft and Airbnb, it’s never been easier or more affordable to get around and explore in urban areas. You can Uber down to Cincy, take a bus to a nearby metropolis and rent a room for the week while you see the sights around town.

You’ve heard the complaints that Oxford is in the middle of nowhere, surrounded on all sides by nothing but corn, but in actuality, there are plenty of big cities within just a few hours. Maybe you want to marvel at the artwork on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, or maybe you’d prefer to catch a Blue Jackets game in Columbus. You could set off to Louisville or Lexington, or if you’re willing to venture a little farther, maybe check out Nashville, Pittsburgh or St. Louis.

Wherever you choose, don’t feel bogged down by the planning process. Just focus on getting there and finding a place to stay, and then just get out and follow whatever interests you!

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sibly a backcountry permit, all you need to enjoy the brilliant landscapes of America’s National Parks is a tent and a sleeping bag (and for legal reasons, I have to note that you also need food and water, proper clothing, a first aid kit, water filtration, sturdy boots and emergency gear, but you get the picture). And with the current administration threatening the future of “America’s Best Idea,” there’s never been a better time to take advantage of these beautiful natural areas.

Depending on how far you’re willing to go, you’ve got a few different options. If you want to keep the journey under a few hours, opt for Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Cleveland, Shenandoah National Park in Virginia or Great Smoky Mountain National Park by Gatlinburg, TN. If you’re willing to drive a little farther, venture to the underrated Congaree National Park in South Carolina or Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas.

If you’re really up for an adventure and aren’t opposed to a multi-day road trip, then your options truly open up. Maybe you want to hit up Yellowstone and Grand Teton in Wyoming, or push a little farther to Glacier in Montana. Or, if you’re a fan of the Rocky Mountains, hit any of the many parks congregated around the Four Corners, such as Mesa Verde, Arches and Capitol Reef. And, after a couple days in the backcountry, kick back and relax in Denver with some … ahem… herbal remedies.

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Barcelona protests touch lives of students abroad STUDY ABROAD

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On October 1, 2017, the citizens of Catalonia voted to declare independence from Spain.

Catalonia is a region in northeast Spain containing roughly 7.5 million residents, including the 1.6 million people who live in Barcelona. Despite the regions’ Spanish roots, it contains a unique language, culture and booming economic landscape.

Madrid, the capital of Spain, rejected Catalonia’s bid for independence and declared the act illegal.

This sparked independence protests across the city.

Junior Meghan Collins studied in Barcelona last semester during the political upheaval. “[The protests] were a topic every single day in every single class,” said Collins.

In contrast to the vast media coverage, the protests Collins witnessed were peaceful, she said.

Christie Currie, a Junior currently studying in Barcelona, believes that the political tension has died down, yet she has still encountered protests.

“At first we were scared [of a large protests] but then realized we were being naive. No one is violent or mad, just expressing their values and opinion,” said Currie. “Once we got over it, it was really cool to observe.”

Despite these peaceful demonstrations, Currie said Barcelona University, where she is studying, notified students of recent violent protests.

“Last week, there were some violent things happening and we got emails from our school telling us to stay away from certain areas,” said Currie.

Miami’s Study Abroad Office provides all students studying abroad with an International SOS membership. This service provides emergency services when needed, such as medical professionals

and evacuation if necessary.

“The Study Abroad Office is actively working with local Barcelonians to monitor the situation,” said Kevin Fitzgerald, a Miami Study Abroad advisor.

Barcelona is Miami’s second-most popular study abroad destination behind Luxembourg, according to Miami’s Study Abroad Office. Fifty students were there in the fall semester and nine, not including the Farmer’s School of Business Barcelona trip, are there now.

Fitzgerald said he believes Barcelona’s popularity is due to the increase in tourism over the past

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“Specifically where male students are going, the vast majority are going to Barcelona,” said Fitzgerald.

Despite the political unrest, Collins said she experienced a positive experience studying in Barcelona.

“I never felt unsafe or that it was an issue that would affect my life or study abroad experience,” said Collins. creekce@miamioh.edu

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Lieberman has attended Miami, much has changed, but, in his eyes, much has also stayed the same.

“When I was a student, there were things happening in the world that are much different from how they are today: Vietnam, civil rights, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Nixon being impeached and resigning,” Lieberman said. “We as students were taught not to take things at face value but to be a critical

thinker, and when I look around at students at Miami today, I think they do the same.”

The concept of Love and Honor, he says, has also never changed. Lieberman fell in love with Miami from his first visit and loves it still, for the things it taught him and the friends it gave him.

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“You have to entice people to come, then once they’re here you have to make it a very open, embracing and comfortable experience,” Lieberman said. “And the second part is sometimes more difficult than the first. I’ve heard it explained as getting an invitation to the party, but nobody asks you to dance.”

In his time on the board, he advocated for making efforts to improve the comfort of minorities on campus, a decision rooted not only in moral sense but in business sense as well.

The United States in 2050 will look even more diverse than it does today, and Lieberman believes that Miami should reflect that. These efforts will continue into the future even now that Lieberman has retired from the board.

“Dennis has tirelessly endeavored to advance the public good and to assist others...he has ever striven to ensure that all may have a voice,” the BoT stated in a Resolution of Appreciation for Lieberman’s retirement.

“The Miami University Trustees, faculty, staff and students will miss Dennis’ strong commitment to service, wisdom, experience and extraordinary insight,” the statement read.

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Lieberman graduated from Miami in 1975 with degrees in political science and sociology. As a student here, he played football, joined the speech team and was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and Hillel. He took on leadership roles as the chair of the Interfraternity Council, Hall Council President and a member of the Miami University Student Foundation.

Lieberman was appointed to the Miami University Board of Trustees (BoT) by Governor Ted Strickland in 2009. He served on the board for nine years, the maximum tenure. He retired this month on Friday, Feb. 16.

In the decades in between, Lieberman accomplished much.

He studied law at the University of Dayton. At age 28, he started his own law firm with a few of his friends, a firm that would later merge with another to become what it is today: Flanagan, Lieberman, Hoffman & Swaim.

During his long and still ongoing law career, Leiberman specialized in criminal defense, especially in cases involving the death penalty. He has worked on nearly 30 death penalty cases, but he tends to remember the people more than the cases themselves.

The “$60,000 question” everyone asks him is whether he has ever defended someone he thought was guilty.

“Our society has a way of making people into monsters if they’re accused of doing something,” Lieberman said. “I see them as individ-

uals…I really don’t judge…it’s more complex than what most people think.”

Outside the courtroom, he served on the boards of several non-profit organizations including the Suicide Prevention Center in Dayton, the Dayton Food Bank and Legal Assistance to the Elderly, which he founded.

He also served as Chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Party.

In 2012, he was fired from that position when he defied a statewide directive that would eliminate early voting hours the weekend before the election that won President Obama his second term.

This method of voting was primarily used by African-American members of the community, Lieberman said. He sued over the issue, and the Supreme Court eventually ruled in his favor.

For this and many other actions taken during his career, including his appointment of the first African-American female to the Board of Elections, Lieberman has been given many accolades, such as the M.L.K. Humanitarian Award, the Access to Justice Advocacy Award, the Black Elected Office Holder’s Presidential Award and the 2015 Humanitarian Award.

During eight of his nine years on the Board of Trustees, Lieberman served as the Secretary of the Board. He was most vocal about increasing diversity and inclusion at Miami, not just racially, but also economically. He worked to bring in first generation college students alongside people of many different religions, national origins and eth-

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- ASG Senator James Gale for president and ASG Secretary for Diversity and Inclusion Courtney Rose for vice president.

- ASG Secretary for Alumni Relations Meaghan Murtagh for president and Delta Sigma Phi member Vince Smith for vice president.

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OFD paramedic Ben Geiger said he was expecting a much higher quantity of alcohol-related runs this year on the night of Thursday, Feb. 15. However, Geiger said that the weekend’s calls were spread out over a longer period of time.

“Friday was one of those days where we didn’t make a lot of runs in short period of time, but we started at 9 p.m. and the calls stayed constant every half hour to 45 minutes until 5 a.m.,” Geiger said. “At one point we had three intox runs 15-30 seconds from one another. All three ambulances were dispatched within a minute and then the entire city was without EMS coverage.”

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital was at or slightly over capacity throughout the weekend. Beds were in the aisle, and the hospital staff had to manage six additional people from the city who walked into the ER on Friday night, Geiger said.

Last Wednesday, Feb. 21 The Miami Student hosted a public safety forum, City Matters, in which Detherage spoke about the OFD’s burnout and acknowledged the majority of Miami students are not the problem.

“Most of the students that we have interaction with in town are wonderful kids,” Detherage said. “There’s just a few that cause the problems, and I think that everybody has to realize that and be tolerant of it.”

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Miami erases double-digit lead to beat Akron in OT three, 50-47.

The Zips had possession with under 40 seconds left, before freshman guard Nike Sibande stole the ball and assisted McLane on a fastbreak dunk to make it 50-49 with 16 seconds remaining.

Akron made a free throw to push the score to 51-49.

On the RedHawks’ last possession of regulation, Darrian Ringo corralled an offensive rebound and layed it back up, tying the game at 51 with 2.9 seconds to go. The Zips missed a half-court shot to send the game to overtime.

Similar to the first half, Miami struggled offensively to begin OT, allowing the Zips to take a 57-51 lead with 3:17 left.

Then, Isaiah Coleman-Lands decided enough was enough. First, he converted an and-one layup and hit the resulting free throw to carry the RedHawks to within three. After an Akron miss, Coleman-Lands tied the game on a three-pointer with 2:23 left.

A minute later, a layup by junior guard Ringo gave Miami a 59-57 advantage -- its first of the game. Rin-

Banjo Hitter - A banjo hitter is, quite simply, a batter who hits a lot of duck snorts. Banjo hitters typically excel at making contact with the ball, but struggle to hit for power. Thus, when the ball makes contact with their bat, it sounds as if they were swinging a hollowed-out swampland instrument rather than a baseball bat. Banjo hitter is typically not a term of endearment.

go added two free throws on MU’s next possession to extend the lead.

The two teams traded free throws for the final 30 seconds, but Miami held on for a 64-62 victory.

McLane (23) and Coleman-Lands (11) were the only RedHawks to record double-digit point totals. MU leading scorer Nike Sibande managed only three points, but secured a team-high nine rebounds and tied Ringo for the team lead in assists and steals with four each.

Sophomore forward Daniel Utomi led the Zips with 24 points.

With the win Saturday, Miami swept the two-game regular-season series against Akron. MU scored a 79-64 victory over the Zips at Millett Hall on Jan. 30.

MU also secured a home game in the first round of the MAC Tournament on Monday, March 5. The RedHawks still have a chance to earn a first-round bye.

Miami travels to Kent State Tuesday for their last away game of the regular season. The contest is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN3. vinelca@miamioh.edu @ChrisAVinel

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scribes a pitch that is thrown high and inside with a high velocity to instill fear in a batter who is too close to the plate. The term was given its name due to the whistle-like sizzling noise a ball makes as it travels past a batter’s chin. Chin music is generally frowned upon in baseball circles and has been a lead perpetrator in most benches-clearing brawls.

Golden Sombrero - A Golden Sombrero is a negative term referring to the “honor” given to a player for striking out four times in a single game.

While striking out three times may only result in a “hat trick,” striking out four times is truly an impressive feat and is thus honored with a Golden Sombrero. Former Philadelphia Phillies first-baseman and known hacker Ryan Howard is currently the all-time leader in Golden Sombreros with 27 four-strikeout games.

Eephus - Eephus is a term that refers to a pitch that is thrown so slowly — usually 30 to 40 miles per hours slower than a pitcher’s normal speed — that the batter is taken aback and does not know how to approach hitting the ball. The term eephus itself is of unknown origin, but according to Wikipedia, may originate from a Hebrew term pronounced “EFFess” that translates to “nothing.” Some notable pitchers who have an eephus in their arsenal include curWhile this is certainly not the complete list of obrent Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish, Hall of Famer Satchel scure and entertaining terms that decorate the lanPaige and, perhaps most notably, Bugs Bunny when guage of America’s pastime, I believe this list is a fun he famously struck out a batter who swung three view into the world of baseball lingo. As we get closer times at the same pitch before it hit the catcher’s mitt. and closer to spring, it’s always nice to remember Chin Music - Chin music could be argued as the that another baseball season is on its way. Here’s to exact opposite of an eephus pitch. Chin music de- the 2018 baseball season: May all of your duck snorts fall in for base hits along the way.

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Grant Mishmash started the scoring at 13:54 of the period, after Miami got stuck away from the puck for a stretch.

Even though Miami earned two more power plays in the first, and outshot North Dakota 7-4 in the opening frame, Mishmash’s goal would be the only one of the period. The RedHawks went to the locker room down 1-0.

“I thought we started the game really well,” Blasi said on Friday.

“Another one of those games where our energy is good, our enthusiasm is good, we’re doing a lot of good things, getting a lot of posts and getting a lot of good looks at the net, but not being able to score.”

Not even two minutes into the second period, Miami found themselves down 5-on-3. North Dakota took advantage and junior defenseman Christian Wolanin scored only 33 seconds into the power play to make it 2-0 at 2:17 of the second.

The RedHawks had the opportunity to battle back on a power play, but it was the Fighting Hawks who found the back of the net.

Junior forward Shane Gersich’s initial breakaway shot was turned away by Larkin, but senior forward Johnny Simonson buried the rebound. Simonson’s goal put North Dakota up 3-0 with 12:25 left in the second.

Miami’s response came less than a minute later, however, and it maintained possession of the puck until junior forward Josh Melnick found freshman defenseman Alec Mahalak for Mahalak’s first collegiate goal and his team’s first goal of the game. Belpedio logged the secondary assist.

The 3-1 score would stand for the remainder of the period, though Miami went to intermission up 8-7 on the period’s shot count.

“I think a big change for us was staying positive throughout the whole game on the bench,” Lown said. “We didn’t get down, we knew they scored a couple, but that didn’t make us give up. We stayed relentless.”

And the RedHawks were relentless in the third, making it a 3-2 game only 1:42 into the period.

Lown found junior forward Kiefer Sherwood in the offensive zone, before Sherwood fed freshman forward Phil Knies for a wraparound goal.

With momentum swinging in their direction, the ’Hawks tied the game 2:18 later. Melnick passed to sophomore forward Gordie Green in the slot and Green scored his 13th goal of the season.

The period ticked by, and the teams traded power play opportunities. The RedHawks and the Fighting Hawks stood behind their penalty kill units, and the goaltenders duked it out to force overtime.

Miami outshot North Dakota 11-6

in the third period and carried that momentum into the extra period.

The first overtime shot ended the game, after junior defenseman Grant Hutton got the puck from the blue line to Lown streaking up the right side. Lown caught the Fighting Hawks in the middle of a line change and beat Johnson blocker side to secure the victory and take the three conference points.

“It was a big building block for us tonight,” Lown said. “We played a hard 60 [minutes], a full 60. We had a few breakdowns, but we didn’t give up.”

Miami decidedly outshot North Dakota 27-17, forcing Johnson to make 23 saves. Larkin stopped 14 shots, while Lown (1g, 1a) and Melnick (2a) logged multi-point games.

“Tonight was one of those nights when we started to get some bounces,” Blasi said. “We haven’t been getting them in the last month, maybe we haven’t worked for them, but tonight we worked for them.”

On Saturday, the teams would again play extra minutes and Miami would again score in an extra frame. However, Sherwood would score the game-winning goal during 3-on-3 hockey. The completion of the initial 5-on-5 extra frame logged the game as an official tie in NCAA books, but the NCHC opponents played for an extra conference point.

“These are the type of games we’re going to be in for the next few weeks and you’re going to have to play them and we’re getting some good practice doing that,” Blasi said on Saturday.

The teams traded scoring chances in the opening 20 minutes, as Miami sought its first NCHC series sweep for the season and North Dakota played for home-rink advantage in the NCHC tournament.

Even after the teams had their chances on respective power plays, Johnson and Larkin sent their teams to their locker rooms scoreless after the first period.

A carryover penalty from the first followed the RedHawks into the second period, though the ’Hawks would kill off the disadvantage. A five-minute major seemed to spell trouble for Miami’s penalty kill unit, but it was the Red & White’s turn to score short-handed.

Melnick streaked towards North Dakota’s net after collecting a turnover at his blue line. Melnick buried the puck underneath Johnson’s skate, and the officials took a minute ruling it good. Melnick’s unassisted goal made it 1-0 with 15:37 left to play in the second period.

The rest of the period went by penalty-less and fairly quietly, as both teams ended the second with eight shots apiece.

Starting third periods strong, as the RedHawks have been doing as of late, led to a goal only 26 seconds

into the final frame. Sherwood one-timed a puck past Johnson off a pass from Miami’s sophomore forward Carter Johnson. Green picked up the secondary assist on the goal that made it a 2-0 game.

The Fighting Hawks would not go quietly, as they fought back into the game with 4:20 gone by. Junior defenseman Hayden Shaw snuck a shot past Larkin. Almost eight minutes later, junior forward Nick Jones tied it at two.

Miami withstood North Dakota’s resulting offensive pressure and did a good job of blocking shots with their bodies and sticks to keep the Fighting Hawks from finding many clear shooting lanes.

Winning one-on-one battles and even leaping to keep the puck on their sticks disrupted North Dakota’s chances.

The regulation horn sounded, and the series finale would end during free hockey.

“We had to weather a couple of shifts there in the third period, but I liked our pushback,” Blasi said. “I thought we started to make plays and take it back and get pucks to the net again.”

Miami was caught on its heels for most of the 5-on-5 overtime, but the RedHawks boxed out the Fighting Hawks and sent the game to 3-on-3 play.

With wide-open ice and more opportunities for play-making, the teams traded rushes before Sherwood found himself alone on the right side of the rink. He buried the game-winner and was mobbed by his team.

Sherwood attests the game was significant as the last home game of the season, and the last game for the three seniors in the RedHawks’ locker room.

“That one was special because of all the sweat, blood and tears that [the seniors] have given this program and you can see it, they’re still in the locker room because it’s really emotional,” Sherwood said after wiping tears from his eyes. “They’ve led by example and helped groom so many classes and helped us adjust. To help send them off on a high note was really big for us.”

North Dakota outshot the RedHawks 30-27, and went 1-for-3 on the power play. However, the RedHawks finished with those crucial 5-of-6 points from the weekend.

“I wish we would have played like this weekend, all year,” Belpedio said. “That’s in the past, but all we can do now is build from this. I would definitely say when we play like that, we can play with anyone.

We’ve beaten a ton of top teams and you just saw it out there.”

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IFC’s direct response to hazing long overdue The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

Last week, Miami’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) suspended all fraternity activity due to reports of hazing and enforced an early initiation deadline for all new fraternity members.

Prior to the suspension, Miami had seven social fraternities (and one sorority) recently either under investigation, suspended or banned from campus. There was reason to freeze fraternity life long before last Tuesday, but the university waited until now.

We have known that these problems existed for a long time. In 2015, Sigma Nu was accused of forcing pledges to drink 100 beers during rush and preventing them from showering or shaving, and Phi Kappa Psi was suspended at the same time for hazing-related underage drinking — and that’s just what got reported.

Just think about the stories you’ve heard from friends or classmates who went through pledging, or even what you went through yourself.

This decision follows those of Ohio State University, the University of Michigan and Indiana University, who all recently suspended fraternity-related activities. Several more schools around the country have shut down Greek life altogether in the last year, following alcohol-related deaths of fraternity members.

No Miami students have died in incidents of hazing. But it took the deaths of students elsewhere to spur this response.

It is evident that this move comes not in reaction to an increase in hazing activity but in reaction to the actions taken by other schools. In other words, it’s no secret that most Miami fraternities have been engaging in hazing for years, and, in typical fashion, Miami has only chosen to take clear and firm action now that other schools have done so first.

IFC made the right decision to suspend all fraternity activity while the university investigates hazing allegations. This is the most direct action the university has taken to combat its hazing problem.

But it would be naïve to think this move will

Facts first: the key to American democracy PAOLO FEDERICO-O’MURCHU COLUMNIST

A true democracy can only exist when voters are employing shared facts in their decision making. Democracies are designed for people to decide their representation through elections based on how candidates’ positions agree with their own.

Through this ingenious system, the government is composed of the intentions of the majority of the people. However, this can only work when people know the candidates’ positions. That relies on facts, which are becoming maligned commodities.

Facts are not partisan. They exist in a neutral space to be interpreted in a biased and personal manner. Facts are, by their nature, true, or else they would cease to be facts. Therefore, it is upon facts that we should attempt to base our decisions.

It is a fact that Russia launched a deliberate program designed to influence the American populace before, during and after the 2016 election. It is as true as anything in a history textbook, for it has been confirmed by the nonpartisan FBI, CIA and Justice Department based on their research. It is not a fact that this caused Donald Trump to be elected president, nor that Trump colluded with the Russians during this attack. The latter is a question yet to be answered, and the former will never be known, so this article will not discuss it.

Russia, America’s erstwhile Cold War enemy, launched an attack against the United States. It is not as noticeable nor ostensibly dangerous as the proxy wars fought throughout the mid-20th century; tweets from troll farms are harder to rally against than the inexorable Communist tide. But the fact remains that Russia aggressively attempted to delegitimize our democracy and reduce our faith in our institutions, both of which are side effects of conventional warfare.

So, what is America to do? Unlike in conventional warfare, there is no clear counterattack. Putin enjoys incomparable security in his office and is likely immune to tweeting and Facebook posts. FBI Di-

rector Robert Mueller, constantly riddled with bellicose tweets, does an important job of officially denoting the exact magnitude of this security breach. But it is not Mueller’s job to prevent further intrusions into the American consciousness.

Much of that onus falls onto the “fake news” epidemic. In this article, “fake news” is being used objectively and non-partisanly. It is not denoting misreporting or more commonly reporting that the subject does not like. Rather, take the story titled “FBI Agent Suspected In Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide” from the Denver Guardian that was shared over half a million times with over 14.4 million impressions. That story is fake news, not just because the entire basis of the story never happened, but because the Denver Guardian does not exist; it is a fake publication.

I do not believe it is necessarily the government’s duty to discern fake from real news. I flinch at the thought of a Donald Trump regime deciding which stories about them are true or false. The obligation rather falls on Facebook, Twitter and associated social media giants. Their omnipresence in our lives far exceeds any other media source in history. The majority of adults receive at least some of their news from these social media sources. It is inexcusable that companies based on extraordinarily complex algorithms sorting which content to show their users cannot evaluate whether trending stories bear merit.

Elections are increasingly technology-dependent. From voting machines to online publications, people are tied to electronics and find themselves increasingly vulnerable to their machinations. It the duty of these social media giants, as they force themselves into our daily lives, to employ responsible practices representative of their outsized role.

A true democracy can only exist when the voters are employing shared facts in their decision making. This is a true statement in a society increasingly bereft of them. federips@miamioh.edu

put a full stop to hazing and other problems associated with Greek life, regardless of how long the suspension lasts.

Don’t think that just because pledges were officially initiated last Friday, they will be treated as full and active members. Some — if not all — upperclassmen in fraternities will continue to carry out the hazing traditions they once endured. And, even though fraternities won’t be able to rent bars or host house parties, social activities will still occur underground.

Hazing is a criminal activity in Ohio, and though allegations can be anonymously reported through EthicsPoint, they can’t be investigated (and hopefully stamped out) unless individual students report these incidents to police and come forward by name.

You can report hazing to MUPD, OPD, the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, your RA — pretty much any Miami employee.

If we want to live up to our name as the “Mother of Fraternities,” it’s time to look out for one another.

GREEK OR NOT, IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS KATE RIGAZIO

ASST. CULTURE EDITOR

“You don’t seem like the type of girl who would be in a sorority.”

This is often the response I get when I tell people I am in a sorority, and I hate it. I’m never sure if I’m supposed to take it as a compliment or an insult.

Am I supposed to say, “Thank you?” Am I supposed to act flattered that I don’t fit the stereotype someone has in their head of the typical sorority girl, or am I supposed to be offended for the same reason?

I get particularly mad when I hear this comment from other women because, regardless of the subtext, this comment is scratching at the surface of a much bigger issue.

Some women believe sororities are anti-feminist, and that’s fine. What’s not fine is when those women look down on and mock those who are in a sorority. On the flip side, there are some women in sororities who think that being a member of a sorority somehow places them above women who are not.

To be frank, both viewpoints piss me off.

Before I go any further, let me just say that I understand sororities are flawed and have some misogynistic practices, like dress codes and color schemes for chapter events. And yes, some sororities judge women on looks before personality and values.

However, those sororities are the vast minority.

Personally, I joined Greek life in hopes of meeting a diverse

group of women whose hobbies and passions differed from my own, but whose core values matched mine. I was skeptical when I started the process, however, I am constantly blown away by the compassion and support the women in my chapter show each other. I’ve seen women attend sisters’ events for other organizations, and form support systems when a sister suffers the loss of a loved one.

This is why I get upset when I see women who claim to be feminists mocking women in sororities, because that in itself is anti-feminist. If a woman wants to jump, chant, get dressed up and pose for photos with her sisters, then that’s her own damn business!

It is unfair to belittle a woman for an organization that she loves and feels supported by.

Now, on to the other side of the argument. A woman does not need to be in a sorority in order to feel fulfilled. If a woman has friendship, happiness, support and sisterhood in her life, and chooses not to join a Greek organization because she believes the institution is flawed — or she just doesn’t want to — then that is also her own damn business.

Not being in a sorority doesn’t make you above women who are and being in a sorority does not make you above women who aren’t. It is more important that women support women pursuing what makes them feel happy and empowered, even if it is not what they would personally want for themselves. rigazikm@miamioh.edu

Giving up social media, two weeks in ERIN GLYNN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Lent, the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, is a time for fasting, abstaining from meat on Fridays and reflection. This introspection is supposed to come from giving up one thing you enjoy doing. This year, instead of my usual copout of giving up soda, I decided to tackle my worst millennial vice: social media addiction.

For 40 days, I decided, I would refrain from checking up on my high school classmates’ Snapchat stories, stalking crushes on Facebook and constantly refreshing my beloved Twitter feed. It hasn’t even been two full weeks since Ash Wednesday, and I have to say it has been so hard.

Yet, I can definitely see what older generations are talking about. I have a remarkable amount of time now. I am alone with my thoughts for the first time in what seems like ages. As I wait for a paper to print in King or pass the time before my

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next class begins, I rediscover daydreaming. I chat with people (in real life). I scroll through books on my phone instead of Instagram.

As I consume less “news” brought to me through Facebook and Twitter, I read more actual newspapers. It’s a welcome change to read the New York Times contextualization of President Trump’s statements rather than to see the hot takes from everyone I follow, all of whom feel obligated to reply to his latest tweets. I feel more informed and willing to engage in actual conversation with other people.

I realize how growing up with social media has affected me. My attention span is short. I sometimes open my Kindle app and find myself unwilling to focus, wishing instead for the brevity of tweets or captions. I still fidget with my phone, checking it periodically, though I know I will receive no notifications. I find myself with an increased sense of FOMO (fear of missing out). It’s alarming. Before this experiment, I never considered myself obsessed with

social media. I thought, “I can quit anytime I want” — but isn’t that the classic mantra of an addict?

According to a 2017 study by GlobalWebIndex, the average person has five social media accounts, and spends over two hours a day on social media. Perhaps more troubling is the way time we spend on social media is shaping our lives. Common Sense Media found in 2012 that 18 percent of social media users check Facebook every four hours, and that 28 percent of iPhone owners check Twitter in the morning before even getting out of bed. Those numbers have probably risen in the past five years.

Without the urge to check social media multiple times a day, it’s been easier for me to complete tasks, and even to complete thoughts. It’s obvious but worth saying nonetheless: Being present and in the moment is worth giving up Twitter. glynnee@miamioh.edu

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Local Tinder user lowers her standards SATIRE

KIRBY DAVIS

OPINION EDITOR

After just over two years of using the dating app, junior Jenny Weaver has lowered her Tinder standards for what she swipes right on.

Weaver, 21, said that while she used to spend at least 30 seconds deliberating before swiping right or left on someone, unless they seemed “like, really weird,” she now takes merely one or two seconds.

“Sometimes I just swipe with my eyes closed,” said Weaver. “I mean, at this point, I might as well.”

Weaver said she used to have her distance set to merely five miles, but quickly ran out of options. Currently, it is set at 50 miles, to encompass the University of Dayton as well as the University of Cincinnati’s Tinder populations. Weaver was quick to clarify that despite this adjustment, she is still out of options for potential mates.

“It’s not like I expected to meet my soulmate or anything on Tinder,” she said. “But I feel like there should be less guys with deer they’ve just shot or their ex-girlfriends — or current girlfriends — in their profile pictures.”

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tos or ones that include Tinder users’ parents.

“Like, I’m not going to swipe right on a baby,” she said. “Or your dad. Especially if he’s hotter than you.”

Weaver is aware that her increasingly reckless Tinder behavior has consequences. Once, she accidentally swiped left on the cute TKE guy in her American Studies class.

“You can’t take that back,” she said.

“Once you swipe left, they’re gone forever. Unless you want to pay for premium, which is fucking insane.”

Weaver came close to deleting Tinder one morning a few months ago when she realized she’d drunkenly matched with her ex-boyfriend the night before. Ultimately, however, she decided to respond to his thinly veiled booty call with a suggestive emoji rather than an outright rejection or by unmatching him.

“I knew I’d see him on Tinder eventually,” said Weaver. “And, yeah, he’s a complete asshole, but compared to some of these guys, he doesn’t seem that bad.”

At press time, Weaver was debating whether or not she could ethically condone swiping right on an INFP Scorpio Slytherin chaotic neutral male who could allegedly rattle off all 802 Pokémon from memory. daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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Hockey takes 5-of-6 points from North Dakota, sends seniors out with 2OT win HOCKEY

EMILY SIMANSKIS SPORTS EDITOR

SENIOR FORWARD CONOR LEMIRANDE SKATES AROUND NORTH DAKOTA’S JUNIOR DEFENSEMAN CHRISTIAN WOLANIN (TOP). SENIORS SCOTT DORNBROCK, LEMIRANDE AND CAPTAIN LOUIE BELPEDIO HONORED ON SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE MIAMI’S LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON. ANGELO GELFUSO THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami erases double-digit lead to beat Akron in OT MEN’S BASKETBALL

CHRIS VINEL STAFF WRITER

For the second straight game, first-half shooting woes caused the Miami men’s basketball team (15-14, 8-8 MAC) to fall behind by double-digits at Akron (12-16, 5-11 MAC) Saturday.

And for the second straight game, the RedHawks were able to battle back, besting the Zips 6462 in overtime.

Senior forward Logan McLane led the comeback, dropping 21 of his season-high 23 points in the second half and overtime.

“After the slow start we were able to settle in during the second half,” head coach Jack Owens said. “I challenged the seniors at halftime. It was great how Logan out of the break, plus Rod [Mills], did some things that did not show up in the stat sheet. I was pleased with how our team continued to respond despite the early struggles.”

Miami did struggle early, scoring only four points in the first eight and a half minutes.

After a three-pointer by freshman guard Isaiah Coleman-Lands and a McLane layup cut the lead to 20-9 at the nine-minute mark, the RedHawks endured another prolonged scoring drought, going over seven minutes without a field goal. This allowed Akron to jump out to a 29-12 lead -- its largest of the contest -- with three minutes remaining in the first. The Zips held a 31-17 lead at halftime.

Miami turned the ball over 10 times and converted only four of its 24 field goal attempts in the the first. Akron shot over 50 percent during the period.

The RedHawks slowly started chipping into their deficit to start the second. After layups from sophomore forward Bam Bowman and freshman guard Jalen Adaway, McLane scored five straight points to cut the UA lead to single digits at 34-26.

Akron quickly rebounded, scoring six in a row to push its lead back up to 14.

Trailing by 14 with 10 minutes left in regulation, Miami began a 13-0 run that started with a Mills layup.

The Zips again responded with a run of their own, pushing their lead to 49-43 with 3:32 remaining.

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In its last home series of the season, Miami hockey took five of six conference points from No. 12 North Dakota this weekend, beating the Fighting Hawks 4-3 in overtime on Friday night and officially tying 2-2 on Saturday night.

The RedHawks sent their three seniors out of the Steve “Coach” Cady Arena with the team’s first five-point weekend against a National Collegiate Hockey Conference opponent this season. Captain and forward Louie Belpedio, forward Conor Lemirande and defenseman Scott Dornbrock have ridden the program’s ups and downs and helped weather the storm this weekend against a desperate North Dakota team.

“I’ve been crying for the past 20 minutes, but I’m proud of the group,” Belpedio said at Saturday’s post-game press conference. “I think it’s a big step forward.

We didn’t get the complete sweep, but it’s kind of a storybook ending in my eyes. It meant more to everyone to win 3-on-3, to be honest -- we had a two-goal lead and we blew it. To find a way to come back, it was special for me, Lem and Dorny.”

After the weekend, Miami (11-17-4,

6-13-3-1 NCHC) still sits eighth in the eight-team NCHC, though the ’Hawks broke a four-game losing streak and a three-game scoreless streak with its win and the tie. North Dakota (14-11-9, 8-9-5-2 NCHC) now sits fourth in the conference.

“I thought this weekend we were consistent in winning most of our battles and at least being engaged in the battles,” head coach Enrico Blasi said on Saturday. “I’m pleased with the way we played all weekend long. The kind of talk that was on our bench and the enthusiasm that was on our bench were all good signs.”

The weekend started like many others for Miami, as it went down 3-0 early.

However, the RedHawks managed two third-period goals to battle back for the tie, and then freshman forward Ben Lown earned the victory less than a minute into the overtime period.

The ’Hawks started the game with an early power play, though the Fighting Hawks’ senior goaltender Cam Johnson turned away the chances Miami generated.

It was then Miami’s sophomore goaltender Ryan Larkin’s turn, as he made a quality stop when North Dakota went on the power play a minute later.

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RedHawks demolish Bowling Green, jump to second in MAC East WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BEN PANZECA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The RedHawks womens’ basketball team handily defeated Bowling Green on Saturday 92-64, vaulting them into second place in the Mid-American Conference East Division. Miami has won eight of their last nine heading into the final two games of the season.

The Falcons (10-17, 2-14 MAC) entered the game with the worst conference record in the MAC, and left Oxford with their 10th straight loss. The RedHawks won their third in a row (18-9, 10-6 MAC) and improved their home record to 10-3.

Junior forward Kendall McCoy led the RedHawks with 25 points, 13 of which came in the first quarter. She showed off her range by knocking down three three-pointers within the first four minutes of the game. One gave the Red & White an 8-5 lead -- establishing a lead that would remain intact for the entirety of the game.

As a team, Miami hit 13 threes, but perhaps even more respectable is they did so on only 21 attempts.

“To score 92 points was pretty impressive for our team,” head coach Megan Duffy said. “30 points in the first quarter, we were getting into, ‘Let’s just make this an offensive game’, which is not what

JUNIOR GUARD LEAH PURVIS LOOKS TO MAKE A PLAY AGAINST BOWLING GREEN AT MILLETT HALL ON SATURDAY. MATT HECKERT THE MIAMI STUDENT

we do sometimes.”

The Falcons would come within 12 points in the third quarter after knocking down four three-pointers of their own to start the half.

However, the ‘Hawks pushed their lead back to 16 before the end of the quarter.

The RedHawks continued to pour it on in the fourth, beginning the quarter with a 14-2 run and effectively burying the Falcons’ hopes of a comeback.

Throughout the game, one look at the home team’s bench would tell you all you need to know about how they’re feeling heading into the last week of the season. The energy and camaraderie between the ‘Hawks is the strongest it’s been all year.

The most telling stat of the game was the assist tallies -- which MU won 22-7.

“It’s nice to see the chemistry has gotten better as we’ve gone on

building their confidence,” Duffy said. “It’s going to be a fun week moving forward.”

The RedHawks will likely be entering the MAC Tournament full of momentum and potential.

They take on rival Ohio University on Wednesday in Athens, Ohio at 7 p.m. before coming home to end their season against Kent State at 3 p.m. at Millett Hall on Saturday. panzecbj@miamioh.edu @BenPanzeca

Baseball lingo: LOOGYs, Pickles and Duck Snorts, oh my!

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MITCH HAUSFELD THE MIAMI STUDENT

The return of baseball is generally a welcome sight to individuals across America. It means the return of hot dogs, stadium lights visible from the interstate, cold drinks and everything else you can find in the lyrics of a Kenny Chesney song.

Baseball is a game of tradition, and one of the most long-standing and entertaining traditions is the terminology used by self-described “lifers” of the game. For a sport with no time limit that can, theoretically, go on forever, it seems like the collective announcers, managers and players in baseball have created a term for every situation that pops up in a game.

While most fans are familiar with terminology such as “balls,” “strikes,” “bunts,” “home runs” and “stealing bases,” most would probably not know what to do or where to run if a banjo hitter dropped a Texas Leaguer in the 3-hole — and no, you would not have to go see a doctor.

That’s why I’ve dedicated this article to defining some of the most entertaining and obscure terms in America’s pastime. After sifting through some of the great resources on the world wide web — including Grantland.com’s phenomenal Baseball Dictionary — I’d like to present some of my favorite baseball terms.

LOOGY - LOOGY is an acronym that stands for (L)eft-handed (O)nly (O)ne-out (G) u(Y). This roughly-assembled acronym is a term that is given to left-handed specialists who come out of the bullpen to face only a single batter — usually a left-handed batter who struggles against pitchers throwing from the same side of the plate — and then exit the game. Former

two bases and proceeds to be chased back and forth between the two. Usually, pickles end with the exhausted baserunner either being tagged out after sprinting back and forth five or six times or with the runner stepping “out of the baseline” and being called out. However, there are rare occasions when a runner works himself out of a pickle and successfully reaches base.

TOOTBLAN - TOOTBLAN is an acronym that stands for (T)hrown (O)ut (O)n (T)he (B) ases (L)ike (A) (N)incompoop. While this acronym is rather self-explanatory, it is important to recognize the distinction between a TOOTBLAN and a pickle. A runner can get caught in a pickle, but not be guilty of a TOOTBLAN (i.e. a “strategic pickle” used as a distraction to score a runner from third); and a runner can commit a TOOTBLAN without ever getting close to being in a pickle. Generally, though, a pickle is an event that occurs in the midst of a TOOTBLAN.

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St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is given credit to being the first manager to utilize LOOGYs on a consistent basis, and the role has since evolved to become a staple of the modern bullpen as more managers turn to matchup-based pitching decisions.

Pickle - “Getting in a pickle” is probably the most familiar term on this list. A pickle refers to a situation where a runner is caught between

Duck Snort - A duck snort, also known by its many other names such as a “blooper,” “Texas Leaguer” or the lesser-used “duck fart,” is a softly-hit ball that falls in the area between the infield and the outfield for a base hit. Generally, duck snorts are not hit very hard and the sound the ball makes off the bat has a nasty, almost hollow tone — a sound baseball enthusiasts naturally likened to the sound of a duck snorting underwater.

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