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NEWS EDITOR Another member of Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) has resigned after posting an intolerant photo in a group chat.

On-Campus Senator Maxwell Hessling posted a photo in a GroupMe chat that was not associated with ASG. The photo shows a white child in Islamic dress with a fake bomb attached to his chest. Hessling captioned the image “one of my favorite Halloween costumes lol.”

Hessling said a screenshot of his message

was “taken out of context” of a broader conversation on offensive Halloween costumes and that he meant the message to be an example of what not to wear.

“I in no regard meant this as derogatory; I meant this as an informative piece,” Hessling said. “I added the ‘lol’ to show that it was a sarcastic comment.”

A few hours after the message was sent, Speaker of Senate Sarah Siegel was made aware of its contents. She and ASG Secretary of Diversity and Inclusion Brandon Small met with Hessling to discuss the message and give him resources on implicit bias and the impact of words.

“We acknowledged we didn’t have any power over him,” Small said. “But we thought that as two people in leadership roles, we could have an impactful, educational conversation with him.”

After that conversation, Hessling sent a statement in the ASG Slack channel, apologizing for the message and claiming that he had donated $25o to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.

This is one of three incidents featuring intolerant social media posts from ASG CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Above the ice, behind the microphone

Greg Waddell goes to work

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The race started not with a bang but with a classic “On your marks, get set, go!” from junior Claire Drew, Panhellenic Council’s vice president for service and philanthropy.

Proceeds from a 5K race hosted on Saturday, Oct. 19 by Miami University’s Greek Tri-Council will help fund a new building for Talawanda Oxford Pantry and Social Services (TOPSS).

At the start of the race, participants dashed from the Tri Delt Sundial toward the radio tower on South Oak Street before turning left on the sidewalk.

Megan McDonnell, 16, tucked herself behind the first row of runners in a sky blue TOPSS t-shirt that matched volunteers who directed the runners. She and her family were on campus for Family Weekend to visit her brother Jack, a first-year finance major.

The Oxford community extends beyond the town limits. McDonnell is from Illinois but was happy to support the TOPSS’s cause.

“It’s a good thing to run for,” McDonnell said.

TOPSS has planned to build a new location since last year. The new building is projected to cost $1 million, and TOPSS has pushed back the fundraising timeline since City Council approved its lease and building plans in February.

Ann Fuehrer, who took over the role as TOPSS director last July, said the delayed timeline for moving into the new location is partially because she devotes most of her time to being a full-time associate professor in the Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies department at Miami.

Fuehrer will retire at the end of this semester. With more time on her hands in January, she plans to focus on relocating TOPSS in March 2020 to a shared space with the Family Resource Center. TOPSS will stay put for two to three years while fundraising for the new building continues.

For now, Fuehrer is a part-time director, but the trunk of her car is filled with hot dog and hamburger buns at all times.

“Managing the pantry takes a fair amount of time already even though we have excellent staff CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

EMILY DATTILO

CULTURE EDITOR Above the Friday night Goggin ice, a tiny press box houses a man with a voice destined for radio, a friendly disposition and a love for LaRosa’s giant chocolate chip cookies.

Greg Waddell became a hockey play-by-play broadcaster for Miami in 2006, the first year the Goggin Ice Center opened, and coincidentally, while current head coach Chris Bergeron was an assistant coach at Miami.

“He [Bergeron] was so welcoming back in my early days, and I didn’t know a lot about the team,” Waddell says. “Just had a great relationship from the get-go with him.”

Waddell, a 1987 Bowling Green alum, grew up listening to Marty Brennaman, the recently retired radio voice of the Cincinnati Reds. Waddell began broadcasting hockey as a sophomore in college at BG. “I played sports growing up,” Waddell says. “It came to a point, though, that I knew that I was not going to be playing for the Reds someday, or the Bengals or hockey or whatever it was. So I knew my next route was to be around the sport somehow, and broadcasting is what that was.”

On game days, Waddell meets with Bergeron for a pregame interview, 90 minutes before the puck drops. Holding a recorder and a microphone, he takes the elevator down to the Champions CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Janus forum gives ideological opposition common ground MAGGIE ANGEVINE STAFF WRITER

“Are we better off now than four years ago?”

For former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former California Senator Barbara Boxer, the answer was mixed during last Wednesday’s biannual Janus forum.

The forum, sponsored by Miami University’s political science department, the Office of Diversity Affairs and The Thomas W. Smith Project on Liberty, Democracy and Citizenship, was created to build a bridge between students with opposing ideologies and “spark a rigorous discussion of public affairs.”

Last Wednesday, Walker told the crowd in Wilks Theater that he thought the American people are better off than they were four years ago, citing a drop in unemployment, the creation of six million jobs and increased tax reliefs for the middle class.

“Actions speak louder than words,” Walker said at the end of his opening statement.

Boxer was vehemently opposed.

President Barack Obama created more jobs than President Donald Trump, she said during the Oct. 16 forum, and Trump is a “volatile” president.

“You wake up in the morning, and you don’t know what he’s going to be doing,” Boxer said. “I just see this administration as an aberration, as one that hasn’t fulfilled promises and is taking us in the wrong direction.”

Following the opening statements, the speakers were given the chance to answer questions about the presidency that had been prepared by the Janus committee.

The first question had to do with the impeachment inquiry and possible trial. Boxer spoke first, supporting the inquiry and the possible removal of Trump from office, but emphasizing her regret

over the situation.

“I didn’t want to see it go down this road,” Boxer said.

Walker agreed with Boxer on her take on impeachment, saying, “The one thing Senator Boxer and I agree on is that [impeachment] is a difficult, awful situation no matter who the person is.”

He went on to say that he believes the inquiry is unreasonable, that those calling for it don’t have “the rest of the story,” and that this is being done as a strategic move by the Democratic Party to protect the new democratic members of the House of Representatives.

Boxer responded, restating that she believes the entire administration is corrupt, mentioning the money that other members of the Trump family are making due to their patriarch’s position in office.

“This president needs to be looked at,” she concluded.

But Walker said that the Democrats were “putting the cart ahead of the horse” because the inquiry was called before any transcripts of Trump’s phone conversations had been seen, which made up the bulk of the evidence supporting the impeachment inquiry.

The committee then switched gears and moved on to the recent removal of American troops from Turkey and the threat of terrorism.

Both speakers agreed that the sudden removal was upsetting and possibly dangerous, and neither supported Trump’s actions in the Middle East. Walker was upset that the decision was made without consulting any other sources and called Trump’s decision “reckless.”

When it came to climate change both public figures appeared to be on the same page.Neither denied its existence, and both agreed that something needed to be done.

Boxer and Walker both said that money played an important role in action against climate change.

WALKER AND BOXER AGREED THAT THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION. THE MIAMI STUDENT OLIVIA HENNESSY

Boxer proposed the idea of “climate bonds,” which are similar to war bonds. The idea being that Americans would be able to purchase a bond to be repaid by the government in the future, but the initial money paid by citizens for the bonds would go toward fighting climate change.

Walker said that financial stability and tax changes could help protect the environment, and claimed we could “make green, save green.” He agreed with proposed tariffs for foreign goods, saying that the money could be funneled into environmental efforts.

Eventually, questions came from the audience via Twitter and covered more hot-button issues.

When asked about gun control, both Walker and Boxer told stories about gun violence that had affected them directly. They agreed that strict and immediate action should be taken to enforce gun regulations and decrease gun violence.

The moderately ideologically opposed duo

ASG SENATOR RESIGNS FOLLOWING ISLAMOPHOBIC GROUPME MESSAGE FROM FRONT

members in one year. Last November, five ASG members resigned over a Snapchat video that surfaced of two senators singing and dancing along to a song that contained a racial slur. Last May, junior Spencer Silbey withdrew his candidacy before being sworn in as Secretary for Advancement and Alumni Affairs after backlash from a racially insensitive Snapchat post.

“I think that [these incidents] happen because people are just unaware of the impact that they can have on other people,” Small said. “Sometimes if the problem isn’t like right in front of your face, it’s hard to see it, and so I think that when people act this way, even if it’s not explicitly out of malice, I think that it is out of ignorance, and it’s indicative of a lack of understanding for those around them.”

Siegel said she thinks Hessling’s message is unrelated to the previous incidents.

“I think this is different in that [Hessling] is like

seven weeks into his time on campus,” she said.

“And Brandon and I both recognize that, and we wanted to give him a chance to grow.”

Hessling announced Monday that he will be resigning from ASG, citing his homework load and saying he hasn’t been able to “give the amount of time that [his] district deserves.”

While ASG does not have any specific guidelines regarding its members’ social media presence, section 502 of ASG’s bylaws states that “no member of the Associated Student Government shall participate in any act of discrimination or harassment” and defines harassment as “conduct that … creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working, educational or living environment.”

“We have to recognize that we have to respect one another. I want to be a part of a community that does that widely in the Miami community,” Siegel said.

She added that she holds everyone at Miami to standard of respect, and that she especially feels

ASG senators need to meet that standard.

Mark Curnutte, a visiting social justice professor in the Department of Sociology and Gerontology who has brought Roula Allouch, the national board chair of CAIR to speak to his classes in the past, hopes this will be a learning experience for ASG. “We all really need to be aware of our privileges, especially white people and white men,” Curnutte

Room. Several hockey players swarm the adjacent hallway, stretching, running and preparing for the night’s game against Ferris State.

Waddell’s interview with Bergeron is casual and concise, and ten minutes later, Waddell returns upstairs to the booth.

Divided by a panel, the booth is split between radio and official review. On the radio side, two rolling chairs squish into the tiny space and a counter displaying computers, a set of headphones, papers, several wires and recording devices juts out.

Dimming lights shift as brightness floods the arena and players spill onto the ice for warmups. Music blasts through the speakers, and in between songs, collisions of stick-to-puck vibrate around the rink.

Waddell and Drew Davis, his broadcasting partner, set up their computers, chatting back and forth with an obvious camaraderie about Davis’ upcoming marathon in Disney World.

The Miami pep band begins drumming energy into the slowly-filling arena.

Dinner from LaRosa’s arrives, and Waddell snags some pizza and a giant chocolate chip cookie. He grabs an Orange Crush to drink, laughing because that makes him sound like a kid.

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said. “We all know the Golden Rule: treat others as you want to be treated. This is about the Platinum Rule: treat others as they want to be treated.”

Small hopes to conduct a longer diversity training for ASG in the spring.

“It’s hard to get people engaged about this sort of thing, but it’s so important,” Small said. “Not only for them to be leaders, but it’s important for the people around them – the people that they’re supposed to be representing. It’s really just about engaging our senators with the community, and I think just fostering that cultural awareness that they might not have otherwise had.” @ee_glynn glynnee@miamioh.edu

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Greg Waddell goes to work

ered the Reds and the Bengals in the locker rooms, as well as other prominent sporting events.

“None of that compares to the joy and reward I’ve gotten from broadcasting Miami hockey,” he says.

When the game begins, Waddell doesn’t sit — he stands.

Donning a headset, his dark hair flecked with grey, he leans against the chair clutching a red sheet of paper listing Miami’s roster and a yellow sheet detailing the Ferris State roster.

Glasses perched on his face, his gaze follows the puck. The red and yellow papers guide his announcements.

In the trademark broadcaster cry, Waddell’s words amplify and move closer together as the plays unfolding on the ice reach their most exciting point.

Junior forward Ben Lown scores and it’s 1-0.

“The game, you never know what’s going to happen, the game itself will write the story,” Waddell says.

A clash of movement below signals a goal.

On a shot by sophomore forward Noah Jordan, Miami takes a two-goal lead, which it quickly extends to three.

“That’s a luxury the RedHawks have not yet had,” Waddell says.

The small room is a tangle of wires and recording buttons, but he navigates them with

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“I think that when people act this way, even when it’s not explicitly out of malice, I think that it is out of ignorance.”

Above the ice, behind the microphone FROM FRONT

also shared similar initial thoughts about the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

They both disagreed with family separation at the border and both felt that the country is in desperate need of comprehensive immigration reform.

During their closing statements, each politician was asked how the Trump presidency would be remembered in history.

History will remember the fast economic growth and low unemployment, Walker argued, and he believes the presidency has had an overall positive outcome for Americans. “[I] hope it goes down as an aberration,” Boxer countered.

She believes it will be immortalized as a strange and uncertain time for the country.

TOPSS inches toward $1M finish line FROM FRONT

ease. Waddell says it’s been exciting to see how broadcast technology has changed in the time he’s been in the thick of it.

“The quality of the sound, the quality of the picture,” he says. “I think it just makes for an overall better broadcast, and it makes me sound better because the equipment that we use is just so good — it’s top of the line stuff.”

When the action resumes, Waddell repositions his headset and dives back into the game, his louder voice a comfortable contrast against Davis’ calmer tone. Ferris State puts away two goals, and Waddell narrates as senior forward Gordie Green slaps one into the net, bringing the score to 4-2. Ferris scores again, but Miami holds onto the lead, 4-3.

The blare of the buzzer signals the end of the third period. Waddell and Davis chatter animatedly, wrapping up game commentary, clearly excited for the RedHawks’ first win of the season.

From the radio booth, you can glimpse moving outlines of jerseys and helmets reflecting on glass sideboards.

As Waddell sweeps his gaze about the rink, smiling and talking, there isn’t a reason in the world to ask whether or not he loves his job.

Every hockey game, he lives the answer.

and volunteers,” Fuehrer said.

The Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life promised TOPSS it would raise $200,000 in a two-year time period to donate to the pantry, Fuehrer said. Although the money raised during last weekend’s 5k has not been counted yet, a family of four runners each paid $25 to participate while single runners paid $30.

Fuehrer said TOPSS usually has a surplus of money every year, but the new building project, which was originally slated to open in July 2020, is a larger undertaking since the building will also make room for expanding services.

The pantry serves 500 families per year who can shop every two weeks and take home food based on the size of their family.

At its meeting last week, Oxford City Council approved extending the lease for the new TOPSS location on College Corner Pike to allow the organization more fundraising time.

The pantry is currently housed on 400 W. Withrow Street in a dilapidated white building rented from the Catholic Church and formerly owned by the Knights of Columbus.

Fuehrer said that a new space could improve the services offered by TOPSS. “They need the support of education, information and figuring out how to adapt their own cultural preferences or food traditions to incorporate healthier ingredients,” Fuehrer said.

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Working for tuition:

Work+ Program is ‘extremely valuable’

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THE MIAMI STUDENT Evan Olden starts his day early.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, he wakes up at 5 a.m. so he can get to work by 6:15 a.m.

Olden, a sophomore at Miami University’s Hamilton campus, works one of the assembly lines at thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, inc.

He’s also a member of Miami University’s regional campus program, Work+.

Work+, a new program available at Miami University’s Hamilton and Middletown campuses, gives students free tuition in exchange for working at a list of partner companies. The companies — BCRTA, Deceuninck, The Fisher Group and thyssenkrupp — also pay the students $13 dollar an hour.

Olden recently transferred to Miami. Prior to Work+, Olden used to balance 18 credit hour semesters and 60-hour work weeks but still had to take out loans to fund his education.

Since being accepted into the Work+ program, Olden said this work week has been cut in half and that it has “made studying super easy.”

The best part of the program to Olden is that on top of tuition, he also receives a regular weekly wage.

“This is very extremely valuable to me,” Olden said. “As I live on my own and have expenses and rent to pay for; the rest goes into my savings.”

As a computer engineer technologies major, Olden said he enjoys his time at Bilstein and hopes to secure a job with them after earning his degree.

Olden didn’t report having any is-

sue balancing Work+ and his classes despite his major being “stressful and math heavy.”

Junior Garrison Barnhill shares the same major as Olden. He currently works as an assembler in a variety of positions at Bilstein but is hoping to move up in the company and eventually work with the robots.

“I feel like there is room for growth, which is the exciting part for me,” Barnhill said.

Barnhill said sometimes during the semester his work and school schedule can get a bit hectic, but he always finds time to study. He credits his success in both work and school to planning ahead.

Despite having to get up early, he said he has enjoyed participating in the program. He said that those who are not willing to fully commit to the experience should not apply. “[The typical Work+ students are] hard workers who know what they want and are dedicated to getting their degrees,” said interim program director Kelly Brown.

The program began this fall with 28 students ranging from 18 to 53 years old. Work+ is hoping to gain ten more students for the spring semester.

“The program has been going very well,” Brown said. “All interested parties are feeling the benefit, and we are all really happy.”

Brown hopes to adopt more companies into the program but cannot yet promise which ones will be on the roster in the future. She did, however, hint that students could look forward to something in the medical field. perrysl2@miamioh.edu

Miami student turns musical passion into his own production company DEIRDRE JOST

THE MIAMI STUDENT Emmanuel “Manny” Adams started creating and producing songs as a freshman in high school.

Now, a sophomore at Miami University, he’s built his love for music into the production company NBD Records, LLC. “It was actually my dad’s [idea],” Adams said. “He would say, you know, ‘Manny you make a lot of these beats and produce a lot of music but no one hears it.’ So I was like, ‘You know what? I’m gonna make something of this.’”

He started by messaging artists from around the world and offering his services.

“I DMed artists from all over the world for about four weeks straight,” Adams said. “That led to my first client.”

That client is an artist named Young Hippie, based in Florida.

Since then, Adams has used that drive to expand his business to include clients in Chicago and Oxford.

At Miami, he’s been able to use classes like Finance for Entrepreneurs to enhance his skills as a businessman.

He said he approaches his business with a work ethic and sense of professionalism that makes him a success with his clients.

“Sometimes the record label and the artists don’t get along. But you

know, that’s just that’s just how it is,” Adams said. “You gotta build rapport. At the end of the day, they’re still people. And sometimes they may not agree with you but you have to, you know, work through it and make sure everyone’s happy.”

Ty Little, one of Adams’ five current clients, bonded with Adams over their mutual love for music.

“He’s most helpful as a supporter,” Little said.

Adams runs his business almost single-handedly, recording music himself in his dorm. An RA in Hillcrest Hall, he has a synthesizer and an audio board in his dorm room that he uses for music production.

Adams’ main goal is to help his clients gain a footing in the music industry by polishing their sound.

“I’ll make sure it sounds professional before it goes out,’’ he said. “The music industry is very cutthroat, as everyone knows. It’s very tricky to get into — but it’s also a lot of fun.”

After production, he releases the music on Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify and advertises it on his Facebook page. Once established, he helps his clients manage their royalties and handle offers they receive.

But his success hasn’t stopped with his production company.

In August, Adams received an invitation to the Forbes 30-under-30 Conference, and he credits the invite to his revolutionary two-

pronged approach to music production. While other record labels simply produce their client’s music, NBD Records also advises clients on how to best present themselves and how to create a genuine sound.

“We kind of help them build them up,” he said.

All of this is relatively unheard of in the music industry.

“I take your average record label and turn it into something that nobody ever heard of before,” Adams said. “I want to be able to help people the best I can and use my love of music for that.”

The Forbes 30-under-30 conference brings together young innovators, public speakers, scientists and entrepreneurs to listen to speakers and discuss how they’ve changed their respective fields.

From October 27 to 30, Adams will travel to Detroit, Michigan with several other Miami students to meet well-known businessmen and women, political scientists and other experts from around the globe who are eager to share their knowledge with the next generation of leaders.

In the future, Adams plans to grow NBD Records even further by adding clients and releasing more music. In early October, he received an LLC designation for his company. This separates company and personal assets and allows him to hire additional employees without

ADAM RUNS HIS OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY OUT OF HIS DORM ROOM. MIAMI STUDENT OLIVIA HENNESSY

making them full members.

Adams even has plans to make NBD Records a club at Miami to give other students an easier avenue to connect with the label and get their music into the world.

“He’s always about advancing his company,” said Chase Wymer,

a friend of Adams and fellow music producer. “He’s very professional.”

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WALKING THE WALK FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS LUCY GREANEY

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STUDENTS MARCHED IN HEELS ACROSS COOK FIELD FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS. THE MIAMI STUDENT OPHELIA ROSALES

Matt Eiser, a fifth year psychology major stood at the check-in table, gazing down at the black suede stilettos with gold studs that he had picked to wear for the duration of the event.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, an annual event to spread awareness for sexual and interpersonal violence, was about to begin.

Laughter filled the crisp autumn air as the men and women gathered around heels of all shapes and sizes, trying them on to test which would be easiest to walk in.

People Against Violence and Sexual Assault (PAVES) and Men Against Rape and Sexual Assault (MARS) hosted the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Men and women alike wore high heels and walked around Cook Field to raise awareness for sexual assault survivors.

The event wasn’t a race, and it wasn’t a fundraiser. Its primary purpose was to call attention to the number of people sexually assaulted on Miami University’s campus.

Hannah Yeack, the vice president of PAVES, began the evening with a speech about the fears associated with sexual assault. She mentioned how she went through an abusive relationship, which inspired her to fight for others and raise awareness of the issue.

“It’s something that’s been tied to me for a really long time and shaped me,” Yeack told The Miami Student in an interview. “Now that I’m past it, it’s wonderful to be able to help people who are going through [sexual assault].”

After picking out the perfect pair of heels, the participants began their lap around Cook Field. Along their walk they were presented with information about sexual assault, including statistics about how many survivors don’t come forward and how many people are affected by sexual assault.

By the halfway point, a clear division was visible within the participants. The men trailed behind as the women took the lead.

At the very back of the group was senior August Lorei.

“I went to an all boys high school, so I was kind of in a bubble and didn’t really understand the issue,” Lorei said.

Lorei’s advocacy was inspired by his sister, a sexual assault survivor.

Lorei joined both PAVES and MARS during his sophomore year after learning about them at MEGA fair. Lorei said his favorite part about participating in these organizations is doing something that matters.

Yeack wants to use the event to bring together people who understand and support others’ experiences.

“If I could have everyone leave with a basic understanding of consent after coming to one of these events, I’m good,” she said. @Lucygreaney greanelj@miamioh.edu

Deer me! Oxford hunters feed the hungry DAN WOZNIAK STAFF WRITER

As the first month of Ohio’s bow hunting season comes to an end, the Community Meal Center’s pantry fills with hunks of venison, enough to feed several Hamilton families this winter.

Members of the Oxford Deer Management Program kill, or “harvest,” deer to feed those in need and strengthen the environment, said member Jeremy Ritzier.

Oxford’s Deer Management Program was started in 2009 by David Treleaven, Oxford’s Environmental Specialist, after Miami University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES) conducted a white-tailed deer population assessment in 2007.

The project concluded that Oxford’s deer population density was about three times larger than desired deer populations, according to an article in the Ohio Journal of Science.

The goal of the Oxford Deer Management Program is to prevent the spread of disease among deer, limit the number of deer-vehicle accidents, reduce damage to vegetation and the local environment and feed those in need.

Butler County has a two deer tag limit, which regulates that bow hunters can only harvest up to two deer in Butler County per hunting season.

Members of Oxford’s Deer Management Program are required to donate the first deer they kill to the Community Meal Center (CMC), a non-profit organization that offers free meals at 5 p.m every Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hamilton, Ohio.

Over a ten-year period, the program has harvested 109 deer, prevented 6,141 deer from being born, and has donated 2,742 pounds of venison to those struggling to find a meal.

Lauren Marsh founded the CMC in 2001 and has been working with hunters and accepting venison donations since 2005.

“Here at the Community Meal Center, we all bring our own gifts,

ADAM WEISS

THE MIAMI STUDENT Recently, Miami University students have noticed an influx of sprinkler-related issues on campus, ranging from water pelting students who are walking down the middle of the sidewalks, to sprinklers shooting water directly at the walls of residence halls and academic buildings.

Some students are concerned that the poor placement of these sprinklers are causing harm to the campus. “[The university is] trying to regrow the grass — the problem is they drown the grass with water,” first year Buike Nduaguba said.

“Literally every day the place is overly saturated. They don’t give the seeds the time to take in the water. The seeds are even visible on the ground.”

Others have found the sprin-

MEMBERS OF THE OXFORD DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DONATE THE MEAT TO A LOCAL FOOD PANTRY STAFF WRITER DAN WOZNIAK

and if people like to hunt, and that’s how they like to contribute, then we honor everybody’s gift,” Marsh said.

Marsh and her volunteer staff pick up the donated venison from H&M Processing, a butcher shop in Okeana, Ohio, in one or two pound “chubs” and use it to make sloppy joes and casseroles.

“I didn’t know it was deer until I was told,” said Margaret Moore, a guest at the CMC. “It’s delicious.

It’s just like hamburger.”

Marsh also said she supports hunting as a means to control the deer population because she’s been in eight deer-vehicle accidents.

When Ritzier hunts in Riley and Brown County, Ohio, he notices a huge difference in the deer population than when he hunts in Oxford, and he said Oxford’s deer population is out of control.

Three years ago, Ritzier said he was hunting in Oxford and saw a young deer with a clothesline wrapped around its antlers and body.

“You need to take that deer out because it’s suffering,” Ritzier said.

Ritzier donates both deer he

harvests to the CMC and makes an effort to pick up trash when he’s out hunting.

David Gorchov, a professor of biology at Miami, partially blames deer overpopulation for the depletion of Ohio’s native shrubs, tree seedlings and wildflowers.

“Most tree seedlings and native shrubs are highly preferred by deer, and unless deer are excluded, we have almost none left in the natural areas,” Gorchov said.

Thomas Crist, the chair of Miami’s biology department and Natural Areas Committee, had two graduate students, Michelle Barrett and Thomas Peterson, conduct deer density studies in Miami’s natural areas in 2013 and 2017.

Both studies found similar deer population densities consistent with seasonal deer migration patterns and concluded that nearby deer populations are negatively impacting the ecosystem and are most likely overpopulated.

“If you look at other forests in the region where there have been greater hunting pressures, and you look at the understory plant communities in some of the for-

est there, you’ll see that they have a more diverse plant community then what you would see in [Miami’s] natural areas,” Crist said.

In addition to reducing biodiversity, Crist says reducing the number of deer will minimize the risk of people getting injured by deer.

“Periodically, there have been encounters between deer and people in the natural areas and in Oxford neighborhoods,” Crist said.

“There was an incident [in Nov. 2005] when a deer broke through a window in Upham Hall and went into a room there and caused a lot of damage and a lot of stress.”

Regardless of what’s being served at the CMC, Lauren Marsh said she makes an effort to sit and eat with her guests to help reduce socio-economic boundaries.

“Our mission [at the CMC] is to have a safe and dignified haven where a hot meal can be shared,” Marsh said. @dan_wozniak wozniad2@miamioh.edu

Miami offering new full-tuition scholarship for Ohio applicants SARA BEY

STAFF WRITER Hoping to draw in more in-state students, Miami University has implemented the Ohio Governor’s Scholarship (OGS), a new merit-based full-tuition scholarship for Ohio students applying for the fall 2020 school year.

One applicant from each of the 88 Ohio counties will be granted this scholarship.

Like with other merit scholarships, prospective students are automatically considered once they complete their Common Application.

Director of Admission Bethany Perkins said she wants to make Miami a more financially accessible option for in-state students.

“Sixty percent of Miami students come from Ohio,” Perkins said. “We want to provide good money for good students and encourage everyone to apply, regardless of socioeconomic status.”

According to the US Census Bureau QuickFacts webpage, the median income for an Ohio household was $52,407 in 2017.

“Fifty-two thousand a year [makes it] tough for Ohio families to afford any tuition,” said Brent Shock, interim senior associate vice president of student enrollment services.

For the fall 2019 cohort, in-state tuition is $15,909.44 without room and board. Adding this scholarship will “make Miami more affordable for students who come from different socioeconomic backgrounds,” Shock said.

Perkins said the money for the OGS will come from funds already allocated to admissions for all scholarships.

“Each year, [we take] a look at our scholarship offerings and will reconfigure [money] based on need,” Shock said. “We’re trying to recruit the best and the brightest from the state of Ohio.”

Miami does not receive applications from every county during application season. Perkins said she wants to see a more “steady flow” of Ohio residents by providing this scholarship that is more accessible.

Shock said having more full-tuition scholarships is a better option than lowering in-state tuition.

“There have been a number of institutions that have tried price resets, and they have not worked well,” Shock said. “They often have declining enrollment after the price drop, and within a few years, they’re generally back to costing the same as they did previously.”

“If you cut the price, students and families may wonder if the quality of that [college] is the same,” Shock added.

Perkins said the OGS will be beneficial. “It encourages everyone to apply … and it will be good for students who are currently ruling Miami out because it is too expensive.” @sara_bey beysc@miamioh.edu

“We want to provide good money for good students and encourage everyone to apply, regardless of socioeconomic status.”

- Bethany Perkins

Sprinkler malfunctions turn students’ heads klers as a source of entertainment, sparking the creation of a Twitter account called Miami University Sprinklers with the handle @mu_ sprinklers. The page is dedicated to highlighting the problems with sprinklers campus-wide.

“I made this account because I noticed the growing frustration for many students,” said the administrator of the account, who preferred to remain anonymous.

“The sprinkler system at Miami is simply atrocious. Not only is it bad for students trying to walk around campus, [but] it’s a waste of water and is completely against the sustainable goals the university has.”

Gerry Geil, director of grounds maintenance, said the sprinklers are running more because of the lack of rain recently. According to the United States Drought Monitor, Oxford is currently in a moderate drought.

“Usually [the sprinklers] wouldn’t have to run as much, and we are certainly taking steps to get the water under control,” Geil said.

In response to concerns about the sprinklers running during the day, Geil said dirt and debris can often get stuck in the valves, leaving them open and running for longer than usual. Geil said he cleans the valves often and is looking to invest in better software to

alert him when problems occur within the system.

Geil also said there have been problems with vandalism. The sprinklers’ caps sometimes come off, causing the geysers that alarm students.

Geil and two other technicians are in control of 40 acres worth of irrigation apparatus. He said that they receive large quantities of work orders about sprinkler issues.

“We’re working hard to getting the adjustments made, with continued investments in infrustructures,” Geil said. @The_Weiss_ weissaj3@miamiOH.edu

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SPOOKY SUSTAINABILITY Carving and composting

PEABODY HALL TURNED INTO A VERITABLE PUMPKIN PATCH WITH ZWO’S SPOOKY EVENT. THE MIAMI STUDENT OPHELIA ROSALES

SKYLER BLACK

THE MIAMI STUDENT Miami’s Zero Waste Oxford (ZWO) rang in the spooky season with its pumpkin carving contest held last Thursday in Peabody Hall.

With low lighting and Halloween decor scattered about Peabody Hall 22, the atmosphere of the event was inviting and festive. Upon arrival, students were welcomed warmly

by ZWO members and encouraged to carve one of the many pumpkins provided by the organization. Tables lined around the room, where attendees carved their pumpkins and conversed with each other about what they were going to create.

The turnout was so large, a second

pumpkin run was needed to fulfill the high demand for jack o’ lanterns.

While some attendees came to possibly win a gift card to Oxford’s healthy grocery, Moon Co-op, which were awarded to the top three pumpkins judged by selected Western professors on Monday, others came simply to carve a pumpkin in time for Halloween.

“I just really wanted to carve pumpkins for the spooky season,” said first-year English major Olivia McCray. “I’m interested in some sustainability too, just as a hobby, so I think this event is a very good mix of something fun but also something useful and interesting.”

For those not looking to get elbows-deep in pumpkin guts, Pixar’s

The ‘Good Morning Miami’ autumn essentials

“Coraline” played on the television for students to watch while binging on popcorn and Oxford Donut Shop donuts.

After the pumpkins were scraped out and carved, students disposed of the insides in a compost bin, which went to Oxford’s goZERO compost at the end of the day.

“I know a lot of people wouldn’t even think of composting their pumpkins,” said Sara Grieco, sophomore kinesiology major and compost director of ZWO. “They would just throw them out or not cook the seeds and use whatever they could. So I think it’s very good to have a hands on thing that people can have fun with and learn a little bit about composting.”

This year is the first to see ZWO’s Halloween event, carefully planned for three weeks by the ZWO executive board. Aiming to make sustainability more fun, senior ZWO executive

“I just really wanted to carve pumpkins for the spooky season.”

-Olivia McCray

board member Halie White says this event helps students understand how easy it can be to be environmentally friendly.

“If someone is physically doing something like carving pumpkins and taking the insides and putting it in the compost bin, instead of just being told ‘this is what you should do for our Earth, it’s like having an attachment to it, even if it’s just small,” White said. “Events like this educate others on how easy it is to be sustainable.”

Pumpkin carving was one of many events hosted by ZWO in honor of Sustainability Week. From Oct. 14 to Oct. 21, events such as a trash audit, a river clean-up and educational talks about sustainable lifestyles were put on along with other environmentally focused service organizations on campus. blackse2@miamioh.edu

A MOVE-ing morning with the Crawfords

EMILY DATTILO

CULTURE EDITOR As we begin trading humidity and blaring sunshine for falling temperatures and leaves, it’s time to unveil the list of “Good Morning Miami” autumn essentials, which ensure a productive and pleasant day.

(It’s important to note that several of these items could be classified as “basic,” but I’d rather call them traditions. Agree to disagree).

REQUIRED: - 1 cup of coffee or tea. This doesn’t even require an explanation. If one isn’t enough, pick another up later in the day.

- 1 small snack (ex: a pack of crackers or fruit snacks). It’s difficult to make it through those 10:05 classes without one.

- 1 computer/phone charger. It’s incredibly annoying and a waste of time to trek all the way home when you’ve forgotten one.

- A fall-scented candle. There’s lots of options, but my personal favorite is Yankee Candle’s “Harvest.” If you’re in a dorm, unfortunately candles aren’t allowed, so just buy an air freshener instead.

- A Google calendar. Finals will be here before we know it, and it’s pretty impossible to keep track of classes, clubs and other commitments without writing it down somewhere.

- 1 jacket/sweater. It might be 65 or 70 degrees outside, but there are still classrooms that feel like January. Prepare for any scenario.

- 1 water bottle. After walking a mile to class, even though the weather isn’t as stifling as it was a few weeks ago, it’s a no brainer.

- 1 set of earbuds/headphones. Good for Netflix, music or just taking a break.

- 1 glass of apple cider. Not sure how good the grocery store version is, so make time on a weekend to take a trip to a pumpkin farm or apple orchard. Bring your friends and do all the kid stuff: the corn maze, picking apples, the donuts.

- A nap. Most of us don’t have enough time for this luxury everyday. For those who do, you’re incredibly lucky.

- Take a walk. Miami has gorgeous trees, and literally, as you’re sitting inside, leaves are falling on the ground and it’s incredibly artistic and too beautiful to miss. Go, go outside and look around.

Note: The “Good Morning Miami” autumn essentials can be used October through November and be repeated as often as you’d like. There really is no limit to how many naps you can take or cups of apple cider you can buy. @emily_dattilo dattilec@miamioh.edu

MOVE BOOTCAMP BROUGHT OUT THE YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE TO GET FIT AND HAVE FUN. THE MIAMI STUDENT ABBY BAMMERLIN

SYDNEY AREND

THE MIAMI STUDENT Despite the chilly weather, students and parents spread out across President Greg Crawford’s lawn for a MOVE workout at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 to kick of the first morning of parents weekend.

The MOVE group fit events started four years ago when the Crawford family came to Miami University. They wanted to use exercise to create a sense of community both in Oxford and on Miami’s

campus.

The event kicked off with registration, where guests were able to speak with registered dietitians and participate in a bean-bag toss game to win a free Hydro Flask.

Cassidy Waldrep, a first-year zoology major, brought her parents to the event and was also one of the lucky Hydro Flask winners. “[It was a] great way to spend time with family and win free prizes,” Waldrep said.

Participants then spread out across the patio and lawn to participate in Zumba. Participants

laughed with each other as they danced to songs like “Move to Miami” by Pitbull and “Little More”

by Putzgrilla.

First-year accounting major Duncan Fox was in the front of the crowd of dancers. A lover of Zumba, Fox said that even though his parents were unable to come for family weekend, “[he] was still able to have fun with friends.”

Students danced with each other and their families, all smiling as they attempted to follow the moves of the instructors.

This was sophomore Sarah

Forman’s fifth MOVE bootcamp, and she said that she keeps coming back because “the exercise and the workout [are] always a lot of fun with people.”

The final part of the workout included Miami trivia. The questions ranged from the year the university was founded to questions about the types of flowers planted on campus.

A correct answer resulted in 20 seconds of an exercise and an incorrect answer resulted in 40 seconds of an exercise. The crowd did well, answering 12 out of 15 questions correctly.

Senior Sara Foley was one of the two Zumba leaders. This was Foley’s final time teaching a MOVE bootcamp. She taught her first MOVE bootcamp four years ago, and throughout her time she has taught workouts such as Zumba, kickboxing and circuit training.

Foley said this was the most parents she had ever seen at a MOVE group fit event, and it was “phenomenal to see students bring their parents.”

The sense of community was evident when the group gathered for a photo, and a cheer of “go Redhawks, tame Huskies” was led by Crawford in order to get people excited form Miami’s upcoming football game against Northern Illinois University. arendsr@miamioh.edu

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‘Between Shades of Gray’ author talks totalitarianism and Stalin

Far away family What does Family Weekend mean to international students?

JOSEPH PUCKETT

THE MIAMI STUDENT

SEPETYS BROUGHT ISSUES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO THE MIAMI STAGE. THE MIAMI STUDENT LEANNE STAHULAK

LEANNE STAHULAK STAFF WRITER

The first question for New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys was not about her own historical fiction works but another “shades of grey” book that came out the same year as her debut novel.

The “Between Shades of Gray” writer turned toward the audience with a hand under her chin and a wry smile.

“Lithuania has never looked so sexy,” she said, before bursting into laughter and breaking character. The audience roared along with her.

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, Sepetys visited Miami’s campus and sat down in Wilks Theater with Dr. Stephen Norris, director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies.

The Havighurst Center collaborated with the young adult English program in the teacher education department to host Sepetys for the day.

The two departments brought the Lithuanian-American writer to Miami because her novels outline the challenges and struggles that marginalized or “silenced” groups faced during major world conflicts. “Between Shades of Gray,” her most popular book, describes the deportation of Lithuanians by the Soviet Union during World War II through the eyes of an adolescent girl.

Part of the reason why her historical novels are so captivating is because Sepetys infused her own family background into her work. At four years old, her father was forced to flee Lithuania to escape Soviet troops threatening deportation. He spent nine years floating around refugee camps before reuniting with his parents. When he was 15, Sepetys’ father finally escaped to the United States with her grandfather.

Her grandfather’s Lithuanian relatives, however, weren’t so lucky.

When Sepetys traveled to Lithuania for the first time to meet her extended family, they grimly told her about the 12 relatives who were sent to Siberian labor camps and death camps following her grandfather’s escape.

Sepetys couldn’t believe she’d

“I’m fortunate my books are read by adults, but boy, what a priviledge to work with young people.”

-Ruta Sepetys never known about such a devastating part of her family’s history — but also that no one else seemed to know about the Lithuanian peoples’ tragic experience.

“At that moment, sitting there, realizing that my freedom came at the expense of my grandfather’s family members, I decided I was gonna write a book,” Sepetys said. “One girl, her dreams of freedom and her voice to speak for the millions of victims of communism who never had a chance to tell their story. And that became ‘Between Shades of Gray.’”

Impassioned and determined to bring this narrative forward, Sepetys set out to speak with survivors and “true witnesses” to the events she wanted to write about. “Getting [her] feet on the ground” was a huge part of Sepetys’ research process, allowing her to conceptualize what happened as accurately as possible.

“I wrote the book, but it’s not my story,” Sepetys said. “Their history wrote this story.”

Over the next eight years, Sepetys wove together true witnesses’ testimonies, more of her family history and extensive archival research into three more historical pieces: “Out of the Easy,” “Salt to the Sea” and her newest novel, “The Fountains of Silence.” The books cover growing up in a New Orleans brothel, the greatest maritime disaster in history and the terrors of the Spanish Civil War under Francisco Franco’s regime, respectively.

Despite these heavy topics, Sepetys emphasized how her books are meant for young students and adults alike.

Even amid criticisms from fellow authors for “not being taken seriously” as a children’s author, Sepetys champions for this knowledge to be shared

with young readers.

“I said, ‘Kind sir, I don’t think you understand children’s books.

You know, children’s books are not about an I or a me; they’re about a we,’” Sepetys said as she detailed her experience at a Berlin literature festival. “Together we shall learn and grow and create hope for a more just future, and that’s so rewarding.”

To hear Sepetys talk about the importance of using powerful novels to illustrate key historical events excited several future middle school and high school English teachers in the audience.

Junior Alayna Cowden read two of Sepetys’ book earlier this semester, but now she can’t wait to share these compelling stories with her students one day.

“I want them to know about untold narratives — stories of people’s lives that just aren’t that obvious,” Cowden said. “I want them to know about history that might not be appearing in their textbooks and just cultivating a desire in them to learn more about people’s stories and to ask questions about people’s backgrounds.”

While anyone who reads Sepetys’ books will have the chance to spread the knowledge she’s cultivated with the world, the writer knows that her books will have a more lasting impact on the children who read them.

“I’m fortunate my books are read by adults, but boy, what a privilege to work with young people,” Sepetys said. “It’s an honor. Young people are the future eyes to the past. They’re the ones that are gonna take us forward and also carry forward these fading stories into the future.” stahullc@miamioh.edu

The excitement and promise each August holds for new and returning students is accompanied by the pain of goodbyes. For an international student, this goodbye can be especially difficult. Most international students only see their family over winter and summer breaks and in some cases, international students go years without seeing their families.

The International Student Orientation Program begins two weeks before classes start, according to Miami’s Division of Student Life. They learn how to navigate the university, manage their classwork and form their social lives in a new country, Santiago Lopez, a first-year student from Argentina explained.

Parents that attend, however, take part in a different discussion, he said.

They’re taught at length how to emotionally support students as they adjust to American culture and how to help students who experience potentially intense homesickness.

Mark Pontious, the director of Parent and Family Programs, said Family Weekend is a meaningful time for parents to visit their children and check in on how their transition is taking place.

Though there is no data on family attendance, Pontious said he assumes that since it’s a standard two-day weekend, very few international families travel to Miami for the event.

Molly Heidemann, director of international student and scholar services, said the presence of so many families over this weekend generally does not bend the mood of international students past the ordinary amount of homesickness.

Heidemann said the students’ re-

silience can be attributed to the inherent nature of being an international student.

“It doesn’t appear to affect [international students] particularly negatively,” Heidemann said. “International students tend to be pretty hardy, and they travel across the world knowing they won’t see their families for months. Their expectations are different from the typical domestic student.”

But just because international students go long periods of time without seeing their families in person does not mean they don’t stay connected.

International students and families stay in touch through services like FaceTime, Skype and WhatsApp. Lopez talks to his family every day. He said it’s like being back home.

“Every time I go out, they know,” Lopez said. “They’re like, ‘Yeah, take care. Don’t be stupid.’”

Lopez’s separation from his family didn’t exclude him from Family Weekend bonding. Several of his neighbors in Symmes Hall invited him to dinner with their own families.

“Even though you are not close to your family, the people here try to help you,” Lopez said.

All the events planned for Family Weekend were open to all students, regardless of whether their family was in town or not.

Ryan Kwapniowski, assistant director of student ativities, encouraged all students to explore the many events that took place over the weekend.

“Regardless of whether or not your family is in town, this is a great weekend to be a RedHawk,” Kwapniowski said. @real_actionman pucketj6@miamioh.edu

SOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FIND FAMILY THROUGH FRIENDS OVER FAMILY WEEKEND. CONTRIBUTED BY SANTIAGO LOPEZ.

Don’t DHOP me now Pancakes for a cause

GRACE KILLIAN

THE MIAMI STUDENT In their bright yellow shirts, the Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) sorority members were hard to miss. They cheered over the pop music that played through the speakers and drew people in as they walked by Uptown. Posters of St. Jude patients lined the park pavilion, catching the breeze and the attention of those who walked by. Blue and yellow St. Jude balloons were tied around the trees lining the park.

On Sunday morning, the sun shone down as Tri-Delt began its annual Delta House of Pancakes (DHOP) fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Under the Uptown park pavilion, they set up tables to serve pancakes, bacon, sausage and coffee.

Students, families and community members lined up as they waited for their breakfast. After getting their food, they spread out on benches and the grass as they ate and chatted among one another.

Behind the pavilion, sorority members were stationed over griddles. One was reserved for the pancakes and another was covered in bacon. Another table was set up to

prepare the pancake mix. Sorority members talked with one another and took selfies and videos to help promote the event on social media.

Other Tri-Delt members moved back and forth from the griddles to serving tables with large aluminum bins full of food.

Senior Miranda Oates, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, came to the event with friends to help support another sorority.

“Philanthropy is so important in the Greek community and it’s for a wonderful cause so I’m happy to support it,” Oates said.

Tri-Delt raised $6,000 in presale tickets and raised a total of $8,300 by the end of the event. In addition to the money raised from tickets, they raised more money through a raffle. Raffle prizes ranged from St. Jude swag to Kendra Scott jewelry and even a waterproof speaker.

Senior Alyson Wohlleber is the philanthropy chair for Tri-Delt and organized the entire event. She spent months preparing because of how important DHOP is to the organization.

“This event is important to us because it’s our biggest philanthropy event of the semester,” Wohlleber said. “It’s a great event to get

the community involved and have community leaders come and other students to support St. Jude.”

Senior Shelby Deakyne, TriDelt’s president, loves being able to spread awareness about the important work that St. Jude does, especially after a recent visit to Memphis to visit the hospital.

“We got to hear a patient testimony and her mom told us all about how St. Jude has helped her and how the money we raised really helps, even if it’s in small ways, like arts and crafts the kiddos get to do,” Deakyne said.

This is the fourth year that TriDelt has hosted DHOP over Miami’s family weekend. Families of sorority members come to support and with more people Uptown, they can draw in a bigger crowd and raise even more money.

Wendy Haudrich is a proud TriDelt mom who has attended the event every year that her daughter, senior Claire Haudrich, has been a part of the sorority.

“We wanna do anything we can to support it,” Haudrich said. killiagc@miamioh.edu

AS STUDENTS ENJOYED PANCAKE STACKS, TRIDELT RAISED STACKS OF MONEY FOR ST. JUDE. THE MIAMI STUDENT GRACE KILLIAN

Food Spooky Pasta

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2019

CÉILÍ DOYLE

MANAGING EDITOR

I do not consider myself much of a cook.

In fact, I think it’s pretty remarkable that I can fry up some potatoes, season chicken and eat veggies by way of Dole salad kits every week.

However, the original Food section editor and former editor-in-chief, Emily Williams, is a fantastic cook. An avid subscriber to NYT Cooking, Emily was inspired partly by a recipe from the section and partly by being in desperate need of a trip to Kroger when she wrote about spooky pasta for one of the early editions of The Student’s food section two years ago.

The dish — a sweet, sweet combination of noodles, parsnips, bacon, parsley and excessive amounts of cheese — was a hit among the staff and close friends.

But it also became our thing. When I was down, a prevalent feeling during my sophomore year of college, no problem couldn’t be solved with an extra helping of spooky pasta, a can of Kroger brand sparkling lemonade and an episode of our favorite show, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”

My role in actually helping cook the spooky pasta was limited to flipping over the bacon and grating the parmesan, but it didn’t matter what I was doing so long as we were together.

So when my housemate, Samantha, texted me a couple weeks ago: “Buying ingredients for spooky pasta, Nostalgia hit hard when I walked by the parsnips,” my heart leapt for joy.

All my housemates and I gathered around our dining room table to eat dinner.

“OUR SHARED PLATE OF SPOOKY PASTA IS SEPARATED BY SEVERAL STATES AND A 10 HOUR DRIVE.” ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

An ode to the bonds of friendship “Is it as good as you remember?”

Sam asked.

“I don’t know,” I replied in the middle of a mouthful, not nearly as enthusiastically as I should have.

“That definitely means no,” Sam joked.

I immediately backpedaled. “No, no,” I said. “It’s amazing. I just – I don’t know. I need to think about it.”

The pasta was great, but eating it without Em was bittersweet. She graduated from Miami two years ago and lives in Charleston, South Carolina

OXFORD IN REVIEW

Generous portions and a warm environment at Ramen Hachi

RAMEN HACHI PROVIDES JAPANESE COMFORT FOOD. CULTURE EDITOR DUARD HEADLEY

DUARD HEADLEY CULTURE EDITOR

Ramen Hachi doesn’t have a website. Their only online presence is a Facebook page with three reviews, 21 likes and no posts.

But what they lack in branding, the restaurant makes up for with its warm, laid-back environment, a unique menu and plenty of ramen.

The ramen shop opened its doors just before the 2019-2020 school year began. The hearty Japanese cuisine is a welcome addition to Oxford’s culinary offerings, as the town is densely populated with chain restaurants and Chinese food.

Walking into Ramen Hachi, diners are welcomed by a chic interior. The bar at the back of the shop is adorned with corrugated metal reminiscent of Chipotle, but the similarities end there. Cement floors and dark grey walls decorated with Japanese art couple with mellow hip-hop music to create a relaxed atmosphere.

This environment pairs perfectly with the food itself. Ramen is Japanese comfort food, and the vibe of the restaurant lets diners enjoy the hearty dish to the fullest, even if you’re surrounded closely on all sides — the seating can be tight when the place is full like it was when I went.

I’ve been to Ramen Hachi twice; once just after it opened, and now again to write this review. Both times I’ve had a great experience.

The restaurant’s menu isn’t huge — the place offers just five types of ramen and a handful of appetizers and rice bowls — but each selection is satisfying. I tried two appetizers, takoyaki, deep fried octopus batter balls, and karaage, essentially homemade chicken nuggets served with a rich katsu sauce.

Both were warm and flavorful.

Eating the takoyaki was like indulging in decadent fair food with a Japanese twist, and the karaage were simple, unabashed and tasty.

But what about the ramen itself?

Ramen is in the title of the restaurant, after all.

First and foremost, the portions are substantial. I easily got two meals out of my serving, and might have honestly been able to push that number to three.

The ramen I had was their spicy miso variety. The salty miso broth mixed with whatever spice they used, resulting in a creamy, bright orange soup. The noodles themselves were thin and wavy, although considerably thicker than the noodles that come in the instant ramen most college students are familiar with. The dish came with a thick slice of fatty pork, half a boiled egg, rubery bamboo shoots and a thinly-sliced fish cake decorated with a purple spiral.

True to its comfort-food roots, the meal was hearty and filling. After I’d finished eating, I couldn’t resist sitting back and letting an audible sigh of contentment escape my lips.

The ramen, while good, wasn’t flawless in every department. The broth was flavorful, but not nearly as thick or complex as other, comparably-priced ramen I’ve had. Additionally, the noodles were a bit on the thin side — not quite thick or dense enough to make each bite truly satisfying.

On the other hand, the pork was delicious. The fatty meat nearly melted in my mouth, and it soaked up the broth of the ramen, making for a salty, savory bite.

So while Ramen Hachi isn’t perfect, the warm environment and savory food will keep me coming back again and again, especially since there isn’t anywhere else I can easily get a hearty bowl of ramen.

I recommend Ramen Hachi to anyone looking for a good bowl of ramen or to try Japanese food that’s far tastier and more authentic than the stuff that comes store-bought. The food there sure beats the hell out of instant ramen. headledd@miamioh.edu

where she works as a reporter for The Post & Courier.

And even as I twirled another forkful of pasta, a thought nagged at the back of my mind.

In the television series, “The Mindy Project,” Mindy Kaling’s character makes a controversial distinction that “a best friend isn’t a person, it’s a tier.”

During the first two years of college, Emily was undoubtedly my best friend, my mentor in journalism and the older sister I never had. She is still all of those things today, but it’s differ-

ent.

We don’t live in the same place, nor do we work for the same newspaper, hang out with the same friends or eat the same food. Our shared plate of spooky pasta is separated by several states and a 10 hour drive.

It doesn’t mean she’s not my best friend. It doesn’t mean I don’t miss being in the same place. It just means our lives have changed.

After Em graduated, I was upset that our friendship went from seeing each other every day to calling on the

phone every couple weeks and texting intermittently throughout the week.

But, and I’d have to agree with Mindy Kaling here, it has given me the opportunity to share the tier of “best friend” with several other amazing people in college.

In many ways, my Miami experience — more than anything — has taught me how to navigate the messiness of being human, including all of the complex relationships we share with those we love.

I’m happy, as a senior now, to look back and realize I have built a family of best friends.

All I have to do is walk outside my room to see three of them: Kate, Kirby and Samantha sitting in our living room. I could also climb up the stairs in Armstrong to our newsroom, drive to Cincinnati, Northville, Michigan, Chicago and even hop on a plane to Charleston to find the rest.

At the beginning of the school year, I agreed to edit the Food section because I knew it was Emily’s original labor of love, and I wanted to honor her legacy. But I also understood that food bonds people together in ways that words can’t.

This section is a dedication to those bonds of friendship, and hopefully a small snapshot of many more years to come.

So I took comfort in dinner last week, surrounded by all three of my housemates as we laughed and entertained The Student’s assistant photo editor, Bo Brueck while he captured pictures of our spooky pasta. @cadoyle_18 doyleca3@miamioh.edu

Pasta Sauce á la Mo KATE RIGAZIO

OPINION EDITOR

In the “The Godfather”, there’s a scene where Peter Clemenza says to Michael Corleone, “Hey, come over here, kid, learn something. You never know, you might have to cook for 20 guys someday.” Clemenza then teaches Corleone how to make his signature sauce in bulk.

I thought of this line last night as I peered over the edge of my newly purchased industrial-sized red pot, stirring onions and spices at a low boil.

It was my first attempt at my mom’s recipe, which she adapted from The New Basics Cookbook’s “Pasta Sauce Raphael.”

The smell rising up to meet me was like garlic aromatherapy. It reminded me of winter nights at home. When the bitter Massachusetts cold crept into our drafty house, Mom would cook away the chill. Burners blazing, sauce cooking, pasta boiling and chicken cutlets frying.

The windows would steam, the warmth from the stove wrapping around us like a fuzzy blanket and the smell would cling to my clothes and hang in a haze around my hair. In high school, my friend Molly could always tell when my mom was cooking because she said I smelled like a meatball when she picked me up after dinner.

I like my mom’s sauce best with her chicken cutlets. Cutlets and sauce is what I request for every birthday dinner or first-night-back-from-college meal. And she always makes it, no matter how busy she is, because she loves to feed the people she loves.

Regardless of what it’s paired with, her sauce always gets rave reviews from friends and family. She’s quick to offer to bring it to a party or send people home with a tupperware of left-

Pasta Sauce Raphael (adapted by Maureen Rigazio from ‘The New Basics,’

by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins) 4 jars (6 oz each) marinated artichoke hearts in oil 1/2 cup olive oil 4 cups chopped Vidalia onions (about 2 whole good sized onions) 4 Tbsp minced garlic 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp dried basil 2 Tbsp coarsely ground black pepper 1 tsp salt 4 pinches of dried red pepper flakes 3 cans (28 oz) crushed plum tomatoes, with their juice ½ c - 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan ½ c chopped fresh parsley

overs.

When I told her I’d be making it for friends this weekend, she gently reminded me over the phone, “don’t fuck up my sauce.”

Normally, my mom, Mo Rigazio, will cook the sauce in bulk — she ends up bringing it to a party or freezing portions of it for us to reheat at our leisure. Her recipe is three times what the original calls for.

I failed to realize this as I began cooking Sunday afternoon.

I had to go out and buy that industrial-sized red pot because nothing in our kitchen was big enough. Even with

Drain the artichoke hearts, reserving the marinade.

Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the onions, garlic, oregano, basil, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, and reserved artichoke marinade.

Sauté over medium heat until the onions are caramelized, stirring occasionally.

Add the tomatoes and simmer for 30 minutes Add the cheese and parsley. Stir gently, and simmer for another 5 minutes.

ten hungry college kids going back for hearty second and third helpings, we hardly got through half the pot.

My housemates and I are going to put sauce on everything for the rest of the semester, but at least it’s delicious.

And sharing the Rigazio family favorite of cutlets and sauce with my newspaper family felt like building a little bridge between my two homes.

So, pay attention. You never know, you may have to cook for 20 starving and stressed out college kids one day. rigazikm@miamioh.edu

HER MOM’S RECIPE FOR SAUCE GIVES KATE A MUCH NEEDED DOSE OF GARLIC AROMATHERAPY. ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

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On Sundays,

we eat french toast

“EAT MORE FRENCH TOAST, AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO BREAK MORE BREAD.” STAFF WRITER DAVID KWIATKOWSKI

DAVID KWIATKOWSKI STAFF WRITER

As I nervously rang the doorbell, I stopped to check what I was wearing. Is this cool enough for a rench toast brunch? Am I cool enough for a french toast brunch? This is so adult.

When I agreed to take on the honor of trying our editor-in-chief Samantha Brunn’s homemade apple rench toast, I was excited and terrified at the same time.

Yay! French toast. But also, let me go scream into a pillow because I have to review the closest thing I have to a boss’s cooking, and I want her to like me.

I am still fairly new to The Student, so the last thing I wanted to do was tell her that her breakfast was sub par. And if it was sub par, I’d have to tell her because my mother taught me not to lie.

Samantha greets me at the door, and I walk back with her toward the kitchen. I sat on a stool sheepishly, and awaited further instructions.

Ceili Doyle, our managing editor and Samantha’s housemate, tells me that the French toast is running a bit behind schedule due to a lack of vanilla.

While Samantha’s housemates went for a grocery run, I sat and silently watched her slice cranberry cinnamon brown sugar challah bread

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she had bought the day before from the farmer’s market.

I hate awkward silence almost more than I hate children. And I really don’t like children.

That being said, I’m also terrified of pretty much any type of social interaction, and I didn’t want Sam thinking I was some creep sitting in her kitchen awkwardly waiting for French toast.

So, I started by asking her where she got this recipe from. She informed me that the inspiration came from multiple sources. While she got the idea for apple French toast from the internet, the concoction that the bread was going to be dipped into before being fried came from her mother’s old French toast recipe. She detailed how her mom always used to dip the bread into a mixture containing milk, egg, cinnamon and vanilla. (Hence, the importance of the vanilla grocery run.)

However, in the end, she believed that she was “winging it,” like most things.

While we patiently waited for our vanilla, she started slicing honeycrisp apples that she bought back home in Wooster, Ohio. While she lined the bottom of the pan with the apple slices, I acknowledged that I was also from northeast Ohio. I was elated to find someone else who knew what Giant Eagle was, and didn’t just accept Kroger for their standard of grocery stores.

She glazed brown sugar and honey over the apple slices, while I asked her tantalizing ques-

tions like what her favorite article she ever wrote for the newspaper was and her feelings about people hating on Taylor Swift.

Spoiler alert: We both agree that everyone should stop hating Taylor Swift.

Finally, the vanilla came and this is when the toast was truly French-ed. She started dipping the bread slices into her mother’s concoction and frying the bread.

The conversation eventually shifted to what I wanted to do with my career, what I’m involved in on campus and how passionate I am about the #FreeBritney movement and pop culture in general.

She might have burned a few pieces of bread, but honestly I didn’t notice or care. The brunch became more about getting to know each other than about trying French toast. The food was simply an added bonus.

She laid the bread on top of the glazed apple slices, and topped them off with more apple slices and honey-brownsugar glaze. She put what could now be described as an apple French toast casserole in the oven for ten minutes while we continued our conversation.

By the time the French toast was done, I felt like I was now eating brunch with friends instead of reviewing The Miami Student editor-in-chief’s French toast with her housemates.

The French toast was amazing, by the way.

The cranberries in the bread were my favorite part because it added an extra fruity component that enhanced the overall flavor of the toast. Admittedly I believe that apple-flavored anything is automatically scrumptious.

After we all fiercely devoured our French toast, I hopped into the car with Samantha and her two housemates: opinion editor Kate Rigazio and columnist Kirby Davis. I felt as if I was Cady Heron in “Mean Girls” as a journalism newcomer being accepted by The Plastics, and it was everything I always wanted.

Moral of the story kids: Eat more French toast, and don’t be afraid to break more bread. @daygave_ kwiatkdm@miamioh.edu

FARMERS MARKET FINDS KIRBY DAVIS COLUMNIST

Once, freshman year, I bought a bag of apples at the Oxford Farmer’s Market.

Since then, I have only bought bread. Here are my favorite breads and bread-like products: Plain challah from Abbott Ridge Farm.

Kroger doesn’t sell challah, and neither does MacCracken Market, which makes sense. There are not a lot of Jewish students here. But during my first year, I was homesick and longing for the bread of my people until I realized the Farmer’s Market usually has some. It’s delicious by itself, and it makes next-level French toast.

Fancy challah from Abbott Ridge Farm.

There’s always a long line at this stand, because they offer made-to-order focaccia sandwiches, but there’s a separate line for ordering the bread alone, which usually has no wait. Challah usually sells quickly, but last week my housemate, and I was lucky enough to snag a cranberry-raisin-cinnamon loaf coated with brown sugar. We will be buying more than one loaf next week.

Cinnamon rolls from Abbott Ridge Farm.

I consider myself a cinnamon roll connoisseuser, and these rolls are insane. One, which you can buy for $3, is the size of a whole pan of Pillsbury ready-to-bake cinnamon rolls. They’re good.

Cherry turnovers from Ghyslain Chocolatier.

I tried these for the first time a couple months ago, and I’ve gone back for them every week since. The cherry turnover is crispy but not burnt, and not too sweet. It’s a dream. If you don’t like cherry, they usually have apple, too, or a variety of other carbbased pastries.

You can read about what the Farmer’s Market, in Uptown park every Saturday morning and Tuesday evening, has to offer at oxfordfarmersmarket.com. If you’d like to receive email updates, send a message to info@oxfordfarmersmarket.com. You can also follow the market on Facebook. @kirbdavis daviskn3@miamioh.edu

BOOurban with a dash of apple cider MAYA FENTER

MAGAZINE EDITOR

YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING FOR THE PERFECT SPIKED APPLE CIDER IN OXFORD. ASST. PHOTO EDITOR BO BRUECK

There’s nothing like a warm (alcoholic) drink on a chilly fall evening.

I think the temperature got up to the 70s on Sunday when I made this, but the sentiment still stands. It is mid-October, after all.

Here are the ingredients for the perfect spiked apple cider: - Apple cider - Bourbon - Orange slices - Apple slices - Cinnamon sticks Cut an apple and orange into slices and add them to a pot or saucepan along with six cinnamon sticks. I got cinnamon sticks from my friend, who had some leftover from making homemade Fireball last fall, but you can find them pretty easily in Oxford grocery stores.

Next, pour the apple cider and bourbon into your pot. I used about three-fourths of a gallon of cider, because that’s how much fit into my saucepan. For this amount of cider, I added about 2 1/2 cups of bourbon.

A different friend gave me the bourbon, which was also left over from a previous cocktail endeavor — mint juleps for the Kentucky Derby last spring. I’m almost positive it was bottom shelf bourbon and had a label that looked like it was made in Microsoft Word, but I don’t really know the first thing about bourbon, so I think it worked out just fine.

Place the pot on the stove and let it simmer over medium-low to low heat. I let it sit for about 45 minutes, which was enough time for it to develop subtle flavors of cinnamon and citrus. The longer you let it simmer, the stronger those flavors will be, but if you’re pressed for time or simply impatient, it can be ready as soon as it’s heated all the way through.

Pour into cups or grab a ladle and have guests serve themselves straight from the pot. Add more cider or bourbon as desired.

If you’re like The Miami Student staff and drinking this conservatively on a Sunday night, store any extra in a container and reheat on the stove or in the microwave. You can also enjoy this drink cold for any other unseasonably warm days. fentermc@miamioh.edu

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REDHAWKS DOWN TWO CONFERENCE OPPONENTS

SENIOR MIDDLE HITTER HALEY STEWART ATTEMPTS A KILL AGAINST CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT MILLETT HALL LAST SUNDAY. STEWART FINISHED WITH SEVEN KILLS IN THE MIAMI VICTORY. THE MIAMI STUDENT ZACH REICHMAN

JOSIAH COLLINS

THE MIAMI STUDENT The Miami RedHawks continued their winning ways this past weekend.

They started off strong Friday night at Millett Hall with a victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles in a rematch of last year’s Mid-American Conference championship game.

The RedHawks dropped one set in the match, winning 3-1. Junior right side hitter Sarah Wojick shined with a career-high 14 kills.

She wasn’t alone in her stellar performance, as senior middle hitter Maragaret Payne had 13 kills, and junior right side hitter Avarie

Powell put up 11 kills.

Five different Miami players had double-doubles on the night, and Eastern Michigan was unable to handle the ’Hawks.

After a Saturday off day, Sunday presented a whole new challenge, as the RedHawks welcomed in the MAC-leading Chippewas from Central Michigan. The Chippewas came in riding an 11-game win streak and proved to be a tough task to handle.

The two squads battled through five sets, but Miami squeaked out a 3-2 victory.

“They focused in and they believed, and if you don’t believe, you don’t win,” head coach Carolyn Condit said after Saturday’s win.

Former RedHawk set to make World Series debut MADELINE CONROY THE MIAMI STUDENT

Adam Eaton is about to do something that no former Miami University baseball player has done in the past 27 years.

He’s about to play in the World Series.

Charlie Leibrandt of the 1992 Atlanta Braves was the last RedHawk to appear in a Fall Classic game. Eaton will change that Tuesday night.

Eaton, 30, is currently the only RedHawk playing in the major leagues. The Washington Nationals outfielder spent time in Oxford from 2008-2010, where he was an offensive powerhouse, racking up 24 home runs and a program-record 18 triples during his three years. He’s also Top 10 in Miami history in total bases, runs scored and stolen bases.

The Springfield, Ohio, native was drafted in the 19th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010 and made his MLB debut two years later.

This season, however, has been one of his best.

With 15 home runs, 49 RBIs and a .279 average, Eaton is proving his place on this Cinderella story Nationals team.

In Game Two of the National League Championship Series, Eaton delivered two pivotal insurance runs in the eighth inning to lock down a win in St. Louis.

After playing only a combined 118 games the past two years due to injuries, Eaton has appeared in 151 games this season. He fought through a torn left ACL and meniscus, ankle surgery and a sprained ankle to come back and help Washington in 2019.

In the postseason, the Nationals have bested the Brewers, Dodgers and Cardinals. They now go up against the Houston Astros in the World Series, starting Tuesday at 8 p.m. The game will air on FOX, and Eaton will likely start in right field. @madconroy9 conroymm@miamioh.edu

In the first set, the game went back and forth until the RedHawks were finally able to pull away toward the end and won the first set, 25-16.

The second set saw Miami struggle to find a rhythm, and Central Michigan took advantage of those errors. Miami fell into a deficit that it just couldn’t recover from, which led to it dropping the second set by a score of 25-18.

Then, in the third set, all of the momentum swung toward the Central Michigan. The Chippewas kept Miami off-balance, and despite a late rally attempt, the deficit was just too great for the RedHawks come back from. Central Michigan took the set, 25-19.

The fourth set saw a lot of

intensity brought on from both sides. Hope quickly faded in the crowd as Central Michigan created a 15-7 lead for itself, but then the RedHawks went on a 13-5 run to take the lead, 20-19.

They never looked back. A late surge from the Chippewas wasn’t enough, and Miami won the fourth set by a score of 25-23, forcing a decisive fifth set.

Using the momentum it gained in the fourth, Miami remained in control all the way through the final set to win the set, 15-8, and the match, 3-2.

Senior middle hitter Margaret Payne finished with a team-high 14 kills, and sophomore outside hitter Gaby Harper wasn’t far behind with

‘LET’S GO HAWKS!’ First-year pep band member is exhilarated by Miami hockey LILY FREIBERG

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Gabby Kovachich didn’t know why the pep band was so essential until she played in it at Miami University’s hockey opener on Oct. 6.

She quickly found out.

“I’ve always been told that the pep band makes the hockey games fun, and now I see why everybody says that,” she said. “I feel popular, cool and almighty.”

Kovachich had never been to any hockey game, much less a Miami game, before three weeks ago. She loved the experience of watching the intense action on the ice and leading the cheers in the stands.

“I actually felt like a cool kid,” Kovachich said.

Kovachich, a first year geology major and Spanish minor, has been playing the alto saxophone since the sixth grade.

She joined Miami’s pep band to keep her passion for music alive without having to fully commit to being a music major.

Before the game, Kovachich was homesick and stressed. Her dad brought her cat from home in Dayton to help her feel better, and then she rode a Lime scooter to the Goggin Ice Center.

“I cried and limed,” she said.

“My dad brought my kitten, Jello, down to visit because I was sad, and then I limed my way into Goggin because I was late.

I underestimated how long it

would take me to get from McFarland (Hall) to Goggin.”

She also decided to look at the pictures of the hockey team online to pump herself up for the big opener.

The pep band arrives about 40 minutes prior to the start of the game to warm up. The members have breaks in between periods, but they have to buy their own food at the concession stands.

Kovachich wanted the experience of playing in a college pep band, but she didn’t realize the importance of it.

Aside from playing songs like “Livin’ On A Prayer” by Bon Jovi and “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath that students can sing and dance along to, the pep band is known for leading the fun, and sometimes inappropriate chants and cheers throughout the game.

Kovachich didn’t know any of these chants before the game, but she started to pick them up about halfway through.

“They repeated them a lot,” she said. “Especially every time the other team had a player who slipped and fell on the ice, the girl behind me would scream, ‘Ice is slippery!’”

Her favorite chant was the spelling of “dildo” followed by “stick it in” when Miami needed to put a goal in the net, and her favorite song to play is “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond.

“Students have much more freedom in chants in college than they do in high school,”

she said. At first I was like, ‘Oh my God, they can’t say that,’ but when everybody was laughing, I was like, ‘Oh, yes they can. This is college, and we’re adults.’ It was also funny to hear every student and even some [non-student Miami fans] scream, ‘Sweet Caroline, BUM, BUM, BUM.’” She also enjoyed the backand-forth cheering and booing, as the big screen switched from coverage of a Miami service dog to the opposing team’s players.

“The energy of the students saying, ‘yay’ and ‘boo’ around me was very contagious,” she

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The win improves the team’s record to 11-8 overall and 6-2 in the MAC. It also boosts its win streak to four games.

After a slow start to the season, Miami has really started to play well, claiming seven of its last nine.

Miami will be back in action, continuing its conference schedule this weekend. The RedHawks start Friday at Ball State with a 7 p.m. game on ESPN+. Then Saturday, they head to Toledo for an 8 p.m. game. @jrcollins98 collin59@miamioh.edu

said. “I couldn’t help but join in, and it was awesome.”

She thought the slamming of the players against the boards was highly entertaining, and she enjoyed cheering for her school.

She also was surprised that the students and fans can insult the other team’s players and boo all they want without getting thrown out of the arena.

“I really like watching the game itself because I can cheer for somebody,” she said. “And it’s very violent, which is entertaining. Normally I don’t find that entertaining, but slamming people against the board was very exciting.”

Kovachich describes Miami’s hockey culture as enthusiastic and wild, and she loves how invested the students are from the opening buzzer to the last.

“Hockey is cool,” she said. @lilyfreiberg freibell@miamioh.edu

Check out The Miami Student’s new sports podcast, Press Box Thoughts. Each week, Patrick Geshan and Josiah Collins will review the week in Miami sports and talk to a RedHawk player or coach or TMS sports writer.

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Miami leaps into tie for divisional first place CHRIS VINEL

SPORTS EDITOR By posting an ideal performance on an ideal autumn day, the Miami RedHawks battled back once again.

They’ve made a habit of it this season, fighting early deficits to win individuals games but also to get back to where they want to be after an extremely challenging non-conference schedule. Following a 1-3 start, they are now tied for first place in the Mid-American Conference East Division standings.

Sure, they’d like to have the lone stranglehold on the top spot, but all aspects of Miami’s attack were clicking at Yager Stadium Saturday as it exploded to a 27-24 win after trailing 10-0 in the first half.

“We’ve been preaching finish, finish, finish for the longest time,” redshirt wide receiver Jalen Walker said. “To actually come out in those situations and do that, it’s really big for our team.”

The RedHawks defeated Northern Illinois — a team that has struggled some this year but is annually known as a MAC powerhouse with one of the best defenses in the league — and flexed their muscles on offense, defense and special teams.

“Obviously, they’ve been the premier program in our league for a long time, probably over a decade,” MU head coach Chuck Martin said of NIU. “There have been other really strong teams, but they’ve been at the forefront of getting it done in the MAC.”

In maybe the most impressive game of his young career, freshman quarterback Brett Gabbert set personal bests in passing yards and rushing yards while playing turnover-free football. He got assistance from Walker, who caught seven balls for 138 yards. Both were career highs for a player who had 12 total catches for 140 yards last season.

Defensively, the RedHawks racked up 10 tackles for loss and two sacks.

They allowed Northern Illinois only 24 points one week after the Huskies dropped 39 on the preseason MAC favorite, Ohio.

Even special teams got in on the action. Redshirt senior punter Kyle Kramer averaged more than 43 yards per punt on his five kicks, senior kicker Sam Sloman banged through two field goals and redshirt senior running back Mo Thomas brought a kickoff back 86 yards for a near touchdown.

“I felt good about all units,” Martin said. “I thought all units played very good.”

After a 1-3 start to the season, Miami has won two of three to open its MAC schedule.

And all three of the out-of-conference losses were to teams who are now ranked. They fell to the Associated Press poll’s No. 20 Iowa to open the season before losing to No. 18 Cincinnati and No. 3 Ohio State in back-toback weeks.

“We’ve had a tough non-league go of it,” Martin said.

Now that Miami is atop the pile, the

THE MIAMI REDHAWKS RUN ONTO THE FIELD BEFORE THEIR 27-24 WIN OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS LAST SATURDAY. IT WAS THE TEAM’S ANNUAL CANCER-AWARENESS GAME AND FAMILY WEEKEND FOR MIAMI STUDENTS. THE MIAMI STUDENT ZACH REICHMAN

work isn’t done. Three weeks into MAC play, Ball State is the only remaining undefeated team in the conference schedule. The RedHawks square off with the Cardinals on Nov. 29 for each team’s final regular-season game.

Miami’s attention is on a road game at Kent State (3-4, 2-1 MAC) this week.

It’s the RedHawks’ final weekend game of the regular season, as the midweek schedule starts at Ohio Wednesday, Nov. 6. This Saturday’s contest is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff and will air on ESPN+.

“Playing at Kent will be difficult,” Martin said. “But it will be a great challenge for us.”

THE MIAMI STUDENT After moving into Anderson Hall as a freshman, Grant Frederic never thought senior year was ever going to come this quickly.

Now, with an increased role in the lineup, for the senior defenseman on Miami’s hockey team, it’s all about being a leader.

“I’m an older guy,” Frederic said. “There were guys that helped me adjust when I started. Now, for me, it’s about helping them.”

The St. Louis native has ap-

‘I’ve gotten my confidence back.’ peared in 50 career games, registering seven assists.

Still looking for his first career goal, he’s played in all three of the RedHawks’ contests this season, registering two shots on net. In Game One of the campaign against Bowling Green, Frederic had a career-high three blocked shots.

“I had a big summer,” he said.

“I switched trainers. I worked pretty hard to know our systems and refine my identity as a player. I’ve learned a lot about myself.

I’ve gotten my confidence back.”

Frederic’s identity is simple. He wants to be hard to play against.

Don’t expect anything crazy out of Frederic on the ice this season.

“I want to be physical and I want to be challenging to oppose.

I use my shot to my advantage.

I’m kind of an even-keeled player,” he said.

With the unofficial countdown on to the end of his time with the RedHawks, Frederic looks back with jubilation but wants to make his final season one to remember.

In the rebuilding phase of Miami hockey, “Freddy,” as he’s

known throughout the locker room, wants to accomplish just one thing before departing Oxford.

“As a team, we need to show everyone in our league and across the nation we’re not backing down. It’s about forming that hard-to-play-against mentality,” he said. “I have memories here forever. There’s been so many ups and downs. For me, it’s all just been a blur.”

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Longwood.................................2 Miami....................................... 4

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Sorenson is officially questionable against the Golden Flashes after missing the last two games.

Chuck Martin on Kent State’s offense “We all go up-tempo, but they’re committed to it,” Martin said. “They’re a different up-tempo than we’ve seen all year. They could snap it on 32 (seconds left) on the play clock, which is warp-speed fast. When they get going, they’re hard to stop. They got it going at times last week, and they’re just going up and down hthe field. The defense

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STAFF EDITORIAL

There’s a difference between an excuse and an apology.

The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

On Oct. 3, a screenshot of an Islamophobic GroupMe message was followed by the resignation of first year on-campus senator in Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG), Maxwell Hessling.

In his message, Hessling wrote that “one of my favorite Halloween costumes lol” is a picture of a white child in Islamic clothing with a fake bomb strapped to his chest.

We at The Miami Student believe this incident can serve as an example to members of ASG and the Miami community alike as to how crucial it is for all of us to expect far more from our elected officials, from our peers and from ourselves when it comes to taking personal accountability for ignorance, understanding the impact words can have and how to properly apologize and move forward.

Hessling’s message would have been offensive coming from any student on this campus. It’s perpetuating a racist stereotype that has subjected Muslim people to prejudice and alienation, and it absolutely should not be tolerated in our Miami community.

But Hessling’s words should be held to a higher standard due to his elected leadership position on our campus.

Members of ASG are public figures on our campus. They represent our collective

voice, and their behavior is a reflection of our university community. As the people they represent, we should hold them to a high standard and hope they understand the diverse members that make up their community and recognize the importance of acting with cultural sensitivity in mind.

Hessling’s resignation marks at least the third time in the last year that a member of ASG has resigned after a racist post

pect change if we don’t first show one another grace in the learning process of becoming a more educated and more aware individual.

But it is impossible to educate an individual when they aren’t willing to acknowledge their own ignorance.

During an interview, Hessling told one of our news editors that the message was taken out of context and that it was an

“We are all responsible for recognizing our own privilege and holding each other accountable when we abuse it.” was made public. And, while there are members of ASG making great efforts to improve diversity, inclusion and cultural sensitivity, it is infuriating to see this repeated abhorrent behavior from the people who represent us.

We applaud the efforts of Speaker of Senate Sarah Siegel and ASG Secretary of Diversity and Inclusion Brandon Small to have a conversation with Hessling and attempt to show him the error of his ways.

We agree that there is no way we can ex-

instance of misunderstood sarcasm. He apologized to members of ASG and told them he had made a donation to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

The most frustrating part of the whole interaction was that Hessling thought it necessary to bring a friend to his interview to act as a character reference. As a black Muslim, Hessling reasoned, his friend would be able to show our reporter that he couldn’t possibly be racist.

The best response to an incident like

this is acknowledging the privilege and power you possess as a white person in a leadership position and understanding that power means you don’t know how it feels to be marginalized by the words you used.

Take responsibility for the fact that these comments were in part due to a lack of self awareness and respect for the individuals impacted by your words. Resolve to educate yourself on why your words were offensive, and act more thoughtfully on behalf of those who do not have the power that you wield.

Use your power to lift up those who do not experience the same privilege, rather than them punch down.

People will always make mistakes, and our staff believes that it is important to educate individuals on when their words or actions fail to live up to the standards we should all expect from one another. That is the best way to shift cultural perspective and hopefully eliminate ignorant and harmful discourse.

We hope that this incident doesn’t ultimately define Hessling, the rest of the ASG body or our student community. We are all responsible for recognizing our own privilege and holding each other accountable when we abuse it.

But the first step toward moving forward, for Hessling and for all of us, is acknowledging the role we all play in making our community welcoming and inclusive to all.

‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ Double Take: Breaking down cancel culture is what we (women) need in 2019 JULIA ROBINSON CATHLEEN MCLAUGHLIN THE MIAMI STUDENT

KIRBY DAVIS COLUMNIST

Last fall, when Netflix released “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” a soonto-be-three-season spectacle of Satanic special effects and a love triangle on the side, the original “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” started streaming on Amazon Prime.

The latter, which ran from 1996 to 2003, has a very different tone than “Chilling Adventures.” It’s a sitcom, not an hour-long drama, and full of delicious 1990s camp and velvet outfits. I watched all of it last fall.

I can’t speak for “Chilling Adventures,” because I didn’t get through the first season, but “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” may be the most feminist TV show out there besides Freeform’s “The Bold Type.”

There’s nothing more empowering than a funny, intelligent female witch being raised by two other funny, intelligent female witches, with no human male influence necessary (besides their cat, Salem, who’s very vocal).

In the sitcom, teenager Sabrina Spellman (Melissa Joan Hart) lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda (Caroline Rhea and Beth Broderick). On her 16th birthday, they tell her — surprise — she’s a witch.

With the guidance of her husbandless aunts, Sabrina navigates high school, college and a magazine internship as well as her witchcraft-related responsibilities.

The show is silly, but refreshingly feminist.

Sabrina has a boyfriend throughout most of the show, but she never lets the relationship dictate her life’s decisions.

Her father is mentioned, but he only appears in two out of 163 episodes.

As “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” touches on in season one, episode 12, “Trial

by Fury,” witches in America have a pretty

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dark history. In 1692 and the following year, 20 out of 200 women accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, were killed. Colony officials later apologized for the error in judgment, admitting they did not, actually, believe in witches. Whoops!

In 1957, the General Court of Massachusetts issued a resolve stating the trials “were and are shocking, and the result of a wave of popular hysterical fear of the Devil in the community,” essentially apologizing to descendants of those affected.

On Halloween in 2001, five women — Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd and Margaret Scott — were exonerated for alleged witchcraft, for which they were hanged 300 years prior.

At various times during the last three centuries, others of the 20 women have also been retroactively found not guilty of witchcraft.

There are a lot of things Americans do to remind women that they hate us today, but the Salem Witch Trials remain the most blatant “fuck you” to females our country has ever dealt. Yet, women have still managed to co-opt the image of the witch as a feminist icon.

At the height of the #MeToo movement, a popular quote from author Tish Thawer began circulating on tote bags, laptop stickers and t-shirts: “We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn.” The quote is from Thawer’s book, “The Witches of BlackBrook,” a time-traveling tale involving the Salem Witch Trials.

Witches are powerful. No, they’re not real, but what they represent — women with power that men can’t take away from them — is very real. I’ve found comfort over the last year in that, and I’m sure other women have, too.

Maybe I just love “Sabrina” because I grew up watching it after school. But I really think that, once you get past the 1990s and early-2000s campiness, the show is fun and sometimes inspiring.

There’s nothing more feminist than a witch, and there’s no more feminist witch than Sabrina Spellman. @kirbdavis daviskn3@miamioh.edu

You may have seen a headline on your social media feed, or even from a news outlet, about a famous celebrity caught in a scandal and subsequently being “canceled.”

In 2018, comedian Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the Oscars after homophobic tweets he wrote several years ago were brought to the public’s attention. The media firestorm that followed often referred to Hart as being “canceled.”

Just this month, actress Gina Rodriguez was seen in an Instagram video singing a racial slur.

Rodriguez, who has previously been accused of racist comments against the black community, was swiftly condemned from the entertainment community and fans alike.

Cancel culture, also known as call-out culture, is when the public decides a celebrity or public figure is no longer accepted due to a poor choice of words or actions. Oftentimes, those who are canceled experience permanent damage to their reputations and popularity.

A newly canceled celebrity will be unlikely to see work for some time after the public cancels them, regardless of apologies or attempts to backtrack.

Cathleen: My name’s Cathleen McLaughlin.

Julia: And I’m Julia Robinson.

Cathleen: And we’re the co-writers of, “Double Take,” a column where Julia and I discuss relevant topics concerning the social and political issues of our generation.

And this week’s topic is cancel culture.

Julia: I think that cancel culture is used as a tactic to publicly shame those who make uneducated errors and mistakes. I understand the intent behind canceling someone: to serve justice for those offended or marginalized by an individual’s comments or actions. But the problem with cancel culture is, we are choosing to refute and exile rather than debate and inform.

Harvey Weinstein deserved to be canceled.

His actions were despicable. But should we punish those with less severe actions the same way?

How do we advance civilization without using fear tactics?

My main concern is for those who are not celebrities. Cancel culture is creating pressure through the expectation that people cannot make mistakes.

And I just don’t think mass hatred is the way to solve problems.

Cathleen: I feel like, at times, it can trigger a debate about what is appropriate. But at the same time, “canceling” someone ends up with zero substantial conversation between the offended and the offender, resulting in an often one-sided approach.

Too often, I feel like the “apologies” doled out by public figures who have been cancelled are little more than that. When people like Kevin Hart are called out for homophobic behavior,

should we expect something more physical?

Does he need to make donations to LGBTQ organizations or set up a town hall for further discussion?

Basically, I’m trying to figure out if we should accept an apology when more can be done.

Julia: Maybe we should be asking what happens after someone is canceled, instead of focusing on how to shut down their speech.

When people, specifically celebrities and public figures, are shut out of the public discourse, what measure of contrition can bring them back? What qualifies as redemption? This is, of course, assuming the figure in question is seeking forgiveness, which is not always the case.

Cathleen: I believe redemption is entirely subjective. It plays into the conversation regarding hate speech and the First Amendment.

Where do we draw the line on what is “offensive?”

Julia: And cancel culture definitely connects to the debate on hate speech. I think that as humans living in this era of constant connection and communication, we are still learning how to successfully use social media platforms.

Because there are positive aspects of using apps like Twitter and YouTube, which give us the freedom to post whatever we want.

In a piece from Society19, writer Lucas Lockyer asks the question, “who decides which varying degrees of general problematic-ness deserve true cancellation?” If we really are going to cancel anyone who comments on a controversial topic, then we need to draw boundaries.

With freedom comes responsibility, and that’s the beauty and the danger of today’s internet age, and the easy access to spreading your opinion. Are we approaching a society where the public discourse is slowly dissolving, despite the increase of ideas being shared? The irony is difficult to ignore.

Cancel culture is a facet of modern society that is becoming prominent day by day. So much so that it is commonplace to witness the fall from grace of a public figure almost weekly.

Is this due to people becoming more offensive and rude in 2019, or is the public getting carried away with policing the actions of others? It does not hurt to ask these questions. I argue it will actually help us as a society further define what we stand for.

Some figures deserve to be shunned from the public stage, but it becomes more difficult to gauge how people can and should be “punished,” when the things they say aren’t necessarily illegal or universally condemned. We need to continue carrying the conversation to establish what red lines, if any, there are between offensive speech and “cancel worthy” speech.

Rather than fixating on shunning public figures, we need to start having more informed conversations. Our society won’t change without education. mclaug24@miamioh.edu robin250@miamioh.edu

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