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Off-campus living: High costs, low quality

Freshman 15: More fiction than fact

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STUDENT LIFE

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Pictured: All Bed, No Breakfast, one off-campus student residence. Many students complain of leaky ceilings and absent landlords.

HOUSING

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The front door is missing a screen. It’s dark inside because the house lacks overhead lighting in most of the rooms. The basement has mold and mildew, and the upstairs shower leaks into one of the downstairs bedrooms.

This is “Main Squeeze,” home to seven female Miami students.

The house’s problems are not uncommon.

Students are living in off-campus

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MIAMI STUDENTS MARRYING YOUNG Despite national trends, some Miami students choose to get engaged or married during college.

housing that is often run-down and not always up to code, according to John Cordell, founder of Inspection Plus. Cordell said that, typically, landlords do not want home inspectors to look at their properties.

“The landlord doesn’t want us to come in and tell him he has a problem,” Cordell said.

But because the houses are old, there tend to be many problems. Cordell said the most common problems he finds in homes are electrical issues and environmental issues like asbestos, mold and lead paint.

EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS PROVIDE COMFORT Eight students across campus live with ESAs, including several cats, dogs and a bearded dragon.

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HUMANS OF OXFORD Brian Long, yo-yo extraordinaire, shares his tricks and talent of the trade

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DELVING INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MASS SHOOTINGS Final piece in the Editorial Board’s three-part series related to mass shootings

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BATTLE FOR THE VICTORY BELL Football team ready to beat rival, break Cincinnati Bearcats’ nine-season winning streak against RedHawks

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Tijero said she feels she isn’t getting her money’s worth in Main Squeeze.

Unlike the group living in Main Squeeze, a group of juniors that live at 340 N. Locust feel they are living in one of the more affordable homes for rent in Oxford.

Also unlike the girls at Main Squeeze, the group of men living at “The Lodge” is not renting from a realty company, but a private landlord.

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Despite Starbucks, Miami Meningitis case confirmed, promises to prioritize local student seeking treatment DINING

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Senior Julieta Tijero and her housemates said empty Natural Light beer cans were littered throughout the basement when they moved in. While the rest of the house was cleaned before the tenants arrived, the basement was neglected.

As for the leaky shower, the landlord, Park Place Realty, “solved” the problem by moving the shower curtain lower so it could block more water. This solution, Tijero said, hasn’t solved the problem.

“Instead of fixing it, they just put a Band-Aid on it,” she said.

Among college first-years, the concept of the “freshman 15” is infamous, yet some research indicates that number is far lower, and that students need not worry about gaining weight.

According to an Ohio State University study, the average college student only gains between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds during his or her freshman year.

The study showed no more than 10 percent of college freshmen gained more than 15 pounds, and some even reported losing weight.

The study also determined that college has little to do with the weight

Administrators say Miami University values and supports area businesses and locally sourced foods, yet the introduction of the corporate brand Starbucks to campus has some worrying about the fate of those local goods.

Senior Ellyn Needel said she worries Miami will start to put local business on the backburner.

“If Miami wants to say they support local businesses, they should make it a priority.”

Patisserie bakery, which Starbucks will replace in the spring, currently sells a variety of deserts and baked goods, but the most popular originate from Winans Fine Chocolate and Coffee in Piqua, Ohio.

Winans has several locations throughout the Dayton area, and has been a longtime vendor for the university. Miami alumna Laurie Reiser and her husband Joe are fourth generation owners of the company.

Jon Brubacher, director of food purchasing and procurement, said he understands concerns about the shift from local to corporate, but promises that Winans — along with other local vendors — will continue to be of importance to Miami.

Brubacher said all of the oncampus salad dressing is supplied from Marzetti’s in Columbus, the pulled pork is from Montgomery Inn in Cincinnati and Young’s Jersey Dairy provides the ice cream for the milkshakes at Miami Ice and Encounter.

Last year, the 41,000 burgers

served at Encounter were made with locally raised beef from Reserve Run Farm — a longstanding partner of the university.

Drew Johnson, Miami alumnus and owner of Reserve Run Farm, said the relationship began after students at the time were dissatisfied with the food.

“There had been a lot of student requests for higher quality food, and that turned into a link to high quality local products,” Johnson said. “When I approached Miami, it was like I walked through the door on the right day and we really hit it off well.”

Now, four years later, Johnson said the relationship continues to strengthen, and does not see the benefit of Miami straying away from local.

“There’s so many quality people and products around here that to just give all your business to a big corporation and take what they can give you would really be a disservice to the student body,” Johnson said. “I can’t see the reason for getting away from local business.”

Brubacher said that while bigger corporations may be moving in, there are no plans to stop partnering with local business.

“Local continues and always will be a focus,” Brubacher said.

“We do as much local as we can, [so] please be assured that we are not moving away from local.”

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HEALTH

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Miami University confirmed a case of meningitis on campus Tuesday, with all signs pointing to the less severe viral strain.

The student is a male who lives in Morris Hall, fellow residents say.

He is currently receiving treatment.

Cindy Traficant, a practice administrator at Student Health Services, said the bacterial form of meningitis tends to be the most dangerous, while the viral strain is generally less serious, more common and easily treated.

“Most college students carry the viral diseases that cause meningitis, but very few will actually develop meningitis,” she said, adding that only about 1 in 1000 infected people will develop symptoms.

But health and student affairs staff aren’t taking any chances.

They have notified and educated those who have been in close proximity to the student about the signs and symptoms of disease, said Claire Wagner, Director of News and Communications.

“We were all really scared when we heard,” said first-year Morris resident Mackenzie Rossero. “But I think the university did a good job of educating us and responding to the situation really quickly.”

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and the spinal cord, and can be caused by bacterial, fungal and viral infections. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, viral meningitis affects about 10 in 10,000 people every year in the U.S. Symptoms of meningitis include

typical flu-like symptoms, with a severe headache, stiff neck and sensitivity to light.

The viral strain of meningitis can spread communicably — the same way similar viruses like the flu and cold do through the air, touch and bodily fluids. The only way to prevent the disease, Trafficant said, is to eat well, rest and wash hands frequently.

After the university was notified of the student’s diagnosis, Traficant said she visited the student’s residence hall to educate his fellow residents about the importance of washing hands and the difference between bacterial and viral meningitis.

Unlike with the bacterial strain, treatment for viral meningitis does not include medication, but rest, intravenous fluids and allowing the disease to run its course.

“Someone with the viral strain will typically be treated for a week or so, usually in the hospital, but it may take him a few more weeks to feel back to normal,” Traficant said. “It certainly takes a toll on your body.”

Miami University highly encourages, but does not require, students to receive the meningococcal meningitis vaccine — which prevents many of the bacterial strains. However, this vaccine will not prevent the viral strain, Traficant said.

“But it is still very important to vaccinate yourself against the bacterial strain because meningococcal meningitis can be very serious,” she added.

Student Health Services did not release the identity of the student diagnosed with meningitis, or where he is being treated, due to doctorpatient confidentiality.

On this day in 1931, The Miami Student reported that three first-year students spent a night in jail after attempting to mark their initials on the old Oxford water tower in green paint. The first-years were warned that a similar offense would be punishable by a fine of $100 in the future.

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Wedding bells ring for Miami students marrying young

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WEDDINGS Kumler Chapel, located on Western Campus, the stone church is popular for Miami weddings and special events.

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Thwarting a national trend, wedding bells ring for some Miami students as they get married or engaged in college.

The average age for a woman in the United States to marry is 27 and for men is about 29, according to a 2014 report from the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s up from 2010, when the average age for women to marry was approximately 26 and 27.5 for men.

In 2000, the figure was about 25 for women and 27 for men.

Melissa Petrick, who graduated from Miami in the spring, grew up with her now-fiancé, Travis, after they met at a summer camp and began dating at age 16. Travis is in the Army, and when he learned of his deployment, the two got engaged in November 2013, during Petrick’s junior year.

“I couldn’t imagine my life any other way,” Petrick said.

Petrick and Travis plan to get married in October 2016.

Petrick said she wanted to make the commitment to Travis before he was deployed. He was in Afghanistan from February to September 2014.

Dating through his deployment was difficult, she said. The support of her family and friends made it easier.

The engagement didn’t interfere with any of her plans, and she said she enjoys being able to build a life with someone else.

“Getting engaged this early is definitely not for everyone, but if it’s for you, it pays off,” Petrick said.

Sophomore Maddy Bulson said she personally wouldn’t get married in college, but she understands if other people

make the decision.

Young people delay marriage for financial reasons. Or, they may be more cautious as members of a generation who grew up with divorced parents, according to an article from ABC News.

The Marcum Hotel and Conference Center in Oxford hosts about 12 to 13 weddings a semester and about two weddings per week during the summer, said Eric Yung, director of catering and special events on campus.

The most popular locations for

Getting engaged this early is definitely not for everyone, but if it’s for you, it pays off.

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weddings at Miami are Marcum, Shriver, Armstrong and Goggin.

Other locations include the Formal Gardens and Kumler and Sesquicentennial Chapels.

Marcum hosted about seven Miami Merger weddings this summer, Yung said. Miami Mergers can be current students or graduates.

Sophomore Megan Bennett said she hopes to get engaged during her senior year and married after graduation. She has discussed the matter with her boyfriend, Luke Martin.

Bennet said she wants to get engaged in college because she wants to start a life with the person she loves after they graduate.

“I mean, why not? I don’t see

a problem with it,” Bennett said.

“Obviously, he’s the person I want to marry, so I don’t know why we wouldn’t start our lives together as soon as possible.”

Bennett has been dating Martin for two years. Martin is currently at training camp for the Marine Corps Reserve in Paris Island, South Carolina.

The only negative of getting married or engaged in college is the stigma couples face, Bennett said.

“Personally, I think the only setback is other people’s opinions because people judge you if you get married too young,” Bennett said. “But honestly, at this point I don’t really care that much because people judge you no matter what.”

Sophomore Louise Ebling said she thinks getting married in college would be distracting from schoolwork because of the time that goes into planning a wedding. However, she sees no problem with getting engaged.

Senior Maddi Renzi got engaged to her boyfriend Tyler Buckwalter last spring and plans to marry him in June. Tyler is a senior at Kent State University.

Renzi said planning for a wedding and schoolwork can be challenging, so they met with vendors and planned out a large portion of the wedding last summer.

They will plan most of the wedding on breaks so they can focus on their schoolwork.

Renzi said she is taking two of her accounting CPA exams after she starts her job next September and gets settled with Tyler.

Before the engagement, she had planned to take all of her exams soon after graduation.

While she is the first of her friends to get engaged, Renzi said hers and Tyler’s friends have supported their decision.

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‘Voting Week’ inspires action EVENT

KAREN AUGENSTEIN THE MIAMI STUDENT

Due to a lack of voting participation among college students, Miami University launched a week dedicated to promoting citizenship and democracy, which began Monday. The week’s purpose was to inform students of their civic duties and how to act on it.

Events throughout the week included voter registration, a public session from the Court of Appeals and a social justice performance where students will present a short performance designed to engage the audience in social justice.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 38 percent of 18-24 year olds voted in the 2012 election, and they had the lowest number of voters of all age groups.

Similar trends exist across Butler County. In the 2012 presidential election, 71 percent of registered voters in Butler County cast their votes. For the five Oxford precincts that span Miami’s campus and off-campus student housing, the turnout was only 48 percent.

Ashley Nickels, a political science professor, said many factors contribute to lack of voting involvement.

“As a college student, knowing how to vote, where to vote, whether or not you’re required to do an absentee ballot, can be barrier,” Nickels said. “If you’re busy and working, and you’re interested in voting but you’ve missed deadlines, can cause people to fall into the mindset of, ‘I’ll just do it next year.’”

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Changing bus routes cause confusion, frustration TRANSPORTATION

RACHEL REEVES

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Miami University’s new bus route system is causing confusion and resentment among some students because of the recent delays and route changes.

The current route for most of the fixed route buses has been significantly delayed, without much explanation given to students, except through delays and new route pamphlets.

Both the Butler County Regional Transit Authority (BCRTA) and Miami University’s Parking and Transportation Services are in a contract together to maintain the bus system.

The delays themselves, according to Connor Brigs, the operations manager with BCRTA, are caused “entirely by the closure of Chestnut Avenue due to construction.”

Additionally, Brigs said the university holds roundtable discussions to hear complaints and determine bus route changes every semester.

According to the Miami University website, students pay a transit fee of $132 per year. Matt Grudzinski, the Chief Operating Officer of the BCRTA said the University provides between $1.6 million and $1.7 million per year to the BCRTA in order to maintain the transportation system.

Some students, like senior Nick

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first year of college at age 18, the legal age to vote. Monica Schneider, another political science professor, feels that such a huge transition to a temporary community affects community relationships.

“I think one of the factors that makes it harder for college students to vote is that they’re only here for a couple years and might not have ties with their communities or see the effect that the government has on their lives,” Schneider said.

Despite the reputation, Emma Shibley, a first-year at Miami and elected president of her hall’s Community Leadership Team, believes that not all college students share an apathetic attitude toward political involvement.

“I think our generation is the most sheltered,” Shibley said.

“Being sheltered, we can’t know exactly what it feels like to have problems that face many people in our country.

“But I also think our generation is the most sympathetic,” Shibley added. “I think that for the people who are unaware, they are more unaware than Americans have ever been, but those who are aware are the most passionate.”

Shibley said students get preoccupied with their college lives and close the blinds on larger issues. However, she said she believes there can be a benefit in this for college students to test boundaries and explore new ideas.

“Whether you’re going to be involved in government or not, it’s important to use trial and error without the actual consequences,” Shibley said. “It still

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Thomas, believe this fee is too high for the quality of the services provided by the university.

“We are expecting a service, and if we are not getting the service that is promised to us, we should not have to pay what we are expected to pay,” Thomas said.

Thomas also expressed concern about the impact on academics these bus delays could have.

“When you have academic classes that you are already paying for, and you miss your instruction because of the late buses — which, as far as we’re concerned, is school-run — [you are] paying double for a class that you are missing.”

To avoid missing class himself, he allots 15 extra minutes for bus travel. Thomas said he realizes this may not be feasible for everyone.

Senior Cieria Godin has had a more pleasant experience with the bus system. As a student who takes the U3 bus primarily, which goes to Kroger, Godin said she has not had any bad experiences with that particular bus route.

She also said she has not suffered any kind of academic setback because of the bus system.

However, she does agree that the route changes that the university has gone through over the last three years has led to instability.

“I’m just tired of the changes, and not having enough stability in the routes,” she said. “It is a Miami issue, not just Butler County.”

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Support animals bring the comfort of home to dorms RESIDENCE LIFE

RILEY STEINER

THE MIAMI STUDENT

At Miami University, some students have a different kind of roommate: one that has a wet nose, a wagging tail and is always happy to see you.

Miami does not allow pets in residence halls, but some students this year are sharing their dorm rooms with an Emotional Support Animal, or ESA. An ESA is an animal that helps to alleviate or lessen symptoms for a student with a mental or psychiatric disability, like anxiety or depression, as determined by a doctor or other medical professional.

Miami’s policy for admitting ESAs to residence halls states that the animals will be approved if “the student-owner clearly demonstrates the ESA is necessary to provide the student with an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the residence hall.”

According to Director of Stu-

dent Disability Services Andrew Zeisler, there are currently eight ESAs living in Miami’s residence halls, including dogs, cats and a bearded dragon.

First-year Vivien Fierberg lives with her ESA, Cleo, to help with anxiety. Cleo is a bearded dragon — a medium-sized lizard whose throat puffs out when it feels threatened, giving it its “beard.”

“I grew up on a farm, so I’ve always been around animals,” Fierberg said. “When I decided to come here, it was important to me that I would be able to go back after school and still have an animal to hang out with.”

For Cleo to be permitted in the residence hall, Fierberg had to follow the process laid out by Student Disability Services. A student who wants to register an ESA must provide written documentation from a healthcare professional, stating the student has a need for treatment of a mental or psychiatric disability and establishing the connection between that disability and the sup-

port the animal provides.

The student also has to provide a registration form and veterinary records for the animal. After that, the student signs a policy that states

I grew up on a farm, so I’ve always been around animals. When I decided to come here, it was important to me that I would be able to go back after school and still have an animal to hang out with.

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they will pay for any damages or pest infestations the animal causes.

This is a relatively new set of procedures; Miami’s ESA policy has only been in place for three years.

Before that point, the

university had no formal procedure for admitting ESAs. Colleges across the country are adopting similar policies.

“When I was working through our [policy], I looked at different colleges around the nation, at their policies, and ours is consistent, obviously, with those,” said Zeisler.

Service animals, like dogs for the visually impaired, are allowed anywhere on campus, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). However, Emotional Support Animals are not currently recognized under the ADA. “Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a service animal is an animal that is trained to perform a duty,” Zeisler said. “But under the Fair Housing Act, the ESA is an accommodation.”

According to its policy, Miami provides accommodations to students who have a proven need for them.

There are no restrictions on the type of animal a student can have as an ESA, provided the animal can

live humanely in the student’s residence hall room. The student is responsible for cleaning and feeding the animal, and the ESA is expected to stay within the student’s room.

The student can take the ESA outside in public places, but cannot bring it into dining halls or academic buildings, and the animal cannot be disruptive or pose a threat to other students in the residence hall.

“I always try to have the conversation with the student that residence hall rooms are not that big,” Zeisler said. “So, humanely, in your opinion, what size of an animal do you feel is appropriate to have in that room? A St. Bernard or a Great Dane is probably not a good fit.”

With an ESA like Cleo, no problems have arisen in the residence hall.

“I like it,” said Fierberg’s roommate, first-year Emily Martin. “It’s kind of cool because I have a dog at home, so having a pet here is comforting. It’s kind of like having an ESA for both of us.”

University notified when students illegally download music on Miami WiFi TECHNOLOGY

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THE MIAMI STUDENT

Students download hundreds of songs illegally without ever giving it a second thought, yet many are unaware of the consequences they can face for their actions.

Joe Bazeley, information security officer at Miami University, said that when people download music illegally, they are infringing on a copyright and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

If students do violate the DMCA using Miami’s WiFi network, Miami receives a DMCA notice, explaining that someone is doing something illegal and must stop. It is then up to the copyright holder whether or not to pursue the case in court, in which the student could pay a copyright holder for each infringement.

Bazeley said that a single infringement could cost a person up to $150,000.

“From the best of my knowledge, Miami has never had any copyright holders pursue civil litigation against students because of peer-to-peer file sharing,” said Bazeley.

Bazeley said peer-to-peer file sharing is the process by which digital media can be shared using peer-to-peer technology. It is a common way to illegally download music.

Bazeley said Miami does not have a serious problem with students downloading music illegally, and receives a small number of DMCA notices.

“We receive about a dozen DMCA notices a year, I know of at least one other Midwestern school that receives up to 100 DMCA notices a day,” said Bazeley.

Bazeley credits the low number of DMCA notices at Miami to a hardware appliance that the university uses to monitor the network.

“We have a hardware appliance, IPS, Intrusion Prevention System, that monitors network traffic coming into and leaving our network,” said Bazeley. “The IPS works to kill any network traffic that matches certain known patterns, such as hacking attempts or peer-to-peer file sharing.”

Today most people are aware that downloading music illegally can lead to a civil litigation and a costly punishment. Still, it happens every day.

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University officials are notified by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) when students download music on campus WiFi. Potential legal action can be taken against students.

A female senior who preferred to be anonymous admitted to downloading files illegally.

“I definitely have downloaded music illegally from websites that allow me to take a YouTube video and convert it into an MP3 file that goes in my iTunes,” she said.

She said it’s just so easy to

download music illegally.

“I think it’s a really common thing among our generation,” the source said. “I’ve never worried about the potential repercussions of it because I don’t really think it’s implemented that much.”

Another female senior that preferred to be anonymous shared

similar sentiments.

“I have downloaded music illegally multiple times and I have known a lot of people who have as well,” he/she said. “I have never known anyone to serve the consequences that are used to threaten us and prevent us from doing it, therefore, I do not see the harm.”

Scholarship lets students shoot for the stars ACADEMICS

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CAREER FAIR Miami University Career Services brought in over 300 companies for students to recieve job and internship opportunities.

Colonel Al Worden will be at Miami University from 5:30-7:30 p.m.,Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Hall Auditorium to deliver a lecture about his journey in outer space and to present the annual Astronaut Scholarship to this year’s recipient, senior Maeva Metz.

Worden graduated from West Point, and then from the University of Michigan with a Masters of Science degree in Astronautical and Aeronautical Engineering. He then joined the Air Force and began teaching at the U.S. Test Pilots School.

In 1971, he piloted the command module for Apollo 15, keeping it in orbit for three days while his crew explored and conducted research.

Worden became one of only 24 humans to ever reach the moon.

First-year student Blake Wysocki, said that he is required to attend the lecture for his geology course, but would be interested in hearing Worden regardless.

“There’s not many astronauts from that era that are going to be around for much longer,” he said.

Associate Director of the University Honors Program Zeb Baker is in charge of the Astronaut Scholarship program at Miami. She said that first-year honors students were asked to attend the talk to inspire them to work toward national fellowships, become more involved and simply because it’s an incredi-

ble chance to hear a living astronaut tell his story.

“It’s a real benefit for students to have a sense of the kind of historical scope and scale of this,” Baker said. “This is a story of scientific exploration… service to our country, and … maybe one of the greatest achievements that mankind has ever engaged in, which was leaving earth to go and land on the moon…”

Worden’s visit serves a dual purpose. In addition to recounting

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his experience in space, he will also present the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s award. This award includes a $10,000 prize, and was granted to Metz, a microbiology major and molecular biology minor from Brookfield, Connecticut.

For over 30 years, one undergraduate STEM major from each of the 32 participating colleges has been selected through a multi-step process. One of the Astronaut Hall of Fame members then travels to the recipient’s school to speak and to present the award.

“Miami has been very fortunate through the work that Dr.

Paul Uriyama has done… to really make sure that [students] are getting the best opportunities possible,” Baker said.

These opportunities are not purely theoretical, however. Last year’s scholarship recipient, Michael Markesbery, had been working on a potential therapeutic treatment for cancer. Today, he runs Lukla, a fabric technology company. Through his astronaut from last year’s presentation, he learned about NASA’s Aerogel space suit technology. Aerogel is now inserted into his outerwear, making it much warmer and much less bulky. “[We] started this company and put all of out life savings into exploring this Aerogel tech … worked with suppliers and manufacturers, developed it until it was ready,” Markesbery said. “We picked up a designer who was featured in Vogue, he designed our jackets … next thing we knew we were featured in Discovery Channel in Canada… kick-started in a little over $100,000 in the first 36 hours.”

Markesbery’s years of hard work and dedication paid off, and he is well on his way to a highly successful future. He leaves this piece of advice for current students: “Just take a risk,” he said. “I think naturally we’re all afraid of failure, right? But there’s something about understanding that the road to success is littered with failed attempts … basically anything’s possible so just take a risk, go after it. If you fail, no big deal. Just try and try again.”

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“There’s one trick that I used to do at competitions, but it almost knocked my teeth out.”

Brian Long, world-ranked yo-yo expert PEOPLE

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Brian Long, a junior chemistry major, puts hobbies like Netflix and napping to shame when he pulls out a lime green yo-yo and sends it spinning.

He can knot and twist a string into an impressive web in seconds.

He sends the flying plastic wheel over his arm, around his shoulder and, in one particularly thrilling trick, around his tongue.

Brian decided he wanted to learn to yo-yo after he saw a man performing tricks on vacation in 2007.

“I started learning with online videos and trick books,” Brian said.

“But then, after a few weeks, I just started doing my own.”

It’s important to do original tricks, he said, because competition judges can recognize individual styles and then score on originality.

Since 2010, Brian has been participating in yo-yo competitions and is now ranked second in Indiana and consistently ranked in the top three in Ohio.

He has been to the World Competition in Orlando, Florida and has several competitions coming up, including this year’s World’s in Cleveland.

“There’s one trick I used to do at competitions, but it almost knocked my teeth out,” he said, then threw the string in a triangle between both hands, and spun the rest of the string

around and around his tongue.

“I’ve been called crazy for doing the tongue thing a few times.

One judge didn’t like it because he thought it was too dangerous,” he said.

Though he loves the yoyo community, Brian doesn’t usually perform for people outside of it.

“It’s sort of like two separate worlds,” he said. “You have your regular life and your competition life.”

Brian’s more advanced tricks require a bit more finesse.

“You kind of tie knots that disappear. I don’t know how to explain it,” as he swung the string under his arm and sent the yo-yo snapping in the air with ease.

‘Martian Chronicles’ hits high note at Miami THEATRE

HANNAH FIERLE

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Within the dark confines of Miami University’s Williams Hall TV Studio, audience members will embark on a mysterious, intergalactic journey, encountering new territory and species in this weekend’s performances of Ray Bradbury’s “The Martian Chronicles.”

“Words alone cannot describe this type of show,” said Lauren Rayner, executive producer of Theatre C. “This is a ‘music theatre’ experience and truly exemplifies the need for live performance as it’s really the through-line of the musical and vocal compositions that will leave audiences members in awe.”

According to associate professor and opera director Ben Smolder, the performance employs musical theatre devices, but also operatic roles.

The operatic function of the performance is demonstrated in an immersive manner, as the audience will interact by walking around the room and engaging firsthand as they are transported to the surface of Mars.

The performers in “The Martian Chronicles” are Miami opera and musical theatre students.

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mance at Ars Nova Theater in New York in February 2015. Miami theatre faculty members and students attended the debut and took part in the post-show discussion with the creators. The writers then expressed their desire to develop the piece in an educational setting, solidifying their partnership with Miami.

“It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to develop this show and collaborate with Miami,” said Carlos Armesto, artistic director for Theatre C. “This experience has answered a lot of questions we had about the piece in New York by using the resources and environment here at Miami.”

The performances this weekend are composed of a three-scene excerpt from the full performance. The workshop style encourages audience engagement with the actors and a full immersion into the performance.

“The workshop format is a protective environment to explore the progress of the work and see some of it on its feet without jumping to full production,” Elizabeth Margid said. “It’s a great stepping stone to full production and will help artists develop the work.”

Margid, a Fordham University professor, wrote the adaptation of “The Martian Chronicles.”

The workshop format means that

costumes, props and lighting are all kept to a minimum. While usually an integral part of the theatre experience, there will be no visual projections in these performances.

“The Martian Chronicles” was originally published by Ray Bradbury in 1950. The novel is a collection of science fiction short stories about humans leaving Earth to colonize Mars, “The Red Planet,” with an emphasis on the tensions and conflicts created as a result.

“So many of the issues human beings face today, conflicts ranging from geo-political to local … [are rooted] in the way we define those not like ourselves as ‘the other,’” said Rayner. “The work approaches these questions in a deeply human way, engages our hearts and minds by drawing us into the lives of dozens of complex characters, both human and Martian.”

For musical composer Daniel Levy this show means something special and close to home.

Levy graduated from Miami University in 1984 before moving to New York City as a working composer and musician.

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UniDiversity festival honors Latino culture DIVERSITY

MEGAN BOWERS THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Latin American and Caribbean UniDiversity Festival, taking place tonight in Uptown Park, is the climax of the celebration of National Hispanic Month in Oxford.

“The festival creates awareness about Hispanic and Latino culture,” said Jacqueline Rioja Velarde, codirector of the planning committee.

“It gives us a chance to recognize their contributions in our country and in the world.”

For 13 years, the festival has been highlighting many of the major aspects of the Hispanic culture, including food, music and animals.

One of the food vendors, Taqueria Mercado, has been in attendance since the first year and is consistently a crowd favorite. The owners are a local family whose son is a recent graduate of Miami University.

“The entire event is family-focused,” said Rioja Velarde. “We try to work off of the energy from everyone involved.”

One of the major ways they keep the event family-focused is through the animal shows and traditional Hispanic games. Amazon John and Silly Safari, a live animal show troupe, performs every year, and the alpaca and llama petting zoo always draws people young and old.

As far as games go, the planning committee has set out to recreate some traditional games from Latin America suitable for children.

This year they are also adding another level to the family-oriented aspect by having a local children’s author come in. Cintia RomaGarbelotto, author of Estas son Colores, will be hosting three readings with the children in both Spanish and English, as well as offering free downloads of her book for students.

In addition, the festival will feature traditional music from both Latin America and the Caribbean.

“I love the music,” said Juanita Tate, other co-director of the festival. “The bands always play such wonderful songs and the dancers are unbelievable.”

Tate has been a co-director since the first year and said they try to

bring in new attractions to keep it special for the community members who attend every year.

One way they do this is by inviting different music groups to come each year. Orquesta Kandela, a well-known Salsa and Latin band and Asi Es Colombia, a folklore dance troupe, are among those performing this year.

The festival highlights many different cultures, with the addition of Panama this year. The festival will be hosting Que Lindo Es Panama!, a dance troupe from Panama, in addition to serving some traditional food from the country.

The event also serves an educational purpose through a live show for the kids, voter registration for adults and an information fair for people of all ages.

The informational fair is a place for Latin American affiliated organizations from both Miami and the Oxford community to fundraise for the upcoming year and share information about the services they offer and their connection to the Latin American community. This year, there will be over 20 organizations, including the Oxford League of Women, Project Dragonfly, Best Buddies and the Association of Latin and American Students (ALAS).

“We will be selling traditional Mexican Coke and Jarritos along with the international fraternity, Sigma Lambda Beta,” said Bonnie Walker, ALAS president. “I really am just looking forward to being up there and meeting new people who have similar interests to me, while raising money for the club and promoting the organization a bit.”

Rioja Velarde and Tate don’t want anyone to miss out on the festival and have created an additional outreach program that brings performers to each of the schools in the Talawanda district.

“This is a part of homecoming weekend, so I am excited to see all the graduates bringing back their energy and support to the festival,” said Rioja Velarde. “I just can’t wait to welcome everyone.”

The Latin American and Caribbean UniDiversity Festival will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight in Uptown Park.

Bizarre Netflix series revamps ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ TELEVISION

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Watching “Wet Hot American Summer” is similar to watching a flash mob break out. It’s wacky, it’s random and you’re not exactly sure why it’s happening.

Netflix’s newest original series is a sequel to David Wain’s 2001 cult comedy hit of the same name. The movie, which followed the misadventures of the campers and counselors at Camp Firewood on the last day of summer camp, originally bombed at the box office due to its outlandish and nonsensical style of comedy, the same kind of random humor found in shows like, “Tim and Eric” or “The Eric Andre Show.”

However, the movie eventually found a massive fan base as the cast, almost all of whom were relatively obscure at the time of the film’s release, went on to become big stars. Not only was this Bradley Cooper’s first movie (he missed acting school graduation to film it), but he was joined by Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and Ken Marino. Ever heard of them?

As the film grew more popular, people started to warm up to its unique sense of humor — the talking can of vegetables who convinces the Vietnam veteran cook to follow his passion and make love to the refrigerator, the one-hour jaunt into town that ends with all the counselors getting hooked on heroin, the art teacher who asks her kindergartenage students for advice while going through a divorce. Fans were buying into all of it.

Last summer Netflix decided to cash in on the film’s popularity by releasing a prequel series. As the subtitle, “First Day of Camp,” suggests, these eight episodes focus on the first day of the summer in which the movie took place. Impressively enough, they were able to bring back all of the cast members, even though most of them are currently enjoying busy careers. And, in the spirit of the movie’s zany humor, although it has been 14 years since the release of the film, they did nothing to make the cast members appear any younger, so the show features actors in their 30s and 40s playing high school-age camp counselors.

The highlight of the original film was Paul Rudd and he continues to be wonderful the second time around. Rudd plays Andy, the toocool-for-school counselor who’s known for his lackadaisical attitude and his habit of abandoning campers in the woods if they catch him breaking the rules.

Rudd is a comedic genius and his physical humor is second to none, highlighted by the scene in which the head counselor makes him pick up his dishes and it takes forever for him to reluctantly complete the task.

We’re met with the same physical comedy immediately in the show as he makes his entrance by riding in on a motorcycle and jumping off while it is still moving.

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best — his main shtick being that he would accidentally misspeak in weird ways (e.g. “Can you pass the dick cream? I mean stick cream.”).

In the show, however, he demonstrates a completely new comedic range. His character starts off as just a normal guy. He’s cordial, he dresses nice and he’s engaged. As the show progresses, we see him transform into the crazy cook we know from the movie. As one of the only actors in the show who doesn’t primarily work in comedy, Meloni’s humor is pleasantly unexpected.

As Gene’s backstory shows, the beauty of the prequel is that we get explanations for how things were in the original: we learn the origin of the talking vegetable can, the story behind

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Gail’s (Molly Shannon) divorce, the beginning of Ben (Bradley Cooper) and McKinley’s (Michael Ian Black) relationship. It’s intriguing to watch all of these storylines play out.

“WHAS” falters at times. The random humor, while mostly hilarious, can sometimes be just plain stupid.

All in all, however, the prequel is solidly done. It retains the same humor, brings back the all-star cast, and even introduces some more big names.

Everyone from Michael Cera to Jon Hamm gets in on the fun. As the weather cools down, keep the spirit of summer alive with “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.”

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and it’s gratifying to be able to come back and try to give something back to the institution,” said Levy. “It’s important to me to give back to the students who are performing and to the audience. It’s wonderful to be invited back to be able to offer something.”

The “Martian Chronicles” will be performed at 6 and 8 tonight and 2 p.m. Saturday.

All performances will be held in Williams Hall TV Studio. Tickets are required for admission, but are available for free.

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The psyche: Are mental health and mass shootings intertwined?

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This is the last in a series of editorials that will investigate the recurring problem of mass shootings throughout the United States.

Soon after Adam Lanza shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, killing 26 children, six faculty members and finally himself, a plethora of diagnoses on the state of his mental health began to pop up in the media.

This is not a singular or even rare occurrence. When mass shootings shatter a community, speculations about the shooter’s mental health, whether factual or not, never trail far behind. It seems instinctive to people that someone who could do something as terrible as kill a score of innocent school children must be mentally ill or insane — they must be ‘off.’

The first question that the public asks after a mass shoot-

The following piece, written by the editorial editors, reflects the majority opinion of the editorial board. ing is, “Why?” Why would anybody commit such a crime?

The answers to this question are complex and still many.

Often, mental health is a scapegoat for politicians driving legislation and for people who have difficulty wrapping their minds around the fact that a sane person could commit such a heinous crime.

When it was finally discovered that Lanza did have deteriorating mental health issues and development problems, like obsessivecompulsive disorder, and red flags like an early fascination with mass shootings, the House Energy and Commerce Committee began a crusade against federal programs that address serious mental illnesses.

It found that patients with serious mental illnesses — defined as persistent schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression — are the least likely to get the

medical help they need.

“Neither access to health insurance, nor the financial ability to seek help guarantee success in navigating the mental health system,” the committee’s report said.

Two Gallup polls from 2011

Current statistics show that only 4 percent of violent actors were afflicted with a serious mental illness. and 2013 said more people believe mass shootings result from failures in the mental health system than from easy access to guns. Eighty percent of Americans believe that mental illness is partly to blame for mass shootings.

However, statistics show this is

Barbie’s makeover shifts doll from a symbol of ideal beauty to technology TECHNOLOGY

MADDIE’S MATTERS California-based toy company Mattel has a new project in the works, and like most new technology, it’s both awesome and terrifying. More obvious now than ever, we know that the biggest, newest thing usually comes in increasingly smaller packages. In this case, the package is small-waisted. Mattel’s putting a new twist on our old friend Barbie — she can talk.

Since her inception in 1959, plastic and disproportionally beautiful, Barbie has stirred up debate, excitement and an equal mix of admiration and low self-esteem in young girls. She has been the target of feminists who say that her

But there is a new facet to Barbie’s “danger.” She’s smart. She asks for advice. She’s alive.

There is problematic irony in Mattel’s new vision. Without a voice, Barbie was a controversial and sexualized detriment. She was the epitome of everything feminists of the time were fighting against: a wordless woman whose sole value was in her appearance. Now, though, as Barbie begins to open her mouth, she opens up another debate. People are scared that she might be too real.

She already has the “perfect” body — now, according to The New York Times, Mattel wants her to be the “perfect friend.”

Hello Barbie is yet another type of machine that pokes at the morality of technology and the power that it has over children, especially today.

It is easy to write the topic off as being too Sci-Fi, but we have reached a point in time where the lines between reality and the virtual world have

Hello Barbie is yet another type of machine that pokes at the morality of technology and the power it has over children, especially today.

tiny waist, long and slender legs and wide-eyed smile demand unrealistic expectations of a woman’s physique and sexualize the female frame in a way that is detrimental to a young girl’s perception of her own body (the same could be said for Ken doll and the male frame). She has sparked statistics that show that exposure to her at a young age can damage a girl’s self-esteem and cause her to desire to be more thin, regardless of her present body type.

blurred. People are getting addicted to video games. More than one-third of American marriages begin with online dating today, according to the New York Daily News. And children, ever imaginative and moldable, are now at the forefront of it all.

“Research shows that children don’t fully believe that artificialintelligence toys are alive in the biological sense,” writes the Times.

“But they also don’t treat them simply as devices.”

Barbie has always been a symbol of something controversial. At one point, she was a symbol of the beauty ideal. Now, it is fitting that she is a symbol of potential technological impact. Intelligent technologies like Siri have shocked and delighted the world in the 21st century, and have only improved since. And perhaps it is important to note that generational attitudes toward technology are changing dramatically. But at what point does technology take up too much of our lives? Almost everyone would agree that it is necessary today for work and education in terms of speed. But what about helping kids socialize and engage with each other? When they have a beautiful, “perfect” friend, how will they learn to interact with one another, or deal with conflict in a realistic way?

It’s too simplistic to say that Barbie is the root cause of the selfesteem epidemic that researchers have been observing in kids over decades. She was born in a society that already perpetuated impossible aesthetic standards in both men and women. It’s also too simplistic to say that she is the root cause of the growing problem that children have with engaging in the real world. To worry that little girls will begin to believe that Barbie is a real friend to them as Mattel introduces smart technology into her design is just a smaller part of the bigger issue. It’s not all about a doll. It’s about what we value as a society.

Plus, it’s hard to believe that a friend that can’t blink could be taken too seriously. Then again, technology has its fair share of sinister, so who knows where Hello Barbie could lead us.

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‘Ramen to risotto’ is ambiguous and insensitive TO THE EDITOR: As a class of 2011 alum of Miami University no longer living in Ohio, I depend on outlets like The Miami Student to give me a sense of what is happening at my alma mater. Keeping abreast of the changes at Miami is sometimes a bleak task.

Whether it’s the proposed demolition of a beloved building, the construction of all-important revenue sources/residence halls on beautiful green spaces, or the apparent culture of privilege that continues unabated, I look to The Miami Student to learn about it. However, when the student newspaper itself, via its staff writers, are publishing articles like the “Ramen to Risotto” piece from Sept.

15, I can’t help but go from skepticism to outright disappointment. It should be the job of the Student to more responsibly and coherently challenge the stereotypes that perpetuate an unfeeling or uncaring

image cemented by unexamined privilege in the Miami community.

This article, which contends that grandiose meal options on campus and luxurious off-campus housing are the norms and the expectations of Miami students, does an outright disservice to the large number of students, past and present, who struggle to make ends meet, work one or more jobs and rely on the easily dismissed ramen noodle option. Working two jobs, relying on multiple roommates to keep housing costs lower and taking out loans was how I made it through Miami in, relatively one piece. There were no marble counter-tops, endless rounds of drinks Uptown, or expensive outfits from “posh uptown boutiques.”

The fleeting reference to the moneyconscious among the student body does little to highlight the actual reality of students who cannot afford the cost of the Miami culture.

So, while the purpose of this article doesn’t actually seem altogether clear, what it did do was continue to perpetuate the class divide between the haves and the have-nots of the Miami-Oxford community. It generates implicit shame for those of us who went to class in our work outfits, it assumes an air of uncaring for those who can’t afford the lifestyle (let alone the tuition) and it completely ignores the members of the local community whose financial means are all too often outside the socio-economic brackets of the students that the community seems to serve. While I appreciate the article’s attempt to question this culture of instant gratification, I find it hard to question the status-quo when threequarters of the opinion piece is spent reinforcing it.

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not always the case.

While certain mass shooters were undoubtedly psychotic — like Lanza and the Aurora, Colorado “Joker,” James Holmes — there is little to no hard evidence the two are connected. Current statistics show that only 4 percent of violent actors were afflicted with a serious mental illness. Mental illness does increase the likelihood of violence, but by a miniscule amount.

More often than not, shooters commit their crimes with a pre-meditated political manifesto in mind or because of jealousy and revenge.

The lone exception to this is violence against oneself. Suicide among the mentally ill is 10 to 20 times higher than suicide among the general population.

But according to a report by the Harvard University School of Public Health, firearm suicides in states with high raters of gun ownership

outweigh states with lower rates four to one. Here, the question becomes not why people decide to kill themselves, but how. When lethal means are less available, suicide rates go down.

Jeffrey Swanson, a medical sociologist and professor of psychiatry at Duke University said the single biggest predictor of future violence is past violence.

“There are lots of people out there carrying guns around who have high levels of trait anger — the type who smash and break things,” Swanson said in a 2014 New Yorker article. “I believe they shouldn’t have guns.”

Take the spotlight off the mentally ill and put it on those convicted of misdemeanor violence, domestic violence and even DUIs. The sooner politicians and the public take the blame off the mentally ill and restrict guns overall, the faster we will get to a safer world.

A reflection on the unbearable commodification of our student EDUCATION

KYLE HAYDEN DESIGN EDITOR

Author and professor Henry Giroux wrote a book in 2007 titled “The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-IndustrialAcademic Complex.” The book details the unseen emergence of the militarization of college campuses across the nation following the collapse of the twin towers on Sep. 11, 2001. The increasing sense of insecurity and fear of “others” permeates the psyche of the student body.

Giroux laments the increasing “politics of disposability” displayed by and at student bodies and their administrations. He writes of the growing notion that “anyone, anywhere could be a terrorist or a threat at any time, and that we need to arm ourselves and saturate our culture in

also be an exercise area known as the “Red Zone.”

The 200,000 square foot facility on the south side of campus does not have enough room for our displays of dominance and artificial strength.

The Shade Family Room and the university’s natural areas are the only respites from the overbearing sense that our only duty as students and citizens is to shop or prepare to defend ourselves with violence.

The natural areas are mediated, artificial natural experiences (read: Bishop Woods) and not a place where someone could hold an impromptu speech or rally. Apparently students felt unsafe just looking at the darkness of Bishop Woods at night.

The biophony that used to pulse and chime at night in Bishop Woods is gone.

“Where are the non-commod-

We are told the only thing worth doing is accumulating the most material wealth possible.

violence and hardness to stave off threats.” Giroux’s observations are astute and echoed by philosophers from the past: Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno and even former president Eisenhower.

They detail the enculturation of violence-before-diplomacy politics and the increasing mechanisms of standardization and industrialization that frame our educations and lives.

Beyond these politics of disposability, which can be traced and observed on Miami’s campus, the increasing waves of commodification and mandatory participation in an ongoing campaign of consumerism can be observed under these signals of violence and cruelty.

I cannot walk through the Armstrong Student Center and experience anything other than shopping or offices, which tells me one thing about life after college: you will work in an office and you will shop. There are two banks with a presence: PNC and the student-run First Miami Federal Credit Union: ready to sign us on with credit cards and checking accounts.

This is how we see ourselves.

This is how the administration sees us as students and citizens.

The plans for expansion of the Student Center also allot for more “unique dining concepts” including “a Buffalo Wild Wings type area with wide-screen TVs,” as it was written in a recent Miami Student article. There will

ified public spaces for our students to learn anything other than consumerism?” Giroux writes, “… for our young people to learn other values like trust, honesty, integrity, caring for others.”

I give credence to the authenticity in the Diversity Affairs offices. They are places where I see the most activity, listening and speaking taking place on issues affecting us. They need not be named here, but they are lengthy and difficult to address.

Those are democratic public spheres where students can be heard: but unfortunately there is thick glass between their offices and the staircase facing them.

The resultant climax of these attitudes is an event like Career Fair. The presence of DOW Chemical alone is enough to nauseate anyone with a conscience.

By this measure it appears the only thing worth pursuing in the world is finance or banking. After all, we are told the only thing worth doing is accumulating the most material wealth possible.

The public spaces our education takes place in have been so saturated with and continue to be upgraded with the values of consumption, accumulation, violence, a standoffish masculinity and competition. What happens when our education is reduced to digestion of these dangerous values?

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GOP front-runners lack political skill POLITICS

GRETA HALLBERG THE MIAMI STUDENT

CNN hosted the second debate among 11 candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president Wednesday. There are 16 people running now, after Rick Perry dropped out of the race last week.

Most of the candidates have a political background — Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Ohio’s Governor John Kasich were all in the mix at the GOP debate. They have rich political histories, working their way up through state level government before getting elected to serve from Capitol Hill or the Governor’s Mansion — and, maybe someday, the White House.

These candidates are experienced. They know what it’s like to hold a public office and run effective campaigns — they’ve done it successfully before. In other words, whether we like all of them or not, these candidates are qualified for the positions they’re applying for.

Early coverage of Wednesday’s debate concluded that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina was an easy winner. She conducted herself professionally, answering tough questions about defunding Planned Parenthood and defending comments from a misogynistic Trump.

A recent poll by the New York Times and CBS News released earlier this week that shows that the two leading Republican candidates at this point are Donald Trump and Ben Carson. A real estate mogul and former neurosurgeon, respectively, are currently ranked the highest in public opinion polls.

The New York Times/CBS News poll shows that 27 percent of Republican voters favor Donald Trump, up from 24 percent in a previous poll. Carson has made significant gains, rising to 23 percent favorability, an increase from 6 percent. The next public opinion polls are sure to show a surge in Fiorina’s favorability, too.

These three candidates combined have the highest favorability with Republican voters. Over half of the voter base supports candidates that are not politicians. The Republican voters want to elect somebody with no experience dealing with foreign affairs, approving and examining

laws or leading the military.

Realistically, the only thing Donald Trump has going for him is his money. He has built a successful company and his net worth is $4 billion, according to Forbes.

Trump is so far removed from the average American’s financial situation that he has no authority to sign any legislation or make futile attempts to connect with voters.

Ben Carson is undoubtedly intelligent, having successfully separated Siamese twins. It’s an impressive achievement, but raw intellect, especially in subjects like neuroscience, does not qualify Carson to be our Commanderin-Chief.

Carly Fiorina, while a more successful debater and global businesswomen, still has little experience in politics. She may have more of a sense of the global economy than Carson, but that does not mean she’s ready to stop Russia and Iran from entering into a nuclear war.

Jeb Bush, on the other hand, has 6 percent favorability. He’s an experienced executive who worked to reform the education system in Florida and instituted environmental policies to protect the Everglades. Governor Scott Walker has 2 percent favorability with the voter base. Walker has an impressive gubernatorial record in his home state, too, turning Wisconsin’s budget deficit into a surplus.

The three Republican front-runners are not qualified to lead the free world. While successful in their own right, they do not have the political experience that our country needs.

Running for political office is no different than applying for a job.

Instead of writing a cover letter to a hiring manager, candidates give speeches to the public. Interviews are done with the press, not a small room of employees. Whether or not they get “hired” is up to voters — in this case 300 million Americans.

The leading GOP candidates do not have the political résumés to hold this position, the highest political office in the land. Announcing your candidacy is the political equivalent of applying for a job and it should be treated as such by the people who do the hiring.

As Carson said Wednesday, “The people — they are in charge.”

He’s right. We are in charge. It is our job as educated voters to hire the person with the experience and knowhow to be the elected to the Oval Office.

On Feb. 4, 2004, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg changed the world. Well, he altered it a bit, specifically the way we communicate with one another.

This was the day Zuckerberg launched the revolutionary social networking site, Facebook. Originally intended for Harvard undergraduates only, the site expanded to students at all universities and gained 1 million users within the first year, leading to the eventual decision to open its virtual gates to anyone age 13 and older.

Today the site has 1.49 billion monthly users, 728 million of whom log in each day. Once used by teens as a way to flaunt their social lives, Facebook is now used by people of all ages as a way to keep in touch with out-of-state relatives, rekindle lost friendships or romances, advertise for a business or even generate attention for a cause.

Since its creation, the site has been constantly evolving and improving. In 2007, the concept of “Facebook Gifts,” was developed, enabling users to present friends with a gift-card redeemable for rewards like Starbucks or songs on iTunes. “Facebook Chat,” an instant messaging sidebar, was added in April 2008 for private conversations. And, in 2009, Facebook debuted the “Like” feature—a thumbs up icon used to show support, excitement or interest on friends’ posts.

But, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, leading fans and critics alike to ask, “What about a ‘Dislike’ button?”

This year, change will come again

and the long-anticipated “Dislike” function may finally become a reality.

In the past, Facebook had been wary of a “Dislike” button. The idea has somewhat of a Pandora’s Box feel; while there could be some benefit, there may also be unrealized dangers waiting to be unleashed. According to BBC, Facebook founder and CEO Zuckerberg held a forum Tuesday at the company’s California headquarters and explained his change of heart. He rationalized that it is not always appropriate to “Like” a status, and a “Dislike” button

A ‘Dislike’ button would allow users to show empathy toward negative events in their friends’ lives. would allows users to show empathy toward negative events in their friends’ lives.

This makes sense. How many of us have hesitated to like our friend’s posts about a lost wallet, a death in the family or a breakup, because something didn’t feel quite right? A “Dislike” button would allow us to acknowledge the post and show that we are supportive, but in a way that doesn’t feel so counterintuitive. Furthermore, Facebook is becoming increasingly news-oriented. With the rise of more serious news stories being posted and shared, it is silly to assume that a “Like” icon would be an adequate way for people to express their opinions toward these topics. The change will allow Facebook to be com-

petitive as a legitimate forum for news.

According to Time Magazine, the “Dislike” button would serve not only to express emotions, but also to filter your newsfeed. Because of the sheer volume of information held within Facebook, the items that appear in a user’s newsfeed are calculated using an algorithm. Part of this calculation takes into account posts that users have previously liked and are therefore presumed to be interested in. A “Dislike” button would be a way to show disapproval, eliminate items and ultimately have an even more customized experience.

Now obviously everyone’s biggest question is how to monitor the use of a “Dislike” button to ensure people aren’t simply using it as a way to cyber-bully or express unwarranted negativity.

BBC reports that Zuckerberg stated he, “did not want [the button] to be a mechanism with which people could “down-vote” others’ posts,” as on forums like Reddit or Yik Yak. Since Facebook doesn’t allow the same anonymity as Yik Yak, hopefully people’s consciences will keep them in check.

Another potential problem the button could pose is ambiguity.

Say for example a friend posts something about the current refugee crisis, and I “Dislike” it. Does that mean that I feel sad that the tragedy is happening but still find the story worthwhile? Or does it mean I am disinterested in the topic and do not want to see stories like this in the future?

It will be interesting to see what kinds of rules and regulations come with the new “Dislike” button. As for now, I give it a tentative thumbs-up.

Student speaks out on Sigma Nu hazing, depression TO THE EDITOR: According to documents released by Miami University, “On April 3, 2015, photos were posted on SnapChat and a text message accompanied the photos noting that the pledges of Sigma Nu Fraternity were not allowed to take showers or shave and must drink 100 beers…

The photos show men with tallies on their chest.”

I was one of the pledges photographed in the SnapChats. Two pictures showed me, shirtless and passed out drunk on a couch covered in tally marks. I am clearly under the influence of something.

When I saw these pictures for the first time, I couldn’t help but cringe.

These marks didn’t represent the beers I drank that week –– rather, a fraction of my consumption. I did not drink these beers because I was forced to; I drank to numb my personal pain. I didn’t pass out that night because active members made me; instead I got so incredibly plastered because I couldn’t bear the crippling depression that I have been dealing with for the ma-

jority of my life.

I was so drunk that night that I don’t remember meeting my date, who I had been set up with by a friend. The only memory I have is from a picture of her posing next to my blacked out body. This was not because I was forced to drink by brothers of Sigma Nu. I was forced to drink by a downward spiral of depression that consumed me.

When I was identified in the investigation I had a meeting with a school official. I lied to her and said I was asleep because my antidepressant medication made me drowsy. I wasn’t wrong, but instead of Zoloft knocking me out, it was alcohol. The lies weren’t to protect Sigma Nu. I was embarrassed.

Sitting there looking at pictures of myself from a night I couldn’t even remember made me want to crawl into a hole deeper than even my own illness.

While hazing is certainly an egregious problem that must be dealt with, I can’t stand by and let news outlets report that a pledge was photographed after being forced to

drink. Hazing was not the issue at hand; instead it was an even bigger problem that people would rather not talk about. Mental illness impacts the lives of students all over Miami’s campus.

I admire Miami’s efforts to keep their students safe through antihazing strategies, but I would like to see our school and community take steps to raise awareness of the mental health issues that destroy the minds of fellow RedHawks every day. The same minds that make our school so great are often being internally torn apart on a daily basis.

I have taken a leave of absence from school to deal with my problems and I make progress every day. To fellow Miamians who are fighting the same fight, I hope you can take the steps to get the help you need. Know that people are there to help. The road is long and you may not win every battle, but the war is yours to win. You are worth it.

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set).

The team is excited to host a tournament at its home court, but winning is the first thing on their minds.

“To be successful at our own tournament, quite honestly we need to serve well,” head coach Carolyn Condit said. “We also

rules and meets every requirement the City of Oxford has asked him to meet. He installed new smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and escape windows.

“If they tell me something is wrong, I’ll be there the next day,” Brinck said.

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gain; the average first-year student only gains about a half-pound more than someone the same age who did not attend college.

However, Gretchen Matuszak, director of the didactic program in dietetics at Miami, thinks students do have reason to worry.

“There is a huge transition period from being a high school student to a freshman in college,” Matuszak said.

“Students are used to being busy every day with sports and extracurriculars, but when they come here they’re on a less strict schedule.”

First-year Joe Callan also believes the “freshman 15” theory holds some truth.

“I think there is some fact behind it,” Callan said. “I think when you come to college, you’re eating a lot of unhealthy food. Sure, there are healthy options, but most of what [college students] eat is typically not healthy.”

Students at college tend to go for the cheaper options. Many stock up on items like ramen noodles and microwavable macaroni and cheese.

Also, with many places delivering to the residence halls such as Insomnia Cookies and various pizza places, unhealthy food is readily available at almost any hour.

The food served in most college dining halls — though not necessarily at Miami — are mostly buffet style, so there is no portion control or limit to how much a student will take. When students live at home, oftentimes their parents or school designated what they would eat and how much, but now they have to make those choices completely on their own.

“Miami has a lot of food options such as fried chicken and hamburgers every night for meal choices,” said sophomore Ashlynn Galligher.

“No one is there to tell [students] no.”

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involves you, though, and the more involved you are the more close knit and safe the community will become.”

Nickels said Miami students should feel excited to explore their own political ideology with their new independence.

“Once someone gets to college,

First-year Abigail Wenger said there are healthy alternatives.

“I think if you maintain a healthy lifestyle and eat well enough, you’re going to gain very little weight or none at all,” Wenger said. “I also think that it’s okay to indulge every once in a while.”

The same study found that heavy alcohol consumption, or consuming six or more drinks on at least four days per month, has a large impact on weight gain Matuszak said that students who take part in underage drinking are usually experimenting and do not know how to manage living on their own and what or how much they drink.

Between testing the waters of drinking and taking in a lot more food, weight gain becomes a major possibility, she said. Most students do not realize how many calories they are consuming when they drink.

Matuszak said, in order to maintain their weight, females should have only one drink per day and males should have no more than two.

Matuszak also said that to prevent gaining weight, students — no matter what age — should stay on a regular schedule. Eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at regular times every day is extremely important.

“If students don’t eat breakfast, they tend to try and make up for it during lunch,” she said. “They should stick to one serving per meal.”

Drinking milk and water is also very important. Matuszak suggests substituting milk or water in the place of energy drinks and lattes to reduce the extra calorie intake.

“I allowed myself to eat unhealthy food, but I also supplemented in healthier options,” Galligher said.

“I also made sure that I went to the gym or hiked on the weekends and just tried to stay active instead of sitting and watching Netflix.”

potentially Haines’ Boulangerie.

Needel said, in the case of Winans, Miami needs to prove its commitment. “[They] should put products such as Winans at the forefront for the consumers, rather than just mixing it in with other products at MacCracken, which can easily be overlooked,” she said.

Johnson said that while those situations may arise, the university is at least offering students an alternative.

“To me, while it would be great to be prominently featured, I’m just happy to have a seat at the table,” Johnson said.

it’s an opportunity for those influences to be challenged or wholly understood,” Nickels said. “It’s the opportunity to ask tough questions of yourself or other people, ask if this is what I truly believe or is it just what I’ve adopted from what I’ve grown around.”

Miami’s week dedicated to citizenship and democracy was intended to promote student in-

volvement and awareness in the political world. Schneider said being involved is directly correlated to an individual’s quality of life.

“Without voting or participating politically, no one is going to pay attention to your interests and your needs,” Scheinder said.

“Without participating politically, you do not have a voice.”

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“We can’t let them throw it over our head,” head coach Chuck Martin said. “They love throwing the ball down the field. They got real fast guys, their quarterback’s really accurate. … When they can run and throw, they’re almost impossible to stop … We gotta find a way to get to their quarterback and disrupt his timing and disrupt the timing of his receivers.”

After the Wisconsin game and during this week’s practices, Martin emphasized the necessity of eliminating turnovers. The RedHawks total three interceptions and three lost fumbles through two games.

“We gotta get the ball in a safe spot,” Martin said. “We gotta read the coverage and throw the ball where it’s supposed to be thrown, as opposed to sometimes last week, where we’re under pressure and we just fired the ball into a crowd.”

Kummer understands the need as well.

“No turnovers,” Kummer said. “Keep the ball out of their hands. No turnovers passing, no turnovers running. We gotta take care of the ball.”

On the flip side, the Bearcats have their fair share of turnovers. They’ve lost three fumbles through two games, and in last week’s 34-26 loss to Temple University, junior quarterback Gunner Kiel threw four interceptions.

“We really need to capitalize on turnovers,” Kern said.

“They’ve had a lot of turnovers this year and that’s something we really need to capitalize on when we get the opportunity.”

Three Bearcat running backs average over 5.0 yards per carry: junior Tion Green (6.2 yards on 30 attempts), sophomore Mike Boone (5.4 yards, 19 att) and senior Hosey Wil-

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liams (5.2 yards, 27 att).

Kiel has completed .649 percent of his passes to 12 different receivers, and seven wideouts average over 10.0 yards per reception.

UC’s offensive line surrendered one sack to a Temple front seven that totaled 10 sacks in its first game.

Cincinnati also ranks second in the nation in third down percentage, completing 18 of 26 attempts (69.2 percent).

“We’ve really been focusing on getting bodies on bodies on third down,” Kern said. “We don’t want there to be space between us and the offensive players, especially receivers.

We want to get tight with them.

We want to be able to contest every pass.”

And Kern’s defense is ready to do so.

Sophomore linebacker Paul Moses, the converted running back, leads the ’Hawks with 17 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss.

In last week’s loss to Wisconsin, Moses totaled 10 tackles and one sack. Redshirt senior defensive back Brison Burris has 14 tackles on the season, and Kern has 10. Redshirt junior defensive lineman JT Jones will help with the pass rush, as he has six quarterback hurries this year.

On the offensive side of the ball, redshirt freshman Alonzo Smith sees the bulk of the running game, averaging 5.8 yards per carry on 16 attempts. Two receivers average 15-plus yards per catch: redshirt sophomore Jared Murphy (15.4 yards on eight catches) and redshirt junior Rokeem Williams (21.0 yards on five catches).

Martin plans to rotate Kummer, redshirt freshman Gus Ragland and freshman Billy Bahl at quarterback.

Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. at Yager Stadium on Saturday.

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fantasy football is the injury situations.

Here’s another hypothetical: Roddy White is on your fantasy team — the second option to Julio Jones in most passing scenarios.

You know you are going to need a lot of production from White in order to win your matchup. In the first quarter on a crossing route, Jones takes a huge hit. He’s slow to get up.

Whether you vocalize it or not, you are probably hoping that he’s hurt and won’t be able to play for the rest of the game. Then White, by default, becomes the number one receiver and is in a better situation to put up points.

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fielder Hollie MacDonald leads the club with 10 points. MacDonald 36 career points and is coming off her best season, in which she was given All-MAC second team honors and finished second on the team with 12 points.

After their stop in VA, Miami heads to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take on No. 3 University of North Carolina Tar Heels (5-1).

Miami was shutout by the Tar Heels 3-0 on September 21, 2014; it was the first meeting between the FROM GOLF »PAGE 10

off to a good start,” he said. “I think everyone has a lot of confidence going into the tournament.”

Senior golfer Daniel Schwarz shares a similar viewpoint as to how the team can reach success in the tournament.

“The upcoming tournament at Inverness means a great deal for the Miami golf program, as it’s our first tournament of the year,” Schwarz said. “It’s important for us to get off to a good start and have five guys that are ready to go.”

Senior golfer Bailey Truesdell said

looking for that competitive edge, even if we don’t admit it. (Just ask Tom Brady.)

These are unique scenarios, sure.

Many fans would rather choose to have their hometown team win over their fantasy team, and we assume nobody is hoping that players suffer injuries.

But these types of situations present themselves to fantasy players on a weekly basis. Throw in the fact that there could be significant money on the line and you find yourself in limbo.

There are many great things about fantasy sports. They are a great way to stay in touch with friends.

One-week leagues have made fantasy sports more convenient and lucrative. They restore the sense of

competition that many people have been longing for ever since they played that final down. It keeps fans aware of what’s happening.

But it’s a chicken before the egg situation.

Fantasy football wouldn’t exist if there were no football. This isn’t a news flash, but it’s important to keep in mind. People loved football before fantasy, because they loved the game and their team. Remember that fantasy football is a supplement to the game. It’s not real.

Pardon the pun, but it’s just a fantasy.

two since 2003.

“We don’t think about their rank.

We just fight,” junior goaltender Alysa Xavier said. “Our team has a great bond. We all play for each other.”

UNC is the fourth ranked team the ’Hawks have faced this season.

Miami has not yet notched a win against a nationally ranked opponent.

“We just have to keep knocking on the door,” Xavier said. “We’re right there.”

Senior forward Casey Di Nardo

guides North Carolina with eight points and 20 shots. In the 2014 season, she started all 23 games and scored nine goals. Senior middie Emily Wold leads UNC in goals (6) and points (15). She also has 18 shots on the season.

Meanwhile, Xavier looks to shut down the Tar Heels’ leading scorer.

Xavier has a 3-3 record this season, totaling 31 saves and a .838 save percentage.

Friday’s matchup against Longwood begins at 2 p.m. MU takes on UNC on Sunday at 2 p.m.

the preparation for the first event of the season and the preparation for other events are different this year.

“Preparation leading up to the first tournament has been a little different than in years past,” he said. “We have been doing more team-wide competitions throughout the week and have competed at some of the area’s most difficult courses on the weekends to prepare us for Inverness. The team is prepared to play well and anxious to go defend our MAC Championship.”

Conrad said this preparation is key to Miami’s success in the tournament.

“I think we’ve prepared well,” Conrad said. “I think there’s a lot of competition among us. Everyone is comfortable with their playing level, with whatever tournaments they played in over the summer to get better for the season.”

The RedHawks are excited to represent Miami at such a large tournament.

“Representing Miami golf at a great venue will be exciting for the entire RedHawk community,” Schwarz said.

The first round of the tournament begins Monday, and the second round begins Tuesday.

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In the oldest active non-conference rivalry in college football, Miami takes on University of Cincinnati in the Battle of the Victory Bell.

The RedHawks lead the series 59-53-7, but their last win over UC was a 44-16 victory at Yager Stadium in 2005.

“Beating Cincinnati is a big part of being a Miami football player,” senior linebacker Kent Kern said.

“That’s what you hear a lot of guys and alumni talk about – beating UC. It’s really important to me, especially, and all the other seniors.”

Though Cincinnati has won the rivalry for nine consecutive

seasons, this year could be different – the 2015 squad is stronger and has more depth. Most of UC’s victories in its current win streak were blowouts, but Miami has kept it close in recent years.

Last year at Paul Brown Stadium, Miami came within a yard of tying the game in the fourth quarter when it had first-and-goal at the UC 1-yard line. However, the Bearcat defense pushed the RedHawks back on three straight plays and Miami missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. The Bearcats ran out the remaining 5:40 on the clock to secure the 31-24 victory.

The rivalry is important for redshirt senior quarterback Drew Kummer, who grew up in Cincinnati.

“I’ve been here for four years and I haven’t won against UC, so there’s a little more motivation,” Kummer said. “And being from Cincinnati as well. I’m just really excited about this opportunity. It’s going to be a great atmosphere.”

Miami enters this weekend after a 58-0 loss at University of Wisconsin last Saturday. The RedHawk defense was strong early, forcing two field goals and holding the Badgers running game to 58 yards in the first half, but turnovers and special team miscues led to their downfall.

Now MU faces a Cincinnati offense that averages 596.5 yards and 39.0 points per game. The Bearcats lead the nation in first downs (69).

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Fantasy football may distort fan experience Roslovic a top recruit in nation HOCKEY COLUMN

JACK REYERING We’ve all seen the commercials.

“Joe Blow just won $1 million dollars in this week’s fantasy challenge. You could be the next winner.”

Admittedly, they’re intriguing.

Companies like FanDuel and DraftKings are capitalizing on a rapidly expanding market. Fantasy sports hooked more than an estimated 40 million players in 2014. That number is up from 35 million players in 2013 and has doubled in size in the past seven years.

Nowadays, to be considered a true fan of football, it’s essential to participate in fantasy football in one or more of its forms.

It’s obvious that fantasy football has changed the way we view the NFL and how we watch the games.

A Washington Redskins fan can be found cheering on Tony Romo in a fourth quarter drive, begging him to throw just one more touchdown.

Half of pre-game analysis on the networks revolves around “expert” fantasy advice. You don’t even get a

break from it during the commercials (see top of page).

That’s all well and good. There’s nothing wrong with admiring players from all around the league for their skills and abilities. If they are on your fantasy team, of course you want them to put up points for you.

I’m as guilty as anyone else in this.

For the first time, I bought into the hype and joined a fantasy football league this year. I have almost no clue what I’m doing, but just a week and a half into the season, I found myself sneaking peaks at my ESPN Fantasy app to see if I got the player I claimed off waivers.

It’s hard to snap back to reality and focus on an international studies course when there are free agents afoot.

But obsession with fantasy football does have a dark side.

There are several noticeable and troubling signs fantasy players exude as they watch the games with computers in laps, phones in hands and fantasy scoreboards in focus.

First off, fans lose a level of dedication to their favorite team. Winning the matchup in your fantasy league

depends almost exclusively on individual performances, and whether or not your favorite team wins often takes a backseat.

Here’s a scenario that many fantasy players have probably encountered before: You are an Indianapolis Colts fan.

In your matchup for week one, your opponent has Andrew Luck as his starting quarterback. The Colts are playing on Monday Night Football, and you’re up by 20 points. Nobody from your team is playing that night.

Luck has thrown two TDs, but the Colts are down six with one minute to go. If he throws one more, you lose your matchup for that week. If he doesn’t, your favorite team adds a notch in the loss column.

After years of playing fantasy football, many players have learned to look at scenarios like this as a win-win. If the Colts win, great. If they lose, at least I won my fantasy matchup. For some, its hard to understand how you could ever find satisfaction in a loss either way.

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STEVEN PERKINS THE MIAMI STUDENT

As the 2015-2016 college hockey season creeps up, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference is already making news. ISS Hockey, a scouting and information provider on hockey prospects, released a list of the top 30 incoming college freshmen Tuesday.

Of these 30, eight of them belong to the NCHC. One of Miami’s own, forward Jack Roslovic, checks in at No. 5. The freshman from the USHL totaled 15 goals and 52 points in his 59-game stint in the league.

Seven other NCHC freshmen made the list, and five belong to the defending NCHC regular season champions, University of North Da-

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Five RedHawk golfers travel to University of Toledo Monday to compete in the Inverness Intercollegiate tournament. Senior Jack Sparling and Bud Radis, juniors Greg Conrad and Jared Hammons and sophomore Patrick Flavin are the Miami qualifiers.

Twelve teams are set to compete in the tournament. The highest-ranking teams playing are No. 8 South Florida, No. 39 East Tennesee State, No. 41 Charlotte, No. 69 Yale, No. 78 Memphis, No. 79 Liberty, No. 84 Michigan State, No. 86 Mercer and No. 99 Kent State.

These teams made the top 100 of the Golfstat collegiate rankings published June 8, 2015.

No. 110 Miami, No. 164 Austin Peay and unranked Alabama-Birmingham make up the rest of the field.

Conrad feels the Red and White have just as much of a chance in the tournament as the other eleven teams.

“I think we can play at just as much of a competitive level as everyone else,” he said. “We have a lot of talent and a lot of experience, and coming off of a MAC Championship motivates us even more.”

The ’Hawks are confident in their chances to win, although Sparling, the team captain, is relatively new to

the course.

“This is our first year competing in Toledo’s event,” Sparling said. “I’ve seen the golf course once before for a tournament this summer so it’s still pretty new to me.”

Nevertheless, Sparling is confident in his team’s chances.

“The guys have been working hard to get their game in a good spot.

Everyone has been working hard, so I feel like we’re in a good spot to give ourselves a chance to win,” he said.

According to the seasoned senior, it’s all about preparation and getting off to a good start in the tournament.

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The Miami University volleyball team competes on its home court for the first time since Sept. 1 at the Miami Invitational this weekend.

It comes as a relief to the younger RedHawks, who for the last three tournaments, have traveled across the country.

The ’Hawks were 8-3 at home last season and look to maintain their dominance at home against Indiana

University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (2-9), Northern Kentucky University (5-5) and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (8-3).

The toughest opponent Miami (55) faces is Green Bay, who has won six of their last seven contests.

Junior middle blocker Megan Powers leads the team in kills (102), while senior setter Emily Riese leads the team with assists (393). Miami and Green Bay have never met before.

Despite its winning streak, UWGB will have its hands full against the

Miami tandem of junior middle hitter Paige Hill and sophomore outside hitter Katie Tomasic. The two have a combined 169 kills this season.

MU has split its last six encounters with Northern Kentucky, but the RedHawks won 3-2 in in their last meeting on September 7, 2013.

Junior middle hitter Keeley Creamer and redshirt junior Taylor Snyder guide NKU. Creamer has notched 120 kills (3.33 kills per set), while Snyder has totaled 369 assists (10.25/ VOLLEYBALL »PAGE 8

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The most notable of these five is Brock Boeser. The forward from Waterloo USHL put up 35 goals and 33 assists in 57 games last year.

Forward Fredrik Olofsson represents University of Omaha at No. 22, and forward Troy Terry represents Denver University at No. 23.

The Hockey East Conference claims most of the list with 13 players. The Big 10 tied the NCHC for second with eight players, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference had one player make the list.

Miami’s season begins Oct. 3 when it hosts Western Ontario in a preseason game. The RedHawks, the NCHC playoff champions, travel to Grand Forks, North Dakota to face the regular season champion UND on Nov. 13.

After a stunning win over Rice University last Sunday, the Miami University women’s soccer team (3-3) looks to replicate their success this weekend against Florida Gulf Coast University (4-3-1) on Friday and Wright State University (3-4) on Sunday. These games mark the end of MU’s non-conference schedule.

Head coach Bobby Kramig said he expects FGCU and WSU to be stiff competition.

“We’ve got two very difficult games this weekend,” Kramig said.

“Florida Gulf Coast may be the best team that has come to Oxford in quite some time. And then we have to go and play Wright State on the road. Playing up there is tough. It’s field turf. It’s not our environment.

But we have conference teams that play on field turf too and we’re going to have to deal with it.”

Sophomore forward Kat Zalar, who scored two goals against Rice last week, anticipates a tough weekend with two games on the schedule.

“We’ve had a great week of practice,” Zalar said. “We’re hoping to get two wins. It’s going to be hard this weekend definitely, but it’s always hard having a Friday game and a Sunday game. But hopefully we can pull through.”

Florida Gulf Coast is coming off a 2-0 victory over Florida International University and a 1-0 loss to the University of Miami. FGCU is 0-2 on the road this season.

Wright State has hit a tough spell after losing 1-0 to the University of Toledo and Butler University last week. The Raiders travel to Valparaiso University on Friday before MU comes into town on Sunday. Wright State is 1-0 at home this season.

Friday’s game begins at 4 p.m. in Oxford, Ohio, while Sunday’s game against Wright State starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday in Dayton, Ohio.

’Hawks open MAC play FIELD HOCKEY

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The Miami University field hockey team faces its first Mid-American Conference opponent of the season Friday. The ’Hawks travel to Farmville, VA for a matchup with Longwood University (1-3).

MU (4-3) holds a 3-0 record versus the Lancers, who have yet to win a game on their home field.

Senior midfielder Bea Dechant,

who was named MAC Defensive Player of the week for her five shots and three shots on goal against University of Virginia last weekend, leads the charge into Farmville. She leads the team with 21 shots.

Freshman forward Paula Portugal is another Miami player to watch, as she leads the ’Hawks with 10 points.

Portugal has also totaled 17 shots on the season.

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