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Extreme makeover: Millett Hall edition Miami University hopes renovations to Millett result in more student attendance and victories

BASKETBALL TOM DOWNEY SPORTS EDITOR

The line from “Field of Dreams” says “If you build it, he will come.” While the movie refers to a father and a baseball diamond in a cornfield in Iowa, Miami University hopes it extends to fans and a basketball arena in Oxford, Ohio.

The men’s basketball team still plays at Millett Hall, but the arena underwent major changes. The renovations to Millett include new red seats, improved lighting, a new court and new student seating. The changes cost about $1 million, all donor-funded.

Miami athletic officials hope the improvements will increase the energy at Millett and turn that energy into wins for the RedHawks.

“There is no doubt, when the students are engaged and are closer to the court and having a good time at the game, it just brings energy to whole facility,” athletic director David Sayler said. “Which is really gonna help translate into more wins. And I also think when we bring recruits, it’ll show the energy in the building is a big difference.”

Miami has struggled in recent years. The RedHawks haven’t produced a winning season since the

2008-09 campaign. Not surprisingly, attendance has suffered.

The changes to Millett come with a focus on the students and getting them to attend games again. One of the biggest adjustments is a new student section located on one side of the court, as opposed to behind one of the baskets.

“It’s just gonna be a more college basketball-like atmosphere,” Sayler said. “We want the students to bring that energy, to bring it all home for us.”

The improved lighting allows for increased exposure on the court and off.

“We can actually now have TV in here,” Sayler said. “Which is good for us for exposure with the MAC; having some games on TV, which they wouldn’t do before … but, when we have that, we need the students bringing the energy because that changes the dynamic of the whole building and I think makes it more likely they come back.”

Junior guard Geovonie McKnight likes the new court and said the rim now “looks orange, instead of dark brown,” thanks to the new lighting.

“Last year’s court was a lot more dull, darker colored,” McKnight said. “Everything was real plain. It wasn’t a bad court to play on, but it

International students strive for success ADMISSIONS KARA PIETROWSKI

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Miami University is home to students from 49 states and 56 foreign countries. The Admissions Office works to attract students from many different backgrounds and cultures to add diversity to the Miami experience.

According to the Fall 2014 Statistical Information for International Students provided by the International Students and Scholar Services (ISSS), there are currently 1,670 international students enrolled at Miami’s Oxford campus.

Like domestic students, international students have to submit their high school transcripts, recommendation letters, an essay and a list of extracurricular activities when they apply. In addition, they take an English proficiency test, the most popular being the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). International students must also meet Visa requirements.

Many international students also take the ACT and SAT, and their scores are factored into their admissions process.

“We want to enroll and admit students that will be successful here,” Bixler said.

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The primary focus when admitting international students is their TOEFL or other language proficiency test scores.

A prospective student must score above an 80 on the TOEFL, a four-part Internet or paper-based writing, reading, listening and verbal exam. The minimum requirement has been raised over the years from a 76.

If a student scores between a 65-79, but has an impressive academic transcript, they can be admitted into the American Culture and English Program (ACE), housed in Bachelor Hall.

“The program is a one-semester program in intensive English language instruction,” ACE Director James Porter said. “Students in this program are conditionally admitted, and won’t be fully admitted into the university until they pass the program.”

Currently, the ACE program has 219 students enrolled, a big increase from the 37 they had when they began in 2011.

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was just real dark. Now we have a new court with a new design, new graphic on it. The lights are better, it’s brighter. It’s just a better arena to play in.”

The seats are now red, replacing the pale-green that populated the arena.

“When you take a look overall, when you walk in here, it looks like Miami,” head coach John Cooper said. “It looks like Red and White.”

The new court looks sharper and features a Love and Honor logo. It’s not the state of Tennessee, but rather a tear representing Miami’s new slogan of “Graduating Champions.”

“People might not know what it is, but eventually with all of our branding and marks, they’ll figure it out,” Sayler said. “If we can help with that process I’m here to help someone understand that. It’s what we’re about. It’s what we do here.

It’s kind of our mission.”

Cooper said he no longer feels like a haze engulfs Millett.

“If you had a bad day and you walked in the arena, your day was still bad because it was dark and it was hazy,” Cooper said. “Now you can walk in the arena and it’s bright and it sorta wakes you up.”

Sayler is happy with the changes thus far, but isn’t satisfied.

“I’d like to do something locker

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The changes to Millett Hall include a new court, lighting, student section and courtside seating. room wise,” Sayler said. “The locker spaces are still pretty antiquated and old. I’d like to do some time type of addition that improves that situation, but we need some donors to step up and make that happen.”

Cooper, Sayler and the RedHawk squad want students to start attending the games. They think having a true home court advantage would help the results on the court.

“That’s the step,” Cooper said.

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sity of Cincinnati as the head of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering and as Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School.

“As an administrator, I have experienced virtually every aspect of university leadership,” he said in his resume.

Pinto said one of his strengths is his ability to create a vision and the necessary plan to accomplish that vision with clear benchmarks for success.

Pinto said he is able to promote collaboration and cooperation among various facets of the university, such as teaching, learning, admissions, student life, international experiences and research.

He said he has the ability to retain and grow academic excellence with limited funds. Pinto served as Dean of UC’s graduate school during the 2008 recession. Despite severe budget cuts, he expanded the university’s education to the recently unemployed, netting an additional $17 million in tuition payments.

Lastly, Pinto said he has experience in programs that encourage diversity among the staff and student body.

Pinto received his Ph.D. and master’s degree in chemical engineering from Penn State. He received his bachelor degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in

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Miami begins open forums to fill the position of provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs. The three finalists will visit campus in the coming weeks to better acquaint themselves with the Miami community. See university website for specific times and locations of open forums.

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In 1961, The Miami Student reported then President, John D. Millett, was hitting the road for Mexico after being selected as the chairman of a special mission for the Ford Foundation’s Oversee Development Program. Provost Charles R. Wilson was to assume the responsibilities of the presidency in Millett’s absence.

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“David [Sayler] is committed to the students and moved them here courtside. Now the next part is getting the students to come out and take advantage of the seating and be loud, be boisterous.

Have one heck of a time, enjoy the game and give the opponents a hard time while also encouraging our team.”

The RedHawks first regular season game is 2 p.m. Sunday in Millett Hall.

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Students dish out disapproval of MU dining DINING LANA POCHIRO

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Miami has entered new territory with the recent discontent among students in regards to food services.

Recent changes in Armstrong were met with a strong student backlash. , Director of Procurement and Food Purchasing Jon Brubacher said these changes were an attempt to shorten the wait-time for food.

“From the analysis we found when investigating lengthy wait times at Pulley, the majority of the issues were tied to lack of fryer space,” he said.

“The menu was simply too dependent on fryers.”

Several fried items were removed from Pulley Diner’s menu, including fried fish, hash brown patties, homestyle fried chicken, onion rings and mozzarella sticks. However, due to negative student response, mozzarella sticks returned to the menu from the hours of 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Mein Street also underwent changes. Rather than a build-your-own bowl, students must choose between three pre-mixed vegetable combinations for stir-fry.

According to estimates gathered

by Dining Services, the average wait for food at Pulley Diner has been reduced to six minutes and the wait at Mein Street now averages three minutes.

Vice President of Finance and Business Services David Creamer recognized the dissatisfaction with dining and the need to investigate.

“While we’ve had a lot of national reputation, we’ve seen more criticism in the last year than has been previously. I can’t ignore that,” he said. “I have to probe and ask more challenging questions about what we’re doing and if there are things we could be doing that would enable us to be better.”

Creamer expressed both his and the university’s commitment to ensuring exemplary student services.

“Because we’re interested in being recognized nationally for doing a great job of providing a residential experience for students, dining became one of the areas we’ve had some success,” he said. “The challenge today is figuring out how to sustain that.”

Creamer said new buildings on campus, like the Armstrong Student Center, pose unique challenges, but Miami’s focus on student experience remains the same.

“We have to make sure that as we develop new venues, they match what students are looking for, and I think we’ve done some things very well in that regard and some things we’ve missed the mark a little bit,” he said.

To remedy the existing situation, Miami hired Aramark, a food, facilities and uniform provider, as a

consulting firm to investigate and report on the current state and suggest possible improvements in the food services system. Aramark’s involvement at Miami relates to the assessment of dining services and improvement of student dining experiences.

“We have an agreement with Aramark to do some analysis,” Creamer said. “They’re a large provider; they do a lot of university food service, so instead of us being the only party to evaluate [our food services] we asked somebody else to come in with a fresh set of eyes.”

Associate Vice President of Auxiliaries Kim Kinsel said Aramark’s report would help Miami dining identify the ways it can improve cost control, efficiency and quality.

“They are utilizing their experience to evaluate our services and they’re providing us with that information,” Kinsel said. “We know ourselves, we know how we operate and we certainly get feedback from students, but we may be able learn from others in a way that would help us improve.”

Creamer viewed Aramark’s outside opinion as vital to maintaining Miami’s successes in dining services.

“We can’t afford to just keep doing things the same way,” he said. “We need to find ways to suggest how we can do better.”

Creamer said Aramark’s different approach to dining services is crucial to the university’s improvement.

“If we’re going to stimulate that

[improvement], we need somebody to come in who is going to look at it very differently than we would, and that was the reason we selected this particular firm,” he said.

Creamer stressed the importance of gaining a new perspective on dining, but said ultimately Aramark’s results will be discussed fully before any changes are made.

“It doesn’t mean we’re going to accept and do everything that comes out of this, but it will give us a better contrast to the way we’ve historically looked at things,” he said.

Kinsel and Creamer stressed the university has no interest in switching food suppliers or outsourcing contracts to Aramark.

Brubacher said U.S. Foods provides the majority of Miami’s food, and local contracts contribute a sizeable portion of food beyond that. Miami also participates in Ohio Proud, which promotes Ohio-made and Ohio-grown products.

Brubacher said these local partnerships could provide fresher products and cater to student interests.

“We listen to students,” he said.

“We’ve been hearing it for years that students are more and more interested in [buying] local ... ” Student input remains a high priority for Miami’s dining services.

Creamer hopes Aramark’s consultation will facilitate a better student experience.

“Our goal always has to be ‘how

can we do the best for you as a student?’ Because if we do that, interest in Miami will remain strong,” he said.

ASG Secretary for On-Campus Affairs Maggie Reilly said Dining Services’ changes have fulfilled their promises to students.

“Overall, dining services are extremely open to all student suggestions and want to accommodate students as much as possible,” she said. “The biggest complaint about Armstrong was the long waiting times at the restaurants. After analyzing statistics and talking to all the managers and workers, they came up with a few solutions that have, in fact, decreased waiting time.”

Brubacher and others on campus remain determined to facilitate students’ wishes. “[ASC Management Team] as well as Dining Services and Marketing] will be working at Armstrong through the peak lunch hours and actively soliciting student feedback,” Brubacher said.

Reilly agreed student opinion carries a great deal of weight with Dining Services.

“Through outlets like their Twitter account, student feedback forms both at the restaurants and online, and emails, dining services wants to hear student concerns and devotes all of their time and energy to trying to making us happy,” she said.

“Students do have an impact on bigger issues.”

MU men cut out shaving, spread awareness CHARITY LEAH LORIDAS

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STEP UP 4 WHAT Junior Cimone Diggs (left) and senior Elizabeth Cushnie (right) write why they would “step up” for a fellow Miami student on Wednesday in Armstrong Student Center.

Former NFL player, journalist remind LGBTQ Miamians “they can play” EVENT MICHAEL ITTU

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Journalist Christine Brennan and activist Wade Davis spoke to students Monday night about the current conditions for women and LGBTQ athletes in the world of sports today.

The two were part of the “You Can Play: LGBTQ Athletes & Sports” Lecture Series event.

Brennan, an author and national sports columnist for USA Today, began her career in sports in 1981.

She became the first woman sports reporter to write for The Miami Herald, where she worked until 1984.

In 1985, she became the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins, and in 1988 became the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media.

She has covered 15 consecutive Olympics, and has written acclaimed articles about homophobic legislation and LGBTQ athletes, like Michael Sam and Jason Collins.

After playing football at Weber State University, on a number of NFL practice teams and in NFL Europe, Davis has since joined a small number of professional athletes that have come out as gay.

In February 2013, he joined the You Can Play Advisory Board and was named the Executive Director the following August.

Brennan began the discussion by analyzing the ways sports shape culture and society today, specifically LGBTQ athletes.

“Each one of these stories in sports allows us to go into a national conversation on very important

issues, and so it is with the issue of the gay athlete and the LGBTQ community — the story that I think resonates as much as any story in this time and place in our history,” Brennan said.

Brennan suggested this topic would only continue to grow and develop.

“Fifty years from now ... students will study this era, and they’ll study it because of many things,” Brennan said. “Because of Title IX, the advancement of women in sports, obviously the advancement of African-Americans in sports and the issue of the gay athlete and equality for all.”

Brennan said she first encountered the subject when she covered figure skating.

“That was when I started to realize that the skating community was losing so many talented men — coaches, choreographers, Olympic gold medalists in ‘72 and ’76 — all gone because of AIDS,” Brennan said.

Davis discussed his own connection to LGBTQ issues.

He recalled his introduction to football was via a game called “Smear the Queer.”

“Even though I was six or seven years old at the time, that was my first introduction for what you did to queer people, and that was to smear them or to bash them,” Davis said.

It wasn’t until later he came to terms with his own sexuality.

When describing the moment he realized he was gay, Davis shared a story of the only openly gay student in his high school. For privacy, Davis referred to him as John Smith.

“John Smith was the most courageous person I had ever known, but because John Smith lived in his truth

I hated him,” Davis said.

Sharing a great deal of detail in personal account, Davis explained how he spent many years bullying John Smith, often referring to him with gay slurs.

“John Smith was everything I wanted to be. John Smith was his authentic self, and I hated John Smith because I truly hated myself,” Davis said. “I know now that hatred is a form of self-hatred and that I was giving so much to my internal phobia and shame, that I couldn’t see the beauty in John Smith.”

Shaping the discourse into more modern terms, Davis began to speak about the emotions and struggles he dealt with as a gay NFL player, and about how he had found comfort in his sexuality in the game itself.

“Oftentimes we think of sports as a space that isn’t productive for a gay athlete, but for myself it was actually, strangely enough, the safest place for me,” Davis said. “When I was on the football field, or in the locker room, or in the weight room, I didn’t think about the fact that I was gay, but when I was alone in my own silence, that was when being gay became so deafening that I almost couldn’t survive.”

The two speakers discussed the process of dismantling stereotypes associated with gay people and the impact it would have on the future of gay athletes in the sports world.

“These are important stories,” Brennan said. “As a journalist who covers many issues, [the issue of the gay athlete] is one of the big ones.

It is an important piece of not only our history as a culture and in sports, but American history, and there’s no doubt that as sports goes, so goes the nation.”

For the third year in a row, students across Miami’s campus are participating in No-Shave November. While some may think this is just for personal entertainment, or embarrassment, there is actually a point to the presence of more facial hair enveloping campus. The men of Miami are supporting breast cancer awareness and fundraising.

By selling T-shirts, encouraging men to grow out their facial hair and holding events around campus, Beards for Boobs raises awareness and money for breast cancer organizations. Beards for Boobs is a charity group started at Miami.

This year, the organization is bigger than ever and has raised significantly more money than in the past.

Junior Alex Belman is the president of Beards for Boobs. His team includes Kenny Ness, Will Dimas and Conor Flynn. These four friends began the organization out of Wells Hall in 2012 in honor of Belman’s grandmother, who was diagnosed with breast cancer and beat it.

During its inaugural year, the group earned $2,500. By Belman’s sophomore year, they had earned $12,000 to date, and this year alone, Beards for Boobs has already earned $14,500.

Belman decided to take a big step to spread the word about Beards for Boobs this year — he invited three other campuses to the campaign. The University of Missouri, Denison University and the University of Delaware joined the fight to spread awareness, which instantly expanded participation in Beards for Boobs.

Belman said improving the publicity through other campuses, rather than just the Miami campus, has helped spread the word and raise more money.

“We have definitely been trying to use social media more and more,” Belman said. “It is so easy to broadcast your message.”

He added that using social media and making connections, like knowing people from other campuses, are two of the main factors in publicizing Beards for Boobs.

Flynn, treasurer of the organization, agreed the publicity has

increased drastically.

“Our publicity has grown from several dozen people in the fall of 2012, to 1,049 likes on our Facebook page today,” Flynn said. “We used mostly word of mouth back in 2012. Now, we use a combination of Facebook and directly reaching out to fraternities and sororities via email.”

Other than social media, word of mouth and spreading awareness on campus, Belman attributed the group’s success to another student population — Greek life. “[Members of Greek life] have been ready to get involved and ready to be involved,” Belman said.

Flynn added he and his team have “grown up” as well, accelerating the success of Beards for Boobs.

“We have brought on members from different parts of the Greek community this year which really helps with our outreach,” Flynn said.

He said Greeks have helped and supported the entire charity group since the start of the organization.

“All of Greek life has contributed,” he said.

Beards for Boobs has maintained the constant message of breast cancer awareness, but it has changed the recipients of its donations in the past years.

“In the past we used to only donate to Stefanie Spielman out of Ohio State University who focuses on research rather than awareness,” Belman said.

Now, Beards for Boobs donates equally between Spielman and the Susan G. Komen foundation, another organization determined to fight breast cancer.

In order to publicize and raise more money for Beards for Boobs this year, Belman and his team recently held an event at The Woods bar Uptown. By selling Beards for Boobs cups, the charity group brought in $1,500 through this event.

Belman said they hope to bring in more donations by holding another event at Skippers Nov. 18 to spread the word about breast cancer by selling stickers.

As the group continues to thrive at Miami and spread across other college campuses, so does the awareness of breast cancer.

Through social media, publicity events and both on and off-campus organizations, Beards for Boobs is successfully expanding.

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New home, era for Evan Scholars CONSTRUCTION DUNCAN HUTCHINGS FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

Construction currently taking place on the corner of Church and Bishop is said to be complete in 2016 and will make way for a brand new Evans Scholarship House.

The new, highly anticipated 24,000 square foot Evans Scholarship House will be established along with modernized facilities and a coeducational living community.

The Miami University Evans Scholarship was founded in 1974 and their members are currently located housed on Church Street.

The Evans Scholars at Miami University is an organization that awards full tuition and living accommodations to the country’s finest golf caddies. Those who receive the scholarship exhibit a prominent caddy record, a superb academic background and

high caliber character.

According to the Evans Scholarship official website, the current 50 members of Evans Scholars are characterized by their close-knit, friendly community and frequently demonstrate their healthy, cohesive group unity that lasts for years even after graduation.

Although the handful of members thrive in their small unity, the Evans Scholars foundation plans to grow tremendously and become an even more successful organization.

Roughly a month ago on Sept.

13, Evans Scholars alumni and supporters officially announced the commencement of construction that will lead to the final product of an the updated and improved Miami Evans Scholarship House.

The construction project plans to erect the 24,000 square foot edifice with living accommodations not only for male caddies, but finally for female caddies as well.

“The key elements surrounding the construction of the new

house are that we are increasing the scholarship capacity to seventy students,” Western Golf Association Director Tom Binzer said. “This way 20 more students can have the privilege of living in the new house.”

We are increasing the scholarship capacity to seventy students.”

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Binzer accentuated the improvement of Evans Scholars overall.

“The current chapter house was built in the 1970s and the new house will have state of the art facilities and we will have the greatest housing environment possible for all of our deserved men and women which will maximize their ability to

succeed,” he said.

Western Golf Association State Chairman and an Miami University Evans Scholars alumnus Joe Desch gave his opinion on the enlivenment of the new era of Evans Scholars.

“Moving to a technology rich and comfortable house while also giving the students a great new home is very exciting,” Desch said. “Thanks to Dr. Hodge and the university, we have expanded our program and will be able to give more opportunities to more young students.”

Desch has high hopes for where the Evans Scholars program will be in 10 years.

“I would like to see the students getting a great education at Miami and continue being leaders on campus,” he said. “And I would like to see those students give back and donate to Evans Scholars just like they were financially aided.”

With the larger and modernized house, the Evans Scholars will grow by 20 members and will have a higher standard of living.

POLICE BEAT The grinch who stole education At 8:50 a.m. on Nov. 10, a Kramer Elementary schoolteacher reported that someone had stolen multiple computer devices. It is believed that between 4 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 7:30 a.m.

Nov 10, the suspect(s) broke into the school and stole iPads, MacBooks and a Keurig coffee maker. There were no signs of forced entry and the police are not sure how the building was breached. The surveillance camera only shows the custodian walking back and forth and there are no cameras outside of the school. The suspect(s) have not been identified.

Break in at Level 27 Around 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 10, four foreign exchange students reported a burglary at their apartment at Level 27. According to the students, the suspect broke in and stole purses, an iPad, boots and a credit card totaling $2,700 worth of goods. The student told officers that his credit card was then used to make a transaction at the Circle K gas station. Officers reviewed film of 52 transactions at the gas station and none of them matched the students account number. He then told OPD that he had canceled his card before a transaction could be made. The suspect has not been identified.

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ALWAYS REMEMBER, NEVER FORGET A Veterans Day ceremony was held Uptown on Tuesday. Miami University ROTC men gathered in the cold as a retired U.S. Navy officer spoke.

Oxford Chick-fil-A branch to be ‘express’ location, certain items to be taken off menu BUSINESS CARMEN BLACK

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a drive-through. With lunch and dinner rushes steadily flowing each day, the idea of managing a carryout or dine-in only store is risky.

Nelson is unsure of how the lack of a drive-through will affect business at the Oxford location.

“That is the great unknown,” Nelson said. “I’ve gotten a lot of great excitement. Translating that into business, we’ll see.”

Sophomore Kathryn Fazekas is passionate about the opening of a new Chick-fil-A. “[The Chick-fil-A Express concept] makes things go faster but I wish it was regular because it’s more of the Chick-Fil-A experience,” Fazekas said. “I think they’ll do well because people love Chick-fil-A.” The store will uphold the business model and values founder Truett Cathy established with the business in 1946.

“Truett believed in excellence,” Nelson said. “In food, employees, staff, customers, in how we help the community. We treat everyone with honor, dignity, respect and with excellence.”

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do a walk-through and inspection before the store can receive its final permit and they can open for business.

Another caveat of the Chick-filA Express is its unique hours of operation. The restaurant will be open Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Due partially to the odd hours and partially to the “express” concept, the store won’t serve breakfast. Typically, chicken biscuits, hash browns and chicken minis are offered in the early hours. In addition, the new location will only offer one of its three signature salads — the Market Salad.

Though the opening of ChickFil-A is certainly a buzzing matter around Oxford, McDonald’s Crew Manager Nigel Owen doesn’t foresee the competition to be a problem. He insists that McDonald’s has a regular customer base that will keep the mega-chain as busy as ever.

A large concern for the Oxford Chick-Fil-A is the fact that it lacks

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Sizzling waffle fries, savory chicken sandwiches, tart lemonade — trademarks of the ever-popular, ever-controversial “Eat Mor Chickin” restaurant chain. Chick-fil-A will open its doors to hungry residents of Oxford and Miami University students in late November at 313 S. College St. But there’s a catch. The Stewart Square Chick-fil-A will be a “Chick-fil-A Express,” which is a unique concept for the Christian-based company, which boasts an award from the 24/7 Wall Street 2014 Customer Service Hall of Fame, according to Chick-fil-A’s website.

According to Daryl Nelson, franchise owner of the Oxford store as well as the restaurant in Bridgewater Falls, there will be no playground, no drive-through and the menu will be slightly altered.

“Chick-fil-A Express is a name we picked to try to express the

difference between full service and what we’re bringing to Oxford,” Nelson said. “It’s not going to be a full standing restaurant. It’s going to be an additional distribution point.”

Some of the restaurant’s food, like its fruit cups and fresh salads, will be prepared at the store location in Bridgewater Falls, Hamilton, and brought to Stewart Square for sale.

Additionally, the store will sell bottled soda, which is uncharacteristic for a Chick-fil-A franchise.

According to Alan Kyger, economic development director for the City of Oxford, the franchise owner wasted no time between securing the store location and preparing to open.

“They’re not messing around,” Kyger said. “Once they secured the site, which was in the last 30 days, they submitted building plans to the city. They’re starting out with what used to be a boutique and now it’s a restaurant. They have it fast-tracked.”

Nelson pointed out that, at this point, he’s just waiting on the Butler County Health Department to

On Nov. 13 at 7:35 a.m., a female student reported her car stolen out of the Elm Street Apartment complex.

She stated that she had parked her car in the western part of the lot on Nov. 11. Upon further inspection, the female had simply forgotten that she had moved her car. According to Sergeant Colyer of OPD, reports of stolen vehicles come very often and he urges students to try and remember where they have parked their car before reporting it stolen.

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Dining hall changes reduce choices, offer more problems than solutions EDITORIAL

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

When you stop and look around at this picture-perfect collegiate world around us, all we often see are boxes. There’s an army of similar faces, dressed in familiar clothing styles, walking to and from the same buildings, all marching to the same scheduled set of ringing bells.

Our one creative outlet, our one moment to step out of the box, has always been when our stomachs start growling and we opened the doors to our favorite dining hall and saw countless options before us. When the outside world was telling us “stay between the lines,” we savored dinner-time’s friendly “create your own” mantra.

But now, thanks to a host of recent dining hall changes, everything has changed. The freedom and control we so adored is being slowly stripped away and put in pre-arranged boxes of food combinations. And as The Editorial Board, we’re not cool with it.

We’re about to have a major “let them eat cake” moment.

The university’s decision to create three pre-mixed vegetable choices in our stir-fry may seem insignificant, but it’s impeding on our free will and creativity.

The intention might’ve been to reduce wait times, but honestly, we would rather wait an extra 15 minutes than have a bunch of stuff on our plate we hate.”

We’re sorry, but we would prefer not to have edamame and bean sprouts mingling with our peppers and pineapple. We’re not really persuaded by clever labels for these tubs full of mixed vegetables like “immunity boost” or “energy boost” either. What does that even mean?

It’s understandable that certain

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we would rather have our food the way we want it.

This is especially the case for milkshakes at Pulley Diner. Not everyone is a chocolate and vanilla person, okay? Let us throw in a little peanut butter or something if we’re feeling adventurous.

How does this kind of change even help wait times or staff

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PEOPLE SAYING “FIRSTABLE” Buzzfeed has found hard evidence that people actually think “firstable” is a word and they’re saying it online (instead of “first of all”). We’re worried about people.

SAVE THE MOZZARELLA STICKS Miami dining implemented some changes this week, and caused quite the outcry from students. After numerous complaints, we got our mozzarella sticks back. Now, on to the stir fry.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Miami admitting students for profit, disguised by diversity It is unconscionable and unacceptable for all our students — international and domestic alike — to pay so much to attend Miami and be put in this situation.

Most unfortunately, it is regrettable that Miami’s inability to screen out students with such poor English-language ability — and, instead, to enroll even larger numbers of them — reinforces the worst racial stereotypes once they are here, while supporting those who suspect Miami’s financial motive is masked by sham claims of diversity.

JAMES W. BROCK

MIAMI UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER

efficiency? They’re still going to make milkshakes, so what difference does the flavor make? And it’s obvious that stir fry was the most frequented option in Armstrong. Granted, there needed to be some change to make that line go more quickly, but they’ve taken away the parts of it that people are inherently drawn to, like the build-your-own bowl.

These changes eliminate student choices, which is the whole point of the a-la-carte dining locations. The intention might’ve been to reduce wait times, but honestly, we would rather wait an extra 15 minutes than have a bunch of stuff on our plate we hate.

Maybe we all want the simplicity of buffet-style dining halls (remember hot Scott and cold Scott?). Our options now are fancy and prestigious, but overcomplicated.

When we eat on campus, we like to have control over what’s in

front of us. We prefer to make our own salad or sandwich or pick out the types and amounts of ingredients. When options are cut and dining becomes streamlined, our sense of control is taken away.

With the way things are headed, we smell an underhanded scheme to force us to eat at more expensive dining locations; because the truth is if we go to Armstrong, we pay more than we would at a buffet location, like Harris. This student body pays so much extra money to eat in dining halls — it’s ridiculous to close off certain options for food.

We would rather wait in long lines for customizable food than to be forced into some food template. Students are going complain about the long wait times, but students are now transposing their complaints to the limits of food offerings. That being said, if there are going to be complaints either way, then let us eat our cake.

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It is unconscionable for Miami to admit so many international students whose English-language skills are so poor that they have no chance of legitimately passing courses and earning a degree.

It is unacceptable that in doing so, other students are closed out of classes because those international students are enrolled in them with no hope of passing, nor do other students benefit from the in-class contributions those students are not able to make.

It is unacceptable for faculty, who can’t teach English to these students, nor conduct our classes in their native language.

changes need to be made in order to accommodate the understaffed dining services and to make the system more efficient, but it seems the fan favorites are gone.

We know that waiting in long lines at Armstrong isn’t ideal, but

Last week the Republican Party finally took care of its electoral business and then some. They padded their already large House majority and will have at least 246 seats in the 114th Congress.

They took over the Senate with what will likely end up a 53/47 or 54/46 advantage and won governorships in deep blue states like Illinois, Massachusetts and Maryland, while holding important Midwest gubernatorial races in Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan.

Most of these big wins were to be expected. Electoral conditions greatly favored the GOP in many of their Senate pick-ups, but 2014 truly became a wave when nearly every close race across the country broke the Republican’s way.

The results are great for the Republican Party, and set up an interesting 2016 showdown for a party in control of a majority of both Houses of Congress, but also the vast majority of State Houses and governorships.

After a big win, there is always talk of what sort of a mandate voters delivered to their politicians, and what should be done with this mandate. Low voter-turnout midterms — 36.6 percent last week compared to 57.5 percent for 2012 — do not provide sweeping mandates for elected officials.

This year will likely not prove to be an exception to this rule.

Congressional politics is one big game of inside baseball. The dayto-day machinations of the House and Senate are not big news to the vast majority of Americans.

With that being said, controlling both Houses of Congress gives the national Republican Party the excellent opportunity to tell the larger 2016 electorate what their party is for.

Many commentators have framed this opportunity as an imperative for the GOP to have a chance in 2016. This is not quite right. If Congress is able to function well (and that’s a big if), it’s a nice bonus for a party held in low regard by the public. But the

only real way to shift the perception problem is to have an effective conservative spokesperson as the 2016 Republican nominee.

Repeal the medical device tax, pass the Keystone pipeline and pass as many trade agreements as you want, then see if the president will truly veto these economy-boosting measures. Taking up measures like this to frame the party as for jobs — the main thing Republican politicians have talked about in the age of Obama — is fine. It’s the legitimate work of a deliberate legislative body

conservative reform measures could be put to a vote.

Presidential elections are the real ground for political contrast in modern American politics.

Like it or not, Congress tends to be just a tool in the strategy surrounding these massive political events every four years. This means individual Senators looking to boost up their reputation heading into the election could railroad the entire process with their egos. That is certainly possible, but it won’t sink Republican’s 2016 chances.

Presidential elections are the real ground for political contrast in modern American politics. Like it or not, Congress tends to be just a tool in the strategy surrounding these massive political events every four years.”

attempting to restrain the Obama administration’s runaway progressivism to pass such measures.

But conservatives must also understand the political limits of the powers they’ve been afforded. Passing a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act through the burdensome reconciliation process might feel good, but it is much better strategy to pull out some of the most egregious pieces of the bill and send them to the president’s desk one by one.

Show the difference between the two parties as starkly as possible. Let the party of massive overreaching government show its true colors as many times as possible.

Sweeping legislation empowering the ever-expanding administrative state is anathema to Republicans and the best way to show the thoughtless overreach of modern progressivism is to tease out one by one these overreaches. The best thing to do is to make the president veto a repeal of things like the employer mandate and the medical device tax separately could do much more political damage to the Democratic brand.

The nature of the Senate, with its emphasis on unanimous consent and the importance of having 60 votes, makes it hard for Republicans to really show what they’re for. But with the possibility of a more truly open Senate floor this Congress, at least some

That’s because Republicans should be necessarily focused on their state-level successes. The party now has full control of 29 state legislatures and 32 governorships. Congress is the tool of those interested in central planning, but the states are where the action should and will be for conservatives headed into 2016.

The conservative political disposition should gravitate towards James Madison’s words in the 45th Federalist paper. Here Madison writes the federal government’s powers in the new Constitution are “few and defined,” while state government powers are “numerous and indefinite.”

This reads like an anachronism, but conservatives can and should be for this sentiment. In 2016, there will certainly be a few President Obama style candidates coming out of the Senate — people who are short on accomplishments, but long on rhetorical flourishes. Republicans voters cannot get caught up in the rhetoric like Democrats did in 2007 and 2008 to their political peril.

Fortunately there will be state chief executives with real experience in the race too, no matter what happens in the D.C. bubble, conservatives will be smart to flock their way.

ANDREW GEISLER

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Identity theft is a prominent issue on college campuses

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A Chinese student responds to concerns and controversy regarding international students I am a senior international student from China majoring in computer science and psychology at Miami University. There have been a few dangerous stories targeting international students and their worth at Miami. I think it’s time to share my story, a counter story.

I have spent three years on this beautiful campus, participating in four research projects, getting two internships, volunteering in two nonprofit organizations and receiving more than 10 awards, including the 2013 Provost Academic Achievement Award — the highest academic award for Miami’s undergraduates. The biggest support I receive at Miami is always from the knowledgeable, enthusiastic and supportive faculty members, who completely understand my situation and are always willing to help. That is why I am seriously concerned about the picture of international students painted by the Anonymous Concerned Faculty Member in his article.

Although I completely understand the author’s concern regarding disengaged students with the lack of English literacy, I am surprised that he/she simply portrayed those students as a burden without mentioning any strategies he/she used to help them. The use of words like “dead weight” and “negative impacts of one section of the student population on other sections” mistakenly portrayed students with international backgrounds as being disengaged, disrespectful, threatening and “excludable” to the “American classroom identification,” which can cause Miami community to decrease their support of international students. That is why I decided to share my experiences to challenge the dangerous single story targeting Miami students with international backgrounds. The single story can block Miami’s international students from being successful and it can hurt the university by contradicting its own mission.

There need to be strategies to help to engage international students and contribute to campus diversity.

During my first day at Miami, I was too nervous to talk to the staff from a different race, using a different language. I was not able to follow her “incredible speaking rate” and do mental translation back and forth simultaneously. At that time, a student with the staff explained their purpose and gave me his contact information in case I needed any help, which strongly encouraged me to speak up and make new friends. I’ve learned not to feel

shame when making speaking mistakes from my outgoing and helpful friends, who helped me learn American culture and improve my English skills. I’ve learned rigorous academic attitudes from my patient and supportive professors, who helped me achieve the academic standard. I’ve learned team spirit and open-mindedness from my project team members, who praised my unique opinions and encouraged me to share my thinking process.

regardless of whether they had an accent or not. Does that mean as a sophomore, I was better at teaching than the Anonymous Faculty member?

During my three-year experience at Miami, I saw how the community advanced itself to help engage international students, and there are definitely more things we can do. In terms of English literacy, do we introduce Howe Writing Center to every international student? Do we have enough

I have made a claim to break the silence as a Miami student and take my responsibility to help create a supportive and culturally engaging campus.”

However, not all international students are lucky enough to have such a support group standing behind them. The demeaning attitude in the dangerous single story can strongly reduce their attempts in learning. If I was called “dead weight” when failing to understand what the staff said in my first day at Miami, how could I teach a 100 minute programming course as a substitute teacher one year later?

The anonymous faculty member described the abhorrent English literacy and disengagement of international students in his/her class.

Although the concern is totally understandable, simply portraying those students as a burden is exactly what blocks them from improving their English and engagement, because international students are eagerly in need of time and support to learn how to think in English without mental burden.

The anonymous faculty member also mentioned his/her concerns regarding the negative impacts of “unqualified international students” to other students “who deserved more of his/her time”. Although faculty members certainly have the right to manage their coursework, simply portraying a group of students as a burden actually hurts the university itself, because it creates a contradiction of Miami’s mission that “values teaching and intense engagement of faculty with students…by inviting students into the excitement of research and discovery.” When I gave the lecture to 50 students, both domestic and five Chinese international students displayed strong engagement to ask and answer questions,

programs for domestic students to share their studying abroad experience with international students?

Do we have enough teaching assistants to help students improve their class performance? In terms of disengagement, due to lack of knowledge, it is common for international students to register for courses they are not able to afford yet. Do we teach them where to get course information? Can we help international students estimate if they need more time to prepare themselves before taking certain courses? In terms of group work, some professors asked students to turn in evaluation sheets to estimate each team member’s contribution. Is it a good way to achieve fair grading across students with different backgrounds?

During my volunteer interview on Miami’s suicide prevention team, I received a question, “would you be able to speak up for your group as an international student from Asia, because those people are usually silent on campus?” My answer was yes. YES! I have made a claim to break the silence as a Miami student and take my responsibility to help create a supportive and culturally engaging campus. That is why I decided to share my story — a counter story that challenges the dangerous single story targeting Miami students with international backgrounds.

That is what I have learned from Miami.

YOUXUAN LUCY JIANG SENIOR, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY

SOFTBALL

A recent national survey placed identity theft as Americans’ second biggest fear and with good reason.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, identity theft cost Americans 10 billion dollars more than all other property crimes combined.

Identity theft can result in your bank accounts being looted; being hounded by a debt collector for a debt that you did not incur; becoming unable to access your own credit cards or bank accounts; being arrested for crimes committed by people using your name or even receiving improper medical care because your medical records have been corrupted by an identity thief who got access to your medical insurance. It can also ruin your credit rating which can, in turn, affect your ability to rent an apartment, get a loan, a job or insurance.

But it is not as bad as you think.

It is far worse. College students are identity theft’s most common victims. You are five times more likely to become a victim of identity theft than the general public.

Identity is a crime that it is high tech, low tech and no tech. You are vulnerable in your dorm room. You are vulnerable in your mail and personal papers. You are vulnerable on social media and you are vulnerable on your computers, smartphones and tablets.

College students are identity theft’s most common victims.

You are five times more likely to become a victim of identity theft than the general public.”

Dorm rooms are often open spaces left available to many people. A blank check can lead to a series of counterfeit checks. A stolen credit card statement will not only provide the identity thief with your credit card number, but enable the thief to fill in a change of address notation on the statement and send it back to the credit card company so it could be months before you realize your credit has been accessed.

Your trash is an identity thief’s treasure. Discarding documents containing personal information is an invitation to a dumpster diving identity thief to steal your identity.

Trust me, you can’t trust anyone.

Too often college students click on links in texts, emails or in social media postings that appear to come from their friends, but actually are from identity thieves posing as friends. Those links don’t take you to the promised photos, videos or other material, but instead download keystroke logging malware that will steal all of your personal information

from your computer, smartphone or tablet and use that information to make you a victim of identity theft.

Downloading free music and video games from websites that may not be legitimate is another major source of keystroke logging malware.

Identity thieves have a knowledge of psychology that would have made Freud envious and they know much about pop culture and what celebrities interest you. They will create websites around celebrities, often promising nude photographs to lure you to these malware tainted websites. McAfee, the computer security company maintains an annual list of the most dangerous celebrities on the Internet. Searches for these people online will often take you to malware ladened websites. This year the list was topped by Jimmy Kimmel followed by Armin van Buuren, Ciara and Flo Rida.

So what can you do to protect yourself? Here is a list of some important precautions: Don’t carry your Social Security card in your wallet or purse. Lock it up.

Lock up all your important papers with personal information.

Don’t download attachments or click on links unless you are absolutely sure that they are legitimate.

Install security software and anti-malware software on all of your electronic devices and keep them current.

Keep your computer, smartphone, tablet and all electronic devices locked when not in use.

Use strong passwords and different passwords for all of your devices.

Use dual authentication when possible. This would have prevented the hacking of the cloud that resulted in the recent stealing of the nude photos of celebrities.

Shred, shred, shred papers with personal information that you do not need to keep.

Have important mail sent to your home address. It is more secure.

Adjust the privacy setting on your social network sites to make it more difficult for people you don’t know to view your information or post material on your page.

There are no guarantees in life and there certainly is no guarantee that you will not become a victim of identity theft, but by taking some basic precautions, you can certainly narrow your chances of becoming a victim.

Steve Weisman is a lawyer, a professor at Bentley University and one of the country’s leading experts in scams and identity theft. He writes the blog scamicide.com, where he provides daily update information about the latest scams. His new book is Identity Theft Alert.

STEVE WEISMAN

AUTHOR, IDENTITY THEFT ALERT

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“International students are not just at Miami,” ISSS Director David Keitges said. “This is a major initiative of American Education, globalizing itself with the students of other cultures.”

According to the Institute of International Education, 819,644 international students enrolled in American colleges and universities in the 20122013 academic year.

“Having students and faculty from around the world benefits all students

and is a critical part of increasing Miami’s global outlook,” Bixler said.

As Miami continues to reach out to other countries, each student enters with his or her own motives and personal goals.

“I wanted to come to America for school; for the chance to improve myself,” first-year Jiachen Li said.

Li is from Shandong Province in China and is currently in the ACE Program.

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Coleman is the Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences and professor of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Previously, Coleman served in various administrative positions in research programs for Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada, University of Missouri, Columbia and Rice University. He was also a professor at Syracuse University and a program officer for the National Science Foundation.

Coleman said his main strength is his ability to grow interdisciplinary research programs. This includes growing research funding and opportunities, promoting the merits of research in the broader community and encouraging collaboration across a wide range of disciplines.

Coleman grew VCU’s Humanities and Science program from a “peripheral role” to an integral part of the university. Since Coleman started at VCU, the

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He also said he believes universities should promote socio-economic as well as cultural diversity in their student and staff body.

Coleman received his master’s and Ph.D. in the school of Forestry and Environmental Sciences from Yale University.

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Phyllis Callahan serves as the Dean of the College of Arts and Science and as professor in the Biology department at Miami University. Previously, she served as Interim Dean, Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Science at Miami.

Callahan said in her resume that one of her strengths as a leader is her ability to cooperate openly with diverse groups of

people. As Dean of CAS, she collaborates with a broad range of disciplines and departments.

“I believe my experience and accomplishments in administrative positions, as well as my contributions as an effective teacher, strong mentor and researcher make me highly qualified for my position,” Callahan said.

Callahan served as co-chair of the coordinating team for the Miami 2020 plan — a plan that focuses on creating student achievement through an innovative learning environment in a changing society. As co-chair, Callahan said she values the implementation and commitment to the plan.

She said she plans to initiate and grow programs to encourage diversity at Miami, such as the Bridges Program, which has experienced moderate success.

Callahan received her bachelors and masters degrees in biological sciences from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her Ph.D. in Physiology and Neurobiology from Rutgers University.

She conducted Post-Doctoral research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering CC Neurology/Oncology Department in New York and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

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com, football has the highest concussion rate. The statistics are broken down per 100,000 athletic exposures. An exposure is defined as one player participating in one high school sport. So if a student was a three-sport athlete, he counts for three athletic exposures. This exposure also does not account for number of practices and games or total time on the field of play. Football has 64 concussions per 100,000 exposures, second on the list is men’s ice hockey at 54 and then men’s lacrosse at 40. The women’s sport with the most concussions is soccer with 33.

So while football is the most dangerous, it’s not by much. Another stat that seems alarming at first is that of all sports-related concussions, 47 percent occur in high school football. But ,when you look at total participation, football is king. With over one million participants in 11man football alone, it’s no surprise the sport has the highest concussion numbers as well.

Some sports are taking strides to clean up the game. USA hockey, which is the sanctioning body for nearly all youth, junior and adult hockey in the United States, has recently made body checking illegal in all divisions U-12 and younger. This allows players to develop a stronger skillset before adding in body checking, which is different than contact or generally physical play. It also gives young brains two more years to deFROM MEN’S BBALL »PAGE 10

and eight rebounds. Bryant and his teammates acknowledged there is a learning curve when transitioning to the Division I level, although the new faces are already making great strides in practice. “[Head] Coach [John Cooper] has put a lot of pressure on me and the other new guys to pick things up quickly in practice and we’ve been responding very well,” Bryant said.

“We have been working on a lot of plays and emphasizing defense. Defense wins games.”

velop and grow. In addition, the organization removed all “intimidation hits” from the game. This made it illegal to hit a player for any purpose other than to separate the man from the puck. The goal of this change is to remove the big open ice hits, the ones where players are hitting for the sake of hitting, whether that be to set the tone of the game or retribution.

Stats, or no stats, preventative measures or no preventative measures, preventing your child to play a sport because of a potential for injury seems a bit ridiculous to me.

There is not an 11-year-old in the country capable of hitting your son hard enough to give him permanent brain damage or a life-altering head injury. Now, if after one concussion you want to remove your child from the game would be a difficult choice, but it would be a more reasonable approach.

You may have the next Andy Dalton on your hand and not even know it. You’ll know if you do because at the dinner table he’ll pass dishes to the wrong person and every now and then he’ll just drop whatever is in his hand. Okay, so maybe Tom Brady or Peyton Manning is a better example, but still, you won’t know unless you give your kid a chance at the game. And who knows, maybe he decides he wants to be a golfer or baseball player or an astronaut. Just don’t limit your child’s future before he hits double digits.

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Another new face who will see significant playing time is Eric Washington, a junior guard who played his first two seasons at Presbyterian College. Washington showed elite passing skills at the point guard position, finishing 15th in the nation in assists per game before transferring to Miami. In the Edinboro game, Washington led the RedHawks in scoring with 16 points and logged five assists.

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RedHawks travel for NCAA Regionals CROSS COUNTRY GRACE REMINGTON FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

After a two-week break, the Miami University men’s and women’s cross country teams travel to Madison, Wisconsin to compete in the Great Lakes Regional Championship Friday.

Though both head coaches had hoped for this meet to be a more pivotal moment during the season, they are not taking it lightly.

“A [NCAA National Championship] bid is not out of the picture,” women’s head coach Kelly Phillips said. “It depends on what we’re capable of. If we bring it all together, it’s definitely possible.”

Both teams are returning to action after disappointing finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships. The women’s squad had planned to repeat as MAC champions, but placed third.

The men finished seventh out of nine schools.

Phillips said her runners now have a new motivation after being “humbled” at the MAC meet.

Going into regionals, the wom-

en’s team is ranked 10th out of 34 schools. Despite her lofty goals, Phillips realized that with a ranking like this, she still has to be realistic.

“The main goal is to just leave higher than you came,” Phillips said. “We’re capable of making the top seven.”

Senior Jess Hoover has an even bigger goal. Though it will be difficult for her entire team to achieve a bid to nationals, she can obtain an individual berth. A top 20 finish will make the bid hers.

“She’s more than capable of it,” Phillips said. “She just needs to race hard and she should be right in it.”

University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University are the teams to watch. According to Phillips, they are consistently ranked in the top 20 nationwide and bring solid packs to the course.

“This is a tough region, which makes it great,” Phillips said. “It makes you better.”

The men’s team seems to be taking a different approach to the race.

Due to weak performances at the MAC Championship, head coach Warren Mandrell is using regionals has an opportunity to run

some of his younger players. His roster includes four freshmen and two sophomores.

“Some guys underperformed at MAC, so I figured let’s let some of the other guys run, since the usual runners didn’t deserve it anymore,” Mandrell said.

In a race of this caliber, Mandrell wants the younger runners to gain valuable experience for future seasons. For many of the new athletes, it will be their first 10K. However, the men’s squad does have a high achiever, similar to the women’s team. Junior Joe Stewart is also vying for a bid to nationals.

After carrying the Red and White in almost every meet so far, he hopes to finish in the top 25, making the All-Great Lakes Region Team.

Several Big 10 Conference schools, the University of Notre Dame and Wisconsin are included in the field of 34 teams.

“It’s a pretty darn good field,” Mandrell said. “It’s a big time race.

I just want to finish as a group. And we’ll finish somewhere in the middle, I’m sure.”

The women’s race is set for noon Friday, and the men’s begins at 1 p.m.

’Hawks head to North Dakota for NCHC battle of top 10 teams MEN’S HOCKEY STEVEN PERKINS STAFF WRITER

The No. 7 Miami University men’s hockey team hits the road to face No. 2 University of North Dakota in one of the bigger National Collegiate Hockey Conferences series so far.

North Dakota comes into the weekend with a record of 7-1-1 and a 2-0 mark in the NCHC. UND’s sole loss came in its season opener at home against Bemidji State University where they fell short 5-1.

Since then, North Dakota hasn’t lost a game.

“Well, they’re obviously one of the top ranked teams in the country, and rightly so,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “They’re well coached.

They’ve got weapons up and down their lineup. Their forwards and defense are as talented as anyone in the country. Their goaltender is big time too, so this is going to be a good challenge and a big test for us on the road.”

Junior forward Riley Barber, fresh off winning NCHC Offensive Player of the Week, is looking forward to going on the road.

“These are the really fun games to play in,” Baber said. “Especially in a barn like they have and how many people are going to be there and how much excitement’s going to be around it. I mean this is why you play college hockey. I’m really excited to get going.”

Barber is hoping the team’s recent success carries over into the series with North Dakota.

“It’s always good to get going offensively especially when the team’s winning,” Barber said.

“This week was huge and we just have to try to carry it into this weekend.”

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in the ’Hawks (7-3, 3-1 NCHC) game, giving them offensive chances and less time spent in the defensive zone.

“Well I think that’s the name of the game,” Blasi said. “You’ve got to make sure you’re making strong plays with the puck and playing good team defense. It’s going to be vitally important against North Dakota. They do everything well and if you want to be in the game you have to make sure you’re taking care of the puck when you have it and when you don’t have it you have to play defense.”

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Junior goalie Jay Williams agreed puck possession was an important piece of the puzzle.

“It’s huge, just from a team standpoint really,” Williams said.

“The more you possess the puck the more you wear down the other team, you know you gain confidence and you get opportunities.

We’ve played against some hot goalies at home and some great goaltending, but I think we’ve shown that if you stick with it and you continue to possess the puck, you find a way.”

Despite some one-sided offensive efforts, Miami has struggled to score at times this year. Senior captain and forward Austin Czarnik said the scoring-filled weekend was a confidence boost.

“We’ve been struggling offensively with all the shots we’ve been getting,” Czarnik said. “It was

great to execute finally and we just have to keep on going and bury our chances when we get them.”

Miami is ranked first in the country in shot differential with a +15.2 average and second in shots taken with an average of 39.6 shots per game. The RedHawks shot differential comes from both generating offense and limiting their opponents’ chances.

“They make my job easy,” Williams said. “It’s not just the defensemen who have done a wonderful job, but the forwards as well. Guys coming back and blocking shots and getting pucks out.”

Czarnik said the defensive success leads to offensive chances.

“Defensively we’ve been great so far this year,” Czarnik said. “I think we’re at two goals against per game. It all starts in the D-zone and once you move from there the offense comes. It all correlates with one another.”

Barber said the defensive play is going to be a big part of the weekend.

“I think we have to carry that into North Dakota because they’re a great team offensively,” Barber said. “They’re the number two team in the country so we’re gonna be challenged in all assets and we’re ready for it.”

Blasi said he liked Miami’s effort and is trying to keep the team focused as the break approaches.

“I like the way we’re playing right now and I think the guys have a good mindset in the way they approach their daily routine,” Blasi said. “We’ve just got to make sure we’re holding each other accountable. We’ve got a few weekends left here before Christmas break, so we have to make sure we’re staying focused.”

Miami faces off against North Dakota 7:37 CST Friday and 7:07 CST Saturday.

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Miami junior guard Eric Washington drives to the lane during the RedHawks’ 71-60 loss to Edinboro Saturday.

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The Miami University men’s basketball team opens up the 20142015 campaign against Southern Utah University Sunday at Millett Hall.

The RedHawks are looking to start the regular season on the right track after dropping an exhibition game to Edinboro University Nov. 8. The RedHawks lost to the Division II school 71-60. Miami led by 10 points at half, before the Fighting Scots outscored the ’Hawks 4423 in the second half .

Although disappointed with the loss, the team came away with some positives from the exhibition game.

“When you have as many new players as we have, any kind of

game experience is good experience,” senior guard Will Sullivan said. “We were lacking in effort, so we’re working on putting together a full 40 minutes of effort.”

The RedHawks welcome three junior college transfers to their roster and hope to gain contributions from them immediately. Juniors LJ Livingston Jr., Kalif Wright and Chris Bryant are entering their first seasons as RedHawks. Each player saw the floor against Edinboro.

“With the junior college guys, there’s a bit of a learning curve coming into Division I basketball,” Sullivan said. “They’re picking up on things in practice and the chemistry will come together.”

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Are concussions driving a drop in participation?

COLUMN PERKINS’ PROBLEMS According to Colin Cowherd, parents with a college degree or higher are 46 percent less likely to let their child play football. With the increase in head injuries and with more cases of permanent brain trauma, parents are becoming

less likely to allow their kids to play contact sports.

It’s an interesting discussion, but one that seems to be rooted more in overprotection than actual facts. Parents just see other outlets for scholarships in sports. There are so many other Division I sports that parents don’t feel the need to push their kid through football.

But, when you break down the numbers, how dangerous is football?

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The combined goal differential for Miami University and the University of North Dakota men’s hockey teams. The RedHawks lead their opponents by 12 goals. UND leads its by 15 goals. Both squads are ranked in the top 10.

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