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Wage woes: MU adjunct faculty paid less than national average Adjunct faculty members across the country are speaking out about low salaries and unequal working conditions. Here is how the average pay of Miami adjuncts stacks up against the national average and a peer school.

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Adjunct faculty across the U.S. and Canada walked out of their classrooms in protest last month.

Feb. 25 marked the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day, an event organized to bring adjunct faculty, tenured employees, graduate students and other supporters together in protest of low wages and unequal working conditions for non-tenure-track professors.

Although there was no participation in the walkout at Miami, the paltry payment conditions for its adjunct faculty are comparable to other peer institutions.

According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, nationally, three out of every four hires at universities now are off the tenure track.

Non-tenure-track positions include both adjunct and contingent faculty members. Adjunct faculty members are paid on a per-course basis, whereas contingent faculty members receive salaries. These instructors can be both part-time and full-time employees, but neither are on track to receive permanent contracts from the university.

The trend in hiring more adjunct and contingent faculty has correlated with a decline in state funding to public schools — 49 states are spending less per student on higher education than before the 2008 recession.

Since there has been no evidence these trends will come to a halt, many instructors, like Curtis Dickerson, an adjunct professor at Miami, have expressed concern that tenure-track positions will continue to disappear in

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favor of lower-paying adjunct and contingent jobs.

“Tenure as a disappearing prospect is extremely disheartening,” Dickerson said. “Not because I want to never be fired — I’m not a Supreme Court justice; I teach English — but because I am in a state of constant limbo in regards to my employment.”

Adjunct faculty members at Miami receive between $2,100 and $2,400 per three credit-hour course. If an adjunct teaches three courses each semester, as is standard among university professors, they can earn up to about $14,400 a year, according to figures collected by the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Adjunct Project.

This figure trails behind the national average for adjunct pay, which sits at $2,700 per course. An adjunct in the English

Department at the University of Cincinnati earns about $2,900 a course, whereas those employed at Ohio University can earn as little as $1,800 for a course in Women’s Gender Studies and as much as $6,334 for a Plant Biology Course.

The pay adjuncts receive does not include any benefits, and, therefore, people within these ranges of wages qualify for government benefits such as Medicaid. Contracts for adjuncts are renewed on a semester basis.

“I think that if I am entrusted with the education of Miami’s bright students, I should also be trusted with job security and a livable wage,” Dickerson said.

Although not an adjunct faculty member at Miami, part-time instructor and Ph.D. student in composition and rhetoric Amir Hassan has seen colleagues take on heavy

course loads to compensate for low wages.

“I know some very intelligent and committed teachers from this university and others that have had to take on as many as five to six classes a semester just to get by,” Hassan said. “In my experience, it’s challenging to teach even half that many students at one time.”

In the mid-1970s, according to data from the Chronicle of Higher Education, tenured faculty members still made up the majority of the educators at universities. This trend toward hiring more adjunct and contingent instructors prompted the establishment of the New Faculty Majority, an organization formed in 2009 to promote professional equality and academic freedom for adjunct and contingent faculty members.

Maria Maisto, an adjunct

faculty member at Cuyahoga County Community College in Cleveland and the president of the New Faculty Majority, said she is concerned about the effect this trend will have on students’ education.

Many adjuncts do not receive the same resources as tenured faculty, said Maisto. Some are not offered their own offices, making it difficult for them to meet with students outside of class.

“This can deny students a mentoring relationship with faculty,” Maisto said.

Although organizations like the New Faculty Majority are advocating for the rights of nontenured faculty, Maisto explained, it is difficult for adjuncts in Ohio to unionize. According to state law, part-time and graduate student employees at Ohio’s public universities are not considered public employees and therefore do not have access to the National Labor Relations Board if they wish to unionize.

Susan Eacker, a visiting assistant professor and contingent faculty member at Miami’s Hamilton campus, whose Letter to the Editor “Miami’s Best Kept Secret: Adjunct faculty are underpaid,” appeared in the Feb. 27 edition of The Miami Student, believes that, on this issue, students have the most power to influence change.

“Students don’t realize how much power they have,” said Eacker.

“They’re the ones footing the bill.”

Likewise, Maisto and the rest of the New Faculty Majority have made educating college students on the current employment conditions at universities a priority.

“The more that they can speak up, the more they can take control of their education,” said Maisto.

Chronically ill boy joins RedHawk ranks, becomes newest member of MU baseball team BASEBALL

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When a chronic illness prevented Tyler Holliday from playing baseball, the Miami University baseball team stepped up to help carry his dream. Tyler, a West Chester resident, became the team’s newest RedHawk after signing an official National Letter of Intent with the team Wednesday, his personal “Draft Day.” “This is really important for him,” Jeanette Holliday, Tyler’s mother, said. “It gives him a typical atmosphere to be included in.

It keeps him from being on the outside looking in.”

Tyler was 8 years old when his parents noticed some spots forming on his body. Doctors diagnosed him with chicken pox, but he lost mental function six days later. He was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an infectious disease transmitted by ticks.

The infection attacked all the organs in his body except his lungs, and Tyler fell into a coma

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for one month. He was treated in the intensive care unit for 1.5 months and in the hospital for 2.5 months. When Tyler first left the hospital, he needed a wheelchair and a feeding tube. Since then, he has relearned to walk and eat. His organs have recovered, but he is

time responding and often repeats what he hears others say.

He has seizures daily; though most are the type where he gazes off into the distance, he occasionally does have convulsions.

Tyler does occupational speech and physical therapy.

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(Left) Tyler Holliday, a 13-year-old boy facing a chronic illness after contracting a rare, infectious disease, stands by his mother, Jeanette, as the Miami University baseball manager, Danny Hayden (right) welcomes him to the team.

“Being a 13-year-old and having to be so delayed and behind your peers, that’s hard,” Jeanette said. “When a child is born with something, that’s all they’ve ever known. But it’s different for Tyler, who acquired this when he was eight. He was leading a very full life. He had a lot of friends, he was a very social kid, he played sports, he did all those things.”

Team IMPACT, an organization that partners children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses with local college athletic teams, partnered with Miami baseball to give Tyler this opportunity.

“It was important to us to find the right fit,” Holliday said. “I really feel like this was a meant-tobe connection … I feel like this is where Tyler was meant to be.

This is a part of his journey and another step that we’re supposed to take.”

Tyler has eight team advocates: Nathan Williams, Ryan Elble, Gary Russo, Julian Flanary, Ryan Haynes, Kendall Johnson, Tyler Harris and Brooks Urich.

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In 1980, The Miami Student published a report on “Oxford’s hidden crime:” rape. The article outlined ways for victims to seek help following an attack. Miami is currently in the midst of Obama’s national “It’s On Us” campaign, featuring a week of events aimed at raising awareness and putting an end to sexual assault.

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cognitively on par with a three to five-year-old.

“He has seizures every day,” Holliday said. “That’s probably the hardest thing he has to deal with … they really set him back.”

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Hodge, ASG to discuss alcohol at sporting events ALCOHOL

BONNIE MEIBERS

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Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) recently approved a bill asking the university to explore the possibility of selling alcohol to spectators 21 and over at sporting events.

The investigation proposed in the Feb. 24 bill could potentially include conversations with other institutions, like Kent State or Akron University, which have already implemented this policy, to find out whether bringing alcohol into the stadium has benefited

The university stresses drinking responsibly. Tyman, ASG Senator Patrick McFadden and Krumpak, who co-authored the bill, agreed selling alcohol at athletic events would challenge students who are of age to be an example of what responsible drinking looks like.

“I think it’s important that we provide a place for underclassmen to see responsible drinking taking place,” McFadden said.

Tyman, McFadden, Krumpak and many others believe that bringing alcohol into the stadium would be a positive alternative to binge drinking in Uptown Oxford.

I think it’s important that we provide a place for underclassmen to see responsible drinking take place.”

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those universities and their students.

“Essentially, the bill is looking to call forth investigation for the option to bring alcohol into stadiums,” Kevin Krumpak, ASG secretary for OffCampus Affairs, said.

Deedie Dowdle, associate vice president for University Communications and Marketing, said the topic would need further study, discussion and community input before any change in policy would be considered. President David Hodge has not yet seen the bill and has no comment at this time.

The Miami University administration has traditionally opposed the sale of alcohol at sporting events on campus. However, on Friday Hodge will meet with student body president, Cole Tyman, to discuss the matter.

ASG decided to support alcohol sales at athletic events because they believe bringing alcohol into the stadiums will have positive effects.

ASG argues that selling alcohol at sporting events would be positive, as long as the buying and selling of alcohol is controlled. The stadium would be a quasi-monitored place for students to responsibly drink.

“Students would have to uphold themselves more [in the stadium] than if they went Uptown,” Krumpak said.

Faculty, staff and community member presence among students who chose to drink at sporting events would make most think twice about their actions.

Miami University Police Chief John McCandless said that he has seen some universities have great success with selling alcohol during athletic events, while others have had several problems.

MUPD, however, has not said one way or another whether they are in support of the bill.

“Whatever the decision is, we’ll do what we have to do to make it safe,”

McCandless said.

Every year, ASG is asked how to get more students to attend home games. Though it cannot be statistically proven, the co-authors of the bill believe selling alcohol at sporting events could also improve student attendance at football and basketball games.

“It won’t make less people go to games,” Krumpak said.

To remain a Division I team, home football games must have at least 15,000 people attended per season.

This season, Miami’s attendance was not much more than that. If Miami is to maintain its Division I status, game attendance must increase. Nonetheless, this bill is not a way of “begging” students to go to games, ASG said.

“Nothing is going to raise attendance numbers like doing well,” Tyman said.

A third reason Tyman wants to back selling alcohol during athletic events is that it could turn into a lucrative business venture for the university.

“It opens up the opportunity for increased revenue,” Tyman said.

The passing of the bill, and thus further investigation, will depend on the passage of a document drawn up by the Miami University task force.

The university-formed task force consists mostly of faculty, administration and two students and its duty is to lay out Miami University’s alcohol policy. This document outlines the philosophy of how the administration will consider any future decision regarding alcohol. If the task force document is passed, it would be the judgment criteria for passing the bill.

“I would consider the task force document a foundation of any alcohol-related decision Miami University makes,” Krumpak said.

While Hodge has approved neither the task force document nor the bill, according to Krumpak, the bill does not go against anything that the task force document has laid out.

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Brotherhood unites fans, continues traditions FEATURE

GRACE REMINGTON SENIOR STAFF WRITER

A biting winter wind sweeps across the lawn in front of Goggin Ice Arena and tugs at the sides of tents set up by Miami University students. Anyone who chooses to stand outside for hours in a 12-degree wind chill must be crazy — crazy for hockey.

Miami would be taking the ice in five hours, and these students were determined to stand guard by the home of their team.

“My whole college experience outside of classes revolves around this,” senior Acacia Carman-Hauri said.

For these aficionados, hockey games take precedence over all else on a weekend night, even if that means waiting in line for hours for those coveted glass seats.

“We’d get there early and about 10 of us would take turns waiting in line throughout the day,” senior Annie Reuter said. “We’d just sit there doing homework all day until the game, and we’d see tours walking by wondering what we were doing.

We were waiting for the game, what else am I going to do on a Friday?”

Carman-Hauri has been attending Miami hockey games since her first year on campus; she has missed only one home game in her four years, collecting a grand total of attendance at 80-plus home games.

“They used to give wristbands

The Brotherhood gives us this togetherness. It goes past the team and goes to us.”

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to students at games and I started collecting them sophomore year,” Reuter said. “I have them hanging up in my room. People will say ‘Oh, you go to a lot of bars,’ and I’m like ‘No, these are from hockey games!’”

Once inside the arena, Miami devotees drop outside distractions and focus on helping the team.

Knowing the traditional chants, organized insults and responses to the pep band are just as important, or even more so, than knowing the alphabet. First-year students are expected to memorize the mantras — most of which are too inappropriate to put into writing — as soon as possible, in order to contribute to the power of the boisterous crowd.

Opposing goalies are taunted with deafening chants of “Sieve!” and “It’s all your fault!” after a RedHawk goal. Older generations of students extended the tease beyond the arena in a game called “Poke the Sieve.”

“With the older classes, everyone would go find the other team’s goalie on Facebook and start poking him,” Reuter said.

Witty posters are scattered throughout the student section, including one that reads “Don’t mess with Texas,” in reference to senior forward Blake Coleman.

The Miami Stormtrooper is an important ritual for hockey games.

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A portrait of a nude model: MU senior poses for art class FEATURE

JAMES STEINBAUER UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Matt Meeks stood in a light gray robe at the back of the dim basement classroom, watching students file in with their 18 by 24 inch sketchbooks and toolboxes of art supplies. They shed their long parkas and wool lined jackets and took their seats along a U-shaped row of tables, in the middle of which rested a single stool.

A year ago, had Meeks been told he would be sitting on that stool — naked — he would have been frozen with anxiety.

“I never thought I would’ve done it,” Meeks said, referring to the first time he had to take off his robe. “I couldn’t stop worrying about what everyone else was gonna think of me. What if I knew someone?

What if I saw them out later?”

That day, the topic of class was muscle systems, and Art 3 professor Matthew Litteken started flipping through slides of DaVinci-esque sketches, showing how the muscular structure correlates to the surface anatomy of the human figure. He pointed out how artists emphasized muscles like the gluteus maximus and gluteus medius, the pectoralis major and the abdominal muscles.

“Mine would probably look like that if I stopped eating Taco Bell,” Meeks said confidently, as he walked toward the stool. “You could definitely add some definition to me if you want.”

With that, Meeks slipped out of his robe and fell into a pose, naked and frozen, one arm limp and another pointing off to the side. His eyes glued to some random spot on the concrete wall.

On average, the art school employs four professional nude models that work for other institutions and drawing centers in Cincinnati. In addition, the school hires anywhere from six to eight students to model for its many drawing classes.

After joking about it with friends for three years, Meeks, a senior zoology major, began nude modeling for art classes this past fall.

However, he has not always been as confident as he is now.

One of the most unique aspects of Meeks’ “before I graduate” bucket list was that he wanted to feel comfortable in his own skin.

“What a better way to do it than as a nude model for the art department?” he said.

Out of all the things Meeks worried about when he started working as a model, no question was more prevalent than how the students would see him. Would the artists view him as a professional, artistic object, or as a sexual object?

“This is an issue that is very much at the front of the students’ minds as well,” Litteken said. “One of the things at the core of figure drawing is the appreciation of the human form, and a lot of students go in worrying about the sexual aspect of drawing a nude figure.”

Modeling has given me confidence in everything else I do.You can give a presentation to an entire auditorium if you can stand naked in front of a few people.”

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The first time Meeks sat in the stool he was frozen with unease from the gaze of the students, picking every piece of his body apart with bamboo measuring sticks and vine charcoal.

Meeks said he is still shocked every time he takes his robe off, but now, the shock comes from the cold instead of the students’ gazes.

Litteken has needed to find a space heater to stop him from shivering in the cold, concrete basement.

“Modeling has given me confidence in everything else I do,” he said. “You can give a presentation to an entire auditorium if you can stand naked in front of a few people.”

For Meeks, one of the most rewarding parts of working as a nude model is watching the students grow over time as their sketches improve.

“Being part of the process that helps that is really neat,” he said.

When Meeks falls into a pose, he no longer worries about being picked apart. He thrives off it.

He likes to focus on which pose is going to show off the muscle systems the students learned earlier in the class.

“Now, it’s just a part of my day when I can sit and relax and I know that people aren’t judging me for how I look,” Meeks said. “No matter what they think of me, they still have to draw me.

I’m gonna be art.”

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Democrats condemn Boehner decision POLITICS

INMA SUMAITA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

The Butler County Democratic Party Executive Committee met and unanimously came to the decision to censure Speaker of the House John Boehner.

This censure, decided Feb. 26, was to reprimand Boehner on his recent decision to extend an independent invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Butler County Democrats, as constituents of the 8th Congressional District, expressed resentment for the decision.

“Mr. Boehner chose to ignore long established diplomatic protocol where the U.S. Government does not overtly choose sides during the election campaigns of allied countries,” Communications Director of the Butler County Democratic Party Dave Spurrier said.

The invitation to Netanyahu to speak before a joint-session of Congress two weeks prior to the Israeli election suggests U.S. sponsorship and could influence the election,

according to critics. In addition, the invitation could also disrupt fragile negotiations with Iran regarding their nuclear program.

This is the third time Boehner has been censured, the first two times by the Butler County Progressive PAC and The Democratic Women’s Club of Southwestern Ohio.

As the motion of censure reads, the “Speaker Boehner’s invitation is an unprecedented move undertaken with the leader of another nation with the sole purpose of undermining the President of the United States.”

The censure reflects the opposition held by local democrats of Boehner’s suspected partisian behavior.

“Representative Boehner has consistently chosen partisan gamesmanship over what he was sent to Washington to do and that is being a facilitator for conducting the people’s business,” Spurrier said. “The speaker is under the impression that he has the full confidence and support of all of his constituents and that is not the case here in Butler County.”

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crats, held a strong opinion about Representative Boehner.

Many democrats feel Boehner has been undermining the president and by such, causing a split between the Republican’s House and Senate Democrats.

“Like all people in the government, Boehner is doing what he thinks is the right thing,” Seroogy said. “However, his values are rather ingrained and his actions are becoming quite irrelevant to the matter of public interest.”

The Democrats of Butler County

held a similar view. According to Spurrier, it is an expectation of Congress to conduct people’s business.

“Propose, debate, haggle and if you can’t convince enough legislator’s of the merits of your argument compromise and move on to the next piece of business,” Spurrier said. “Several hundred votes saying you don’t like something doesn’t change it unless you have the votes to overturn it. If you don’t then move on and stop wasting time while ignoring the pressing issues impacting the lives of the American people.”

At 2:24 a.m. on Mar. 4, a taxi driver approached an OPD officer. The female driver said a male passenger in her taxi assaulted her earlier that night. She had picked him up at 36 E. High St. and drove him home. When she dropped the subject off at his residence, he told her he was going inside to get his wallet where his credit card was located. The subject came back out with his wallet and handed her his credit card, which she began to process on her cellphone. She handed him the cellphone for him to sign his signature, at which point he grabbed her hair and attempted to pull her out of her vehicle. When she began to scream, the male forced himself into the taxi. The male subject told her that he wanted to “party.” The female reported that she repeatedly told the subject to stop, but he began kissing her face and neck and would not stop.

The male then grabbed her phone and put his number in. He then called his phone and saved her number. The female was finally able to push the male out of the vehicle and sped away from the scene. She flagged down an officer Uptown to whom she reported the assault. She described her attacker as a college-aged white male about 5’5” tall and around 150 pounds. She was also able to email the officers the credit card receipt that was processed on her cellphone. She has not yet decided if she wants to continue with the matter and press charges.

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GONE WITH THE WIND On Wednesday evening, Miami University’s Wind Ensemble played for a crowd in Hall Auditorium.

New call center to bring 682 jobs to downtown Hamilton BUSINESS

JULIA RIVERA

THE MIAMI STUDENT

Hamilton may be getting the economic boost it needs with the addition of a call center in the downtown area.

On Feb. 23, city officials announced the center will become a part of the abandoned Elder Beerman building. The center will allow for 682 full time jobs and will generate $15.7 million in annual payroll, according to Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

“When you are talking that many jobs, you are not only talking about the residents of Hamilton, but also people who live in our surrounding Butler County communities will benefit as well,” Jody Gunderson, director of economic development for Hamilton, said.

Junior James Grove, originally from Hamilton, fell victim to the rundown state of Hamilton. His family’s farm was shut down and when it closed, thousands of people lost their jobs.

“That’s a story that’s common in our region within the rust belt and Hamilton is starting to show signs of succession from the years of crippling economic recession,” he said.

“Downtown needs jobs especially.

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at is located and with this influx of jobs we will have more foot traffic downtown and a larger audience to appeal to.”

Startek USA, INC is a Coloradobased company in charge of opening the new center. Startek will occupy the building that sits on the corner of High and Market streets and has been abandoned since 2009. It is three stories high and about 120,000 square feet.

According to its website, Startek opens centers with programs “dedicated to improving and supporting the communities they are a part of through direct involvement and volunteerism.”

Hamilton’s economy has been greatly affected by the recession that began in 2008. According to the governor’s announcement, a state tax credited through Jobs Ohio was paired with local economic development groups in hopes of attracting Startek to Hamilton.

“If people had more jobs available, you may see a decrease in crime,” said Neal Schuett, Miami University visiting assistant professor of the Business Legal Studies and the Finance Departments.

“People will have an incentive to leave the house and stay sober: a job. The bad economy of Hamilton led my family to bypass the housing market there and instead purchased our house in Liberty Township.”

Bars, businesses will not be upset by daylight saving time EVENT

This Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m., Daylight Saving Time forces us to move our clocks forward an hour.

A large business affected by this time change each year is the bar industry. According to WebExhibit’s “Daylight Saving Time,” state law restricts many bars from serving alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. This raises one common question among the student body: can bars serve alcohol in the hour the time reverts back?

“Other states solve the problem by saying that liquor can be served until ‘two hours after midnight.’ In practice, however, many establishments stay open an extra hour in the fall,” WebExhibit wrote.

Daylight Saving Time, a concept credited to Benjamin Franklin around the end of World War I, was established to make the best use of the daylight hours, according to Fred Espenak’s article, “Daylight Saving Time” on NASA’s official website. It was President Lyndon Johnson who then signed the law of Daylight Saving Time

into initiation in 1966. This began the official start of Daylight Saving Time on the last Sunday of April and the end on the last Sunday in October.

As of 2007, however, this law was changed to the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November. It was signed by former president George W. Bush in 2005, and was initiated two years later, in 2007. According to NASA, this change was made in order to extend Daylight Saving Time by four weeks.

Daylight Saving Time is a law that is passed individually, by state. Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that do not participate in Daylight Saving Time.

In order to prevent the day from switching back to yesterday, Daylight Saving Time takes place at 2 a.m., according to WebExhibit’s “Daylight Saving Time.”

This time was also originally chosen because most people were at home and few trains were running at this time.

Clocks will jump from 1:59 a.m. to 3 a.m. this Sunday night.

“It is late enough to minimally affect bars and restaurants,” the website stated. “It is early enough that the entire continental U.S. switches by daybreak.”

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At 3:20 a.m. on Mar. 4, an officer observed a white male stumbling and swaying while walking north of the Oxford Police Department on Poplar Street. The officer caught up to the male, who was now stumbling out of control. After watching his path of travel, the officer assumed he was lost and tried to stop him. He was slipping on the icy slush while the officer spoke to him and asked him if he knew where he was going. With slurred speech he reported that he was going “that way” and didn’t need the officer’s help. He then slipped and fell onto the officer. The officer noticed his wallet and searched for his ID, which the officer discovered was fictitious. The officer transported the male home to his residence. He was cited with Disorderly Conduct.

Male passes out in car, claims it is a taxi At 4:17 a.m. on Mar. 4, an officer responded to 300 E. Withrow St. in reference to a trespasser. The complainant advised him she had called 911 because there was an unknown person in her vehicle. She informed the officer her car alarm had been going off so she came outside to turn off the alarm. She noticed a male passed out in the backseat of her vehicle. The officer approached the vehicle and noticed the windows were fogged with condensation. He observed a male in the backseat of the vehicle. The officer opened the door and attempted to make contact with the male, shaking him to wake him up. The officer immediately noticed a strong odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from the vehicle.

The officer attempted to remove the male, who was at first unresponsive, from the vehicle. The officer found a fake ID in the male’s wallet the male was wearing a bar bracelet on his left wrist. When the officer began to question the subject, he claimed that he had just been trying to find a taxi. The officer explained that the car he had been in was not a taxi, to which the male responded, “I will never be a cop. Sorry I had a couple of beers, my bad.” He stated he was just trying to get home. He was cited with Disorderly Conduct.

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And the best part about the local team — they want to continue the event and expand it.

“We always want to expand it and make it bigger,” Wright said. “I want it to be a Miami University event.”

Miami should expand upon the “Think Pink” game and make it a university event.

Do it up in the way that only Miami can.

Bring the community together with the university and raise money for a worthy cause.

And why stop there?

Miami fosters a multitude of ways to help people from Oxford and across the world.

This is just another opportunity to do so.

Wright wants to expand the ideas behind the “Think Pink” game and it appears that may be the case.

The volleyball and football teams both played huge parts in this year’s game.

The baseball team plans to shave everyone’s heads later this season.

So the willingness to do good things is there.

And in a time that athletes are looked down upon by too many, wrongly I might add, this shines a bright light on all involved.

Ultimately most of the people I have met in Oxford are good people, they want to do great things.

Another key to the small town university is just that, it is a small town university.

We are tied in closely with the community around us and college students represent the biggest population in the city.

Luna Cares keeps all of the money in this region. So the immediate impact is huge. Breast cancer is a terrible disease and destroys lives and families.

The littlest of donations in a close-knit community like this can lead to huge donations like the one the women’s basketball team was able to make.

Athletes should not be looked down on, especially in Oxford.

The ability to do amazing things sits right in front of all the collegiate athletic programs in the country; it’s time to start seizing the opportunity and making great things happen.

back … but they’ve got so many weapons and so much depth that we have to prepare the same and be ready to play our best hockey.

That’s the bottom line.”

Miami has outshot its opponent in 26 of its last 31 games and is second nationally with a +8.19 average shot margin per game.

Junior goaltender Jay Williams ranks seventh in the country with a 1.89 goals against average and .92 save percentage.

The RedHawks are coming off a split series against the University of Denver. Gacek and junior forward Riley Barber helped in Friday’s 5-3 win with two goals apiece, but four goals from DU in the first period of Saturday’s contest led to a 6-2 loss.

“We want revenge for Saturday,” Gacek said. “We can’t get caught sleeping in the beginning again, or in the blink of an eye it’ll be too late … we want to compete and play a full 60 minutes.”

Puck drop is 6:30 p.m. Friday in Steve “Coach” Cady Ice Arena. Senior night’s puck drops 7 p.m. Saturday.

Urich said. “It definitely puts everything in perspective for us as a team … especially for college baseball, where we can get wrapped up in making the game too big. But really we’re out here to have fun and play baseball, and Tyler’s here having fun because he wants to be here too. He’s good for us because he reminds us of that, he reminds us that baseball isn’t everything in life.”

Holliday is excited to have a support group that relates to Tyler’s favorite sport.

“It’s so cool to see this bunch of guys who treat him like anyone else,” Holliday said. “As sad as it is, that’s not been the norm that I’ve found in the last five years…but there’s times where he just needs to be allowed to be a kid and do the things that other people do.”

At a ceremony Wednesday evening, Tyler was greeted

dition from his cousin.

“My cousin actually started it probably two or three years ago when he was here,” Roberts said.

He passed it along to me, and I’ve done it ever since.”

The Stormtrooper is now an icon associated with the team.

“He’s a public figure,” CarmanHauri said. “We were in Chicago for the Hockey City Classic and he wasn’t able to make it. The refs were out stretching and one of them came over and asked, ‘Hey, where’s the stormtrooper?’ Our jaws dropped.”

Complete with a Twitter account, which he uses to live tweet the games, Roberts appears at almost every game with a sign that reads “Welcome to the M-pire.”

“I try to make [it] to every game,” Roberts said. “I think I’ve only missed five or six home games total in my four

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with a cake and applause and received his very own jersey, glove and apparel.

“We’ve told Tyler and his mom that we want him around as much as possible,” Urich said. “He’s invited to be in our dugout and batting practices…we got him the gear so he should be ready to go.”

Manager Danny Hayden is eager to begin a strong relationship with Tyler and his family.

“We’re cognizant of what we can do for him moving forward, in trying to make his days a little better,” Hayden said. “He seems to be in a pretty good mood all the time anyway, but if there’s something we can do to make his day better and his life easier, I’m here to do it.”

Hayden believes that the team will be as impacted by Tyler as Tyler is by the team.

“I think it’ll have a huge impact on us,” Hayden said. “We certainly hope that we can have a big, positive impact on Tyler’s

life. It hopefully makes things easier for him and his family, but I think if we do this thing the right way it will have every bit as much of an impact on us and our guys…there’s people out there who would kill to have our bad days, I think this is a good example of that. Here’s a kid who was a perfectly normal eight-year-old kid, and he had a bad day and it changed the rest of his life. I think that’s a tough message, but it’s something I would think would have an impact on our guys.”

Tyler and his family plans on attending as many practices and games as possible. Their current goal is to be present for the team’s first home game March 18.

“I can’t even put into words how much it means to me that for the first time in five years, he has something to look forward to,” Holliday said. “A lot has been taken away from him. For him to have something good, it’s just beyond words.”

years. But, that’s too many in my opinion.”

The Stormtrooper isn’t the only costume Miami fans have donned.

“When we played Notre Dame, my friend dressed up as the Pope,” Carman-Hauri said. “He held a sign that said ‘college senior looking for a job’ because the Pope had just resigned a few days before. [ESPNU NCAA hockey analyst] Dave Starman interviewed him before the game.”

Hockey — “the Brotherhood” — seems to be the most unifying factor both on campus and outside of Oxford.

“It’s a family,” Reuter said.

“When you travel to away games and see people wearing Miami gear, you see how much of a community it is.”

For hot-blooded Miami fans, Steve “Coach” Cady Arena is a home away from home. Games at the arena connect fans not only to Goggin, but also to the

university.

“The Brotherhood gives us this togetherness,” Carman-Hauri said. “It goes past the team and goes to us.”

“Love and Honor” is a phrase familiar to all who relate to Miami. The concept seem abstract to some at times, but it becomes tangible when applied to hockey.

“Think about the words,” Reuter said. “Love – we’re friends with some of the team, we go to the away games, we love watching them play. The honor part is tradition … singing the Alma Mater at the end of the game. All of us stay, win or loss.”

At the end of the night, the lights go down and Goggin is locked. Older fans graduate and new ones arrive to carry on the decade-old traditions. No matter where life takes them, the Miami community remains united by three factors: Love, Honor and Brotherhood.

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Not another task force: We need more transparency in problem-solving EDITORIAL

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

Alcohol task force. Sexual assault task force. Fire safety task force. Student Activity Fee Task Force. We’ve seen a huge range of Miami University task forces over the years. We’ve printed a long list of headlines centered on the creation of task forces. And we’ve noticed a pattern. When something goes wrong, it’s time for a task force.

The Editorial Board sees these task forces as a good step. These groups are formed to come up with solutions to various problems on campus and help the university implement these proposed solutions.

After all, the administration can’t be expected to address all these problems on their own. Creating task forces allows the university to handle campus issues on smaller, more manageable levels.

However, a majority of students

don’t know these task forces exist, let alone what they’re doing to improve our campus. If we didn’t work for the newspaper and report on these groups, we probably wouldn’t know about them.

These task forces are coming up with solutions for problems that begin with us, so shouldn’t we be more aware of them? We, at The Miami Student, think so.

They’re tackling issues that are widespread and complex, certainly not problems that we can all get together as a school and discuss in some sort of forum — we understand that. We also trust the university is doing the best they can to address problems that impact the entire campus.

But in order to foster a body of students who are informed and passionate about big decisions

being made around them, more transparency is needed.

A task force is currently underway to address the decision as to whether or not Miami Hamilton and Middletown campuses will be considered separate entities from the Oxford campus. This decision will change diplomas, credits and lives of countless students on all three campuses.

How many students out there were even aware this was happening at all?

We don’t expect a detailed daily report of everything the task force discusses and does, and that probably wouldn’t make much sense.

But we do think that regular or semiregular updates about these problems and the solutions being made are important for the students and community to receive.

Right now, it feels somewhat like

the university is the parent to all the thousands of children that go to school here. Rather than trusting the children with the information, the parent is simply making decisions and discussing huge issues and telling the child nothing.

Doesn’t that seem a little unfair?

Problems like drinking and sexual assault begin with students and how we are educated and behave. If the problem begins with us, so should the solutions. As a student body, we have to seek out information through a complicated web of sources and stories. Since this is information directly affecting us, shouldn’t it be easier to come across?

As journalists, we know it’s our job to report this information to the students and community members.

We aren’t trying to rid ourselves of this responsibility or complain

that information is too challenging to find. We’ve reported on these task forces for years and will continue to do so.

However, we also have a firm commitment to transparency and the truth. Yes, we can and will report on these task forces. But isn’t it also the job of the university to divulge information with the students?

As much as we hope every student, faculty and community member reads our paper twice a week, we know it doesn’t always happen. We know a large population of Oxford is unaware of these decisions are being made or these problems are being addressed at all.

Until everyone on campus is at least aware that these issues exist, and that the school is doing something about them, we can’t begin to chip away at actually solving them.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Despite opposition, Bishop Woods revamp seeks to be a positive change for Miami community I am writing this letter to help clarify any misunderstandings that might have occurred regarding the changes being planned for Bishop Woods. The objective of the Bishop Woods plan, as outlined by Vincent Cirrito, who is Miami’s landscape architect, is to “continue the transition of this woode-lot into a distinct landscape in the center of campus

life that welcomes students, allows connections with nature, is safe throughout the day and season, educationally inspiring and a place to reflect while protecting the native species of trees, plants, birds and animals that call Bishop Woods home.”

As chairperson of the Miami University Natural Areas Committee, I wholeheartedly support this

objective. While the management of Bishop Woods is the responsibility of the Physical Facilities Department, not the Natural Areas, Cirrito has asked our committee for input and has implemented a number of our suggestions into the plan.

There will be those that, for a variety of reasons, might object to parts of the plan. This is understandable

Now is the time to go abroad, what’s holding you back?

TRAVEL

When I talk about going abroad for a year, the reactions are surprisingly always similar.

“Wait, a whole year? Like, two semesters? Whoa.”

I’m always struck by these reactions, as if some people can’t believe that anyone would want to be away from Oxford for that long. I’ve even talked to people who have said that: “Wow, good for you. I wouldn’t want to be away from Oxford for a whole year.”

I can understand this perspective — we do only have four years here, our time for fun is limited. But this is also the only time we can travel so conveniently, for long periods of time, this cheaply. (I smile when I write the word “cheap” in terms of education associated with Miami, but, in this case, it’s true. The world is simply much more accessible for college students.)

When I met with my study abroad adviser and told him I planned to be out of the States for a year, he said, “Yes! You’re my first one traveling for that long.” Miami prides itself in being one of the top schools in the nation for most students studying abroad, which is such a valuable trait for an institution to have. But to what extent are students actually travelling? Are they mostly doing short winter or summer term programs, or semester and year-long

ones?

I’ve heard from multiple people who have studied abroad that the semester-long program just wasn’t enough. By the time you begin to feel immersed in the culture, you’re suddenly taken out of it.

I don’t hate Miami. In fact, I’ve met more amazing people here than I ever thought possible and I’m going to be a total mess when I leave them for 365 days. I won’t be able to get a house with my roommate, I won’t be able to goof off with the boys I’ve lived with for the past two years who I’ve come to love like family. I’m missing a few great academic opportunities, and with my double major it’s highly probable that I’ll be doing a victory lap. So, why the heck am I leaving?

Sometimes, when your gut tells you to do something big, you just have to follow it. That’s why I’m leaving. I know there’s more beyond Oxford, and I want to experience it. Traveling not only makes you more independent, confident and capable, but it also challenges you to learn about what you can and can’t handle. To discover these parts of yourself, you have to ditch the comfort zone.

Plus, check this out. According to IES Abroad, students who study abroad are more likely to secure a job within one year after graduation than their non-adventurous counterparts. Ninety percent of students

who studied abroad got their first or second choice graduate school.

And, according to PsychCentral, students who study abroad become better people. How can you compete with that statistic? Measuring what they consider to be the Big Five basic dimensions of the human personality (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and emotional stability), researchers have found that traveling and learning abroad strengthened every single one of those in their group of travelers. Just imagine what being abroad for a year could do for you. I’m not making this stuff up. You don’t have to be a special kind of person to leave home for a long time.

This is a common misconception I notice when I talk to people about going abroad.

I grew up incredibly shy, selfconscious and introverted. I recognize that traveling might just be the perfect cure for these traits, so I’m going. I encourage anyone who wants to set themselves a part to do something that scares them, whatever that might be.

Get out of Oxford, get out of the country and maybe stay there for a long time.You’ll learn so much about yourself and you’ll surprise people along the way.

MADELINE LAPLANTE-DUBE LAPLANMM@MIAMIOH.EDU

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

How Bishop Woods plan will affect education

The natural areas of Miami University serve as one of our most important educational assets. As graduate students and instructors of Field Botany, we wish to expand on some key points made in a recent letter contributed by Dr. David Gorchov.

We wish to express our concerns regarding how this plan will affect the education of our students, as well as many other students from other courses offered in the Biology Department. Bishop Woods stands as an invaluable teaching resource for many courses.

As the proposal currently stands, the changes to Bishop Woods will have a negative impact on the learning

opportunities for Miami University students.

Field Botany is a three credit hour lab-based sprint course and part of The Global Miami Plan for Liberal Education.

Over 200 students elect to enroll in the field-based course each year. Throughout the semester, we use Bishop Woods extensively. A major key teaching opportunity of Bishop Woods are the small trees, which allow us to teach a number of botanical (e.g. leaf and twig) characteristics that are difficult for students to observe on larger specimens.

One of the aspects of the current Bishop Woods restoration plan is to remove all

small trees, irrespective of the species. With the removal of all trees below a specified threshold size this valuable teaching tool will be lost.

This area is novel because it offers a nearby, easily accessible, natural laboratory experience for students to explore biological concepts.

In Field Botany, these fundamental ecological concepts include succession, nutrient cycling, forest health and invasion biology.

BRIAN HOVEN AND PATRICK GARRETT

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on a project of this dimension. Some might not like lighted pathways, preferring a more “natural” look but the objective for a safe environment can’t be ignored.

Some might not want any grassy areas, but the objective is to encourage students to come and “just be” rather than just using the woods as a corridor on the way to class. In

conclusion, I fully support the objectives of the Bishop Woods plan. We are fortunate to have Cirrito, who has such fine skills, knowledge and integrity in leading this effort.

DOUGLAS H. TAYLOR

CHAIR, MIAMI UNIVERSITY BACHELOR RESERVE TAYLORDH@MIAMIOH.EDU

Find your people, but don’t force a niche that doesn’t fit LIFE

Find your niche. That’s what a lot of people tell you before you enter college and again when you get there. So you spin yourself in circles trying to figure it all out.

What they mean is: find the group, organization or community where you fit and where you feel as if you belong.

Find the people with whom you identify, and become part of them.

I don’t disagree with this advice. In fact, I think it is incredibly important to have your “people.” Life doesn’t mean much, and isn’t nearly as much fun, without them.

But I’ve found that finding my niche is a little more problematic than it seems to be for most people.

All throughout my life, I’ve been in clubs and organizations, plays, choirs, orchestras and teams from just about any sport you can name. Some I liked more than others, and some I committed to more than others; but one thing remained the same, and I thought there must be something wrong with me.

of the group, rather than a mildly curious outsider who happened to participate but was clearly not one of “us.”

It took me until the end of my junior year of college to realize that, in fact, I didn’t really need to belong.

It was okay not to belong. It was fine to see the merit of many working for one purpose, but to more deeply love the things done in solitude: the way characters come alive when you open a book, the click of the keys as you string sentences together in an essay or story, testing them on your tongue to taste their melody, the satisfaction of creating something from yarn or wood or other such materials and the raw feeling of power in your legs on a long run.

Or what about the feeling of accomplishment when you complete something you’ve been working on or comprehend something that previously eluded you?

Find your people. That, I truly believe, is still imperative. Without them, life is lonely and disconcerting and difficult. And if you are one who can, then find

It took me until the end of my junior year of college to realize that, in fact, I didn’t really need to belong. It was okay not to belong. It was fine to see the merit of many working for one purpose, but to more deeply love the things done in solitude.”

There must be, because I couldn’t ever quite access the collective passion cherished by the people who formed those clubs and teams.

I liked spiking a volleyball, for instance, and I enjoyed team wins, but I didn’t have that communal hunger for victory, that drive, that intense bond shared by people who share a purpose.

In short, I never belonged.

And I hated that. I wanted so badly to belong to something.

I wanted to identify with something the way others did, a sport or activity or interest that united many into one.

I wanted to feel accepted, one WHEN YOU’RE FINISHED READING

your niche.

But if you, like me, are an eccentric, a wanderer, an independent, then find your passions instead. Find what you love to do and do it, and don’t worry if there’s no organized outlet for it, no community or club.

It’s okay to not belong. It’s okay to say you’re you and not have any other qualifier for that, such as, “I’m a hockey player” or “I’m part of so-and-so organization.”

It’s perfectly okay to not have a niche.

LIBBY MUELLER

MUELLEEA@MIAMIOH.EDU

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Why we can’t overlook the ‘us’ part of the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign SEXUAL ASSAULT

AMANDA’S APPROACH

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

It’s On Us: Affirmative consent standard reduces ambiguity A recent piece written by Emily Tate focused on the unfair dangers to men presented by the new rules on drunken sex. But the affirmative consent standard does not create unreasonable dangers for men; rather, they help eliminate unreasonable burdens that victims of sexual assault have faced for generations.

Tate posits a hypothetical hookup in which fictional “Katie” irrationally wants to call voluntary drunken sex “rape.”

Using this scenario alone, she appears to want readers to continue to uphold the status quo, in which the majority of rapes perpetrated are those in which predators can and do use alcohol as a weapon.

In her criticism of the new rules on rape, Tate says the “numbers do not add up.”

Actually they do. Dr. David Lisak, who’s research on nonstranger rapists has served as a guidepost for helping rape prevention in numerous colleges around the country, spells out the numbers.

He, along with other researchers, have conducted studies showing that two-thirds of acquaintance rapists are responsible for at least 90 percent of rapes on college campuses, assaulting on average six women each.

Thus, the eight percent of college men who admit to having forced sex on women (the one in 12 thatTate cites) are easily responsible for raping the 20 to 25 percent of college women who have reported being raped.

Dr. Lisak and others have also found most acquaintance rapists use alcohol to mask and facilitate their crimes, or to lower or eliminate their victims’ resistance and to make themselves look drunkenly and innocently misguided. These assaults typically are not “drunk miscommunications,” as Tate suggests, but premeditated crimes committed by serial predators.

The “Yes Means Yes” standard of sexual consent isn’t a trap that

Tate suggests, but is a fact-based response to this reality.

This is a long-overdue change in the way schools understand sexual assault and sexual interactions.

And it accomplishes one extraordinary thing — it takes the legal responsibility of rape off the potential victims and puts it on the potential predators. Any person who initiates sexual activity is responsible for obtaining a verbal “yes” from the other person throughout the sexual encounter. It reduces ambiguity in sexual situations by ensuring that consent is freely and actively given.

To that end, the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign we are launching encourages students to take personal responsibility and to use good judgment.

It encourages them to think through a few things before hooking up with someone after a night of drinking.

Students can start to ask these questions: Is he or she acting this way because he or she is very intoxicated? If he or she gives consent, are they too intoxicated to be able to make a decision about whether or not we should hookup? Will he or she remember this in the morning?

This makes for a clear choice of action for both men and women. If anyone is concerned about regretting the hook-up they’re about to engage in, then they should abstain.

It’s that simple. Abstaining will completely relieve the uncertain party of any chance of being falsely accused of rape. Even more importantly, abstaining prevents this “uncertain” party from raping someone.

An enormous number of lives have been and continue to be ruined by rape. Of our nation’s yearly quota of at least 100,000 college rape victims, one-third contemplate suicide; most of them see their mental health impacted, their grade point averages tanked, their hopes for graduate school trashed and their futures reduced to shadows of what they might have been.

It’s estimated an individual rape victim is burdened with over $100,000 in lost productivity, education, housing and other social and financial losses, and that rape costs our nation over $127 billion annually.

These victims, and society as a whole, are incurring terrible costs by our willingness to continue to let rapists get away with it.

In her misreading of the statistics, Tate also implies that a significant percentage of women are actually lying about being raped.

Yet all credible studies of rape, both in the United States and globally, put the percentage of false reports at between one and eight percent — the same as for any other crime, according to research by Lisak.

Given that only five percent of college women report their assaults to formal authorities, The Miami Student should consider how a piece like this might have the real and troubling outcome of continuing to silence survivors and enable abusers.

It is well past time to take the risk of rape off of the victims’ shoulders. Let’s tell young people everywhere, if you’re going to have sex, make sure you and your partner are sober enough to give consent.

That is not too much to ask.

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JONATHAN KALIN

I’m holding one of those “It’s On Us” buttons and I can’t seem to look away. My fingertips circle the shiny metal clip on the back and my eyes read the w o r d s printed in bold capital letters as I do a twirling motion with my hands. And suddenly, with this weightless button in my palm, I feel heaviness.

Because I wonder what students at Miami will really think when they see this button and watch those videos and take that pledge and pass by the posters with the “It’s On Us” tagline. I worry students will laugh it off, I worry they won’t even notice, I worry this button won’t click.

When it comes to the conversation about rape culture, however we might define that big, daunting term, I think we’re missing something. When we talk about rape culture, we all tend to hug a corner of what we think is right or wrong and spiral through a list of modifiers and “what ifs.” We get lost in the details and the blame-game and this study or that statistic.

For me, the missing thing is the “us” part of the slogan. If stopping sexual assault, defining consent and creating a better atmosphere rests on our shoulders, maybe it’s time to reclaim what “us” really means.

We might not have many ties to connect us; but, here at Miami, we are an “us.” If we all want to stop sexual assault and reverse our culture, we have to enter into more of a united mentality. With something this important, we need to find a way to be on the same team.

Right now, I’m thinking about a string of faces all filed under best friends, teammates, classmates or those girls and guys who are simply a collection of somewhat familiar names to me. I think about these people and I get this feeling of “us.” I lean on them, and they lean on me. They pick me up from class when it’s snowing and they

bring me chicken noodle soup on sniffle-filled days and we have group-texts and we hold eachother’s hands during scary movies. They protect me. This unit of people around me and around all of us, this is the best tool for changing the culture. We are a unit of people; we are all part of “us.”

When we lose that, it’s easier to see sexual assault as somebody else’s problem.

As we walk into bars, some of us shed our human cloaks and we turn into something else. The normal versions of ourselves get muddled in a whirlwind of shots and sweaty dance floors and alcohol-induced sparks. With a pitcher of Redskins and a splash of primal impulses, suddenly all of our rationalities are washed away. And suddenly, we stop being an “us.”

But, how much alcohol does it take for us to stop protecting each other? At what point in the night do we forget how we should treat each other? At what point is it okay to turn our heads? When did we accept that some girls just put themselves in bad situations or deserve it because of what they’re wearing or how drunk they are? When did we accept that some guys just don’t know what consent is?

In some situations, we need that “us” factor to show up in more bold ways than others.

When it comes to stopping sexual assault, we need to dig a little deeper to unwrap the shiny bow around the “It’s On Us” message. To really unpack it, we need to look at ourselves with giant magnifying glasses and figure out what those bullet points and the statistics really mean. At some point, “It’s On Us,” needs to shift from words and photos shared on Facebook to an instinct, maybe an expectation, that begins to live inside us. When these buttons are in the trash and when this week is over, we all need to carry something on with us.

We’re going to keep drinking. We’re going to keep hooking up. We’re going to keep waking up with headaches and craving nachos.

But sexual assault doesn’t need to be a part of the pattern anymore.

Not here. Not with “us.”

AMANDA HANCOCK

HANCOCAE@MIAMIOH.EDU

RULE OF THUMB A WORKING WEBSITE After a few weeks of blank pages on our website, it’s officially back up and running. Cue a room filled with relieved editors and writers.

We know you missed it!

NO SHUTDOWN With this “Will they or won’t they?” shut down drama, the government was pulling a Ross and Rachel with us for a while. Now that Congress passed a bill bankrolling the Department of Homeland Security, the shutdown fears are gone.

LONG TV SHOW BREAKS We understand actors and producers have lives and commitments, and we also want them to produce the best possible shows for us to watch. But sometimes, waiting eight months for a new season after a cliffhanger is just too much to bear.

TINDER’S MIDLIFE CRISIS Our favorite dating app to make fun of just came up with a premium subscription model where you can pay $10 a month if you’re under 30 or $20 a month if you’re over 30.

So, now we have to pay to talk to creeps?

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KEURIG KILLING TREES Those K-cups are getting some backlash (finally) for not exactly being great for the environment. Despite the convenience factor, recent reports say we should move toward greener ways of getting caffeinated.

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RedHawks rally past Akron on senior night MEN’S BASKETBALL

JACK BREWER

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Senior guard Will Sullivan recorded a double-double in his final regular season home game with Miami University, guiding the RedHawks to a 70-63 win over the University of Akron.

“I really want to thank Will Sullivan for everything that he’s about,” head coach John Cooper said after the game. “He is the epitome of what this whole thing is all about. For a coach, for an administration, for a university, you talk about how you CONNOR MORIARTY THE MIAMI STUDENT represent yourself, that kid gets it.

Senior guard Will Sullivan puts up a shot during Miami’s 70-63 win over He’s made himself into some kind of Akron. On senior night, Sullivan put up 13 points and 10 rebounds. basketball player.”

Sullivan scored 15 points and

’Hawks head south to face Gamecocks BASEBALL

DANIEL TAYLOR

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Miami University baseball is gearing up for its trip to South Carolina for the first weekend series of the season against the University of South Carolina.

Miami manager Danny Hayden is ready for the matchup.

“I’m pumped,” Hayden said. ”I want to see who the tough guys on our team are.”

South Carolina (7-3) enters the game ranked No. 10 in the nation.

The RedHawks (2-5) are coming off a 1-1 weekend trip to North Carolina, with the third game canceled.

Hayden said the team still needs to keep improving.

“There’s really not a ton of positives,” Hayden said. “We played sloppy in the loss and probably played even sloppier in the win.”

Hayden said the biggest factor holding the team back right now is the mental aspect.

“We’ve got to convince ourselves that we’re really good,” Hayden said.

One of the bright spots for the RedHawks so far has been senior outfielder Matt Honchel.

“My prior three years I’ve kind of got off to slow starts,” Honchel “Hopefully I can use this fast start and keep trucking through the season.”

Another weapon appeared last weekend in the form of sophomore second basemen Steve Sada, who went 3-4 in Saturday’s win.

“He finds a way to try to help you win a game,” Hayden said. “He brings the same kind of dirt-bag mentality to the field everyday.”

Honchel is excited to get into a more consistent part of the schedule.

Starting Saturday, the team plays a traditional three-day weekend series the rest of the year.

“We’ll have scouting reports on all of their pitchers,” Honchel said. “We try to get that stuff for the tournaments, but it’s just not the same.”

The Gamecocks are coming off a bad series, losing two of three to rival Clemson. The lone 4-1 victory was

sandwiched between an 11-4 loss and a 7-0 loss.

USC only managed four hits during Monday’s 7-0 loss.

Senior outfielder Elliot Caldwell has been off to the hottest start on South Carolina. He is hitting .423 in his nine appearances.

The power for South Carolina has come from freshman outfielder Alex Destino and senior Connor Bright, who have two home runs each.

There are bright spots on the team, but they have not been as offensively powerful as expected. The team enters the weekend with a .274 batting average.

Junior Jack Wynkoop has been the best starter, going 2-1 in his three starts.

Overall, the team has had a solid start off of the mound they have a 3.34 earned run average.

South Carolina is coming off last season’s trip to the regional round of the College World Series.

The weekend series starts with a 7 p.m. Friday first pitch. The two squads face off 4 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m.

Miami contributes to cancer fight COLUMN

TAYLOR MADE Why do many athletes refuse to use their platform for good? Why are the stories we often hear only negative, like a domestic violence case or an alcohol-related event? That needs to stop. What the Miami University women’s basketball team did is exactly what sports should be about.

The RedHawks shed the customary red and white uniforms to bring out a pink kit for the rivalry game against Ohio University Feb. 14.

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small portion of the “Think Pink” game however.

The team raised $10,000 this year, after the inaugural event raised 6,000 \It was the culmination of a lot of hard work and dedication from several people. At the top of that list was women’s head basketball coach Cleve Wright, senior guard Courtney Larson and Lisa Ciampa of the Luna Cares fund.

The event was three-fold according to Wright. The team wanted to raise funds for Luna Cares, ensuring all the money would stay in the Oxford area. They also wanted to honor survivors and educate people about breast cancer.

It was a total community event from business sponsors, local hospital McCullough-Hyde, the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and various sports

teams including football, volleyball and, of course, women’s basketball.

Nearly 60 survivors and their caretakers were on hand for the game, another reason this should become commonplace.

There were shirt sales all over Oxford, a silent auction at the event and a reception after the game for the survivors.

It was also a special game for Larson, who has been through the breast cancer fight with her mother.

“It’s impacting this community,” Larson said. “It’s awesome.”

The team is still helping raise money by continuing t-shirt sales.

That is what college athletics should be about, making athletes and communities better.

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hauled in 10 rebounds. All but two of his points came in the second half as the RedHawks (13-17, 8-9 Mid-American Conference) erased a 10-point deficit.

“I felt like in the second half we just had a mode of desperation,” Sullivan said. “I think a lot of guys were kind of rallying behind me. It was an emotional night, a special night, and the guys stepped up behind me.

Shots weren’t falling, but we found a way to get it done as a team and it was a special win for me.”

Other RedHawks scoring in double figures were junior guards Eric Washington and Willie Moore and freshman forward Logan McLane.

Washington scored a team-high 16 points, while Moore and McLane contributed 10 points each.

The RedHawks struggled all night

to make baskets, but the real difference came at the free throw line, where the team made 28 of 34 attempts. Thirty came in the second half, as the RedHawks attacked the basket in order to draw fouls and get to the free throw line.

Akron (18-12, 9-8 MAC) was led offensively by freshman guard Antino Jackson with 17 points, followed by junior forward Reggie McAdams with 14 points off the bench for the Zips. Junior center Pat Forsythe, the Zips’ leading scorer, played only the first five minutes before missing the rest of the game with turf toe.

Miami finishes out the regular season at in-state rival Ohio University 7 p.m. Friday. It is the RedHawks’ final contest before the MAC Tournament. A win guarantees Miami an opening-round home game.

No. 1 UND, No. 5 MU battle for conference title MEN’S HOCKEY

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Six points separate No. 5 Miami University from No. 1 University of North Dakota in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

Miami (20-11-1, 13-8-1-1 NCHC) ranks second in the conference at 41 points, while UND sits at first with 47. A sweep of North Dakota in this weekend’s season finale would give the RedHawks those six points, enough to secure them a share of the Penrose Cup and the top seed in the NCHC Tournament. North Dakota (24-6-3, 15-52-0 NCHC) needs just one point to claim the Penrose Cup outright.

“It’s going to be a great atmosphere,” junior forward Alex Gacek said. “It’s going to be No. 1 versus No. 2. What more can you ask for?”

The RedHawks will honor forwards Blake Coleman, Austin Czarnik, Cody Murphy and Alex Wideman, defensemen Ben Paulides and goaltender Anthony Jacaruso in senior night Saturday.

“It’s an important game for them,” head coach Enrico Blasi said. “It’s their last regular season game at home, so it’ll be a little bit emotional, but one I think they’ll cherish.”

The 2014-2015 senior class has had its fair share of accomplishments: winning 20 games in a regular season three times, competing in two national tournaments and a regional final and winning a Central Collegiate Hockey Association title.

“This senior class ranks right up

there,” Blasi said. “This group has seen a lot. Hopefully we’ll play well here down the stretch and add to those stats … they’ve certainly helped this team get to where it is today. After a tough season last year, I think the seniors have really taken it upon themselves to lead the way in every aspect.”

North Dakota leads Miami in the head-to-head series 6-3-1. The last series between the two teams was a split in November in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Miami took a 3-2 win Friday before suffering a 4-1 loss Saturday.

UND is riding a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) and is 11-1-1 in its last 13 contests. Junior forward Drake Caggiula and senior forward Michael Parks lead the team in scoring with 31 points apiece. Fifteen UND skaters have reached doubledigit points this year. Junior goaltender Zane McIntyre has started all but one game in the net, posting a .933 save percentage and 1.93 goals against average.

“They’re the No. 1 team in the country for a reason,” Blasi said.

“They have depth in every position … it’ll be a good test for us. There’s a lot on the line.”

Senior forward Mark MacMillan will not suit up for North Dakota after having surgery Wednesday to repair a lower body injury. MacMillan leads UND in faceoff percentage (57.2) and goals (16).

“He’s an unbelievable player,” Blasi said. “We know that first hand.

You don’t want to see that happen to anybody, so hopefully he can get MEN’S HOCKEY »PAGE 4

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STAT OF THE DAY

The difference in number of free throws Miami men’s basketball took compared to Akron during the RedHawks’ 70-63 win Tuesday. Miami took 34 to Akron’s 13. Miami made 28 and the Zips made just six.

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