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DONALD TRUMP JR. VISITS BRICK STREET BAR POLITICS

JAMES STEINBAUER EMILY WILLIAMS and EMMA KINGHORN THE MIAMI STUDENT

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Donald J. Trump Jr. autographed posters after his meet and greet with students on Oct. 24 at Brick Street Bar.

Donald J. Trump Jr. spoke to a packed Brick Street on Monday afternoon, championing the business qualifications of his father, presidential nominee Donald Trump, and echoing the candidate’s calls to abolish career politicians and send a message to Washington.

With the general election only two weeks away and recent polls indicating a tight Ohio race, Trump Jr., the Republican candidate’s most frequent surrogate, assured the audience that his father’s experience in creating jobs

and employing an expansive workforce would be a valuable asset in the Oval Office.

“We have an opportunity here to put someone who has actually created real jobs,” he said. “Not someone who talked about it like some magical unicorn that you can just summon and they always appear, but someone who has actually done it.”

Trump Jr. spoke against career politicians, something which he said is a problem on both sides of the political aisle.

“We have the chance to actually drain the swamp.

We do,” Trump Jr. said to chants from the crowd. “It’s time. It really, it is time to TRUMP »PAGE 2

Protesters reject Trump rhetoric, demonstration escalates into vulgarity PROTEST

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Miami students and Oxford community members protested outside of Donald J. Trump Jr.’s speech at Brick Street Bar on Monday, Oct. 24. Protestors held “Love trumps hate” signs and chanted phrases like “dump Trump.”

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Surviving an opiate overdose Oxford creates first heroin quick response team

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For the first time in its history, the Oxford Police Department has created a heroin quick response team.

The team, consisting of a policeman, fireman and a drug and alcohol abuse counselor or social worker, follows up with patients after a non-fatal opiate overdose.

“We don’t want to see our residents die from overdoses,”Lt. Lara Fening of the Oxford Police

Department said. “We care about our residents, and although we don’t have the high numbers of overdose deaths that other nearby communities do, we don’t want there to be one single death due to heroin.”

Fening, who is leading the effort, is contacted after a successful dose of naloxone has been administered. Naloxone is an opiate overdose reversal drug. Then she develops a plan on how to follow up with the patient. The ultimate goal: get them into treatment.

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LATE NIGHT SPINNING WITH THE CRAWFORDS

LOVE TRUMPS HATE: WHERE’S THE LOVE?

LOVE AND HONOR IS NOT JUST A SAYING

HOCKEY TIES, BEATS MAINE IN DOUBLE HEADER

On Thursday, Greg and Renate Crawford will host the first “Spin-In-Movie.”

“When they go low, we go high,” Michele Obama said.

Boy was she wrong.

“To me Love and Honor means this: a higher standard to which I hold myself.”

RedHawks tie Maine 3-3 Friday before a 5-0 blowout on Saturday.

OVER-THE-RHINE CORRESPONDENT

This morning, approximately 800 children in the Cincinnati area will walk to school. They leave the house by 7:00 a.m. when temperature hangs below 50 degrees and the sun has not yet touched the sky.

The rain from Thursday carried through Friday morning, drizzling here and

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The response team was loosely formed in Aug. 2016 and is still in its infancy.

However, in the past four to six weeks, the team has followed up with three patients.

Two went to treatment.

The third individual, a homeless man, said he would get back to the team but has not yet, she said.

“We had a hard time finding him, we did make a third-party contact with him, through his girlfriend,” Fening said. “[We] tried to do HEROIN »PAGE 5

As Donald Trump Jr. was speaking inside Brick Street on Monday afternoon, around 100 protesters stood outside and chanted in opposition of Donald Trump’s comments on sexual assault and minorities and his hateful campaign rhetoric.

They carried “Love trumps hate” signs and homemade anti-Trump posters while shouting phrases like “Black Lives Matter” and “dump Trump.”

Early in the afternoon, only a small group of protesters stood outside of the

Phi Delt gates, passing out “Love trumps hate” signs.

The protesters planned to gather across the street from the bar at 1:30 p.m, and grew in numbers as the day went on.

Outside of Brick Street, hundreds of people lined High Street, anxiously awaiting for the doors to open.

Oxford Police Officers were stationed outside of the bar and on the corners of the High Street and Poplar Street intersection. Miami University Police Officers and Butler County Police Officers were also stationed around the event.

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At Miami, panel discusses human trafficking in Ohio HEALTH

GRACE SCARBERRY THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University hosted a panel titled “Human trafficking in Ohio, taking responsibility for change” on Thursday, Oct. 20 at Miami’s Art Museum.

The panel was sponsored by the Honors Student Advisory Board with support from the Center for American and World Cultures and the Ohio Commission on Hispanic Latino Affairs (OCHLA). Several cases and

statistics are showing human trafficking to be a rising issue in Ohio.

“In Ohio, an estimated 1,000 children are commercially sexually exploited each year,” said Kristen Rost, director of the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund. Other guest speakers were Andrea Lewis and Lilleana Cavanaugh from OCHLA. Rost defined human trafficking as a “form of modernday slavery where people profit from the control and TRAFFICKING »PAGE 2

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exploitation of others.” This control can include sexual exploitation, forced labor, or any other forms of recruitment or transport through coercion.

Sophomore Sarah Kingsbury had the idea of bringing the speakers to campus.

“Human trafficking is an issue that affects over 25 million people directly every day. An issue that large can’t be ignored by those who can lower that number. Educating yourself on the facts, locations, and means to help is the first step,” said Kingsbury in her blog titled “Unspoken Issue.”

Kingsbury said she believes it is important for college students to be educated on such an important issue rising in Ohio.

Rost said traffickers typically involve pimps, gangs, domestic employers and even parents. They target people who are vulnerable because of their illegal immigration status, economic hardship, lack of English fluency, or those who are in vulnerable situations from natural disasters. They can be of any race, age, or gender.

Rost also said that in Ohio the most common age of entry to the commercial sex market is 13. Children who are runaways or in foster care are more vulnerable to traffickers. from walking »PAGE 1

there over the scattered students just trying to make their way to school.

Some won’t. They will look out the window and see the rain pouring outside their front door and decide the trip to school isn’t worth it today. Next month, it could be snow.

Many will walk, though. They will walk with or without socks and coats, and by the time they get to school, the water will have soaked through their sneakers and maybe even their shirt and backpack.

Some of the older students will collect the younger ones as they go, but no adult will accompany them this morning. They will walk through the streets of Cincinnati alone, taking their first of many steps toward becoming an adult before their school day begins.

These 800 children -- about 24 percent of the Cincinnati Public School (CPS) students in grades K-8 -- are not picked up by the big yellow school buses because CPS does not provide transportation for students who live within one mile of the school, according to the Cincinnati Public Schools DistrictWide Travel Plan from June 2012.

Across the country, 15.7 percent of children grades K-8 walk to school in the morning, according to a report from the National Center for Safe Routes to School.

In defense for students walking to school is an effort to reduce school spending, to decrease the amount of gas and pollutants from buses and to address the childhood obesity epidemic. However, the safety of these students walking through the city remains a point of concern from parents and administrators.

But in 2015, that concern was met by the CPS Walking School Bus, a program through the Allegiance Project. A group of parents and volunteers served as “conductors,” leading groups of children

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ers started to line the sidewalk, discussing the event and displaying their signs above their heads.

A group of international students from China paused to look at the protestors.

“It’s not very suitable for me to comment,” sophomore, Yifu Zhang said. “But I don’t think you guys should let Trump be the president.

That’s a disaster, totally.”

Quinton Couch and Rukaya Abdallah, Miami seniors, carried original signs to protest Trump Jr.’s speech. Couch’s sign read “Whites only” and was covered in blood-red paint with an arrow he pointed towards Brick Street and Abdallah’s read “Pussy Grabs Back.”

“For me, I think the real reason behind the rise of Trump is not this idea that people are living on the fringes of the American economy as much as it is this idea of shift-

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2016 “It’s not ‘child prostitution’ it’s ‘prostituted child,’” said Lisa Thompson, the director of AntiTrafficking at World Hope International. “The adult is the responsible party — the one buying and exploiting.”

Lewis concentrated on unaccompanied children in Ohio who typically cross the U.S. border by themselves and have no legal status. Because of this, they are easy targets for human trafficking.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) conducted a survey on the number of unaccompanied children released to sponsors from Oct. 2015 to Sept. of this year. Half of the Ohio counties involved in the survey are from the southwestern region, including Butler County with 64 children and Hamilton County with 212. The other half includes Franklin County with 133 and Tuscarawas County with 88.

Lewis added that since 2013, the ORR has placed a total of 1,686 unaccompanied children with sponsors in Ohio. However, the sponsors are not compensated to care for the children nor do they receive legal status.

Rost said that kids who have been sexually abused or involved with crime during childhood are especially susceptible to sexual exploitation. She emphasized that such kind of behavior becomes nor-

mal to them since it is all they’ve ever known. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, children who experience sexual abuse are 28 times more likely to eventually be arrested for prostitution.

Rost mentioned several trafficking cases involving children in Ohio. In 2015, three Ohio residents and a man from Texas participated in a human trafficking organization that smuggled children from Guatemala. They forced them to work on an egg farm in Madison, Ohio and falsely promised the children an opportunity to go to school. Eight victims were under 18 years old and two were adults.

There is another case from 2014, where children younger than six years old from Ohio were trafficked by their parents. The parents exploited them in exchange for drugs, money and rent.

Rost included several observable indicators of someone being trafficked. Victims often face poor living conditions, lack personal possessions or seem fearful and depressed. They are also not able to freely speak or socialize with others.

“As we become more aware of the issue, we find more cases,” Rost said. “You should know your neighbors.”

through a safe route to school each morning. Before the students woke up, the conductors checked the routes for safety. Sometimes there would be an accident, so the conductors would have to change the route to avoid it.

“Some areas are not lit,” said Judith Jones, a conductor. “It’s unsuitable for children to walk through.” Infamous drug locations, shattered glass from bottles or needles, vacant properties, prostitution and homelessness are among some of the sights students may walk by each morning, Jones listed.

“We became their safe house.”

“When our kids are experiencing any kind of trauma on their way to school, it impacts their capacity to learn,” said Carmen Burks, the program director for the CPS Walking School Bus. The conductors of the Walking School Bus made sure the students came to school and were dressed for whatever weather they would walk through. “The babies came out with no socks, no clothes, no gloves… we walked in ice cold rain, being splashed by traffic,” Jones said. The conductors started bringing gloves, hats and other clothes for those who left the house without them. And when they made it to school, the nurse would dry their clothes while the students ate breakfast.

“I was one of those children,” said Teresa Thomas, one of the route coordinators and conductors. Since she was old enough to go to school, Ms. Tomas would walk from 17 Highland Avenue to Peaslee Elementary School.

“Our route was one hour long.

We started at 6:30 and we didn’t get to school until 7:20, and school started at 7:30,” she said. “I was one of the oldest children, so I would collect children as we went, and I remember thinking it would be nice to have an adult.” “[CPS Walking School Bus]

made a difference at schools because we got there on time and for breakfast,” Jones said.

“It does more than just get the students to school. It strengthens communities, and it brings parnets… into the fold,” said Carlee Escue Simon, a professor at the University of Cincinnati specializing in Education Policy and Leadership The program began in four school systems during its inception year, and since has grown to eight schools. The principal from Cheviot School called and requested that the program expand to her school.

School systems would notify Burks and the conductors for winter delays or closings, which many of the students walking to school would not have otherwise known.

“It was really successful,” said Simon. “What resonated with me…

Carmen was making a connection with parents that was really new territory.”

But this 2016-2017 school year, the CPS Walking School Bus is missing. Since May, the grant funds for the program from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) have been put on hold because Burks was not listed as a CPS employee on the grant. Burks submitted the waiver that NIJ had sent them which would have answered the discrepancy, but the funds are still on hold. The last communication the NIJ had with the program was Aug. 15.

“I was walking by, and these girls waved at me and said, ‘Hi, Miss Walking School Bus Lady!’” said Joyce, another CPS Walking School Bus conductor. “My heart broke because next year is here, and we’re not there.”

A petition has been growing on Change.org to raise support for the CPS Walking School Bus, but the cold weather is already here.

“We are all trusting and believing that we will be up and running,” said Burks.

ing demographics in the United States,” Couch said. “It’s a lot of scared white people, in my opinion.”

On his way into the bar, first year Jake Conger and Trump supporter offered his opinions on Trump Jr.’s decision to speak to Miami students.

“I think it’s great that he’s coming to a swing state in this late part of the election,” Conger said. “It’s good way to drum up support and let the people of Ohio know that Trump is with them.”

Tammy Atha, a grad student and anti-Trump protester, held up a sign which read, “I was sexually assaulted in this bar. It is not just locker room talk.”

“My sophomore year I was sexually assaulted in Brick Street, so for me, it’s personal,” Atha said. “Donald Trump’s rhetoric is not a representation of America, and I’ll be damned if he’s president.”

Keith Tuma, professor of English, shared his disdain over the hundreds in line for Trump Jr.’s speech.

“I think it’s a spectacle of disgusting proportions,” Tuma said. “I find the prospect of a Trump presidency horrifying, but it’s a democracy, or it’s supposedly a democracy.”

The protest group, which had grown to around 40 students, started shouting “Love Trumps Hate” in unison.

Charles Kennick, a sophomore at Miami, joined the protest in support of Clinton.

“They have a nice turnout over there,” Kennick said, “I like the police presence. I think it’s pretty comical how they assume it’s going to get out of hand. But we don’t really hate the people, we just hate the man that they’re supporting.”

The hatred for the man that some students and Oxford residents alike support, comes from a series of

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get rid of these career politicians.

They haven’t given us anything, they haven’t been held accountable, they haven’t done anything. Other than create a mess.”

He was invited to speak by the Butler County Republican Party, the Butler County Trump Campaign and the owner of Brick Street, said Ann Becker, the State Central Committeewoman for Butler County.

Trump Jr.’s speech, which began at about 2:30 p.m., was brief — around eight minutes — and did not address his father’s denigrating comments toward hispanic and other minority citizens or the 11 sexual assault allegations against the Republican candidate.

By 1 p.m., a line of students and community members had already gathered under the bar’s red marquee and along the sidewalk on High Street. Doors opened shortly before 1:30 p.m. Admission to the event was free and open, but attendees were asked to show a photo ID before entering and were not permitted to bring large bags or backpacks into the venue.

Student volunteers passed out Trump/Pence posters at the entrance.

The railing of Sky Box, the bar’s upper level, were draped with American flags, Trump campaign signs and red, white and blue bunting.

Some students bought draft beers and Trashcans before crowding around the Brick Street stage to hear Trump Jr. speak on behalf of the GOP’s presidential candidate.

Supporters came wearing the candidate’s signature “Make America Great Again” red baseball caps or sporting “Hillary for Prison” buttons, but most attendees did not wear Trump apparel to the event.

Trump Jr. was presented with a Miami RedHawks ice hockey jersey with “Trump 16” embroidered on the back. After his speech, Trump Jr. donned the jersey, signing Trump

campaign posters and taking photos with students and community members.

Sophomore Gianna Dell’Arni was one of many students who crowded around the Brick Street stage to have their posters signed by Trump Jr. Dell’Arni said she is confident that Trump will win the election if he continues to reach out to young voters and offers more specifics about what he would accomplish as president.

“I’m a Trump supporter because I think that people need to understand that there’s a lot of corruption going on in politics,” Dell’Arni said. “Trump doesn’t need this job, and he’s doing this for the American people.”

Bill Roe, 68, a resident of Butler County, said that Trump’s success is a sign that America wants change.

“It’s twofold. One, I’m against the principles that Hillary has,” Roe said.

“And the other thing is that there’s a pretty good consensus that in our country most people are not happy with how things are going. So let’s try to do something different from the same thing, year after year.”

Roe graduated from Miami in 1970 after just three years.

“That’s all I could afford,” he said.

Michael Evans, 64, studied literature and history at Miami (‘74). Although Evans will be casting his ballot for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, he was interested in hearing what Trump Jr. had to say.

“As far as I’m concerned, the Millennials will determine this election.

Who they vote for, how many come out,” Evans said. “If they sit this one out, it’s possible Trump could win.”

Evans, who grew up in West Virginia, said he understands why Trump appeals to many Ohio voters.

“Coming from West Virginia and being here in Ohio, there’s no jobs, so I can see why Trump is popular here,” Evans said. “These two parties have never done anything for these people, except ask for their vote.”

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lewd comments Trump has made regarding women.

“I don’t think that anyone should be supporting any sort of comment he makes,” vice president of College Democrats Matt Ziegman said. “That was not locker room talk, and no matter how he tries to excuse it, I think the American people know the truth.”

Stephen Dana, an older man, joined the protest group which had previously consisted solely of college students. He applauds all the people who came out to express their views.

“It’s a very reasonable and positive statement that people are making,” Dana said. “They are saying what their signs say which is ‘let’s love each other, and let’s not tear each other down.’”

Eventually, the protesters made their way across the street and crowded in front of Brick Street before being told by police officers that they needed to move.

“We don’t want any issues,” an officer told them. “Please go to that street corner over there. We just do not want any issues.”

The protesters did not move, but they did create a pathway for passersby to walk through freely.

The protesters’ chants became more vulgar as the day went on, transitioning from phrases such as “No justice! No peace!” to “Tiny hands, Tiny dick!” and “We won’t stand for your tiny fucking hands!”

A few protesters left the main group and joined a silent protest across the street.

The swarm of students, Oxford residents and visitors had begun to pour outside from the bar around 2:40, coming face to face with the anti-Trump protesters.

“I think [the protestors are] being manipulated by the mainstream media,” Adam, a Miami senior,

who declined to give his last name, said. “They’ve never really heard Donald Trump communicate his stance on issues. They’ve only ever heard 30-second Facebook videos that misinform them on what they say or what he’s done.”

After the crowds had dispersed, Larry Shannon leaned up against the gates outside the bar, holding a “Hillary for Prison” sign.

“Donald Trump’s not perfect, but Hillary Clinton is the epitome of corruption in politics,” Shannon said. “Scandals have followed the Clintons since Bill was governor in Arkansas, and I think it’ll keep following her if she becomes president.”

Shannon went on to add that he believed Hillary was a corrupt Secretary of State and her presidency would only continue to cascade into a world where career politicians are running our country.

Paul Odioso, a proud Trump supporter and Miami alum, was confronted by a group of protesters as he walked out of Brick Street.

“They engaged me, and they put me down as a stupid Trump supporter,” Odioso said. “I told the one, ‘Why don’t you think for yourself young man?’ And then he just threw F-bombs back to me. I just thought it was unfair and typical of the emotionalism propaganda that these people believe. They don’t want to have a substantive discussion about the issues. They want to name call and antagonize, and I’m glad police officers were there.”

On the other end of the spectrum, Ziegman declared the antiTrump protest a peaceful success.

“I think students were very clear, Donald Trump and his divisive rhetoric aren’t welcome at Miami University,” Ziegman said. “His hate-filled campaign has no place here in Oxford.”

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Meditations in an emergency room FAMILY

EMMA K. SHIBLEY THE MIAMI STUDENT

The questions were mostly the same — are you in any pain today?

How bad, on a scale of one to 10?

And your date of birth?

In the waiting room, my older brother and I looked dressed for a late Sunday afternoon funeral. I was still in the black and white polka dot dress that I’d worn to church that morning, Lee in a black-on-black pinstriped shirt and his fraternity pin. It was September, too hot and humid on top of what felt like a fever to walk. Lee had missed his chapter meeting to drive me there in his champagne-colored Grand Marquis.

A boy with dark hair was in the waiting room, too, wearing a Cavs jersey and talking on the phone about his classes. He’s in Psych 111 and 112 this semester, he said. He likes 111, but 112 is just about research. He told the person on the other line he loved and missed them.

The doctor surprised me when he came into the first room. I was sitting cross-legged on the cot, turned away from the curtain, biting my nails and counting the instruments on the wall to quiet the rushing in my ears. I wiped my fingertips on my dress to shake his already outstretched hand.

Under the curtain, I watched a pair of sporty, slip-on clogs plunk by as a gray-haired female nurse crossed from one partitioned room to another. The shoes were sparkly but structurally very plain and looked thin, like an American Girl Doll footwear designer had been hired away

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by Skechers for more flexible hours and better dental benefits.

I am not used to silver lamé nurse shoes. I am used to strong, heavy boots with laces pulled tight all the way up like elegant old ice skates.

I am used to long hallway mazes and windowless doors that all look the same shutting when the doctor comes in — doors that require a knock for entrance, not curtains pulled shut. I am used to seeing humans wearing scrubs on TV, not in real life, as they take my blood pressure and temperature and note my height and weight and current medications on a clipboard.

In a chest-height moving box in my basement back home hangs a United States Air Force uniform, circa 2006 — dark green, black and brown camouflage in rounded, splotchy shapes.

But since the war in Afghanistan, the uniforms have changed to a pixelated map of olive and tan. Airmen’s boots are now a greenish-gray, athleticlooking combination of mesh and suede, not the shiny black I grew up with, boots creased at the ball of the foot from walking, boots I watched get untied and gently loosened by big dad hands each night.

Going to the doctor has meant, for most of my life, a half-hour drive north on I-675 to Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn, Ohio. It meant being sick enough to warrant missing a whole day of school for one appointment.

It meant being sick enough to not mind analyzing the subtextual messages espoused by shows on Disney XD in the pediatrics clinic waiting room while summarizing my family

medical history on a form made blurry from being photocopied too many times, writing with one of those pens that has a plastic flower sprouting from one end.

It meant being sick enough to make sure I got a note from the desk to take back to school the next day because I had already incurred the maximum number of tardies.

It meant leaning on my mom’s shoulder in the atrium of the WPAFB medical center as the pharmacy got my prescription ready, her cleaning out her purse and us sharing an Einstein Bros. bagel, the automated female voice rhythmically notifying us, “Now serving. A 141. At window number three.”

It meant curling up in the sunny passenger seat on the car ride back, feeling for once allowed to rest until the cease of automotive motion meant we were stopping at the mailbox to grab today’s bills, then parked in the garage, home.

The nurse who had initially checked me in at McCullough-Hyde was the one to check me out of the emergency room too. I had my military ID ready to hand him when he asked for my insurance card and had prepped myself to be calm and collected when he would inevitably look at it, pause to connect the dots and ask for my Social Security number.

In neutral tones, Lee and I traded sentences to explain. Lee had gotten to practice the wording, the appropriate conciseness before, but this was my first time ever needing to.

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Stage Left: A Night of One Acts THEATRE

MEGAN BOWERS

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Sophomore Jessica Cooper sits at a desk, composition notebook in hand, watching her cast run through the scene. She never looks down, but scrawls notes quickly across the page whenever she notices something.

This was the scene of her final dress rehearsal for her one act play, “Whack-a-Mole,” which was a part of the event, “A Night of One Acts,” hosted by Stage Left last Friday.

Stage Left, a student-run musical theatre organization, holds the event every semester to give people who were not cast in their fall musical, or who didn’t have enough time to commit to it, the chance to still get involved.

The longtime tradition also gives the executive board the chance to see the different directors’ styles and consider them for future shows. This worked in the case of Brandon Fogel, who directed a One Act last year and will be directing their fall musical, “Heathers,” this semester.

“We knew he would be able to pull it off since we had seen his work before,” said Stage Left president Landon Drumm.

This semester, four students decided to take the opportunity to show off their abilities. They held auditions together, listening to the prospective actors read a scene from each of their plays.

“After everybody left, all the directors basically had to fight it out over who we wanted,” said Cooper.

“There was arguing and trading, so it

was fun but also weird.”

Before getting to auditions, the directors had the daunting task of choosing what show to do for their one act play.

Sophomore Alison Perelman chose her One Act, “Jazz Brunch,” from a chapter of the book “The Unchangeable Spots of Leopard.”

The story is about three friends who go for their weekly brunch and end up clashing over a story the narrator is writing. Perelman converted the chapter into a script herself.

Junior Andrew Higgins took this creativity one step further by actually writing his own One Act. The play included a song from a musical he is currently working on.

“This is a project I want to see realized at some point, and it’s a stretch to realize the whole thing suddenly without any credibility to it,” said Higgins. “In the case that this goes well, slash, gets good feedback, I feel this would give occasion for having success in the future.”

His musical is about a man who has dissociative identity disorder, which means he has a split personality sometimes. Higgins envisioned the split personalities to each be played by different members of the cast.

The difficult thing about performing a One Act that has never been done before is that there is no previously recorded music.

“These are the original singers of this piece so there is nothing to base it off of,” said Higgins. “They’ve done really well with what they’ve THEATRE »PAGE 4

Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles U.S. history THEATRE

EMMA KINGHORN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Provocative, well-researched and well-timed jokes littered the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s performance of the “Complete History of America (abridged)” Saturday night in Hall Auditorium.

The show consisted of the United States’ entire history presented by three men — Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin and Dan Saski. The trio relied heavily on props and costuming to move the show from Amerigo Vespucci and his marital troubles to the 2016 presidential election.

The 35-year-old company showed the audience just why they had stuck around for so long while employing a shockingly small amount of Shakespeare. This turned out to be helpful, however, because summing up over 500 years of history in 90 minutes can only be accomplished with very speedy talking. Such quick dialogue required strict crowd attention. If someone checked their messages, or even the time, they were sure to miss about 15 years of history and a joke or two.

However, for those who are not well-versed in American history, much of the show’s humor came from outrageous costuming, clever plays on words or mature, or at times seemingly immature, innuendos.

And lots of water. Between spit-

takes and rain dances, the first few rows of the audience were treated to several showers.

For those who had a decent amount of American history in their back pocket, small anecdotes, as well as cynical, satirical takes on events or figures held a treasure trove of humor. The story of Washington’s minutemen army boiled down to the threat of a discrimination lawsuit when miniature soldiers, literally ‘minute men,’ enlisted. The composition of the Constitution was put off until the night before, in true college student style, and painstakingly written by hungover legislators with a little help from Thomas Jefferson.

The show’s cynical approach to history was capped off at the end, where, in an effort to give the staple American happy ending, the trio told the history of North America and its people in reverse, insinuating that there is no way to spin it positively.

It was the pinnacle of self deprecation, acknowledging our missteps, hypocrisies and corruption.

It wasn’t a show for anyone easily offended by political incorrectness, with historically touchy subjects such as Japanese internment camps and Native American wars being reduced to one-liners and half a laugh.

Nor was it meant for those who don’t appreciate obvious jokes and cheesy moments. Those moments included the age-old joke of intermittently speaking and lowering your voices when addressing anyone

in the audience who might have a hearing disability. In such a historically accurate performance with the potential for highbrow and witty humor, the dumbing down or callous treatment of these topics became speedbumps in an otherwise well put together performance.

Film noirs, radio shows and musical performances were just a few of the ways that the performers held the crowd’s attention. The company answered age-old questions such as, “Who let the dogs out?” in stride with, “Why is our National Anthem so difficult to sing?” Fear not, for they wrote us a new version.

With an already seemingly comical election season, even more crucial questions were answered by guest performances from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (read: middle-aged men in abhorrently brushed wigs and ugly suit jackets).

The audience could ask their deepest, stupidest and most ill-informed questions and receive witty responses from comedians. Others chose to put forth intelligent queries about the historical successes of third-party candidates and hear historians’ input.

One would think that a show about American history performed by a Shakespearean theater company would be monotonous, rather boring and difficult to understand, but the audience was treated to a refreshingly funny and modern take on all things American.

Late Night: Spinning with the Crawfords STUDENT LIFE

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Starting this week, students will have the opportunity to get to know Miami’s new president Gregory Crawford and his wife Renate by spending time with them during one of their favorite activities. The couple will host a combined spinning class and movie night on Thursday.

The couple is hoping there is enough interest in the program, which they are calling “Spin-in-Movies,” to turn it into a recurring event.

The event is partnered with the Miami University Rec Center and Late Night Miami.

“We thought this would be a fun way for us to interact with students and do something fun and active that could be enjoyed by everyone of all levels and abilities,” said Renate.

As the university’s ambassador,

a big part of Renate’s platform is health and fitness, so she hopes to offer more programming that incorporates exercise.

The Crawfords have chosen for their first film “McFarland, USA,” one of the president’s favorites.

Based on a true story, the film follows the former football coach, Jim White, who coaches a track team to great success when relocated to a Latino high school in California’s Central Valley.

“This is really just meant to be a fun event rather than a rigorous exercise class,” said president Crawford.

“There will be space for people to watch the movie and hang out, even if they’re not spinning.”

A spinning class seems the perfect activity for the Crawfords, who are self-described exercise enthusiasts. At Miami, they partake in early morning spinning and rowing classes and regularly run and bike on

campus.

“We try to participate in organizations’ 5K races and other events whenever we can,” said Renate. “I love to see how passionate students are for the university and the community, so we try to get involved as much as our schedule allows.”

First-year Ireland Bender, who frequently attends spinning classes at the rec, said she is excited to attend the event.

“The spin-in movie event President Crawford and his wife are having is a great way for students to get to know the new president,” said Ireland Bender. “Spinning is a type of workout where it doesn’t feel like you’re working out. That’s a big reason why I love it so much. A movie combined with spinning sounds like an awesome night.”

The first Spin-In Movie event will take place at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the rec center.

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Slice of Life: Brick Street hosts Donald Trump Jr. POLITICS

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I sit alone in Starbucks, working on homework as I do most Monday mornings before heading to class.

However, today is different. Donald Trump Jr. is coming to Brick Street, and that’s all anyone is talking about.

“Is he really coming here?” someone asks.

“Yeah! Look outside at that truck!”

I turn to the window just in time to see a billboard-sized Trump/Pence sign being removed from the back of a truck.

“We have to go take pictures!” an older man says to his wife, coffee in hand.

The couple walks right up to the truck and starts taking pictures of the sign. Soon after, the sign is carried to the front of Brick Street and placed along the front wall.

Around 11:30 a.m., I notice that the section of Poplar Street outside of Brick is now closed. People are also putting up a row of metal gates on High Street in preparation for the event.

I walk down the sidewalk to the bench on the corner of High Street and Poplar Street.

Almost every person who walks by has their phones out and is taking pictures of the bar and of the people setting up.

By 12 p.m., Poplar Street is lined with Oxford Police Department vehicles. A solid black, armed vehicle also joins the rows of police cars. Men in camouflage uniforms step out and stand around the vehicle, talking to

each other about the plans for the day.

One of the men in camo stands atop Side Bar with binoculars and a sniper rifle, scoping out the surrounding area.

Sounds of a barking dog come from a K-9 unit police vehicle. The officer driving the vehicle parks it outside of Brick Street. He lets his dog out, and they head toward the front entrance. The dog sniffs the ground and darts toward a trash can, almost dragging the officer with him. The officer gets control of the dog, and they walk inside.

At 12:24, a group of about 10 adults dressed in red, white and blue with “Make America Great Again” hats wait for the doors to open outside Brick Street.

“I’m with her!” a girl shouts at them from across the street.

A man walks by me wearing a “Hillary sucks, but not like Monica” shirt and crosses the street to join the rest of the Trump supporters in line.

The doors to Brick aren’t scheduled to open until 1:00, but by 12:45, there’s a group of about 50 people waiting to be let in.

In an apartment above the Hillary Clinton office, a guy blares music until he’s approached by an officer.

“That’s getting turned off right now!” she yells up to him.

He reluctantly silences the music.

Outside of Bagel and Deli, a sign reads, “We welcome protestors and deplorables.”

Students stand outside of the Phi Delt gates, passing out “Love Trumps Hate” signs.

Finally, at 1:19, the doors to Brick Street open, and people start to meander inside.

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MU found a way to rally once again, as Louis dazzled the home crowd by juking past two Maine defenders and lifting the puck over the right pad of McGovern to tie the game 3-3 with 4:47 remaining.

Similar to Miami’s game against Ohio State the previous weekend, the tie lasted through the end of regulation and two five-minute overtime periods. Just like the finish against the Buckeyes, MU was denied in the shootout while Maine scored to end the game. However, the shootout was for entertainment and exhibition purposes, and the game is recorded as a 3-3 tie by Miami and the NCAA.

“We generated a lot of good chances tonight, but their goaltender came up and made some big saves,” head coach Enrico Blasi said.

“They did a good job of capitalizing on our turnovers and mistakes.”

Saturday night, the first period looked to bring more of the same for the RedHawks, as they outshot Maine 12-9 but ended the period tied 0-0.

Freshman forward Carson Meyer electrified the home crowd with back-to-back cutback moves that shook two Maine defenders before picking his shot and sniping over McGovern’s glove to seemingly put the RedHawks up 1-0. However, Maine challenged the goal, and upon video review, Miami was ruled

offside and the goal disallowed.

3:42 into the second, MU finally broke through, as Louis caught a Melnick pass and fired it over McGovern’s blocker to make the score 1-0 Miami.

The Red and White did not become complacent with its lead, as Louis fed junior captain and defenseman Louie Belpedio who shot through traffic and found the back of the net to make it 2-0 only 25 seconds after the first score.

The two-goal differential created

by Belpedio’s tally was the first of the season for Miami, as all previous games had been one-goal or tied affairs from start to finish.

MU was not satisfied with the two-goal cushion, and Belpedio

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And then the number, which I had memorized years before learning my own.

When my dad would get home from work — when I was still little and brave, with hand-me-downs and perpetually skinned knees — I would run to the front door and leap into a hug, enveloped by strong arms in a uniform whose stiffness had been softened by a day’s work providing physical therapy to people who were healing. I would breathe in his Old Spice aftershave. My head would rest on the “SHIBLEY” stitched over his chest, and I would shut my blackbrown eyes and be spun.

“Have a better day,” the nurse said as he handed me my paperwork, a kind and somewhat sad look on his face. I smiled a sincere but somewhat sad thank you back. Then I tucked my hair behind my ears and stood.

Lee and I walked out of the hospital and across the warm parking lot. I slid into the sunny passenger seat for the drive back to campus, leaned my head against the window and let my eyes blink closed.

interpreted. It’s nice to observe that they’re reading through these lyrics and expressing themselves.”

The original nature of the piece also meant the feedback to the performance was vital.

“I want the audience as much as possible to feel and observe what I’ve written,” said Higgins.

Each of the directors also had different levels of involvement in Stage Left before deciding to direct.

Senior Geoff Hubbard hadn’t done very much with Stage Left in the past, but he managed to put together a One Act nonetheless.

His show, “The Goon,” is a take on the superhero genre that ends with a twist. The sidekicks in the show accidently kill the superhero before the villain gets there, leaving them unsure what to do.

On the other hand, Jessica Cooper has been actively involved in Stage Left. In her first year at Miami, she was in all three major performances as well as a One Act. This experience was beneficial as it helped her learn the best directing approach for her One Act, “Whack-a-Mole.”

“Whack-a-Mole” is about a couple who plays the game whack-a-mole and ends up confronting people from their past.

“It is very weird and kind of abstract,” said Cooper. “You have to kind of see it to understand it.”

She structured her rehearsals carefully, even incorporating a PowerPoint to keep them on schedule. She started their final rehearsal with a projection exercise to get them ready for the change of venue for the performance.

Her goal for the performance was for it to be enjoyable and for her actors to give it their all.

“I have complete confidence in them,” said Cooper. “They are all wonderful performers.”

Stage Left is planning to hold One Acts again during the spring semester and will be showing their fall musical, “Heathers,” at 7 p.m. on Nov 17-19.

scored again, from almost the same position and shot to make it 3-0 Miami at 9:18 of the second period.

At the end of the second, Miami led 3-0 and 24-21 in shots.

Junior defenseman Scott Dornbrock and Sherwood each scored in the third, while Larkin completed his quest for perfection, stopping all 33 of Maine’s shots for his first career shutout.

Through five games, the rookie netminder has a .931 save percentage.

“It was a fun game to be a part of, the team was great in front of me and with clearing out rebounds,” Larkin said. “We had a lot of fun out there, we knew we had to pick up our energy after last night and we

came out and did what we needed to do.”

Four Miami skaters recorded multiple points Saturday with Meyer (three assists) and Sherwood (one goal, two assists) notching three and Belpedio (two goals) and Louis (one goal, one assist) chipping in two apiece.

“This was the first game we’ve played well all the way through,” Belpedio said. “Maine’s a good team and we just shut them out, I think it speaks for itself.”

The RedHawks wrap up their five-game home stand next weekend with a series against in-state rival Bowling Green. The puck drops 7:35 p.m. Friday in Steve “Coach” Cady Arena.

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The popularity of this protest has caused Kaepernick to take all of the spotlight away from the 49ers as a team. In his press conference after the Bills game, the focus was more about his actions off the field than on it. If he keeps this up, it could cause a problem between him and his teammates and could be an unnecessary distraction for the 49ers that may lead to more losses and a disappointing season. The

spreading of the protest also could cause conflicts within other teams and be a huge distraction in the league.

Some support Kaepernick’s protest because of their perception of systematic oppression and police brutality around the country. Additionally, according to a poll in the New York Daily News, 65% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 believe that not standing during the anthem “demonstrates the freedoms that the anthem represents.” The

protest has spread around the league to other teams and most likely will continue until either the players stop the movement or the league intervenes.

For now, Kaepernick needs to focus on his play as a quarterback more than anything to try and lead San Francisco to some wins this season. Kaepernick suffered his second straight loss as a starter this past weekend to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 17-34, as the 49ers fall to 1-5.

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the MU offense.

Young broke the 100-yard plateau, running for 118 yards on just eight carries, good enough for a 14.8 yard average per carry. Gardner continued his exceptional play on the season as he caught nine passes for 120 yards.

“So, obviously we played better on the offensive side of the ball today putting up 40 [points], rushing for over 200 [yards], throwing for over 200, and having the ball for over 38 minutes against their offense was key,” Martin said.

The dual-headed rushing attack of Young and redshirt sophomore

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some outreach saying ‘We are happy to meet with you. You’re not in trouble. We just want to give you some information on help if you want it.’ ” Fening’s approach of following up with those who have received naloxone is modeled after neighboring communities that have had success with similar teams, such as the Colerain Township, a suburb of Cincinnati.

“I’m trying to mimic [the other communities] success and start something similar,” Fening said.

“Even if we don’t have quite the volume of cases that they might, it’s still a really positive step forward in helping those people that are here in Oxford that have addiction problems.”

However, the quick response team has problems of its own.

When the patient treated with naloxone is willing to go to treatment and able to get a bed immediately, the Oxford Police Department does not have a concrete transportation method, according to Fening.

Fort Hamilton Hospital has of-

running back Alonzo Smith made the Falcons pay, as Smith did his part by scoring two total touchdowns. He finished the day with 44 yards rushing on 14 attempts, as well as 34 yards receiving on three receptions.

One of these receptions was a three-yard scamper that equalized the score 7-7 early in the first quarter and the other was a 15-yard pass that extended the RedHawks’ lead from two to nine points early in the third quarter.

Fifth-year senior Spencer McInnis scored the final points at the halfway mark of the fourth quarter with his first career touchdown courtesy of a two-yard run that extended

MU’s lead to 40-26, the eventual final.

While a 2-6 record remains concerning, significant progress has been made since the season began. Much of this is due to Miami’s calling-card defense, as the Red and White held its opponents below 30 points for the second straight week.

“They had some moments when they were great, they had some moments when they were disappointed,” Martin said. “Every time they gave up a drive they bounced back with two or three stops after and then obviously the key interceptions the late-third, fourth quarter with the game on the line. They’re making plays to get off the field.”

Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Brad Koenig led the ‘Hawks defense with nine tackles in addition to a sack and forced fumble. Sophomore cornerback De’Andre Montgomery helped the cause as well with seven tackles, two pass breakups and one interception.

BGSU head coach Mike Jinks’ offense saw redshirt freshman quarterback James Morgan toss three touchdowns for 389 yards on 30/49 passing, but also throw three interceptions.

Defensively, the Falcons’ efforts were spearheaded by redshirt sophomore defensive lineman David Konowalski as he had nine tackles and one quarterback-hurry-up.

While Miami reverted back to its penalty troubles, committing 10 penalties for 104 yards, this was negated as BGSU also had 10 fouls for 106 yards on the afternoon. In addition, the RedHawks’ advantage in turnovers proved to be critical.

“We won the turnover battle four to one, which was huge, and then the penalties we both had 10 for 106 [yards]. Again, there’s a couple we gotta eliminate. The one on the kickoff when we’re kicking the ball out of the endzone -- that’s ridiculous,” Martin said.

Miami will try to win its third straight when it returns to action on the road at Eastern Michigan 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

fered to help by coming to aid the Oxford Police Department with heroinrelated issues. But they would only be in Oxford once a week.

This is assuming the patient wants to work with the hospital.

“I certainly don’t want to have [Fort Hamilton Hospital] come up and waste their time if the heroin overdose victim doesn’t want anything to do with them,” Fening said, adding she won’t call if the victim won’t talk to them.

Fening will call the hospital as soon as she is aware of an overdose to let the hospital know she may need help later in the week. But she will not actually set up an appointment until the patient has agreed to get help.

The biggest problem the quick response team faces is reconnecting with those who have overdosed.

In a previous case, it took the team three days to reach a homeless man by phone.

“The structure is there, the designated personnel are not there,” Fening said. “I’m still figuring that out as we are going.”

The Oxford Fire Department ad-

ministered the drug 28 times in 2015 and 35 times in 2014, according to data obtained from the Oxford Fire Department.

Naloxone works on any opiate drug including heroin, fentanyl and common painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin. Meaning all naloxone administrations are not necessarily addressing heroin-related overdoses, said Oxford Fire Chief John Detherage.

“Some people think, ‘Oh my god, we have got this rampant heroin problem,” Detherage said. “It could just be, ‘I took one too many of my pain pills,’ or something along those lines.”

Available at Oxford’s local Kroger, Walgreens and CVS stores, naloxone can be inhaled using a nose spray, but it can also be injected.

Naloxone’s effect is immediate.

“It is so hard to explain, one minute when you arrive they’re deceased.

They have infants and toddlers crying over top of them and family members there and it’s really sad,” said Lindsey Scruggs a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor. “But then you see them

take that gasp of breath and life is brought back to them, it’s empowering.”

Naloxone revived recovering heroin addict, Darek Horan six times. He now works for A Man in Recovery Foundation (AMIRF), working to get heroin addicts across the U.S. into treatment.

“In the past week I’ve had five friends that have all died and it’s getting worse,” Horan said. “But if people were with them who had [naloxone], maybe that wouldn’t be the case.”

Not everyone is in favor of naloxone. Some critics believe the drug’s increased availability may keep addicts from seeking treatment.

“I think [naloxone] is great for saving lives and I do see people get [naloxoned] and change their lives and get clean,” Scruggs said. “But, I also see people who use it as a magic wand and they don’t feel the need to get clean. I can see [naloxone] causing problems in the long run if it is continued to be used like this.”

Matthew McMurray, associate professor of psychology at Miami University who researches addiction,

disagreed.

“Life is sacred, we should be saving it at every opportunity that we can.

We don’t know what the future holds for these individuals even though they’re addicts,” McMurray said. “If administering Narcan saves their life then that gives them the option to go get treatment, it doesn’t mean they do [get treatment], but it gives them the potential to recover and become productive members of society.”

Although Fening said the response team may not experience 100 percent success, she is still hopeful about the police department’s new approach.

“A [quick response] team is needed because nothing any agency has done is working. Arresting doesn’t seem to be working for us and other agencies are having some measure of success with helping people get into treatment.” Fening said.

“What we’ve been doing hasn’t worked up till this point,’’ she added.

“So why not try something new?

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D

uring her speech at the Democratic National Convention in July, First Lady Michelle Obama described how the progressive movement would continue to compose itself in the face of Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric.

“When they go low, we go high,” she exclaimed.

Boy was she wrong.

Yesterday, Donald Trump Jr. made an appearance at the popular Uptown bar Brick Street to support his father’s presidential campaign.

This event was billed by many around campus as a potentially explosive clash between two political factions. Nothing of the sort happened. In fact, most of the exchange between the groups at this event, though vulgar, turned out to be mere words, lifeless rhetoric.

And as multiple accounts of the event claimed, most of the vulgarity came not from the Trump supporters, but from the anti-Trump protesters and Hillary Clinton supporters. Reports came in of protesters hurling vicious insults and pro-

fanities at those attending the rally, many of which had no substance or relevance to any major issue in this country; a few include, “Tiny hands, tiny dick,” and, “Fuck Trump.”

We are not saying that this action is intrinsic to one side over the other. It is almost a certain fact that

a display of political theater. Much of the discourse in Brick Street yesterday was devoid of any meaningful substance. Rather, it was a display of strong emotion and unproductive banter — no different than the more memorable scenes of this year’s presidential debates.

These protesters’ actions represent the unfortunate regression of presidential campaigns to ... a display of political theater.

over the course of this election season, supporters of many different candidates have shown such behavior towards fellow members of the electorate. However, because this event occurred within the Miami community, it is important that we take it as a case study in this election.

These protesters’ actions represent the unfortunate regression of presidential campaigns to less of a true debate on the issues and more

One could imagine the possibility that many of the protesters present yesterday were simply trying to bait the Trump supporters into taking part in many of the violent actions that Trump supporters have been accused of in recent months. This goal, on the surface, may seem more purposeful than simply trying to insult people. However, if this was indeed the goal, it only shows how far the political arena has strayed from the issues.

Love and Honor: Not just a saying LIFE

EMMA KINGHORN

THE MIAMI STUDENT

We are reminded and urged a hundred times a day to give our “Love and Honor to Miami.” It’s on our shirts, it’s in our classrooms, on our website, in our student center. The motto has been driven into our heads from the day we sat down on our first campus visit, and will be until years after we graduate.

Love and Honor.

Love and Honor to who? Our professors? Our roommates? The squirrels?

Love and Honor to what? The football team? Our dorms? The seal?

Love and Honor why?

Love and Honor how?

What is Love and Honor? Is it a motto? A fundraising campaign?

Or is it something more?

Love and Honor was one of the most compelling draws of Miami when I was making my college decision. That ideal, the standard to which, ideally, everyone here would hold themselves. It’s an understanding between all Miamians.

This idea, this commitment to excellence or moral decency, may

be idealistic or unrealistic, but how can it truly be when we have yet to even define or decide what Love and Honor really means?

We can sit and talk about integrity, respect or even decency until we are blue in the face, but none of it really matters unless we care. Spewing flowery, optimistic phrases about the niceties and loyalty one feels towards Miamians or a campus in the middle of Oxford, Ohio is great, but shouldn’t it to be more than a motto?

In order for Love and Honor to matter, we have to care, we each have to decide for ourselves what that really means to us and in our lives. It’s not a phrase that has to exist only on this campus, or when you’re in the presence of fellow Redhawks. It can be a way of life.

A sense of who you are. And, hopefully, it’s something that Miami will teach you.

To me, Love and Honor represents this: a higher standard to which I hold myself, a standard of who I want to be to others. The essence of how I approach the world, to Love and to Honor all. The decency, respect and empathy that I hope would be palpable in my interactions with everyone and anyone. For me, it’s the devotion of my education and abilities in

service to others.

Miami gives us this sprawling, expansive liberal arts education, with the idea of making us better thinkers, better problem solvers, better employees. It gives us the tools, it gives us the building blocks, but Love and Honor gives us the why.

Take this education, this knowledge, and do something worthwhile with it, use it. Let the skills define what you do, but let Love and Honor shape the how, the reason. You don’t have to end world hunger, or make great leaps in diplomacy (if you do, then go you), but to make the world a better place to breathe, to live and to love for the people around you, and to do so with honor — that’s the goal.

That might not be what it means to you, but unless you know, I encourage you to find out.

Search your consciousness, and put defining words to an otherwise intangible idea, let it center your education. Let it guide what you choose to do, and how you do it.

Love and Honor, my fellow Miamians. Go do something worthwhile with your lives.

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ANTHONY MASSA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

If you didn’t already know, in less than two weeks we will have a new president. And in less than two weeks, regardless of the results, the American people will have elected the most unpopular candidate for president since opinion polling began. Given that kind of outcome, it is easy to understand why so many people are dreading the entire election process.

Especially as the nearly two-year long election has entered its final weeks, the comments have gotten nastier, the revelations dirtier and the average American more sick of politics than ever before. Both Politico and USA Today have called the second presidential debate the “nastiest debate of all time,” as the candidates fought not over policy issues, but instead over claims of sexual assault, threats of imprisonment and private email servers.

So where is the light at the end of the tunnel? It’s hard to say, but while the candidates are playing deep in the mud, there are many different people working to bring a smile to the faces of Americans who feel drained by the 2016 election cycle.

After long weeks of bitter back

and forth and negative headlines for both of the candidates, and after the past four weeks of debates, NBC’s Saturday Night Live never ceases to bring laughter to its audience while poking fun at the candidates.

Famous for its spot-on portrayals of George W. Bush in the 2000s as well as Sarah Palin in 2008, SNL has come with full force onto the 2016 scene, recruiting cast member Kate McKinnon to portray Hillary Clinton and move star Alec Baldwin to play Trump.

Since the season premiere on Oct. 1, each episode has opened with a parody of that week’s debate. The sketches have garnered the most attention for the show since the fall of 2008, when the show spiked in popularity as a result of Tina Fey’s portrayal of Sarah Palin. Ratings for Oct. 22’s episode featuring Tom Hanks were the best for the show in years.

Yet SNL is not the only entity bringing laughter to a contentious election. Traditional late night talk shows have had a field day in the past two months, offering monologues that have torn into both of the candidates’ vulnerabilities. “The Tonight Show”’s Jimmy Fallon invited both candidates to his show in September, messing up Trump’s hair in one episode and putting on a surgical mask for Hillary Clinton not long after her

recovery from pneumonia in the other.

CBS’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” has also had its own fun with the campaign, especially after the second presidential debate when Colbert filmed a special episode to recap the debate and write a song about Ken Bone, the undecided voter who became an internet sensation as a result of the second debate. Newer programs such as TBS’s “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” have become famous for their on-the-ground interviews with voters in which they ask questions about the election in an attempt to expose voter ignorance.

YouTubers of all kinds have also found their own creative way to mock the campaign with hilarious videos, ranging from bad debate lip readings to songified debates, to the hilarious video that emerged after the second presidential debate portraying Trump and Clinton singing “(I Had) the Time of My Life,” as well as “Baby, Its Cold Outside.”

After an election that has drained the American public like no other in recent history, the comic relief provided by television and YouTube has been more needed than ever before.

In the final days of the election, the candidates are not the ones many Americans are tuning into, rather it’s the comedians that portray them on

Taking advantage of the media presence at a campaign stop to manufacture a negative picture of the other side may be a good example of political gamesmanship (a tactic Trump himself has used throughout his campaign), but it discourages meaningful social discourse altogether.

Again, we stress that such childish behavior has pervaded throughout the course of this election season, surfacing in all facets of it.

Additionally, we recognize the need for protests and open dialogue at different events. This paper has already condemned Trump, and we believe that his actions and those of many of his supporters are open to and deserving of severe scrutiny.

But there is a difference between good dialogue and bad dialogue, and many of the Clinton supporters showed an example of bad dialogue that most of the Trump supporters, in this case, did not. It should be noted that many Clinton supporters and protesters at the event made great efforts to have meaningful

demonstrations and messages, including demands for the support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Other students also stood with their signs in respectful, silent protest.

Additionally, it is ridiculous to assume that every single Trump supporter at the appearance acted with goodwill and manners. We do not want to paint too broad of a brush on the situation. Yet the fact remains that in today’s society, those who speak the loudest are often the only ones that are heard on social media and mass media as a whole.

We would like to remind Clinton supporters of the reasons they support her and oppose Trump. More specifically, of how his behavior and, at times, obscene language has influenced your view of him and the potential prospect of someone with his temperament being elected to the highest office in the nation. If you are truly disgusted with all that he has done and said, make sure that in participation of protesting him, you don’t do and say the same.

How often do you call your mom and dad?

LIFE

HANNAH MEIBERS

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Living on campus has been a phenomenal experience. Of course, phenomenal is a relative term. For me, it’s phenomenal to be surrounded by friends, a beautiful campus and numerous opportunities. However, great things must come to an end. With holidays fast approaching, I will be returning home in a few weeks to be surrounded by my parents, my quirky hometown and my own bathroom. Although I’ve been missing the luxury of privacy, I’ve been missing my parents the most.

How often do you call mom and dad?

Let me rephrase that: How often do you call mom and dad not just to talk to your pet?

Although I love the videos of my cat venturing up and down his cat tree, I love hearing my parents’ voices a little more. As college students, we all love the freedom of living away from home. Unfortunately, it’s easy to forget who gave us the opportunity to do so.

This past Thursday, my parents drove from my hometown of Middletown, Ohio to Oxford to spend an evening with my sister and me. To my surprise, I couldn’t stop my mouth from moving as we sat in Fiesta Charra. I’d texted, emailed and spoken on the phone with my mom and dad numerous times since I’ve been on campus, but finally getting to sit down and talk with them was phenomenal.

Yes, phenomenal is a relative term. They couldn’t close their ears as I told them of my new adventures, discoveries and more.

This evening was such a surprise because I’ve never been a fan of talking too much. I’m an introvert, and I prefer to exhume my thoughts and feelings in a more creative way. However, now that my parents aren’t just down the hall, I find myself grabbing my phone immediately to tell them

Saturday nights.

Is this a problem? Maybe, but in an election like this one, it is more than excusable. After all, Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert are all far more popular than either candidate running for president.

When the dust clears and the mess

about the ‘A’ I earned on my Latin quiz or the crazy news I just heard.

I’ve grown up with my parents always at my beck and call.

I was never denied clean laundry, a hot meal or an abundance of hugs. However, living away from home causes a lot of students to take advantage of their parents’ love. Instead of studying into the wee hours of the morning, some students use this time to drink at Brick Street.

It’s flabbergasting to think of all

Although I love the videos of my cat venturing up and down his cat tree, I love hearing my parents’ voices a little more.

the money, support, time and love that parents put into a single human being. It’s even more flabbergasting to think that that student could be skipping class to sleep in or play video games instead of doing homework.

Of course, our parents are not the only reason we’ve been accepted into Miami University — but our parents are the root of our drive and determination to succeed in life. They’ve bestowed upon us the intelligence that leaves our professors in awe, the smile that makes that cute guy in biology class fall in love and that heart that keeps our friends in it for the long run.

Picking up the phone and calling home is easier said than done, and I know how much our parents appreciate hearing our voices after a long day of work.

Excuse me, but I have a phone call to make.

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of the election is over, many Americans will look back on these comedians and others as the ones that got us through it, and the ones who will get us through the next four years.

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Crawford gets a raise, campus workers do not CAMPUS

JACOB BRYANT

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The other day, glancing at The Miami Student’s front page I saw a picture of our new President, looking professional and warming. As I began to peel back the sentences of the article I found interesting content therein; that our new President would be given a salary that is larger than our last’s, plus benefits, of course. I began to ask the “why?” question.

It seems to me that the university heads believe that President Crawford’s experience, theory and expertise qualifies him for such a wage, and I will be the first to say that I am not the one who can play ultimate judge on how we ought to figure wages; after all, I am a manual laborer and not an economist.

Although, I do wonder if I can make an appeal to the wider audience and argue that President Crawford is not the only one deserving of a little raise.

On our Oxford campus we have a milliard of various tradeswomen and tradesmen that work their piece to keep the place running. Groundsworkers keep our campus beautiful and almost unrivaled in its use of natural aesthetics; building workers keep our building’s floors clean, bathrooms sanitary and trash out, taking the smells with it.

We have workers who run trucks and supplies, and workers who organize meetings and connect departments to individuals on campus. Everything on campus has the stain of the fingerprints of the Miami working people on it. These labors are all observable as we enter the classroom when we see a clean chalkboard or when we are handed a prepared meal at the dining hall.

These workers are working! What an essential tautology!

It goes without saying, I believe, that without these individuals the university would not be so esteemed for its beauty and academics, and the university administrators would not be able to pull in millions to pay their cadre.

Interestingly enough though, these working-people are largely forgotten and, at times, ridiculed for their occupation. These workers endure years and years of rhetoric telling them they are unskilled and therefore undeserving of a higher wage. Funny, these workers are able to operate machinery that I cannot, and I am sure that the university administration cannot either. They are trained on floor care practices, landscaping methods, etc. They seem skilled and were hired to do a job that involves skill and careful training and it is not all brutish at its core.

It seems to me that there is something mystical about Crawford’s deserving salary. Is it experience and hard work? Maybe, though here on campus there are many workers paid less that $25k a year that have sweated these hallways and sidewalks for decades! It couldn’t be the experience or hard work; if that is the price, the Miami workers have paid it fair.

Could it be that Crawford is paid on his ability to make the univer-

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sity money? Maybe, though here on campus the Miami workers sustain and update the university; those working actually change the physique and appearance, as well as the direction of the university. The entire apparatus is manned by these workers. If sacrifice to the university is the price for a better wage, then Miami workers have paid it fairly.

The Miami community labels these workers as damned and deserving of a life of low pay and near poverty. In all reality, the administrators could afford to spend, in their day, their money and time to get a college education and, because of their hard work in academics are rewarded a position on high, of ORGANIZING LABOR, as opposed to doing material work.

The Miami working folks do not have that luxury. Hours of toil make it hard to take a class, especially with

These workers are working!

What an essential tautology!

a child as a single parent or with a mortgage staring you down; no higher wages around, this is the best boat in town! But yes, the organization of labor is necessary, but the profitability of this work is absolutely contingent on having a workforce.

Therefore, the Miami workers are presupposed long before the creation of an administration. The existence of the workers creates the need for organization. The large bulk of the profitability, therefore, must rely solely on the manual laborers and the rest to the administration; besides, university leadership is but a minority of the MU workforce.

So what has held these community members of ours down to such a low standard of living? Workers that have been locally engaged in our university life for years (I even met some who have worked here over 25 years!) and who are the driving force behind every cog in this machine? It looks quite clear; it is classism or class domination of one class by another.

The Miami workers may be present the entire workday, but students, and sometimes faculty, pass them like a shade dancing in fluorescent lightbulb glow. Thus, here is my plea to administration, faculty and students; to consider these valuable employees and to realize, without them, no job could be had for the administration, nor facility, for faculty and students.

The Miami workers are tired and deserve rest in a few extra cents, for they are the masters here.

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KYLE HAYDEN COLUMNIST

The gentle rock muzak was oozing from the speakers in some nice-smelling corporate bookstore.

I’m staring in bewilderment at the “BOOKSHOTS” shelf wondering how we made it to this point. Two people near me were being sucked in, right on cue: “Man, wait, look what’s happening to us, just like it says!” gesturing at the cardboard shelves: “Impossible to put down!”

These little books, authored by James Patterson and his legion of intern-and-probably-computerized minions used to be called “novellas” but apparently masculinity is so fragile even reading has to be “bro-ified.”

The books are advertised as consisting of under 150 words and “impossible to put down.” Hold on: why don’t we just be honest about who is really authoring these books. James Patternson? But really: that talking IMB computer from Jeopardy! Everything is produced on the basis of a perfected formula. Even music is channeled through the logic of the commercial formula. The engineer responsible for Adele’s famous songs utilized formulaic musical compositon, that is, a pre-determined set of melodies and slightly dischordant notes that produce an automatic response; “getting a song stuck in your head.”

It seems everything is done on the basis of the binge today.

“BINGE READING” Binge drinking, binge watching, binge eating, binge sex and now binge reading. Apparently the only appropriate way to market anything today is to openly admit your product is supposed to be addictive. In fact, an addictive response is the most marketable one!

Addiction ensures consistent profits. It creates automatic responses, needs and compulsion.

Now, even the book corporations need to edge in on the addiction-addicted culture and suggest to us that we’re gonna be binging our asses off with these “impossible to put down” novellas.

Whoops, I mean, BOOKSHOTS. First of all: what is a bookshot?

At first it just seems like the marketers might be referencing something like a quick shot fired from a weapon, which would follow the

form of the masculine design and advertising of the product and reflective of the narratives in the books: thrillers, chasers and crime stories — mostly violent crime stories with a strong, leather-wearing white male.

Another possible option is that they are equating the small size of the book to a concentrated alcoholic shot of liquor.

There are some websites now, like Scientific American that show you how long your chosen article is by way of a little scrolling progress bar at the bottom or side of the screen which fills in as you read through, so you can know how close you are to finishing.

Fifteen minutes seems like an eternity today.

Some websites will tell you how long the article will take you to read, along with a word count.

On Slate’s website there is a “minutes to read” feature.

Everything is about efficiency, again, speed and convenience. I turn around and reach for a SparkNotes handbook to George Orwell’s “1984.”

This is tragic.

Reutrn to BOOKSHOTS: what’s the end goal? Just to be entertained?

Are they trying to make a book like an episode of a television true crime show?

When the whole culture is pathological, obsessed, addicted, the best strategy is to simply capitalize on the pathology.

It’s no wonder people brag openly on the Internet about how they are so uncomfortable with their lives and the way our culture affects inner nature that they want to stay in their beds forever. It’s common to hear my fellow students jolt with dark-sarcasm about how they “hate people.” We’ve all heard it.

This bland and passive misanthropy aimed at each other reflects the larger pathological tendencies of the culture, we just lack the ability to martial a proper emotional response to the urgency of our problems, so our only real response is a half-assed comedic platitude about hated directed at all others.

This derisive social attitude (its origins lying somewhere in the mix of our speedy and pathological culture), expressed often casually, gets twisted and transmuted across cultures, where this attitude as a reaction to the social pressures and strictures of modern society, have created an

entire class of hermits and reclusive young people in Japan (and other places).

In Japan, there are hikikomori, which literally means “pulling inward; being confined.”

This is a trend, rather, an epidemic among young people in Japan who have chosen to be perpetually locked in their rooms for “more than six months at a time,” as defined by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

Some of the earliest “first generation” hikikomori have been locked in their rooms for more than twenty years.

It is estimated by psychologist Tamaki Saitō that there may be one million hikikomori today in Japan, with an average age of 31.

This trend of isolation is not limited just to Japan, the practice has spread even to areas in Morroco, Spain, Italy, South Korea and the United States.

What is it in the contemporary society that is producing this reaction?

Certainly, BOOKSHOTS are not to blame, but are rather a microsymptom of a larger issue teeming beneath the aforementioned shallow misanthropy.

What kind of society is it that produces a product that casually aims to capitalize on an addictive pathology or openly tries to create one, however seemingly benign?

What is it causing so many young people in such high numbers to withdraw from society? It’s almost become a mainstream fact that we’re running out of answers. That things seem bleak and hopeless and all the goings on are inevitable is a casual belief that can be understood with little background information today.

So too then are the medicalized hazes young people are subjected to, often for life for what I would consider an appropriate reaction to our pathological culture.

Increasingly, what used to be considered normal behavior for teenagers is now instituionalized and medicalized. Everything shoved through the lens of psychology. Do you refuse to be terrorized into being a consumer in a meaningful way? You now have a mental disorder.

Hey, they aren’t promising just anything, they are threatening: you can’t put it down, you can’t stop.

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Football gets second win FOOTBALL

COBURN GILLIES

ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Redshirt sophomore quarterback Gus Ragland put together a career performance Saturday, leading the Miami University football team over in-state rival Bowling Green State University to a 4026 victory on the road.

Ragland attacked the Falcons on the air and ground, adding 32 rushing yards on 15 attempts to his 215 yards and three touchdowns on 22-of-35 passing.

This victory moves the ‘Hawks to 2-6 on the season and a 2-2 in the Mid-American Conference East division, good enough for a sole possession of third place.

BGSU saw its record slip to 1-7 overall and a winless 0-4 record in conference play.

It’s been two wins in as many weeks for Miami, a feat it has not achieved since 2012 when the RedHawks downed UMass and Akron in consecutive games.

“Kind of what we thought. We thought we’d have a chance. I said all week we gotta score 30 points and we’ll win the game. 30 points would’ve won it: 30-26,” said Chuck Martin, head coach. “We’re starting to do things that good football teams do. We know we’re a ways away but we’re definitely heading in that direction.”

A huge factor in the weekend’s victory was the offensive explosion that saw Miami score 40 points for the first time since 2014. The onslaught meant that the RedHawks have scored 20 points or more in half of their games to this point.

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HUGH WEBSTER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

BRIANNA NIXON THE MIAMI STUDENT

Junior defenseman Scott Dornbrock tries to make a move past Maine defender Patrick Holway. Dornbrock scored Miami’s fourth goal Saturday night, his second score and third point of the season. quickly, as a series of poor defensive clearing efforts by Miami led to a deflected shot beating Larkin to put Maine up 2-1 at 6:52 of the second.

Senior forward and Chicago Blackhawks prospect Anthony Louis caused havoc for the Black Bears’ defense all night, and a feed from sophomore forward Josh Melnick was all Louis needed to tie the game

2-2 with a slapshot from the slot at 13:02 of the second stanza.

The RedHawks outshot UM 17-4 in the second, but were unable to break the 2-2 standoff.

In the third, Miami’s dominance of possession and shots continued, but so did its inability to capitalize.

With eight minutes of regulation remaining, Miami had outshot Maine

34-18, while the score remained knotted at 2-2.

In keeping with the rest of the tilt, Maine took advantage of its limited opportunities, as junior forward Cedric Lacroix’s top-shelf rip beat Larkin to put Maine up 3-2 with 6:26 remaining.

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Volleyball one win shy of school record FOOTBALL

KYLE STEINER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

After victories over the University of Toledo and Ball State University this weekend, the Miami University volleyball team is now just one win away from tying the school record held by the 1980 RedHawks.

Miami sits at 18-4 overall with a perfect 10-0 Mid-American Conference record.

The weekend action began Friday night at Millet Hall against the Rockets. In the first set, with a slim 9-8 lead, the ’Hawks got things rolling, going on a 6-1 run behind two kills from senior outside hitter Maris Below and a service ace by sophomore setter Mackenzie Zielenski. From there, MU never looked back on its way to a 25-16 victory.

Toledo built an 11-8 advantage in the second set, but the RedHawks countered with an 8-0 run, swinging momentum back in their favor.

Leading 20-17, a block and a kill by junior outside hitter Olivia Rusek secured the 25-18 win.

The RedHawks and Rockets went

back and forth early in the third set.

With the score tied at 7-7, Miami pulled away on a 10-2 run behind a Rusek kill and a block by junior middle hitter Meredith Stutz, forcing Toledo to burn a timeout. After the break, the Rockets cut the MU lead to 20-15, but a block and a kill by junior right side hitter Courtney Bemis halted Toledo’s momentum as Miami claimed the final set 25-17.

With the loss, the Rockets fall to 12-9 overall and 5-4 in the MAC. Miami put forth one of its best defensive efforts on the season, holding the Rockets to a .070 attacking percentage, forcing them into 17 attack errors.

“I was real pleased with our defense, I thought our block did a great job getting over and being as big as they could,” head coach Carolyn Condit said.“I think our serving really put us in an advantage tonight in limiting what Toledo could do.

That gave our blockers the ability to double team a little more.”

Rusek and Below both had eight kills for Miami, while junior right side hitter Katie Tomasic finished with six on the night. Zielinski fed

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the MU attack with 19 assists, while junior libero Maeve McDonald held down the back row with 14 digs.

The ’Hawks returned to action on Saturday night against the Cardinals, storming out of the gate to an 9-1 lead in the first set. A block by sophomore outside hitter Stela Kukoc and a kill by Stutz helped push the lead to 18-11, forcing a Ball State timeout. Miami never looked back, as Rusek put down a kill to clinch the 25-17 win.

Miami started hot once again in the second set, jumping out to a 11-3 lead. A Ball State run tightened the game to 19-13 in favor of the ’Hawks, but a kill from Hill and consecutive service aces by senior setter Krista Brakauskus gave Miami the 25-16 victory.

The third and final set was tightly contested from start to finish. With Ball State leading 18-17, a Kukoc block and kill, along with a Stuz kill, gave Miami a 21-19 advantage. BSU rallied to tie the game at 24 apiece, but a clutch kill by Hill along with a Cardinal attack error gave Miami the set and the match at 26-24.

Ball State now stands at 9-15 overall with a 5-5 MAC record.

The RedHawks out blocked the Cardinals by a 10-2 margin. They also hit .317 on the match, compared to a .111 percentage for Ball State.

Tomasic led all MU players with 11 kills, finishing with an impressive .474 attacking percentage. Below finished with nine kills, while Rusek had eight for the game. Hill (5 blocks), Zielenski (22 assists), and McDonald (16 digs) led the ’Hawks in their respective categories.

“I think that is has been really helpful that our team has so much depth. Every single person on the roster brings so much to the court,” Tomasic said.

Miami now looks to tie the school win streak record at home 7 p.m.

Thursday against Bowling Green State University.

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Despite outshooting the University of Maine 32-9 over the final two periods and overtime, the Miami University hockey team was forced to rally at home to tie the Black Bears 3-3 Friday night. Less than 24 hours later, the MU offense exploded while its defense and freshman goaltender Ryan Larkin stood tall, leading to a dominant 5-0 victory.

With the tie and win, Miami (21-2) extends its unbeaten streak to four games.

Maine (3-2-1) travelled to Oxford after defeating No. 4 and last year’s NCAA runner-up Quinnipiac 4-3 the previous weekend.

Friday night, the RedHawks got off to a good start, creating offensive chances and forcing three Maine penalties in the first ten minutes.

The youth of the Red and White showed, however, as a turnover in front of the Miami net gave Maine’s freshman forward Peter Housakos an easy goal with 5:36 remaining in the first period.

After the first period and early second passed with several chances for both sides, sophomore forward Kiefer Sherwood fed wide-open sophomore defenseman Grant Hutton at the backdoor, and Hutton tapped the puck past Maine’s sophomore goaltender Rob McGovern to tie the game 1-1 at 5:29 of the second period.

This even-strength goal was the first of the season for Miami, as all previous tallies had come on the powerplay.

The Black Bears responded

Protest makes Kaepernick relevant despite play

Colin Kaepernick has made national headlines since the beginning of the National Football League preseason, but not because of his play as quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers. Kaepernick has knelt during the national anthem played before each game, and this action has caused commotion and discussion around the league and country, putting him in the national spotlight.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said.

Other players have seen Kaepernick’s protest and joined the movement by both kneeling and raising their fists during the anthem.

In recent weeks, Kaepernick has been joined in kneeling by teammates Eli Harold and Eric Reed.

During the 49ers’ week 6 game against the Buffalo Bills, the national anthem was followed by chants of “USA”, as well as booing from the crowd at New Era Field.

Part of this could be attributed to the fact that prior to this game, 49er head coach Chip Kelly announced that Kaepernick would make his first start of the season over previous starter Blaine Gabbert, who had led the 49ers to a 1-4 start.

The USA chant by the Buffalo crowd was the first time a crowd clearly reacted towards Kaepernick during a game, as most criticism has been via social media.

Outside of the stadium before the game, t-shirts reading “Wanted: Notorious Disgrace to America” and “Shut Up and Stand Up!” were for sale. There were also fans tackling a dummy with a Kaepernick jersey on. Fans will always find a reason to try and get in players’ heads, but Kaepernick has been calm and mature about handling hecklers.

He is also not the first athlete to not stand during the national anthem in protest. In 1996, Denver Nuggets player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was suspended onegame from the NBA for not standing during the national anthem.

If these racial issues around the country continue, there will be more protests like Abdul-Rauf’s and Kaepernick’s and this will deepen a major divide in the sports world and country.

Many NBA players, including Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, LeBron James, and Carmelo Anthony, as well as many WNBA players, have also spoken out after recent civil rights issues around the United States. While they have made statements about these issues, Kaepernick has received the most publicity because of his outspoken statements and protest.

There have also been numerous high school players across the country who have taken a knee during the national anthem and other NFL players that have linked arms during the anthem, showing their support for Kaepernick. A lot of support has been expressed towards Kaepernick, including his jersey skyrocketing to the most popular of all NFL jerseys despite being a backup for the first five weeks of the season. On the other hand, many Americans are very against his protest, calling it unpatriotic and disrespectful.

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