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Volume 146 No. 10

Miami University — Oxford, Ohio

Students speak out at sexual assault rally SEXUAL ASSAULT

RACHEL BERRY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

A bitter wind threatened to drown the voices of the small crowd huddled together outside the Phi Delt gates on Wednesday evening, Oct. 25. Some people held handmade signs, inky black words etched onto cardboard; others proudly carried their posters with bold, colorful slogans.

Wednesday’s rally against sexual assault was organized by The Collective, a movement of students fighting against interpersonal violence, white supremacy and other social issues. Student organizations such as The F Word and Spectrum also showed support and helped organize the event. It was not limited to Miami students, as both community members and students from other universities, like the University of Cincinnati, attended.

The organizers had three primary goals: supporting survivors, defending the community and voicing their demands for a stronger response from the university.

According to the 2016 Miami University Campus Climate survey, 21 percent of those surveyed said they have experienced rape in their time at Miami, and another 22.4 percent have been the victim of unwanted contact, attempted coercion, coercion or attempted rape.

The students at the rally saw this as a serious problem that must be CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

SIGNS FOR FOUR COUNCIL CANDIDATES APPEARED TOGETHER IN SEVERAL UPTOWN STOREFRONTS. BO BRUECK THE MIAMI STUDENT

AMID RUMORS OF COLLUSION, CANDIDATES RECEIVED COMMON AID ELECTION

JAKE GOLD

ASST. NEWS EDITOR

When campaign signs for four candidates in Oxford’s upcoming city council election began popping up together in store windows, front yards and on third-party signposts outside Oxford, online discussions appeared, calling into question the existence of a “bloc” or “slate” between nearly half the contenders

in the nonpartisan election.

“I am formally inviting Jace Prows, Austin Worrell, Drew Davis, and Samantha Elizabeth Vogel to explain here, publicly, why their signs are being placed as what I refer to as ‘The Gang of Four,’” an Oxford Township resident wrote in a now-deleted post in a community Facebook group.

“What is it about your candidates that so appeals to one or more rental property holders in Oxford that your signs are consistently placed together?”

While the four candidates have cate-

gorically denied charges of collusion, they did receive significant financial and logistical aid from local retired businessman Jack Cohen, according to Cohen, Worrell and each candidate’s financial disclosure documents.

“I’ve provided information support to them, helping connect them to my friends, donated to each of them, and helped find sign locations,” wrote Cohen, a former Trump campaign volunteer in an email.

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WILSON HALL USED TO HOUSE A MENTAL HOSPITAL. RYAN TERHUNE, PHOTO EDITOR

Miami Mythbusters: Haunts or hoaxes at Wilson Hall?

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Students protesting sexual assault gathered at the Phi Delt gates. Bo Brueck The Miami Student

KATE RIGAZIO

Campus Climate survey extended

ASST. CULTURE EDITOR

Wilson Hall stands in the quiet corner of East Quad, set back behind giant trees that make the building’s stone face almost impossible to spot from afar. The hall has a quiet eeriness about it, as it has not hosted students under its red tile roof for the last two years. It’s not just the lack of residents, however, that contributes to the Wilson’s eerie feel.

Wilson Hall, originally called “The Pines,” served as a mental asylum for women with mental health and addiction problems before being purchased by the university in 1936.

The building has been used for many other purposes, but is still said to be haunted by the ghosts of the patients who occupied it less than a century ago. When the stories of Wilson’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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JACK EVANS

MANAGING EDITOR

The Miami University climate survey work group has extended the deadline to complete the One Miami Campus Climate survey from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, according to the university website.

Department heads and adminis-

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SWEETIN SHARES HER STRUGGLE ‘Full House’ star shared her story of addiction and recovery.

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trators — including President Crawford — sent out emails over the past two weeks imploring students to complete the survey after response rates failed to approach the work group’s stated goal of “all students, faculty, and staff at Miami University.”

“This survey is critically important to advancing our common mission by creating and maintaining a

community culture that grounded in mutual respect, and reflects the Code of Love and Honor across all of our campuses,” reads Crawford’s email.

The published overall response response rate, as of Oct. 24, was 15.9 percent, according to the University website. Miamians can fill out the survey online at http://rankinsurveys2.com/miamioh/

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J. CREW BOO: UPTOWN DRESSES UP

A CALL FOR A COMMUNITY FORUM

Donald Trump, Billy Mays, Santa and Chewbacca walk into a bar.

It’s time to discuss the strain on Oxford’s Fire Department.

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FIELD HOCKEY GOES UNDEFEATED The ’Hawks won the MAC for the second time in the team’s history.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2017

Kona Bistro closes suddenly after 20 years, blindsiding regulars and employees UPTOWN BUSINESS

SAMANTHA BRUNN JAKE GOLD

THE MIAMI STUDENT

It was Saturday night of MoveIn Weekend and Blake Jennings, co-owner of Kona Bistro with his brother Tyler, sat inside Left Field Tavern with a beer in hand as he watched the meager foot traffic go by outside the window.

“I should have been yelling at my cooks during the dinner rush,” Jennings said. “But instead, I was sitting in a bar on what is supposed to be one of my busiest nights of the year.”

Business had been going downhill for around a year before Kona decided to shutter their 20-year-old locally loved business.

“You know, there’s usually enough big events like Move in Weekend, Homecoming, Parents’ Weekend, and whatever to make it to J-Term,” Jennings said. “And then you have Greek stuff in the spring, and then that all leads to graduation. The summers weren’t bad, but our biggest base was townies, and I wouldn’t see them until university breaks or for special occasions.”

But then the tenuous balance of business was upended by Miami University’s influence in Oxford.

Jennings blamed the 442 events Miami held on campus during the first part of this semester, with many events offering

KONA’S CLOSING SHOCKED STUDENTS AND OXFORD RESIDENTS ALIKE. RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

free food to entice kids to stay on campus rather than venture uptown where the allure of underage drinking awaits.

Miami also recently changed the football game schedule. Previously, games were primarily held in the mid-afternoon, allowing for ample lunch and dinner rushes before and after the game. But now that more games are held around dinnertime, Kona no longer had the same steady stream of alumni, students and parents flooding through their doors, according to Jennings.

The restaurant’s several em-

ployees were notified Kona was closing its doors via the staff GroupMe. “A ton of us thought it was a joke,” said Abigail Wenger, a server at Kona since April. “I thought it was a joke.”

So, Wenger sent a message to her manager, asking if the message was genuine. Wenger recalled the response: “We’re closed. Now.” The managers, who facilitated the interaction between the shift staff and the restaurant’s owners, found out only hours before the restaurant closed permanently, according to

Wenger.

“I wasn’t really angry,” Wenger said. “I just kinda wanted to know why.”

She never found out.

“And I think above anything else, I just felt kinda sad for the managers because they had been working there so long and they got notice of the restaurant closing so soon, so I just really felt bad for them. Because I knew that I’d be able to find another job, because I’m a student, but that was their means of living.”

Three months ago, Jennings renovated Kona to make the

restaurant a more appealing location for students, but it couldn’t keep the ship from sinking. The trajectory was set.

“It had run its course,” Jennings admitted. “It was such a tradition in Oxford. How do you rebrand with a reputation like that?... Our student clientele was zilch. All the college kids think it’s a nice place to go, so it’s considered too nice.”

With few other upscale restaurants left in town, Jennings lamented the “implosion” of the market, and the “out of control” climate surrounding Oxford politics.

“We closed at 4 p.m. on Monday, but then we had a party Tuesday with the Chamber, City Council, and all the other bigwigs in town to celebrate our second anniversary of ownership,” Jennings said. “I didn’t say anything about us closing. I wanted them to understand this was due to decisions they made here in Oxford.

And, I mean, who’s next?”

Jennings described the disappointment he feels when he reflects on his childhood in Oxford and how everything has led him to this point.

“It’s a painful, strung-out thing,” Jennings said. “It’s going to send a message. If I’m going down, I’m going to say something about it… Take a step back and look at what’s happening to this beautiful town. Look at what you did.” goldjb@miamioh.edu brunnsj@miamioh.edu

Sweetin shares struggle with addiction LECTURE

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THE APPLE CO-FOUNDER SPOKE TO A PACKED HOUSE MONDAY NIGHT. JUGAL JAIN ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

Wozniak talks tech industry, business ethics LECTURE

CAROLINE CREEK

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Steve Wozniak and co-founder, Steve Jobs, have made Apple a household name.

Monday night, a crowd of hundreds filled Millett Hall to hear computer guru Wozniak talk about business ethics and the past, present and future of the tech industry for Miami’s 2017 Anderson Distinguished Lecture.

Wozniak and Jobs founded Apple Inc. in 1976 and soon after released the Apple II personal computer. This computer was integral in the development of the personal computer industry and positioned Apple as a giant presence in the tech world.

Although Wozniak left Apple in 1985, he continues to participate in business and philanthropic ventures. Specifically, he encourages student creativity and hands-on learning.

Despite constant pressures to accept “big money” while at Apple, Wozniak remained ethical.

“Don’t be political, don’t argue, don’t fight,” said Wozniak. “Never offend anyone by taking the high road.”

Wozniak’s proven track record “fit[s] well into the Farmer School’s educational mission of developing tomorrow’s leaders whose skills include technical agility and flexibility so that they [are] well-prepared to grow and change with the evolving technology in business and socially adept to work in teams to creatively solve prob-

lems,” said Kirk Bogard, Assistant Dean for External Relations in Farmer.

Bogard said he believed the entire student body could benefit from hearing about Wozniak’s experiences in ethical decision-making.

“These are concepts we explore in our classes, but hearing them from an outside, well-respected source gives them a heightened level of credibility,” said Bogard.

Throughout the lecture, Wozniak referred to his lifelong passion for engineering and computer science.

“When you get motivated by something, it’s oftentimes more important than knowledge,” said Wozniak.

Sophomore Nicole Garcia-Salas attended the lecture and said she was impressed with Wozniak’s formula for success.

“If your main goal is happiness instead of money, you will be successful,” Garcia-Salas said of what she learned from Wozniak’s lecture.

The Farmer School of Business Anderson Distinguished Lecture Series was established 15 years ago by alumnus Jack R. Anderson. The series is constructed to expose Miami students to “the nation’s most prominent thought leaders.”

Bogard said that Wozniak perfectly embodied Anderson’s vision for the lecture series and provided valuable advice for students’ futures. “[Everyday I think] what can I do today to be constructive, to move forward,” said Wozniak. creekce@miamioh.edu

Actress Jodie Sweetin was 13 years old the first time she got drunk. She was attending the wedding of her “Full House” co-star Candace Cameron, and she was allowed to have some wine.

After the first sip, she couldn’t stop herself.

“For me, that was the first time I drank and the first time I drank so much that I couldn’t hear my own thoughts,” Sweetin said to an audience in Hall Auditorium last night. “That was the first relief I got. I was never able to reach that point again. But I chased it for many, many years.”

Sweetin, now 35, visited Miami University yesterday to speak candidly about her struggles with alcoholism, addiction and recovery. After eight years playing Stephanie Tanner, the middle child on the popular sitcom “Full House,” Sweetin began an intense descent into substance abuse, beginning with alcohol but eventually graduating to more discreet yet lethal substances, such as cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine. Today, she is six-and-a-half years sober, and she uses her experience to speak out about alcoholism and addiction.

“My story isn’t perfect. It isn’t pretty. It isn’t always the easiest to follow,” she said. “But when I share my story, I feel like I finally have a purpose. I fi-

nally have a reason I went through all that pain. One of the most important things we get to do with each other is share our stories, share our humanity.”

Sweetin discussed how she was adopted at age 14, both of her biological parents being in jail or prison at the time of her birth. To this day, she is not in contact with them (her father died in a prison riot; she has never heard from her mother), but she does know that both of them struggled with addiction, a disease they passed on to her genetically.

Sweetin’s adopted parents created an environment of love and care for her, allowing her to enjoy a wonderful upbringing. But throughout all of it, she knew something was off.

“I can always remember feeling different, like something was missing, like I couldn’t quite fit in my own skin,” she said. “My entire life was spent trying to get people to like me, trying to fit in.”

She spent most of high school drinking while keeping up the appearance of a successful life, even earning an academic scholarship to Chapman University. But when she began to enjoy the freedom of college life, everything fell apart. She earned a 0.9 GPA her first semester.

When her Western spirituality professor brought in two AA members to speak with her class, Sweetin heard, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

SWEETIN POSES IN WILLIAMS’ HALL TV STUDIO BEFORE SPEAKING WITH STUDENTS IN HALL AUDITORIUM. PHOTO BY RAHKEL BREWSTER.

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FSB professor wants to ‘be everything’ Yes and yes

PROFILE

Jim Friedman runs the world of cre-

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David Eyman is right-handed, but last summer he painted his entire deck with his left hand. Next year, he wants to do his whole house. He’s not a professional painter. He just likes a challenge.

He’s been an industrial designer, coowned a design studio, pitched business ideas “Shark Tank”-style, manufactured a line of products and worked as an executive coach.

But students in the Farmer School of Business now him better as “Professor” — at least for now.

“I think a lot of times, we’re told that we’re supposed to be doing one thing, and I never thought that was a good idea for me,” Eyman said. “I’m right now on my fifth or sixth career, maybe even seventh, I don’t really remember...”

When he leaves Miami, he plans to be an author and a painter, but, if he could, he would be everything.

The walls of his shared office in FSB are covered in hundreds of bright yellow sticky-notes with a few stray orange, green and pink ones. Each note tells a different story, though the only one who knows that story is the student who wrote it.

Students in ESP 103: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking are required to show up on the first day of class with 12 packs of sticky-notes which equal 1200 pieces of paper per person.

They’ll use almost every sheet throughout the semester.

His desk is a mess of papers, toys and Nerf guns. It’s a dream world for anyone under the age of 10. He used to have a collection of ninja toys on top of his whiteboard that students could try to shoot down with the Nerf guns. If they knocked one over, they got to keep it. The last ninja was defeated a few weeks ago.

A steady flow of students walk in and out of the office at all times, popping in just to say ‘hi,’ to ask a question or to talk to the other professor in the room.

It’s never quiet, but he doesn’t mind.

ativity in FSB’s Institute of Entrepreneurship. He’s both Eyman’s boss and mentor.

“And he’s just extraordinary,” Eyman said.

When Friedman came to FSB “a million years ago,” there was only one class on creativity, and he felt that was not enough. He made it his goal to create opportunities for students to learn more about creativity, and so the student-led organization IGoodea was born.

“It’s what a little kid would say,” Friedman said. “‘Oh, that’s an IGoodea!’”

Friedman and one of his students in the organization wanted to find someone to host a creativity workshop around four years ago, but they didn’t know where to start.

“I said, ‘Well, let’s try this. Type into Google: ‘Creativity Cincinnati,’” Friedman said.

Eyman was the first result.

“So, we started stalking him a little bit,” Friedman said.

They discovered he went to the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP).

“Well, I went to DAAP also,” Friedman said. “That was very interesting.”

Then Friedman saw that Eyman grew up in Wyoming, OH. “Well, I’m from Wyoming, OH,” Friedman said. “I thought, ‘Why don’t I know this guy?’”

Friedman and his student decided to compose an email that would convince Eyman to come to Miami, but Friedman didn’t want to take the traditional route.

“I wanted to try something new,” Friedman said. “I typed in ‘Do I know you? Should I?’ I left my name and hit send.”

His student was shocked. You can’t do that! You didn’t even say ‘hello!’

“Three minutes later, I get an email saying ‘yes and yes,’” Friedman said.

They called up Eyman, took him out to lunch and brought him to Miami. For the first three years, he hosted various workshops until he accepted a full-time

EYMAN HANGS OUT IN HIS STICKY-NOTE COVERED OFFICE. RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

position a little over a year ago.

Rainbows on your birthday It’s 11:37 on a Wednesday morning.

Eyman stands in front of his class in Laws 303, three minutes before the class begins.

He looks like a modern-day Albert Einstein with a mess of curly dark gray hair. He’s dressed in a red, checked button-down that’s left untucked. He’s wearing black-framed glasses and a pep-

pered scruffy beard covers his face from ear to ear.

The topic of the day is storytelling in business.

Eyman shows a series of ads to fit his point, from AllState to John West salmon.

Finally, he plays an ad showing a mousetrap with cheese and motivational background music. The mouse goes to take the cheese from the trap and the CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

Heritage Logo raises awareness of school-tribe relationship MYAAMIA

JULIA ARWINE

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Neepwaantiinki: we learn from each other. This phrase is at the heart of the new Miami Heritage Logo (MHL), an image created through collaboration between Miami University and the Myaamia Tribe.

The logo is meant to raise awareness and interest about the relationship between the two communities, a relationship that too often goes unnoticed on Miami’s campus.

In 1846, the Myaamia people were forced to leave the homeland that the university now occupies, but it was not until the 1970s that the two entities began to form a partnership. Over 120 Myaamia tribe members have attended Miami since 1991, with 31 Myaamia students currently enrolled.

The Myaamia Center, established on campus in 2001, does research for the tribe and provides support for Myaamia students. Every year, members of the university make two trips to the tribe’s current home in Miami, OK to attend cultural events.

“What goes on here is very unique,” said Bobbe Burke, coordinator for Miami Tribe relations at the center. “We’re not aware of any other university that has an element like this...it represents a lot of trust.”

Despite the tribe’s distant location, the Myaamia people are able to feel connected to the school through correspondence such as the Miami Nation News, or aatotankiki myaamiaki, a paper that is produced by

THE NEW LOGO IS MEANT TO REPRESENT THE CONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN MIAMI AND THE MYAAMIA TRIBE. CONTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS AND MYAMMIA CENTER.

members of the Myaamia Center and distributed to all Myaamia households.

In Oxford, however, this connection is not often reciprocated because it is just one element among many on campus. Burke and her peers want to do a better job of creating a strong awareness about the tribe, she said.

The Miami Heritage Logo, revealed to Miami students and faculty in an email cosigned by President Crawford and Miami Tribe Chief Douglas Lankford, is part of a joint agreement between the tribe and the university that was signed on Oct. 21 and celebrated with a ceremonial coin toss at the football game that day.

The platform was engineered largely by the Myaamia Center, as part of their ongoing mission to do “research on language and culture revitalization, the improved success of students who become familiar with their heritage, and other research on health, botany and language,” according to the email.

The logo will be used on future promotional material and merchandise, and royalties from merchandise bearing the logo will be used for scholarships and support for Myaamia students enrolled at the uni-

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versity. Burke hopes the presence of the logo in the bookstore and around campus will pique students’ curiosity about what it means and, by extension, prompt them to learn more about the university’s connection to the Myaamia tribe.

As of right now, however, use of the logo is restricted to mostly web-based material, such as on the Myaamia Center’s website and social media.

The logo uses colors and shapes to symbolize different aspects of the tribe-university relationship. It consists of a black diamond and a red diamond connected by a white diamond with a red circle in the middle of it. The black part represents the Myaamia tribe, their deep ties to their homeland, and their earned respect and wisdom. The red part stands for Miami University and its responsibility and commitment to gain and share knowledge. The white connection represents the tribe and university’s shared vision, cooperation and the concept of neepwaantiinki. The red circle in the center symbolizes fire, or koteewi, and is meant to be the most significant element of all.

“If you have a fire, in order to keep it going somebody’s got to tend it,” Burke said.

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“That’s what this is all about…this shared space that we have, we all have the responsibility to keep it going.”

The making of the logo was a collaborative effort headed by Julie Olds, the tribe’s Cultural Resources Officer, and designer Alyse Capaccio of University Communications and Marketing. Olds and Capaccio, along with members of the Myaamia Center, have worked on the project for about two years.

“Mostly, the guiding question was, ‘What’s an image that exemplifies the relationship but is also respectful and appropriate?’” said Olds. “There were a lot of voices that went into that.”

The final image is inspired by the Myaamia tradition of ribbonwork, an art form that predates European contact. Because most traditional ribbonwork patterns are family-oriented or have a specific meaning, Olds and her peers knew it was important to come up with something entirely unique that could be broadly used, but that still had a great depth of meaning.

“I don’t know if it could be more ideal,” Olds said. “I think it’s very thoughtful.” arwinejk@miamioh.edu

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Spooky Night Hike Hueston Woods State Park Tuesday, 8 -9 p.m.

Day of the Dead Celebration MacMillan Hall lobby Wednesday, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Fallin’ for Goggin Bunger Quad (behind Goggin) Saturday, 3 - 6 p.m.

International Games Night King Library, first floor Saturday, 4 p.m. - Midnight

Meet at the Indian mound in the Hueston Woods campground for a spooky outdoor adventure. Hikers are advised to wear practical footwear.

Leave your flashlights at home, and keep those cell phone flashlights off, too. You’ll be hiking by moonlight.

Join Global Initiatives and the Center for American World Cultures for this year’s celebration: Healing and Resilience of the Americas at Times of Change. Learn from guest speakers, help build a “garden of hope” and sample traditional pan de muertos.

Come for the free food truck fare (think: caramel apples, funnel cakes, empanadas) but stay for the inflatables that will fill the quad behind Goggin. Don’t forget to grab your free t-shirt. This year, students can tie-dye their tees in their favorite fall colors.

This Saturday, take a break from your study nook in King and head to the library’s first floor for this marathon gaming festival. Play table-top and electronic games from the University Libraries’ game collection or bring along your own favorite board game.

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‘Howl at the Moon’ Family Arts Night balances fear with fun COMMUNITY

KEVIN VESTAL

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Third grader Ashlynn Ramsey is not afraid of ghosts or monsters. On Wednesday, she confronted a bigger fear: reading her scary story in front of an audience.

As Ashlynn spoke into the microphone, her eyes stayed locked on the sheet of paper in her hands. A squirrelly crowd of elementary students and their parents listened to her tale, but none were more engaged than her teacher and family in the front row.

The reading was the culmination of a ghost story contest organized by Students for the Promotion of Writing. This was the second year for the contest, which was part of Howl At The Moon, a family friendly event put on by the Oxford Community Arts Center.

The contest received 25 submissions this year from local elementary and middle school students. Prizes were awarded to the most creative and the scariest story in the contest’s two age groups, with honorable mentions for outstanding writing.

Celia Monroe, the president of Students for the Promotion of Writing, said that while spelling and grammar were considered when determining the winning stories, creativity was more important.

LAILA NEANOVER, A 5TH GRADER AT KRAMER ELEMENTARY, READS ALOUD HER GHOST STORY RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

“Writing is a skill that you use your entire life,” Monroe said. “We wanted to allow kids to practice this form of creative expression beyond what they are doing in school.”

Story topics ranged from magic teleportation spells to a haunted horse stable, but Ashlynn’s story about an elderly couple that was haunted by “hobgnobs” was declared the

Latino students prepare to celebrate Dia de los Muertos STUDENT LIFE

KRISTIN STRATMAN THE MIAMI STUDENT

This Wednesday, students at Miami will wash off the fake blood and remove the black cat ears from Halloween festivities, but spookiness will still be in the air at the Dia de los Muertos celebration.

The celebration has been organized by Miami’s Center for American and World Cultures for the past six years and offers a way for Miami students from all across Latin America to remember their dead and celebrate their culture.

Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, originated around 3,000 years ago in present-day Mexico. Today, festive parades and public parties are held to commemorate the dead.

Flowers, food and water are also placed on the graves of deceased loved ones as offerings. The holiday is often thought of as solely Mexican; however, countries all across Latin America and the Caribbean celebrate their own versions.

This year, the Dia de los Muertos event at Miami will have a different spin on it.

“Because of all of the natural disasters — the hurricanes and earthquakes, and even political issues — this year is about pain and healing,” said Silvia Rothschild, the Latino Community Outreach Coordinator at Miami. “It’s commemorating the fact

that so many lives have gone and how people are reacting, and also how people have helped.”

About 4 percent of students enrolled at Miami’s Oxford campus in 2016 identified as Latino, according to the Diversity and Inclusion report. The Dia de los Muertos celebration gives this population the space to gather and be seen. Last year, about 70 people attended.

“I was really surprised at the turnout,” said Daniela Munoz Perales, a sophomore psychology major at Miami. “You wouldn’t think there are many Latinos here in Oxford until you bring them all together.”

Perales, who is the vice president of the Association of Latin and American Students, planned the celebration last year. She moved here from Mexico 10 years ago and believes that the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration creates a welcoming environment for Latino students to gather and get to know one another.

“It reminds me of home, I guess,” said Perales. “And in a way it brings people together.”

The event will not be limited only to Latino students; non-Latinos and Oxford community members are also invited, according to Rothschild.

The Dia de los Muertos celebration will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the lobby of MacMillan Hall. stratmkc@miamioh.edu

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scariest.

Ashlynn said Halloween is her favorite time of year because people are more willing to face their fears.

“People should get used to it,” she said. “They get free candy.”

Her prize for scariest story was a giant Hershey’s bar. The third grader shared her victory with her supporters, snapping

off chocolate chunks for her uncle and baby cousin.

Overall, Howl At The Moon had more treats than tricks.

The Oxford Community Arts Center’s front entrance greeted guests with dried corn husks, scarecrows and other fallthemed decor. Inside, guests enjoyed “monster munch” popcorn and “spider spun” cotton candy.

The north parlor had carnival games, mad libs and a mask-making table. Children dressed as butterflies and superheroes weaved between strollers as they raced to the next activity.

Not one to miss out on the fun, OCAC artist-in-residence Alisha Bond came with David, her six-year-old pirate. Bond said that the event had something for everyone, including parents.

“I think it gives the adults a chance to tap into their inner kids,” Bond said, dressed as a witch with a painted spider on her cheek.

The ballroom was home to a small marketplace, where tables sold everything from jewelry and soaps to plants and postcards. As older visitors meandered between stalls, the Jericho Old Time Band provided a folk soundtrack.

As for the spookier side of Halloween, a small haunted house stood ominously at the end of the south corridor.

Strobe lights and caution tape warned of jumpscares ahead, prompting some parents to turn their strollers around.

Nevertheless, the occasional brave kid ventured headlong into the black curtains, ready to face the unknown, if only for the fall season. vestalkc@miamioh.edu

Halloween on High Street: Uptown dresses up

HIPPIES, BANANAS AND BUTTERFLIES WERE AMONG THE COSTUMES WAITING OUTSIDE BRICK STREET THIS SATURDAY RYAN TERHUNE PHOTO EDITOR

STUDENT LIFE

DUARD HEADLEY

THE MIAMI STUDENT

With a forecast of light snow and temperatures in the twenties, this past Saturday felt more like winter than fall. But the chilly weather certainly didn’t stop crowds of Miamians from donning their costumes and turning the streets of Oxford into a spooky spectacle.

Braced against the chill, a group of Sith lords swoops past Armstrong, clacking their plastic lightsabers together in mock combat. Behind them walks a horde of zombie cheerleaders practicing their choreography.

Alyssa Burnett dressed as an ex-wife, complete with blood and gore, and says she shamelessly stole the joke from the movie “Mean Girls.”

“For the most part, I really just wanted an excuse to use the fake blood I bought,” Alyssa says, gesturing to the copious amounts of red stains on her dress and veil.

Along High street, Jack Salmer and Mike Dewitt are on their way to Brick Street dressed as police officers. Complete with handcuffs and flashlights, they joke that to some, theirs might be the scariest costumes of the night.

“We didn’t have a lot of time to put these together, but I’m pretty proud of how well they turned out,” Jack says.

Some students don’t seem as concerned with how their costumes look. Ryan Davis slapped on a headband and wore a jersey that he had previously owned, going as a low cost, low effort basketball player.

“Halloween is about going out and having fun,” Ryan says.

“It shouldn’t cost me a ton of money to do that, so I just wore stuff I already had.”

Lots of people seem to agree with that philosophy, as the line in front of Brick is full of people in barely more than street clothes, one simply taping a sign to his chest that read, “I’m a werewolf, but it isn’t a full moon tonight.”

Another trend that is apparent across various parts of Oxford is the advent of the onesie costume. Dozens of students wear pajama-like onesies of various animals or fictional characters, passing them off as costumes.

Bryan Measure, Mike Thomas and Jacob Ronnebaum all wore onesies, going as Chewbacca, Pikachu and a shark, respectively.

“These were easy to find and easy to wear,” says Jacob. “Plus, they’re really warm, and to-

night, that’s super important.”

Despite the cost and the cold, some students didn’t hold back with their costumes. Lily Brook is dressed as a zombie, but her intense makeup sets her apart from the rest of the undead that prowl the campus. Her face is fully zombified, complete with torn flesh, stained teeth and a missing eye.

“This is the one time a year that I can really go all out with my costume makeup,” she says, excitedly.

She’s been doing theatrical makeup for years, and goes all out every Halloween. Last year she went as Frankenstein’s monster.

All across campus, costumed collegiates roam the streets.

Billy Mays walks next to Donald Trump, followed by Jack Skellington and Santa Claus.

Not letting the cold get to them, Brandon Lewis and Aaron Chavez proudly emerge from their dorm wearing nothing but swim trunks and headgear — a swim cap for Brandon and a shark mask for Aaron — and dive into the night.

The aquatic duo join countless other costumed students, all out to make this chilly October night one to remember. headledd@miamioh.edu

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Animals of all kinds, TV and movie characters and even a five-foot tall fidget spinner gather in Oxford’s Memorial Park on Oct. 26 for the Uptown businesses’ trick-or-treat. Yet in a crowd full of costumed trick-or-treaters, a woman in a bright pink ball-gown stands out.

“Queen” Peach and her husband Luigi gather their children, Mario and Princess Peach, and hand them their trick-or-treat baskets. On any other day of the year, the Walker family usually goes by Betsy, Mark, Liam and Lydia.

Liam, 9, sits down in his blue motorized wheelchair and speeds off in front of the family.

“Woah, that’s pretty fast,” I say.

Liam looks back at me for a second and smirks. He pushes forward on the joystick and doubles his speed.

“Yeah, he’s no joke,” Betsy says. “He’s the

most agile, precise driver, though.”

He stops in front of Krishna when he spots a paper pumpkin in their window, telling him hey, there’s candy here! and waits for the rest of us to catch up.

Everyone we pass on the sidewalk seems to know the Walkers. They stop every few steps to say ‘hi’ to someone new and to exchange compliments on costumes.

Lydia, 6, twirls around in her matching bright pink dress. But unlike her mom, she has a tiara and a sparkly wand.

“Look at you!” one of Betsy’s friends says to her.

“Yeah, everyone’s like, ‘Why do you have a princess costume?’” Betsy says. “So I say, ‘Why don’t you have a princess costume?’

This should be in your closet.”

In fact, Betsy’s was in her closet, hanging up next to her wedding dress for the past three years. She bought it just in case she’d ever need to wear a bright pink ball-gown.

We make our way down High Street toward You’re Fired.

Liam maneuvers around wandering children and climbs out of his wheelchair to go

collect his candy.

Liam was born with Muscular Dystrophy (MD), meaning his muscles tire easily. He gets around pretty well without his chair, but it definitely helps on nights like this with so much walking involved.

Betsy says, oddly enough, the buildings that are most wheelchair accessible in Oxford are the older ones.

“A lot of the buildings that have the cutout, like Bluetique, where the windows are off to the side are all ramped,” Betsy says.

“Whereas Subway, one of the newest buildings, is not wheelchair accessible and has a step. It’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘That’s a dumb mistake.’”

We cross the street toward UDF, and Mark and the kids head inside.

Betsy tells me she’s lived in Oxford her whole life, except for when she attended Ohio University for college. Mark went to Miami, and after the two got married, they decided to stay in Oxford to raise their family.

“You know, honestly, if you want to get something to eat or come get a beer, you just do it.” Betsy says. “It’s like living anywhere else. You just find a way. Whenever people complain about the students, it’s like, ‘I live here on purpose. I like that they’re—” “Mommy! Look! There’s unicorns over there!” Lydia interjects.

“Very cool! Okay, go do your thing,” Betsy says. “Anyway, I grew up on Church Street right in the middle of all of it. My parents finally decided to leave and move out into the country when their outside patio furniture was repeatedly getting stolen. But I would live in Mile Square if I could. There’s just no wheelchair-accessible places.”

Lydia spots a friend and sprints to catch up. Her velvet pink cape flies behind her.

Mark and Liam head off in a different direction, making sure they go to every business with candy. Lydia’s more concerned with introducing Betsy to her friend from school.

Eventually, the four meet back up outside of Bagel and Deli and decide to head back to the park where there are different games and activities going on.

We continue walking, crossing the street

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Tiny monsters began creeping into Uptown Park Thursday evening. By 5:30 p.m., the whole park was riddled with witches, wizards, stormtroopers and even ninjas. They came in search for one thing and one thing only: candy.

Thanks to Oxford Parks & Recreation, the park was filled with delicious treats. As a part of their annual Uptown trick-or-treat event, they came prepared for the invasion with games set up for the monsters. They rolled dice to get either a trick or treat, putt-putted into pumpkins and threw balls at cans to knock them all over.

“We hold this event every year to give families the opportunity to enjoy the holiday together,” said program coordinator Emily Sibcy. “I came up with all the games for the kids to play to give them a fun way to get candy.”

The kids spent an hour competing to win as much candy as they possibly could, while Halloween music played in the background. A magician wandered around the park amazing the mortals with his tricks, and a flame thrower all the way from the Cincinnati Circus bewildered them.

After the monsters raided the park of all of its candy, their four-legged companions competed in the annual Dog Costume Contest.

Oxford native Karen Sizemore has been competing in the costume contest for years. A Talawanda and Miami graduate, Sizemore and her two dogs were the “We Can Do it! World War II” group. Sizemore dressed as Rosie the Riveter, while her German shepherds, Astro and Daisy, were a tank and a jet plane. Complete with hats and all, the two dogs were incredibly well-behaved, and even posed for the

photographs. According to Sizemore, competing in the contest is something her and her family have always enjoyed.

“I love to go all out on making their costumes,” said Sizemore.

Another Oxford local, Michael Schultz, competed with his two dogs — Bud, the rat terrier, and Izzy, the Yorkie — for the second time. With Schultz dressed as Ryder and Bud and Izzy as Marshall and Skye, they were the trio from the popular kids show, “Paw Patrol.”

Twenty-four dogs competed in the event this year. Some of the dogs included a Husky dressed as a banana split, a King Charles and a Cavalier dressed as Nemo and Dory and a grey shih tzu decorated with gray spots as “50 Shades of Grey.”

The three judges — Steve Dana from the City of Oxford, Darlene Hacker of Parks & Rec, and Jennifer Marston from the Animal Care Clinic — judged the dogs costumes by four categories: effort, theme, creativity and overall appeal.

After all the dogs had been presented by their owners, the judges took time to deliberate on the winner.

The prizes were three baskets filled with dog treats and toys, one donated by Oxford Veterinary Hospital, and the other two by Oxford Parks & Rec. First prize went to Karen Sizemore’s dogs Astro and Daisy for their World War II costumes, and they were given first choice at which basket they’d like to take home.

Second place went to Little Foot, the shih tzu dressed as “50 Shades of Gray,” and third place went to Steve, the rat terrier dressed as a UPS driver.

With the conclusion of the Dog Costume Contest, the families retrieved their companions and retreated back to their homes, not to be seen again until next year’s event. ander198@miamioh.edu

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toward DuBois Bookstore. I ask Liam what his favorite Mario game is.

“Super Mario Odyssey,” he says. “Well, it’s not technically out yet, but I like it already.

I’ve seen a lot of previews.”

“My little brother likes to watch video games on Youtube,” I say. “Do you like to do that, as well?”

“Yes, sometimes,” Liam says.

“A lot,” Mark adds.

“Mom, we’re just standing!” Lydia complains, tugging on her mom’s dress.

Her friends are up ahead at the park. She scrunches up her whole face, trying not to cry.

“I know. We’re just standing and talking,” Betsy says.

Liam is pleased, though. He found a friend dressed as Bowser. They decide to take a group Mario-themed photo. But Lydia’s had enough, so Betsy takes her place as Princess Peach for the photo.

Finally, we head back to the park. Lydia and Liam disappear amongst their friends.

Betsy and Mark stand on the sidewalk, talking to friends of their own.

A man doing magic in the grass holds Lydia’s attention for a while, but soon she runs up on the stage and dances with her friends. Liam gets up to join them and they all dance to ominous Halloween music.

When that gets old, they chase each other in circles through the pillars surrounding the stage.

Mario chases Sulley from Monsters Inc. who chases Olaf from Frozen with Princess Peach in the lead.

This goes on with no end in sight until it’s announced that the Halloween parade is about to begin.

The Walkers regroup and get ready to join the parade. I get ready to say my goodbyes, when Lydia — too shy to talk to me earlier in the day — gives me a big hug.

“We’re huggers,” Betsy says, stretching her arms out for a hug, too.

Haunting hollow notes emulated from the speakers and dim lighting created a horror movie atmosphere in Pearson Hall, but the evening provided more treats than tricks.

On Saturday, Oct. 28, Sketched Out Improv put on a improv comedy show, “The Improv of the Lambs.” The show title followed the group’s play-on-word tradition, this time playing on the classic horror film “Silence of the Lambs.”

Despite it being Halloween weekend, the room was crowded — filled with students, parents, families and even a couple of Miami’s service dogs-in-training.

One black lab, Nora, adorably exemplified the Halloween spirit in a skeleton costume.

Though most audience members didn’t dress in costume, they shared enthusiasm for the evening.

“I like that it gives you an option other than going Uptown and it gets you out of the dorms,” sophomore Sarah Kollins said.

The show began with the actors running to the stage as the audience clapped along. For this particular performance, the actors dressed in a wide range of Halloween costumes, adding an amusing twist to their traditional show format.

“I dressed up as Arthur Read,” firstyear member Dee Dee Sperry said. “It was pretty last minute, but it was fun. I was tempted to whip out my library card, but I didn’t know if people would see it from the audience.”

Host for the evening, senior Scott Lentz — dressed as Jughead Jones from the TV show “Riverdale” — explained the importance of audience participation and general rules for the evening.

The first short-form act involved code words taken from the audience; actors then had to take the word and relate it to a relationship and being dumped.

For instance, Lentz asked the audience to name a fruit and a voice heard above the rest yelled “pomegranate.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, an actor stepped forward and said, “It’s not you, it’s me. I think you’re taking me for ‘granted.’”

Members literally had seconds to formulate a pun that wasn’t just relevant, but funny, too.

“They’re really creative. This is quality entertainment,” audience member and first-year Laura Jacob said.

The short-form improv took a scary

turn with a Halloween-themed act called “Spooky Moment” where the audience chose a setting and actors created a realistic scene. The twist was, whenever horror-movie music began to play, the dialogue had to turn creepy.

Going off the location suggestion of Aruba, Sketched Out member Nate Bissinger pretended to be lounging at the beach with friends while fellow member Brandon Fogel played a drink server. Without music playing, the scene carried on normally.

Nate asked for a drink while the server mimed holding a tray. When the music turned on, Brandon immediately pointed to the tray and said ominously, “Please. Take that one.” His quick change of tone made the scene even funnier.

After a few more short acts, there was a ten minute intermission.

“We focus both on short-form and long-form improv,” Fogel said. “In shortform, you play to the gimic, whereas in long-form you have to focus more on the relationships and the truth.”

The second half was composed of a few long-form acts, the funniest titled “Nightmare.” Lentz selected a random person from the audience and asked her to talk about her day, major and character traits.

The girl discussed getting up early for a club run meet, getting a sandwich, a funny moment where a kid on her bus ate a napkin and her biggest fear: making decisions.

The Sketched Out cast listened attentively to the details and then staged her “nightmare” with Nate playing the girl.

They began by saying she was late to the meet, had missed the bus and would have to run in the freezing cold just to get there. When she tried to move, it was in slow motion. When she went to buy a sandwich but couldn’t choose which one, the cast surrounded her, chanting “decide, decide, decide,” and the audience laughed for a majority of the scene.

“In improv, the most important thing is listening to each other and I think we did a good job tonight,” junior and artistic director Olivia Prosser said. “We did a Halloween twist on both of the shows and the audience seemed to enjoy it.”

Scott ended the evening by thanking everyone for coming and announced that their next performances are scheduled for Nov. 9-10.

In typical comedic fashion, Sketched Out handed out laughs instead of tricks or treats for Halloween. dattilec@miamioh.edu

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ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH WITH GHOSTLY ASPARAGUS

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f you only serve up one vegetable in October, it better be butternut squash. If you’ve never prepared it before, get ready for a challenge. The tough skin is difficult to peel, and the process of slicing the squash and scooping out its seeds is time consuming. But there’s a reason why you put in the time.

Once you’ve wrestled with your squash, pour the cubed vegetables into a large baking pan and drizzle with olive oil. Scoop brown sugar into the pan and toss until the pieces are coated. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper, then heavily with cinnamon. Please, don’t measure; it ruins the fun.

Now, it’s time for your secret in-

gredient: a few shakes of cayenne pepper. It’s just enough that your dinner guests will detect a slight kick, but not enough that your average eater will be able to guess your secret spice.

Roast in the oven at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes, until the squash is tender and the brown sugar in the bottom of the pan has started to burn. As the squash is cooking, stir it once with a spatula or wooden spoon so the pieces cook evenly.

Serve them alongside what might be one of the spookiest vegetables: white asparagus. There’s no difference in taste between this asparagus and its verdant counterpart. Sometimes nicknamed the “vampire” of vegetables, white

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asparagus is grown by covering the asparagus in a thick layer of mulch and dark plastic, blocking any sunlight. Without sunlight, photosynthesis doesn’t take place, and the veggies are left with their ghostly hue.

Cook the white asparagus as you would the regular variety, but with one difference. Peel the skins

from the spears after washing.

They tend to be thick and slightly bitter. After peeling my white asparagus, I tossed it in olive oil and sprinkled it with a generous dose of parsley, salt and pepper.

Roast in the oven at 400 degrees (it can cook at the same time as the squash) until tender and starting to brown at the tips.

Spooky Spaghetti Don’t be frightened at its sweet, savory flavor Ingredients •

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Thick-cut bacon My best pasta combinations always start the same way: I’m in dire need of a grocery run. That’s what happened when I opened my fridge and found half a package of bacon and a parsnip. But about 20 minutes later, twirling up a forkful of noodles, I discovered the serendipitous perfection of the mildly sweet parsnip, mixed with salty, savory bacon and an almost unreasonable amount of grated parmesan.

In order to make the dish sufficiently spooky, you’ll have to pick up some some special spaghetti noodles. If you’re feeling extra sophisticated, opt for squid ink pasta.

Unfortunately, these black, silky noodles aren’t your average grocery item, and you won’t be able to find them in any of Oxford’s grocery stores. Order them online in advance, or, take the cheaper route and buy a box of “SuperGreens” spaghetti. Made with five different green vegetables, this particular pasta brand is a deep green shade that will still maintain your meal’s creepy aesthetic.

As you let the noodles boil, fry up a few slices of bacon — thick cut, preferably — until crisp. Set the bacon strips aside and dump the grease, but don’t wash or rinse the skillet. Peel one parsnip and slice into small slivers, chopping the larger slices into quarters.

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In the same skillet, fry up the parsnips. The remnants of bacon grease will help the parsnips fry up, but also add in a splash of olive oil. Sprinkle heavily with parsley and black pepper.

When the parsnips start to brown, add cooked spaghetti noodles to the skillet.

Crumble the cooked bacon over the pasta.

Add a splash of heavy cream and toss, mixing the parsnips and bacon evenly through-

out the noodles.

Grab your block of parmesan and grate it right over the skillet. Be generous. Don’t measure, just keep adding more cheese — and perhaps another sprinkle of parsley or splash of cream — stirring and tossing until the sweet and savory smell is so intense you can’t stand to wait before piling it high into a bowl and twirling up a forkful. willi501@miamioh.edu

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JACK EVANS MANAGING EDITOR Welcome to The Miami Student cocktail corner, where the over-21 members of our editorial staff bring you two cocktail recipes — one classic and one in line with the food section theme. This week, we offer up the Dark ‘n’ Stormy, a stalwart and spicy rum drink, and the Purple People Eater, a sugary (but surprisingly tasty) concoction sure to please fans of Mind Probes, Trash Cans and other brightly-colored refreshments.

Classic: Dark ‘n’ Stormy For consistency’s sake, we stick with the International Bartenders Association proportions for our classic cocktail

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tending sites (and our staff) agree that the acidity from about ¾ oz of freshly-squeezed lime juice (half a lime) is the best way to round out the drink.

Mixing a drinkable cocktail — like life and tightrope walking — is all about balance.

recipes.

2 oz of dark rum — Gosling’s Black Seal is (arguably) the original, but we tried out the rather potent Kraken Black Spiced Rum. 3 ⅓ oz of ginger beer — Any brand will work, but spicier varieties will more effectively cut through the booziness of the rum.

1 lime wedge for garnish Directions: Pour the rum into a glass with ice and top with ginger beer.

Garnish with a lime wedge on the edge of the glass. One or two good swirls with a spoon helps to mix the liquid, but if you’re a purist (or stubborn or lazy), feel free to tip one back with the ginger beer floating.

These proportions lead to a strong cocktail. Upping the quantity of ginger beer certainly softens it, but most bar-

Themed: Purple People Eater This festive libation is from the food blog homemadehooplah.com 1 ½ oz of vodka 1 oz of blue curacao 1 oz of sweet and sour mix 1 oz of grenadine — check out this article on miamistudent.net for a bonus homemade grenadine recipe. It’s simple and tastes better than the Red40-packed storebought stuff.

1 oz cranberry juice A small plate covered with purple

sanding sugar (sprinkles). If you don’t have any, mix some cane sugar with purple food coloring, then let it dry out for at least a half hour.

Directions: Rub the edge of a glass with a lime wedge (or some other citrus fruit) and rim the glass with the purple sugar. Combine the vodka, blue curacao, sweet and sour mix, grenadine and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to combine and strain into the glass.

Optional: Go on Spotify and cue up Flying Purple People Eaters. Dance wildly and tell everyone the dark purple liquid in your hand is Essence of Nightshade. Have a happy Halloween and imbibe responsibly.

Email evansjm4@miamioh.edu for future cocktail suggestions, questions, comments and concerns.

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When you’re hosting a Halloween dinner party, aesthetics matter. This appetizer fits the theme without being goofy, and will pair well with pretty much any cracker, pretzel or dippable vegetable.

In a bowl, mix one block of cream cheese, two cups of shredded sharp white cheddar and two logs of goat cheese. Sprinkle with black pepper and stir. On a serving

preserves platter, form the cheese mixture into a ball — or, if you’re feeling ambitious, a spooky shape — and spoon sweet chili pepper preserves over the entire sphere.

Pile your crackers, pretzels and vegetables around it and set this out before your spooky meal. willi501@miamioh.edu

The Farmers’ Market Chef DEVON SHUMAN MANAGING EDITOR On Saturday mornings in Oxford, patrons of the local Farmers Market bundle up against the crisp autumn air, make their way Uptown and explore the various stalls to sample and purchase everything from fresh produce and festive artwork to pour-over coffee and flaky pastries. As they mosey past the chef chopping onions with speed and professional precision, many are lured in by the spicy aroma emanating from his table.

“What are you cooking up today, Steve?” many ask.

His response is practiced, but not rehearsed. He’s repeated it to countless customers throughout the morning, but every time, his answer retains the natural excitement of a Food Network chef, as if he’s discovering the ingredients and flavors anew as he prepares his dish.

“I decided today to make a nice Mediterranean stir fry,” he says. “I’m using a garlic Mediterranean-infused olive oil.

I’m gonna finish it off a little later on with a garlic cilantro balsamic vinegar. I have some ginger, and today I’m gonna use a garam masala. That’s gonna give it a lot of flavor.”

He places the spice back on the table and picks up a large, green vegetable.

“I’ve also got a nice thin-leaf cabbage.

Green onions. Red and regular white onions. Fresh garlic. Carrots. I’m gonna stir fry that all up. I’ll get a few tomatoes.

Nice and simple. Just a little bit of salt to taste. Not a whole lot of ingredients.

And oh, I’m gonna give it a few peppers as well.”

This is Steve Townsend, the official chef of the Oxford Farmers Market. Every Saturday morning, Steve sets up shop wherever he can find space at the market, bringing along his kitchen tools, a grill and maybe a few spices. He makes his way around to the various stalls, in search of ingredients to cook this week’s dish. Rarely does he arrive with an idea of what he’s going to whip up. Rather, he prefers to let inspiration strike during

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this early-morning exploration.

“As I walk around, I see what’s plentiful for the year,” he says. “It’s a crapshoot in a lot of senses according to who’s got what growing. If I see it, my mind might

start to click, thinking about the different spices and herbs.”

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screen goes black with a sudden snapping noise.

Many students gasp or let out a squeal.

The video resumes with melancholy music and a presumably dead mouse. All of a sudden, the mouse comes back to life and starts bench pressing the trap while “Eye of the Tiger” plays.

Students clap and cheer on the mouse until the ad ends.

“You guys don’t even like mice,” Eyman said.

“We’re trained not to like them and yet you were rooting for him. Why?” His students talk about the story elements and the music and how emotion is so important in telling stories.

Then, Eyman asks students to share their own stories that would evoke emotion.

One student shared a story of his grandmother’s death. On the day she died, it stormed.

But after the storm, came a rainbow. Every year since on his birthday, there’s been a rainbow.

Eyman, moved by the story, takes a moment to share his own.

His grandparents emigrated to the United States shortly after World War II from Maastricht in the Netherlands. During the war, an American

soldier stood guard outside of his family’s apartment building.

“My grandfather befriended this American soldier,” Eyman said. “After the war, he sent a letter to Holland, to my grandfather, saying ‘I found a church in Louisiana that will sponsor you to come to the United States.’ So they did.”

His grandparents sold almost everything they had and came to the United States within a week.

“So fast forward to when I was in college,” he said. “My mother went to a little town in Indiana called Metamora. It’s a little touristy, antique-store village.”

His mother was walking through one of the antique stores when she noticed something peculiar.

“She looks up and says ‘Wow! That’s my mother’s China cabinet, and I bet there’s a bullet-hole in the back of it,’” Eyman said.

Sure enough, the antique dealer in the store turned the cabinet around to find a bullet-hole.

“My mother found the China cabinet that was her mother’s that she grew up with in Maastricht during the Nazi occupation in an antique store in Indiana,” he said. “Creepy? It’s like rainbows on your birthday.”

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for the first time, people whose message resonated with her. She decided to get sober.

Her first foray into sobriety did not last long, however, and over the next few years she relapsed several times.

When hiding her drinking became too difficult, she switched to cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamine — stimulants that kept her happy, yet coherent. She couldn’t live like that forever, and eventually, she gave up.

“I got so tired of the looks of disappointment in people’s eyes when I couldn’t get it together,” she said. “I resigned myself to be an alcoholic… By the age of 26, I was positive I wasn’t going to make it to 30.”

Eventually, however, Sweetin was able to pull herself out of her addiction.

Through years of counseling, support and 12-step programs, she’s learned to be okay with being sober and in pain, to be able to sit with herself in quiet and uncomfortable moments, to be content with who she is and to live life without expectations. She became a mother of two, earned her certificate in drug treatment and travels the country to share

her story with others, hoping her message might be heard by someone in a similarly dark place.

Sweetin recognizes that heavy drinking and drug use is common and even normalized on college campuses, and she encourages students to reach out to their peers if they are concerned about their behavior. If someone is isolating themself, or if they are prioritizing drinking and drug use over their friends, that might be a sign they have a problem. Though they are the only ones who can decide to get help, friends can help by reaching out and letting them know they are concerned.

“As much as an alcoholic or an addict hates to have their covers pulled, once they are, there is a sense of relief,” she said.

At the end of the night, Sweetin took questions from the crowd, and one student asked what advice she would give to her 14-year-old self.

Sweetin repeated the question, then paused in silence. Finally, she answered.

“You’re better than you think you are,” she said. “I still have to remind myself of that sometimes today.” shumandb@miamioh.edu

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Students for Life’s anti-abortion displays vandalized CRIME

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Both displays set up by Miami’s chapter of Students for Life of America were vandalized on campus earlier this month, according to the club’s president, sophomore Jessie Hicks.

On Friday, Oct. 20, two students and the anti-abortion organization’s Ohio Regional Coordinator, Morgan Getts, were manning a table near the seal when a man approached them. Silently, he took their tri-fold poster illustrating the stages of life from conception and attempted to tear it in half before throwing it to the ground and stomping on it.

Getts managed to capture video footage of him retreating, but the club has since been unable to track him down.

“I think, in a way, it has helped to make me more passionate about the issue,” said sophomore Students for Life member Blake Taylor. “But it’s also a lit-

tle disappointing that people would not be willing to listen to any points of view that they don’t like when coming to a college campus.”

Two days later, Students for Life placed 200 white crosses in rows on Central Quad, in a display called “Cemetery of the Innocents.” Each of the crosses, meant to represent 10 abortions that occur around the world every day, were all ripped out of the ground by Monday morning. On Wednesday, the sign accompanying the display was missing, though the MUPD discovered it a few hours later shoved into a dumpster behind MacCracken Hall.

“We know that abortion is a complex, controversial topic,” said Hicks. “But we are very passionate about the fact that all human life has value from the moment it is conceived, so we know that even though students might react poorly to displays like this, it is very necessary to start conversations and be talking about this subject.”

Hicks said that while she was obviously upset by the incidents, she was grateful for the club’s response. They banded together to reconstruct the “Cemetery of the Innocents” display, and one member made a new sign before the stolen one was recovered.

“I just thought it was a really strong testament to the fact that we will not be silenced on this campus,” said Hicks.

A member of the organization since she was a freshman, Hicks said she has not seen any vandalism of their displays to this degree. Last year, she said, the only incident was someone taping a piece of paper that read “Abortion does not equal murder” to their “Cemetery of the Innocents” sign.

Last week’s vandalism was nothing new for Getts, however, who said defacement or theft of students’ anti-abortion displays happens “all the time.” She mentioned that Northern Kentucky University’s Students for Life chapter saw the same thing happen to their own “Ceme-

tery of the Innocents” display last week.

“I think that it does make some of my students more hesitant, because we’re not out there to offend people or upset them,” said Getts. “Our goal is to have civil, compassionate dialogue, so when we get reactions like our poster boards being ripped in half or crosses stolen from the display . . . it does make you hesitant.”

But Hicks, along with Taylor and first-year club member Sarah Wilhelm (both of whom were present when their tri-fold was torn down), said this won’t discourage them from putting up more displays and hosting events in the future.

They also noted that the vast majority of students who approached them did so respectfully and were genuinely curious about their organization.

“Of course, it’s controversial,” said Hicks. “So, students might be offended and react in these ways, but it’s not going to stop us from having a presence.” daviskn3@miamioh.edu

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“I met Jack [Cohen] on the campaign trail and he loved that a student was running,” Worrell said. “He also recognized that as a young college kid I don’t have the resources or connections to put the money needed to run, so he said he’d talk to his friends [and] people around town about me and try to get donations, or places to put up signs… Just like with any of my supporters, I didn’t question who he’s voted for, what party, or what he does for a living.”

A letter circulated by local Democrats accused the four candidates of “collusion between major landlords and bar owners — many of whom do not actually live in Oxford — to support very inexperienced candidates, some of whom have personal connections to these same special interests.”

The letter, signed by seven people including the president emeritus of the Butler County Progressive PAC, endorses four other candidates: David Prytherch, Edna Southard, Mike Smith and Chantel Raghu. Cohen, a former member of the Board of Zoning Appeals, referred to this letter as an endorsement of “the only single-minded ‘bloc.’”

Newly-released mandatory campaign finance disclosures show some similarities

inside the two alleged factions.

Davis, Prows, Vogel and Worrell received several identical donations: — Ned Hoelzer, former partner of Park Place Real Estate (a company that rents over 300 units across Oxford) contributed $300 to each candidate.

— Mark Weisman, owner of Brick Street Bar and Grill and 45 East, donated $400 to each candidate.

— James Clawson, a founder of CKC Rentals (a company that rents over 70 units across Oxford) donated $100 to each candidate.

— Cohen, whose email signature reads “Proud but concerned longtime citizen of Oxford for over 40 years,” contributed $400 to each candidate.

— Richard Wespiser, owner of 4-D National Investments (a property-rental company with over 30 units in Oxford), contributed $100 to each candidate.

Vogel, Prows and Worrell each received additional identical donations: — David Wespiser, owner of several local hotels (including The Elms and the Hampton Inn) and another founder of CKC Rentals, donated $50 to each candidate.

— Paul Brady, owner of 90 residential properties in Oxford, donated $100 to each

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addressed.

Gathering first at the corner of High Street and Campus Avenue, Hannah Clarke, president of Spectrum, started chanting, “When survivors’ lives are under attack, what do we do?” to which the crowd replied, “Stand up, fight back.”

The chant was repeated over and over, replacing the word survivor with women, trans, black and students.

After this, students from varying organizations spoke about the purpose of the rally and showed their solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. “[We need to] reclaim our space,” said senior Taylor Edwards, one of the marshalls at the rally tasked with keeping people safe. “Reclaim our campus. Stand up for our students. Make a difference right now.”

At 9 p.m., the group of around 50 people started to make their way down Slant Walk to The Armstrong Student Center. More chants rang through the air as they walked across campus, with phrases such as “whatever I wear and wherever I go, yes means yes and no means no” and “my body my choice.”

As the group entered Armstrong, they formed a circle around the Seal and opened the floor for anyone who wanted to tell their story. Those who came forward ranged from survivors to people who wanted to show support and offer words of encouragement.

The main themes of the night were love and acceptance, as people continually repeated that they believe survivors and it is not their fault they were assaulted.

“I am a survivor myself,” senior Seelie Decresce-Carter said. “You’ve got to show solidarity with many people because I’m a woman of many.

I’m sure I’m not the only survivor here.”

There was also talk about ways the administration and the police department handle allegations of sexual assault.

“The police don’t know how to work with people,” Clara Guerra, sophomore and an organizer of the event, said. “I’ve heard places where they argue with people about whether they’ve been assaulted or not. It takes too long to investigate.”

Students hoped the rally would make people more aware of the problems with the way these issues are being handled.

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candidate.

— David and Ann Prows, relatives of Jace Prows and owners of six apartment units in Oxford, donated $50 to to each candidate.

— Todd Hall, owner of some residential buildings in southwest Ohio, donated $100 to each candidate.

— Jeff Couch, an RV rental company owner in southwest Ohio, donated $25 to each candidate.

At the time of publication, Raghu and Smith’s financial disclosures are not available through the Butler County Board of Elections, but Prytherch and Southard both received similar contributions from some donors: — The Butler County Progressive PAC contributed $250 to each candidate.

— James Rubenstein, a professor in the geography department, contributed $100 to each candidate.

— Jon Ralinovsky, a piano technician affiliated with Miami, contributed $40 to Southard and $100 to Prytherch.

The candidates in both alleged “slates” deny rumors of collusion, citing the apolitical nature of Oxford’s city council.

“I am not beholden to anyone who supports me in town,” Worrell said. “I’ve made that very clear to anyone that’s donated fi-

nancially, to anyone who’s put my signs up….

When I’m elected, I’m going to listen to the concerns of the town and do what’s best for our town, and that’s certainly not catering to the interests of any one person. I think that’s just unethical and inappropriate… [The allegations] are outrageous.”

Prytherch agreed.

“Thankfully, elections in Oxford are non-partisan,” he wrote in an email. “I am proud, however, to be endorsed by the good people of the Butler County Progressives, as well as the Fraternal Order of Police. But, our campaigns are independent and grassroots, supported by individual citizens, not orchestrated by special interests. Honestly, the signs tell you everything you need to know.”

Corey Watt, the final candidate in the nine-person electoral battle for council, has not been alleged to be a member of either “bloc.”

View all contributions to each candidate at miamistudent.net.

Contribution and property ownership data is all of public record and was collected from the Butler County Board of Elections, Butler County Auditor and the Ohio Secretary of State’s business lookup tool.

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hauntings are told, there is little certainty of what is fact and what is fiction.

Myth #1: The Secret Tunnel To the right of Wilson Hall is Cook Place, a white stucco home with a red tile roof that used to house Dr. Robert Harvey Cook and his wife, Bessie. Dr. Cook ran the asylum with his father, Dr. Harvey Cook.

It is alleged that Dr. Cook had an underground tunnel built between his home and Wilson Hall so that he could go to work without being seen by his patients.

An article on Reddit written in 2011 claims that when the women saw Cook coming, they would be sent into an emotional frenzy out of fear of being treated by the doctor.

The article, which claims to be written by a former Wilson resident who decided to dig deep into Wilson’s history, says women would barricade themselves in their rooms or try to jump out of a window upon seeing Cook coming over from his home.

Now, let’s keep in mind that the article comes from Reddit, the last source someone should go to for trustworthy information, but there may be some validity to the author’s claims.

Bianca Oviedo, a current junior who lived in Wilson Hall the last year before it was closed, said the entrance to the infamous tunnel was in Wilson’s basement. Much of the basement was blocked off to residents, but Oviedo said the entrance was behind a locked door that students do not have access to.

“I heard about a few students going back behind Cook Place to find the [other] opening,” said Oviedo. “They said there was a little opening in the ground, but you couldn’t go through it because it was locked.”

Though we do not know exactly why Cook had a tunnel built in between his residence and place of work, there seems to be enough evidence that one does exist. If you want to investigate the legend yourself, there is a way. In the winter, you can supposedly trace the path of the tunnel based off where the snow melts, however we were not able to test this theory in time for the article.

The myth of Dr. Cook’s secret tunnel: Confirmed.

Myth #2: The Bathtub in the Basement The same 2011 Reddit article claims that, in a study room in the basement of Wilson, there is a large wooden box with a massive bathtub inside. The author speculated Dr. Cook used the bathtub for shock therapy.

There are several holes in this theory.

First, Wilson underwent a $20,000 renovation after it was purchased by Miami. It would be shocking if during that renovation, they did not take out all reminders that it once was a hospital. If they did leave it there, it is hard to believe Miami would hide a shock-therapy bathtub in a spot students could so easily access.

Second, Oviedo said that, in the year she spent living at Wilson, she never even saw a bathtub. Remember, most of the basement was blocked off to students.

It is quite possible that Cook performed shock therapy on his patients, as it was a common treatment for mental illness at the time. If he did use shock therapy, it could explain why patients became so frantic when they saw him, and why he needed to build a tunnel. However, it is doubtful that anything Cook used to practice shock therapy remains in Wilson, let alone be so easily accessible to students.

The Bathtub in the Basement Myth: Busted Myth #3: The Chained Patients The most horrifying claim made by the 2011 Reddit article had to do with Wilson’s third floor. The author claims the third floor could only be accessed by one staircase that led

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forward Gabby Luxardo scored her first collegiate goal off of a pass from Portugal.

At the half, Miami led 6-1. The game slowed down significantly in the second half with the only goal coming in the 65th minute by senior midfielder/forward Henni Ot-

ten. This was her second goal of the season.

“We played as a team and we all played really hard,” Otten said.

“We played our hearts out. We had lots of shots on goal and played great defense in our 25 and tried to get the ball up on the field.”

Portugal led both teams with seven shots and six points coming

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The second period was tighter than the first and UConn looked to match Miami’s first period speed.

The ’Hawks adjusted, however, and broke up the Huskies’ passes to lock down their lead. UConn and Miami each had power plays before ending a scoreless second. Going to intermission, the RedHawks led the shot count 23-15 and where it counts 3-0.

“I think anytime you get up to a lead like that, any team is going to push back,” Blasi said. “UConn pushed back, there’s no question about that, and we had to kill some penalties.”

The third was played similarly to the second, and the ’Hawks showed gritty determination to hold the Huskies scoreless with only four shots. While playing a sound defensive game, the offense forced Huska into making numerous saves -- despite the three-goal lead, the ’Hawks didn’t play comfortably.

“At that point you have to manage the game right — you have to put pucks in good areas and make sure that you’re defending away from the puck,” Blasi said. “Maybe loose a little bit in the second and early in the third but, for the most part, we did a pretty good job of that. I feel like we took a step tonight.”

Larkin ended with 19 saves, good for his second career shutout. The RedHawks and the Huskies went 0-for-4 on the power play. With an assist and a goal, Dornbrock had his fourth career multi-point game. Though a good outcome, Dornbrock attests that his team’s process put them in a position to win.

“This week we worked on valuing the process, not valuing the outcomes,” Dornbrock said. “We just wanted to play a team game.”

Whereas scoring was concentrated in the first period on Friday to a locked door. The author describes how, after given access by one of the cleaning staff, he found a room with a stone floor, makeshift wooden stalls and old pieces of paper that read the names of different women, supposedly the patients who lived there.

The author also found bolts in the center of each “stall,” and made the conclusion that women used to be chained to the floor.

Similar to the bathtub, it is difficult to believe that after 80 years and several renovations these haunting reminders of would have been left on the third floor.

Additionally, while Oviedo lived in Wilson there was no known access to the third floor.

Even though she knew nothing of chained patients, the third floor was still shrouded in mystery for Oviedo.

“One of the weird parts is that sometimes you would come home and there was a light on in the attic area,” said Oviedo. “But none of us knew where the stairs were to even get there, so it was kind of a mystery.”

It wasn’t just lights on in the attic that made her so curious about the third floor. Despite there being no known entrance, residents were always reminded that there was something on the floor above them.

“There was always noise and we didn’t know why there was noise,” said Oviedo.

The bizarre noises could have come from several sources — small animals living in the walls, or heating and plumbing. With no known entrance, it is difficult to believe that any student could have recently gained access to see

night, it was a five-goal third period that put Saturday’s game out of reach for UConn.

“Going into the third, I thought our guys responded really well. You could feel it in the locker room going out for the third period,” Blasi said. “They were going to continue the process and value the process and that’s exactly what we did.

We got a couple of lucky bounces, but I’m a big believer you work for those bounces, so it was a good team effort for sure.”

Miami had an opportunity to go up early in the first period, as LaValle was tripped up in UConn’s zone and would earn a power play for the RedHawks. Junior forward Kiefer Sherwood one-timed a Dornbrock pass to make it 1-0 at 3:40. Meyer earned the second assist on Sherwood’s second goal of the season and Miami’s first power play goal of the weekend.

Miami took the first eight shots of the game and UConn managed its first shot in the waning seconds of a power play at 6:17. UConn couldn’t generate any more chances on a power play at 10:04, though the Huskies were hitting in an attempt to knock Miami off the puck and off its game.

Seventeen minutes into the period, shots were 14-2 in favor of the ’Hawks. With two minutes left in the opening frame, junior defenseman Grant Hutton fed his own rebound from the left faceoff circle to Green who was making a bid to the right side of the net. Green buried the puck and put his team up 2-0 to end the first period.

“I thought we came out with good energy tonight, got a couple goals right off the bat in the first period,” Blasi said. “Thought in the second period we weren’t able to find the back of the net and Larks made some huge saves on the breakaway and they were able to find the back of the net.”

Miami played physically in all

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off of two goals and two assists. Junior goalkeeper Maddie Passarella had one save as MU kept the ball in their attacking third for the majority of the game.

MU celebrated six seniors during a pre-game ceremony for Senior Day. “I think it’s really special to get a win in front of all our families and friends on senior day,” senior midfielder/forward Brie Stahl said.

MAC Tournament play begins

Friday, Nov. 3 for the RedHawks who enter as the top seed. They face Appalachian State University in the semifinal who they already defeated 6-2 earlier in the season.

MU hopes to build off of the confidence gained this weekend and continue their dominance in conference. The winner goes on to play in the championship on Sunday.

three zones throughout the second period and out-skated UConn early. A UConn penalty eight minutes into the period tested Larkin and his defensemen, but Miami worked late on the man-disadvantage to take away shooting lanes.

For the next five minutes, the fans of ‘Coach’ Cady Arena groaned in succession as Miami players almost found the back of the net again and again.

With 3:08 left in the period, it looked as if the RedHawks would have an opportunity to capitalize on their chances on a power play.

However, the Huskies would go on to score their only goal of the weekend. Larkin made an impressive save but was caught down and out on the right side of the net, and the puck found senior forward Corey Ronan in the middle. Ronan knocked the loose puck past Larkin and cut the lead to 2-1 at the end of the second.

“I think you’re always wanting a little bit of sharper execution on the puck and better with the tracking and play without the puck,” Blasi said.

Five RedHawks would go on to score five goals in the third and, by the end of the period, RedHawks’ fans held up two hands and seven fingers to taunt the Huskies.

Knies started the high-scoring third with a wrap-around goal that caught Huska on the left side of the net and two minutes later on the power play, senior defenseman Louie Belpedio beat Huska point blank from the point. On another power play, Melnick knocked in a loose puck in the blue of Huska’s crease to make it 5-1 not seven minutes into the third period.

“We’ve been working on scoring a lot of goals all year and putting yourself in game-like situations,” Green said. “Guys were making plays and bearing down.”

With 7:37 still left in the period, Belpedio’s second goal of the night mimicked his first -- this time, beating senior goaltender Tanner Creel top-shelf on his right side. A five-minute major spelled more trouble for the Huskies, though Mi-

ami couldn’t connect on the power play.

Larkin ended his solid weekend with a breakaway save on senior forward Jeff Wight, and freshman forward Austin Alger finished the ’Hawks high-scoring weekend with a goal at 2:24. Senior forward Conor Lemirande and sophomore defenseman assisted on the insult-to-injury, seventh goal of the game.

“I thought we did all the little things right, our goal was to get pucks in deep and keep chipping all night,” Green said. “I thought our speed took over and wore them down both games, so we were able to capitalize on some power plays and chances in the third.”

The RedHawks had 44 shots to the Huskies’ 18, and the ’Hawks went 4-for-7 on the power play and killed off all of UConn’s. Larkin ended the weekend with 36 saves on 37 shots, adding an assist on Green’s first period goal. UConn’s Huska made 28 saves and his reliever Tanner Creel made nine.

“I think it’s really important for your goaltender to be sharp,” Blasi said on Saturday. “It allows your team to play on their toes and gives you that extra confidence that you know he’s going to be back there.”

Thirteen RedHawks had points on Saturday. Notably, Green had a goal and two assists on the night and Belpedio had two goals and an assist. Belpedio was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Defenseman of the Week for his weekend’s efforts.

“Everyone played really well this weekend,” Green said. “All the lines were going, the defense too, Louie [Belpedio] had a couple big, nice goals at the end there. Everyone played really well all weekend.”

The RedHawks will take on their first NCHC opponent at home this weekend. Puck drop against Colorado College will be at 7:35 p.m. on Friday and 7:05 p.m. on Saturday.

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the third floor, and even less likely that the University would have kept wooden stalls and bolts in the floor.

The Chained Patients Myth: Busted.

Myth #4: The Haunting Patients While she didn’t experience any translucent women in hospital gowns wandering the halls late at night, Oviedo did have some encounters she found paranormal.

In Oviedo’s room, there was a large walk-in closet that she and her roommate shared. Oviedo says the closet door wouldn’t stay closed, no matter what she and her roommate did. Normally, a person may not think twice

about this, but something about it struck Oviedo as odd.

“During the morning, if we wanted to close the closet, it would stay closed and we would come home and it would be open,” said Oviedo. “At nighttime, if you tried to close it, it would open immediately.”

Oviedo and her roommate also avoided going into the basement to do laundry at night, as the lights would always flicker while they were down there. The lights never did this during the day, which made the roommates uneasy.

“The general feel of the dorm was creepy, and I think people kind of played into the creepiness more than it was there,” said

Oviedo. “But it was apparent if you really took the time to think about it.”

There is a presence to the building that will send a chill down your spine. There is a stillness to it that no other hall has and the area around the building seems to be surrounded by a deeper darkness. When trying to look through the massive trees that guard it, the only thing you can really make out is bright orange glow coming from the thirdfloor window.

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The Farmers’ Market Chef Steve began working at the market.

He used to cook just with his friends who, eventually, impressed by his skill and natural charisma, introduced him to Larry Slocum, the manager of the Oxford Farmers Market. Larry suggested he try out a food demo at the market, and Steve agreed to give it a shot.

He enjoyed the experience so much, he kept coming back every week to cook up something new. In the years since, he’s made everything from BBQ pork sliders to fruit napoleons. Today, his table is a regular staple at the market, as vendors and customers alike find their way over throughout the morning to find out what he’s making. As he chops and slices, he greets the regulars and makes himself available for questions to any newcomers hovering around his table.

When a customer points out a particular ingredient, Steve jumps at the opportunity to promote a fellow vendor.

“This here is a garlic Mediterranean-infused olive oil,” he explains, holding it up for the customer to see. “Miss Evie back here has all sorts of delicious olive oils.”

Steve explains that this is part of what he loves about this job.

“Everything here is from the farmers market, except the spices. So people know that this is all available here. You give people different ideas, show them how easy it is.”

Watching Steve cook, you become fascinated by his skill. He chops with a soothing rhythm, dicing the veggies with ease before scraping them off the wooden cutting board and into a metal mixing bowl. At one point a bee lands near his knife, and he flicks it away with his finger without missing a beat in his chopping.

With this sort of natural ability, it’s hard to believe that Steve has no formal training. He’s been cooking for about 33 years, experimenting with ingredients at home, and though he’s had mentors throughout the decades, he has never taken any official cooking classes. Instead, he’s learned and developed his talents along the way.

In his 11 years in Oxford, Steve has earned a living working at various local restaurants. He cooked at Stella’s, made soup at Steinkeller’s (where he earned his nickname, “Soupy”), even grilled gourmet hot dogs at The Wood’s. Today, he spends his weeks in the deli department of the Moon Co-Op. He’s worked as a chef in the military, in Idaho, in North Carolina, but despite all of the adventures his cooking has brought him on, he still looks forward to Saturday mornings.

“This is like vacation for me,” he says.

“This is freelancing. You never have to have a plan. In the restaurants, everything is always the same. People enjoy that, but I like to expand it a little more.

I give them the idea that there are more things out there you can do at home just as fast as you get it in the restaurants.

Also, it keeps my mind clicking.”

If the market has a heartbeat, it must be generated at Steve’s table. The distinct smell of ginger and oil permeates the air around him, and his hearty laugh draws people in. Almost all of the vendors make their way over at some point, calling out, “Hey, Soupy! It always smells great over here!”

Some of his biggest fans are children.

They split from their parents and inch shyly toward his table, eager to lend a hand. As long as their parents are okay with it, he always lets them.

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“I’ve had times where I’ve got eight or nine kids around me all chopping something,” he says. “They learn more. That type of community engagement I truly enjoy. All of a sudden I look down and one’s grabbing an apron out of my bag…

Those are the other rewards I enjoy.”

Steve smiles as he recalls a time when a young girl, after helping him complete his dish, took one bite and exclaimed, “Mommy don’t cook like that! This tastes good” He belts out a laugh: “I told her, ‘Don’t tell your mom!’”

The market loves it chef, and for Steve, the feeling is mutual. His skills have earned him guest appearances at other markets, such as the Richmond farmers market in Indiana where he cooked this past weekend, but he always looks forward to returning to Oxford.

He has his finger on the pulse of the

town. When he notices a slight increase the market’s activity, he asks, “Is there a football game today? You can always tell who’s from here and who’s visiting.”

For as much as he loves cooking, it’s clear this is what Steve is truly here for — the community. As he finishes his dish and begins selling it for “one-two-three dollars a bowl!” a heavy-set man approaches and introduces himself, saying he was in town a few weeks ago when Steve had made BBQ pork shoulders. He loved them so much he came back for seconds and thirds. The man purchases a bowl of the stir fry, takes one bite and exclaims that it’s delicious. After he finishes, Steve welcomes the man back to Oxford and wishes him a good day.

“And that’s just the fun right there,” he says.

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Public forum needed to address fire department funding The following reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board.

In her article last week, assistant editor Ceili Doyle detailed the challenges the Oxford Fire Department is facing as they answer the community’s needs with limited resources. From Aug. 1 through Oct. 1, OFD saw 426 EMS calls, compared to 355 over the same time period last year. Over one third of these calls were in response to people aged 18 to 24.

But with expenses that nearly match the department’s overall annual income of about $2 million (mostly coming from the city), OFD and Oxford will be in trouble if calls grow any further.

These facts demonstrate that something must be done before the community’s emergency resources hit a breaking point. And because this is an issue that demonstrably affects students and the university, we must consider the question of generating more funding for emergency services from the university.

With this question in mind, we are calling for a public forum on the issue of OFD funding to be held, open to officials, Oxford residents and Miami students and parents. With OFD spending so many of their resources on helping students, it is imperative that the student body give some input as to how the cost of these resources is diffused over city and

school.

It is easy to think that because OFD’s services have always been available to students in need, they are simply a part of the college town experience. But the truth is that each run the first-responders make puts a strain on the number of other people they can help, including Oxford residents. With many emergency calls from students stemming from alcohol and drug use, it would be irresponsible to not at least bring up the question of how OFD gets funded in an open and productive setting at Miami.

Now this, undoubtedly, is a complicated topic with more facets than the numbers we have provided. Issues abound, including the number of workers that OFD has and how long they work, the amount of money from Miami that goes to OFD, what contracts are in place for that money, what type of tax the city uses to fund the department and even whether or not Miami should have its own emergency services. In short, the above figures are only the beginning of an issue.

However, these figures are clear and simple enough to demonstrate a looming topic that the city and school should answer to and that residents should be made aware of, especially because there is more to be explained under the surface. It is specifically due to this issue’s complication that we request it be discussed in an open forum where community members can contribute to the conversation

Trump’s travel ban not illegal, but still poorly implemented

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Just as with the Oxford City Council debate, this staff has the resources and the willingness to bring residents of Oxford, temporary and permanent, together to talk. It’s up to the public and our officials who oversee this issue to decide if they are willing to do the same.

Legality of travel ban less important than its morality CHARLES KENNICK

LUKE SCHROEDER COLUMNIST

When President Trump introduced his now infamous “travel ban,” he acted under the authority of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, a law that has been on the books since 1965.

This act delivers broad power to the executive branch to set and implement immigration limitations. To best understand the act, read an excerpt of it for yourself: “Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.”

Recent presidents haven’t exactly used the powers of this act sparingly – former President Clinton used it 12 times and former President Obama used it 19 times, according to the Los Angeles Times.

While President Trump’s use of this power is not unprecedented, the scope of the order was sizable – it temporarily suspended immigration from seven countries: Syria, Libya, Sudan, Iran, Yemen, Somalia and Iraq. Later iterations of the order added restrictions to travel from Venezuela and North Korea, among others.

Immediately after the original order was announced, backlash erupted – the talking point developed that this order was nothing more than a “Muslim ban.”

After all, many argued, the focus of the order was placed on Muslim-majority nations.

I must preface with this: Banning anyone from entering the United States solely based on their religion is unconstitutional, not to mention immoral. It is absolutely appropriate to stand against any order that is meant to impose this type of policy. However, this simply isn’t what the president’s executive order did – it was not a Muslim ban, and it isn’t illegal.

Trump’s order did not include the

most populous Muslim countries in the world: Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh. If Trump’s order was actually meant to be a “Muslim ban,” it didn’t even meet this alleged purpose – it excluded over half of the Muslims in the world.

Please, read the order for yourself. You will find that it mentions the words “Muslim” and “Islam” on a grand total of zero occasions.

So, was Trump’s executive order a “Muslim ban?” The answer is a resounding no. But, was the order questionably structured and sloppily executed? Absolutely.

The order’s intent, according to its text, was to “protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States.” The order continued: “The United States must be vigilant during the visa-issuance process to ensure that those approved for admission do not intend to harm Americans and that they have no ties to terrorism”.

This wording placed the order well within the bounds of executive power. However, the order’s effects did not match up with the president’s reasoning of issuing the order in the first place.

Notably missing from the order was a ban on travel from Saudi Arabia, the source of 19 out of the 21 9/11 hijackers.

Other hijackers originated from Egypt, another nation not included in the order.

Other countries not included, Pakistan and Afghanistan, are often cited as hotbeds of extremism.

The United States should, within reason, assist those around the globe who are facing detrimental conditions. However, the first priority of the United States must always be its own national security.

Temporary executive orders won’t serve as a long-term solution – it is my hope that this administration (and future administrations) will develop sound, comprehensive immigration strategies that will improve our vetting, ensure the safety of our citizens and grant assistance to those who desperately need it. schroelm@miamioh.edu

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A majority of President Trump’s most recent attempt at a travel ban was held back in the district courts once again earlier this month – why does this sound familiar? Because it is.

The saga began during the president’s march to the White House. The idea of a, “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering our country” was lauded by candidate Trump way back in December of 2015 as a crucial policy that would allow the government, “to figure out what’s going on.” Thus, seven days into the Trump presidency, the administration enacted Executive Order 13769, the highlights of which barred travel from seven majority Muslim countries and banned entry for Syrian refugees for three months. Meeting stiff opposition in the courts and protesters in the nation’s airports, the order was a legal and administrative nightmare being suspended only two days later.

This, with a few caveats, was the general template for a variety of travel bans with another version notably being allowed to continue, in part, by the Supreme Court in the summer, and then being held up again in a Hawaiian Federal District Court just a few weeks ago.

Arguments of constitutionality have been presented on both sides of the argument over the various Muslim, or travel, bans. Some say the Trump administration’s implementation of the bans violates the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and others say that it is right of the president to restrict travel into the country on the basis of national security being paramount.

Both are irrelevant.

Hop out of your ideologically derived frame of mind for a moment and remind yourself how ludicrous it is when a country with a massive bronze statue that has the words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” inscribed on it has done this? This ban,

and the relentless and continuing fight for it, is a resurrection of a repulsive and loathsome history of nativism that scars our nation; its characters timelessly serving as the punch line in American History textbooks, from the Know-Nothing Party to George Wallace and soon-to-be Donald Trump.

There ought to be a flat, no tolerance policy in American political and cultural discourse of entertaining any discriminatory actions taken by the government towards current or would be immigrants, migrants or refugees.

Outside of those of us whose ancestors crossed the Bering Land Bridge roughly 20,000 years ago, we are all foreign to this nation. With proposed walls and no-fly orders, all we accomplish is bastardizing the binding principle of unity of our land: That we are not the same people, that we are different – and that’s what makes us unique from the other great nations of the world. We can practice different religions, speak different languages and cook different food, but collectively, we the people decide what our nation is and will be.

Debating your interpretation of how the executive order best fits in the frame of the Constitution totally legitimizes and promotes xenophobia and nativism to a level that your high school AP U.S. History teacher would be ashamed of. Giving platforms on mass media outlets, from Twitter to Anderson Cooper, of two talking heads giving their side of the interpretation? Who cares! There is no conversation to be had! The message from every politician, pundit, professional or poor man should ring clear across the country: We do not tolerate nativism.

So his ban, this idea, they sound pretty familiar – it’s a repulsive recurring theme that needs to be squashed out of existence in our society. Thus, we ought to reject xenophobia and oust those who support it outright, its core idea being the antithesis to what it means to be an American. kenniccd@miamioh.edu

Miami students should have greater choice on fees VARUN RAGHURAM THE MIAMI STUDENT

One issue that galvanizes both sides of the political spectrum is the inflated cost of attending college. Although the cost of tuition along with room and board is far too high, the costs are a necessity for the vast majority of the student population. The expenditures that cannot be justified are exemplified through the exorbitant fee structure in place at Miami University.

The most prominent fee is the “basic general fee”, with a whopping cost of $1,939 each semester. It covers various services that are provided to students such as music organizations, the Goggin

Ice Center and intercollegiate athletics, to name a few. Other fees combined with that add up to $2,790 a semester, such as the transit, facilities, student technology, matriculation and the Armstrong Student Center.

The question that has yet to be answered is why the University charges students for services they will not use?

If one were to travel to the various parking places around campus they would see hundreds, if not thousands, of student owned vehicles. Why should these students pay for public transportation if they do not want the service? Most will not use public transportation very often, and if they do, the cost of an individual

bus ride on a few occasions surely does not total to $66.

Similarly, the Armstrong Student Center fee needs to be explained. During a student’s two semesters on campus, the charge is surely warranted, but why does the charge apply to classes taken over the summer? If someone is in Chicago, Cleveland or Columbus taking an online class, they are not using the facility but are still being charged. It is negligent and predatory for a public university to charge students $110 for something they know fully well will not be utilized.

The most egregious use of student money is for the Athletic Department and its facilities.

Each semester, more than half of

the $1,939 general student fee is allocated to the athletic department. In 2011 David Creamer, vice president of finance, told the Miami Student that these charges are important because: “It’s really the other things that broaden the kind of experience you have here, but it’s not as closely tied to the educational experience.

The belief is that it is enhancing your educational experience but it’s not directly connected to that degree you pursue.”

The idea that intercollegiate athletics enhances the educational experience of the student body is farcical. The attendance for some sporting events borders on a few dozen and the campus does not exude pride in its ath-

letic programs. Unless the benefits are delivered through other means, it is difficult to accept the notion they significantly contribute to the campus environment or enhance the educational experience.

The solution to the problem of excessive fees lies with the individual student. There are various fees that are necessary and provide essential services, but there are others that should be at the discretion of the student, not the administration. Students should not be forced to contribute toward public transportation. If a student finds that having a bus pass would benefit them, then CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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they should be allowed to purchase it, but for others with a car or those who do not want to use public transit, why should they be forced to pay for it against their will?

The administration should take up similar reform when it comes to the Armstrong Student Center. If a student does not live near campus and cannot access the facility, under no circumstances should they be forced to pay for it. It is the responsibility of the administration to ensure there is enough funding to maintain the building, not the student body.

The athletic department also needs reform. Students should have the ability to decline to provide above a certain level of funding to athletics if they do not see it necessary for their educational experience. The amount of student money spent on intercollegiate athletics is irresponsible. There are many students who are paying interests on student loans for sports they never saw, nor care for.

The job of the administration is to create a campus that meets student needs. The line of demarcation has been broached and decisions that should be made by the student are being decided for them. If the administration seeks to meet best interests of the students, it would be within their purview to return choice to the student. raghurv@miamioh.edu

Efforts to decriminalize spread of HIV are wrong DARCY KEENAN COLUMNIST

In 1990, the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency Act, also known as the CARE Act, required states to create and enforce laws that classify the act of knowingly exposing someone to HIV as a felony. This includes the donation of infected bodily fluids, the use of infected medical equipment and sexual activity where the diseased person intends to infect their partner.

However, not everyone agrees these laws are fair. For example, Scott Wiener, state senator from California, is suspicious of the idea that HIV/AIDS should be the only communicable disease that is prosecuted this harshly. Wiener also brings up the idea that it is easy to avoid the criminalization by not getting tested, which will allow HIV to run rampant throughout the country once again.

Wiener’s points are valid, which is why his bill to decrease this from a felony to a misdemeanor passed in California in September and was signed into law by governor Jerry Brown Oct. 6.

From a scientific point of view, it makes sense. HIV is no longer the deadly illness it once was. Because of advancements made

in medicine, HIV is now treatable and controllable, and it is possible to live a happy and healthy life after diagnosis, comparable to diabetes. In fact, a medical doctor in the United Kingdom, Max Pemberton, author of “The Doctor Will See You Now,” wrote in an article published in The Spectator in 2014 that he would rather have HIV than diabetes.

It’s true that HIV is a stigmatized disease and many do not understand how people live with it. Through the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) it is routine for the virus to be suppressed and for the infected to live a normal life expectancy.

On Oct. 26 of this year, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled to continue classifying the act of engaging in consensual intercourse without disclosing a positive HIV status to one’s partner as a class two felony. ACLU attorney Elizabeth Bonham has responded to this ruling by saying it allows the government to invade someone’s most private behaviors.

She says that sex is a way of self expression, and, when consensual, should never be criminal. She goes on to say that these laws regarding HIV make our communities more vulnerable to an outbreak.

“It makes no sense to single out HIV for criminalization,” Bonham complains, as if

one does not have a choice when it comes to disclosing their positive status.

HIV is treatable, not curable. That is an important distinction to make. It is something that will impact one for the rest of their life. If one’s HIV status is disclosed before taking part in any sexual activity, it is no longer criminal. The fact that people are supporting the idea that it is morally okay to knowingly expose someone to HIV without their knowledge is deplorable.

The other fact professionals use to argue for the decriminalization of HIV exposure is that it is the only STI that is criminalized.

This brings up the issue that it is completely legal to infect one with any other (incurable) STI. Why isn’t it criminal to engage in sexual activity while knowingly infected with herpes or hepatitis B without informing the rest of the participating parties?

Just because HIV is treatable and not as deadly as it once was does not mean that it is okay to knowingly spread it. It is still a disease that will completely change the way one lives their life, and those who knowingly spread it without their partner’s consent should be punished. Harshly. keenandm@miamioh.edu

It may be spooky season, but don’t live life with fear MICHAEL STEMMLER THE MIAMI STUDENT

As our two full weeks of fall weather come to a close, the changing of the leaves and rapidly dropping temperature can mean one thing – it’s the season of spook.

Droves of young, excited students leave their dorms for a weekend fully documented by Instagram captions to match their group costume theme.

Whether you were a construction worker, Lebron James or a cat, the spooky season is much more than just putting on a costume for one weekend. It’s a month of pumpkin spice everything, a trip to Butterfield Farms and dreading every midterm that just so hap-

pens to fall within the same week.

Yet, the last aspect of spook that so many people chase can be summed by one word: fear.

Scary movies, haunted houses and creepy costumes are just the main aspects, but when it comes to October, people cannot get enough of it. There are mainly two types of people in regards to fear – those who love it and those who hate it.

This is either the most exhilarating part of Halloween or the worst.

For me personally, being one of those people who can’t even watch scary movie previews, it’s the part I dread the most.

Fear – a very simple concept, but one that takes such a dominant role within our lives. It’s easy to have but extremely hard to con-

quer. However, during the 11 other months of the year, how often do we let fear control our lives? This phenomenon is called the voice of judgement, and it deters us from pursuing ideas or passions that just seem crazy. Whether there is a high chance of failure or a goal goes against public opinion, our voice of judgement is often what holds us back from achieving greatness.

Tim Ferris, who gave a TED talk titled, “Why you should define your fears instead of your goals,” proposed the idea of “the premeditation of evils” or fear-scaping.

Here, when faced with a dilemma, instead of looking at the pros and cons of a situation, the worst possible outcomes are looked at.

Once the doomsday scenario is

found, the next step is to find all the ways to stop that from happening, which is often the result of inaction.

Then, looking at the worst scenarios, the final step is to find every way to either fix or lessen the damage done by the worst possible scenario.

With this chart laid out, it’s easy to see that the worst impact a doomsday scenario has is often extremely minuscule. Looking at the long run, the next process is to evaluate the consequences of inaction over the span of six months, one year and even up to three years. Here, the results of inaction are often scarier than carrying out the fear itself.

In the end, by using these tools, fears in general are made so in-

significant that it should make us question why we have them at all.

While the season of spook is ending, there is still plenty of time to start challenging your fears. These don’t have to be huge life decisions, but even the smallest fears that dominate our lives.

For me, I’ll always be terrified of scary movie previews and my heart will still stop at jump scares, but even though I’ll refuse to partake in those, working to fight the voice of judgement is something we all should challenge. stemmlmf@miamioh.edu

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A: national politics

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Field Hockey perfect in MAC FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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For the first time in program history, Miami University field hockey went undefeated in conference play. They completed its perfect season in conference play with a 7-1 win over Ball State University on Sunday. MU finishes their regular season 9-8 (6-0 Mid-American Conference) while the Cardinals finish 5-12.

The RedHawks are the outright MAC champions for only the second time in the team’s history, with the other coming in 1981.

“It was relevant for us to make a statement. This championship belongs to us and I think that was the mentality today that they show up,” head coach Inako Puzo said.

“Because of that mentality we step up right away and we play hard from the first minute. We were able to really put the game away in the first half. I’m impressed with the performance and commitment of my players.”

Miami dominated Ball State in shots 17-4 as well as penalty corners 8-2.

It took only four minutes for junior midfielder/forward Paula Portugal to net her 15th goal of the season. She took it into the circle and easily put it behind Ball State’s goalkeeper for the unassisted

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The Miami Women’s Basketball team will be looking to improve on their mediocre 11-21 record from last season this Thursday at home in an exhibition game against Central State University. Though under new head coach Megan Duffy, the RedHawks are returning all of their rostered players, including standout sophomore guard Lauren Dickerson.

Dickerson was named to the preseason All-MAC East Division team, coming off a season where she led the team with 16.3 points per game. The RedHawks com-

JUNIOR FORWARD PAULA PORTUGAL HUSTLES PAST BALL STATE ON SUNDAY. MACY WHITAKER, THE MIAMI STUDENT

goal. Less than two minutes later, sophomore midfielder Lexi Silver scored her fourth goal of the season when she tipped in a pass by Portugal.

Five minutes later in the 11th minute of play, freshman midfielder Leonor Berlie put away her third goal of the season on a penalty stroke. Two minutes later,

Portugal scored her second goal of the day off of a penalty corner pass from junior midfielder/back Ashley Laskowitz.

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XC finishes in top three at MAC Championships CROSS COUNTRY

PATRICK KECK

THE MIAMI STUDENT

At home and in the cold, the Miami men’s and women’s cross country teams both finished in the top three at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Cross Country Championships for the first time since 2012.

Led by sophomore David Coffey’s fourth place finish in 24 minutes and 38 seconds, the men, as projected, finished second to defending champion Eastern Michigan. Coffey moved up ten places from the 2016 MAC Cross Country Championships and secured a First-Team All-MAC placing.

“David Coffey has been really solid for us this year,” Director of

Women’s basketball returns top players for exhibition

seconds, which was the smallest of all teams in both races.

The gap has shrunk between these teams, as last year the ‘Hawks were 48 points behind the Eagles while this year’s difference was only 30 points.

This trend could continue as the RedHawks return seven of nine runners from their MAC lineup, while the Eagles only return three of nine.

Excited by this, Davis mentioned that senior Matt Bromley will be back after redshirting this season. Bromley ran his personal best this past? year at the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Championship with a time of 25 minutes and five seconds.

The Eagles had four of the seven First-Team All-MAC runners, the

Scavuzzo and set a new personal best by one second.

Senior Alesha Vovk also had a strong performance -- placing 21st overall with a personal best by ten seconds. Vovk’s placing improved 18 spots from her last MAC Championship in 2015.

The RedHawks used their fifth through seventh runners to widen the gap between them and four-place Northern Illinois. Senior Allison Klonne, junior Haley Sandvik and sophomore Maegan Murphy finished within five seconds of each other and right before the Huskies’ fifth runner.

“We knew we were capable of accomplishing a top three finish, we just had to believe,” Scavuzzo said. The finish was “a long time coming” and had been the team’s

plete their strong backcourt with junior guard Leah Purvis, a strong shooter from outside, who was second on the team in 3-point field goals last season.

Leading the frontcourt is 6’0” junior forward Kendall McCoy, a strong defender who averaged a team high six rebounds per-game last year. McCoy improved her performance in conference play, averaging 9.7 points and 7.1 rebounds against MAC opponents.

In the annual Mid-American Conference coaches’ poll, the ‘Hawks were predicted to land in fourth place by the end of the year, giving them plenty of opportunity to surprise doubters of the young roster. Miami’s season tips off Thursday at 7 p.m.

Revamped men’s basketball roster ready for exhibition MEN’S BASKETBALL

CARTAN SUMNER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

This Sunday November 5 at 2 p.m., the basketball RedHawks take on the Maryville Saints in an exhibition at Millett Hall. This matchup marks the first ever meeting between these two programs and will provide a preview for ‘Hawks fans of what can be expected from RedHawk basketball in the upcoming season.

Many may not be familiar with Maryville University, a small Division III school from St. Louis, MO. After a 9-21 season last year, the Saints hired Marc Stricker, a St. Louis native and formerly an assis-

tant at Oral Roberts University.

With this new hire, the Saints are in a similar spot with the ‘Hawks -both teams will experience growing pains under new coaches but are undoubtedly excited for this pre-season test against one another.

This matchup will also provide an early test for new Miami head coach Jack Owens. Last season, Miami went a disappointing 11-21 but were 10-8 at home. Six freshmen and three transfers join the six returning ‘Hawks in hopes to generate offensive chemistry. Keep an eye on senior forward Logan McLane, who averaged 11.8 points per game last season, and led the RedHawks with 6.5 rebounds per contest.

’Hawks score 10 goals, sweep Huskies

JUNIOR FORWARD JOSH MELNICK (CENTER) CELEBRATES HIS FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT ‘COACH’ CADY ARENA. ANGELO GELFUSO, THE MIAMI STUDENT HOCKEY

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SOPHOMORE SEAN TORPY BRIEFLY HELD FIRST PLACE BEFORE FINISHING EIGHTH AT HOME IN THE MAC CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RYAN TERHUNE, PHOTO EDITOR

Track and Field/Cross Country Tom Chorny said in a post-race interview. “Whatever he’s doing he’s got to continue doing, because he really brought it today.”

Sophomore Sean Torpy brought home Second-Team All-MAC honors with an eighth overall placing in a time of 25 minute and two seconds in the eight-kilometer race. Torpy moved up 32 places overall from last year’s championship race.

A strong pack presence of senior Jake Brumfield and sophomores Brad Davis and Christopher Torpy followed, finishing 13th, 14th, and 15th. Brumfield and Davis obtained Second-Team All-MAC placings for their races.

“We knew EMU would have 3 guys at the front of the race so we wanted to match that with 3 or 4 guys of our own, then use our depth to fill as many of our guys in between Eastern’s 4th and 5th,” said Davis.

The men’s spread between their first and fifth runners was only 34

First-Team also included junior Noah Schaub of Bowling Green State University in third and senior Garrett Crichlow from the University of Akron in sixth.

Eastern Michigan was led by an one-two punch of seniors Hlynur Andresson, last year’s runner-up, and Lahsene Bouchikhi. It was EMU’s eighth consecutive MAC Championship, matching the longest streak in MAC history set by the RedHawks between 1949 and 1956.

The women surprised many in the MAC by placing third with 115 points, after being projected to finish sixth.

“The women came through very strong today,” said Chorny.

“I think they really stepped up and performed exactly how we needed them to.”

Miami’s front runners, senior Maria Scavuzzo and sophomore Carly Davis, did their jobs to perfection by placing seventh and eighth overall individually. Davis came in three seconds behind

goal since the summer.

Eastern Michigan took home their third consecutive MAC Championship, over 50 points ahead of second-place Toledo. The Eagles had four All-MAC runners, the most of any team in the women’s six-kilometer race.

Senior Hanne Christensen of Western Michigan surprised the field by winning the race in 20 minutes and 44 seconds. Christensen was not an All-MAC runner last year, but has seen great improvement over the last year.

Last year’s champion Jordan McDermitt of Eastern Michigan was a little off her game, but still managed to finish fourth overall and was her team’s second runner.

The RedHawks will race next in Terre Haute, Indiana for the NCAA Division 1 Great Lakes Regional on Friday, November 10th.

The women will race in the six-kilometer race at 11:15 a.m. and the men will race in the eight-kilometer race at 12:15 p.m. keckpm@miamioh.edu

Miami hockey swept the University of Connecticut this weekend in dominating performances.

The RedHawks shutout the Huskies 3-0 on Friday and commandingly finished the two-game series with a 7-1 win on Saturday. The ’Hawks played an aggressive offensive game and a tight defensive game to secure the victories -- minimizing mistakes from their previous three losses. “[UConn] came out strong, but the way that we played in the beginning — chipping pucks, getting past them — that put them on their heels and took them off their game,” senior defenseman Scott Dornbrock said on Friday.

Friday’s game started like many others for the RedHawks, with a penalty kill 30 seconds into the first period. The ’Hawks showed early hustle on the kill and only allowed one shot, setting the tone of the game early.

Once even on the ice, the Red and White took to the attack and tested Huskies’ goaltender sophomore goaltender Adam Huska with close shots, backing him into his net. Miami sophomore forward Carson Meyer redirected a Dornbrock shot from the point into the top corner of the net to put his team up 1-0. Meyer’s first goal of the season came at 3:52 of the first and came from sophomore forward Karch Bachman before Dornbrock.

Dornbrock waited less than two minutes before beating Huska topshelf, right side for his first goal of the season. The one timer from freshman forward Casey Gilling and junior forward Zach LaValle beat Huska’s glove at 5:28.

UConn pushed back after the second goal and almost snuck a puck past Miami sophomore goaltender Ryan Larkin, but the ’Hawks transitioned out of their zone and escaped harm. The ’Hawks’ controlled play, clogged the neutral zone and had good positioning on the ice to dominate play.

Unrelentless, sophomore forward Gordie Green made it 3-0 only 9:07 into the period. Junior forward Josh Melnick and freshman forward Ben Lown assisted on the goal. A little over halfway through the first had the RedHawks outshooting the Huskies 11-4.

A UConn power play came four minutes later and the Huskies had a chance to start a comeback. A diving play at the blue line from freshman forward Phil Knies to clear the zone and big saves from Larkin epitomized the ’Hawks first period tenacity and they killed off UConn’s man-advantage.

“I thought we came out play hard right off the bat,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “I thought our energy was really good. We did a lot of good things in the first period. We made some nice little subtle plays in the process and we were able to find the back of the net.”

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