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Community protests guest speaker George Will’s controversial sexual assault comments have students, staff calling on administration to cancel EVENT JAMES STEINBAUER UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Miami University’s Farmer School of Business will welcome Washington Post columnist George Will to speak at its annual Anderson Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 ,despite controversy concerning his June 6 column on campus rape.

Will’s piece, “Colleges become the victims of progressivism,” sparked debate after he disputed a 2012 report issued by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control that found that 1 in 5 women on U.S. college campuses experience sexual assault.

“Colleges and universities … are learning that when they say campus victimizations are ubiquitous (‘micro-aggressions,’ often not discernible to the untutored eye, are everywhere), and that when they make victimhood a coveted statues that confers privileges, victims proliferate,” Will wrote.

Many Miami students are in uproar over Will’s invitation to speak in the Anderson Lecture Series despite his controversial column.

“It is only midway through the first semester at Miami University and there have already been a handful of sexual assaults reported. This is, of course, not even a fraction of the number of unreported cases our campus has seen,” co-president of

… when they make victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges, victims proliferate” —GEORGE WILL

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Feminists Working on Real Democracy (F-Word) Rebecca Clark said.

“And let us not forget the ‘The Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape’ flier that was passed around two years ago that was barely acknowledged by the administration.”

In September 2013, Miami administration updated its policy

regarding sexual assault in response to the crimes’ prevalence, as well as the 2012 flier found in the men’s restroom of McBride Hall, offering tips on how to rape women. Miami University President David Hodge released a statement asserting how the university has an “obligation to foster and maintain an environment

that is free of harassment, discrimination and sexual violence.”

“Where are these words now that Mr. Will is still scheduled to speak on campus, and being paid $48,000 — more than many people make in a year — to do so?” Clark said. “We feel that bringing Mr. Will in to speak is just another way

the university continues to ignore how rape culture is present on not only this campus, but other college campuses nationwide.”

Earlier this month, Scripps College of Claremont, CA disinvited Will to speak at its annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program on Oct. 7, an action that students believe Miami’s administration should also take.

Miami students, staff and faculty have signed an open letter to Hodge regarding Will’s visit to Miami, stating that hosting Will sends the wrong message to both current and future students about the tolerance or rape culture at Miami. At press time, the petition had garnered over 25 pages of signiatures.

“Paying George Will to speak at Miami after the column he wrote sends a negative message to survivors of rape and sexual assault on campus,” Miami Women’s Center assistant Rhonda Jackson said. “He doubts the legitimate struggle of rape and sexual assault — this is extremely harmful to survivors.”

The Miami Women’s Center is helping students prepare for a peaceful protest against Will’s visit to Miami by offering poster-making materials in an effort to give students a means of expressing themselves.

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Tree planted in memory of deceased student MEMORIAL LIBBY MUELLER

SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Miami University planted an oak tree in front of Kreger Hall Monday, Oct. 20 at 1:15 p.m., in memory of Andrew Dalton Salsman, an MU sophomore who committed suicide last December. A plaque will be placed at the spot later in the year.

Salsman’s family and friends, the Dean of Students and members of the Physics department will attend the dedication. Salsman was a Physics Department Research Assistant and R.L. Edwards Physics Scholarship recipient.

Salsman’s mother, Lynn Anderson, said Salsman was extremely intelligent. He had a double major in Physics and Math and a curious mind.

“He was very bright,” Anderson said. “He would do things just for fun like memorize the periodic table of the elements. He would take a Rubix Cube and solve it in 30 seconds.”

Salsman was also well-rounded.

He had an interest in and a talent for many different things.

“He tended to be involved in sports that were more individual, like Tae Kwon Doe. He was a brown belt,” Anderson said. “The other thing was, he loved to cook. He was an excellent chef. He loved to experiment in the kitchen and he even taught me a few things.”

TODAY IN MIAMI HISTORY

But Salsman suffered from debilitating anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that prevented him from enjoying the things he loved most.

“His was not the typical OCD,” Anderson said. “His was more in his head, ideas that would loop that he couldn’t get away from.”

who don’t do that and Andrew was one of those. I think hotlines and active help do assist a number of students, but others it’s not reaching at all, so we need something different.”

According to Anderson, her organization 2 Live On is committed to discovering a way of reaching that 30 percent. One of the ways she has

There’s still such a huge stigma against mental illness ... if we can reduce the stigma we can really help people.”

LYNN ANDERSON

MOTHER OF DECEASED

Anderson said it became clear after Salsman’s death, from looking back through texts and notes, that he had been planning his suicide for months and using his intellect to conceal his plans.

After her son’s death, Anderson started a nonprofit suicide prevention organization called 2 Live On, dedicated to those like Salsman who do not want to be stopped from committing suicide.

“The Center for Disease Control (CDC) did a study and found that 70 percent of those who attempt to commit suicide tell someone first and that’s a good sign,” Anderson said.

“They’re the type who might call a hotline or talk to friends and give overt clues, but that leaves 30 percent

identified is fighting for insurance coverage of prescription drugs that help those suffering from mental health conditions. Another way is reducing the stigma on mental health issues because the majority of the people who commit suicide have had a mental health diagnosis.

“There’s still such a huge stigma against mental illness,” Anderson said. “People don’t want to be looked at differently or made fun of.

I think more people are talking about it, but if we can reduce the stigma we can really help people.”

Senior Julie Mullen said even though she never had suicidal thoughts, she did wrestle with anxiety. She believes it is important to talk about mental health issues and

fight the stigma as a community.

“When you struggle with a mental health issue, it feels shameful,” Mullen said. “We should work to reduce the taboo so it feels less heavy to people who are struggling with it.”

Simply talking about mental health issues can bring relief and hope, she said.

“To people who are struggling with menANDREW SALSMAN tal health issues, one of the key things is to suicide and immediately address bring it to the light and tell people them. you’re struggling with it,” Mullen “Some of the warning signs are said. “You’d be surprised how many somebody who mentions that they’re people can relate. And to people who thinking about killing or hurting have seen victory, it’s important to themselves or someone who talks tell that story, to show there’s hope.” or writes about death, dying or suiMullen said she has triumphed cide,” Alishio said. “Other signs are over the anxiety that used to be an expressed sense of hopelessness, crippling. She said seeing coun- uncontrollable anger or increased selors, talking about the struggle alcohol or drug use. If anybody and analyzing herself and the con- suspects a friend or acquaintance or tributors to the anxiety all helped family member may be struggling ease the burden. with thoughts, the thing to do is to Director of the Student Counsel- ask directly and nonjudgmentally ing Service (SCS) Kip Alishio said and not be afraid to do so. It can be talking with friends or family can a relief because talking about it helps also help people who are having sui- to make a connection and instill a cidal thoughts. According to Alishio, sense of hope.” it is important to recognize the signs of someone who is thinking about MEMORIAL »PAGE 9

In 2005, The Miami Student reported Miami University graduate students set a world record for the longest line of aluminum cans with the help of local volunteers and Clermont County school children. The result was a 30,000-can, 1.2 mile stretch, all in the name of recycling.

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Condoms come to campus HEALTH

said. “I was a little frustrated with this, so I emailed the head of the program and made him aware of my stance, that they should also be available in the women’s restrooms, because we, too, should be in control of our sex lives.”

Originally, Deal’s idea was to place condoms in the men’s bathrooms only, due to monetary constraints. However, after discussions with students and the success of the condoms in the men’s bathrooms, Beechwoods’ CLT will be providing extra funding to place condoms in women’s bathrooms beginning Nov. 1.

“I was very excited to hear this, and I think that the program now not only promotes safe sex, but also encourages the women in the dorm to take charge and realize that they don’t have to rely on a man for something even as simple as a condom,” Wilcoxson said.

As the school year goes on, the practice of safe sex and condom use will always be recommended for young adults. Deal said Beechwoods Hall has taken an important step in ensuring its residents have the option to avoid STDs and pregnancies, along with spreading the awareness of safe sex on campus.

“The overarching goal of this project was to increase awareness for safe sex and was part of an initiative to advocate for a healthier, safer physical environment in the residence hall,” Deal said. “I believe this goal was accomplished.”

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FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

To promote safe sex, Miami University’s Beechwoods Hall is placing condoms throughout the men’s and women’s bathrooms, thanks to the work of the Community Leadership Team (CLT).

Michael Deal, the Advocacy Committee Chair for CLT in Beechwoods Hall, came up with the idea to go along with the “Sex in the Beech” program that was held on campus a few weeks ago.

“After receiving permission from the Resident Director — who also serves as Beechwoods’ CLT director — I was provided funds to purchase condoms for the bathrooms,” Deal said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted diseases (SDTs) are diagnosed each year among people aged 15 to 24 years old. Since many of these people are college students, the Beechwoods’ CLT felt it was necessary to support and provide the funding for free condoms in their residence hall bathrooms.

Beechwoods Hall resident and sophomore Laurel Wilcoxson was involved with the placement of condoms in the bathrooms.

“When the program first started, we were sent an email notifying us that they would be available in the men’s restrooms only,” Wilcoxson

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STARTUP STARS Miami University students get goofy at the Startup Weekend event, Oct. 17–19.

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MUndead makes students feel alive CLUB ALEXANDRIA MOORE FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

An epidemic is sweeping Miami’s campus, with a dozen cases already confirmed and over 100 victims expected by the end of the week. For this, the student body can blame MUndead — known often as Humans vs. Zombies club — who have taken over campus for the week of Oct. 20 and turned it into a plot-driven, apocalypse-inspired, marshmallow-fueled game of tag.

The objective is simple: survive.

Over the course of the week, participants are expected to attend at least four high-stakes encounters in the last hour of each night, as their zombie counterparts (fellow players who have been tagged) attempt to convert them. Humans must evade, out-maneuver and out-run the growing legions of the undead as their own numbers dwindle.

Senior Erich Goebel, the president of HvZ, has seen the evolution of the game during his time at Miami.

“The first game was basic,” Goebel said. “There was no real plot, a lot of the missions were made up the night-of. Things like ‘I dropped my glasses, escort me around,’ etcetera.

Now we have plots, with stories and characters.”

Now, for each game, there is a theme as well. In recent years, HvZ has taken on Egyptian, extraterrestrial and medieval zombies, and this semester’s game is a modern “Walking Dead” inspired plot.

The humans and zombies, too, have developed strategies and methods for surviving and capturing, which they pass down to successive generations of game players. Sophomore Steven Lemp, who is entering his third semester of gameplay, said the best way to stay alive is by riding bikes between classes and storing

marshmallows (which stun zombies for ten minutes) somewhere easily accessible.

“You can ride your bike between classes safely because it’s a vehicle, but the fun of it is the constant alertness and terror from knowing you could be attacked between classes,” Lemp said.

The game has also evolved in terms of safety — vehicles were allowed in gameplay the first year, but have subsequently been banned.

This is little consolation for the university, for whom HvZ is the second most expensive club on campus, ringing in at around $4,000 per year, according to Goebel. This is because each student must be provided health insurance directly through the club, so that MUndead cannot be sued.

only a handful of survivors some semesters, and for others, none. The prize is bragging rights, and as Goebel has experienced, that is more than enough, considering what the humans experience in the course of a week.

“During one finale, there were three humans running across Cook Field with 70 zombies chasing us,” he said. “It really did feel like an apocalypse. It’s very rare for humans to win, it’s prestigious, no one minds if you brag, because it’s so tough.”

For the future of the club, a 5k zombie event is under discussion, which Goebel hopes will attract more unique participants than ever, not to mention those who don’t have time for a weeklong commitment.

Goebel said the primary goal of HvZ is to appeal to as many differ-

It’s not just about zombies ... When you’re surviving with the apocalypse, you bond fast.”

ERICH GOEBEL

MU SENIOR AND PRESIDENT OF HVZ

“No one’s ever made a claim, but we’re always going to need to have it,” Goebel said. “Since we’re growing every year, it probably isn’t long until we’ll be the most expensive.”

Although no serious injuries have been incurred during the game in its five years, players do find that the campus has a lawless feel between noon on Monday and the last hour of Saturday.

“It’s kinda weird,” Lemp said.

“At first I couldn’t tell if everything we were doing was legal, because running around on campus at midnight chasing screaming people certainly doesn’t seem illegal. The cops definitely stopped us more than once to ask what we were doing.”

Winning is no small task, with

ent types of Miamians as possible.

Although it is naturally tailored for those with roleplaying and videogame experience, Goebel has noticed there are more students from every facet of campus life who join each semester.

That level of involvement is unique among campus organizations, though Goebel believes the greatest success of HvZ is the way humans and zombies alike grow close over the course of the week, as they band together and face their doom, and then get revenge.

“It’s not just about zombies, it’s not just about throwing marshmallows at people,” Goebel said.

“When you’re surviving with the apocalypse, you bond fast.”

Smells phishy: Email scam replicates MU homepage TECH ALEXIS DEBRUNNER SENIOR STAFF WRITER

The email definitely struck me as weird ... but I saw ‘Miami’ in the title, so I opened it.”

ABBY CRAMER

MIAMI UNIVERSITY SENIOR

Cramer said. “I didn’t open any of them. I immediately deleted them from both my inbox, and then my trash. Then as soon as I got home later that evening, I changed my email password and haven’t had any problems since.”

While changing her password may have solved Cramer’s problem, Senior Communication and Web Coordinator of IT services Randy Hollowell said students should be aware that any email requesting that

the warning comes from your Miami or Niihka pages.”

While IT services issued a warning message on the Miami homepage last week about the phishing emails, Hollowell said that besides knowing how the school communicates security updates, IT services provides a go-to page for students to look for current phishing scams and common ways to spot them.

“On the phishing page on our site we try to keep it updated with

the latest ones going around, and we try to explain what’s the giveaway and how you can tell it’s a phishing message, even if it looks legitimate,” Hollowell said. “For example, last year there was a message going around that looked like it was from Verizon Wireless, like an online bill, but then there was six or seven people in the ‘addressed to’ box which gave away it wasn’t real.”

Another common giveaway can be errors in spelling or grammar, as well as checking out where a link routes to before clicking on it, Hollowell said. He suggested if a student has any reservation about a link, to place their cursor over it and look at the bottom of their screen to see where the link goes. If it doesn’t go where it says it does, it’s not a legitimate link.

Hollowell encouraged any student who is suspicious about any message or other contact to reach out to the support desk to ask about it, and then delete it immediately.

That is the best way to handle it, he said.

For more information on current phishing viruses, check out miamioh.edu/phishing.

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students verify their student email accounts or passwords is not sent by the school.

“People don’t realize that’s not how we do business and they will click it,” Hollowell said. “But Miami never asks students to confirm their email or their account outside of the 180 day password change.

Even then we don’t send an email,

news@miamistudent.net

A new virus is plugging into the one interface students can’t ignore, leading students to wonder if their emails are safe anymore.

Disguising itself as a Miami University email, this virus click baits students by requesting them to update their passwords — a seemingly ordinary request from MU. By linking students to a replica of the Miami University webpage, it seems simple to fall into the trap of entering your password into the site.

Miami senior Abby Cramer found she was one of the students fooled by this email a couple of weeks ago.

“The email definitely struck me as weird. I didn’t recognize the address it came from, but I saw ‘Miami’ in the title, so I opened it,” Cramer said. “It still sounded sketchy so I decided to wait until I had my laptop. When I later opened it, I clicked on the link on the page and it looked exactly like Miami’s page, so I simply followed the instructions and nothing happened for a few days.”

After a few days though,

Cramer noticed dozens of strange emails had begun to flood her inbox.

Cramer said when checking out her quickly-filling inbox, she found emails all with the subject “Failed Recipient” and knew she had been hacked. “‘Failed Recipient’ emails kept pouring in for the next 20 or so minutes, finally capping at 101,”

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Chick-fil-A to open next month Oxford community welcomes Chick-fil-A, due to open in Stewart Square by November BUSINESS

POLICE BEAT An “alleged” date night at UDF

SAMMIE MILLER

COMMUNITY EDITOR

The rumors are true. Chick-filA is coming to Oxford and will be open for business in November.

According to the city’s Economic Development Director Alan Kyger, full plans have been submitted for the new interior for its 313 S. College St. location.

“It seems to be full steam ahead for the new Chick-fil-A,” Kyger said. “As far as I have heard, the store should be open and operating by November.”

The new Chick-fil-A will be in place where Magnolia Clothing Store used to be in Stewart Square.

Darrell Nelson, who currently runs the Bridgewater Chick-fil-A located in Hamilton, said the new location in Oxford is an extension of the Hamilton location. The Oxford location is currently looking for a full staff of employees.

Any students or Oxford residents can apply for a position at the new store through Chick-fil-A’s main website.

EAT MORE CHICKEN Signs outside of the former Magnolia Clothing Store in Stewart Square advertise the new location for a Chick-fil-A Express coming to Oxford in November.

Many students living in the area are extremely excited about the news of a new Chick-fil-A in

an Oxford location.

“I’ll probably be there everyday,” junior Alexa Berry said. “I

used to drive all the way to Hamilton just to get Chick-fil-A so this is a huge improvement.”

New Lane Library looks to community for funding CONSTRUCTION SAMMIE MILLER

COMMUNITY EDITOR

About 50 interested Oxford Lane Library patrons attended a presentation announcing plans for the new library on April 10. After five months of finalizing those plans, ground broke in September on the old Walmart site. The new and improved public library was finally underway.

In addition to new student housing being built at the Locust Street location, the new library is also under construction and along with the apartment complexes, is set to be complete by August 2015.

According to Oxford Lane Library Campaign Chair Laura Cohen, the new library will be approximately twice the size of the present library. Unlike the previous library,

located on South College street, there will also be more accessible parking for guests. The new library will feature a striking new exterior, an expanded Smith Library for Regional History, a dedicated teen area, a drive through book deposit and pick up window and a brand new reading garden.

“One area that will be particularly attractive to families with young children will be the highly interactive children’s section,” Cohen said.

According to the written plans for the new library, there will be three distinct learning sites, which will allow children to appreciate the unique qualities of the Oxford area.

One learning section will focus on Oxford’s Uptown, a second will feature the university and a third will present the farm and country area of our community.

“The plans include interactive activity panels that will make coming to the library a fun and entertaining learning experience,” Cohen said.

The Board of the Friends of Oxford Lane Library has to date contributed $20,000 to a special fund that will support the new library.

The board has also come up with several fundraising ideas in order to raise even more money in the future. Bob Johnson, a former Miami faculty member and president of the board, has helped oversee these fundraising efforts.

“The board has undertaken a fund raising campaign for the new library,” Johnson said. “We have asked individuals to purchase a brick to cover amenities not included in the construction budget.”

The board decided a way individuals and businesses can

contribute to this fund is by purchasing an engraved brick to be placed in the new reading garden. There will be approximately 500 bricks in the garden area. Each brick can be purchased for $100 and engraved with three lines of text identifying you or your business as a supporter of the new library. There will also be several planters in the garden that can be similarly personalized for a contribution of $500.

According to Cohen, the goal for the new branch of Lane Library is to provide a major resource for the greater Oxford community.

“I think the new location is excellent for students and community members,” senior Cassie Priebe said.

“I used to live over by where the new branch is being built and it will be a great resource for future students in that area.”

A hard day’s night: Students prefer day drinking ALCOHOL SARAH KNEPP

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

With the accessibility of Oxford’s wide array of bars, Miami students have become accustomed to drinking during the day.

Bar attendance during the day is extremely high amongst a diverse group of Miami students, and many even prefer to go to bars during the day over going to them at the more traditional night time period.

One of the reasons students prefer to go out during the day is because some bars offer deals during the day that are not honored at night.

“It’s cheaper to go out during the day,” sophomore Bekah Yurk said. “There are better drink specials.”

These drink specials are in reference to Beat the Clock and Broken Clock. Beat the Clock, a staple at Brick Street Bar & Grille, offers pitchers of beer for the same price as the hour on the clock.

Broken Clock, at The Woods located across the street from Brick Street, is a competing Friday and Saturday afternoon phenomenon that offers much larger portions of its signature drink, a Redskin, for $7, the same price as the smaller portion sold at the bar at night.

Pachinko’s, another popular daytime bar, is a third location for students to go to on afternoons, providing free hot dogs for hungry customers.

Day drinking at the bars also draws a large crowd of students because of the relaxed atmosphere associated with it.

“It’s more casual, and because it’s more casual, people are more friendly,” sophomore Libby Edgar said.

This relaxed atmosphere also brings about ease for students that they might not experience at the bars during the later hours.

“It’s a more cognitive atmosphere,” sophomore Isabelle Schenkel said. “It’s easier to talk to friends and hang out than trying to track them down

in the dark and yelling over the crowd of people when you go out at night.”

On the weekends, day drinking at the bars Uptown seems to be a more popular activity than going to the bars at night. Weeknights, however, are different.

With every night of the week having a theme and therefore a reason to go out, many students go to the bars. Brick Street, in particular, has a theme for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night, and all of the bars typically have something on Thursday nights that draw crowds of students.

Students can always find something that they enjoy. Both day drinking and going out at night are largely popular at Miami, and the number of students going to the bars is consistent at either time of day on the weekends, but the demographic of students seems to be different at different times of day, according to senior and Pachinko’s bartender Katie Taylor.

“There are a lot more underage students out partying at night and

going to the bars that come from house parties, because that’s the easiest way for them to get alcohol,” Taylor said. “As a result, on a busy weekend night, I’m not always making as many sales as you would think, because the unders aren’t actually purchasing at the bar.”

Day drinking at the bars seems to be most popular among students that are of the legal drinking age, Taylor said.

“More 21 and up students are day drinking and coming to the bars during the day and choosing not to go out at night,” she said.

Day drinking traditions like Beat the Clock and Broken Clock draw attention from even the students under the age of 21 because of the low drink prices and casual atmosphere, a combination that makes day drinking at bars seem to be preferred by most students over drinking at the bars during at night.

“There’s just less pressure with day drinking,” Schenkel said.

“It’s more relaxing, which makes it more fun.”

CINCINNATI

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Local residents under Ebola watch

Indiana man in custody after seven women’s bodies are found

At least 21 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing

Darren Deon Vann is being held for what officials believe to be a two-year killing spree.

–CNN

The bomber targeted a Shia mosque in the city’s northeast al Harithyia neighborhood.

–ABC News

IN THE NEWS OXFORD Manufacturing union workers ratify new contract The Schneider Electric employees returned to work on Monday after a two-week long strike.

–Oxford Press

In Hamilton, several residents were reportedly in contact with the nurse who contracted the disease.

–The Enquirer

At 12:46 a.m. Friday, an officer on patrol on South Beech street observed a male and female standing on the sidewalk with a bottle of wine next to them. The male student then walked into the UDF, leaving the female looking confused. The officer exited his vehicle as the female followed the male into the UDF, leaving the bottle of wine alone on the sidewalk. The officer waited some time for the two to exit, but they did not. The officer took the wine bottle off the sidewalk and into the UDF to ascertain if the wine was sold there and found that it was. The officer found the male whose bottle it was and asked for his ID, which the officer immediately recognized as fake. The male then tried to blame his female companion for the purchase, at which point the officer transported the male to the OPD station. The male repeatedly used the word “allegedly,” stating that he “allegedly” was from Cleveland, that he “allegedly” was a freshman and was “allegedly” 18. He was cited with Certain Acts Prohibited and Offenses Involving Underage Persons and taken to his “alleged” residence hall.

Miami professor cited for offensive behavior At 12:43 a.m. on Sunday, an officer arrived on the scene of a car crash. He was the second officer to respond, and as he was exiting his vehicle, a female driver yelled, “I see you messing with black people!

All OPD is good for is harassing young black men!” at him. He told the female to move along, and she responded with an expletive directed at the officer, then accelerated rapidly, causing her tires to squeal loudly. The officer re-entered his vehicle and chased the female until she stopped in the driveway of her home. The officer exited his vehicle and walked toward the female, who was still in the driver’s seat.

He asked for her license and insurance, to which she responded with another expletive and stated that she had done nothing wrong and therefore did not need to produce those items. Another officer arrived on the scene and the two of them were able to place the female’s hands in handcuffs after a short struggle, while the female repeatedly called the officers offensive names. She refused to enter the police car and had to be forced into the vehicle.

She was charged with Squealing Tires, Driving under a Suspended License, Failure to Provide Personal Information, Obstructing Official Business and Resisting Arrest and was transferred to Butler County Jail, where it was found that she is a Miami professor.

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CORRECTION

In the Oct. 17 issue of The Miami Student, the story “HAPC upholds historical traditions” should have reported that the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center admitted 540 patients with only 10 percent of the patient population exhibiting Enterovirus D-68 symptoms.

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SOUL MATES Sophomore Greg Jakubisin of a cappella group Soul2Soul stands front and center Saturday in Hall Auditorium.

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Students ‘turn down’ for the music in ASC MUSIC NORA MOLINARO

FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT

It’s 9:39 a.m. on a Monday morning. You just failed your linguistics exam and all you want is to crawl back into your warm bed that you had to rudely depart from two hours ago. It’s already raining and so a detour into Armstrong is necessary. You hide your face and hope you don’t see anyone you know.

All of a sudden, the obscene audio for “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil John jolts you out of your daydream and back to the present. You can’t help but do an eye roll and pick up your pace to get out of the Armstrong Student Center and wonder who in the world is in charge of the music in this establishment.

Students at Miami claim to be annoyed by the music in Armstrong but little do they know the administrators of the building think that they are accommodating students with the music

choices, not distracting them.

Because Miami is ranked 11 on Spotify’s list of top university listeners, the administrators of Armstrong bought the analytics to view what common genres students listen to. After viewing pop music is 53 percent and EDM is 23 percent of the overall genres picked by Miami students on Spotify, the music was set to those two genres at Armstrong.

“The music that is picked to play is what we assume makes the most amount of people happy from looking at the data,” Assistant Director and social media specialist for Armstrong Student Center Adam Leftin said.

In the Shade Family Room, classical music is played at all times, according to Leftin.

“I tend to study in the Shade Room of Armstrong because it’s a prime location to Miami Ice for coffee, but also away from what sounds like Brick Street in the dining area,” first-year Grace Moody said.

A couple of footsteps later

in the dining area, that pop music and EDM are continuously being played.

Senior Hannah Wheeler, and sophomore Sundial Pizza employee Collin Ernst both agree that the music in the dining area seems to be out of place.

I tend to study in the Shade Room of Armstrong because it’s a prime location to Miami Ice for coffee but also away from what sounds like Brick Street in the dining area.”

GRACE MOODY

MIAMI UNIVERSITY SOPHOMORE

“It’s always a little uncomfortable when I hear ‘Turn Down For What’ while serving people bread sticks,” Ernst said.

Up the stairs and into the Mporium Market, the current Top 40 pop songs are played on repeat. The market serves as a convenient store for students to make quick stops with only 10

‘Fury’ brings World War II to life FILM BRITTON PERELMAN STAFF WRITER

We all learned about World War II in high school and, if your school was anything like mine, probably more than once. Our teachers lectured about how awful the war was, especially on the front lines, but we don’t truly understand the realities of how bad it really was. Movies like “Fury” have the ability to take us back in time and show us history in a way the textbooks we read never could.

“Fury” tells the story of April 1945, when the Allies were pushing into the heart of Nazi territory and the Germans were in the midst of all-out war. It focuses on the fiveman crew of a tank called “Fury,” led by Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt). After only eight weeks in the army, Norman Ellison (Logan Lehrman) joins the crew right before they set off to gain control of German towns and invade the enemy lines.

Brad Pitt plays the tough sergeant “Wardaddy” and he plays him well. Don is a no-nonsense leader; he promised his crew that he’d get them home alive and he’s going to do it if it kills him. He understands warfare, both what he needs to do to beat the German tanks and what his men need because of the taxing

situation they’re all in. Pitt commands the screen as his character commands the battlefields. His best moments are when he’s acting without speaking — when he ducks away after his crew returns to the military outpost, when he washes up after they take over a German town, when he’s surveying the situation before yelling orders at his crew.

Logan Lehrman demonstrates the depth of his acting ability as Norman, the fragile clerical assistant suddenly thrown into the middle of a gruesome war. But it was Shia LeBeouf, as Boyd “Bible” Swan, that really surprised me. His performance established him as more than a childhood Disney actor. When I was watching him pray over dying soldiers and deal with living inside a tank with four other men, I wasn’t thinking of him as the curly headed Louis Stevens from Disney Channel’s “Even Stevens” or in an orange jumpsuit digging holes in the desert. Instead, he was a WWII soldier, through and through.

“Fury” was horrific, and I say that in the most complimentary way.

The imagery was so gruesome and so incredibly well done. I am forever in awe of how they make the horrors of war seem so real in movies like this one.

There were buildings and people being blown apart right and left,

bodies being run over by tanks, nurses throwing out pans of blood as they try to save soldiers’ lives.

Poor Norman was forced to clean up the liquid remains of his predecessor in the tank, something I don’t think anyone in the audience was prepared to see.

The sheer realness of it all was enough to keep me in suspense for the entire two hours.

Even during scenes that were meant to be a break from the chaos, I was constantly expecting the worst.

Only toward the end did I grow used to the sound of cannon fire and the explosions that followed. There wasn’t a single moment in the movie when I was absolutely sure as to what the ending would be.

At one point in the movie, Don tells Norman that, “Ideals are peaceful; history is violent.”

“Fury” brought that to life. Never before have I understood the destruction of WWII, and after watching this I feel hardened, like I’ve spent time on the battlefield myself.

It isn’t a movie that you absolutely need to go see, but you should.

It will make you see WWII in a new light, it will make you understand the horrors of war and appreciate those who lived them, often for months or even years, in a way that you didn’t before.

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minutes in between classes. Therefore, students briefly hear one or two songs in the market while they wait in line for a coffee and Chex Mix. Mporium employee Emma Boch said “Bang Bang” by Nicki Minaj and “Chandelier” by Sia

OCTOBER 12

Anderson Lecture: George F. Will

Alex Blumberg Lecture

Aziz Ansari, Modern Romance

5:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

Taylor Auditorium

ASC Pavilion C

Millett Hall 100

are the two most commonly played songs.

Across the way into Pulley Diner, one could barely hear the cashier yell, “Do you want cheese on that burger?” over the incoming words of “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly. The diner is supposed to feel like an upbeat version of a 50s diner with bendy

straws in a milkshake. Junior Pulley Diner employee Joey Barton said that there is no consistent type of music in the diner and sometimes no music is played.

Complaints and concerns have been heard and tallied and the leaders of Armstrong are making moves. The Armstrong Student Center Board holds events to get feedback from students. The hub sends out regular surveys regarding the student center.

Chair of the Armstrong Student Center Board and senior Jim Bennett proposed the idea of finding an online radio station that provides a combination of three genres to hopefully bring variety to the tunes being played in Armstrong.

“We want feedback like the problems in music selection and such because our job is to make sure students are happy and the building is accessible to students to get the most out of it,” Bennett said. “It’s the students’ center and we want to make sure that comes first.”

Rahman returns to Global Rhythms WORLD

“Every step we take is an initiative to reach out to another culKARA PIETROWSKI ture,” Krishnan said. “Music is FOR THE MIAMI STUDENT just the medium, and Miami UniFamily Weekend marks the versity is reaching out to the rest of return of Global Rhythms un- the world through music.” der the direction of Shrinivas By exposing the Miami comKrishnan, percussionist and munity to the diverse world of muMiami Alumnus. sic, Global Rhythms aims to foster The first part of the program an interest in global cultures.

“Voyages of the Soul” will take “I think everyone should explace Friday Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in pose themselves to other cultures Peabody Hall’s Leonard Theatre in some way,” sophomore Shanice with a tribute to peacemakers, per- Wiechman, who will be performformed by soloists from around ing African dance with the percusthe world. sion group Ogade, said. “When The second production “We Are we live in a cultural bubble, we Together” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in miss out on other knowledge.”

Hall Auditorium will feature over Global Rhythms provides peo300 performers, including student ple with a platform to explore new performers, members of the Ox- cultures through the exciting and ford community, Grammy Award entertaining medium of music.

Winner Glen Velez and an inter“Music is a universal language national collection of world re- because it translates the experinowned artists. The guest of honor ence of an individual, who can be is notable, Grammy and Academy in any situation and makes the exAward winning composer and per- perience universal though sound, former A.R. Rahman.

Miami University Symphony Global Rhythms took shape in Orchestra (MUSO) conductor Ri1996 with the goal of exposing the cardo Averbach said. audience and performers to differMUSO will be featured, particient cultures through musical col- pating in the entire second half of laboration, according to Krishnan. the show, accompanied by vocal The program is a collaborative soloists and dancers. concert that ties together music According to Averbach, the and dance from around the world unique aspect of this production to nurture dialogue between is the combination of a traditional cultures. One of the numbers, orchestra with world instruments.

“Farika” unites Maeve Gilchrist “No other orchestra does this on Celtic harp, Miami Alumnus systematically, and I think this will Jason Koontz on steel pan, Abou have a major impact on the future Sylla on balafon and the vocals of music,” Averbach said. of Jayteerth Mevundi to create a The orchestra will also be unique musical dialogue. performing A.R. Rahman’s Other performances will include original and premiere works music and dance from Argentina, including “Lothlorien” and China, Guinea, Scotland, India, “Engae Pogutho.”

Brazil and artists from across the More information about Global United States as the program con- Rhythms can be found at www. tinues to reach out to new cultures. cawc.miamioh.edu.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014

In recognition of

National Coming Out Day Today we celebrate and recognize all of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer + members of our Miami University communality and the allies that support them.

Students:

Abigail Lower Alexander Smith Alixivy Daisy Lee Alyssa Straight* Amber Brown Andrew Gantt And Anna Almquist Antonio Duran* Amalia Stevens Ben fritz Brandon Sweeney* Cat Munroe* Chelsea Frank Christian J Carter Colin Sexton* Dalton Ulm

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Community Member: Brian Revalee Frances & Sean Yates Jessica Greene Shawn Jeffers

LGBT 1809 Board:

Amy Shaiman* ‘91 Amy Bruno ’12 Andrew Zeisler* ‘88 ’00 Dave Greenbaum ‘92 Jeff Caywood ‘99 John Woods ‘07 Rhonda Jackson* ‘72 Rob Shook* ‘85 Matt Frericks ’88 Meghan Kaskoun ‘90 Victoria Williams

We honor all who cultivate an environment where diversity is appreciated and respected. We recognize all who pledged to do their part to make sure that every member of the Miami University community has the ability to live, learn, love, and fully participate without fear and harassment.

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Administration | Faculty | Staff:

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6 OPINION

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014

EDITORIAL@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

George Will lecture provides Miami with opportunity to change campus culture EDITORIAL

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

Many Miami students and faculty members have been showing outrage toward the university for allowing newspaper columnist George Will to speak on campus following his offensive remarks about sexual assault in a Washington Post column.

In his June column, he stated, “The administration’s crucial and contradictory statistics are validated the usual way, by official repetition; Joe Biden has been heard from. The statistics are: One in five women is sexually assaulted while in college, and only 12 percent of assaults are reported.”

This implies that Will believes sexual assault statistics are blown out of proportion and that colleges and organizations are suffering as a result.

Will appeared on Fox News and this weekend and rambled false facts about how the Ebola virus can be spread through

the air by coughing and sneezing. These misinformed comments achieve nothing more than stoking the fire of media frenzy around Ebola in the United States.

Will, who is being paid over $40,000 by the university to speak for the Anderson Distinguished Lecture series, has garnered a lot of negative attention for his comments. But we at The Miami Student don’t necessarily see his arrival as an all-around negative event.

Although we disagree with Will’s remarks, his impending arrival on campus has sparked a huge amount of campus debate among student and faculty members. As a school with a growing sexual assault problem — there were four reported instances in 2011 and 18 in 2013 — this dialogue needs to happen here.

Perhaps Will being on campus will make more students speak

up about their issues with how sexual assault is handled at Miami and at other universities like it. He hasn’t even spoken yet, but the response has already been huge, both in student media and by word of mouth. A letter protesting Will’s lecture circulated yesterday and garnered signatures from students and faculty covering more than a dozen pages at the time this was written.

That is evidence, if nothing else, of meaningful discourse.

We do wonder though why Miami has chosen to bring Will to campus in the heat of his controversial remarks about sexual assault on college campuses. For a lecture series that has previously included huge names such as Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, the Editorial Board believes that the university could’ve brought someone less controversial, but equally, if not more well known.

LETTER TO HODGE

MU community protests controversial columnist This letter was written in response to George Will’s scheduled lecture, Wednesday, Oct. 22. The letter was sent last night to the administration after circulating the community for several days, gaining signatures.

Dear President Hodge, Provost Gorman and Board of Trustees: The hosting of George F. Will for this year’s Anderson Distinguished Lecture sends the wrong message to current students, prospective students and their families about the tolerance of rape culture and predatory sexual behavior at Miami University. Will’s June 6, 2014 oped column in The Washington Post belittled the “progressivism” of new measures to help prevent sexual assault on campus. Sexual assault is not a political issue.

We completely support Will’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression. However, Will’s column supported at least two things that are against Miami’s Code of Conduct: 1) Implying that a drunk person is capable of consent, Will complains of the “doctrine that consent of a female who has been drinking might not protect a male from being found

guilty of rape.” Miami’s Code of Conduct is clear on this point: “An individual cannot consent who is substantially impaired by any drug or intoxicant.” (2.1.C.1).

2) Will denigrates the “preponderance of evidence” standard that Miami and most universities use.

Given the nature of sexual assault, “beyond a reasonable doubt” is an impossible standard that prevents many victims from getting justice.

...we implore you to consider his removal from the lecture series.”

Furthermore, Will states baldly the victimhood at colleges “make a coveted status that confers privileges,” a message that is contrary to the experience of many assault survivors who find the process of reporting assault shaming and silencing. We as a campus should be working to make that process less stigmatizing, not more.

As President Hodge wrote in an

email to the entire campus on Sept 18 last year, this campus has an “obligation to foster and maintain an environment that is free of harassment, discrimination and sexual violence.” Hosting George Will— and paying him nearly $50,000—is disrespectful to the university community, especially sexual assault victims and those who have worked hard to make campus a safer place.

It will also damage the University’s public image, respect from alumni, and ability to recruit new students in years to come.

Please consider the insensitive and misguided message that George Will stated, as we implore you to consider his removal from the lecture series.

For Love and Honor, DR. CRIS CHEEK

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENGLISH; AFFLIATE CMS; AFFILIATE IMS

CATHERINE WAGNER

PROFESSOR, ENGLISH; DIRECTOR, CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AS WELL AS NEARLY 1,000 MIAMI STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ALUMNI

Additionally, Will’s lecture will be held in the Farmer School of Business, whereas all previous lectures from this circuit were held in Millet Hall. This seems like a sign the university doesn’t believe Will is prominent enough to fill Millet, so why is it that he is being paid $48,000 to speak?

Miami certainly is capable of finding someone else to come speak in the light of student and faculty outcry against Will and his ignorant public remarks.

However, there are no grounds that say Will shouldn’t be allowed to speak.

Despite his widely criticized views, Will is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and bestselling author. He is obviously a leader in his field, and so we understand why Miami would bring him to campus.

We don’t agree with Will’s comments, but we think the university and its students should

use this opportunity to generate discussion about sexual assault issues on our campus.

Will’s comments teach us that there is still so much more to be done in regards to how sexual assault is viewed on college campuses and how it should be handled.

He reminds us there is still widespread ignorance to the real issues that plague universities where alcohol is sometimes used as an excuse when sexual assault occurs.

The Editorial Board hopes students use this opportunity to speak up about their concerns regarding sexual assault. Simply disagreeing with Will and calling for the university to cancel his lecture is not solving any problems. We have to come together and make Miami a campus where any form of ignorance regarding sexual assault is in no way tolerated.

RULE OF THUMB COLUMBUS MARATHON Brave souls with lots of dedication, and probably more pairs of running shoes, took on the Columbus Marathon this weekend. Congrats, runners!

SUPER GIRLS SPEAK OUT What’s the line between healthy ambition and over-commitment? Liz Funk will lead a lecture about this on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in FSB 25. Check it out!

REMAINS FOUND IN UVA CASE Unfortunately for members of the University of Virginia community, remains have been found that could possibly be missing student Hannah Graham.

KATE BABY DATE ANNOUNCED Well, kinda. Kate Middleton and Prince William announced that their baby is due in April, but they won’t get too specific.

We’ll take it.

APPLE AND FACEBOOK FREEZING Egg freezing, that is. The two tech companies will now provide insurance coverage for their female workers to store their eggs. We smell a ploy to get girls working for them — and it’s slightly rotten.

CHRIS CURME THE MIAMI STUDENT

EDITORIAL@MIAMISTUDENT.NET

Talking about politics isn’t for everyone POLITICS MILAM’S MUSINGS There’s this great Kurt Vonnegut quote about what young people ought to do with their lives. He says, “...the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” The weekly white space on the Miami Student Opinion page can often feel quite lonely. Not to say anything, either, of the space occupied between my ears.

For my new Musings column, I had an idea about how politics is and has always been about optics, the theater of “doing something,” even if doing something isn’t the right choice.

I was working on the opening line, sipping on hot chocolate, which in typical fashion, burned my tongue and getting into the “zone” with the help of the Jurassic Park soundtrack slowed down 1000 percent (seriously, seek it out).

But then, I stopped, overwhelmed by the meta musing: Does it matter? Does the ink I’m “laying down” even matter?

Often I am asked why do I care about politics and more to the point, why do I write about politics. After all, detractors say, what happens in Washington and certainly what happens in, say, Iraq, has no bearing on my day-to-day living.

That’s technically true. A roadside bomb that killed seven people in Egypt the day of this writing doesn’t change that I have to wake up at 3:30 AM tomorrow and go to work.

However, this line of questioning gets at this weird grey area politically-minded young people find themselves in.

The older generation snidely attacks us for our naiveté. If we’re engaging in politics, then our voices are drowned out by the label of inexperience. Such an odd criticism when you consider that a young person can’t help that they are young. Oldness does not equate to rightness, either, even with a wealth of experience.

Then if we’re not engaging in the political process, we’re lambasted for being apathetic. This presents a no-win situation.

Our peers are no better, as they

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come at us with the “why does it matter” question.

And to be honest, I took about an hour break after I wrote that last sentence, re-filled my hot chocolate mug -- burned my tongue again -and did my usual Internet clicketyclack procrastinating to come to the conclusion: I don’t have an answer.

I don’t know why politics should matter to you.

Just as people don’t understand why I’m a political junkie, I don’t understand why people aren’t. I don’t have the answer to bridging that gap.

On Jimmy Kimmel Live Oct. 7, he sent a crew on the streets of Los Angeles to ask people who Joe Biden is. Now, obviously, since it’s television, I assume it takes a lot of interviews to get the right people to make the segment funny. Nevertheless, the segment is filled with people that have no idea that Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States.

yourself or your immediate situation. It’s worthwhile to exercise your empathy, to care about the “other,” and all these things.

But I can’t make you and I get why you don’t.

I get why people tune out of the hyper-connected world we find ourselves immersed in. We bounce from tragedy to tragedy, hashtag activism to hashtag activism, along with scandal and corruption among the political class. It creates cynicism, pessimism and apathy.

Sometimes I lose myself in this gap between those who care and those who don’t. The effort to write, talk and share the happenings of the world often seems like a futile endeavor.

Sometimes I also lose myself in the gap between my ears. Inundated daily with news stories and the need to get my “fix” with politics, it becomes easy to lose perspective.

When I read that New York Times investigation into Iraq’s

Then I’ll get an email from someone thanking me for providing the voice they didn’t have on an issue and it reminds me why I write. I write because I want to make people feel, connect and to think when they read my words, ‘I care, too.’”

I couldn’t imagine not knowing who Joe Biden is. But at the same time, if my dad or brother, both long-time Dallas Cowboys fans, asked me who the running back of the Cowboys is, I’d stare back with a stupid look on my face. I have no idea (after consulting with said dad, it’s DeMarco Murray, the leading rusher of the NFL).

Likewise, they can’t imagine not knowing who Murray is.

My best friend works seven days a week at a factory, often 12-hours or more a day. Since he has low seniority, this past week he spent a considerable chunk of his time scrubbing toilets.

When he gets home and just wants to play Destiny, can I fault him for not reading the New York Times’ latest long-form investigation into chemical weapons in Iraq?

People lead busy, hectic lives with issues right in their face: A child with a fever, a student loan payment to be made or a car breaking down. The protests in Hong Kong are a peripheral problem that doesn’t compare.

As a political junkie, I think you ought to care. I think you ought be concerned with things bigger than

chemical weapons, I get a swelling of indignation and intensity to where I wanted to bellow from the rooftops, “Do you feel this way, too?”

No, a lot of people don’t and that’s hard to reconcile.

Then I’ll get an email from someone thanking me for providing the voice they didn’t have on an issue and it reminds me why I write.

I write because I want to make people feel, connect and to think when they read my words, “I care, too.”

I’m not the type of person that’s going to lead a march through Washington D.C. or shout from a megaphone. I can only transmit my voice, my “musings,” through ink and hope it reaches someone.

Kurt Vonnegut also said, “Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.’”

Selfishly, yes, even desperately, I like to hear that it matters, too.

BRETT MILAM

MILAMBC@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Let’s not promote suicide SUICIDE Last week this publication endorsed not once, but twice medically assisted suicide. First the paper reduced the issue to a simple thumbs-up graphic. Then in its next issue, The Miami Student went a step further – penning an editorial that applauds Brittany Maynard’s decision to take her own life.

If you watch the interviews with Brittany or read her opinion piece on CNN its tough not to feel for her. She’s a 29-year-old suffering from a rare and aggressive form of terminal brain cancer. Still that doesn’t mean she is right to take her own life or that these laws should be praised and promoted.

For some context, Maynard chose to move to Oregon rather than live out the rest of her days in California, however many they may have been. In Oregon, medically assisted suicide is legal and on Nov. 1, she will take her own life with pills prescribed to her for just that purpose.

Ultimately helping people take their own lives is what “death with dignity” is all about. It’s just “death with dignity” sounds a little nicer than saying assisted suicide. Drop the word “assisted” and you’re still left with suicide. And that probably isn’t something we want states or medical professionals promoting.

In fact we already have a suicide problem in the United States.

According to the CDC, in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available, 39,518 people claimed their own lives and nearly a million more made unsuccessful attempts.

Suicide is the tenth most common cause of death in the United States.

The conversation doesn’t need to focus on finding ways to increase those numbers with the help of physicians, it needs to be about lowering those numbers.

Still despite all of this, proponents of the laws will bend over backwards to call the practice anything but what it actually is – suicide. In fact, this newspaper went so far as to say that there is actually a difference between medically assisted suicide and as they may say, regular old-fashioned suicide.

“For someone without access to a Death with Dignity law, suicide is still an option. However, these laws provide a safe means of ending one’s life with medical supervision rather than someone having to go under the table…”

The logic here is suspect at best.

Suicide is still suicide regardless of whether or not someone has a prescription.

But that wasn’t even the biggest problem that The Miami Student had with these laws. The staff was more worried that providing suicide

pills to patients Alzheimer’s disease could, “cause a lot of legal problems.” It touches my heart to know this newspaper is so concerned about the backlog in our legal system. But what about the patient?

People with Alzheimers lead difficult lives for sure but with modern medicine, the disease can be slowed down and patients can have more time with loved ones. And all of this is to say nothing of the fact that just a month ago researchers at UCLA made a breakthrough in treating the disease.

Lastly, proponents of these laws forget medically assisted suicide runs counter to a very big idea, that God alone decides when life begins and ends. And I say this merely to point out that when supporters of these laws browbeat people who don’t agree, there’s a probably a pretty good reason they don’t – faith. Faith might not be as trendy as it once was, but for a lot of people it’s more comforting than a lethal pill.

One such individual for whom this is the case is Maggie Karner. In an essay for the Federalist, Karner wrote about her decision to live even though she too is battling a stage four glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor.

“I stopped worrying about being dignified quite some time ago,” she said of her decision to live with dignity. “Instead, I prefer to get my dignity by appreciating the dear people who care for me with their individual expressions of love and prayers on my behalf.”

And even closer to home is the story of Lauren Hill, a freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati. She too is suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, but rather than give up she is still living life despite only having weeks left. On Nov. 2, one day after Maynard will take her own life, Hill will play in her final basketball game. Originally scheduled for Nov. 15, the NCAA and the team moved up the start of the season so Hill could play one last game before passing away.

Ultimately, it is stories like Maggie Karner and Lauren Hill that should be promoted and praised.

They remind us that life is sacred and absolute. They also remind us that life is more than just a biological state of being.

Hopefully, come Nov. 1 Maynard reconsiders. But in the meantime, let’s hope this publication doesn’t continue to ridicule the other 45 states who see things differently or those who still have faith.We should do all we can to prevent, not promote suicide.

GREG DICK

DICKGR@MIAMIOH.EDU

WRITERS WANTED For the Opinion Section We are looking for potential soulmates in the form of writers that enjoy writing and have opinions.

For more info, email editorial@miamistudent.net

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Size: 3.8”x 3” has allowed only four goals in his Williams agreed it can be Run dates: T 9/2, F 9/12,was T 9/16 three appearances.

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First was the weather. The Browns are used to going 50 to 60 degree weather this time of year. That’s what they practice in. It was 80 degrees in Jacksonville. This might sound like a pathetic excuse, but it is a typical factor in an NFL trap game. The long trips and the different weather often cause road teams to struggle.

Second, few NFL teams go 0-16.

These teams, even the very worst, are not particularly far apart in talent level. The Jags lost the week before because they missed a game winning field goal. They played the Steelers close the week before and only lost 17-9.

Professional athletes, even if their team is horrible, get sick of losing after a while. Even if the Jags win just two or three games this year, the rest of their wins will be in trap games as well. And it’s quite easy to trap a team that’s too high on itself.

That was the Browns this weekend; they played like a team that read its own press clippings heading into an “easy” game. Peter King had the Browns in his Fine 15 of his widely read ‘Monday Morning

Quarterback’ column and others really started buying into the Browns.

Browns players began buying into themselves too. The news broke this week that quarterback Brian Hoyer, whose contract is up this year, won’t sign back with the team if Johnny Manziel is on the roster. A story like this tends to be leaked from the players’ camp of associates.

Pair all these factors together and you get a classic NFL trap that shouldn’t have shocked the commentators as much as it did.

It’s understandable to be high on yourself after a big win. Crushing the Steelers was great for Browns fans, but it may have made all of us a bit too high on a team whose best case scenario is to go 8-8 or 9-7.

This kind of a finish would please Browns fans. It has been far too long since Cleveland saw a winning, or even average football team.

Hoyer has been good this year too, but it was a bit early to start making roster demands. If he has too many repeat performances of Sunday, when he went 16 of 41 passing with a key interception, the team will have no qualms about letting him walk.

It’s likely that when all is said and

done this season, the AFC North will see two of its teams playing in the first round of the NFL playoffs.

The South is down, and the Colts are the only likely playoff team from there. Same with the East; despite some early glitches, the Patriots appear to be on track.

Early on this year, it looked as if the Bengals were the class of the division. Now their lauded defense has seen some chinks in its armor, and they’ve caught the injury bug in a serious way.

The Ravens are on track, and the Steelers appear to be down again.

It is safe to bet the Bengals get back on track and make their third straight post-season appearance.

This may not be a pleasant thought for Browns fans who thought this year might be the first year since the 2002-2003 season they would see a playoff game, but net-net, things are looking up for the Browns.

The key to sustained success is allowing Pettine to develop a culture and keeping offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan around as long as possible. Hopefully owner Jimmy Haslam stays out of the way enough.

pleased with his start to the season.

“I feel great about it,” Williams said. “As a whole we put a lot of time in during the spring, summer and this fall to get ready for this and I think everybody feels really good about getting off on the right foot.”

Williams only saw 20 shots and Blasi said those nights can sometimes be the hardest.

“Difficult to play in a game like that right?” Blasi said, “I thought Jay did a really nice job of keeping him-

“Yeah, it’s difficult, it’s tough to sometimes find a rhythm in the game,” Williams said. “It’s on you to find a way to stay focused and stay in the moment.”

Blasi said he will enjoy the win, but not for too long.

“I’m pleased, I think we’re pleased as a team that we got better this weekend,” Blasi said. “We’ll enjoy it tonight and then we have to get ready for another opponent next weekend.”

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an explosive threat back there.”

Sophomore safety Heath Harding played well for the RedHawks, recording a career-high 16 tackles.

Harding’s 15 solo tackles are the tied for the fourth most in ’Hawk history and the most since 1991.

Miami led 7-6 early in the first quarter, but the Huskies took control soon after, taking a 37-14 lead late in the second quarter. The ’Hawks battle back to cut the lead to 10 in the fourth quarter, but failed to get any closer.

“Everybody says ‘well, you should be winning’ but I don’t really feel like we should be winning,” Martin said. “I feel like we’re kinda good enough to be close, but we’re not really good enough to be winning. If you take [No.] 12 out of there, we’re losing 51-10 and we’re no better than we were a year ago.

So, it’s a little frustrating, but that’s where we’re at.”

protections, so many good run plays. He managed our run game and our protections so well that he kept giving us a chance every down for success.”

Hendrix’s top target was senior wide out David Frazier, who caught seven passes for 87 yards. Sophomore wide receiver Rokeem Williams caught five passes for 54 yards and a score. Senior athlete Dawan Scott returned after missing the past four games with an ankle injury. He picked up 64 yards on the ground with one touchdown on nine carries.

His return was huge for Miami. “‘How much do you miss Dawan,’ well you can stop asking that question; it’s a big deal and he wasn’t even a 100 percent,” Martin said. “But moving him at tailback really gives us a chance to have a little bit of balance and gives us more of

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Detloff will be organizing a teach-in for sexual violence, which will be held during Will’s lecture.

“So many times these things are so painful that voice is not given, and I think in the way our system works, unlike the way Mr. Will purports, victims do not get the support they need and are many times marginalized and re-victimized by the process,” Jackson said.

The Miami University Police Department is working with protestors to find a close, but safe place that does not block attendees from getting to the lecture.

According to Miami University policy on public speaking and demonstrations, “Demonstrators must stay at least 25 feet from the entrance to any University building, property, parking lot, facility or event, including entrances to construction sites.

Demonstrations may not obstruct or disrupt, by auditory or other means, any university activities. Sound amplification devices may only be used at a volume that does not disrupt or distract from the normal use of classrooms, offices or laboratories or any scheduled university event.”

To make up for the loss of voice that sound amplification devices may have added, the Women’s Center will also be hanging T-shirts made during the 2014 Clothesline Project near the protest of Will’s lecture.

“Ironically this year, we had more T-shirts made than we have ever had made in my experience with the clothesline project,” Jackson said.

“More people gave voice to sexual

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There are resources and help available to students having suicidal thoughts, and there is always a

assault and domestic violence so that tells me that much goes unreported and much goes on that students aren’t willing to report, but are looking for other alternatives to give voice.”

The Farmer School of Business (FSB) agrees that Will’s visit to Miami is contentious, but views the controversy surrounding his statement as beneficial, serving to further much needed discourse on Miami’s campus.

“We value the open conversation in a respectful way and want to ensure that all voices are heard,” FSB Dean Matthew Myers said. “The most important thing that a University can offer is open discourse.

We want to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to address an incredibly prevalent issue on Miami’s campus.”

To both supporters and opponents of Will’s visit to Miami, the grassroots action it is causing students to take, specifically in light of Freedom Summer’s 50th anniversary, can only be seen as beneficial.

“To actually be a part of and to engage in civil protest is a really amazing student development and learning opportunity and I am hopeful that this will instill a passion to give voice to more injustices,” Jackson said. “I think there are so many things that happen on our campus, sexual assault being one of them, but there are so many others: privilege and oppression; we still have racism and sexism and ageism on our campus. Being able to give voice to and stand up against those things is very powerful for students.” reason for hope — even for students who feel as if there is no way out, Anderson said.

“There is never a problem or heartache or issue that can’t be solved by continuing to live and seeking help and looking for other solutions,” she said. “Suicide puts an end to all other options and it doesn’t have to be that way. There is help if people reach out and ask for it. The road may be hard and long but eventually they’ll get there if they don’t give up.”

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’Hawks sweep OSU HOCKEY STEVEN PERKINS STAFF WRITER

The No. 10 Miami University hockey team swept then-No. 17 Ohio State University after a 5-1 win in Columbus Friday and a 2-1 win at home Saturday. The pair of wins marks three straight for Miami and brings its record to 3-1.

Miami’s special teams flourished Friday as the RedHawks scored on their first three power plays.

Junior forward Riley Barber and Sean Kuraly both capitalized on the man advantage in the first period.

Senior forward Alex Wideman scored again on the power play in the second. Ohio State managed one goal in the third period, but seniors Ben Paulides and Blake Coleman put the game away, adding one tally each late in the third period.

Sean Kuraly, who is originally from Dublin, Ohio, finished the night with one goal and two assists.

“I think coach told me to calm down about five times before the game,” Kuraly said. “It’s just fun to

be home in front of a lot of family and friends.”

Head coach Enrico Blasi said the work ethic helped drive the success on the power play.

“You have to outwork the penalty killers,” Blasi said, “And you have to execute plays, that’s the bottom line.”

Blasi said the game was closer than it may have appeared.

“Don’t look at the score,” Blasi said. “We got a couple lucky bounces there at the end. But this was a tight game.”

Almost exactly the opposite was Saturday. Miami only won 2-1, despite outshooting the Buckeyes 62-20. Ohio State played a strong first period and finished the frame up 1-0. The next two periods were all Miami. The RedHawks shooting gallery including a 25-shot second period.

Wideman gave credit to Ohio State sophomore goaltender Christian Frey for his play.

“Their goalie played really, really well,” Wideman said.

“Obviously, 60 saves so he was doing something right … Not every

game is the goalie going to play like that.”

Wideman had the game-winning goal in the second period on a rebound, which he took behind the net for a wraparound to beat Frey on the far post. He finished the weekend with two goals and one assist.

Sophomore goaltender Jay Williams said seeing a goaltender like Frey can sometimes add pressure to perform.

“You see your guys at the other end putting up that many shots and the other goalie’s making saves so it’s motivation for you,” Williams said. “You don’t want to let your team down.”

Despite the one sided shot count, the game ended with Ohio State within one.

“Obviously, their goaltender played extremely well,” Blasi said.

“We did a lot of good things tonight, but it was exciting there at the end for sure.”

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Miami goalie Jay Williams is 3-0 this season. Williams has allowed just one even strength goal this year.

Dissecting the anatomy of a trap game COLUMN GOING LONG WITH GEISLER After a week of praise, the Cleveland Browns lost this Sunday to the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars. The team now sits at 3-3 — the same place it was last year before losing all of its last 10 games, going 4-12

and ending Rod Chudzinski’s run as coach after just one year. This offseason, the Browns were forced to settle for longtime Rex Ryan hand Mike Pettine after numerous more highly regarded potential coaches turned down an interview.

So far, Pettine’s Browns have been impressive. Blowing out the Pittsburgh Steelers, mounting the biggest road comeback in NFL history and beating the New Orleans Saints on an impressive last minute drive. Until Sunday,

the Browns had been in every game, losing by a combined three points before going down 24-6.

Browns fans are likely allowing their thoughts to turn dark about the team and coach they felt so good about just a week ago, but there’s no reason to despair after the Browns simply fell into a classic NFL trap game. Three main factors worked together to ensure the Browns fell into a well-set trap.

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Despite a strong performance from quarterback Andrew Hendrix, the Miami University football team failed to grab a win against Northern Illinois University. The Huskies ran all over the RedHawks en route to a 51-41 Mid-American Conference victory.

“When you looked to the other end of the field, it didn’t look like we picked sides very well at recess,” head coach Chuck Martin said. “Not up front, at every position.

Linebacker, at wide receiver at DB, at kicker, punter; they were bigger, stronger, faster.”

The two teams combined for 1,172 yards of total offense. NIU accounted for 658 of that, with most of

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the damage coming on the ground.

NIU racked up 433 rushing yards and six touchdowns on 55 carries.

Redshirt senior quarterback Drew Hare channeled his inner Jordan Lynch, picking up 180 yards and two scores on 17 carries. He also completed 12 of 16 passes for 185 yards and a TD. “Hare’s got great numbers this year,” Martin said. “He’s a great MAC quarterback. I don’t know that he’s one of the best players in the country like [Lynch] was. And not one of the best players in the MAC, one of the best players in the country.”

Redshirt senior running back Cameron Stingily picked up 134 yards and a score on 23 carries.

Five different Huskies recorded rushing touchdowns.

“They’re a good football team, like I told the guys, we didn’t play

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Miami sophomore goalie Jay Williams’ goals against average. A small sample size to be sure, but Williams is fourth in the nation among goalies who’ve played at least three games.

MU grabs two crucial wins SOCCER JUSTIN WOODS

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The Miami University soccer team closed out its regular season home slate on a high note, grabbing two critical Mid-American Conference wins to remain within striking distance of the conference lead with three games to play.

Miami (12-2-1, 6-1-1, MAC) outlasted Western Michigan University (9-6-1, 3-4-1 MAC) in a scrappy, back-and-forth contest Sunday. The score remained level at 0-0 until freshman forward Kat Zalar picked up a loose ball in the Broncos’ half and charged toward the goalkeeper.

She slotted a low drive under the keeper’s arm and inside the near post to give the ’Hawks the victory.

“I just kept running through it and I guess the center back missed [the ball],” Zalar said. “It went through and led into a breakaway, one-on-one.”

Sunday’s score marked Zalar’s third goal of the weekend, and she nabbed MAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts.

Zalar found the net twice in Friday’s win over Northern Illinois University (5-9-2, 3-3-2 MAC). Miami defeated NIU 3-1 and outshot the Huskies 15-4.

“Kat’s a great player,” head coach Bobby Kramig said. “She’s very athletic, she’s fast, she’s physical –— all of the qualities you’re looking for. But she’s just got this knack about being in the right place at the right time. She doesn’t miss her chances.”

The ever-modest forward was quick to set her tremendous

individual effort aside and focus on what the weekend wins mean for the team.

“I’m very happy with the way I played, but we had a great weekend as a whole,” Zalar said. “Getting all three points in both games is great for all of us.”

Look no further than her breakout weekend performance to see the freshman has developed a confidence she didn’t have when she arrived on campus.

“I think back to my first games and our very first scrimmage when I was terrified to be out there,” Zalar said. “I feel like I’ve finally gotten more into the swing of things.”

The shutout victory over preseason MAC favorite Western Michigan was also a showcase of Miami’s resilient defense. Kramig took particular notice of the efforts of junior Lauren Kelly.

“Number 13 for Western was all over the field today and ran LK all over the park, but she hung with her and shut her down,” Kramig said.

“LK was the defensive player of the week for us.”

The weekend victories exemplified two sides of this Miami squad – the ability to dominate gameplay and outperform the opponent (against Northern Illinois) and the ability to scrape out a critical result in a physical, high-energy struggle (against Western Michigan).

“I couldn’t be more pleased and more proud of them,” Kramig said.

“Western’s a fine team and we knew that was gonna be a tough game.

But I thought our kids responded very well, played good positive soccer, got better as the game went on and scored a very nice goal at the end to win it.”

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good on defense and we can’t be proud of that,” Martin said. “But, Northern Illinois scored 50 on a lot of people in our league for a long time.

We’re not ready for primetime yet.”

Hendrix and the Miami did what they could to keep the ’Hawks in the game, but it wasn’t enough. Hendrix picked up his second MAC East Offensive Player of the Week after getting it done through the air and on the ground. He completed 23 of 42 passes for 346 yards and two TDs and picking up 72 yards and three scores on 14 carries.

“Andrew had a complete game, mentally and physically,” Martin said. “He really did a great job, well beyond his numbers. Physically, everybody saw how dominant he was. But he checked us into so many good pass plays, so many good

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